GREGOR SCHMIDINGER COMES OF AGE

June 28|Friday|5:00 PM

The Boy Next Door (2008, 14 mins.)

Synopsis: An adolescent boy, who serves the military forces, experiences homosexual feelings towards one of his comrades. The suppressed conflict bubbles up during their last night at the border, socially isolated and armed with loaded weapons.

Homophobia

June 27|Thursday| 7:00 PM

Year: 2012,

TRT: 23 mins

Synopsis: A male prostitute, who struggles with anxiety attacks, runs into the neglected son of his client. He has to care for someone else first in order to overcome his own anxiety.

Nevrland (2019, 90 mins.)

Synopsis: Jakob is 17 years old, works at a slaughterhouse and struggles with a crippling anxiety disorder. After a chance encounter with a 26-year-old stranger over a sex-cam chat, his journey to Nevrland begins.

Artist talk: GREGOR SCHMIDINGER