20 September 2022

Vienna Insights: The sci-fi movie 'Rubikon' about planet earth at risk, a space station and researches on algae collaborated with algae food-start-up 'Spirulix' for the premiere at the Gartenbau Kino

The Austrian algae food brand 'Spirulix' was recently selected for the Sial Innovation Awards 2022 of the international food fair Sial Paris which will happen in October. Last week, Spirulix appeared as sponsor and partner of the Vienna premiere of the sci-fi movie 'Rubikon'. The film was produced during the pandemic in 2020 and had its world premiere already this summer in July. The story takes place in the year 2056 on a space station where scientists are researching algae for providing oxygen and food on earth. The astronauts become witnesses of a catastrophe on earth which causes the covering of the planet with a toxic smog. The Guardian closes the article 'Rubikon review – toxic fog takes over in nifty multilingual sci-fi' with the note that "... the costumes are oddly covetable, especially the…" and closer description of a piece from the film. 'Rubikon' is costume designer Monika Buttinger's second film this year that received attention by the media; the costume-drama 'Corsage' was selected in mid-September as Austrian submission for the Oscars 2023 (source).

Sketches from the development of the space suit and a picture showing the costume designer dressed in fashion and accessories by designers like Austrian Fashion Award 2021 winner Petar Petrov (trousers) or Sagan Vienna (bag) standing beside one of the Rubikon space suits at Gartenbau Kino are published at Monika Buttinger's Instagram.

Image: The 'Spirulix' team at the entry of the Gartenbau Kino where the Vienna premiere of the sci-fi movie 'Rubikon' happened on 13 September 2022. The company started in 2015 with the research on algae before the production of food from algae grown at their own farm in Sitzenberg-Reidling, Lower Austria started in 2017. Recently, the Spirulix muesli was nominated for the Sial Innovation Awards 2022 (article).

'Rubikon Film' Facebook post with pictures from the premiere at the Gartenbau Kino in Vienna: