DIE GSTETTENSAGA: THE RISE OF ECHSENFRIEDL

Director:Johannes Grenzfurthner
Actors:Sophia Grabner, Lukas Tagwerker
Austria | 2014 | English, German (English subtitles) | 72min

schedule:
Tuesday 16.9, 20:15 - 21:30 | Hall 5
Wednesday 17.9, 23:00 - 00:15 | Hall 5

 The growing tension between the two remaining superpowers – China and Google – escalates in the early 21st century, and results in the global inferno of the "Google Wars". As the years go by, radioactive dust settles on old battlegrounds, and a New World rises from the ashes of the old. Fratt Aigner, a seedy journalist, and Alalia Grundschober, a nerdy technician, live and work in Mega City Schwechat, the biggest semi-urban sprawl in the foothills of what remained of the Alps. Newspaper mogul Thurnher von Pjölk assigns them a special task: to venture into the boondocks of the Gstetten and find the legendary Echsenfriedl. It is the beginning of a journey full of dangers, creatures and precarious working conditions. The film director, Johannes Grenzfurthner is a guest at this year’s festival.