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#8 Representing Fatherhood in Film - Presence, Absence and Perspectives

#8 Representing Fatherhood in Film - Presence, Absence and Perspectives

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#8 Representing Fatherhood in Film - Presence, Absence and
Perspectives For our new episode, we talk about fatherhood. We ask
how fatherhood is constructed on screen: Whose perspective do we
inhabit? What kinds of masculinity are attached to being a father?
And what happens when love, responsibility, work, money and social
expectations pull in different directions? We discuss three films
from different contexts: Adrian Goiginger’s Rickerl - Musik is
höchstens a Hobby (AT/DE 2023), Barbara Wolfram & Paulus
Wagner’s short film Walter L. (AT 2025), and Akinola Davies Jr.’s
My Father’s Shadow (UK/Nigeria 2025). Across the three films, we
ask: Is “being there” a privilege? Who can actually choose presence
when work, money and social expectations intervene? What kinds of
fatherhood are rewarded, forgiven or punished? And are fathers
allowed a kind of narrative forgiveness that mothers are not? We
also look at the relationship between fatherhood and masculinity.
Are contemporary films really expanding the possibilities of being
a man and a father or are they simply offering different ways for
men to prove their worth?