© Viennale
The Erste Bank Film Award, initiated and sponsored by Erste Bank, will be awarded for the 14th time in cooperation with the Viennale, Deutsches Haus at NYU and the Anthology Film Archives.
The Erste Bank Film Award is presented by an independent jury to an Austrian film production screened at the Viennale and comes with a residency in New York City, including a presentation of the award winner's work at the Anthology Film Archives.
Jury
Silvia Bohrn, cultural manager
Nicolas Mahler, cartoonist
Artistic direction: Schule für Dichtung
Boris Manner, philosopher and curator
Jed Rapfogel, film programmer, Anthology Film Archives
Moderated by Ruth Goubran, Head of Sponsoring Erste Bank
The Erste Bank Film Award, initiated and sponsored by Erste Bank, will be awarded for the 14th time in cooperation with the Viennale, Deutsches Haus at NYU and the Anthology Film Archives.
The Erste Bank Film Award is presented by an independent jury to an Austrian film production screened at the Viennale and comes with a residency in New York City, including a presentation of the award winner's work at the Anthology Film Archives.
Jury
Silvia Bohrn, cultural manager
Nicolas Mahler, cartoonist
Artistic direction: Schule für Dichtung
Boris Manner, philosopher and curator
Jed Rapfogel, film programmer, Anthology Film Archives
Moderated by Ruth Goubran, Head of Sponsoring Erste Bank
© Viennale / Roland Ferrigato
Jury Statement
The Erste Bank Film Award goes to Klára Tasovská for
Ještě nejsem, kým chci být
I’m Not Everything I Want to Be
Noch bin ich nicht, wer ich sein möchte
Jury Statement
The Erste Bank Film Award goes to Klára Tasovská for
Ještě nejsem, kým chci být
I’m Not Everything I Want to Be
Noch bin ich nicht, wer ich sein möchte
1968 Prague, 1979 Tokyo, 1990 Berlin. Part of the Czech counterculture, celebrated fashion photographer, chambermaid at the Intercontinental Hotel. Those are some of the chapters in Libuše Jarcovjáková's life. Born to an artist couple in Prague, she got into photography at an early age and it became her great passion. "Yes, it's compulsive. I'm extremely attracted to mirrors and their reflections. I take pictures everywhere...," the artist states. Klára Tasovská composed this film using over 70,000 photographs, arranging them in a rapid succession of snapshots to present an eventful and dazzling life as seen through the very eyes of the protagonist. The rhythmic montage combines wonderful black-and-white photographs, diary entries and a brilliant soundtrack to create a sensual overall experience. The viewers soon forget that the film consists of static images, of photographs. They are drawn into a maelstrom which they cannot escape. The film is a portrait of a different kind: direct, unpretentious and moving. It's simply great cinema.