Radical POV.
Co-directing, research and edit. Conventional documentaries often end up filming their own filmsets, they film a scene of a scene with a camera. « Portrait of Nowness « on the other hand is a radical POV project by Juri Rechinsky and Mario: By handing cameras to the protagonists themselves, the film makes the apparatus disappear and we have the rare occasion to see life unfiltered: an African schoolgirl, a Buddhist novice in the Himalayas, a Ukrainian soldier at the frontline, a mother on the day of birth and many more. A 90-minute feature – a collective self-portrait of the present moment, a participatory experiment, 400 hours of material in more than ten languages - Juri and me survived. Release 2025/2026. Alhamdullilah.
Directed by Juri Rechinsky & Mario Hainzl
Producers Juri Rechinsky, Barbara Caspar, Martin Mayer
Production Companies FRAGILE FEATURES & NEUZEIT FILMS
Production Manager Martin Mayer
Edit Juri Rechinsky, Mario Hainzl
Screenplay Juri Rechinsky, Barbara Caspar
Sound & Music Anton Baibakov
Re-Recording Mixer Manuel Meichsner
Grading Gerfried Guggi
Co-Director Ukraine Dmytro Mogilenets
Titles & Poster Design Katya Slonova
DCP Mastering Sebastian Meier, Bitframe
Sound Studio Monoplus
Editing Assistant Viktor Bondar
Translation Mansour Diagne, Stanzin Skitsal Garskit
Production Assistant Gerhard Wimmer
Researcher Senegal Mansour Diagne
Researcher Thailand Malou Mercier, Soeren Wolter
Researcher Japan Kanata Wolf
Researcher USA Larry Rattner
Researcher Austria Cathrin Schwarz
Researcher India Ankush
Researcher Ladakh Gonbo Dorjey
Researcher Ukraine Yana Suska, Dmytro Kovaliov