Published by Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Culture 2013 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 © Reinhard Mayr (p. 25, p. 35) Editorial Deadline October 2013 Graphic Design up designers berlin-wien Walter Lendl Print REMAprint Contents INTRODUCTION 9 Breaking Patterns by Federal Minister Claudia Schmied 10 Seeking the Challenge of Innovation by Philip Cheah FACTS + FIGURES 14 Budget 15 Most Frequent Festival Screenings 2010–2013 16 Most Frequent Rentals 1995–2013 17 Most International Awards Received 1995–2013 18 Outstanding Artist Awards 18 Austrian Art Award 19 Thomas Pluch Screenplay Award RECENT SUCCESSES 21 Most Wanted FILMS 45 Fiction 53 Documentary 71 Avant-garde 75 Fiction Short 81 Documentary Short 87 Avant-garde Short FILMS COMING SOON 101 Fiction Coming Soon 109 Documentary Coming Soon 149 Avant-garde Coming Soon 153 Fiction Short Coming Soon 157 Documentary Short Coming Soon 163 Avant-garde Short Coming Soon SCHOLARSHIPS FOR YOUNG TALENTS 175 Start-Up Grants for Young Film Artists CONTACT ADDRESSES 182 Production Companies 184 Sales 185 Directors INDEX 188 Films 190 Directors introduction facts + figures > 8>9 Introduction Breaking Patterns When Michael Haneke’s film Amour was officially nomi- nated for five Academy Awards and Christoph Waltz named among the nominees for Best Supporting Actor, many in the film industry asked: How does Austria do it? How does a small country like that manage to keep coming up with major achievements that attract the international spotlight? What is the secret of Austrian film’s success? Foto: Repolusk Michael Haneke and Christoph Waltz are but two represen- tatives of an Austrian film scene that is on the up and up.