Programming

21st Ficdh

Noch lange keine Lipizzaner

Far from Being Lipizzans

International Feature Films Official Competition

Austria / 2025 / 91 min. / Documentary

Rated: Suitable for all audiences

Language: German, Serbian

Thematic: Borders, Identity

Section: Migrants

Director: Olga Kosanović

Contact: mail@olgakosanovic.com

Dates, times and locations:

Thursday June 12 / 6 pm / Alianza Francesa de Buenos Aires

Synopsis:

Olga Kosanović was born and raised in Austria, but could not become an Austrian citizen yet. In a newspaper, someone made a comment about her case: “If a cat gives birth at a riding hall, that doesn’t make her kittens lipizzans.” This demarcation generates a feeling of identity and cohesion: a strong sense of who “we” are. What concept of identity underlies a legislation that divides society between an “us” and a “them”? A film about belonging.

Trailer

Curatorial note:

Olga Kosanović traces in this film the lines that divide the borders of her own identity. She foregrounds herself in order to examine closely the arbitrariness and, even, ridiculousness by which nation-states determine who can and who cannot belong to them and in what way. What does it mean to “be” from somewhere? What responsibilities and duties does it entail? Who decides it for us? This film invites us to reflect on our own citizenship and territoriality, maybe even ponder ignored virtues. Mariano Pozzi