Johanna Moder: Artist fears for the future of cinema in Austria

Johanna Moder: Artist fears for the future of cinema in Austria

Wien, Österreich - The film world looks forward to February 18, 2025 when the psychological thriller Mother’s Baby , directed by Johanna Moder, celebrates its world premiere. The film follows the shocking story of Julia, a successful 40-year-old conductor who gets into a nightmare through pregnancy after fertility treatment. Complications during birth cause the baby to be removed without Julia's knowledge. At the first encounter with her child, she feels an unexpected distance and begins to doubt whether it is really her baby. This will be a central point in the plot that not only raises thrills, but also in -depth questions about motherhood, as Wikipedia. Despite the upcoming success,

Johanna Moder is concerned about the future of cinema in Austria. In an interview, the native of Graz expressed the fact that the political situation and the budget cuts of the Austrian film institute have a lot of strain on the industry. "The coming years will be very difficult for the cinema and especially for arthouse projects," she warned. The lack of funding could lead to even fully financed projects fall by the wayside, which can have catastrophic consequences for filmmakers. This becomes particularly clear if it puts the possible choice of a FPÖ-guided government in the room that could be critically set to the creative minds of the country, such as OE24 reported.

a shadow over the success

The director's concerns are in stark contrast to the great event of her career, which she is now looking forward to. The Berlinale is one of the most important film festivals worldwide and the competition for the golden bear is hard. The drama of the content and the critical social issues that Mother’s Baby deals with is not lacking; Nevertheless, the tense financial and political situation ensures a dark premonition in terms of the spread of such films in the coming years. "We were too little attentive and did not protect certain areas too little," said Moder.