28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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steifheit 1–3 / 7

steifheit 1–3 / 7

Albert Sackl / Austria / 2018 / International Premiere / 9 min.


synopsis

Long term observation of masturbation. Sackl, who uses extreme methods to explore ways of depicting the human body, used a time-lapse camera to record himself masturbating once every ten years, compiling the individual frames and films into a radical ascetic film showing aging and physical transformation.

biography

Albert Sackl (1977), one of Austria’s most controversial contemporary filmmakers, studied philosophy and art history at the University of Vienna and visual art in Frankfurt under Peter Kubelka. A repeated motif in his work his the depiction of his own naked body. In 2008, the Ji.hlava IDFF showed his previous film in this series 2008 Stiffness I+II.

more about film

director: Albert Sackl
editing: Albert Sackl

contact

SIXPACK FILM
Isabella Reicher
Neubaugasse 45/13
A-1070 / Vienna / Austria
+431 5260990 11 / office@sixpackfilm.com
http://www.sixpackfilm.com/

Film at festival

premiere type:International Premiere
festival edition:2019
section:Fascinations: Eroticism
format:35 mm
colour:Colour

Info

director:Albert Sackl
original title:steifheit 1–3 / 7
country:Austria
year:2018
running time:9 min.

Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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