Best of Fests
27 STOREYS
Deutschland, Österreich 2023 – Director: Bianca Gleissinger – German original language with English subtitles – Length: 85 min.
Three gigantic blocks, 250 000 sq, m, 27 floors, tennis courts, club rooms and rooftop swimming pools – or as critics from back in the day called them: “pools for the proles!” Social housing took on a completely new quality in Harry Glück’s Alterlaa development. Gleissinger goes back with us to the place where he spent his childhood and to the somewhat eccentric inhabitants of this unique dwelling machine. Ina Borrmann
Biography
Bianca Gleissinger was born in Vienna and grew up in the famous Alterlaa residential park. She studied theatre, film and media studies at the University of Vienna and the Free University of Berlin, followed by production at the Berlin Film Academy DFFB. 27 Storeys is her first feature-length documentary.
Writer: Bianca Gleissinger. Camera: Klemens Koscher. Sound: Victoria Grohs. Editing: Kai Eiermann. Production: Egoli Tossell und Mischief Films. Producer: Ralph wieser, Jens Meurer, Judy Tossell.
