Born in 1977 in Linz, Austria, Christian Tod is an accomplished economist, currently working on his dissertation thesis about unconditional basic income. His debut film, „Fatsy –The Last Cowboy of Austria“ (Documentary, 54min, 2007) received an honorable mention at Crossing Europe Film Festival Linz in 2007. Christian Tod‘s first feature length documentary „Es muss was geben“ (104min, 2010) was the opening movie at Crossing Europe‘s 2010 edition, was chosen for the official election at Filmfest München in 2010 and got theatrically released nationwide in January 2011. Being a success with both audience and critics, „Es muss was geben“ firmly established Christian Tod as an auteur filmmaker. For his current and most ambitious film “Free Lunch Society – Come Come Basic Income”.