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Elements of(f) Balance

AT 2025, 98 min, Othmar Schmiderer

Ecological interdependence, co-creation, resilience and collaboration in nature – these are the topics dealt with in this documentary film, viewed against the backdrop of our increasingly threatened environment.

Beyond the poles of nostalgia and techno-futurism, the film’s impressive images provide an insight into natural processes and systems. 

Dead forest in Central Europe is becoming living forest again. Floating beds in Bangladesh are taking on climate change. In the dunes of China’s desert regions, thousands of people are working on the largest renaturalisation project in the world. In the Danube Delta between Romania and Ukraine, old dams from the Soviet era are being dismantled so that a European wetland can once again become a biodiverse natural landscape.

Today, the fascinating world of fungi and mycelia has already become a blueprint for futuristic, cutting-edge projects in architecture and sustainable fashion.

Jellyfish, which are among the oldest forms of life on the planet and display unique survival strategies, have unlimited potential – and not just for medicine and cosmetics.

The age-old knowledge of agriculture called permaculture is also being revived, for instance at the Krameterhof farm in the Salzburg mountains, where it is being employed to create a living biotope.

What is being researched in the agricultural laboratories at Wageningen University in the Netherlands is no different: there, cyclically orientated and ecologically based processes are being developed with the help of artificial intelligence – not only to defy climate change, but also to preserve and protect the urgently needed biodiversity.

All these examples have one thing in common: the fact that partial, individual interests never form the focus of attention. It is the unconditional cooperation of non-human actors that makes ecosystems strong and resilient.

Nature as a role model and a potential game changer for future-oriented, innovative adaptation strategies? This film highlights some successful approaches to tackling our current ecological challenges.

festivals

Viennale 2025, AT I Rotterdam Int. FF 2026, NL

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QUEERFILMNACHT

FEBRUAR 2026

NIGHT STAGE

ein Film von Filipe Matzembacher & Marcio Reolon

Brasilien 2025, 119 Minuten, OF mit dt. UT

"So sexy wie smart" Screen Daily 

Mi, 11.2., 20.40, KIZ Royal Kino, Graz
Mo 16.2., 20.00, Votivkino Wien
Di 19.2., 20.10, Volkskino Klagenfurt
Mo 25.2., 20.30 Cinematograph Innsbruck

 

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NEWS

IM KINO:

RENATE Kinostart 13. Februar 

Ein Film von Martin Nguyen 

10.2. Wiener Kinostart-Premiere: VILLAGE CINEMA
17.30 Signierstunde RENATE WELSH, anschliessend 18.30 Film + Gespräch mit Martin Nguyen und Renate Welsh 
In Kooperation mit der Tageszeitung KURIER und THALIA TICKETS

13.2., 20.00 Innsbruck - Premiere im LEOKINO, mit Regisseur Martin Nguyen 

Ab 13.2. in folgenden Kinos: 

Wien: Village Cinema, Admiralkino (ab 20.2.) 
Innsbruck: Leokino
Wels: Programmkino Wels 

 

22.2., 13.00 Matinée im Filmhaus, mit RENATE WELSH, TICKETS

27.2., 18.30 Graz-Premiere mit Renate Welsh und Martin Nguyen 

Ab 27.2. in folgenden Kinos:  
Moviemento Linz
KIZ Royal Graz 

6.3., Kino im Kesselhaus, mit Regisseur Martin Ngyuen 

10.3. Klagenfurt: 18.00 Lesung Renate Welsh im Musilinstitut, 19.30 Filmvorführung im VOLKSKINO mit Martin Nguyen und Renate Welsh 

Weitere Kinos folgen

ORT OHNE ERINNERUNG. KAISERSTEINBRUCH, die verschwundene Geschichte

Ein Film von Reinhard Tötschinger 

13.2., 14.2., 15.2., 20.2. und 21.2. Bruck an der Leitha 

 

BLUM - Gospodari svoje buducnosti

Ein Film von Jasmila Žbanic

weitere Termine in Kürze 

 IN DEUTSCHLAND IM KINO 

Nächste Termine in Kürze

GemeindeKINOs schaffen KINOgemeinden

Erlebt echte Kinomomente bei euch im Ort!
Eine Vielzahl ausgewählter Filme findet Ihr auf  

www.gemeindekino.at oder
www.facebook.com/GemeindeKINO
 

ALARM jetzt STREAMEN

Kino Vod Club, Watch AUT
 

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FESTIVALS

ELEMENTS OF(F) BALANCE

A film by Othmar Schmiderer 

Market-Premiere@ EFM / BERLINALE 
Sunday 15th February, 2.45 pm,
Cinemaxx 18

WHERE YOU MEET US SOON IN PERSON

11 - 17 Feb BERLINALE / EM 

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