In the Basement

In the Basement (Im Keller, 2014) is an Austrian documentary you can watch online on iFILM. Director Ulrich Seidl — known for the Paradise trilogy — turned his camera on the private cellars of ordinary Austrians to see what people keep behind closed doors.

Shooting ranges, devotional shrines, BDSM setups, Nazi memorabilia, cages: each basement is its own sealed universe. Seidl's method stays consistent — static frames, no narration, no judgment. He opens the door and steps back. What emerges is an unsettling study in what gets pushed underground: tidy Austria goes about its day upstairs, and something else entirely lives below. Stream In the Basement on iFILM.