Films by Bernhard Hetzenauer

Austria, Germany 2017, 20 min
by Bernhard Hetzenauer

In a quiet voice, a member of the Wirraritari/Huichol tribe of Mexico by the name of Chon calmly tells a story about taking peyote with his cousin Faustino who suddenly is convinced he is a god. An audio space gleaned from local atmospheres and the hypnotizing voice of the narrator overlays the director´s finely composed visual montage constellated by hilly landscapes rendered in shades of gray that intercut with the mute face of the narrator. But what the latter reports stands in stark contrast

Germany, Austria 2010, 13 min
by Bernhard Hetzenauer

In this film the director makes the unusual effort to combine psychotherapeutic work with filmmaking. He accompanies 25-year-old Mexican actress Ana Serrano through a process of finding herself. In a poetic way the film shows the painful process of losing a beloved person and the search for a way to deal with the loss.