Short Film 20min

The transportation company where the thirty-something Walter has been working as a truck driver for the past five years hires the 25-year-old consultant Stefanie to lead the transition to a ‘Data-Driven’ corporate strategy. During the transition, Walter’s perspective on society and politics begins to waver.

The short film is based on 150 biographical interviews with manual workers in Austria and Germany as part of Paulus Wagner’s dissertation at Sciences Po Paris/ France

(c) Marc Gering

with Thomas Frank, Isabella Knöll, Lupo Grujcic, Thomas Momcinovic, Birgit Linauer, Laura Rauch, Corinna Pumm, Nancy Lechner, Riko Kontaratos, uvm.

written & directed by Barbara Wolfram and Paulus Wagner
DoP: Anna Haderer
Producer: Jakob Serdaroglu
Costume Design: Rita Landgrebe
Set Design: Momo Maresch
Sound: Clara Koeberl
Light: Valentin Maurer

Completion: 2024

The short film is produced by Filmakademie Wien and funded by the MA7 City of Vienna from the project budget of BUILDING BRIDGES.