WOMEN

a film project by Editta Braun & Menie Weissbacher

WOMEN

a film project by

Editta Braun & Menie Weissbacher

directing, screenplay, editing, choreography: Editta Braun

cameras, special effects, constructions: Menie Weissbacher

music: Thierry Zaboitzeff

with

Germaine Acogny

Weng Teng Choi-Buttinger, Nikola Majtanova, Maja Mirek, Jerca Rožnik Novak

Marlene Aigner, Editta Braun, Iris Heitzinger, Alina Lugovskaya, Kristína Oleárniková, Juliana Vargas Rodrígues, Astrid Weger-Purkhart

Annabelle Adlgasser, Lara Braun, Aruna Choi-Buttinger, Margarida do Pinto Amaral, Ulrike Hager, Sandra Hofstötter, Awa Kamara, Margret Liebau, Sigrid Linher, Beatrice Wanjiru Miringu, Regina Wyschata

dramaturgical assistance: Gerda Poschmann-Reichenau

gaffer girl: Malou

editing consulting: Zoki Vilotic, Joana Scrinzi, Petra Hinterberger, Eva Hager

2nd camera, AI: Andreas Kirnbauer

sound: Bernhard Lohner, Benedikt Grobauer

technical assistance: Joe Wagner, Anton Brühwasser, Stefan Ebner

lightings: Thomas Hinterberger

assistance organization: Ulrike Hager

tailoring: Cvetanka Mojsovska

Making of: Maja Mirek

catering: Emma Wyschata

distribution: Ulrike Hager, Antje Papka

production: editta braun company, Studio Weissbacher

funded by

Federal Minstry Republic of Austria

Housing, Arts, Culture, Media and Sport

City of Salzburg

Federal State of Salzburg

Upcoming fall 25

Inspired by the African dance legend Germaine Acogny, from whom Editta Braun herself once took important inspiration, this film encourages women around the world to take their fate into their own hands. This moving feminist dance manifesto shows imprisonment and the desire for freedom, the struggle for self-determination and the power of solidarity, humour and utopia.

The film features outstanding members of the company's current team, who are joined in a moving final scene by companions of Editta Braun from 45 years ago to form a strong cross-section of women from around the world.

The fact that Editta Braun was able to get the globally active Senegalese-French dancer and choreographer Germaine Acogny, who was awarded the Golden Lion for her life's work at the 2021 Venice Biennale alongside countless other awards, to take part in the film makes it unique. With her impressive charisma and dignified energy, the ‘mother of contemporary African dance’ connects the individual scenes, characters and stories on a timeless, symbolic level.

Moving feminist dance manifesto about imprisonment and the desire for freedom, the struggle for self-determination and the power of solidarity, humour and utopia.

Inspired by the African dance legend Germaine Acogny, from whom Editta Braun herself once took important inspiration, this film encourages women around the world to take their fate into their own hands. This moving feminist dance manifesto shows imprisonment and the desire for freedom, the struggle for self-determination and the power of solidarity, humour and utopia.

The film features outstanding members of the company's current team, who are joined in a moving final scene by companions of Editta Braun from 45 years ago to form a strong cross-section of women from around the world.

The fact that Editta Braun was able to get the globally active Senegalese-French dancer and choreographer Germaine Acogny, who was awarded the Golden Lion for her life's work at the 2021 Venice Biennale alongside countless other awards, to take part in the film makes it unique. With her impressive charisma and dignified energy, the ‘mother of contemporary African dance’ connects the individual scenes, characters and stories on a timeless, symbolic level.