Vienna in times of political polarisation. The cinematic satire ‘Kreuzpunkt’ (Crossing Point) tells of the interwoven relationships of a group of people in a city in which right-wing discourses have become normal.

“I am Austrian and this gives me the right to be a burden. The country has to endure me”, Khalil states. At the centre of the feature film ‘Kreuzpunkt’ (Crossing Point) is the generational conflict and the hate/love relationship between him and his father. They are two of five protagonists on their daily search for identity and stability.

Abdullah came to Vienna as a filmmaker decades ago – and became a father overnight. Khalil struggles with this father for the painful truth and, at the same, time for a much desired closeness. Claudia has given up real-estate brokering to visit people in their apartments. Stefan is an ordinary right-wing extremist, not particularly a dream of a son-in-law, but also not unlikeable. Jasmina, on the other hand, carries her ideology before her and her interpersonal relationships inside. Together with the above, the film explores the ‘crossing points’ that allow the protagonists to approach and strengthen one another.

In the weeks following film’s screening, I.DIRECT, together with the Counselling Office Extremism, offer workshops on the topic of ‘the centre’s extremisms and ideologies of inequality" which are aimed at adolescents and young adults in particular. In this context, the workshop participants will reflect on right-wing extremism, terrorism warnings, security discourses, and solidary counter-strategies in everyday life.

I.DIRECT-collective:

Basem Saifo, Myassa Kraitt und Abdolelah Farhoud

PROJECT AUTHORS:

Basem Saifo und Myassa Kraitt

IDEA:

Widad Hamdan

SCRIPT, DIRECTOR, EDITOR AND TRANSLATION:

Basem Saifo

ASSISTANT DIRECTIR:

Sallar Othman

PRODUCTION:

Magdalena Ly

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT:

Julia Stöckl

CINEMATOGRAPHY:

Caspar Thiel, Binsar Pandjaitan

TON:

Mohamad Humam Samakeh

LIGHTS:

Klaus Track

COSTUME:

Abdolelah Farhoud

CAST:

Abdolelah Farhoud (Abdullah), Johnny Mhanna (Khalil), Jakob Oberschlick (Stefan), Monica Anna Cammerlander (Claudia), Lisa Nemec (Jasmina), Stefan Bergmann (Erzähler)

CONCEPT:

Myassa Kraitt

CONSULTING:

Myassa Kraitt, Natasa Mackuljak, Marissa Lobo

PROOFREADING:

Myassa Kraitt

PRODUCTION:

WIENWOCHE

COPRODUCTION:

Dokyard Creat

COOPERATION:

Beratungsstelle Extremismus, VHS Jugendcollege, Verein Turn