NO MERCY (AT)

Women make more brutal films,“ is what cult director Kira Muratova let the young filmmaker Isa Willinger know at the beginning of her film career. Isa Willinger has been asking herself how this is possible, „female“ usually being associated with „empathetic“ and „sensitive“. So she sets off on a journey to the great female directors of our time, to women who indeed often tell stories of a harsh reality, of brutal violence, of rough sex, of humiliation and revenge in their films. How do they relate to violence, harshness, to power, to gender relations, and ultimately to the female gaze? 

 

CAST & CREW

Director/Author: Isa Willinger Producers: Ira Tondowski, Alex Tondowski / Tondowski Films Co-Producers: Sabine Gruber, Peter Drössler / Flair Film Line Producer: Liliana Grzybowska DoP: Siri Klug, Doro Götz, Bernadette Paaßen Editor: Nikki Mossböck Composer: Brii Bauer 

Commissioning Editor: Kathrin Brinkmann (ZDF/ARTE) 

Support by: MBB, BKM, Eurimages, ÖFI, ÖFI+, Filmfonds Wien, Creative Europe MEDIA