Dear Beautiful Beloved

AT 2024, 95 min, Juri Rechinsky

"For the first time in my life I have such a journey." explains an old woman. Together with those who are ill or alone, who can no longer walk or see, she sits on a train that is supposed to take her out of the war and to safety. "As long as this is not your last journey. That's all that matters," she's told.

Even beyond the front line, Russian war pervades Ukraine, reshaping the daily lives of the population through its violent omnipresence. As a response to these challenges, new structures of care are emerging within society: the elderly, single and immobile people are evacuated; improvised shelters and infirmaries are set up; escape routes are collectively organized; corpses are recovered, so that they can be identified and delivered to their relatives. Amidst all the efforts, moments of despair arise: Who will be left behind? Which families will be torn apart? When will it all end? How can we ever recover?

As a contemporary document, DEAR BEAUTIFUL BELOVED looks at survival strategies when the state of emergency has become routine. In doing so, it creates visibility for the moments of solicitude, systems of care-work and the continuous attempts to protect lives and return dignity to the people from whom it was violently taken. Unvarnished and unforgiving, but honest and hopeful, DEAR BEAUTIFUL BELOVED documents this tireless work, which must never become a normality.

Festivals

Awards

Audience Award - Duisburger Filmwoche 2024, DE | Best Documentary Award - Budapest IFF 2025, HU | Premio della Giuria - Bergamo IFF 2025, IT | Best Documentary Award - Sofia Int. FF 2025, BG | Best Sound Design, Best Cinematography Dianonale 2025 AT

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Im APRIL 2025

LESVIA

ein Film von Tzeli Hadjidimitriou

Griechenland 2024, 77 Minuten, griechische OF mit dt. UT

„Lesvia“ erzählt sie von 40 Jahren lesbischer Gemeinschaft, Liebe und Konflikten auf der Insel Lesbos.

Votivkino, Wien 14.4., 20.00
Volkskino Klagenfurt 22.4., 20:15
Leokino Innsbruck 28.4., 20.30

JETZT IM KINO:

ALARM

Ein Film von Judith Zdesar

FIXE VORSTELLUNGEN am 22. April und 28. April in allen CINEPLEXXEN (siehe unten)

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Mittwoch 23. April, 19.30: Volkskino Klagenfurt (23.+24.4.)
Freitag 2. Mai, Kino im Kesselhaus Krems
Mittwoch 7. Mai, 19.30, Cinema Paradiso Baden
Freitag 9. Mai, Stadtkino Horn

JETZT IN FOLGENDEN KINOS:

WIEN: Metro Kinokulturhaus / Village Cinema / Cineplexx Donauzentrum / Cineplexx Millenium City
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BGL: Cineplexx Mattersburg / Cineplexx Parndorf

KÄRNTEN: Filmstudio Villach / Cineplexx Villach / 23.+ 24. April: Volkskino Klagenfurt

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Sonderveranstaltungen Film + Diskussion:

Fr 11.4., 20 Uhr Metro Kinokulturhaus:
Thema Katastrophenhilfe vor dem Hintergrund des letztjährigen Hochwassers und des Klimawandels als zunehmendem Faktor
Mit: Thomas Seltsam - Leiter des nationalen Katastrophenmanagements (Österreichisches Rotes Kreuz)
Stefan Kreuzer - Amt der NÖ Landesregierung (Abteilung Feuerwehr und Zivilschutz)
Dipl.-Ing. Markus Leitner, Teamleiter „Klimawandelanpassung & Resilienz" - Umweltbundesamt
Moderation: Katharina Brunner, freie Journalistin und Filmschaffende

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ab 7. Mai, Cinema Paradiso Baden
ab 7. Mai, Cinema Paradiso St. Pölten
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