Disappearing

Disappearing

99 mins | Documentary | April 9, 2022

In southern Carinthia, about ninety percent of all inhabitants spoke Slovenian before 1910. Today it is on average a single digit percentage. In this very personal essay documentary, Andrina Mračnikar formulates a political urgency: What happens when one's mother tongue is taken away in everyday life. What must politicians do to counteract the disappearance of a language whose protection is enshrined in the Austrian constitution.

Disappearing

99 mins | Documentary | April 9, 2022

Disappearing
In southern Carinthia, about ninety percent of all inhabitants spoke Slovenian before 1910. Today it is on average a single digit percentage. In this very personal essay documentary, Andrina Mračnikar formulates a political urgency: What happens when one's mother tongue is taken away in everyday life. What must politicians do to counteract the disappearance of a language whose protection is enshrined in the Austrian constitution.
Producers Vertigo, Soleil Film
Original title Verschwinden / Izginjanje
Directors Andrina Mračnikar
Writers Andrina Mračnikar

Cast

Andrina Mračnikar

as Narration (voice)