The first things that caught the eye of filmmakers Julia Gutweniger and Florian Kofler were strange-looking walls in the Alpine landscape. On closer examination they turned out to be part of an extensive safety infrastructure which has been developed to provide protection from landslides, avalanches and snowfalls throughout the Alpine region. There is no commentary, and a (sometimes wry) distance is maintained, as SAFETY123 investigates the assiduous human striving to provide us with sound protection against acts of God.

DOK Leipzig winner SAFETY123, the feature debut by Julia Gutweniger und Florian Kofler
was awarded the Silver Gentian for the best artistical contribution at the TRENTO Film Festival. The prize comes with a cheque for € 1,500.

The Echo Mountain Film Festival in Skopje honors Safety 123 by Julia Gutweniger and Florian Kofler as the Best Culture&Nature film of their 11th festival edition. “In the film, we can see how enormous efforts are made by environments related to increasing safety in the mountains. We get to know the details and a lot of effort in a very efficiently made film.”, stated the jury.