Vienna Is Different

If Vienna simply means Mozart, THE THIRD MAN, and strudel, then you must see VIENNA IS DIFFERENT. Filmmakers Korda and Leitner arrive in Vienna with their cameras rolling in March 1988, during the Waldheim affair and the fiftieth anniversary of the Anschluss, Hitler's annexation of Austria. Their cinema verité approach captures neo-Nazis, Jews, people on the street and Kurt Waldheim himself. The Austrians confront, deflect, twist, and avoid issues of anti-Semitism and responsibility to history while proving that nothing is innocent in Vienna. 1989 Berlin Film Festival.

Director/Editor: "One of Us," (1999) a 48 minute documentary in which Korda explores questions of pain, family ties and the true nature of deformity by comparing her family's Holocaust history with that of the Germans. Screened in 1999 at the Berlin Film Festival and The International Hamptons Film Festival. Received a Merit Award at the 1999 San Francisco International Film Festival and was shown in 2000 at the Double Take Film Festival and in a special SFJFF screening. "Vienna Is Different: 50 Years After the Anschluss," (1989) is a slice of life in the year 1988 as the Austrians set out to commemorate Hitler's Annexation of Austria 50 years prior. The feature length documentary uncovers little changed attitudes from priest to socialist. Directed & Produced with David Leitner. Screened at festivals in Berlin, Sundance, Leipzig & San Francisco. Received a Silver Plaque in Chicago. Editing credits include: "Trembling Before G-d," by Sandi DuBowski. Korda is also credited as Creative Collaborator. "The Midwife's Tale," by Richard Rogers "A. Einstein: How I see the World," by Richard Kroehling "For All Mankind," by Al Reinert Currently Korda is researching a film on female rage. She also teaches producution at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, Kanbar Institute of Film & Television.,