Occupy, Resist, Produce – Vio.Me.
A film by Dario Azzellini and Oliver Ressler 30 min., 2015 Vio.Me. in Thessaloniki used to produce industrial glue, insulant and various other chemically derived construction materials. In 2010 the workers were sent on unpaid leave every 4-6 weeks. Then the owners started reducing the workers’ wages, assuring them that it was only a temporary […]
This is what democracy looks like!
a video by Oliver Ressler, 38 min., German/Engl., 2002 The video “This is what democracy looks like!” thematizes the events of 1 July 2001 which took place surrounding a demonstration against the World Economic Forum – a private lobbying organization of major capital – which was meeting in Salzburg at the time. “At those meetings, […]
Everything’s coming together while everything’s falling apart: COP21
An ongoing film project by Oliver Ressler Not too long ago, global warming was science fiction. Now it has become hard science, and a reality we already live in. The latest reports from the sober Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) suggest that the planet may be approaching multiple thresholds of irreversible damage faster than […]
Everything’s coming together while everything’s falling apart: Ende Gelände
A film by Oliver Ressler, 12 min., 2016 The film on the Ende Gelände (end of the road) action shifts the focus to a massive civil disobedience action at the Lusatia lignite coal fields (near Berlin). 4,000 activists entered an open-cast mine, blocking the loading station and the rail connection to a coal-fired power plant. […]
There are no Syrian refugees in Turkey
A film by Oliver Ressler 30 min., 2016 Refugees attempting to enter the European Union play a specific role in the relation between the EU and Turkey. The same European powers that routinely invoke “human rights” to justify military action in Africa and Asia (including the “Middle East”) deny all protection to survivors fleeing the […]
What Is Democracy?
A film by Oliver Ressler 118 min., 2009 “What is democracy?” is not one question, but is actually two questions. On the one hand, the question relates to conditions of the current, parliamentary representative democracies that are scrutinized critically in this project. On the other hand, the question traces different approaches to what a more […]
Anubumin
A film by Zanny Begg & Oliver Ressler 18 min., 2017 In their fourth collaborative film Zanny Begg (Sydney) and Oliver Ressler (Vienna) focus on Nauru, a tiny remote island in the Pacific with 10,000 inhabitants. The title “Anubumin” is Nauruan for “night” and symbolises a certain darkness that surrounds the island. The film combines […]
Everything’s coming together while everything’s falling apart: The ZAD
Everything’s coming together while everything’s falling apart An ongoing film project by Oliver Ressler Not too long ago, global warming was science fiction. Now it has become hard science, and a reality we already live in. The latest reports from the sober Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) suggest that the planet may be approaching […]
Everything’s coming together while everything’s falling apart: Code Rood
A film by Oliver Ressler 14 min., 2017 The film highlights the civil disobedience action “Code Rood” in the port of Amsterdam in June 2017. The blockade of Europe’s second-largest coal port draws a red line against this important infrastructure facility for fossil capitalism. The largest single source of the coal shipments is Colombia, where […]
Everything’s coming together while everything’s falling apart: COP21 (excerpt)
