P.A. Straubinger

Renowned Austrian filmmaker P.A. Straubinger has more than two decades of experience as a journalist for the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation.

In the 1990s his interest in transpersonal psychology led to intensive practice in yoga and meditation. A personal encounter in spring 2000, when he met a meditation teacher, who had not eaten for more than a year by then, awakened his interest in the strange topic of Breatharianism.

Still beeing skeptical he started 10 years of research around the globe, searching for traces, evidence and skeptical scrutiny of this human mystery .

200 hours of footage were edited to the 90 minute feature documentary „IN THE BEGINNING THERE WAS LIGHT“ which premiered at the Film Festival in Cannes and became one of the most influential and successful feature documentaries in Austrian Cinema history as it outnumbered Hollywood Blockbusters like „Harry Potter“ and led to a huge public discussion.

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