Kein Halbes Leben /
No Half Life
feature length documentary
70 minutes, DCP, color
2018
Austria
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writer & director: Sybille Bauer
producer: Lixi Frank
director of photography: Marie-Thérèse Zumtobel
sound recordists: Nora Czamler, Ben Palier, Ken Rischard, Theda Schifferdecker, Simon Spitzer
editor: Anna Kirst (as Anna Grenzfurthner)
sound design: Simon Spitzer
color grading: Simon Graf
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"The documentary ‘No Half Life’ deals with the intriguing yet inscrutable relationship between people and their dogs. My mother Renate, 57, says that only her dogs helped her to overcome my father’s death. What are dogs capable of that fellow people are not? I embark on a personal journey and an intimate look through and on the three dog-centred worlds of my protagonists Kerstin (24), Florian (29) and Renate – my mother. Although the three characters all may seem very different at first glance they have something major in common: They had to experience great human losses. At the same time they all find a special form of fulfilment through their relationship with their canine companion. And, finally, they all succeed together with their four-legged friends in looking to a positive future." (Sybille Bauer)
Festivals
Crossing Europe Filmfestival Linz, Austria
Diagonale, Festival of Austrian Film, Austria (World Premiere)