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Piggy Bank

Filmmaker Christoph Schwarz starts a self experiment for austrian TV format "Striking Years": to live one year without money. As an introduction to anticapitalist climate activism and a unique opportunity to secretly buy a weekend house for the film budget. Christoph rescues food from the bin, grows potatoes at roundabouts and herbs in a convertible, and blocks motorway construction sites. However, the problem of having earned money with a money strike is not so easy to get rid of.

  • Christoph Schwarz
    Director
  • Christoph Schwarz
    Writer
  • Daniel Bleninger
    Producer
  • Judith Revers
    Key Cast
  • David Sonnenbaum
    Key Cast
  • Georg Glück
    Key Cast
  • Hanna Schwarz
    Key Cast
  • Michaela Schwarz
    Key Cast
  • Robert Stadlober
    Offvoice Narrator
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Feature
  • Genres:
    autofiction, mockumentary, cli-fi, activism
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 37 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    October 25, 2024
  • Country of Origin:
    Austria
  • Country of Filming:
    Austria, Czech Republic
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1.9:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Diagonale Graz
    Graz
    Austria
    April 7, 2024
  • Hofer Filmtage
    Hof
    Germany
    October 25, 2024
    International Premiere
    Hof Critics Award
Distribution Information
  • sixpackfilm
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
Director Biography - Christoph Schwarz

born 1981 in Vienna, filmmaker & climate activist. Schwarz's projects mainly emerge out of self-involved set-ups, in which he blends fact and fiction into humorous narratives. In 2024 he released his debut feature film "Sparschwein".

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