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/2016/ Austrian Films Coming Soon /2016/ Austrian Films Coming Soon Austrian Films 2016 – Coming Soon

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Publisher: Martin Schweighofer Editors: Charlotte Rühm, Karin Schiefer, Brigitte Weich Graphic design: Perndl+Co Printed by: REMAprint Litteradruck, Vienna Introduction

A new year is upon us and the award season is Seventeen. Or Ulrich Seidl’s Auf Safari – when in full swing. For Austrian films the results are the notorious Mr. Seidl explores the world of as encouraging as the outlook promising. Martin hard core Safaristas then it certainly is not go- Gschlacht was honored by the European Film ing to be a cozy affair. Or: Virgil Widrich’s The Academy as Best Cinematographer of the year. Night Of A Thousand Hours is a mind bending Goodnight Mommy, Veronika Franz’ and Severin trip through time and buried family secrets. Fiala’s creepy psycho drama, which broke the Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel are back with the one million dollar US box office barrier, col- mysterious Mr. Universo. A nine-year-old girl lected a bundle of rave reviews and made it onto finds her way through the dust and debris of the several international year’s best lists. And two aftermath of WWII Vienna in Mirjam films are shortlisted for an Oscar nomination: for Unger’s Maikäfer Flieg. Marie Kreutzer’s dram- Hubert Sauper’s African neocolonial essay We edy Was hat uns bloss so ruiniert follows three Come As Friends it could be the Academy’s Best thirty-something couples who admirably fail Documentary Award and for Patrick Vollrath’s trying so hard not to become bourgeois. Josef Everything Will Be Okay, which already won a Hader’s debut Wilde Maus tells the story of a Student Academy Award, it would be the Short journalist who decides it’s good to get mad but Film Oscar. But that is still a long way off ... much better to get even. Michael Ostrowski and Helmut Köpping try to drum up a storm The international festival year for us traditionally with Hotel Rock’n’Roll – adding a final chapter reaches its first peak with the Berlin Film Fes- to Michael Glawogger’s Sex, Drugs & Rock’n’ tival. At the time of writing this introduction the Roll trilogy. world premieres confirmed so far are: Ruth Beck- And somewhere on the horizon a new Michael ermann’s subtle Die Geträumten (The Dreamed Haneke film is looming, but it will probably ma- Ones), based on the longing letters exchanged terialize only in 2017. between Paul Celan and Ingeborg Bachmann, Nikolaus Geyrhalter’s eloquent but wordless ode The 2016 Austrian Films Coming Soon catalogue to humanity, Homo Sapiens, and Händl Klaus’ is an extension of our Austrian Films Review arousing couple-in-distress drama Tomcat 2015 yearbook of theatrically released films. (Kater). And then of course there will be some Regardless of where you pick it up, I sincerely more, much more in fact as you will see browsing hope you put it to good use. this Coming Soon brochure. Wishing you inspiring, surprising and challeng- ing encounters. Let me highlight a few: Monja Art’s self-assured debut film about teenage angst and confusion Martin Schweighofer for example, which carries the telling title Executive Director

Fiction Films Fiction Attack Of The Lederhosen- zombies

Directed by Dominik Hartl

Zombie action in the Alps: a English, German / digital / 1:2.35 / 80 min group of an all-night après-ski Key cast Laurie Calvert, Gabriela Marcinková, party soon turns into a hellish Oscar Dyekjær Giese, Margarethe Tiesel nightmare of zombie mayhem. Written by Dominik Hartl, Armin Prediger Cinematography Andreas Thalhammer, Xiaosu Han Editing Daniel Prochaska Completion Production design Florian Kaposi expected spring 2016 Producer Markus Fischer Production company Fischer Film Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Cine Art, Land Niederösterreich, Land Oberösterreich and BLS Südtirol Contact Fischer Film Neustiftgasse 32-34 1070 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 524 74 25 [email protected] www.fischerfilm.com

Dominik Hartl Filmography (selection): 2015 Beautiful Girl (fiction), 2012 Spitzendeckchen (short), 2010 Bis einer weint (short), 2010 Drop in (short), 2008 Iron & Butterfly (short)

6 Fiction Auf Reisen On The Road

Directed by Michael Kreihsl

Stories about citizens of a big German / digital / 1:1.85 / 88 min city who encounter a variety Key cast Devid Striesow, Norman Hacker, Silke of fates as a result of their Bodenbender, Otto Schenk, Gerti Drassl difficulties in communicating Written by Michael Kreihsl with each other. They all share Cinematography Reinhold Vorschneider a longing for intimacy – and Editing Andrea Wagner the inability to achieve it. Production design Julia Libiseller A series of incidents, some Producers Michael Katz, Veit Heiduschka lucky and some unlucky, brings Production company WEGA Filmproduktion these people together and then Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF, drives them apart, like atoms Vienna Film Fund who combine briefly only to go Contact WEGA Filmproduktion Hägelingasse 13 their different ways again. 1140 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 982 57 42 [email protected] Completion www.wega-film.at expected spring 2016

Michael Kreihsl Filmography (selection): 2011 Weihnachtsengel küsst man nicht (TV), 2009 Der Täter (TV), 2004 Mein Vater, meine Frau und meine Geliebte (TV), 2000 Heimkehr der Jäger, 1996 Charms Zwischenfälle

7 Fiction Deckname Holec Codename Holec

Directed by Franz Novotny

Young director Honza Nemec German, Czech / digital / 1:1.85 / 100 min films the Russian invasion in Key cast Johannes Zeiler, Vica Kerekes, Prague in August 1968. With Krystof Hadek Eva – the love of his life – he Written by Alrun Fichtenbauer, Franz Novotny, tries to get out of the country. Martin Leidenfrost He wants to bring the explo- Cinematography Robert Oberrainer sive material to Vienna, to the Editing Karin Hammer director of Austrian Television Production design Martin Reiter Helmut Zilk. He knows Eva very Producers Franz Novotny, Alexander Glehr, Monika Kristl, Vlasta Kristl well – but the Czech Secret Production companies Novotny & Novotny Film, Service even better. Dawson Films (CZ) Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Vienna Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich Completion and Ceská Televize, Statni Fond expected spring 2016 Kinematografie Contact Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion Weimarerstraße 22 1180 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 478 71 70 [email protected] www.novotnyfilm.at

Franz Novotny Filmography (selection): 2003 YU (fiction), 1995 Exit II – Verklärte Nacht (fiction), 1990 Die Spitzen der Gesellschaft (fiction), 1982 Die Ausgesperrten (TV), 1997 Exit – Nur keine Panik (fiction)

8 Fiction Die Geträumten The Dreamed Ones

Completed

Directed by Ruth Beckermann

The themes of love and hate German / digital / 16:9 / 89 min are depicted in the movie The Key cast Anja Plaschg, Laurence Rupp Dreamed Ones. At center stage Written by Ina Hartwig, Ruth Beckermann are the two poets Ingeborg Cinematography Johannes Hammel Bachmann and Paul Celan, Editing Dieter Pichler who came to know each other Producer Hanne Lassl in post-war Vienna. Their dra- Production company Ruth Beckermann Filmproduktion matic postal exchange creates Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF the textual basis of the film. Contact Ruth Beckermann Filmproduktion Two young actors meet in a Marc-Aurel-Straße 5 recording studio to read the 1010 Vienna – Austria tel +43 699 115 074 98 letters. The tumultuous emo- [email protected] tions of proximity and distance, www.ruthbeckermann.com fascination and fear captivate them. However they also enjoy each other’s company, arguing, smoking, discussing their tat- toos and favourite music. Yes- terday’s love, today’s love and tomorrow’s: where the lines are blurred lies the heart of the film.

Ruth Beckermann Filmography (selection): 2013 Those who go Those who stay (doc.), 2011 American Passages (doc.), 2006 Zorros Bar Mizwa (doc.), 2001 homemad(e) (doc.), 1999 Ein flüchtiger Zug nach dem Orient (doc.)

9 Fiction Die Liebhaberin The Decent

Directed by Lukas Valenta Rinner

A housemaid, working in an ex- Spanish / digital / 1:2.35 / 70 min clusive gated community in the Key cast Iride Mockert, Martin Shanly outskirts of Buenos Aires, em- Written by Ana Godoy, Ariel Gurevich, Lukas V. Rinner, barks on a journey of sexual and Martin Shanly mental liberation in a nudist Cinematography Roman Kasseroller, Andres Hilarion swinger-club boarding the high Editing Ana Godoy security walls. Production design Lucia Carnicero Producers Lukas Valenta Rinner, Ana Godoy Production companies Nabis Filmgroup, Completion Jeonjou Cinema Project (KR) expected Supported by BKA – Arts Division, Land Salzburg spring 2016 and Jeonjou Cinema Project Contact Nabis Filmgroup Michael-Walz-Gasse 18c 5020 Salzburg – Austria tel +43 664 233 93 96 [email protected] www.nabisfilm.com

Lukas Valenta Rinner Filmography (selection): 2015 Parabellum (fiction), 2010 A Letter to Fukuyama (short)

10 Fiction Die Mitte der Welt Centre Of My World

Completion expected spring 2016

Directed by Jakob M. Erwa

When Phil (17) returns home German / digital / 16:9 / 100 min after the summer, his mother Key cast Louis Hofmann, Sabine Timoteo and his twin sister are no lon- Written by Jakob M. Erwa based on the novel by ger on speaking terms. Phil Andreas Steinhöfel wants to unlock the secret, Cinematography Ngo The Chau but he feels compelled to Editing Carlotta Kittel tread lightly. Surrounded by a Production design Veronika Merlin strong-willed mother and his Producers Viktoria Salcher, Mathias Forberg, withdrawn sister, Phil tries to Boris Schönfelder, Jakob M. Erwa find his place in life while ex- Production companies Prisma Film, Neue Schönhauser Filmproduktion (D), Universum Film (D) periencing his sexual awaken- Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF, Vienna Film ing with the quite mysterious Fund, Cine Art, Drehbuchforum Wien and Nicholas. But he doesn’t find DFFF, FFA, Filmstiftung NRW, BKM, ARTE, the clarity he’s looking for and BR, WDR has to learn that it’s better to Contact Prisma Film face the truth than to live a life Rathausstraße 3/18 filled with uncertainty. 1010 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 406 37 70 [email protected] www.prismafilm.at

Jakob M. Erwa Filmography (selection): 2015 HomeSick (fiction), 2008 Heile Welt (fiction), 2005 Neun (fiction, co-dir.), 2004 Wie Schnee hinter Glas (short), 2003 Märchenprinz (short), 2003 Nachtschwimmer (short)

11 Fiction Die Nacht der tausend Stunden The Night Of A Thousand Hours

Directed by Virgil Widrich

One family, one night, one mur- German / digital / Cinemascope / 90 min der and a forbidden passion: as Key cast Laurence Rupp, Amira Casar, Udo Samel, the Ullich family gathers and Elisabeth Rath, Barbara Petritsch their ancestors appear from Written by Virgil Widrich; dramaturgical consultant the past, the events begin to Jean-Claude Carrière pile up in the Viennese palace. Cinematography Christian Berger While cousins fight for control Editing Pia Dumont of the family business, the an- Production design Christina Schaffer cestors reveal how the Ullich Producers Bady Minck, Alexander Dumreicher- Ivanceanu, Hanneke Niens, Hans de Wolf, really loved and made their Arash T. Riahi, Raphael Barth fortune. Production companies AMOUR FOU Vienna, Golden Girls, AMOUR FOU Luxembourg (L), KeyFilm (NL) Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Vienna Completion Film Fund, Land Salzburg and Filmfund expected spring 2016 Luxemburg, Netherlands Film Fund, Netherlands Film Production Incentive, BLS Südtirol, Algoa Slate, Media, Eurimages Contact AMOUR FOU Vienna Lindengasse 32 1070 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 994 99 11 0 [email protected] www.amourfoufilm.com

Virgil Widrich Filmography (selection): 2003 Fast Film (short), 2001 Copy Shop (short), 2000 Heller als der Mond (fiction), 1998 TX-Transform (short, co-dir.)

12 Fiction Die Villa The Villa

Directed by Houchang Allahyari, Tom-Dariusch Allahyari

A traumatized family lives in German / digital / 1:2.39 / 80 min an old villa, trapped in a deso- Written by Houchang Allahyari, August late trance. One day a mysteri- Staudenmayer, Tom-Dariusch Allahyari, ous stranger appears, bringing Reinhard Jud emotions to a head. Human Cinematography Peter Roehsler intimacy, sexuality, even lust to Editing Michaela Müllner kill arrive. Production design Nanna Neudeck Producer Houchang Allahyari Production company Houchang Allahyari Filmproduktion Completion Supported by Wien Kultur expected Contact Houchang Allahyari Filmproduktion spring 2016 Wipplingerstraße 24-26/6 1010 Vienna – Austria tel +43 699 104 029 01 [email protected]

Houchang Allahyari, Tom-Dariusch Allahyari Filmography of joint works (selection): 2009 Bock for President (doc.), 2006 Rumi – Poesie des Islam (doc.), 1999 Geboren in Absurdistan (fiction), 1996 Tatort – Mein ist die Rache (TV)

13 Fiction DxM

Completed

Directed by Andrew Goth

A group of young bio-engi- English / digital / 1:2.35 / 92 min neers discover they can use Key cast Sam Neill, Tom Payne, Melia Kreiling, quantum physics to transfer Ursula Strauss, Antonia Campbell-Hughes motor-skills between human Written by Joanne Reay, Andrew Goth brains. Believing this to be a Cinematography John Pardue first step towards a new intel- Editing Thomas Ilg lectual freedom, they freely Production design Caroline Story distribute the technology. But Producers Walter Köhler, Joanne Reay as the mysterious past of one Production company Terra Mater Factual Studios of their group is revealed, dark Supported by Austrian Film Institute forces emerge that threaten to Contact Terra Mater Factual Studios subvert this technology into a Wambachergasse 2 1130 Vienna – Austria means of mass control. tel +43 1 87 00 30 [email protected] www.terramater.at

Andrew Goth Filmography (selection): 2012 Gallowwalkers (fiction), 2005 Cold and dark (fiction), 1999 Everybody loves Sunshine (fiction)

14 Fiction Egon Schiele – Tod und Mädchen Egon Schiele – Death And The Maiden

Directed by Dieter Berner

th At the beginning of the 20 German / digital / 1:2.39 / 110 min century Egon Schiele is one of Key cast Noah Saavedra, Maresi Riegner, Valerie the most provocative artists in Pachner, Larissa Aimée Breidbach Vienna. His life and work are Written by Hilde Berger, Dieter Berner driven by beautiful women, at- Cinematography Carsten Thiele tracted by Schiele’s aura and Editing Robert Hentschel daring talent. Two women will Production design Götz Weidner have a lasting impact on him – Producers Franz Novotny, Alexander Glehr, Bady his sister Gerti and the model Minck, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Ulrich Seidl Wally Neuzil, arguably Schiele’s Production companies Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion, one true love. AMOUR FOU Luxembourg, Ulrich Seidl Film Produktion Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Vienna Completion Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich and expected spring 2016 Filmfund Luxemburg, Eurimages Contact Picture Tree International Zur Börse 12 10247 Berlin – Germany tel +49 30 420 82 48 15 [email protected] www.picturetree-international.com

Dieter Berner Filmography (selection): 2013 LiebeMacht (fiction), 2012 Chuzpe (TV), 2007 Die Anwältin (TV), 2006 Tatort – Sonnenfinsternis (TV), 2004 Tatort – Die Schlafende Schöne (TV)

15 Fiction Geschwister Siblings

Directed by Markus Mörth 1st film

18-year-old Bebe and her English, German, Romanian, Serbian / digital / 1:2.35 / 118 min younger brother Mikhail are Key cast Ada Condeescu, Abdulkadir Tuncer, forced to leave their home Mark Filatov, Michael Kranz country Moldavia and to Written by Markus Mörth embark on an uncertain jour- Cinematography Sorin Dragoi ney – having nothing but a sack Editing Julia Drack of native soil and a joint goal Production design Graziella Tomasi in sight. A modern odyssey Producers Markus Mörth, Maximilian Plettau begins. Production companies Markus Mörth Film- und Medienproduktion, Nominal Film (D) Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF, Cine Art, Completion Stadt Graz and FFF Bayern, ARTE, ZDF expected Contact Markus Mörth Film- und spring 2016 Medienproduktion Froschaugasse 5 8010 Graz – Austria tel +43 676 640 16 77 [email protected] www.markusmoerth.com

Markus Mörth Filmography (selection): 2008 Die Europa Tapes (short doc.), 2006 Dinge von größter Leichtigkeit (TV doc.), 2003 Allerseelen (short), 2000 Matchball (short)

16 Fiction Hannas schlafende Hunde Hanna’s Sleeping Dogs

Directed by Andreas Gruber

Nine-year-old Johanna grows German / digital / 1:1.85 / 124 min up in the Austrian provincial Key cast Hannelore Elsner, Nike Seitz, Franziska town Wels as a good Catholic Weisz, Rainer Egger, Elfriede Irrall girl in the late 60’s. When her Written by Andreas Gruber based on a novel by blind grandmother Ruth tells Elisabeth Escher her the secret about their Jew- Cinematography Martin Gressmann ish past, the “sleeping dogs” of Editing Julia Drack the family history awake. But Production design Oliver Hoese, Bettina Zirngibl unlike her traumatized mother Producers Andreas Gruber, Fritjof Hohagen Katharina, she doesn’t want to Production companies Provinz Film, Enigma Film (D) hide. Instead, she wants to be Austrian support Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Land Oberösterreich and BR proud. Johanna Contact Provinzfilm becomes Hanna. Porzellangasse 36 4600 Wels – Austria tel +43 7242 68561 [email protected] Completed

Andreas Gruber Filmography (selection): 2004 Welcome Home (fiction), 1999 Sonderauftrag Linz (doc.), 1997 Die Schuld der Liebe (fiction), 1995 Das verletzte Lächeln (TV), 1994 Hasenjagd (fiction)

17 Fiction Home Is Here

Completion expected summer 2016

Directed by Tereza Kotyk 1st film

A film about Hannah from the German / digital / 1:2.35 / 90 min Olympic village of Innsbruck, Key cast Anna Åström, Stipe Erceg who constantly breaks into the Written by Tereza Kotyk house of Max to secretely live Cinematography Astrid Heubrandtner out her personal dreams. In Editing Thomas Woschitz the wake of this recurrent act, Production design Elena Riccabona Max, who spends his free time Producer Gabriele Kranzelbinder doing sports to meticulous- Production company KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Production ly control his emotional life, Supported by Austrian Film Institute, Cine Tirol, starts to notice changes in his Land Tirol, Stadt Innsbruck, Servus TV home. A tender game begins Contact KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Production between these two lonesome Seidengasse 15/3/19 1070 Vienna – Austria souls allowing them to realize tel +43 1 52 22 22 10 that “home” is not necessarily [email protected] a place, thus personal longings www.kgp.co.at and artistic aspirations can only be found within oneself: home is here.

Tereza Kotyk Filmography (selection): 2014 Hannah and Max (short), Hannah at home (short), 2012 Brennholz (short), 2011 Silent tears (short), 2007 27 Looks (doc.)

18 Fiction Hotel Rock’n’Roll

Directed by Michael Ostrowski, Helmut Köpping 1st film

Mao inherits her uncle German / digital / 1:1.85 / 100 min Waberl’s – a former icon of Sex, Key cast Michael Ostrowski, Pia Hierzegger, Gerald Drugs and Rock’n’Roll – hotel Votava, Georg Friedrich, Detlev Buck on the countryside. With the Written by Michael Glawogger, Michael Ostrowski help of her friends Max (a wan- Cinematography Wolfgang Thaler nabe entertainer with brilliant Editing Alarich Lenz concepts but lacking structure) Production design Andreas Donhauser, Renate Martin and Jerry (a skilled Guitarrero Producer Danny Krausz, Kurt Stocker but less skilled chef) they try Production company Dor Film to put together a hotel band to Supported by Austrian Film Institute, Vienna Film Fund save Rock’n’Roll as well as their Contact Dor Film bankrupt hotel. Bergsteiggasse 36 1170 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 427 10 11 [email protected] Completion www.dor-film.com expected fall 2016

Michael Ostrowski, Helmut Köpping Filmography of joint works: 2009 The Making of Futbol (short)

19 Fiction Kater Tomcat

Directed by Händl Klaus

Andreas and Stefan lead a German / digital / 1:1.85 / 114 min happy life together: Together Key cast Lukas Turtur, Philipp Hochmair, Toni (cat with their beloved tomcat Mo- Moses), Gerald Votava, Thomas Stipsits ses, they live in a beautiful old Written by Händl Klaus house in Vienna’s vineyards. Cinematography Gerald Kerkletz They work as a musician and Editing Joana Scrinzi scheduler in the same orches- Production design Enid Löser tra and they love their large Producers Antonin Svoboda, Bruno Wagner circle of friends. An unexpected Production company coop99 filmproduktion and inexplicable outburst of vi- Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, olence suddenly shakes up the Vienna Film Fund and Berner Filmbeirat relationship and calls every- Contact coop99 filmproduktion Wasagasse 12/1/1 thing into question – the blind 1090 Vienna – Austria spot that resides in all of us. tel +43 1 319 58 25 [email protected] www.coop99.at

Completed

Händl Klaus Filmography (selection): 2008 MÄRZ (fiction), 1996 Das Waldviertel (short), 1998 Kleine Vogelkunde (short)

20 Fiction Kinder zauber The Magic Of Children

Directed by Ruth Rieser

A film developed together with German / digital / 16:9 / 71 min children, their visions of the Key cast Marie-Charlotte, Leonard Robert, world – authentic, poetic, and Johanna, Maximilian, Lena, Samy Molcho at the same time realistic. Written by Ruth Rieser with Marie-Charlotte, The viewers travel to the light- Leonard Robert, Johanna, Lukas, Delia, Noah, Franziska filled world of community, Cinematography Volker Gläser, Maria Rank, Kim Jarrett, joy, yearnings, and secrets. Vera Polaschegg A fairy tale? Editing Bettina Mazakarini Production design Teamwork Producer Ruth Rieser Completion expected Production company RR* Filmproduktion spring 2016 Contact RR* Filmproduktion Lange Gasse 60/19 1080 Vienna – Austria tel +43 664 120 30 07 [email protected] www.rr-film.at

Ruth Rieser Filmography (selection): 2014 Peter Turrini. Rückkehr an meinen Ausgangspunkt (doc.), 2011 du und ich (doc.)

21 Fiction Lillian

Completion expected fall 2016

Directed by Andreas Horvath

The film tells the story of a English, German / digital / 1:1.85 / 90 min young woman who one day, Key cast Patrycja Planik without any warning, abandons Written by Andreas Horvath her normal life to go to the “end Cinematography Andreas Horvath of the world”, not just meta- Producer Ulrich Seidl phorically but also literally. Production company Ulrich Seidl Film Produktion Starting in New York in March Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, she crosses the continent of Vienna Film Fund North America and reaches Contact Ulrich Seidl Film Produktion the Bering Strait by the follow- Wasserburgergasse 5/7 1090 Vienna – Austria ing winter. Here we lose track tel +43 1 310 28 24 of her. Lillian has vanished. In [email protected] the desolate wastes of Alaska www.ulrichseidl.com the camera has detached itself from the protagonist, and the film ends the following spring with indigenous whale hunters on the Siberian side of the Ber- ing Strait.

Andreas Horvath Filmography (selection): 2015 Helmut Berger, Actor (doc.), 2013 Earth’s Golden Playground (doc.), 2010 Arab Attraction (doc.), 2006 Views of a Retired Night Porter (doc.), 2004 This Ain’t No Heartland (doc.)

22 Fiction Los Feliz

Directed by Edgar Honetschläger

The WEST is losing control. English, Italian / digital / 1:1.85 / 102 min Satan should put an end to the Key cast Pauline Acquart, Philippe Spall, Yukika Chinese threat! The Holy See Kudo, Fabio Camilli, Cosimo Cinieri throws its biggest trump into Written by Edgar Honetschläger the battle: IMAGES of America. Cinematography Piergiorgio Bottos, Daniel Hollerweger FAME is what the young girl Editing Edgar Honetschläger, Stefan Fauland desires. LOVE is what the lady Production design Edgar Honetschläger, Conrad Reinhard from the Far EAST cannot feel. Producers Edgar Honetschläger, Robert Shulevitz Depth is what we seek. 3D is Production company Edoko Institute Film Production what we get. LOS FELIZ is the Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF, first road movie ever shot in a Vienna Film Fund, Land Oberösterreich studio. Contact Edoko Institute Film Production Neulinggasse 23/2 1030 Vienna – Austria tel +43 699 110 655 47 Completion [email protected] expected spring 2016 www.honetschlaeger.at

Edgar Honetschläger Filmography (selection): 2013 Omsch (doc.), 2011 AUN – the beginning and the end of all things (fiction), 2003 Il mare e la torta (essay), 2000 L+R (essay), 1998 Milk (fiction)

23 Fiction Maikäfer flieg

Completion expected spring 2016

Directed by Mirjam Unger

Vienna 1945: The powder keg German / digital / 1:2.39 / 90 min of war and the Russian oc- Key cast Zita Gaier, Ursula Strauss, Gerald Votava, cupation as seen through the Paula Brunner, Lino Gaier, Krista Stadler innocent eyes of nine-year-old Written by Sandra Bohle, Mirjam Unger based on the Christine. She knows as little novel by Christine Nöstlinger about peace as children today Cinematography Eva Testor know about war. Bombed out Editing Niki Mossböck and penniless, she and her Production design Katharina Wöppermann family are put up in a fancy Producer Gabriele Kranzelbinder villa on the outskirts of Vienna. Production company KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Production They now have a roof over their Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Vienna Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich heads, nothing more. After the and BLS Südtirol German soldiers capitulate, the Contact KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Production Russians take over the house. Seidengasse 15/3/19 Everybody is scared of the Rus- 1070 Vienna – Austria sians, who are believed to be a tel +43 1 52 22 22 10 capricious lot. Everybody, ex- [email protected] www.kgp.co.at cept Christine.

Mirjam Unger Filmography (selection): 2012 Oh Yeah, She Performs! (doc.), 2007 Vienna’s Lost Daughters (doc.), 2002 Die ganze Nacht (short), 2000 Ternitz Tennessee (fiction), 1999 Mehr oder weniger (short)

24 Fiction Mein Fleisch und Blut Place Of Shelter

Directed by Michael Ramsauer 1st film

Martin and Katharina’s mar- German / digital / Cinemascope / 95 min riage is at stake because their Key cast Andreas Kiendl, Ursula Strauss, Nikolai six-year-old son, Tobias, is au- Klinkosch, Lili Epply, Wolfgang Rauh tistic. They become friends with Written by Michael Ramsauer the young couple that moves in Cinematography Josef Mittendorfer next door, and Tobias starts to Editing Karin Hartusch gradually open up. His parents Production design Martin Reiter are very happy. But soon Martin Producers Helmut Grasser, Constanze Schumann discovers that the young cou- Production company Allegro Filmproduktion ple has their own reasons for Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, wanting to be near Tobias: they Vienna Film Fund, Land Kärnten have a horrible plan. Contact Allegro Film Krummgasse 1a 1030 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 712 50 36 Completion [email protected] expected spring 2016 www.allegrofilm.at

Michael Ramsauer Filmography (selection): 2005 Echos (short), 2003 Wegen Daniel (short), 2002 Vampire waren auch nur Menschen (short), 2001 Wenn, dann Dichter (short doc.)

25 Fiction Mr. Universo

Directed by Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel

The young lion tamer Tairo is Italian / Super 16 mm, digital / 1:1.66 / 100 min unhappy with his present life Key cast Tairo Caroli, Wendy Webber, Arthur Robin situation. He uses the loss of Written by Tizza Covi his talisman to make a trip Cinematography Rainer Frimmel through Italy searching for the Editing Tizza Covi man, who gave it to him a long Producer Rainer Frimmel time ago. Production company Vento Film Supported by BKA – Arts Division, Land Niederöster- reich, Wien Kultur and Südtiroler Completion Landesregierung expected Contact Vento Film spring 2016 Leitermayergasse 33/20 1180 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 406 03 92 [email protected] www.ventofilm.com

Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel Filmography of joint works (selection): 2012 Der Glanz des Tages (fiction), 2009 La Pivellina (fiction), 2005 Babooska (doc.), 2001 Das ist alles (doc.)

26 Fiction Overnight Flies

Directed by Georg Tiller

Eddie, a 65-year-old Sudanese English, Swedish / digital / 1:1.85 / 97 min man, lives on a remote Swedish Key cast Edward Weki, Rana Iftahar, Jan Holsson, island. Surrounded by scream- Monique Islam Mäkinen ing birds and carrying a silent Written by Georg Tiller past, he wanders around in na- Cinematography Claudio Pfeifer ture, trying to find meaning in Editing Viktor Hoffmann his displacement. Producer Georg Tiller Production company Subobscura Films Supported by BKA – Arts Division and Film på Gotland Completion Contact Subobscura Films expected Auhofstraße 43 spring 2016 1130 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 877 23 94 [email protected] www.subobscurafilms.coM

Georg Tiller Filmography (selection): 2015 White Coal (doc.) 2014 DMD KIU LIDT (doc.), 2011 Persona Beach (fiction), 2010 Vargtimmen – nach einer Szene von Ingmar Bergman (short), 2008 Der Turm des Ornithologen (short)

27 Fiction Siebzehn Seventeen

Directed by Monja Art 1st film

Paula, an above-average German / digital / 1:1.85 / 102 min intelligent student, is in love Key cast Elisabeth Wabitsch, Anaelle Dézsy, with her classmate Charlotte. Alexandra Schmidt, Leo Plankensteiner At the same time she feels per- Written by Monja Art manently provoked by disso- Cinematography Caroline Bobek lute Lilly to challenge her limits. Editing Monja Art, Claudia Linzer Production design Conrad Reinhardt, Anna Seidl Producer Ulrich Gehmacher Completion Production company Orbrock Filmproduktion expected spring 2016 Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Land Niederösterreich Contact Orbrock Filmproduktion Schottenfeldgasse 56/23 1070 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 522 25 88 [email protected] www.orbrock.com

Monja Art Filmography (selection): 2013 Forever not alone (doc., co-dir.), 2012 Juli (short), 2009 Rot (short)

28 Fiction Stille Reserven Hidden Reserves

Completion expected spring 2016

Directed by Valentin Hitz

The insurance salesman Vin- German / digital / 1:1.85 / 100 min cent Baumann, a cold-blooded Key cast Clemens Schick, Lena Lauzemis, careerist and minion of a mer- Marion Mitterhammer, Marcus Signer ciless system, becomes a vic- Written by Valentin Hitz tim of the very corporations he Cinematography Martin Gschlacht is representing. Degraded to a Editing Karina Ressler henchman he grimly struggles Production design Hannes Salat to get back on the job market. Producers Oliver Neumann, Sabine Moser, Alexander He fights to climb the social Ris, Christine Haupt, Karin Koch ladder. In the process he real- Production companies FreibeuterFilm, Neue Mediopolis Film- produktion (D), Dschoint Ventschr (CH) izes that there are other values Supported by Austrian Film Produktion, FISA, ORF, than income and success. He Vienna Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich decides against his previous and DFFF, MDM, Zürcher Filmstiftung, ideology and for another hu- Cine Plus, SF man being, for Lisa Sokulowa. Contact FreibeuterFilm They don’t have a future. But Ziegelofengasse 37/1/9 they celebrate a small triumph 1050 Vienna – Austria tel +43 (0) 720 34 65 10 against the dominance of the [email protected] ruling system. www.freibeuterfilm.at

Valentin Hitz Filmography (selection): 2003 Kaltfront (fiction), 1998 Ratrace (short), 1995 Loved in Space (short), 1995 Seemannsbegräbnis (short)

29 Fiction Ugly

Directed by Juri Rechinsky

The story of those who are go- German, English, Russian / digital / 1:2.39 / 100 min ing through suffering, struggle, Key cast Angela Gregovic, Dimitry Bogdan, loss and despair, trying to find Maria Hofstätter, Larysa Rusnak their way out of the depths. Written by Juri Rechinsky, Klaus Pridnig Cinematography Wolfgang Thaler Editing Roland Stöttinger Completion Production design Conrad Moritz Reinhardt expected spring 2016 Producers Franz Novotny, Alexander Glehr, Maxim Asadchiy, Ulrich Seidl Production companies Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion, Pronto Film (UA), Ulrich Seidl Film Produktion Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF and Goskino Contact Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion Weimarerstraße 22 1180 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 478 71 70 [email protected] www.novotnyfilm.at

Juri Rechinsky Filmography (selection): 2013 Sickfuckpeople (doc.), 2012 Why So Happy (short doc.)

30 Fiction Was hat uns bloß so ruiniert

Directed by Marie Kreutzer

Three couples all decide to be- German / digital /1:2.39 / 100 min come parents at the same time. Key cast Vicky Krieps, Manuel Rubey, Marcel They are in their mid-thirties, Mohab, Pia Hierzegger, Pheline Roggan, successful and cool. Both ide- Andreas Kiendl alistic and materialistic, they Written by Marie Kreutzer grow tomatoes on the balcony, Cinematography Leena Koppe drink locally roasted coffee and Editing Ulrike Kofler fancy cocktails, and they would Production design Martin Reiter never purchase an electronic Producers Franz Novotny, Alexander Glehr, Ursula Wolschlager, Robert Buchschwenter device without an apple logo Production company Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion, on it. And they are sure that Witcraft Szenario people can have kids without Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, becoming bourgeois. Vienna Film Fund Contact Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion Weimarerstraße 22 Completion 1180 Vienna – Austria expected tel +43 1 478 71 70 spring 2016 [email protected] www.novotnyfilm.at

Marie Kreutzer Filmography (selection): 2015 Gruber geht (fiction), 2011 Die Vaterlosen (fiction), 2008 Punch Noel (short), 2006 White Box (short), 2002 Un peu beaucoup (short)

31 Fiction Wilde Maus Wild Mouse

Completion expected summer 2016

Directed by Josef Hader 1st film

When 50-year-old Georg loses German / digital / 1:1.85 / 100 min his job as music critic with a Key cast Josef Hader, Pia Hierzegger, Jörg Hartmann Vienna newspaper he conceals Denis Moschitto, Georg Friedrich the fact from his younger wife Written by Josef Hader Johanna, who wants a child Cinematography Andreas Thalhamer, Xiaosu Han with him. Instead, he embarks Editing Monika Willi, Christoph Brunner upon a campaign of revenge Production design Christoph Kanter against his former boss and Producers Michael Katz, Veit Heiduschka, begins to renovate a roller- Oliver Neumann coaster in the Wurstelprater Production companies WEGA Filmproduktion, FreibeuterFilm amusement park along with an Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF, Vienna Film Fund and ARD/ Degeto old school friend, Erich, who is Contact WEGA Filmproduktion also unemployed. Hägelingasse 13 1140 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 982 57 42 [email protected] www.wega-film.at

Josef Hader Filmography (selection): 2016 Wilde Maus (fiction)

32 Fiction WINWIN

Directed by Daniel Hoesl

Three investors, wolves in German, English / digital / 1:1.33 / 85 min sheep’s clothes, can’t for the Key cast Christoph Dostal, Stephanie Cumming, life of them find heart or soul. Jeff Ricketts, Nahoko Fort-Nishigami In their jets they circle the Cinematography Gerald Kerkletz globe, preaching love and earn- Editing Natalie Schwager ing gold. Smoke and mirrors is Production design Laura Weiss their game, ministers, unions Producers Georg Aschauer, Julia Niemann, Katharina and kings enjoy their fame. Posch, Daniel Hoesl, Gerald Kerkletz Gambling with open cards at Production company European Film Conspiracy Association the table, where there’s no risk Supported by BKA – Arts Division, ORF, Cine Art, Land Niederösterreich, Wien Kultur there’s only one aim: the truth Contact European Film Conspiracy Association is a lie, ’cause lying is real – Gumpendorferstraße 10-12/23 when you get pranked, how 1060 Vienna – Austria does it feel? [email protected] www.europeanfilmconspiracy.com

Completed

Daniel Hoesl Filmography (selection): 2013 Soldate Jeannette (fiction), 2011 The Madness Of The Day (short), 2006 Lektion von alltäglichem Pathos (short)

Documentary Films Documentary Auf Safari

Completion expected spring 2016

Directed by Ulrich Seidl

Africa. In the wild expanses, German, English / digital / 90 min where bushbucks, impalas, ze- Written by Ulrich Seidl, Veronika Franz bras, gnus and other creatures Cinematography Wolfgang Thaler, Jerzy Palacz graze by the thousands, they Editing Christof Schertenleib, Christoph Brunner are on holiday. German and Producer Ulrich Seidl Austrian hunting tourists drive Production Company Ulrich Seidl Film Produktion through the bush, lie in wait, Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF, stalk their prey. They shoot, Land Niederösterreich and ARTE, WDR sob with excitement and pose Contact Ulrich Seidl Film Produktion before the animals they have Wasserburgergasse 5/7 1090 Vienna – Austria bagged. A vacation movie about tel +43 1 310 28 24 killing, a movie about human [email protected] nature. www.ulrichseidl.com

Ulrich Seidl Filmography (selection): 2014 Im Keller (doc.), 2013 Paradies: Hoffnung (fiction), 2012 Paradies: Glaube (fiction); Paradies: Liebe (fiction), 2007 Import Export (fiction)

36 Documentary Bauer unser Dumping Farmers

Directed by Robert Schabus 1st film

Dumping Farmers aims to re- German / digital / 16:9 / 95 min veal the dominant mechanisms Written by Robert Schabus of the industrialised agricul- Cinematography Lukas Gnaiger tural system in Europe today – Editing Paul Michael Sedlacek a world where consumers have Producer Helmut Grasser (almost) no say anymore. The Production company Allegro Film film will also highlight the real- Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF, ity of life as a farmer and the Vienna Film Fund supremacy of trade. Making in- Contact Allegro Film dividuals responsible for some- Krummgasse 1a 1030 Vienna – Austria thing they cannot influence or tel +43 1 712 50 36 change is all part and parcel of [email protected] the neoliberal world order. www.allegrofilm.at

Completion expected fall 2016

Robert Schabus Filmography (selection): 2014 Ort schafft Ort (short doc.), 2012 Murau Montevideo (short doc.), 2008 Betrieb (short doc.), 2007 Hermanngasse 4 – Wien Museum Karlsplatz (short doc.)

37 Documentary Bei Tag und bei Nacht By Day And By Night

Completed

Directed by Hans Andreas Guttner

The film is the living portrait German / digital / 1:1.87 / 110 min of a Carinthian country doc- Written by Hans Andreas Guttner tor and his peasant clientele Cinematography Alexander Vittorio Papsch throughout one year in midst Editing Jean Andre of the grandiose Alpine world Producer Hans Andreas Guttner of the Lienzer Dolomiten. Both Production company Guttner Film professions, country doctor Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF and Alpine peasants, are in a Contact Guttner Film precarious situation: they are Singerstraße 20/9 menaced by extinction. Accom- 1010 Vienna – Austria tel +43 681 819 631 21 panying the doctor we explore [email protected] a small world in all its manifold www.guttnerfilm.at dimensions, fighting to retain their way of living and protect it against the pressure to adapt to modernity.

Hans Andreas Guttner Filmography (selection): 2010 Sean Scully – Art Comes From Need (doc.), 2004 Die Megaklinik (doc.), 1996 Kreuz und quer (doc.), 1981 Familie Villano kehrt nicht zurück (doc.)

38 Documentary Beziehungs status Single Relationship Status: Single

Directed by Andrea Eder 1st film

Relationship Status: Single ex- German / digital / 16:9 / 90 min amines the global phenomenon Written by Andrea Eder, Constanze Schumann of online and mobile dating, its Cinematography Dani Purer, Christian Haake background and its impact on Editing Ulrike Kofler society and human mating be- Producers Constanze Schumann, Helmut Grasser havior. The mechanisms of the Production company Allegro Film platforms and the economy of Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, dating are questioned, and also Vienna Film Fund modern forms of relationships, Contact Allegro Film unrealistic expectations and Krummgasse 1a 1030 Vienna – Austria the issue of human beings as tel +43 1 712 50 36 a “commodity” are challenged. [email protected] Does today’s oversupply of pos- www.allegrofilm.at sibilities make it easier to find a partner? Or is mankind growing increasingly lonely with the help of social media?

Completion expected fall 2016

Andrea Eder Filmography (selection): 2016 Beziehungsstatus Single (doc.)

39 Documentary Bruder Jakob, schläfst du noch?

Directed by Stefan Bohun

A personal quest that was trig- German, Portuguese, English / digital / 16:9 / 90 min gered by the suicide of some- Written by Stefan, Johannes and David Bohun one close. A film about the Cinematography Klemens Hufnagl fragility of happiness and how Editing Marek Kralovsky to deal with misfortune. Producers Ralph Wieser Production company Mischief Film Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF, Vienna Film Completion Fund, Cine Tirol, Land Niederösterreich expected end of 2016 Contact Mischief Films Goethegasse 1 1010 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 585 23 24 23 [email protected] www.mischief-films.com

Stefan Bohun Filmography (selection): 2015 Musik (short), 2009 Mata Tigre (doc.), 2007 Amo Beethoven (short doc.), 2005 Nohelia (short doc.), 2005 Omid (short)

40 Documentary Brüder der Nacht Brothers Of The Night

Directed by Patric Chiha

Soft boys by day, kings by night: German, Bulgarian, Romany / digital / 1:1.85 / 88 min That’s how the young Bulgarian Written by Patric Chiha Roma are when they come to Cinematography Klemens Hufnagl Vienna looking for freedom Editing Patric Chiha and a quick buck. They sell Producers Ebba Sinzinger, Vincent Lucassen their bodies as if that’s all they Production company WILDart Film have. The thing that warms Supported by BKA – Arts Division, FISA, ORF, them, so far from home, is the Wien Kultur and Brouillon d’un rêve de la feeling of togetherness. But Scam, Media the nights are long and unpre- Contact WILDart Film Pfeilgasse 32/1 dictable. 1080 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 595 29 91 [email protected] www.wildartfilm.com Completed

Patric Chiha Filmography (selection): 2014 Boys Like Us (fiction), 2009 Domaine (fiction), 2006 Home (fiction), 2005 Die Herren (doc.), 2004 Casa Ugualde (short)

41 Documentary Ciao Chérie

Completion expected spring 2016

Directed by Nina Kusturica

Ciao Chérie tells the story of local languages / digital / 1:2.39 / 90 min people in a Viennese call shop, Written by Nina Kusturica raising questions of origin Cinematography Michael Schindegger and borders, of the search for Editing Nina Kusturica, Julia Pontiller closeness and the need for a Producer Nina Kusturica connection to other people. Production company Nina Kusturica Projects Cabin telephone calls over Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF, a distance of thousands of Vienna Film Fund kilometers, between people Contact Nina Kusturica Projects who have not seen each other Schlossgasse 22/3 1050 Vienna – Austria for years, remittances to the [email protected] homeland, the daily routine of www.nk-projects.com the shop, also elements of par- ody of today’s tele-communi- cation need, the struggle for fi- nancial survival and the search for love keep the protagonists of Ciao Chérie on their toes.

Nina Kusturica Filmography (selection): 2011 Tomorrow Is My Day (short), 2009 Little Alien (doc.), 2004 24 Realities Per Second – Michael Haneke im Film (doc.), 2003 Auswege (fiction), 2001 Der Freiheit (short)

42 Documentary Cinema Futures

Completion expected spring 2016

Directed by Michael Palm

Cinema Futures is a multi- English, German / digital / 16:9 / 90 min layered film essay about the Written by Michael Palm future of cinema and film in the Cinematography Joerg Burger age of digitalized moving im- Editing Michael Palm ages. At a time when analogue Producer Ralph Wieser film is fast disappearing, new Production company Mischief Films digital production methods are Supported by BKA – Arts Division, FISA, ORF, being employed, and digitaliza- Vienna Film Fund and Media tion is becoming the standard Contact Mischief Films in cinema and broadcast TV, a Goethegasse 1 1010 Vienna – Austria great deal of our audiovisual tel +43 1 585 23 24 23 memory could be lost. What [email protected] will cinematic cultures of the www.mischief-films.com future be like? Are the world’s film archives facing a new dark age? Will film die out or just change?

Michael Palm Filmography (selection): 2012 Set in Motion (short), 2011 Low Definition Control – Malfunctions #0 (doc.), 2009 Laws of Physics (short), 2004 Edgar G. Ulmer – Der Mann im Off (doc.)

43 Documentary Der zornige Buddha The Angry Buddha

Completed

Directed by Stefan Ludwig

János Orsós is of Romani Hungarian, English / digital / 16:9 / 98 min descent, a teacher and a Bud- Written by Stefan Ludwig dhist. Inspired by the history Cinematography Thomas Beckmann, Stefan Ludwig of the Dalits or “untouchables” Editing Alexandra Schneider in India, birthplace of both Ro- Producer Peter Drössler mani culture and Buddhism, Production companies Metafilm, Tellux Film (D) he founded a school in a Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF and FFF small Hungarian village with Bayern, Kuratorium Junger Deutscher the goal of enabling teenag- Film, ZDF ers from the poorest Romani Contact filmdelights Lindengasse 25/10 ghettos to attend universities. 1070 Vienna – Austria The Angry Buddha documents tel +43 1 944 30 35 János’ resolute battle against [email protected] the difficulties he faces over http://www.filmdelights.com three years, while simultane- ously painting affectionate yet honest portraits of the Romani youth who use humour and their own vitality to survive in a world of poverty and prejudice.

Stefan Ludwig Filmography (selection): 2010 Ein Sommer voller Türen (doc.), Coup de foudre – Verliebt in Montréal (short doc.), 2007 Streikblues (short); Geliebte Stimmen (doc.)

44 Documentary Desert Kids

Directed by Michael Pfeifenberger

A documentary about young Hebrew, Arabic / digital / 16:9 / 80 min adults growing up in rural Written by Wolfgang Stahl, Michael Pfeifenberger Israel. The Negev Desert not Cinematography Meni Elias only captures visitors with its Editing Petra Zöpnek spectacular landscape, it’s Producer Claudia Wohlgenannt also a place of opposites and Production company Plan C Filmproduktion extremes, a home between two Supported by Austrian Film Institute, The Future Fund cultures. But both cultures are of the Republic of Austria, Vienna Film characterized by strong values, Fund, Land Salzburg and in both worlds the young Contact Plan C Filmproduktion Kriemhildplatz 10 people share a feeling of con- 1150 Vienna – Austria finement. Can they form their tel +43 1 990 63 72 own identity? [email protected] www.plancfilm.com

Completion expected spring 2016

Michael Pfeifenberger Filmography (selection): 2012 Call Me A Jew (doc.), 2010 Todespolka (fiction), 2005 Chaltura – Leila & Lena (fiction) 2002 011 Beograd 2002 (fiction), 2000 Thanksgivin’ – Die nachtblaue Stadt (fiction)

45 Documentary Die andere Seite The Other Side

Directed by Judith Zdesar

A journey into a world full of German / digital / 16:9 / 80 min dreams, visions and hopes. Written by Judith Zdesar It takes us to places where Cinematography Michael Schindegger strange things happen and Editing Christin Veith where we get to know people Producers Michael Kitzberger, Wolfgang Widerhofer, who are looking for the invis- Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Markus Glaser ible. What are they trying to find Production company NGF Geyrhalterfilm behind the comprehensible Supported by BKA – Arts Division, ORF, Cine Carinthia, world? A film about the human Land Niederösterreich search for transcendency and Contact NGF Geyrhalterfilm Hildebrandgasse 26 the fear of mortality. 1180 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 403 01 62 [email protected] Completion www.geyrhalterfilm.com expected fall 2016

Judith Zdesar Filmography (selection): 2013 Vakuum (doc.), 2011 Farben einer langen Nacht (doc.), 2010 Spaß mit Hase (short), 2007 Bilder aus dem Tagebuch eines Wartenden (short doc.)

46 Documentary Ein deutsches Leben A German Life

Completion expected spring 2016

Directed by C. Krönes, O. S. Müller, R. Schrotthofer, F. Weigensamer 1st film

Serving as Nazi propaganda German / digital / 1:1.85 / 112 min minister Joseph Goebbels’ ste- Written by Florian Weigensamer, Carola Welt nographer, Brunhilde Pomsel Cinematography Frank van Vught, Davor Marinkovic got closer to the Nazi center Editing Christian Kermer of power than anyone alive. Producers Christian Krönes, Roland Schrotthofer From 1942 on, she worked Production company Blackbox Film- & Medienproduktion closely with Hitler’s agitator Supported by Austrian Film Institute, BMBF, ORF, Cine and seducer of the masses. Her Art, Land Niederösterreich, Wien Kultur personal journey into the past Contact Blackbox Film- & Medienproduktion leads to the disturbing ques- Hietzinger Kai 205 d 1130 Vienna – Austria tion: how reliable is my own tel +43 1 877 28 57 moral compass? [email protected] www.blackboxfilm.at

Christian Krönes, Olaf S. Müller, Roland Schrotthofer, Florian Weigensamer Filmography of joint works: 2015 Ich bin immer gut weggekommen… (short doc.)

47 Documentary Future Baby

Directed by Maria Arlamovsky

The film explores the changing English, Spanish, Hebrew, German / digital / 16:9 / 90 min nature of human reproduction. Written by Maria Arlamovsky The film wants both supporters Cinematography Sebastian Arlamovsky and sceptics of the assisted re- Editing Natalie Schwager productive technology to have Producers Michael Kitzberger, Wolfgang Widerhofer, their say in order to promote Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Markus Glaser a meaningful discourse about Production company NGF Geyrhalterfilm a topic that touches upon all Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, of us as humans: is it possible Vienna Film Fund and ZDF 3sat that in the not too distant fu- Contact NGF Geyrhalterfilm Hildebrandgasse 26 ture, natural reproduction will 1180 Vienna – Austria be viewed as not being good tel +43 1 403 01 62 enough? [email protected] www.geyrhalterfilm.com

Completion expected spring 2016

Maria Arlamovsky Filmography (selection): 2011 Looking for Qi (short doc.), 2008 Eines Tages, nachts... (short doc.), 2002 Laut und deutlich (short doc.), 1998 Angst hab ich keine, aber leid tu’ ich mir jetzt schon (doc.)

48 Documentary Genug Enough

Completion expected spring 2016

Directed by Nicole Scherg 1st film

Enough documents the imple- German / digital / 16:9 / 90 min mentation of an idea for a Written by Nicole Scherg unique kind of enterprise: Cinematography Nicole Scherg “Waldviertler”, a shoe manu- Editing Christoph Loidl, Karin Hammer facturing workshop in one of Producers Michael Kitzberger, Wolfgang Widerhofer, Austria’s economically most Markus Glaser, Nikolaus Geyrhalter precarious regions in northern Production company NGF Geyrhalterfilm Lower Austria. How can visions Supported by BKA – Arts Division, ORF, of a fair and better world, like Land Niederösterreich those which drive the compa- Contact NGF Geyrhalterfilm Hildebrandgasse 26 ny’s owner, Heinrich Staudinger, 1180 Vienna – Austria be realized in the current eco- tel +43 1 403 01 62 nomic climate? [email protected] www.geyrhalterfilm.com

Nicole Scherg Filmography (selection): 2004 Großeltern (short doc.)

49 Documentary Girls Don’t Fly

Completed

Directed by Monika Grassl 1st film

Lydia, Tina, Hamdiatu and Akan, English / digital / 16:9 / 90 min Esther have a bright future Written by Monika Grassl ahead of them – soon they will Cinematography Petra Lisson be pilots. Coming from rural Editing Max Kliewer Ghana, they would typically Producers Ralph Wieser, Benjamin Coelle, Sonia Otto take care of the household and Production companies Mischief Films, Indi Film (D) children. Girls Don’t Fly dives Supported by BKA – Arts Division and MFG, BR, into the daily routine of AvTech Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg Academy, founded by the NGO Contact Mischief Films Medicine on the Move. Nar- Goethegasse 1 1010 Vienna – Austria rating the story of four young tel +43 1 585 23 24 23 Ghanian girls learning to fly, [email protected] the film showcases the cultural www.mischief-films.com diversity on display and the contradictions that arise when Western ideals meet African values. What does the reality behind this ambitious project really look like?

Monika Grassl Filmography (selection): 2007 No Chicken In The Bus (short doc.), 2006 Her Position In Transition (short); Es sind ja Löcher drin (short)

50 Documentary Heimweh Remigration

Directed by Ervin Tahirovic 1st film

After 21 years I return to my German / digital / 16:9 / 80 min city of birth in order to find out Written by Ervin Tahirovic what would have occured to my Cinematography David Lindinger family if we hadn’t fled the war. Editing Roland Stöttinger Producer Florian Brüning Production company Horse&Fruits Filmproduktion Completion Supported by BKA – Arts Division, BMEIA, The Future expected spring 2016 Fund of the Republic of Austria, Wien Kultur Contact Horse&Fruits Filmproduktion Zollergasse 30/2A 1070 Vienna – Austria tel +43 650 301 75 43 [email protected] www.horseandfruits.com

Ervin Tahirovic Filmography (selection): 2013 In einem gewissen Abstand (short doc.); Misevi (short), Rotten Cock City (short)

51 Documentary Holz Erde Fleisch Three Farmers And A Son

Directed by Sigmund Steiner 1st film

In his essayistic documentary German / digital / 1:2.39 / 72 min Sigmund Steiner investigates Written by Sigmund Steiner the work, lives and generation- Cinematography Michael Schindegger al relations of three Austrian Editing Sigmund Steiner farmers. Even though none of Producer Flavio Marchetti them are his father, each one of Production company La Banda Film the film’s protagonists reflects Supported by BKA – Arts Division, Cine Art, on one aspect of Steiner’s com- Land Niederösterreich, Wien Kultur plicated father-son relation- Contact La Banda Film ship. Sebastian-Kneipp-Gasse 8/3-4 1020 Vienna – Austria tel +43 650 301 08 08 [email protected] Completion www.labandafilm.at expected spring 2016

Sigmund Steiner Filmography (selection): 2007 harz (short), 2004 california (short), 2003 firn (short)

52 Documentary Homo Sapiens

Completed

Directed by Nikolaus Geyrhalter

Homo Sapiens is a film about Without dialogue / digital / 16:9 / 90 min the finiteness and fragility of Written by Nikolaus Geyrhalter human existence and the end Cinematography Nikolaus Geyrhalter of the industrial age, and what Editing Michael Palm it means to be a human being. Producers Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Michael Kitzberger, What will remain of our lives af- Markus Glaser, Wolfgang Widerhofer ter we’re gone? Empty spaces, Production company NGF Geyrhalterfilm ruins, cities increasingly over- Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, grown with vegetation, crum- Vienna Film Fund and ZDF/3sat bling asphalt: the areas we cur- Contact NGF Geyrhalterfilm Hildebrandgasse 26 rently inhabit, though humanity 1180 Vienna – Austria has disappeared. Now aban- tel +43 1 403 01 62 doned and decaying, gradually [email protected] reclaimed by nature after being www.geyrhalterfilm.com taken from it so long ago. Homo Sapiens is an ode to humanity as seen from a possible future scenario. It intends to sharpen our eyes for the here and now, and our consciousness of the present.

Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmography (selection): 2015 Über die Jahre (doc.), 2012 Donauspital – SMZ Ost (doc.), 2011 Abendland, 2005 Unser Täglich Brot (doc.), 2001 Elsewhere (doc.)

53 Documentary Ivory

Completion expected summer 2016

Directed by Richard Ladkani, Kief Davidson

An ivory curse has hung over English / digital / 1:1.85 / 90 min the world’s elephant popula- Written by Richard Ladkani, Kief Davidson tions for centuries. At the cur- Cinematography Richard Ladkani rent rate of loss, the African Editor Verena Schönauer elephant will face extinction Producers Walter Köhler, Kief Davidson, within the coming decade. Ivory Wolfgang Knöpfler goes undercover to witness Production companies Terra Mater Factual Studios, the most promising bearers Vulcan Productions (USA) of hope for Africa’s elephants Contact Terra Mater Factual Studios Wambachergasse 2 as they embark on their many 1130 Vienna – Austria dangerous missions: direct- tel +43 1 87 00 30 ing anti-poaching and rapid [email protected] response units on the ground, www.terramater.at conducting high-risk undercover intelligence operations to foil trafficking syndicates, and launching global initiatives to commit governments world- wide to stop the trade and demand.

Richard Ladkani, Kief Davidson Filmography of joint works (selection): 2005 The Devil’s Miner (doc.)

54 Documentary Kinder unter Deck Children Below Deck

Directed by Bettina Henkel 1st film

The film is the personal story German, Latvian, Polish / digital / 1:1.85 / 90 min of three generations: the (late) Written by Bettina Henkel grandmother, the father and Cinematography Astrid Heubrandtner-Verschuur the daughter, who is directing Editing Niki Mossböck the film. It focuses on the Producers Oliver Neumann, Sabine Moser transgenerational transfer of Production company FreibeuterFilm traumatic experiences. It’s a Supported by BKA – Arts Division, FISA, ORF, spiritual road movie through Vienna Film Fund deep and diffuse layers of feel- Contact FreibeuterFilm ings resulting from historical Ziegelofengasse 37/1/9 1050 Vienna – Austria transformations in north- tel +43 (0) 720 34 65 10 eastern Europe. [email protected] www.freibeuterfilm.at

Completion expected spring 2016

Bettina Henkel Filmography (selection): 2014 Theater Str. 6 (short)

55 Documentary Kinders

Directed by Riahi Brothers

Kinders follows children and German, Bosnian, English, Turkish / digital / 1:2.39 / 93 min teenagers of different origins Written by Riahi Brothers through their sometimes dif- Cinematography Mario Minichmayr, Riahi Brothers ficult and confusing, some- Editing David Arno Schwaiger times funny and occasionally Producers Arash T. Riahi, Karin C. Berger bitter lives. They all take part in Production company Golden Girls Filmproduktion the music education program Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, Servus TV, ((superar)), where they develop Erste Foundation and Hilti Foundation from outsiders into confident Contact Golden Girls Filmproduktion young people who learn about Seidengasse 15/3/20 1070 Vienna – Austria their hidden potentials through tel +43 1 810 56 36 the power of music. [email protected] www.goldengirls.at

Completion expected spring 2016

Riahi Brothers Filmography of joint works (selection): 2013 Everyday Rebellion (doc.), 2012 This Human World (short)

56 Documentary Korida

Directed by Siniša Vidovic´ 1st film

At the arenas of the Koridas - German, Bosnian-Serbian-Croatian / digital / 1:2.39 / 87 min the century-old Bosnian Written by Siniša Vidovic´ , Senad Halilbašic´ bullfights - we get an unusual Cinematography Lukas Kronsteiner, Siniša Vidovic´ insight into a society that is Editing Cordula Werner struggling with forgiving each Producers Arash T. Riahi, Karin C. Berger other their difficult past, in Production company Golden Girls Filmproduktion order to have a better future. Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Cine Art, Land Oberösterreich Contact Golden Girls Filmproduktion Seidengasse 15/3/20 Completed 1070 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 810 56 36 [email protected] www.goldengirls.at

Siniša Vidovic´ Filmography (selection): 2008 Vater Morgana (short), 2006 Republika (short), 2005 In 3600 Stunden (short), 2004 The Steel Town Story (short), 2003 Andere Baustelle (short)

57 Documentary Mein halbes Haus Half A Home

Directed by Ivette Löcker

Just as I thought that I could German / digital / 16:9 / 90 min finally put my feelings for Written by Ivette Löcker my parents and my origins Cinematography Frank Amann to rest, my father decided to Editing Michael Palm leave me half of his crumbling Producer Ralph Wieser farmhouse. Since then, the Production company Mischief Film inheritance seems to have put Supported by BKA – Arts Division, ORF, Land Salzburg a heavy load on my shoulders. Contact Mischief Films I have trouble breathing as I Goethegasse 1 realise that my journey to un- 1010 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 585 23 24 23 derstand my family has only [email protected] just started. www.mischief-films.com

Completion expected fall 2016

Ivette Löcker Filmography (selection): 2014 Wenn es blendet, öffne die Augen (doc.), 2010 Nachtschichten (doc.), 2007 Marina und Sascha, Kohleschiffer (doc.)

58 Documentary Project: Superwoman

Directed by Barbara Caspar

In 1933 Aurora Rodriguez shot German / digital / 16:9 / 90 min and killed her 17-year-old Written by Barbara Caspar daughter Hildegart when the Cinematography Enzo Brandner, Sergio Deustura girl refused to continue living Producers Tommy Pridnig, Peter Wirthensohn the life her mother had planned Production company Lotus-Film for her. Project: Superwoman, Supported by BKA – Arts Division, FISA, ORF, a mixture of documentary and Vienna Film Fund, Cine Art animation film, examines the Contact Lotus-Film Rodriguez case, exploring the Mollardgasse 85A 1060 Vienna – Austria extent to which this story re- tel +43 1 786 33 87 flects current mother-daugh- [email protected] ter relationships and modern www.lotus-film.at lifestyles.

Completion expected summer 2016

Barbara Caspar Filmography (selection): 2007 Who’s Afraid of Kathy Acker (doc.)

59 Documentary Rote Rüben in Teheran Beetroot In Tehran

Completion expected summer 2016

Directed by Houchang Allahyari, Tom-Dariusch Allahayri

Beetroot in Tehran is about German, Farsi / digital / 1:2.39 / 90 min a father and son who go on a Written by Houchang Allahyari, journey to Iran. For the father it Tom-Dariusch Allahyari is a return after more than 40 Cinematography Babak Behdad, Mazyiar Gohari, years, for the son, who grew up Peter Roehsler in Austria, it is a new experi- Editing Michaela Müllner ence. Father and son react in Producer Houchang Allahyari very different ways to Iranian Production company Houchang Allahayari Filmproduktion society, traditions, family. They Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF, Vienna Film Fund speak especially to female Contact Houchang Allahyari Filmproduktion Iranian actors and filmmakers, Wipplingerstraße 24-26/6 ask about their role in Iranian 1010 Vienna – Austria society. While everything is new tel +43 699 104 029 01 for the son, the father is con- [email protected] fronted with memories of his past in Iran.

60 Documentary Seeing Voices

Completion expected spring 2016

Directed by Dariusz Kowalski

Seeing Voices takes us into Austrian sign language, German / digital / 1:1.85 / 90 min hidden universe of the com- Written by Dariusz Kowalski munity of the deaf people Cinematography Martin Putz and focuses on the expres- Editing Dieter Pichler sive power and magic of sign Producers Oliver Neumann, Sabine Moser language. Through different Production company FreibeuterFilm protagonists in Vienna Seeing Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Voices portrays life in a deaf Film Fund Vienna world in different stages of life Contact FreibeuterFilm for the Hager family with their Ziegelofengasse 37/1/9 1050 Vienna – Austria son Emil (1) and their daughter tel +43 (0) 720 34 65 10 Caroline (3, hearing), Ayse (18), [email protected] who is on the verge of career www.freibeuterfilm.at choice and Helene (42), a politi- cian; they all master their daily lives in different ways, walking the line between the hearing and the deaf world.

Dariusz Kowalski Filmography (selection): 2012 Richtung Nowa Huta (doc.), 2008 Optical Vacuum (short), 2005 Elements (short), 2005 Luukkaankangas-updated, revisited (short)

61 Documentary Shops Around The Corner

Directed by Jörg Kalt (1967 – 2007)

The footage of the only never English / digital / 4:3 / 70 min completed film by our friend, Completion & Editing Nina Kusturica Jörg Kalt, who died in 2007, Cinematography Eva Testor forms the basis of the film. Producer Nina Kusturica Starting from a portrait of the Production company Nina Kusturica Projects intersection of Little Italy and Supported by BKA – Arts Division, Chinatown in NYC in 1998, the Land Niederösterreich film raises questions of origin, Contact Nina Kusturica Projects cuisine, neighborhood and Schlossgasse 22/3 1050 Vienna – Austria philosophy and talks about [email protected] the eternal search for a corner www.nk-projects.com of this Earth that we may call our own.

Completion expected spring 2016

Jörg Kalt (1967 – 2007) Filmography (selection): 2005 Crash Test Dummies (fiction), 2002 Richtung Zukunft durch die Nacht (short), 2000 Lesen Macht Tot (short)

62 Documentary Storytelling

Completion expected fall 2016

Directed by Antonin Svoboda

Following the daily lives of five German / digital / 16:9 / 90 min families and how they cope Cinematography Antonin Svoboda, Gabriela Schild with their infants being cryba- Editing Joana Scrinzi bies, Storytelling shows how Producer Antonin Svoboda hard it is to break a vicious Production companies coop99 filmproduktion, cycle of desperate insecurity. Ulrich Seidl Film Produktion The film focusses on the will to Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, comprehend the first language Vienna Film Fund in everyone’s existence, a lan- Contact coop99 filmproduktion Wasagasse 12/1/1 guage of sounds and emotions 1090 Vienna – Austria before words are learned. A tel +43 1 319 58 25 language grown-ups can hardly [email protected] understand even though their www.coop99.at very own survival once used to depend on it.

Antonin Svoboda Filmography (selection): 2015 Drei Eier im Glas (fiction), 2012 Der Fall Wilhelm Reich (fiction), 2009 Wer hat Angst vor Wilhelm Reich (TV doc.), 2007 Immer nie am Meer (fiction), 2005 Spiele Leben (fiction)

63 Documentary Sühnhaus House Of Atonement

Completion expected spring 2016

Directed by Maya McKechneay 1st film

House Of Atonement tells the German / digital / 1:1.85 / 90 min story of a an ill-fated address: Written by Maya McKechneay Vienna, Schottenring 7. This Cinematography Martin Putz was the site of Ringtheater Editing Oliver Neumann where nearly four hundred peo- Producers Oliver Neumann, Sabine Moser ple died in a fire in 1881. The Production company FreibeuterFilm essay film takes an associa- Supported by BKA – Arts Division, FISA, ORF, tive look at monarchy, First and Vienna Film Fund Second Republic and connects Contact FreibeuterFilm images, events and thoughts Ziegelofengasse 37/1/9 1050 Vienna – Austria that do not seem to have much tel +43 (0) 720 34 65 10 in common, at first glance. As [email protected] a ghost house movie without www.freibeuterfilm.at ghosts it uses a piece of property’s history as an occasion to look for real skeletons in Aus- tria’s cupboard.

Maya McKechneay Filmography (selection): 2016 Sühnhaus (doc.)

64 Documentary tanz und gib ihm dance and hit it

Directed by Tina Leisch

A documentary about young German / digital / 1:1.77 / 84 min Viennese men of different Written by Tina Leisch ethnic and social backgrounds Cinematography Peter Roehsler, Tina Leisch who develop their thoughts on Editing Petra Zöpnek their lives and society in gener- Producer Peter Roehsler al and meet with their personal Production company nanookfilm heros for interviews. Supported by BKA – Arts Division, Vienna Film Fund Contact nanookfilm Kleine Neugasse 4/1 1040 Vienna – Austria Completed tel +43 699 120 342 00 [email protected] www.nanookfilm.com

Tina Leisch Filmography (selection): 2013 Roque Dalton, erschießen wir die Nacht! (doc.), 2008 Gangster Girls (doc.)

65 Documentary The Old, The Young & The Sea: Beyond

Directed by Mario Hainzl

This surfer documentary is English / digital / 16:9 / 90 min being shot along the West Written by Andreas Jaritz & Mario Hainzl coast of Africa. The team cap- Cinematography Roman Königshofer tures beautiful landscapes, Producers Tommy Pridnig, Peter Wirthensohn, perfect waves and the people Mario Hainzl, Andreas Jaritz they meet. Production companies Lotus-Film, Nomad Earth Media Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF Contact Lotus-Film Completion Mollardgasse 85A expected 1060 Vienna – Austria fall 2016 tel +43 1 786 33 87 [email protected] www.lotus-film.at

Mario Hainzl Filmography (selection): 2013 The Old, The Young & The Sea (doc.)

66 Documentary Unser Kampf Our Kampf

Directed by Simon Wieland

The documentary portrays German, English / digital / 16:9 / 90 min three generations of a family Written by Simon Wieland, Andreas Kuba in Israel whose grandparents Cinematography Simon Wieland were driven from Vienna and Editing Markus Wogrolly Cracow and have been strug- Producer Simon Wieland gling to survive in the world’s Production company Simon Wieland Film most despised country for 75 Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF years — as victims and also Contact Simon Wieland Film as perpetrators. Liechtensteinstraße 16 2130 Mistelbach – Austria [email protected] www.simonwieland.com Completion expected spring 2016

Simon Wieland Filmography (selection): 2015 Nemci Ven – Deutsche raus! (doc.), 2012 Heil Hitler – Die Russen kommen (doc.), 2010 Der Rächer des Holocaust (TV doc., co-dir.)

67 Documentary What’s Wrong With A Free Lunch?

Directed by Christian Tod

More than any other idea, German, English, Damara / digital / 1:2.39 / 100 min the notion of an unconditional Written by Christian Tod basic income divides philoso- Cinematography Lars Barthel, Joerg Burger phers, economists, politicians Editing Elke Groen, Cordula Werner and citizens alike. Why should Producers Arash T. Riahi, Karin C. Berger, a community grant benefits Robert Cibis, Lilian Franck without demanding service in Production companies Golden Girls Filmproduktion, OVALfilm (D) return? Would people still work Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, if they could make a living from Vienna Film Fund and Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, ZDF/ARTE their basic income alone? And Contact Golden Girls Filmproduktion is it financially Seidengasse 15/3/20 feasible? 1070 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 810 56 36 [email protected] Completion www.goldengirls.at expected spring 2016

Christian Tod Filmography (selection): 2010 Es muss was geben (doc., co-dir.), 2007 Fatsy – Der letzte Cowboy von Österreich (doc., co-dir.)

68 Documentary Wrecking Ball Iraq

Completion expected spring 2016

Directed by Kurdwin Ayub 1st film

In 1991 Kurdwin Ayub and her Kurdish, German / digital / 16:9 / 85 min parents were forced to flee Written by Kurdwin Ayub from Iraq. Years later her father Cinematography Kurdwin Ayub (Omar) is homesick and has Editing Nooran Talebi decided to visit relatives in his Producers Rudi Takacs, Lixi Frank hometown of Dohuk again, but Production company Takacs Filmproduction this time in order to purchase Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF, Wien Kultur property there. With a camera Contact Takacs Filmproduction in hand, Kurdwin accompa- Anton Freunschlaggasse 99 nies her father on visits with 1230 Vienna – Austria tel +43 699 195 886 60 relatives, real estate agents, [email protected] and even soldiers in a war zone within reach of the IS. The places and people they encounter repeatedly call into question Omar’s glorified picture of Kurdistan, a place he calls “Paradise”.

Kurdwin Ayub Filmography (selection): 2013 sexy (short), 2012 Familienurlaub (short doc.); Adele1 (short)

Directors Producers

Houchang Allahyari 13, 60 Riahi Brothers 56 Allegro Film 25, 37, 39 Tom-Dariusch Allahayri 13, 60 Ruth Rieser 21 AMOUR FOU Vienna 12 Maria Arlamovsky 48 Lukas Valenta Rinner 10 Blackbox Film- & Monja Art 28 Robert Schabus 37 Medienproduktion 47 Kurdwin Ayub 69 Nicole Scherg 49 coop99 filmproduktion 20, 63 Ruth Beckermann 9 Roland Schrotthofer 47 Dor Film 19 Dieter Berner 15 Ulrich Seidl 36 Edoko Institute Stefan Bohun 40 Sigmund Steiner 52 Film Production 23 Barbara Caspar 59 Antonin Svoboda 63 European Film Conspiracy Patric Chiha 41 Ervin Tahirovic 51 Association 33 Tizza Covi 26 Georg Tiller 27 Fischer Film 6 Kief Davidson 54 Christian Tod 68 FreibeuterFilm 29, 55, 61, 64 Andrea Eder 39 Mirjam Unger 24 Golden Girls Jakob M. Erwa 11 Siniša Vidovic´ 57 Filmproduktion 56, 57, 68 Rainer Frimmel 26 Florian Weigensamer 47 Guttner Film 38 Nikolaus Geyrhalter 53 Virgil Widrich 12 Horse&Fruits Filmproduktion 51 Andrew Goth 14 Simon Wieland 67 Houchang Allahyari Monika Grassl 50 Judith Zdesar 46 Filmproduktion 13, 60 Andreas Gruber 17 KGP Kranzelbinder Hans Andreas Guttner 38 Gabriele Production 18, 24 Josef Hader 32 La Banda Film 52 Mario Hainzl 66 Lotus-Film 59, 66 Händl Klaus 20 Markus Mörth Film- und Dominik Hartl 6 Medienproduktion 16 Bettina Henkel 55 Metafilm 44 Valentin Hitz 29 Mischief Films 40, 43, 50, 58 Daniel Hoesl 33 Nabis Filmgroup 10 Edgar Honetschläger 23 nanookfilm 65 Andreas Horvath 22 NGF Geyrhalterfilm Jörg Kalt 62 46, 48, 49, 53 Helmut Köpping 19 Nina Kusturica Projects 42, 62 Tereza Kotyk 18 Novotny & Novotny Dariusz Kowalski 61 Filmproduktion 8, 15, 30, 31 Michael Kreihsl 7 Orbrock Filmproduktion 28 Marie Kreutzer 31 Plan C Filmproduktion 45 Christian Krönes 47 Prisma Film 11 Nina Kusturica 42 Provinz Film 17 Richard Ladkani 54 RR* Filmproduktion 21 Tina Leisch 65 Ruth Beckermann Ivette Löcker 58 Filmproduktion 9 Stefan Ludwig 44 Simon Wieland Film 67 Maya McKechneay 64 Subobskura Films 27 Markus Mörth 16 Takacs Filmproduction 69 Olaf S. Müller 47 Terra Mater Factual Franz Novotny 8 Studios 14, 54 Michael Ostrowski 19 Ulrich Seidl Michael Palm 43 Film Produktion 22, 36 Michael Pfeifenberger 45 Vento Film 26 Michael Ramsauer 25 WEGA Filmproduktion 7, 3 2 Juri Rechinsky 30 WILDart Film 41

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