Architektur.­Film.­Sommer 2025: Peak Oil — To the Last Drop?

Filmfestival: Architektur.­Film.­Sommer 2025

Wed 06.08., 20.30h, Architekturzentrum Wien - in the courtyard

Peak Oil — To the Last Drop?

Nenets vs Gas, FR/BE/FI/NO 2023, 52:00 min, ov with English subtitles, D: Sergio Ghizzardi
The Yamal Peninsula in the heart of the Arctic is the largest gas production area in the world — a symbol of Russia’s energy hyperpower. But the Yamal Peninsula is also the ancestral home of the Nenets, who have been grazing their livestock here for over 200 generations. But for how much longer?

Bis zum letzten Tropfen, AT 2022, 02:03 min, no dialogue, D: Lisa Prossegger, Jonathan Moser
The oil pumps continue relentlessly drawing resources from the earth.

A Road not Taken, CH 2010, 52 min, ov with German subtitles, D: Christina Hemauer, Roman Keller
As early as 1979, US President Jimmy Carter installed a solar system on the roof of the White House in a visionary move. His successor, Ronald Reagan, had the panels removed. The filmmakers track down these solar panels and bring them back to Washington, D.C.

In case of bad weather in the Az W Podium.

Curators: Lene Benz, Marlene Rutzendorfer

In cooperation with: wonderland – platform for european architecture and MuseumsQuartier Wien.