The Best City Is No City at All

Austria2019documentary15'Short Matters! Krótkie filmy roku (2021)

A young man is sitting in a rusty hangar and playing the guitar. A desolate wooden church will be transferred to the outskirts of an urban expansion zone to be used for cultural purposes. Kindergarten children sitting on chairs arranged in a circle are telling the entire group what they do not do. This film essay presents many perspectives on Vienna’s urban expansion. They all share the sentimental criticism of growth and the refusal to progress in the face of an inevitable environmental disaster.