What do abortions look like? What kind of images shape our view of them? And where do these images come from? The desktop essay getty abortions examines how German and Austrian media illustrate the topic of abortion, browsing through stock photos, teen magazines and documents of a real abortion experience. It jumps from the early 2000s to the late 19th century, seeks out feminist knowledge and chats with fictional characters. But one question remains: Why does no one look into the camera?
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Director: Franzis Kabisch
Producer: Franzis Kabisch
Cinematographer: Franzis Kabisch
Sound: Franzis Kabisch, Katharina Pelosi, Laura Schick
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Awards
Best Documentary Short Film Award at the PORTO FEMME International Film Festival, Portugal (2024), Best Short Film at the International Festival of Science Documentary Films Academia Film Olomouc, Check Republic (2024), Candis Preis for the Best Short Film at the Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg, Germany (2024), Golden Dove Award at the International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, Germany (2023), Goldener Schlüssel Kurzfilm Award at the Kasseler Dokfest, Germany (2023), Jurypreis Kategorie Wagnis at Flensburger Kurzfilmtage, Germany (2023).
Director
Franzis Kabisch
Franzis Kabisch is a filmmaker, artistic researcher, and writer, based in Berlin and Vienna. She is a PhD candidate at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and a guest researcher at the Film University Babelsberg. Her artistic and scientific research is focused on the depictions of abortion in film and television, body politics and reproductive justice. For her work, she has received numerous awards, among them the Golden Dove at DOK Leipzig, the Cathrin Pichler Prize and the ÖAW DOC-Stipendium.Selected Filmography
A Film About the Desire (2018), Deklinationen (Can I inherit my dead parents' debts?) (2016), Podium (2014), A Film (2012) 
