HUNGRY
NEXT FESTIVAL SCREENINGS:
Kino Kosova Festival
Bern, Switzerland 12 September 2026 · 18:00 Special Screening KINO REX · TICKET
Biografilm Festival
Italian Premiere
Bologna, Italy 06 June 2026 · 16:15 CINEMA LUMIÈRE – Sala Scorsese TICKET
Festival Cinemambiente
Torino, Italy 07 June 2026 · 15:00 - Sala 1 Cinema Massimo HERE
THE FILM VERDICT:
"Compelling... a finely crafted, intelligent and haunting audio-visual artwork."
MODERN TIMES:
“An explosive documentary involving global scenarios. A highly detailed work that, like a mosaic, deciphers the panorama of the ongoing decline of most life forms on our planet.”
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER:
“If you care about the future of the planet and mankind, Hungry is for you.”
THE PEOPLE'S MOVIES:
"Mesmerizing, Hungry unfolds along a humorous yet unsettling narrative path, tracing chains of cause and effect within the climate crisis.”
CALIGARI:
“Hungry is told from the perspective of a “Being” that discovers human extinction — a very original and powerful narrative device that gives the story an almost philosophical dimension.”
CHATTER BOX FILM:
"Immersive and inspiring... This is a film that as a multi-dimensional work, expands our world by bringing it sharply into focus."
CINEMA AUSTRIACO:
"A courageous and intelligent film which, through its innovative direction, offers us plenty of food for thought."
ZERO
The best films we saw at Biografilm Festival 2026: "If eco-anxiety were a movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Solaris, and Koyaanisqatsi would all fade into insignificance next to Hungry."
BIRDMEN MAGAZINE
"Hungry is observation, scientific analysis, but above all an awakening to the problems of a world in disarray that we must take responsibility for — before extinction, here presented as established fact, becomes historical fact in our own present."
WORLD PREMIERE:
IFF ROTTERDAM 2026, February 2, 2026
WORLD SALES:
Impronta Films
Ana Saiz
https://www.improntafilms.com/
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HUNGRY / Sci-Fi Documentary / 95'
LOGLINE
When a mysterious Being discovers a world devoid of humans, it sets out to unravel what happened. While searching for clues, the Being creates the film Hungry using interviews made with scientists before the extinction. The facts seem to prove that there was no possibility to heal humanity or the world. Or not?
SYNOPSIS
When a mysterious Being in a near future discovers a world devoid of humans, it sets off to find out the cause of humanity’s disappearance. Following clues retrieved from the past – voice recordings made with prominent scientists before the elimination events – the Being films and creates its own documentary, Hungry. What seemingly begins as an environmental film, soon evolves into a scientific “criminal” investigation, revealing a hidden chain of cause and effect. We hear experts discuss the catastrophic trajectory of food politics, agricultural biodiversity and corporate monopolies, leaving us with a chilling view of a future increasingly controlled by corporate and political power.
As the Being searches for leads to the perpetrators of the extinction, its film discloses what led to the destruction of food security, to the deterioration of labor markets and to decline in democracies.
In a closing twist, the last shot in the Being's film reframes everything we’ve seen. Could something still be done to save humanity?
Hungry’s radical use of scientific findings without talking heads is a cinematic call to action aiming to prevent this future from becoming our own.
Script, direction: Susanne Brandstaetter
The Being: Jeff Ricketts
Cinematography: Joerg Burger
Special cameras: Martin Putz, Lukas Lerperger
Editors: Lisa Geretschläger, Stephan Bechinger
Editing consultants: Anne Fabini, Yaël Bitton
Script consultants: Eric Collins, Michael Palm
Music / Sound Design: Peter Kutin / Rojin Sharafi
Producer: Susanne Brandstaetter
Production: Susanne Brandstaetter Film Production
Produced with the support of:
Austrian Film Institute & ÖFI+, Vienna Film Fund, ORF Film/Television Agreement; Lower Austria Culture
Language versions: English OV or English OV with subs,
German version: German + English with German subs
Barrier-free versions in German
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