THIS FALL BRINGS NEWS!
After an inspiring and intensive summer, in which we were for example guests with a TRICKY WOMEN TRICKY REALITIES program at the renowned animation film festival in Hiroshima, preparations for our 22nd festival edition are now really picking up speed. We are also very delighted to be able to announce some very special news right at the start of the new festival season: From fall 2024, TRICKY WOMEN TRICKY REALITIES will be organized by a directing team of three for the first time!
Waltraud Grausgruber (co-founder and co-director of TRICKY WOMEN TRICKY REALITIES since 2001), Lara Bellon (festival and cultural worker) and Lisa Heuschober (festival and cultural worker) will collectively organize and manage the film festival from September 2024.
„As a film festival for animated film, which exclusively presents works by women and/or genderqueer people and connects them internationally, we understand feminist solidarity as our leitmotif and want to continue to create feminist spaces through an innovative and intergenerational way of working that is characterized by support, diversity, creativity and experimentation. In this new constellation, the aim is to value and nurture what has been created over the last decades and at the same time to actively embrace openness towards new cinematic and feminist practices.“ (Waltraud Grausgruber, Lara Bellon, Lisa Heuschober)
Lara Bellon and Lisa Heuschober have been part of the TRICKY WOMEN TRICKY REALITIES team as curators and cultural workers since 2022. As festival workers, they previously co-directed Vienna’s human rights film festival this human world together for several years and worked as programmers, producers and writers for various film festivals, film projects and cultural events.
REMINDER! SUBMIT NOW FOR #TWTR25!
The countdown is on! Until October 6 we are looking forward to receiving your new animated films for the competition programs of TRICKY WOMEN TRICKY REALITIES 2025. For the second time, we are also dedicating a separate competition category to animated works from the field of virtual and mixed reality in cooperation with XR Vienna. Awards worth a total of 22,000 euros are up for grabs, including the Maria Lassnig Golden Film Reel, endowed with 10,000 euros.
Older works can also be submitted for our non-competitive categories until October 6: Feminist Topics, Work Affairs/Fair Play (in cooperation with the Vienna Chamber of Labor) and Animated Documentaries. TRICKY WOMEN TRICKY REALITIES 2025 will take place from March 5 to 9. Please find all submission details ▶ here. Submissions can be made via ▶ FilmFreeway.
The Tricky Women Tricky Realities team
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