Life, Death & Pickles

by Lotta Schweikert

Filmakademie Wien, Austria

Synopsis

Nora is in her mid-20s, a climate activist, privileged, and frustrated - much like everyone in her generation. She lives her life perfectly calculated, surrounded by lists and pickles - leaving nothing to chance. After a semi-failed climate action, she comes to the conclusion that, all in all, it would be better to just let it be. Nora embarks on a journey to Poland to end things on her own terms.

Director's biography

Lotta Schweikert (1995) is studying directing and screenwriting at the Vienna Film Academy. She has already lived and worked in Paris, Cardiff and Berlin. In addition to directing short films, she works as an assistant director and editor. Her films are about the humane in the inhumane, about muddling through life and when things get sad, always somehow with a pinch of humor. She is currently working on the script for her debut feature.

Credits

Director: Lotta Schweikert

Screenplay: Calvin Lucas Trosien

Producer: Ivet Castelo

Specifications

Original title: Besser so

Running time: 25'

Film type: Fiction

Country: Austria

Completion date: January 2024