The YAAAS! Competition consists of current European productions, selected by the YAAAS! Young Programmers. After an introduction to the process of curating a film festival in late autumn they came to a selection of seven feature-length fiction films (all of them celebrating their Austrian premiere), that deal with the lived realities of youths and young adults in various different ways.
Three YAAAS! Competition will also be offered as special school screenings. The Young Programmers will attend every screening and present the films, as well as lead Q&A sessions with the attending film guests. Comprehensive school materials (in German only) aim to aid the preparation and follow-up of the screenings.
Three YAAAS! Competition will also be offered as special school screenings. The Young Programmers will attend every screening and present the films, as well as lead Q&A sessions with the attending film guests. Comprehensive school materials (in German only) aim to aid the preparation and follow-up of the screenings.
- Wednesday, 26. April, 10:15 am
LE LYCÉEN / DER GYMNASIAST (FR 2022, Director: Christophe Honoré, 123 min, French with German subtitles) – Fiction Film │Austrian Premiere │
- Thursday, 27. April, 10:15 am
FRANKY FIVE STAR (DE 2023, Director: Birgit Möller, 114 min, German with English subtitles) – Fiction Film │Austrian Premiere │
- Friday, 28. April, 10:15 am
ELAHA (DE 2023, Director: Milena Aboyan, 110 min, German/Kurdish with English subtitles) – Fiction Film │Austrian Premiere │
Applications for the YAAAS! school screenings can be submitted until April 21, 2023 to Lea Bernhard at .
There will be specially developed comprehensive school materials for the two German-language films, which can be used for preparation and follow-up of the screenings (in German only). These will be available on this page from March 27.
In addition to the YAAAS! school screenings, the four other feature films in the YAAAS! Competition will be programmed in such a way that they can optionally be attended by school classes. Information on these screenings will follow in mid-April.
LE LYCÉEN / DER GYMNASIAST
(FR 2022, Director: Christophe Honoré, 123 min, French with German subtitles) – Fiction Film │Austrian Premiere│
WINTER BOY follows 17-year-old Lucas who, after a family tragedy, joins his older brother (Vincent Lacoste) in Paris, where he embarks on an exploration of his sexuality. Or rather, he pursues it further, as Lucas is already very comfortable with his gay identity and desire. Energetic, lyrical and fiercely candid, this psychologically and emotionally mature film features the fine performances you’d expect from Binoche and Lacoste, but also a revelation in engaging and altogether fearless newcomer Paul Kircher. (Jonathan Romney, BFI London Film Festival)
TAGS | TOPICS: Coming-of-Age | Loss | Death | Family | Search for Identity | Sexuality
Website and Trailer: Der Gymnasiast / Salzgeber (German only)
FRANKY FIVE STAR
(DE 2023, Director: Birgit Möller, 114 min, German with English subtitles) – Fiction Film │Austrian Premiere│
Known to international audiences from the successful FACK JU GOEHTE trilogy, Jella Haase is set to show off her versatility as an actress in the leading role of 24-year-old Franky for Birgit Möller’s second feature as director. For Franky, life isn’t easy. To people around her, she seems unpredictable and erratic. But, in actual fact, she suffers from a multiple personality disorder. Inside, she lives with four other characters called Lenny, Frank, Ella and Frau Franke in an old-fashioned hotel in the middle of nowhere. But, in real life, all five inhabit Franky’s body at different times and occasionally disrupt her attempts at a love life ... (Skena Lux, German Films Quarterly)
TAGS | TOPICS: Search for identity | Personal growth | Coming of age | Love | Relationship | Surrealism | Friendship | Fantasy | Self-determination
Website and Trailer: Franky Five Star / Patra Spanou Film (German only)
Download School Material (German only)
ELAHA
(DE 2023, Director: Milena Aboyan, 110 min, German/Kurdish with English subtitles) – Fiction Film │Austrian Premiere │
Elaha is a young Kurdish-German woman torn between the unconditional love for her family and her own aspirations in life. Although she cares most about having a good time with her girlfriends and taking care of her younger brother, she has to fight patriarchy while being the perfect daughter. Ultimately, she has to make a decision: To tell the truth or live a life in grand delusion. A psychological journey about emancipation that reveals that only by facing reality, we can be true to ourselves.
TAGS | TOPICS: Coming-of-Age | Self-Determination | Female Empowerment | Patriarchy | Religious Fundamentalism | Generational Conflict | Sexuality
Website and Trailer: Elaha / Pluto Film (German only)
Download Schulmaterial (German only)
