Piggy Bank

A playful hybrid that blends self-experiment with mockumentary as the director’s plan to live for “a year without money” interrogates idealism and activism while offering serious observations on the climate crisis. Christoph Schwarz blends self-experiment with mockumentary in his playful and comedic hybrid film that interrogates middle-class idealism. When the Austrian director receives €90,000 to make a TV documentary about living for a year without money, he immediately blows all the cash on a weekend house for his family. This is just the jumping off point for a film that cleverly mixes fact with fiction to take a sideswipe at performative activism, slyly asking what it means when you literally have money to burn. Behind the satiric humour, Schwarz articulates the all-too real challenges presented by the world’s climate crisis. Screening as part of Austria on Screen German with English Subtitles Thanks to Sixpack FilmsAustria 2024PT1H37MN/C 15+2025-03-03

Christoph Schwarz

Piggy Bank"Piggy Bank"

Showtimes

March 3, 8:55 pm

March 4, 6:15 pm