HUNGRY
WORLD PREMIERE of HUNGRY
at the INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM 2026
Harbour Program
IFF Rotterdam: iffr.com/en/iffr/2026/films/hungry
at the INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM 2026
Harbour Program
IFF Rotterdam: iffr.com/en/iffr/2026/films/hungry
In distribution:
HUNGRY / Sci-Fi Documentary / 95'
Script, direction: Susanne Brandstätter
Production: Susanne Brandstätter Filmproduktion
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
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
LOGLINE
When a mysterious Being discovers humanity is extinct, it sets out into the world 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 extinctions. 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. 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, to the hijacking of democratic governments and to decline in democracies. Finally, it appears that nothing could be done to save humanity. Or not?
In a closing twist, the Being's film reframes everything we’ve seen. Hungry’s radical use of scientific findings without talking heads is a cinematic call to action aiming to prevent this future from becoming our today.
TRAILER HUNGRY
HUNGRY / Sci-Fi Documentary / 95'
Script, direction: Susanne Brandstätter
Production: Susanne Brandstätter Filmproduktion
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
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
LOGLINE
When a mysterious Being discovers humanity is extinct, it sets out into the world 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 extinctions. 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. 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, to the hijacking of democratic governments and to decline in democracies. Finally, it appears that nothing could be done to save humanity. Or not?
In a closing twist, the Being's film reframes everything we’ve seen. Hungry’s radical use of scientific findings without talking heads is a cinematic call to action aiming to prevent this future from becoming our today.
TRAILER HUNGRY