In his documentary
Does the horse have to work,
too?, Leonhard Pill follows his sister Valeria, a transhumant shepherdess whose daily life is entirely shaped by her
work.
Through calm, precise imagery, the film paints a portrait of a woman who takes personal responsibility for
every aspect of her profession – from the birth of the lambs to the slaughter of the animals – and who thus lives in stark
contrast to the lifestyles of her two siblings and a fast-paced, digitalised world. Without romanticising or demystifying
sheep farming, the film explores the distance and convergence between different realities of life.
The premiere
will take place at the Stadtkino Wien.
For further
screening dates, please check the website directly.
Leonhard Thomas Pill, born in 1987 at
the river Isar, lives and works as a filmmaker and
sound aficionado between the river Danube and the Danube Canal. Together
with the death metal band Over Your Threshold, he recorded an album that was released internationally in 2012 on Metal Blade
Records. After studying psychology at the river Salzach, his first films were shown at the Crossing Europe Film Festival 2020
and at the Austrian Cultural Forum Belgrade in 2021. In his work, he deals with (chosen) family, achievement and ‘defect’,
turbo-capitalism and stagnation, water and food. In 2021, he received a scholarship for film art from the Federal Ministry
of Arts and Culture and the annual film grant of the State of Salzburg.
