back track
Virgil Widrich’s short film is a 7-minute 3D-remix of feature films from the 1950s and 60s which were projected on glass and photographed in 3D. Winner of 14 international film awards!
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- 2015
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A 2015, short film, Stereo DCP, black/white, 1:2,39
Length: 7 min.
Virgil Widrich’s short film is a 7-minute 3D-remix of feature films from the 1950s and 60s which were projected on glass and photographed in 3D. The World premiere at the 61st International Short Film Festival Oberhausen. Additional festivals: Diagonale, Zagreb Animafest, Karlovy Vary, Vila do Conde, Wroclaw, Bristol, Sevilla, Cambridge, Milano, and Wiesbaden. Winner of 14 international film awards!
Link to making of; download press kit
“’back track’ presents itself as yet another work of bravura by one of Austria’s most inventive filmmakers, his ingeniously intricate ideas ever a source of newfound pleasure.”
Peter Tscherkassky
Events, worldwide.
119
events total
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August 16–23, 202416.–23.08.202410th Bogotá experimental film festival – Bogotá – Colombia
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March 15, 202415.03.2024Greece Film Festival Awards – Athens – Greece
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January 25, 202225.01.2022Alibag Short Film Festival – Alibag – India
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January 21, 202221.01.2022★ Chambal International Film Festival - Season 4 – Mumbai – India
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November 13, 202113.11.2021Kerala Short Film Festival – Pune – India
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October 2, 202102.10.20211st Himachal short film festival 2021 – Himachal Pradesh – India
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March 11–17, 202011.–17.03.2020Bratislava 2020 – Febiofest – Bratislava – Slovakia
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January 7, 202007.01.2020Southern States Indie FanFilmFest – Biloxi – USA
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December 15–30, 201915.–30.12.20194th International Short Film Festival Pune 2019 – Pune – India
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November 29, 201929.11.2019★ Rome Film Awards – Rome – Italy
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September 3, 201903.09.2019Azadi International Film Festival – Tehran – Iran
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September 3, 201903.09.2019Tehran International Cinefest – Tehran – Iran
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August 22 – September 1, 201922.08.–01.09.2019VOB Film Festival – Putnam County – USA
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August 6, 201906.08.2019Vegas Movie Awards – Las Vegas – USA
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July 28, 201928.07.2019Social World Film Festival – Naples – Italy
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July 11, 201911.07.2019Festival ECRÃ – Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
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June 15, 201915.06.2019Thinking Hat Fiction Challenge – West Bengal – India
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May 28 – June 2, 201928.05.–02.06.2019VIS 2019 – Vienna Independent Shorts – Vienna – Austria
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April 5–7, 201905.–07.04.2019Shahu International Short Film Festival (SISFF) 2019 – Pune – India
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March 24, 201924.03.2019★ Eurasia International Monthly Film Festival – Moscow – Russia
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March 15, 201915.03.2019Independent Shorts Awards – Los Angeles – USA
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March 2, 201902.03.2019Aphrodite Film Awards – New York – USA
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February 28, 201928.02.2019★ Independent Talents International Film Festival – Bloomington – USA
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February 23, 201923.02.2019Eurocinema Film Festival – Humanity House – The Hague – The Netherlands
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December 15, 201815.12.2018ORION IFF International Film Festival – Dalveen – Australia
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December 15, 201815.12.2018★ ORION IFF International Film Festival – Dalveen – Australia
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December 15, 201815.12.2018★ ORION IFF International Film Festival – Dalveen – Australia
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November 22, 201822.11.2018“Between the media – Virgil Widrich” – Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow – Kraków – Poland
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October 27, 201827.10.2018Eurocinema Film Festival – Geneva – Switzerland
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October 25, 201825.10.2018Moondance International Film Festival – Boulder – USA
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September 14–16, 201814.–16.09.2018Nadym International Film Festival – Nadym – Russia
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August 18, 201818.08.2018INCORTO Film Festival – Mexico City – Mexico
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July 14, 2018 – January 20, 201914.07.2018
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April 22, 201822.04.2018Volgograd International Independent Film Festival – Russia
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April 6–7, 201806.–07.04.2018Shutter Speed Film Festival – Texas – Arlington – USA
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March 17–18, 201817.–18.03.2018Corto Nero Short Film Festival – Naples – Italy
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February 23, 201823.02.2018Master class Virgil Widrich at the Université Rennes 2 – Rennes – France
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February 20–27, 201820.–27.02.2018Travelling – Clair Obscur – Festival de cinéma de Rennes Métropole – Rennes – France
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January 22–28, 201822.–28.01.20182nd IbizaCinefest – Selection – Ibiza – Spain
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December 23, 201723.12.2017★ EIFA – Paris – France
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December 13, 201713.12.2017“Spaced out! Film Spaces in the Digital Age” – An event organised by frame (o)ut, dotdotdot and the Filmarchiv Austria – Vienna – Austria
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December 2, 201702.12.2017Berlin Motion Picture Festival – Berlin – Germany
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November 9–15, 201709.–15.11.2017KAPOW Intergalactic Film Festival – Los Angeles – USA
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November 9–15, 201709.–15.11.2017KAPOW Intergalactic Film Festival
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November 4 – December 4, 201704.11.–04.12.2017Blue Danube Film Festival – Hungary
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November 4–5, 201704.–05.11.2017Plebeian Film Festival – San Diego – USA
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November 1–30, 201701.–30.11.2017St. Lawrence International Film Festival – Online – USA
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October 29–31, 201729.–31.10.2017FEDAXV – Festival de Diseño Audiovisual Experimental – Valdivia – Chile
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October 28–29, 201728.–29.10.20174th Goa Short Film Festival 2017 – Maharashtra – India
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October 9, 201709.10.2017★ New York City Indie Film Awards – New York – USA
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September 26 – October 1, 201726.09.–01.10.2017The International Short Film Festival SHORT FORM – Gornji Milanovac – Serbia
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September 24, 201724.09.2017Hope Film Awards – Las Vegas – USA
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September 12, 201712.09.2017Rooms of our Time – Salzburger Kunstverein, Cinema Vertigo, Künstlerhaus – Salzburg – Austria
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September 8–16, 201708.–16.09.2017Filmquest – Utah – Provo – USA
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August 10, 201710.08.2017dotdotdot – Open Air Kurzfilmfestival, Gartenpalais Schönborn, Vienna, open air screening – Vienna – Austria
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June 1–10, 201701.–10.06.2017Underground Film Fest – Ancona – Italy
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May 29, 201729.05.2017★ FICOCC Five Continents International Film Festival – Puerto la Cruz – Spain
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May 26–28, 201726.–28.05.2017Pune Short Film Festival – Maharashtra – India
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May 23–29, 201723.–29.05.2017Near Nazareth Festival (NNF) – Nazareth – Israel
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May 15–17, 201715.–17.05.2017★ Polish International Film Festival – online Festival – Poland
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May 13, 201713.05.2017End of Days Film Festival – Florida – Orlando – USA
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May 8, 201708.05.2017Colortape International Film Festival – Brisbane – Australia
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May 2–9, 201702.–09.05.2017CineAutopsia – Bogotá Experimental Film Festival – Bogotá – Colombia
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April 8, 201708.04.2017Washington Film Festival – Washington – USA
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April 1–2, 201701.–02.04.2017★ FROSTBITE International Film Festival – Colorado Springs – USA
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March 24 – April 2, 201724.03.–02.04.2017Atlanta Film Festival – Experimental Shorts Program – Atlanta – USA
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February 7–28, 201707.–28.02.2017CineArtistry – Sherman Oaks – USA
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January 25–29, 201725.–29.01.2017Minimalen 29 Short Film Festival – Trondheim – Norway
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January 21, 201721.01.2017UFO - Kurzfilmfestival – Leipzig – Germany
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December 16–18, 201616.–18.12.2016International Online Web Fest 2016
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December 15–18, 201615.–18.12.2016FreeNetWorld – Nis – Serbia
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December 8, 201608.12.2016I Filmmaker International Film Festival – Marbella – Spain
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December 1, 201601.12.2016★ Genre Celebration Festival – Tokyo – Japan
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December 1–3, 201601.–03.12.2016Videodrunk Film Festival – Social Capital Theatre in Toronto – Ontario – Canada
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November 10–30, 201610.–30.11.2016Direct Monthly Online Film Festival – Michigan, USA – Los Angeles – USA
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November 10, 201610.11.2016★ Largo Film Awards – online festival – Switzerland
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November 4–6, 201604.–06.11.2016★ Crossing the Screen – Eastbourne – United Kingdom
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October 25–29, 201625.–29.10.2016Post Mortem – International Horror & Bizarre Short Film Fest – Aguascalientes – Mexico
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September 29 – October 1, 201629.09.–01.10.2016Princeton Independent Film Festival – Princeton – USA
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September 29, 201629.09.2016PRINDIE: Curated Collection – Princeton – USA
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September 22, 201622.09.2016Lisbon Film Festival – Lisbon – Portugal
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September 22, 201622.09.2016★ Martinique International Film Festival 2016 – Online Film Festival – Fort-de-France – France
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September 22, 201622.09.2016Official Selection of the Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival 2016 – online film festival – Hong Kong – Hong Kong
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September 22, 201622.09.2016Sydney World Film Festival 2016 – online film festival – Sydney – Australia
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June 25, 201625.06.2016Close-Up Film Centre – London – United Kingdom
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April 22–26, 201622.–26.04.2016Busan International Short Film Festival 2016 – Busan – South Korea
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April 20 – May 1, 201620.04.–01.05.2016Lissabon 16 – Indielisboa – Lisbon – Portugal
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April 13–24, 201613.–24.04.2016Buenos Aires 16 – Buenos Aires – Argentina
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April 12–17, 201612.–17.04.2016Dresden 2016 – Filmfest – Dresden – Germany
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March 17–23, 201617.–23.03.2016Bratislava 2016 – Febiofest – Bratislava – Slovakia
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March 15–20, 201615.–20.03.2016Ann Arbor 2016 – Film Festival – Ann Arbor – USA
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January 20, 201620.01.2016City 46 – Bremen – Germany
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December 15, 201515.12.2015TIFF Bell Lightbox – Toronto – Canada
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November 13–22, 201513.–22.11.2015Wiesbaden 15 – exground filmfest – Wiesbaden – Germany
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November 6–14, 201506.–14.11.2015Sevilla 2015 – Festival de Cine Europeo in Spain – Seville – Spain
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October 28 – November 1, 201528.10.–01.11.2015Mailand 15 – Invideo – Milan – Italy
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October 17–23, 201517.–23.10.2015Limassol 2015 – Cyprus Short Film Festival – Limassol – Cyprus
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October 15–18, 201515.–18.10.20153D Festival “Beyond 2015” – Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe – Karlsruhe – Germany
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September 27, 201527.09.2015Gartenbaukino Wien: 3D-Kurzfilmprogramm “Perspektiven” – Vienna – Austria
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September 24–26, 201524.–26.09.2015Cambridge 15 – European Short Film Festival at MIT – Cambridge – United Kingdom
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September 18–27, 201518.–27.09.2015Belo Horizonte 2015 – International Short Film Festival – Belo Horizonte – Brazil
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September 15–20, 201515.–20.09.2015Bristol 15 – Encounters Shorts and Animation Festival – Bristol – United Kingdom
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July 23 – August 2, 201523.07.–02.08.2015Wroclaw 15 – New Horizons Festival – Wroclaw – Poland
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July 4–12, 201504.–12.07.2015Vila do Conde 15 – 23. Festival International de Curtas-Metragens – Vila do Conde – Portugal
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July 3–11, 201503.–11.07.2015Karlovy Vary 15 – International Film Festival – Karlovy Vary – Czech Republic
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June 9–14, 201509.–14.06.2015Animafest Zagreb – Zagreb – Croatia
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May 26–31, 201526.–31.05.2015VIS 2015 – Vienna Independent Shorts – Vienna – Austria
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May 3, 201503.05.20153.5.2015: international premiere of “back track” at the 61. International Short Film Festival Oberhausen. Additional festivals: Diagonale, Zagreb Animafest, Karlovy Vary, Vila do Conde, Wroslaw, Bristol, Sevilla, Cambridge, Milano and Wiesbaden.
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April 30 – May 5, 201530.04.–05.05.2015Oberhausen 2015 – 61. Internationale Kurzfilmtage – International Premiere – Oberhausen – Germany
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March 17–22, 201517.–22.03.2015Diagonale 2015 – Festival of Austrian Films, – Austrian premiere – Graz – Austria
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December 14, 201414.12.2014Sound mix with Frédéric Fichefet and Emmanuel de Boissieu at Alea Jacta-Post-Production in Brussels.
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September 28, 201428.09.2014Colour grading with Bernhard Schlick.
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September 1, 201401.09.2014Peter Tscherkassky visits the set of “back track”.
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August 11 – September 7, 201411.08.–07.09.2014Concept and production of the stereoscopic short film “back track”. Stop motion shooting takes place between 11 August and 7 September 2014.
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April 4, 201404.04.2014First tests with stereoscopic recordings with Martin Putz.
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April 9 – October 30, 201309.04.–30.10.2013Film research and work on the animatic of “back track”.
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July 31, 201231.07.2012With the commitment of the Federal Chancellery Department for the Arts the main part of the financing of “back track” is secured.
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March 1 – May 31, 201201.03.–31.05.2012Conception of the short film “back track”.
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May 12, 200412.05.2004Test shooting with rear projections on different glass sheets with Martin Putz. Excerpts from “Brighter than the Moon” were used as a material. Preliminary investigations with a film technique that will be used 10 years later in “back track”.