Benedikt Mitmannsgruber - "1996"

In the attic of his parents' house, he discovers a yellowed album that contains a family tree of his family. For Benedikt Mitmannsgruber, this marks the beginning of a furious journey through his family's past and through his own absurd everyday life.

The journey begins in the early 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 the small strip of land actually belongs to the Czech Republic or Austria. In the 1990s, the curtain falls, and Benedikt Mitmannsgruber's parents decide to conceive a son.

This son is born into a world where he never truly fits in, but which he nevertheless loves with all its quirky inhabitants and peculiarities. A homage to growing up in the middle of nowhere. A love letter to the
forgotten backwaters. A journey into his own past. A quirky look at our society and at 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 hardly any prospects!

Doors open: 6:30 PM