Films

Journalismusfest Innsbruck 2023

With thanks to Steffen Kanduth, Anna Ladinig and Daniel Dlouhy

The Human Trial

A documentary about stem cell therapy. For seven years, U.S. filmmaker Lisa Hepner and her partner Guy Mossmann followed a clinical trial researching the cure for type 1 diabetes through stem cell therapy. The resulting feature-length documentary has won multiple international awards and made the shortlist for the 2023 Oscars. Hepner offers a very personal glimpse into the lives and feelings of both the researchers and two subjects who agreed to participate in the study for the sake of science as well as in the hope of finding a cure. Hepner found herself in an unfamiliar role as a type 1 diabetic and journalist. Director Lisa Hepner will be joining us from Los Angeles for the Journalismusfest Innsbruck.

Director Lisa Heiner and Guy Mossman
USA 2022, 90 min; English with english subtitles

Filmscreening on May 12, 2023, 14:30 pm with film talk (English) until approx. 17:15:

Lisa Hepner
filmmaker and journalist, Los Angeles, T1D.

Sabine Hofer
paediatrics specialist, paediatric endocrinology and diabetology, Medical University of Innsbruck

Tanja Traxler
Head of the Science Department at the daily newspaper Der Standard

Hosted by
Steffen Kanduth
moderator, journalist at Der Standard, T1D

The company DEXCOM supports the event and thus enables free cinema attendance.
For seat reservations: www.leokino.at or 0512/560470

Surprise film: The Killing of a Journalist

Thanks to the cooperation with the International Film Festival Innsbruck, the film “The Killing of a Journalist” can be seen at Waltherpark on Thursday 11 May at 8:30 pm (open-air) and at Cinematograph on Saturday 13 May at 10 am:

On 21 February 2018, Slovak investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová are shot dead in his home. The case shakes Slovakia and the biggest protests since the fall of the Soviet Union take place. Before his death, Kuciak had been researching mafia structures in the country. In the documentary “The Killing of a Journalist”, his colleagues investigate his murder and uncover connections to oligarchs, judges and law enforcement agencies.

Direction Matt Sarnecki
with Robert Fico, Robert Kalinak, Andrej Kiska
Denmark, Czech Republic 2022

English and Slovak with English subtitles

Film screening on Thursday, 11 May 2023 at 8:30 pm in Waltherpark and
Saturday, 13 May 2023 at 10:00 at the Cinematograph

Admission for all films at the Cinematograph: € 6,00; free admission for students
In cooperation with the IFFI and with the Kulturverein Vogelweide

Erfundene Wahrheit

In 2018, a scandal shook the German media world: reports, facts and entire interviews by award-winning journalist Claas Relotius (Der Spiegel) turned out to be fictitious. The fabrications were uncovered by Relotius’ colleague Juan Moreno, who was initially not believed by his superiors.

Director Daniel Andreas Sager
with Juan Moreno, Steffen Klusmann
Germany, 2023, 90 min. German

Film screening on Saturday, 13 May 2023 at 12:00 at the Cinematograph

Admission for all films at the Cinematograph: € 6,00; free admission for students

Bis zum letzten Tropfen

The Kaunertal power plant is to be expanded and subsequently extend across the entire Ötztal Alps. These interventions would irrevocably change Austria’s last remaining free-flowing glacial river, the Ötztaler Ache – and all this in the midst of the biodiversity crisis, species extinction and impending climate catastrophe. Bis zum letzten Tropfen tells the story of the last wild rivers and alpine natural spaces in Tyrol and of a movement that is trying to protect them.

Director / Screenplay Harry Putz
Austria, 2023, 30 min., German

Screening on May 13, 2023, 15:20 at Cinematograph, aftwerwards Q&A with Harry Putz, hosted by Joachim Leitner, cultural journalist, Tiroler Tageszeitung

Admission for all films at the Cinematograph: € 6,00; free admission for students

She Said

In October 2017, revelations about Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assaults sparked widespread protests, and the #MeToo movement was born. Investigative journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey were responsible, publishing several articles in the New York Times with accounts from affected women. She Said impressively describes the challenges of investigative research, the enormous pressure on those affected, and the intimidation attempts by Weinstein’s lawyers.

Director Maria Schrader
Screenplay Rebecca Lenkiewicz
with Carey Mulligan, Zoe Kazan
USA, 2022, 129 min.; English with german subtitles

Screening on Saturday, May 13,2023, 17:00 at Cinematograph

Admission for all films at the Cinematograph: € 6,00; free admission for students

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The program

A weekend with a view: Debates, talks, readings, films, exhibitions and audio features

The participants

We look forward to journalists, scientists and NGOs from different regions of the world.

The locations

The festival venues are in the center of Innsbruck. They can be easily reached on foot.