{"id":1351,"date":"2026-02-23T20:50:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T19:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arbeits-film-festival.at\/?page_id=1351"},"modified":"2026-02-26T15:03:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T14:03:48","slug":"2025-the-pickers-bittere-fruechte","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/arbeits-film-festival.at\/en\/waff\/home-2025\/2025-the-pickers-bittere-fruechte\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 &#8211; The Pickers &#8211; Bittere Fr\u00fcchte"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"background-color:#ec5c1d\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id1351_b365a3-a1 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:end;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id1351_b365a3-a1 > 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May 2025<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> I 09:00<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"film-sub has-text-color\" style=\"color:#000000;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:0;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:1.2;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none\">Elke Sasse<br>Documentary, D 2024, 85\u2018, Original language<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0;flex-basis:33.3%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-c133f063 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button hover-preto is-style-fill film-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-large-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\"><strong>Finished<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7abde1fe wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Fresh fruits and vegetables all year round \u2013 for many, a given. 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