The actor, columnist, author, moderator, the failed pastoral assistant, the self-confessed gay sadomasochist, the total work of art Hermes Phettberg, who has always been relentlessly open about his life, his suffering in himself and the world, gives insight into his current existence. Despite his decline, Phettberg has remained a charismatic, unique "pyre" (as he calls himself) who documents his slowly fading life daily on the Internet and in his weekly column in the Viennese city magazine "Falter" and struggles to survive as Austria's best-known welfare recipient. Sobo Swobodnik shows this daily struggle of a one-time star who became a patronized outsider - with three strokes, a heart attack, extreme bladder weakness and an irrepressible will to go on living.

Der Papst ist kein Jeansboy

Austrian avant-garde theatre director Kurt Palm adaption of Flann O'Brien's beer-soaked, brilliantly funny, modernist masterpiece for the screen.

In Schwimmen-zwei-Vögel

Explore the life and work of Austrian writer Adalbert Stifter, whose unique inclinations resulted in literature that still feels exciting and relevant.

Der Schnitt durch die Kehle oder Die Auferstehung des Adalbert Stifter

This documentary explores the many facets of Mozart outside of his music

Der Wadenmesser

Hermes Phettberg, Elender

Five university students are required to write a paper on a Kafka short story. In a smoke cloud of inspiration, they take a road trip to film it instead.