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getty abortions

film type documentary film, experimental film Production Country Austria, Germany production year 2023 runtime 21'45 colour Color
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Dolby Surround original-language German, English subtitles English
screening format Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov) aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo original-language German, English subtitles English

What do abortions look like? What kind of images shape our view of them? And where do these images come from? The desktop video essay GETTY ABORTIONS examines how German and Austrian media illustrate the topic of abortion, browsing through stock-photo databases, teen magazines, and personal documents of a real abortion experience.

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director Franzis Kabisch Production Franzis Kabisch Script Franzis Kabisch Editing Franzis Kabisch DOP Franzis Kabisch Sound Design Franzis Kabisch, Katharina Pelosi, Laura Schick
Festivals
2023 DOK Leipzig - Internationales Leipziger Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm, Germany (Golden Dove)
2023 Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest, Germany (Golden Key)
2023 Flensburger Kurzfilmtage, Germany (Jury Prize Category "Wagnis")
2024 Internationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg, Germany
2024 dokumentarfilmwoche hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
2024 DIAGONALE - Festival des österreichischen Films, Graz, Austria
2024 Internationales Frauen Film Fest Dortmund+Köln, Dortmund, Köln, Germany
2024 VIENNA SHORTS, Wien, Austria (Social Responsibility Award)
2024 Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, Germany (Audience Award)
2024 Sehsuechte – Internationales Studierendenfilmfestival Sehsüchte, Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany (Outstanding Artistic Achievement in a Documentary)
2024 Huesca International Film Festival, Spain
2024 LagoFilmFest, Revine Lago, Italy
2024 Tirana International Film Festival, Albania
2024 Festival Silhouette, Paris, France
Distribution
  • Lemonade Films
  • Marija Milovanovic
  • Zieglergasse 84
  • 1070 Wien
  • Austria
  • +43 650 5341800
  • http://www.refreshingfilms.com
Sales
  • Lemonade Films
  • Marija Milovanovic
  • Zieglergasse 84
  • 1070 Wien
  • Austria
  • +43 650 5341800
  • http://www.refreshingfilms.com
Production

Franzis Kabisch

Franzis Kabisch is a filmmaker, artistic researcher and author, living and working in Berlin and Vienna. In her works, she deals with body norms, queer desire and reproductive justice. Since 2019, she has been researching the representation of abortion in films and series.

Filmography
2012 Ein Film
2014 Podium
2016 Deklinationen (Can I inherit my dead parents‘ debts?)
2018 A Film About the Desire to Make It Work
2023 getty abortions

Portrait of Franzis Kabisch