What drives our world becomes paradigmatic in Davos: Everyday life in contrast to the global elite, who operate untied from all places, virtually without touching the ground. DAVOS is a film about equilibrium and contrast, about capitalism in our fractured world and the impact of the powerful on the many.
The film was streamed through Vimeo from April 5 through April 11, 2021.
When: Monday, April 5, 2021 through Sunday, April 11, 2021
Where: online | Vimeo
Ticket: Free admission, registration obligatory
ABOUT THE FILM
DAVOS
Directed by Daniel Hoesl and Julia Niemann
Austria, 2020
100 min, original languages with English subtitles
100 years ago Davos, with its high-quality Alpine microclimate, was an exclusive destination for people suffering from respiratory problems. But for the last 50 years the little ski resort in Switzerland has hosted the annual World Economic Forum. These three days in January are enough to make Davos today a synonym around the world for the most concentrated gathering of power and money. Attracted by the aura that surrounds these international get-togethers, filmmaker Daniel Hoesl and his small team spent a whole year quartered in the resort, observing life there. DAVOS is a portrait of the inhabitants and their home town, which may be indelibly marked by globalization, yet emerges as very different from what one might expect. The film also asks the viewer some uncomfortable questions by focusing on challenges that the new global economy poses to the world and portrays postmodern capitalism in an utterly convincing way. Because the real question is: is it acceptable that a handful of powerful white men decide what the future shall look like for everybody else? (from Giona Nazzaro, Vision du Réel)
ABOUT THE DIRECTORS
DANIEL HOESL
Photo © DAVOS
Daniel Hoesl was born in 1982, studied in Salzburg and Prague and currently lives in Vienna. He worked as assistant director for directors such as Ulrich Seidl, Michael Sturminer and many more. His first feature film SOLDIER JANE had its world premiere at the competition of the Sundance Film Festival and was awarded the Tiger Award in Rotterdam, 2013. In 2016 his second feature film WINWIN also had its premiere in Rotterdam and, like his first feature film, was produced by the European Film Conspiracy, which produced his current documentary DAVOS. His themes oscillate around the value as well as the price of money. In 2018 he received the Outstanding Artist Award for feature film from the Austrian Federal Chancellery.
JULIA NIEMANN
Photo © DAVOS
Julia Niemann, born 1987, lives in Vienna and works there with text and film. She is a producer at the film collective “European Film Conspiracy” and author of various film and television projects. She is currently part of the Writer’s Room for a series project of Komplizenfilm Berlin, directed by Christian Schwochow. As a freelance journalist she writes about politics and culture. Her texts have appeared in the ZEIT and the Süddeutsche Zeitung, among others.