Ruth Beckermann

Her films have been shown at prestigious festivals, and Paper Bridge and East of War won several major awards.

[4][5] The following year, Beckermann founded the film distribution company Filmladen along with Aichholzer and Grafl, where she continued working until 1985.

[12] These films - Return to Vienna, Paper Bridge and Towards Jerusalem use different forms of travel as both content and formal organising principle.

A film which not only pushes forward the destruction of the "good-Wehrmacht" myth, but also takes a close look at the process of constructing history in post-World War II Austria.

[17][18] was shown in festivals in Paris' (Cinema du Reel,[19]), Vienna (Viennale[20] 06) in Buenos Aires and Chicago, and became a success with audiences.

[citation needed] Beckermann's films Paper Bridge and East of War won several major awards.