Woodland
Guests Expected
Director Elisabeth Scharang and sound recordist William Franck are expected to attend
Description
In Elizabeth Scharang’s evocative drama, a journalist from Vienna retreats to her childhood village and her late grandparents’ barely habitable home as she copes with the trauma of witnessing a terrible crime. Marian (Brigittle Hobmeier) finds peace in the surrounding woods but it is not a comfortable homecoming — the townspeople resent her for critical articles she’s written and her best friends Gerti (Gerti Drassi) and Franz (Johannes Krisch) still feel the sting of being left behind. Marian has more to heal than just her wounded psyche as she recalls the tight bonds of her youth and attempts to mend broken relationships. Hobmeier delivers a nuanced performance as a woman shut down by the violence she experienced who gradually learns to embrace life again — not through the isolation she originally sought but by reaching for human connection.
Elisabeth Scharang worked as a journalist and in radio before becoming a maker of both documentary and narrative films. Her nonfiction work includes Normale Zeiten (2001), Octopus Alarm (2006), My Dear Republic (2007), and Kick Out Your Boss (2014). Among her narrative features are In Another Lifetime (2011) and Jack (2015).
Film Details
Language German, English, Romanian
Original Language Title Wald
Year 2023
Premiere California
Runtime 100
Country Austria
Director Elisabeth Scharang
Executive Producer Michael Katz, Veit Heiduschka
Producer Ulrike Laesser
Writer Elisabeth Scharang
Editor Alarich Lenz
Cinematographer Jörg Widmer
Music Hania Rani
Cast Brigitte Hobmeier, Gerti Drassl, Bodgan Dumitrache, Johannes Krisch
Closed Captions Closed Captions are not yet confirmed for this program
Audio Description Audio Descriptions are not yet confirmed for this program
American Sign Language (ASL) Interpretation American Sign Language Interpretation is not currently scheduled for this film
