Benedikt Rubey
* 1981 in Vienna.
After going to school in Vienna-Mauer and his A-levels he studied visual design at the University for Applied Arts in Vienna. His film 2580,- unversteuert won him an award at the wiener video&filmtage 2001. He lives as an independent artist in Vienna.
FILMS directed by BENEDIKT RUBEY
Schwarze Perlen
Austria 2008, 11 min, language: English, subtitles: German
Innumerable sub-Saharan Africans spend years of uncertainty in refugee camps such as the Traiskirchen centre. They wait for a visa, though most of them lack the necessary documents, or the more realistic outcome, deportation. Black Pearls is the name chosen for a football team formed four years ago by African asylum-seekers. Football, as a common language and source of hope, provides an opportunity for them to transform their reality, or just forget it for a while. The film mainly accompanies Larry McDon, the team’s cofounder and top scorer. Glimpses of the team practicing show the players struggling against aimlessness, and it also gives them support and positive energy.
Presented by VIS within the context of:
VIS Vienna Independent Shorts 2008, Opening (world premiere)
OTHER FILMS:
Mondscheiner music clip Dieser Tag (2007)
Mondscheiner music clip In meine Seele gräbt sich ein Bild (2004)
2580,- unversteuert (2001, 16 min)