Homage to Bodo Hell

Five days of film: Radstadt is once again a festival town

Writer and mountain shepherd: Bodo Hell has been missing since August 2024.(Bild: Sigrid Landl)

The film festival takes place for the 23rd time in the last arthouse cinema in Pongau. This year with a tribute to Bodo Hell, the homeland and more than 30 national and international film events.

From today, Wednesday, the Radstadt Film Festival celebrates its 23rd edition. The focus is on a tribute to Bodo Hell. The writer and mountain shepherd has been missing on the Dachstein since August. Hell was closely associated with the Radstadt Cinema and Cultural Association year in, year out. "There is hardly a better representative of nature and intellect than Bodo Hell," says festival director Elisabeth Schneider.

The Radstadt cinema in the tower.(Bild: Kurt Hoerbst)

"Mountain Meadows" by Bernhard Wohlfahrter.(Bild: Bernhard Wohlfarther)

Austria's film in the Oscar race: "The Devil's Bath".(Bild: Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion / Heimatfilm)

Films by director Othmar Schmiderer and the young Stefanie Weberhofer about the man and poet are part of the tribute. A showcase of the work of Lofer-born Schmiderer characterizes this year's festival edition.

Young films, established masters
Up-and-coming talents such as Bernhard Wohlfahrter have always been a fixture at the Ennspongau Film Festival alongside established cinema greats. In addition to Wohlfahrter, whose short films will be shown, director Barbara Albert ("Nordrand") will be attending the screening of her latest work "Die Mittagsfrau".

Austria's Oscar entry "The Devil's Bath" and the recently released film "Moon" by Austro-Iraqi Kurdwin Ayub will also be screened over the five days.