Programme

1. 

   Losses to be Expected

   Tue 23 Sept, 1800hrs

   Austria 1992, 1hr 58 mins, Subtitled

   This foray into the East/West divide that Seidl would revisit in Import/Export explores the physical and social borders that separate people as Austrian widower Sepp awkwardly courts Paula, who lives just across the Czech border.

2. 

   Animal Love

   Wed 24 Sept, 1800hrs

   Austria 1995, 1hr 54 mins, Subtitled

   More disquieting than perverse, this darkly humourous film observes the lonely, hollow and desperate of Vienna whose relationships with their four-legged friends replace – or displace – the intimacy and companionship of other human beings.

3. 

   Preview: Import/Export + director Q&A

   Thu 25 Sept, 2000hrs

   Austria 2007, 2hrs 15 mins, Subtitled

   Watershed is delighted to welcome Ulrich Seidl to Bristol for a special preview of his latest film, a confrontational and compassionate tale of migration and social borders in contemporary Europe. For the official Import/Export site click here.

4. 

   The Bosom Friend

   Fri 26 Sept, 1800hrs

   Austria 1997, 1hr, Subtitled

   Maths teacher René Rupnik’s trigonometric interests meet his fascination with female anatomy in this intimate and fastidiously composed portrait of a man normally consigned to the fringes of society.

5. 

   Models

   Sat 27 Sept, 1500hrs

   Austria 1998, 1hr 58 mins, Subtitled

   More melodramatic than most fiction films, Seidl here depicts the harsh realities of the modelling industry, positing the women's quest for love and beauty and their destructive patterns as symptomatic of wider contemporary experience.

6. 

   Dog Days

   Sat 27 Sept, 1800hrs

   Austria 2000, 2 hrs, Subtitled

   Over several long, sweltering summer days, Seidl’s feature debut enters into the closed spaces of suburban Vienna to portray six sets of characters wallowing in their own and each others’ misery, resentment and frustrated desire.

7. 

   Jesus, You Know

   Sun 28 Sept, 1800hrs

   Austria 2003, 1 hr 27 mins, Subtitled

   Seidl employs the intimacy of prayer as an entry point into revealing the everyday complaints and deepest secrets of six figures as they beseech Jesus as a best friend, therapist and fortune teller.

Further information:

All films in this season are certificate 18.

Fee: all screenings are £6.00 full/£4.50 concessions.
Season Deal: buy any three tickets in the season for the price of two (excluding the preview screening of Import/Export)

Book tickets online, or by calling Watershed's Box Office on 0117 927 5100.

Import/Export will screen at Watershed from Fri 3 October.

For dates of other venues in the tour, click here.