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    Babooska

    Tizza Covi Rainer Frimmel 2005 Austria Documentary color 100min DVcam
    Babooska is an episodic film that describes the daily struggle for survival of modern nomads in Italy.Over the period of one year it follows the young artist Babooska, who runs a travelling circus together with her family, on her odyssey through remote towns and villages: an unvarnished look behind the scenes of a microcosm on the fringe of society - beyond the usual stereotypes, without commentary, without interviews.
    Both melancholic and humorous at the same time, the film describes not only the way of life of modern nomads - a way of life that is gradually dying out - but also the general human condition of being on the move, between a glorious past and an uncertain future, between doubt and the hope that life will always be like a full "modern, well-heated circus".

    Director

    Tizza Covi

    Tizza Covi (born in Bolzano, Italy, in 1971) lived in Paris and Berlin before studying to become a photographer at the Graphische Lehranstalt in Vienna. After finishing her studies she went to Rome where she worked as a free-lance photographer. She has won several scholarships for her photographic work. In 2002 Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel founded their film production company Vento Film to be able to produce their films independently. Their first cinema documentary Das ist alles (That's All) (2001, 35mm, 105min), which premiered at the Viennale and was shown at many international film festivals as well as on the TV channel 3sat, was awarded the Prix regards neufs at the renowned festival of documentary film in Nyon.

    Rainer Frimmel

    Rainer Frimmel (born in Vienna, Austria, in 1971) also graduated as a photographer from the Graphische Lehranstalt in Vienna. He has received scholarships in Rome, Paris and New York for his photographic work. In 2000 he edited and published the private video recordings of a Viennese hospital worker (Aufzeichnungen aus dem Tiefparterre / Notes from the Basement) which were shown at numerous international festivals (e.g. IDFA Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Nyon, Duisburg, Cork). In 2002 Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel founded their film production company Vento Film to be able to produce their films independently. Their first cinema documentary Das ist alles (That's All) (2001, 35mm,105min), which premiered at the Viennale and was shown at many international film festivals as well as on the TV channel 3sat, was awarded the Prix regards neufs at the renowned festival of documentary film in Nyon.

    Tizza Covi

    2005 Babooska

    2000 Aufzeichnungen aus dem Tiefparterre

    2000 Das ist alles

    1997 Che bella è la vita

    1997 Wien: Sieben Szenen

     
    Rainer Frimmel

    2005 Babooska

    2000 Aufzeichnungen aus dem Tiefparterre

    2000 Das ist alles

    1997 Che bella è la vita

    1997 Wien: Sieben Szenen

     

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