Save the date!
When? Monday, November 30, 7–9 pm
Where? ArtSocialSpace Brunnenpassage, Brunnengasse 71 / Yppenplatz, 1160 Vienna
Free entry! (Pay as you can)
There will be the presentation of a selection of animated shorts on the theme of war against women and girls. The films tell of suffering that has been made invisible, and of how the effects of war still continues from the past all the way into today.
Paradaïz (Matea Radic, CA 2025)
A return to Sarajevo, where houses are full of holes, tomatoes are ticking time bombs, and snails crawl through the streets looking for somewhere safe.
I died in Irpin (Anastasiia Falileieva, CZ 2024)
In February 2022, Anastasiia and her boyfriend flee from Kyiv to Irpin. Together with his parents, they spend ten days in the sealed-off, war-torn town.
Recordari (Carolina Cruz, CL 2024)
Santiago, Chile, 1985. Camila and Paula are seven years old. Caught between sweetness and bitterness, their lives are shaped by the horrors of Pinochet’s military dictatorship.
ORO ROJO / RED GOLD (Carme Gomila, ES 2021)
Moroccan women strawberry workers in Spain protest and expose the many ways they have been systematically exploited.
Content note: depictions of gender-based violence
Afterwards, there will be a discussion moderated by Mara Elena Zöller with experts from the organizing groups (in German), plus a talk with and introduction of Recordari filmmaker Carolina Cruz.
Klappe auf! is a collaboration between women’s rights organizations, the Tricky Women/Tricky Realities film festival, and Brunnenpassage.
The participating organizations are:
AÖF – Verein Autonome Österreichische Frauenhäuser/Frauenhelpline 0800 222 555, CARE Österreich, Frauen*solidarität, LEFÖ – Beratung, Bildung und Begleitung für Migrantinnen*, Miteinander Lernen / Birlikte Öğrenelim, Peregrina, VIDC / Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation, WIDE – Entwicklungspolitisches Netzwerk für Frauenrechte und feministische Perspektiven, Orient Express / Beratungs-, Bildungs- und Kulturinitiative für Frauen, Brot für die Welt Österreich
*This film evening is a contribution by Austrian women’s rights and development organizations to the annual worldwide campaign “16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence.”