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CulturePrint EditionsFall 2019Film

New Perspectives

By Emre Günes

On the eve of the 57th Viennale, festival director Eva Sangiorgi discusses this year's lineup and her experience with Austria's biggest film festival

It’s easy to be a film buff in Vienna: With not one but two film museums and numerous cinemas specializing in original-language fare, offbeat, independent movies are readily available. At no time is that more apparent than during the Viennale, Austria’s biggest film festival: Each fall, about 300 features, documentaries and shorts by international and […]
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Emre Günes
Emre Günes is Viennese born and raised with Turkish roots. After finishing his international school he got a knack for writing in English and studied Journalism at the University of Westminster in London. He previously interned at a couple of import/export companies as a teen and then even at the Radio Station of the Austrian National Broadcaster (ORF) until completing his military service in 2018. He is now an intern and writes for Metropole while studying his masters for English Linguistics.
CulturePrint EditionsFall 2019Film

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