Favoriten (film)

Favoriten
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRuth Beckermann
Written by
  • Elisabeth Menasse-Wiesbauer
  • Ruth Beckerman
Produced byRuth Beckerman
StarringIlkay Idiskut
CinematographyJohn Hammel
Edited byDieter Pichler
Production
company
  • Ruth Beckermann film production [at]
Distributed byAutlook Filmsales
Release date
Running time
118 minutes
Country
  • Austria
LanguageGerman

Favoriten is a 2024 Austrian documentary film, named after Vienna's tenth district in which the action is set, directed by Ruth Beckermann. It is a film about teaching and learning in what some consider the equivalent of an inner-city school in Austria's largest city in response to recent migrations. It is a hopeful movie, with often surprising experiences oscillating between the roles of learner and teacher.[1][2] The central theme revolves around a class of 25 elementary students whose engaged teacher is doing what is in her might to create chances for her students that they otherwise, for a lack of education in the parental home and a lack of school-institutional support alike, would not have.[3]

Favoriten had its world premiere on 16 February 2024 in the Encounters at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival.[4] It was also nominated for the Berlinale Documentary Film Award.[5]

  1. ^ "The Children of Vienna". Austrian Film Institute. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Die Kinder von Wien" [The Children of Vienna]. Film Starts (in German). 1 July 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Schulalltag in Favoriten: Alleingelassene Kinder, alleingelassene Lehrerinnen". www.falter.at. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  4. ^ Abbatescianni, Davide (22 January 2024). "The Berlinale unveils its Competition and Encounters titles". Cineuropa. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
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