Published by Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Culture 2012 Vienna — Austria Imprint Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Culture – Film Division Barbara Fränzen – Director Concordiaplatz 2 1014 Vienna/Austria +43 1 531 20–68 80
[email protected] www.bmukk.gv.at Publisher and Concept Carlo Hufnagl – Film Division Editor Brigitte Mayr Translation Christine Wagner Photographs Directors © Joerg Burger Graphic Design up designers berlin-wien Walter Lendl Print REMAprint Contents INTRODUCTION 9 Paradise, Love, Auteur Film by Federal Minister Claudia Schmied 10 Hybrid by Christa Blümlinger FACTS + FIGURES 14 Budget 15 Most Frequent Festival Screenings 2009–2012 16 Most Frequent Rentals 1995–2012 17 Most International Awards Received 1995–2012 18 Outstanding Artist Awards 18 Austrian Art Award 19 Thomas Pluch Screenplay Award RECENT SUCCESSES 21 Most Wanted FILMS 45 Fiction 51 Documentary 69 Avant-garde 73 Fiction Short 77 Documentary Short 83 Avant-garde Short FILMS COMING SOON 101 Fiction Coming Soon 111 Documentary Coming Soon 145 Fiction Short Coming Soon 151 Documentary Short Coming Soon 159 Avant-garde Short Coming Soon SCHOLARSHIPS FOR YOUNG TALENTS 2011 173 Start-Up Grants for Young Film Artists CONTACT ADDRESSES 181 Production Companies 184 Sales 185 Directors INDEX 188 Films 190 Directors introduction facts + figures > 8>9 Introduction Paradise, Love, Auteur Film The world’s oldest and most renowned film festival in Venice, which celebrated its 80th anniversary in 2012, presented the second part of Ulrich Seidl’s trilogy, Paradies: Glaube, this year. Following on from his 2009 success with Das weiße Band, Michael Haneke won another Palme d’Or in Cannes in 2012 for Amour.