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Fiction Films 5
Documentary Films 19
Appendix 39
Directors, Producers 40
Industry Guide 41
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Fiction Films Fiction
6 Fiction Böse Spiele Wicked Games
Directed by Ulrich Seidl
Two men, two brothers, their German / digital / 1:1.85 / 180 min childhood home in Lower Key cast Hans Michael Rehberg, Georg Friedrich, Austria. They drink to their late Michael Thomas mother, they bury her. Then Written by Ulrich Seidl, Veronika Franz they drive back to their real Cinematography Wolfgang Thaler lives. One back to Romania, to Editing Mona Willi resume living his newly-begun Production design Andreas Donhauser, Renate Martin life, the other to Rimini, to go Producers Ulrich Seidl, Philippe Bober back to dreaming his old dream. Production companies Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion (A), But sooner or later both their Essential Filmproduktion (D), Parisienne de Production (F) pasts will catch up with them. Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Vienna Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich and MDM, MBB, ARTE, BR, Eurimages Contact Coproduction Office 24 rue Lamartine 75009 Paris – France tel +33 1 56 02 60 00 [email protected] Completion www.coproductionoffice.eu expected summer 2020
Ulrich Seidl Filmography (selection): 2016 Safari (doc.), 2014 Im Keller (doc.), 2012–13 Paradies-Trilogie (fiction), 2007 Import Export (fiction), 2001 Hundstage (fiction)
7 Fiction Die Niere The Kidney
Completion expected spring 2020
Directed by Michael Kreihsl
A routine check-up reveals that German / digital / 1:2.35 / 90 min the Pilates trainer Kathrin is Key cast Samuel Finzi, Pia Hierzegger, suffering from kidney disease Inka Friedrich, Thomas Mraz and needs a transplant. Her Written by Michael Kreihsl husband Arnold is a success- Cinematography Wolfgang Thaler ful architect and afraid of Editing Andrea Wagner donating one of his kidneys. Production design Hannes Salat, Julia Oberdorfinger Götz, a friend of the couple’s, Producers Jakob Pochlatko, Dieter Pochlatko would undergo the operation Production company epo-film (A) immediately if it means saving Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Kathrin’s life – even though this Vienna Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich causes problems with his part- Contact epo-film Edelsinnstraße 58 ner Diana. Confronted by issues 1120 Vienna – Austria of life and death, the fragility of tel +43 1 812 37 18 the relationships between the [email protected] couples and each other is laid www.epofilm.com bare. Eventually, the question can no longer be avoided: what is true love?
Michael Kreihsl Filmography (selection): 2018 Die Wunderübung (fiction), 2016 Liebe möglicherweise (fiction), 2011 Weihnachtsengel küsst man nicht (TV), 2006 Heute heiratet mein Mann (TV)
8 Fiction Ein bisschen bleiben wir noch Oscar & Lilli
Completed
Directed by Arash T. Riahi
Chechen refugee children, German / digital / 1:2.39 / 102 min Oskar (8) and Lilli (13), who Key cast Leopold Pallua, Rosa Zant, Anna Fenderl, have been living in Austria for Christine Ostermayer six years, are about to be de- Written by Arash T. Riahi based on a novel by ported along with their mother. Monika Helfer However, her sudden attempt- Cinematography Enzo Brandner ed suicide results not only in Editing Julia Drack, Stephan Bechinger the short-term suspension of Production design Katrin Huber, Gerhard Dohr their deportation, but also in Producers Michael Katz, Veit Heiduschka the forced separation of the Production company WEGA Filmproduktion (A) family. The children’s hope that Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Vienna Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich they will be reunited with their Contact Les Films du Losange mother is nourished by their 22 avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie love for each other and chal- 75116 Paris – France lenges all bureaucratic obsta- tel +33 1 44 43 87 24 cles with passion and poetry. [email protected] A bittersweet odyssey about www.filmsdulosange.fr the many ways of perceiving the world around you in order to survive.
Arash T. Riahi Filmography (selection): 2016 Kinders (doc., co-dir.), 2013 Everyday Rebellion (doc., co-dir.), 2008 Ein Augenblick Freiheit (fiction), 2005 Exile Family Movie (doc.)
9 Fiction Fuchs im Bau Fox in the Hole
Directed by Arman T. Riahi
When Fuchs starts his new German, Bosnian / digital / 1:2.39 / 100 min job as a teacher in a prison Key cast Aleksandar Petrovic´ , Maria Hofstätter, school, replacing the old and Andreas Lust, Karl Fischer, Sibel Kekilli unconventional teacher Berger Written by Arman T. Riahi against her will, he is forced to Cinematography Mario Minichmayr confront his biggest fear, trig- Editing Karina Ressler gered by the mysterious, with- Production design Martin Reiter drawn inmate Samira. Producers Arash T. Riahi & Karin C. Berger Production company Golden Girls Film (A) Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Vienna Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich Contact Golden Girls Film Seidengasse 15/3/20 1070 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 810 56 36 [email protected] www.goldengirls.at
Completion expected spring 2020
Arman T. Riahi Filmography (selection): 2017 Die Migrantigen (fiction), 2016 Kinders (doc., co-dir.), 2013 Everyday Rebellion (doc., co-dir.), 2011 Schwarzkopf (doc.)
10 Fiction Hals über Kopf Head Over Heels
Completion expected spring 2020
Directed by Andreas Schmied
When Ella, the rich daughter German / digital / 4:3 / 95 min of a corrupt banker, escapes Key cast Miriam Fussenegger, Otto Jaus, from her arranged wedding and Stefan Pohl, August Zirner, Monica Reyes hides in the trunk of a Bentley, Written by Andreas Schmied she meets Richie, small town Cinematography Xiaosu “Xax” Han crook who has just stolen the Editing Philipp Brozsek Bentley. Together they stage her Production design Rudi Czettel disappearance as a kidnapping Producer Josef Aichholzer in order to get as much money Production company Aichholzer Filmproduktion (A) as possible from her parents. Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Vienna Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich Contact Aichholzer Film Heumühlgasse 13–15/2/2/15 1040 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 523 40 81 [email protected] www.aifilm.com
Andreas Schmied Filmography (selection): 2019 Love Machine (fiction), 2018 Harri Pinter, Drecksau (fiction), 2013 Die Werkstürmer (fiction)
11 Fiction Hochwald
Completion expected spring 2020
Directed by Evi Romen 1st film
Mario, a young dancer living in German, Italian / digital / 1:1.85 / 90 min a small village, has to face the Key cast Thomas Prenn, Noah Saavedra, loss of his beloved best friend Josef Mohamed, Kida Khodr Ramadan Lenz, victim of an attack in a Written by Evi Romen gay club. Cinematography Martin Gschlacht, Jerzy Palacz Editing Karina Ressler Production design Katharina Wöppermann Producers Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bady Minck, Gregory Zalcman Production companies AMOUR FOU Vienna (A), Take Five (B) Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Land Niederösterreich and IDM Land Südtirol, MIBAC, Belgian Tax Shelter Contact AMOUR FOU Vienna Lindengasse 32/13 1070 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 994 99 11 [email protected] www.amourfoufilm.com
Evi Romen Filmography (selection): 2020 Hochwald (fiction)
12 Fiction Me/We
Completion expected spring 2020
Directed by David Clay Diaz
In this tragic comedy, four German / digital / 2:1 / 115 min interwoven stories tell of Key cast Verena Altenberger, Lukas Miko, Europe’s current way of dealing Anton Noori with the so-called migration Written by David Clay Diaz, Senad Halilbašic´ crisis. Nora is a young volun- Cinematography Julian Krubasik teer, travelling directly to the Editing Lisa Zoe Geretschläger Mediterranean Sea to help Production design Julia Libiseller refugees, yobbish youngster Producers Antonin Svoboda, Bruno Wagner, Marcel starts an organization Barbara Albert for escorting women due to Production company coop99 filmproduktion (A) the fear of allegedly intrusive Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF, Vienna Film Fund migrants, lonesome teacher Contact coop99 filmproduktion Petra adopts a traumatized Wasagasse 12/1/1 refugee and Harald, the head of 1090 Vienna – Austria a refugee home, is challenged tel +43 1 319 58 25 like never before by one of his [email protected] protégés. www.coop99.at
David Clay Diaz Filmography (selection): 2016 Agonie (fiction)
13 Fiction Moneyboys
Completion expected spring 2020
Directed by C.B. Yi
Fei works illegally as a hustler Chinese / digital / 1:2.35 / 120 min in order to support his family, Key cast Kai Ko, JC Lin, Bai Yufan, Zeng Meihuizi, yet when he realizes they are Sun Qiheng willing to accept his money but Written by C.B. Yi not his way of life, there is a Cinematography Jean-Louis Uialard major breakdown in their rela- Editing Dieter Pichler tions. Through his relationship Production design Lily Liao to the headstrong Long, Fei Producers Barbara Pichler, Gabriele Kranzelbinder, seems able to find a new lease Guillaume de la Boulaye, André Logie on life, but then he encounters Production companies KGP Filmproduktion (A), Zorba Production (F), Panache Productions (B) Xiaolai, the love of his youth, Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF and who confronts him with the Eurimages, CNC, Taipei Film Commission, guilt of his repressed past. MEDIA Creative Europe, Belgium Tax Credit, Taiwan Tax Rebate, ARTE Contact KGP Filmproduktion Seidengasse 15/3/19 1070 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 522 22 21 [email protected] www.kgp.co.at
C.B. Yi Filmography (selection): 2011 Little Precious (short), 2009 The couple (short), 2008 Emei, viewed from a galloping horse (doc.)
14 Fiction Narziss und Goldmund Narcissus and Goldmund
Completion expected spring 2020
Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky
As a young man Goldmund German / digital / 16:9 / 120 min is sent away to a monastery Key cast Jannis Niewöhner, Sabin Tambrea, by his father to atone for his Henriette Confurius, Uwe Ochsenknecht mother’s sins; here he meets Written by Stefan Ruzowitzky based on the novel by the novice Narcissus, and a Hermann Hesse profound friendship is begun. Cinematography Benedict Neuenfels Some years later, handsome, Editing Britta Nahler, Andrew Bird wise and reserved, Narcissus Production design Sebastian Soukup chooses to continue living his Austrian producers Tommy Pridnig, Peter Wirthensohn life in prayer and meditation Production companies Lotus-Film (A), tempest film (D), Mythos Film (D), whereas Goldmund, passion- Deutsche Columbia Filmproduktion (D) ate, sensual and impulsive, Austrian support Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, chooses a path away from the Vienna Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich monastery to become an ad- Contact Beta Cinema venturer, relishing the highs Gruenwalder Weg 28d and lows of pain and ecstasy. A 82041 Oberhaching, Munich – Germany highly dramatic moment brings tel +49 89 673 469 828 [email protected] the friends together once more. www.betacinema.com
Stefan Ruzowitzky Filmography (selection): 2018 Patient Zero (fiction), 2017 Die Hölle (fiction), 2013 Das radikal Böse (doc.), 2012 Deadfall (fiction), 2007 Die Fälscher (fiction)
15 Fiction Ordinary Creatures
Completion expected spring 2020
Directed by Thomas Marschall 1st film
“Keep your eyes on the road, English / digital / 1:2.39 / 75 min your hands upon the wheel”. Key cast Anna Mendelssohn, Joep van der Geest, Martha and Alex should have Lynne Rey, Anat Stainberg, Alois Frank taken Jim Morrison’s advice Written by Anna Mendelssohn, Thomas Marschall to heart, but on their car ride Cinematography Martin Putz through an idyllic landscape Editing Stefan Fauland they are primarily occupied Production design Wiltrud Derschmidt with themselves. Only when Producer Daniela Praher real life comes crashing into Production company Daniela Praher Filmproduktion (A) their small self-involved world Supported by BKA – Arts Division, in the shape of a little dog and Land Niederösterreich, Wien Kultur its grim owner are things set in Contact Daniela Praher Filmproduktion Große Sperlgasse 32-34/5 motion – more than they could 1020 Vienna – Austria have asked for. A devious road tel +43 650 341 74 60 movie full of hefty surprises. [email protected] www.praherfilm.at
Thomas Marschall Filmography (selection): 2009 Faces of the Frontier (doc., co-dir.), 2008 Fronteira Brasil (short doc., co-dir.)
16 Fiction The Trouble with Being Born
Directed by Sandra Wollner
Elli is an android and lives with German / digital / 4:3 / 90 min a man she calls her father. Key cast Lena Watson, Dominik Warta, Together they drift through the Ingrid Burkhard, Jana McKinnon summer. During the day they Written by Sandra Wollner, Roderick Warich swim in the pool, and at night Cinematography Timm Kröger he takes her to bed. She shares Editing Hannes Bruun his memories and anything Production design Pia Jaros else he programs her to recall. Producers David Bohun, Lixi Frank, Andi G. Hess, Memories that mean every- Astrid Schäfer, Viktoria Stolpe, Timm Kröger thing to him but nothing to her. Production companies Panama Film (A), The Barricades (D) Yet, one night she sets off into Supported by BKA – Arts Division, ORF, Cine Art, Land Niederösterreich, Wien Kultur and the woods following a fading Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, echo… The story of a machine ZDF Kleines Fernsehspiel and the ghosts we all carry Contact Cercamon within us. tel +971 566 06 38 24 [email protected] www.cercamon.biz
Completed
Sandra Wollner Filmography (selection): 2016 Das unmögliche Bild (fiction), 2013 Uns geht es gut (short)
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Documentary Films Documentary Auf zeichnungen aus der Unterwelt Notes from the Underworld
Directed by Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel
There is unrest in the milieu German / Super-16 mm / 1:1.66 / 115 min of the Viennese underworld of Key cast Kurt Girk, Alois Schmutzer the 1960s. In a controversial Written by Rainer Frimmel trial the singer Kurt Girk and Cinematography Rainer Frimmel his legendary friend Alois have Editing Tizza Covi to pay for their proximity to the Producers Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel illegal card game “Stoss” with Production company Vento Film (A) long prison sentences. The Supported by Austrian Film Institute, charismatic protagonists tell Wien Kultur and Land Südtirol Kultur us about this time from a per- Contact Vento Film spective never shown before. Leitermayergasse 33/20 1180 Vienna – Austria A love letter to a past Vienna tel +43 1 406 03 92 that is also a social portrait of [email protected] post-war Austria. www.ventofilm.com
Completed
Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel 2016 Mister Universo (fiction), 2012 Der Glanz des Tages (fiction), 2009 La Pivellina (fiction), 2005 Babooska (doc.)
20 Documentary Beethoven – Òrain
Completion expected spring 2020
Directed by Michael Seeber 1st film
The search for the origins of Original languages / digital / 1:2.39 / 90 min Beethoven’s Scottish Songs Written by Friedrich Moser, Michael Seeber leads researcher Michael Cinematography Friedrich Moser Klevenhaus from Bonn to Editing Kirk von Heflin Imperial Vienna and Scotland’s Producers Friedrich Moser, Margaret Cameron rugged North-West. It is also a Production companies blue+green communication (A), musical journey back in time, MG ALBA (UK), media co-op (UK) to Ludwig van Beethoven’s era Supported by Vienna Film Fund, FISA and and the first ethnic cleansing in Creative Scotland, UK Tax Credit modern Europe. The film ex- Contact blue+green communication Märzstraße 32/28 plores what remains of Gaelic 1150 Vienna – Austria song today and the impact it tel +43 699 190 160 53 had on Beethoven’s work. [email protected] www.blueandgreen.info
Michael Seeber Filmography (selection): 2020 Beethoven – Òrain (doc.)
21 Documentary Brot Bread
Completion expected spring 2020
Directed by Harald Friedl
The simple staple bread has German, French, English / digital / 16:9 / 94 min become a branded product Written by Harald Friedl with an increasing number of Cinematography Helmut Wimmer varieties and providers. The Editing Martin Kayser-Landwehr film provides authentic impres- Producers Johannes Rosenberger, Johannes sions in today’s world of bread. Holzhausen, Constantin Wulff, We encounter small craft bak- Carl-Ludwig Rettinger ers as well as corporate CEOs Production companies Navigator Film (A), Lichtblick Film (D) whose professional work is our Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Vienna Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich daily bread and ask the ques- and ARTE/ZDF tion: how do you see the future Contact Magnetfilm of our bread? And: what are we Torstraße 154 actually eating? 10115 Berlin – Germany tel +49 30 246 281 56 [email protected] www.magnetfilm.de
Harald Friedl Filmography (selection): 2012 What Happiness Is (doc.); Mein Leben als Apfelbaum (doc.), 2006 Aus der Zeit (doc.)
22 Documentary Davos
Directed by Daniel Hoesl
What drives our world becomes Original languages / digital / 1:1.85 / 100 min paradigmatic in Davos: every- Co-directed by Julia Niemann day life in contrast to the global Written by Julia Niemann elite, who operate untied from Cinematography Andi Widmer all places, virtually without Editing Gerhard Daurer touching the ground. Davos is Producers Georg Aschauer, Julia Niemann, a film about equilibrium and Daniel Hoesl contrast, about capitalism in Production company European Film Conspiracy Association (A) our fractured world and the Supported by BKA – Arts Division, Wien Kultur, impact of the powerful on the Land Niederösterreich and Kanton Graubünden, Stadt Davos many. Contact European Film Conspiracy Association Gumpendorferstraße 10-12/23 1060 Vienna – Austria [email protected] www.europeanfilmconspiracy.com
Completion expected spring 2020
Daniel Hoesl Filmography (selection): 2016 WINWIN (fiction), 2013 Soldate Jeannette (fiction)
23 Documentary Der schönste Platz auf Erden The Most Beautiful Place on Earth
Directed by Elke Groen
There is a small town in Austria German / digital / 16:9 / 95 min called Pinkafeld which gained Written by Elke Groen adverse publicity as a “Nazi Cinematography Elke Groen village” during the presiden- Editing Stephan Bechinger tial election of 2017, when the Producers Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber, Elke Groen majority of residents voted for Production companies Golden Girls Film (A), Groen.Film (A) their famous neighbor, right- Supported by BKA – Arts Division, Wien Kultur, wing candidate Norbert Hofer. Land Niederösterreich, Puls 4 What do people really think Contact Golden Girls Film in regard to their homeland, Seidengasse 15/3/20 1070 Vienna – Austria refugees and populism? The tel +43 1 810 56 36 community shows a society in [email protected] transition, a microcosm reflect- www.goldengirls.at ing Europe’s zeitgeist.
Completion expected spring 2020
Elke Groen Filmography (selection): 2007 Nightstill (short), 2006 Jeder siebte Mensch (doc., co-dir.), 2005 Bunica (doc., co-dir.)
24 Documentary Ein jüdisches Leben A Jewish Life
Completion expected spring 2020
Directed by C. Krönes, F. Weigensamer, R. Schrotthofer, C. Kermer
Marko Feingold survived the German / digital / 1:1.85 / 114 min concentration camps of Written by Florian Weigensamer, Roland Schrotthofer Auschwitz, Neuengamme, Cinematography Christian Kermer Dachau and Buchenwald. Editing Christian Kermer After the war he helped tens of Producers Christian Krönes, Roland Schrotthofer thousands of former concen- Production company Blackbox Film & Medienproduktion (A) tration camp inmates on their Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, flight, crossing the Alps into Land Salzburg, Stadt Salzburg Italy and on to Palestine. The Contact Blackbox Film & Medienproduktion film sketches the fateful twists Hietzinger Kai 205d 1130 Vienna – Austria and turns of his life. At the tel +43 1 877 28 57 same time timeless questions [email protected] are raised: questions about www.blackboxfilm.at human nature, morals, respon- sibility, human dignity – and their limitations.
Christian Krönes, Florian Weigensamer, Roland Schrotthofer, Christian Kermer Filmography (selection of joint works): 2016 Ein deutsches Leben (doc.)
25 Documentary Epicentro
Directed by Hubert Sauper
The latest documentary from Spanish, English / digital / 1:1.78 / 108 min Oscar-nominated director Written by Hubert Sauper Hubert Sauper is an immersive Cinematography Hubert Sauper portrait of “utopian” Cuba and Editing Hubert Sauper its resilient people a century Producers Gabriele Kranzelbinder, Paolo Calamita, after the explosion of the USS Daniel Marquet, Martin Marquet Maine in Havana, the event Production companies KGP Filmproduktion (A), that ushered in the American Little Magnet Films (A), Groupe Deux (F) Empire alongside a modern Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF and Eurimages, Cine+, Sofica, form of world conquest: cinema Ford Foundation, Impact Partners itself. Contact Wild Bunch 231 Portobello Road W11 1LT London tel +44 20 7792 9791 www.wildbunch.biz
Completed
Hubert Sauper Filmography (selection): 2014 We Come as Friends (doc.), 2004 Darwin’s Nightmare (doc.), 1998 Kisangani Diary (doc.)
26 Documentary Glory to the Queen
Completion expected spring 2020
Directed by Tatia Skhirtladze 1st film
The life stories of the four Georgian, Serbian, German, English / digital / 16:9 / 81 min legendary Soviet Georgian chess Co-directed by Anna Kharadze stars Nona Gaprindashvili, Written by Tatia Skhirtladze, Ina Ivanceanu Maia Chiburdanidze, Nana Cinematography Sebastian Thaler, Alexandria and Nana Ioseliani additional footage by Jerzy Palacz interweave a narration about Editing Petra Zöpnek winning and losing on the Producers Karin Berghammer, Alexander Ivanceanu, chessboard and in life. It’s a Bady Minck, Nino Chichua, Anna Kharadze, Sarita Matjevic, Linda Jensen story about rebelling against a Production companies berg hammer film (A), AMOUR FOU Vienna (A), powerful male system and a 1991 Productions (GEO), cinematic reflection on the Playground Produkcija (SRB) struggle for independence and Supported by BKA – Arts Division, FISA, ORF and freedom. Eurimages, Georgian National Film Center, Film Center Serbia, EWA Network – Women in Film Award Contact berg hammer film Tandelmarktgasse 8/16 1020 Vienna – Austria tel +43 699 171 189 69 [email protected] www.berghammerfilm.at
Tatia Skhirtladze Filmography (selection): 2020 Glory to the Queen (doc.)
27 Documentary How to Build a Truth Engine
Completion expected spring 2020
Directed by Friedrich Moser
The film follows investigative English, German, Dutch / digital / 1:2.39 / 90 min journalists and IT teams in Written by Friedrich Moser their fight against fake news, Cinematography Friedrich Moser disinformation and propaganda Editing Gernot Grassl whilst uncovering a bizarre case Producer Friedrich Moser of corruption with ties to Putin, Production company blue+green communication (A) hidden gold and a shaman. Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF Contact blue+green communication Märzstraße 32/28 1150 Vienna – Austria tel +43 699 190 160 53 [email protected] www.blueandgreen.info
Friedrich Moser Filmography (selection): 2019 Bier! Der beste Film, der je gebraut wurde (doc.), 2017 The Maze (doc.), 2015 A Good American (doc.), 2012 The Brussels Business (doc., co-dir.)
28 Documentary Jetzt oder morgen Running on Empty
Completed
Directed by Lisa Weber
Claudia was 15 when she had German / digital / 1:1.85 / 89 min her son. The two now live in a Written by Roland Stöttinger & Lisa Weber public housing apartment to- Cinematography Carolina Steinbrecher gether with her brother and her Editing Roland Stöttinger mother in Vienna. None of them Producers Rudolf Takacs, Ulrich Seidl has a job, but what they lack Production companies Takacs Filmproduktion (A), the most is perspective. Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion (A) Over the course of 3 years, Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF Lisa Weber gently uncovers Contact Takacs Filmproduktion what goes on in this family Kaltenleutgebner Straße 24/17/47 1230 Vienna – Austria when nothing ever really seems tel +43 699 195 886 60 to happen. We are invited to [email protected] take part and look beyond the clichés of reality TV to discover real people who cause us to laugh, to feel shocked or even deeply moved.
Lisa Weber Filmography (selection): 2014 Sitzfleisch (doc.), 2013 Tanzen üben (short), 2012 Twinni oder so (short), 2011 Die und der von da und dort (short doc.)
29 Documentary Matter out of Place
Completion expected end of 2020
Directed by Nikolaus Geyrhalter
The film takes stock of the Original languages / digital / 16:9 / 100 min spread of man-made garbage Written by Nikolaus Geyrhalter into the remotest places on our Cinematography Nikolaus Geyrhalter planet and follows the desper- Editing Michael Palm ate efforts to overcome the Producers Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Michael Kitzberger, problem. Not only in the sea Wolfgang Widerhofer, Markus Glaser and on coasts, but also in the Production company NGF Nikolaus Geyrhalter Arctic, the jungle, high up on Filmproduktion (A) the mountains and deep inside Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF, FISA, Vienna Film Fund the desert, garbage is found Contact NGF Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion almost everywhere in various Hildebrandgasse 26 forms and dimensions, some 1180 Vienna – Austria times as whole car wrecks, old tel +43 1 403 01 62 TV sets or simply construction [email protected] rubble, but mostly in the form www.geyrhalterfilm.com of disintegrated plastic parti- cles a few millimeters in size. Humanity has thoroughly handed out its calling cards.
Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmography (selection): 2019 Erde (doc.), 2018 Die bauliche Maßnahme (doc.), 2016 Homo Sapiens (doc.), 2012 Donauspital – SMZ Ost (doc.), 2011 Abendland (doc.)
30 Documentary One Man – One Mission
Completion expected spring 2020
Directed by Barbara Gräftner
Solomon Boit and Rhonex English / digital / 16:9 / 100 min Kipruto are about to finish Written by Barbara Gräftner school and take their first Cinematography Robert Winkler steps in their professional run- Editing Sarah Bernhard, Robert Winkler ning carrier. Together with the Producer Robert Winkler professional marathon runner Production company Bonusfilm (A) Nancy Kiprop, aged 39, they Supported by Austrian Film Institute have one thing in common: they Contact Bonusfilm were coached by the Irish mis- Davidgasse 32/5 sionary brother Colm O’Connell. 1100 Vienna tel +43 1 319 24 64 He is somehow the godfather [email protected] of Kenyan running; countless www.bonusfilm.at worldclass athletes started from his teaching ground. While the young athletes are focussing on their first junior worldchampionship in Tampere (Finnland), Nancy aims at her 3rd victory in the Vienna City Marathon.
Barbara Gräftner Filmography (selection): 2014 Rise Up! and dance (fiction), 2011 Echte Wiener – Die Deppat’n und die Gspritzt’n (fiction), 2004 Unterwegs nach... Heimat (doc.), 2002 Mein Russland (fiction)
31 Documentary The Bubble
Completion expected spring 2020
Directed by Valerie Blankenbyl
130,000 retirees, 50 golf English / digital / 1:2.39 / 100 min courses, 3,000 activities. Written by Valerie Blankenbyl The Bubble depicts everyday Cinematography Joe Berger life in and around the world’s Editing Cornelia Märki biggest retirement community Producers Karin C. Berger, Arash T. Riahi, in Florida. Dario Enrico Schoch, Rajko Jazbec Production companies Golden Girls Film (A), Cognito Films (CH) Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF and BAK, Filmstiftung Zürich, SRG, FISS, Suisseimage, UBS Kulturstiftung Contact Golden Girls Film Seidengasse 15/3/20 1070 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 810 56 36 [email protected] www.goldengirls.at
Valerie Blankenbyl Filmography (selection): 2014 44661m2 – The Impression of Freedom (short doc.), 2013 Ma Na Sapna – A Mother’s Dream (doc.), 2010 I am Jesus (doc.)
32 Documentary This Land is My Land
Completion expected spring 2020
Directed by Susanne Brandstätter
“What the hell happened to my English / digital / 16:9 / 105 min country?” After Donald Trump’s Written by Susanne Brandstätter election, this is a burning ques- Cinematography Joerg Burger tion for Susanne Brandstätter, Editing Susanne Brandstätter, Michael Müllner an American filmmaker who’s Producer Susanne Brandstätter lived most her life in Austria. Production company Susanne Brandstätter Filmproduktion (A) With the critical distance of a Supported by BKA – Arts Division, European and an insider’s eye, Land Niederösterreich she gets close to Trump vot- Contact filmdelights ers in Ohio: a microcosm of a Lindengasse 25/10 Vienna – Austria deeply divided USA. Showing tel +43 1 944 30 35 striking parallels to Europe, [email protected] the documentary explores www.filmdelights.com polarization and why people stick to their political opinions – no matter what. Is there no way out?
Susanne Brandstätter Filmography (selection): 2012 The Future’s Past (doc.), 2006 Rule of Law – Justiz im Kosovo (doc.), 2003 Checkmate – Strategy of a Revolution (doc.)
33 Documentary Tonsüchtig – Die Wiener Symphoniker von Innen Wired for Music – Inside the Wiener Symphoniker
Directed by Iva Švarcová, Malte Ludin
Luck and tragedy call the tune. German / digital / 1:2.39 / 90 min The inside of one of the world’s Written by Iva Švarcová, Malte Ludin most acclaimed orchestras – Cinematography Helmut Wimmer the Wiener Symphoniker where Editing Tom Pohanka, Joana Scrinzi musicians exist between Producer Kurt Mayer climax and inner ordeal. Production company kurt mayer film (A) Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Vienna Film Fund Contact kurt mayer film Heinestraße 36/1/2 1020 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 967 89 29 [email protected] www.kurtmayerfilm.com
Completion expected spring 2020
Iva Švarcová, Malte Ludin Filmography (selection of joint works): 2020 Tonsüchtig (doc.)
34 Documentary Weiyena – ein Heimatfilm Weiyena – The Long March Home
Directed by Weina Zhao, Judith Benedikt
Two family histories, one cen- German, Chinese / digital / 1:1.85 / 95 min tury and two metropolises Written by Weina Zhao merge in one person: Weina Cinematography Judith Benedikt Zhao, whose parents called her Editing Andrea Wagner “Vienna” – Wéiyeˇ nà – because Producer Kurt Langbein they emigrated to Austria. Production company Langbein & Partner Media (A) Her journey into the history Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, of China leads to the Cultural Vienna Film Fund Revolution, modern China and Contact Langbein & Partner Media tackles the great issues of the Kellermanngasse 5/12 1070 Vienna – Austria 21st century: migration, identity tel +43 1 535 36 96 and the search for one’s past [email protected] www.langbein-partner.com
Completion expected spring 2020
Weina Zhao, Judith Benedikt Filmography (selection of joint works): 2020 Weiyena – ein Heimatfilm (doc.)
35 Documentary Wood
Completion expected spring 2020
Directed by M. Lazurean-Gorgan, M. Kirst, E. Sinzinger
An environmental spy infil- English / digital / 16:9 / 98 min trates the global syndicate Written by Ebba Sinzinger, Michaela Kirst, for illegal timber trading. With Monica Lazurean-Gorgan the aid of a hidden camera he Cinematography Attila Boa, Jerzy Palacz, Joerg Burger, documents the chain of illegal Jakub Beinarowicz, Lukas Gnaiger activities, from harvesting of Editing Roland Stöttinger, Andrea Wagner the wood to the marketing of Producers Vincent Lucassen, Ebba Sinzinger, Thomas Tielsch, Monica Lazurean-Gorgan, “washed” products in super- Adrian Sitaru markets. This turns out to be Production companies WILDart Film (A), Filmtank (D), an excellent motor for political 4Proof Film (RO) change. Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Vienna Film Fund and Romanian Film Centre, Media, Filmfund Hamburg, MBB, Eurimages Contact WILDart Film Pfeilgasse 32/1 1080 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 595 29 91 [email protected] www.wildartfilm.com
Monica Lazurean-Gorgan, Michaela Kirst, Ebba Sinzinger Filmography (selection of joint works): 2020 Wood (doc.)
36 Documentary Zusammen leben Living Together
Completion expected spring 2020
Directed by Thomas Fürhapter
How is the culture of Vienna German, English / digital / 16:9 / 90 min imparted to migrants in inte- Written by Thomas Fürhapter gration courses? The docu- Cinematography Judith Benedikt, Thomas Fürhapter mentary accompanies new Editing Dieter Pichler immigrants from various Producer Ralph Wieser backgrounds during their first Production company Mischief Films (A) steps in Vienna. What images Supported by BKA – Arts Division, The Future Fund and expectations do they have of the Republic of Austria, ORF, about Vienna? Which informa- Vienna Film Fund tion and values are addressed Contact Mischief Films Goethegasse 1 and avoided in these integra- 1010 Vienna – Austria tion courses? tel +43 1 585 23 24 23 [email protected] www.mischief-films.com
Thomas Fürhapter Filmography (selection): 2017 Die dritte Option (doc.), 2010 Michael Berger – Eine Hysterie (short doc.), 2006 Planes (short), 2004 Das Gelb ohne Zebra (short)
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Appendix Directors Producers Production Companies
Judith Benedikt 35 Aichholzer Filmproduktion 11 Aichholzer Film Valerie Blankenbyl 32 AMOUR FOU Vienna 12, 27 Heumühlgasse 13-15/2/2/15 Susanne Brandstätter 33 berg hammer film 27 1040 Vienna Tizza Covi 20 Blackbox Film & Medien- tel +43 1 523 40 81 David Clay Diaz 13 produktion 25 [email protected] Harald Friedl 22 blue+green communication www.aifilm.com Rainer Frimmel 20 21, 28 Thomas Fürhapter 37 Bonusfilm 31 Allegro Film Nikolaus Geyrhalter 30 coop99 filmproduktion 13 Helmut Grasser Barbara Gräftner 31 Daniela Praher Krummgasse 1A/9 Elke Groen 24 Filmproduktion 16 1030 Vienna Daniel Hoesl 23 epo-film 8 tel +43 1 712 50 36 Christian Kermer 25 European Film Conspiracy [email protected] Michaela Kirst 36 Association 23 www.allegrofilm.at Michael Kreihsl 8 Golden Girls Film 10, 24, 32 Christian Krönes 25 Groen.Film 24 Alternative Productions Monica Lazurean-Gorgan 36 KGP Filmproduktion 14, 26 Konstantin Seitz Malte Ludin 34 kurt mayer film 34 Irenentalstraße 51 Thomas Marschall 16 Langbein & Partner Media 35 3011 Tullnerbach Friedrich Moser 28 Little Magnet Films 26 tel +43 676 848 487 870 Arash T. Riahi 9 Lotus-Film 15 [email protected] Arman T. Riahi 10 Mischief Films 37 www.alternative.at Evi Romen 12 Navigator Film 22 Stefan Ruzowitzky 15 NGF Nikolaus Geyrhalter AMOUR FOU Vienna Hubert Sauper 26 Filmproduktion 30 Alexander Dumreicher- Andreas Schmied 11 Panama Film 17 Ivanceanu, Bady Minck Roland Schrotthofer 25 Susanne Brandstätter Lindengasse 32/13 Michael Seeber 21 Filmproduktion 33 1070 Vienna Ulrich Seidl 7 Takacs Filmproduktion 29 tel +43 1 994 99 11 Ebba Sinzinger 36 Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion 7 [email protected] Tatia Skhirtladze 27 Vento Film 20 www.amourfoufilm.com Iva Švarcová 34 WEGA Filmproduktion 9 Lisa Weber 29 WILDart FILM 36 berg hammer film Florian Weigensamer 25 Tandelmarktgasse 8/16 Sandra Wollner 17 1020 Vienna C.B. Yi 14 tel +43 699 171 189 69 Weina Zhao 35 [email protected] www.berghammerfilm.at
Bernhard Pötscher Filmproduktion Schwendergasse 41/2/1 1150 Vienna tel +43 664 336 19 35 [email protected] www.poetscher.com
40 Production Companies Production Companies
Blackbox Film & e&a film film-pla.net Medienproduktion Markus Pauser Ludwig Wüst, Maja Savic Christian Krönes Proschkogasse 1/12 Nordbahnstraße 24/30 Hietzinger Kai 205d 1060 Vienna 1020 Vienna 1130 Vienna tel +43 1 890 60 38 tel +43 699 131 935 40 tel +43 1 877 28 57 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.eafilm.at www.film-pla.net www.blackboxfilm.at epo-film FreibeuterFilm blue+green communication Dieter Pochlatko, Oliver Neumann, Sabine Moser Friedrich Moser Jakob Pochlatko Turmburggasse 2-8/5/2 Märzstraße 32/28 Edelsinnstraße 58 1060 Vienna 1150 Vienna 1120 Vienna tel +43 720 34 65 10 tel +43 699 190 160 53 tel +43 1 812 37 18 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.freibeuterfilm.com www.blueandgreen.info www.epofilm.com Gebhardt Productions coop99 filmproduktion European Film Conspiracy Neusiedlerstraße 50 Barbara Albert, Martin Association 2340 Mödling Gschlacht, Jessica Hausner, Georg Aschauer, Daniel Hoesl, tel +43 2236 641 63 Antonin Svoboda, Gerald Kerkletz, Julia Niemann, [email protected] Bruno Wagner Katharina Posch www.filmpark.tv Wasagasse 12/1/1 Gumpendorferstraße 10-12/23 1090 Vienna 1060 Vienna Golden Girls Film tel +43 1 319 58 25 mail@europeanfilmconspiracy. Raphael Barth, Arash T. Riahi, [email protected] com Karin C. Berger www.coop99.at www.europeanfilmconspiracy. Seidengasse 15/3/20 com 1070 Vienna Daniela Praher Filmproduktion tel +43 1 810 56 36 Große Sperlgasse 32-34/5 Film AG [email protected] 1020 Vienna Alexander Glehr, www.goldengirls.at tel +43 650 341 74 60 Johanna Scherz [email protected] Felbigergasse 64 GSF – Günter Schwaiger Film www.praherfilm.at 1140 Wien Produktion tel +43 1 478 71 70 Mollardgasse 85a/1/12 Dokusan Film [email protected] 1060 Vienna Fritz Ofner www.film-ag.at tel +34 607 246 457 Mariengasse 3/1 [email protected] 1170 Vienna Filmbäckerei www.mosolov-p.com tel +43 650 530 15 05 Frederick Baker, [email protected] Sandra Fasolt-Baker Guttner Film www.fritzofner.info Margaretenstraße 71-73/1/28 Singerstraße 20/9 1050 Vienna 1010 Vienna Dor Film tel +43 664 181 10 33 tel +43 681 819 631 21 Danny Krausz [email protected] [email protected] Bergsteiggasse 36 www.filmbaeckerei.at www.guttnerfilm.at 1170 Vienna tel +43 1 427 10 11 [email protected] www.dor-film.com
41 Production Companies
Houchang Allahyari Little Magnet Films Orbrock Filmproduktion Filmproduktion Paolo Calamita Ulrich Gehmacher Wipplingerstraße 24-26/6 Wildpretmarkt 1 Schottenfeldgasse 56/23 1010 Vienna 1010 Vienna 1070 Vienna tel +43 699 104 029 01 tel +43 1 581 29 27 tel +43 1 522 25 88 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.littlemagnetfilms.com www.orbrock.com Imagine Film Cooperation Sabine Kriechbaum Lotus-Film Othmar Schmiderer Capistrangasse 5/54 P. Wirthensohn, T. Pridnig Filmproduktion 1060 Vienna Mollardgasse 85A / Stiege 1 Kellerhausgasse 1 tel +43 664 730 283 44 1060 Vienna 3484 Grafenwörth [email protected] tel +43 1 786 33 87 tel +43 676 602 85 70 [email protected] [email protected] KGP Filmproduktion www.lotus-film.at www.othmarschmiderer.com Gabriele Kranzelbinder Seidengasse 15/3/19 Mischief Films Panama Film 1070 Vienna Ralph Wieser David Bohun, Lixi Frank tel +43 1 522 22 21 Goethegasse 1 Geusaugasse 31/4 [email protected] 1010 Vienna 1030 Vienna www.kgp.co.at tel +43 1 585 23 24 23 tel +43 660 39 22 440 [email protected] [email protected] kurt mayer film www.mischief-films.com www.panama-film.com Heinestraße 36/1/2 1020 Vienna Mona Film Pimp the Pony Productions tel +43 1 967 89 29 T. Hroch, G. Podgornig Gabriele Neudecker [email protected] Marokkanergasse 23/4+5 Tödtleinsdorf 46 www.kurtmayerfilm.com 1030 Vienna 5203 Köstendorf tel +43 1 513 11 15 tel +43 664 250 56 56 La Banda Film [email protected] office@pimptheponyproduc- Flavio Marchetti, Katharina www.monafilm.tv tions.com Mückstein, Michael Schin- www.pimptheponyproductions. degger, Natalie Schwager Navigator Film com Sebastian-Kneipp-Gasse 8/1–2 Johannes Rosenberger 1020 Vienna Schottenfeldgasse 14 Plaesion Film tel +43 650 301 08 08 1070 Vienna Peter Janecek [email protected] tel +43 1 524 97 77 Schlosshofer Straße 8/4/3 www.labandafilm.at [email protected] 2301 Groß-Enzersdorf www.navigatorfilm.com tel +43 660 213 69 66 Langbein & Partner Media [email protected] Kellermanngasse 5/12 NGF Nikolaus Geyrhalter www.plaesion.com 1070 Vienna Filmproduktion tel +43 1 535 36 96 Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Markus Plan C Filmproduktion redaktion@langbein-partner. Glaser, Michael Kitzberger, Claudia Wohlgenannt com Wolfgang Widerhofer Kriemhildplatz 10 www.langbein-partner.com Hildebrandgasse 26 1150 Vienna 1180 Vienna tel +43 1 990 63 72 tel +43 1 403 01 62 [email protected] [email protected] www.plancfilm.com www.geyrhalterfilm.com
42 Production Companies pooldoks filmproduktion Soleil Film Ulrike Gladik Filmproduktion Markus Wailand, Filip Antoni Malinowski, Denisgasse 33/10 Katharina Weingartner Jürgen Karasek 1200 Vienna Redtenbachergasse 15/2a Linke Wienzeile 142/13 tel +43 650 503 43 40 1160 Vienna 1060 Vienna [email protected] tel +43 1 947 76 88 tel +43 699 123 974 78 [email protected] [email protected] Vento Film www.pooldoks.com www.soleilfilm.at Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel Leitermayergasse 33/20 Prisma Film Superfilm 1180 Vienna Viktoria Salcher, John Lueftner, David Schalko tel +43 1 406 03 92 Mathias Forberg Zieglergasse 1 [email protected] Rathausstraße 3/18 1070 Vienna www.ventofilm.com 1010 Vienna tel +43 1 522 19 11 tel +43 1 406 37 70 [email protected] WEGA Filmproduktion [email protected] www.superfilm.at Veit Heiduschka, Michael Katz www.prismafilm.at Hägelingasse 13 Susanne Brandstätter 1140 Vienna Raumzeitfilm Produktion Filmproduktion tel +43 1 982 57 42 Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter Florianigasse 60/14 [email protected] Rasumofskygasse 21 1080 Vienna www.wega-film.at 1030 Vienna tel +43 676 500 78 49 tel +43 660 699 44 93 [email protected] WILDart Film [email protected] www.susannebrandstaetter.com Ebba Sinzinger, www.raumzeitfilm.com Vincent Lucassen Takacs Filmproduktion Pfeilgasse 32/1 RitzlFilm Kaltenleutgebner 1080 Vienna Elisabeth Uhl-Ritzberger, Straße 24/17/47 tel +43 1 595 29 91 Wolfgang Ritzberger 1230 Vienna [email protected] Spechtgasse 34 tel +43 699 195 886 60 www.wildartfilm.com 2340 Mödling [email protected] tel +43 1 603 11 33 Witcraft Filmproduktion [email protected] trotzdemfilm Ursula Wolschlager www.ritzlfilm.at Astrid Johanna Ofner Lindengasse 25/10 Hegelgasse 8/20 1070 Vienna Rosdy Film 1010 Vienna tel +43 699 177 881 77 Lustkandlgasse 51/4-5 tel +43 664 130 38 88 [email protected] 1090 Vienna [email protected] www.witcraft.at tel +43 1 319 81 42 www.trotzdemfilm.at [email protected] www.rosdyfilm.com Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion Wasserburgergasse 5/7 Ruth Beckermann 1090 Vienna Filmproduktion tel +43 1 310 28 24 Marc-Aurel-Straße 5/10 [email protected] 1010 Vienna www.ulrichseidl.com tel +43 699 115 074 98 sekretariat@ruthbeckermann. com www.ruthbeckermann.com
43 Distributors, World Sales & VOD
Alamode Film Österreich Filmdelights ORF Austrian Broadcasting Tobias Lehmann Christa Auderlitzky Corporation Leitermayergasse 43/4 Lindengasse 25/10 Würzburggasse 30 1180 Vienna 1070 Vienna 1136 Vienna tel +43 1 236 21 90 tel +43 1 944 30 35 tel +43 1 878 78 0 [email protected] [email protected] www.orf.at www.alamodefilm.at www.filmdelights.com Director General autlook filmsales Filmgarten Alexander Wrabetz Salma Abdalla Pierre-Emmanuel Finzi Spittelberggasse 3/14 Liechtensteinstraße 17/18 Director of Television 1070 Vienna 1090 Vienna Kathrin Zechner (ext. 12155) tel +43 720 34 69 34 tel +43 681 103 407 89 [email protected] [email protected] Head of Fiction Department www.autlookfilms.com www.filmgarten.at Katharina Schenk (ext. 14331) www.docs.at [email protected] Filmladen Filmverleih Constantin Film Holding GmbH Michael Stejskal ORF Enterprise GmbH & CoKG Christian Langhammer Mariahilfer Straße 58 Am Europlatz 5 Siebensterngasse 37 1070 Vienna 1120 Vienna 1070 Vienna tel +43 1 523 43 62 tel +43 1 878 78 0 tel +43 1 521 28-1122 [email protected] constantin.office@ www.filmladen.at Managing Director constantinfilm.at Beatrice Cox-Riesenfelder www.cineplexx.at Flimmit (ext. 15050) Michael Wagenhofer beatrice.cox-riesenfelder@ EastWest Dreihausgasse 9/4.1 orf.at Filmdistribution GmbH 1150 Vienna http://enterprise.orf.at/ Sasha Wieser tel +43 1 892 24 63 Lerchengasse 24 [email protected] Content Sales International 1080 Vienna www.flimmit.com Armin Luttenberger tel +43 1 890 83 76 (ext. 13030) office@eastwest- Luna Filmverleih [email protected] distribution.com Michael Stejskal http://contentsales.ORF.at www.eastwest-distribution. Mariahilferstraße 58/7 com 1070 Vienna Polyfilm Verleih tel +43 1 523 43 62 Hans König Einhorn-Film [email protected] Margaretenstraße 78 Michael Wieser www.lunafilm.at 1050 Vienna Gurtnielweg 9 tel +43 1 581 39 00-20 6710 Nenzing [email protected] tel +43 664 341 03 08 www.polyfilm.at [email protected] www.einhorn-film.at sixpackfilm Brigitta Burger-Utzer Neubaugasse 45/13 1070 Vienna tel +43 1 526 09 90 [email protected] www.sixpackfilm.com
44 Distributors, World Sales & VOD Festivals
Stadtkino /slash Filmfestival Filmfestival Kitzbühel Norman Shetler Markus Keuschnigg Michael Reisch Siebensterngasse 2/12 Brestelgasse 18/2 Franz Reisch Straße 3 1070 Vienna 1160 Vienna 6370 Kitzbühel tel +43 1 361 81 81-72 tel +43 1 957 42 34 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.ffkb.at www.stadtkinowien.at www.slashfilmfestival.com 14 – 30 August, 2020 17 – 27 September, 2020 Thimfilm FrauenFilmTage Andreas Thim-Taban ALPINALE Kurzfilmfestival Gabriele Frimberger Leitermayergasse 43/4 Remise Bludenz Währinger Straße 59 1180 Vienna Rebekka Rinderer 1090 Vienna tel +43 1 236 21 90 Lustenauerstraße 56b tel +43 699 106 940 57 [email protected] 6850 Dornbirn [email protected] www.thimfilm.at tel +43 699 814 467 05 www.frauenfilmtage.at [email protected] 28 February – 7 March, 2020 Tobis Film GmbH & Co KG www.alpinale.at Theodor Gringel 11 – 15 August, 2020 International Film Festival Zollergasse 36 for Children 1070 Vienna Crossing Europe Martina Lassacher tel +43 1 521 28 200 Film Festival Linz Steggasse 1/12a [email protected] Christine Dollhofer 1050 Vienna www.tobis.de Graben 30 tel +43 664 465 56 60 4020 Linz [email protected] Under the Milky Way tel +43 732 785 700 www.kinderfilmfestival.at Vincent Lucassen [email protected] 14 – 22 November, 2020 Pfeilgasse 32/1 www.crossingEurope.at 1080 Vienna 21 – 26 April, 2020 International Film Festival tel +43 1 595 2991 Innsbruck vincent.lucassen@underthe- Diagonale Helmut Groschup, milkyway.eu Festival of Austrian Film Daniel Dlouhy galaxy.underthemilkyway.com Sebastian Höglinger, Egger-Lienz-Straße 20 Peter Schernhuber 6020 Innsbruck Waystone Film KG Rauhensteingasse 5/3/5 tel +43 512 57 12 62 Johannes Wegenstein, 1010 Vienna [email protected] Bruno Batinic tel +43 1 595 45 56 0 www.iffi.at Schleifmühlgasse 8/14 [email protected] 27 May – 1 June, 2020 1040 Vienna www.diagonale.at tel +43 1 585 58 88 24 – 29 March, 2020 Mountainfilm Graz [email protected] Internationales Berg- & www.waystonefilm.com Filmfest St. Anton Abenteuer Filmfestival Manfred Pascher Robert Schauer Ing-Etzel-Straße 25 Filmproduktion GmbH 6020 Innsbruck Am Klammbach 1A tel +43 699 100 405 21 8044 Graz [email protected] tel +43 316 81 42 23 www.filmfest-stanton.at mountainfilm@mountainfilm. 26 – 29 August, 2020 com www.mountainfilm.com 10 – 14 November, 2020
45 Festivals Funding
Tricky Women/Tricky Realities Bundeskanzleramt Österreich Filmfonds Wien International Animation Festival Sektion Kunst und Kultur – Vienna Film Fund Waltraud Grausgruber, Film II/3 Gerlinde Seitner Birgitt Wagner Federal Chancellery of Austria Mariahilfer Straße 76/1/10 Q21/MQ, Museumsplatz 1 Barbara Fränzen 1070 Vienna 1070 Vienna Concordiaplatz 2 tel +43 1 526 50 88 tel +43 1 990 46 63 1014 Vienna [email protected] [email protected] tel +43 1 53 115 206 880 www.filmfonds-wien.at www.trickywomen.at [email protected] 11 – 15 March, 2020 www.bundeskanzleramt.at/ FISA – Filmstandort Austria kunst Walcherstraße 11 A Viennale 1020 Vienna Vienna International Film Festival Cine Art tel +43 1 501 75 526 Eva Sangiorgi, Eva Rotter Filmkunst Steiermark [email protected] Siebensterngasse 2 Martin Titz www.filmstandort-austria.at 1070 Vienna Landhausgasse 7 tel +43 1 526 59 47 8010 Graz MA 7 – Film, Neue Medien [email protected] tel +43 316 877 31 37 Sylvia Faßl-Vogler www.viennale.at [email protected] Friedrich-Schmidt-Platz 5 22 October – 4 November, 2020 www.filmkunst.steiermark.at 1082 Wien tel +43 1 4000 84740 VIS Vienna Shorts Cine Tirol Film Commission [email protected] International Festival for Short c/o Tirol Werbung GmbH www.wien.gv.at/kultur/ab- Film, Animation & Music Video Johannes Köck teilung Daniel Ebner, Benjamin Gruber Maria-Theresien-Straße 55 MuseumsQuartier Wien I Q21 6010 Innsbruck Österreichisches Filminstitut Museumsplatz 1/5/2 tel +43 512 5320 180 Austrian Film Institute 1070 Vienna [email protected] Roland Teichmann tel +43 1 947 61 00 www.cinetirol.com Spittelberggasse 3 [email protected] 1070 Vienna www.viennashorts.com Cinestyria tel +43 1 526 97 30 400 28 May – 2 June, 2020 Filmcommission & Fonds [email protected] Enrico Jakob www.filminstitut.at YOUKI Internationales Jugend St.Peter-Hauptstraße 243 Medien Festival 8042 Graz Laura-Lee Röckendorfer, tel +43 316 4003 54 Boris Schuld [email protected] Pollheimerstraße 17 www.cinestyria.com 4600 Wels tel +43 7242 207 030 Fernsehfonds Austria [email protected] Rundfunk und Telekom www.youki.at Regulierungs Gmbh 17 – 21 November, 2020 Oliver Stribl Mariahilfer Straße 77-79 1060 Vienna tel +43 1 580 580 [email protected] www.rtr.at
46 Institutions & Government Agencies
AFC – Austrian Films EU XXL Film ÖGB, Younion_Die Martin Schweighofer Forum For European Film Daseinsgewerkschaft Stiftgasse 6 Mercedes Echerer HG VIII – Sektion Film, Foto, 1070 Vienna Schrankgasse 12/3 audiovisuelle Kommunikation tel +43 1 526 33 23 1070 Vienna Trade Union for the Arts, [email protected] tel +43 1 408 11 40 Media, Sports and www.AustrianFilms.Com [email protected] Independent Professions www.eu-xxl.at Gerhard Schedl Akademie des Maria-Theresien-Straße 11 österreichischen Films Fachverband der Film- und 1090 Vienna Austrian Film Academy Musikwirtschaft (FAMA) tel +43 1 313 16 83 804 Marlene Ropac Film and Music Austria [email protected] Stiftgasse 25/1 Werner Müller www.younion.at 1070 Vienna Wiedner Hauptstraße 63 tel +43 1 890 20 33 P.O. Box 327 Universität für Musik und office@oesterreichische- 1045 Vienna darstellende Kunst Wien/ filmakademie.at tel +43 (0) 590 900 3010 Filmakademie Wien www.oesterreichische- [email protected] University of Music and filmakademie.at www.filmandmusicaustria.at Performing Arts Vienna Danny Krausz Bundesministerium Fachverband der Kino-, Kultur- Metternichgasse 12 für Europa, und Vergnügungsbetriebe 1030 Vienna Integration und Äußeres Association of Austrian Cinema tel +43 1 711 55-2902 Federal Ministry for Europe, Exhibitors & Showmen [email protected] Integration and Foreign Affairs Bernhard Gerstberger www.mdw.ac.at Sonja Reiser-Weinzettl Wiedner Hauptstraße 63 Minoritenplatz 8 1045 Vienna VAM – Verwertungsgesel- 1014 Vienna tel +43 (0) 59 09 00 3471 schaft für audiovisuelle tel +43 (0) 501 150-3803 kino-kultur-vergnuegen@ Medien GmbH sonja.reiser-weinzettl@ wko.at Collecting Society for bmeia.gv.at www.kino-kultur-vergnuegen.at Audiovisual Media Ltd. www.bmeia.gv.at Veit Heiduschka, Forum österreichischer Michael Kavouras Creative Europe Desk Filmfestivals Neubaugasse 25/9 Österreich – MEDIA Marie-Christine Hartig 1070 Vienna Esther Krausz Högelmüllergasse 1B/9-10 tel +43 1 526 43 01 Spittelberggasse 3 1050 Vienna [email protected] 1070 Vienna tel +43 676 54 84 034 www.vam.cc tel +43 1 526 97 30-406 [email protected] [email protected] www.film-festivals.at VdFS – Verwertungsgesell- www.creativeeurope.at schaft der Filmschaffenden Collecting Society of Drehbuchforum Wien Audiovisual Authors and Actors Vienna Screenwriter’s Forum Gernot Schödl Wilbirg Brainin-Donnenberg Bösendorferstraße 4/12 Stiftgasse 6 1010 Vienna 1070 Vienna tel +43 1 504 76 20 tel +43 1 526 85 03 [email protected] [email protected] www.vdfs.at www.drehbuchforum.at
47 We would like to thank the production companies for providing the photographic materials.
Special thanks to: Perndl+Co Druckerei Walla, Vienna
The Austrian Film Commission is proud to be powered by Österreichisches Filminstitut, Bundeskanzleramt Kunstsektion, Filmfonds Wien, VAM – Verwertungs- gesellschaft für audiovisuelle Medien, ORF, WKO/ Fachverband der Film- und Musikwirtschaft, go-international, Fernsehfonds Austria, FISA, Cine Art
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