LANDSHAFT
Daniel Kötter | Germany, Armenia 2023 | 97 min. | Armenian with English subtitles
WEDNESDAY, 22.05. | 5 pm
Votiv Kino, Gr. Saal | TICKETS
Austrian premiere
The conflict in the Karabakh region rumbles on stealthily. In a journey through eastern Armenia, Daniel Kötter follows human and non-human actors in this borderland between Lake Sevan and the Sotk gold mine, the eastern part of which has been occupied by Azerbaijan since the Karabakh war of 2020. The inhabitants lead a meagre existence in constant fear and insecurity. But who owns this land and what are the consequences of the conflict parties’ decisions, which are being carried out on the expense of the local population?
LANDSHAFT sketches the psychogeography of a geopolitically charged landscape and its inhabitants caught between extractivism, war and displacement. How do these power games manifest in the mountains, waters and fields?
Director: Daniel Kötter
Cinematography: Daniel Kötter
Editing: Daniel Kötter
Sound: Armen Papyan, Luka Barajevic
Production: Daniel Kötter
SCREENINGS
Visions du Reel, Kino in der Reitschule, Beldocs , Moscow International Documentary Film Festival, Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival, Dokufest, Makedox, Festival international de Film de Nancy, Film Festival della Lessinia, Biopic Fest Rome, Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival, Underdox Munich, Eberswalde Filmfest Provinziale, Filmfest Osnabrück, Ulsan Ulju Mountain Film Festival, Int. Filmfestival Zeichen der Nacht Berlin
Duisburger Filmwoche, Cork International Film Festival. RIDM Montreal, Kassel Dokfest, Porto Post Doc, Festival Internazionale Segni della Notte Urbino, Film Festival Dokumenter Jogyakarta, FIPADOC, One World Romania
L’Europe autour L’Europe Paris, Zagrebdox, Achtung Berlin, Frontera Sur, Neisse Film Festival, Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg Vorpommern
BIOGRAPHY
Daniel Kötter is an international filmmaker and theater director. His works alternate between different media and institutional contexts and combine experimental film techniques with performative and documentary elements. They have been shown worldwide at numerous film and video art festivals, in galleries, theaters and concert halls.
