Gwendolyn is in her mid-sixties, barely weighs 52 kg and is a three-time world champion in weightlifting. Battling an aggressive form of cancer, the retired anthropologist should really take a step back, but this is far from what Gwendolyn has in mind. She is training to become world champion once again. Supported by her devoted trainer Pat, her son Joseph and her husband Charlie, 20 years her junior, her fight against physical and personal limits begins.
AT, 2017, 85 MIN
Credits
concept & director Ruth Kaaserer
Cinematography Serafin Spitzer
Sound Tong Zhang
Editor Joana Scrinzi
Producers Jürgen Karasek, Filip Malinowski
Awards / Festivals
Nomination Silver Eye Award Jihlava 2017
Erste Bank Mehrwert-AwardViennale 2017
Winner Franz-Grabner-Award 2018
Winner Best Camera (Documentary) Diagonale 2018 for Serafin Spitzer
Winner Best Editing (Documentary) Diagonale 2018 for Joana Scrinzi
DOK Leipzig 2017 (World Premiere, official Competition)
Viennale 2017 (Austrian Premiere)
IDFA Panorama 2017
Diagonale 2018
One World Prague 2018
Kiew Docudays UA 2018
Filmfestival Millenium Brüssel 2018
Sofia International FF 2018
Festival Finale Plzen 2018
Anthology Film Archives, New York 2018
Raindance, London 2018
Cambridge Filmfestival 2018
Fünf-Seen-Filmfestival 2018
Filmplus Köln 2018
Dok Film Woche FSK Kino, Berlin 2018
Close Up Film Center, London 2019
funding
Austrian Ministry of Culture and Arts, Land Tyrol Culture, Land Styria Culture, City of Vienna Culture, Land Salzburg Culture, Otto Mauer Fonds