Benedikt Mitmannsgruber - 1996
Th., 17.09.2026 from 19:30 o'clock
Out of nowhere, Benedikt Mitmannsgruber has turned 30 overnight.
Surrounded by forest, cows, and farms, he reflects on the past few years.
In the attic of his parents' house, he discovers a yellowed album containing a family tree.
For Benedikt Mitmannsgruber, this marks the beginning of a furious journey through the past of his family and his own absurd everyday life.
The journey starts at the beginning of the 20th century in a small village on the Czech border. There, Benedikt Mitmannsgruber's great-grandparents decide to have 15 children. In the 1960s, Benedikt Mitmannsgruber's parents are born. They spend their childhood next to the Iron Curtain in the deepest Austrian province. No one really knows whether this small strip of land belongs to the Czech Republic or Austria. In the 1990s, the curtain falls, and Benedikt Mitmannsgruber's parents decide to conceive a son. He is born into a world where he never quite fits in, yet he loves it with all its quirky inhabitants and peculiarities.
An homage to growing up in the middle of nowhere. A love letter to forgotten little towns. A journey into one’s own past. A quirky look at our society and a world gone awry.
Benedikt Mitmannsgruber's third program "1996" is dedicated to his two parents and four grandparents, who shaped him into the Benedikt Mitmannsgruber he is today, despite a difficult upbringing at the end of the world with few prospects!
Duration: 90 minutes
Director: Jürgen Marschal
Date and time
Th., 17.09.2026
Starts at: 19:30 O'clock
Event location
Weiz - Art House Weiz