AUN – the beginning and the end of all things
AUN is a visualisation of elements of the philosophy of Claude Lévi-Strauss and Japanese Shinto, rejecting the artificial division between man and nature. The idea is that, owing to the Enlightenment and the banishing of religion, man is no longer able to feel, and can only believe in what can be seen. However, nature is the origin and creator of all, the film argues, and it would be beneficial to the continuance of the human race to strengthen our relationship with nature and spirituality. The film sees a future in which all life is purely sensual and suggests new rituals and mythologies with which to discover the presumed supernatural powers. (International Film Festival Rotterdam)
Director's Biography
Edgar Honetschläger is a visual artist, filmmaker, and environmental activist. Born in Linz, he has been living and working mostly abroad for more than three decades. He has been awarded numerous prizes in Europe an Japan and his works have been shown in renowned international institutions. Using the mediums of drawing, painting, photography, installation, intervention and film, he has engaged in the challenging of supposed cultural realities or that of our notion of individualism since the 1980s. Director's Filmography (Selection)
AUN – the beginning and the end of all things (2011) - LE FORMICHE DI MIDA – King Midas’ Ants (2023; CE25) - Give Nature a Break (2022, short; CE25) - Civilization Sucks (2018, short, CE25) - Il Mare e la Torta (The Sea and the Cake, 2003, doc; CE04) - Chickens Suit – The Clip (2005, short; CE06). In 2025, a Local Artists Special is dedicated to Edgar Honetschläger.
AUN – the beginning and the end of all things (2011) - LE FORMICHE DI MIDA – King Midas’ Ants (2023; CE25) - Give Nature a Break (2022, short; CE25) - Civilization Sucks (2018, short, CE25) - Il Mare e la Torta (The Sea and the Cake, 2003, doc; CE04) - Chickens Suit – The Clip (2005, short; CE06). In 2025, a Local Artists Special is dedicated to Edgar Honetschläger.
Local Artists Special: Edgar Honetschläger 2025
Edgar Honetschläger
Austria / Japan 2011
color
102 minutes
Japanese / Portuguese OV with English subtitles
Screenings / Tickets
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Screenplay Edgar Honetschläger, Reinhard Jud
Cinematography Hisaki Sanbongi, Hiroyuki Mizuno
Editing Tomoko Hiruta, Seiji Harimoto, Harald Aue
Sound/Sounddesign Aonuma Nobuyuki
Music Christian Fennesz
With Hiyori Yuki, Rosanne Mulholland, Saito Yosuke, William Ferreira, Tenji Kamogawa, Komoto Kyoichi, Yukika Kudo
Producer(s) Yukika Kudo, Edgar Honetschläger
Production
Edoko Institute Film Production, Ribo Film
World Premiere
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2011