Life give you flowers, you throw them in the machine.
Life give you flowers, you throw them in the machine.
Amber is never sick, never says no, always go the extra mile to keep the power on and the machine running. She works overtime in a toxic power plant, ignores serious health warnings until the inevitable crash and burn happens. During her paralysis, she sees the world she constructed around herself for what it really is and what she needs to do to break out of it.
A modern parable about burning out and rising up.
THE GAMMA GARDEN is a visually rich, lucid short film about illusions, awakening and power. Filmed in the atmospheric nuclear power plant in Austria.
With stellar performances from actors Jella Jost and Julius Peter Steiner, with contributions from a unique line-up of distinguished avant-garde composers from the electronic and classical music scene; among them Bernhard Lang, Yuri Umemoto, Gaku Yamada, Lars Carlsson, Violaine Sananes, Robert Wictorzon and Per Jonsson.
PRODUCTION INFO
Filmed in the AKW Zwentendorf, Austria, 2020.
Released in 2026.
Runtime: 11 min, aspect ratio 2:3:1
Written and directed by Anders Khan-Bolin.
Principal cast: Jella Jost and Julius Steiner
Line Producer: Andreas Heydecke
DOP & Lights: Richard Schweiger
Camera 2: Klaus Taschler
360 Camera: Matthias Ritschl
Still Photography: Martin Konzett
Voice Over Artist: Marie Walker
3D Artist: Adam Skorvan
Special thanks to Benjamin Swiczinski, Matthias Ritschl, Clara Reimitz,
Juliana Neuhuber, Studio Martin Konzett and Marlies Pöschl.