- Occupation
Director - Country
Austria
Breuer Ascan
Forst
Forst is a portrayal. The documentary tells about a forest in the middle of Europe far from the urban world and from civilisation, which is home to a peculiar community of the banished. It is a world for the stranded. A diffuse system that still has total control makers sure that this world does`t show itself, that it doesn`t pop up in our reality and become a disturbance. In Forst the banished proclaim their own truth and tell the story of their coming to power. They slowly recall their identity as political refugees and start to make plans for their escape...
Paradise Later
Paradise Later is a „documentary adaption of a novel“. Inside the head of a trader we travel on a river meandering through an apocalyptic scenery. A stream of thoughts carries us away into a vortex of accusation, damnation and self-condemnation. We take a short exit – into a reality. The gaze widens for a moment. But our captain frantically navigates us towards a fatal ending. (production note)
Jakarta Disorder
It is only the second time that Indonesians can vote for their own president. Two charismatic women, however, are not satisfied with mere elections. Grandma Dela, who lives in a slum of the tropical megacity, and the intellectual Wardah Hafidz are setting out to collect 1.5 million signatures of the poorest, who are constantly threatened by the local arbitrary justice and the desires of the global capital. Can the power of a small elite really be overthrown by the power of many, or is “real democracy“ just an ideal? With this political road-documentary the director portrays social changes and improvements in his mother's old homeland.
Forst is a portrayal. The documentary tells about a forest in the middle of Europe far from the urban world and from civilisation, which is home to a peculiar community of the banished. It is a world for the stranded. A diffuse system that still has total control makers sure that this world does`t show itself, that it doesn`t pop up in our reality and become a disturbance. In Forst the banished proclaim their own truth and tell the story of their coming to power. They slowly recall their identity as political refugees and start to make plans for their escape...
Paradise Later
Paradise Later is a „documentary adaption of a novel“. Inside the head of a trader we travel on a river meandering through an apocalyptic scenery. A stream of thoughts carries us away into a vortex of accusation, damnation and self-condemnation. We take a short exit – into a reality. The gaze widens for a moment. But our captain frantically navigates us towards a fatal ending. (production note)
Jakarta Disorder
It is only the second time that Indonesians can vote for their own president. Two charismatic women, however, are not satisfied with mere elections. Grandma Dela, who lives in a slum of the tropical megacity, and the intellectual Wardah Hafidz are setting out to collect 1.5 million signatures of the poorest, who are constantly threatened by the local arbitrary justice and the desires of the global capital. Can the power of a small elite really be overthrown by the power of many, or is “real democracy“ just an ideal? With this political road-documentary the director portrays social changes and improvements in his mother's old homeland.
Ascan Breuer, based in Vienna, born in Hamburg, studied communication science, sociology and psychology at the University of Vienna, and postgradually film-making at the KHM - Academy of Media Arts in Cologne.His films took part in international competitions including Berlinale, IFF Edinburgh, IFF Hongkong, IndieLisboa, etc. He won the DIAGONALE-Award for Best Documentary 2005. His films were also screened a.o. at the film festivals in Cork, Rotterdam and Cannes.
"Forst" , A/D 2005, 50 min DIAGONALE-Award for Best Documentary 2005; published as Video-DVD by Centre Pompidou; part of "Breaking Ground - 60 Years of Experimental Cinema from Austria""The Kurukshetra-Report", A/D 2009, 8 min"Paradise Later", A/D/RI 2010, 13 min, nominated for "Best Short" a.o. at Berlinale 2010; "Honorable Mention" at Planet in Focus - Toronto Int. Environ. Film Festival 2010; published as Video-DVD by German Films"Teheran - Lost and Found", A/D 2011, 15 min nominated for "Best Short" a.o. at L'Alternativa 2011, Barcelona"Jakarta Disorder", A 2012, 90 min to be published in 2012