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Austrian Films 2014

Introduction 4 Fiction Films 7 Documentary Films 31 Coproductions 67 TV Features 75 Next Generation 91 directors 102 films 102 Producers 103 World sales 105

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2014 was a remarkable year for Austrian films. the psychological chamber piece THE HOLDUP. In But also a very sad one. retrospect it seems like a hand of fate had picked the title of what was to be his last film: CROSSING THE If one looks at the big picture his films add up to some BORDERS. uncanny kind of modern Odyssey. Michael Glawogger restlessly roamed the continents, passionately Had it not been overshadowed by these traumatic observing the wonders and the horrors that would events 2014 would have been just another very bright await him in some of the most remote corners of our and successful film year in all respects. New Austrian world. The harsher the environment and the more films have been doing extremely well. With the fes- unsettling the situations he had to deal with as a tivals (we registered a new record of more than 600 filmmaker and as a human being, the more at ease festival participations of Austrian films), but also he seemed to feel. Every image of his big and bold with the sales agents, the distributors, the critics and documentaries MEGACITIES, WORKINGMAN’S DEATH subsequently with the audience. and WHORES’ GLORY proves this. And even with the scholars. UNTITLED was the working title of a film that was In late September some 30 academics, filmmakers meant to complete the book of his global documen- and film professionals gathered at the venerable taries. The concept in a nutshell: I’ll travel around the St. John’s College in Cambridge. Discussing films world in one year and I’ll bring home a film. In Decem- by Michael Haneke, Jessica Hausner, Ulrich Seidl, ber 2013 Glawogger embarked on this new adventure. Nikolaus Geyrhalter and many others one of the key Five months later he returned to Vienna in a coffin. questions at this Symposium with the telling title The shockwaves of Glawogger’s untimely death had Picturing Austrian Cinema was of course What is not ebbed away, when yet another piece of tragic news Austrian about Austrian films? Just how essential is arrived: Florian Flicker, a filmmaker as mild-mannered this Austrianness if this term could be pinned down as curious minded, had passed. Another loss of major somehow? Or is it precisely its elusiveness that proportions. Flicker’s talent was beyond dispute ever defines the quality of Austrian films, a trademark since his science-fiction debut A HALF-WORLD. that has acquired some prominence in the art-house At one of the first festivals to screen the film a world of films? prominent jury composed of Terry Gilliam, Jerry The one thing that the participants could easily agree Schatzberg, Walter Hill and Dario Argento, awarded on after three intense days was that a next round of him the Special Jury Prize. talks and debates would be very welcome. Hear, hear! But Flicker kept his calm, never acting impetuous, relentlessly contemplating. That also explains why On the festival front the year started with a Sundance although he always had new project ideas up his award for Hubert Sauper’s African nightmare docu- sleeve he only made six multifaceted feature length mentary WE COME AS FRIENDS, which then celebrat- films in 20 years. Documentaries like the ironic NO ed its European premiere at Berlin. Among the record NAME CITY, the road movie SUZIE WASHINGTON or breaking 12 Austrian films in the official programs

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the Berlin Festival served as the launching pad for This Austrian Films Review 2014 catalogue lists all MACONDO’s amazing international career - Sudabeh the films that helped keep up the momentum of Mortezai’s sensitively realized story of a Chechnian Austrian filmmaking, all the feature films and docu- boy from a housing project on the outskirts of Vienna mentaries and coproductions that premiered theatri- has been in high demand ever since; the Berlinale cally and/or at this year’s big festivals, and also offers also saw the premiere of Umut Dag˘’s tough and a selection of next-generation shorts and made- sometimes tearful CRACKS IN CONCRETE and for-TV productions. Andreas Prochaska’s Alpine Western THE DARK Diversity once again is what gives the label Austrian VALLEY – a bullet riddled genre film as pure as snow. Films credibility beyond the individual cinematic And not to forget Holzhausen’s amazing documentary achievements. THE GREAT MUSEUM showcasing the conservation work at Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum. Regardless of where you pick up this catalogue, I sincerely hope you put it to good use, get curious Jessica Hausner’s meticulously arranged Heinrich- and feel inspired. von-Kleist drama AMOUR FOU surfaced in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard-Competition; the string of pearly Martin Schweighofer festivals that followed included the opening night slot of the Viennale. Venice, Toronto and San Sebastián offered prominent stages to films like Ulrich Seidl’s sinister documentary IN THE BASEMENT or Michael Sturminger’s Mozart- meets-Malkovich hybrid CASANOVA VARIATIONS. This year’s big surprise film undoubtedly was GOODNIGHT MOMMY by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala, a chilling horror film that made many shiver, among them The Weinstein Company – one of the most prestigious US distributors!

Other newcomers that left a mark: Peter Brunner’s Rotterdam entry MY BLIND HEART, Lisa Weber’s STEADINESS or Johanna Moder’s HIGH PERFOR- MANCE.

Johanna Moder and Lisa Weber are just two of the expanding list of woman directors who have been playing a major role in Austrian cinema. To honor their contributions to its international success, we have opened a dedicated screening room on the stream- P.S. And what about 2015? Well, actually, enough to ing platform Festivalscope. Spearheaded by Jessica look forward to: Get ready for new works from Barbara Hausner and Sudabeh Mortezai, the program features Eder, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Daniel Hoesl, Peter Kern, Marie Kreutzer, Karl Markovics, Wolfgang Murnberger, latest works by such diverse directors as Barbara Elisabeth Scharang... to name just a few. More about Albert, Katharina Mückstein, Anja Salomonowitz, their new films can be found in our Coming Soon 2015 Barbara Eder or Ruth Beckermann, the grande dame catalogue, which will be published at the beginning of of documentaries. And many more are in the pipeline ... the new year.

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Fiction Films Fiction Abschied Farewell

Directed by Ludwig Wüst

A visit between girlfriends is German / digital / 16:9 / 75 min captured in real-time: sparkling Key cast Claudia Martini, Martina Spitzer wine, cigarettes and a lack of Written by Ludwig Wüst, Claudia Martini communication that is implicitly humorous. Suppressed feelings Cinematography Samuel Käppeli reach their tipping point and burst Producers Ludwig Wüst, Matthias Reiter-Pázmándy forth when triggered by something Production company film-pla.net seemingly peripheral which poses Supported by Wien Kultur a genuine emotional test. Parallel Premiere July 6, 2014/Karlovy Vary to this, the camera proceeds to Contact sixpackfilm close in on the scene and the pro- Neubaugasse 45/13 tagonists in a near imperceptible 1070 Vienna – Austria zoom. Coming to terms with one’s tel +43 1 526 09 90 past as a structurally composed, [email protected] cinematic experiment. Consistent, www.sixpackfilm.com raw, compelling. www.heimat-film.net

Ludwig Wüst Filmography (selection): 2012 Das Haus meines Vaters (fiction), 2012 Pasolinicode02112011 (short), 2011 Tape End (fiction), 2009 Koma (fiction), 2006 Zwei Frauen (short)

10 Fiction Amour Fou

Directed by Jessica Hausner

Berlin, the Romantic Era. Young German / digital / 1:1.85 / 95 min poet Heinrich wishes to conquer Key cast Birte Schnöink, Christian Friedel, the inevitability of death through Stephan Grossmann love yet is unable to convince his Written by Jessica Hausner sceptical cousin Marie to join Cinematography Martin Gschlacht him in a suicide pact. It is whilst coming to terms with this refusal, Editing Karina Ressler ineffably distressed by his cousin’s Production design Katharina Wöppermann insensitivity to the depth of his Producers Martin Gschlacht, Antonin Svoboda, feelings, that Heinrich meets Bruno Wagner, Bady Minck, Alexander Henriette, the wife of a business Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Philippe Bober acquaintance. Heinrich’s subse- Production companies coop99 filmproduktion, AMOUR FOU quent offer to the beguiling young Luxemburg (L), Essential Filmproduktion (D) woman at first holds scant appeal; Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Vienna that is until Henriette discovers Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich and Media, Film Fund Luxembourg, MBB, WDR/ARTE, she is suffering from a terminal ARTE France Cinéma illness. Amour Fou is a “romantic Premiere May 16, 2014/Cannes (Un Certain Regard) comedy” based loosely on the suicide of the poet Heinrich von Contact Coproduction Office 24 rue Lamartine Kleist in 1811. 75009 Paris – France tel +33 1 56 02 60 00 [email protected] www.coproductionoffice.eu

Jessica Hausner Filmography (selection): 2009 Lourdes (fiction), 2004 Hotel (fiction), 2001 Lovely Rita (fiction), 1998 Inter-View (short), 1996 Flora (short)

11 Fiction Casanova Variations

Directed by Michael Sturminger

Mozart meets Malkovich meets English / digital / 1:1.85 / 118 min Casanova: in a nutshell, that is the Key cast John Malkovich, Veronica Ferres, Florian Boesch, essence of Casanova Variations. Miah Persson, Jonas Kaufmann, Anna Prohaska With the visual power of cinema, Written by Michael Sturminger; Markus Schleinzer the intimacy of theatre and the Cinematography André Szankowski effortlessness of opera music, Giacomo Casanova’s story is now Editing Evi Romen brought to the big screen. And Production design Andreas Donhauser, Renate Martin as only one person can embody Producers Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bady Minck, the legendary Venetian with such Ulrich Seidl, Paulo Branco, Stefan Arndt, natural ease, John Malkovich is Uwe Schott the obvious choice for the lead role Production companies AMOUR FOU Vienna, Ulrich Seidl Film in the film as well as in the theatre. Produktion, Alfama Films (F), X Filme Creative Pool (D) Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Vienna Film Fund and ICA, Camera Municipial de Lisboa, ARTE, RTP Premiere September 22, 2014/San Sebastián (Competition) Contact Alfama Films 78 rue de Turbigo 75003 Paris – France tel +33 1 42 01 07 05 [email protected] www.alfamafilms.com

Michael Sturminger Filmography (selection): 2003 Hurensohn (fiction), 2002 Zur Lage (doc., co-dir.), 1993 Treibholz (doc.), 1991 Hund und Katz (fiction), 1990 Himmel oder Wienerstadt (fiction)

12 Fiction Das finstere Tal The Dark Valley

Directed by Andreas Prochaska

A remote high mountain valley German / digital / 1:2.35 / 110 min towards the end of the 19th Key cast Sam Riley, Tobias Moretti, Paula Beer, Thomas century. A stranger, Greider, arrives Schubert, Carmen Gratl, Johann Nikolussi at a clannish village community Written by Martin Ambrosch, Andreas Prochaska and asks if he can take shelter for based on the novel by Thomas Willmann the winter. He knows the villagers’ Cinematography Thomas W. Kiennast gloomy secret. A mysterious series Editing Daniel Prochaska of deaths ensues. www.dasfinsteretal.at Production design Claus-Rudolf Amler Producers Helmut Grasser, Stefan Arndt Production companies Allegro Film, X Filme Creative Pool (D) Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Vienna Film Fund, Land Salzburg and BLS Südtirol, FFF Bayern, DFFF, MBB, FFA, ZDF Premiere February 10, 2014/Berlin (Berlinale Special) Awards (selection) Best Director, Best Actor (Bavarian Film Award 2014), Lola German Film Award in 8 categories Contact Films Distribution 34 rue du Louvre 75001 Paris – France tel +33 1 53 10 33 99 [email protected] www.filmsdistribution.com

Andreas Prochaska Filmography (selection): 2014 Spuren des Bösen – Schande (TV), 2012 Das Wunder von Kärnten (TV), 2010 Die unabsichtliche Entführung der Frau Elfriede Ott (fiction), 2006 in drei Tagen bist du tot (fiction)

13 Fiction Der letzte Tanz The Last Dance

Directed by Houchang Allahyari

One morning police storm into German / digital / 1:2.35 / 96 min the house where Karl lives with his Key cast Daniel Sträßer, Erni Mangold, Marion mother to arrest the young man. Mitterhammer, Fritz Karl, Viktor Gernot Whatever the charge is, it seems Written by Houchang Allahyari, Daniel Kundi, to be something nobody has Tom-Dariusch Allahyari, August Staudenmayer the slightest understanding of. Cinematography Peter Roehsler Months before: Karl is working Editing Michaela Müllner, Charlotte Müllner in a hospital. He is fascinated by a strong-willed old lady. Production design Desirée Salvador A friendship develops with this Producer Houchang Allahyari patient which becomes more Production company Houchang Allahyari Filmproduktion and more romantic. One night Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF, Vienna Film Fund the two of them get closer, closer Premiere August 25, 2014/Montréal than allowed. (World Film Festival/Competition) www.derletztetanz.at Award Best Austrian Feature Film (Graz/Diagonale) Contact Houchang Allahyari Filmproduktion Brandstätte 5/10 1010 Vienna – Austria tel +43 699 104 029 01 [email protected]

Houchang Allahyari Filmography (selection): 2013 Robert Tarantino (doc.), 2012 Das persische Krokodil (short doc.), 2010 Die verrückte Welt der Ute Bock (fiction), 2009 Bock for President (doc., co-dir.), 2007 Rumi – Poesie des Islam (doc.)

14 Fiction Der stille Berg The Silent Mountain

Directed by Ernst Gossner

At his sister’s wedding, Andreas (18) English, Italian, German / digital / 1:2.35 / 94 min from Tirol discovers the opposite Key cast William Moseley, Claudia Cardinale, Fritz Karl, sex for the first time in his life, Eugenia Costantini, Michael Cadeddu but the young love has no time to Written by Clemens Aufderklamm blossom, because the very next Cinematography Daniela Knapp day Andreas is sent off to new front lines in the mountains. Italy Editing Florian Miosge, Janine Dauterich, Evi Romen has declared war on Austria. Production design Thomas Vögel World War I steamrolls through Producers Heinz Stussak, Ernst Gossner Tirol and turns the Dolomites Production companies Sigma Filmproduktion, Vent Productions (USA) Mountains into one of the most Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, bizarre battlefields in the history Vienna Film Fund, Cine Tirol and BLS Südtirol, of mankind – in between the love Trentino Film Commission of Andreas and his Francesca. Theatrical release March 14, 2014/ Vienna www.derstilleberg.com Contact Premiere Entertainment Group 17049 Ventura Blvd. 91316 Encino, CA – USA tel +1 818 386 94 58 [email protected] www.premiereentertainmentgroup.com

Ernst Gossner Filmography (selection): 2011 Global Warning (short doc.), 2007 South of Pico (fiction)

15 Fiction Der Vampir auf der Couch Therapy For A Vampire

Directed by David Ruehm

Vienna, early 30’s: Viktor, a young German / digital / 1:1.85 / 87 min painter, often argues with his Key cast Tobias Moretti, Jeanette Hain, Cornelia Ivancan, girlfriend Lucy. He earns a small Dominic Oley, David Bennent, Karl Fischer income working during the day Written by David Ruehm for Sigmund Freud, who at night Cinematography Martin Gschlacht treats a mysterious Count suf- fering from depression, without Editing Claudio Cea knowing that he in fact is a vam- Production design Andreas Sobotka pire. As soon as the Count meets Producers Franz Novotny, Alexander Glehr, Christof Lucy, he instantly falls in love with Neracher, Christian Davi, Thomas Thümena her, and Viktor now has to fight Production companies Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion, back for her love if he doesn’t want Hugo Film (CH) to lose her for ever. Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Vienna Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich, Land Salzburg and BAK, Zürcher Filmstiftung, SRF, SRG SSR Premiere September 26, 2014/Zurich Contact Picture Tree International Zur Börse 12 10247 Berlin – Germany tel +49 30 420 82 48 15 [email protected] www.picturetree-international.com

David Ruehm Filmography (selection): 1997 El Chicko (fiction), 1996 Azzurro (TV), 1993 Spaghetto (short), 1992 Die Flucht (fiction), 1991 Die mysteriösen Lebenslinien (short)

16 Fiction Die Wälder sind noch grün The Woods Are Still Green

Directed by Marko Naberšnik

Two Austrian-Hungarian soldiers German / digital / 16:9 / 107 min in World War I holding artillery Key cast Michael Kristof, Simon Serbinek, observation post “R” in the moun- Clemens Aap Lindenberg, Kristian Hodko tains on the southern front to Italy. Written by Marko Naberšnik, Robert Hofferer They are cut off from their own Cinematography Milos Srdic troops and under heavy artillery fire from the Italian side. Without Editing Jan Lovse contact to headquarters, food Production design Miha Ferkov or water, to survive becomes an Producers Robert Hofferer, Ales Pavlin, Andrej Stritof existential challenge. Their only Production companies Artdeluxe, Perfo (SI) connection to the outside is the Premiere June 17, 2014/Shanghai (Competition) field telephone. Contact Artdeluxe www.die-waelder.com Renngasse 12 1010 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 513 46 73 [email protected] www.artdeluxe.at

Marko Naberšnik Filmography (selection): 2012 Shanghai Gypsy (fiction), 2009 The Corridor (TV), 2007 Rooster’s Breakfast (fiction), 2006 A Midsummer Night’s Dream (TV)

17 Fiction Fieber Fever

Directed by Elfi Mikesch

Austria, 1950. Franzi, twelve, lives German, Serbian / digital / 1:2.35 / 90 min in a small town with her parents. Key cast Eva Mattes, Carolina Cardoso, Martin Wuttke, Photographs belong to her life like Nicole Max picture books to those of other Written by Elfi Mikesch kids. She spends days and nights Cinematography Jerzy Palacz between dream and reality, ‘bring- ing to life’ the photos her dad took Editing Pia Dumont in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia Production design Christina Schaffer while stationed there as a foreign Producers Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bady Minck legionaire. The father’s feverish Production companies AMOUR FOU Vienna, dream, triggered by a recurrent AMOUR FOU Luxembourg (L) surge of malaria,become the girl’s Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, Cine Art nightmare. and ZDF/3sat Premiere February 11, 2014/Berlin (Panorama) Contact EastWest Filmdistribution Schottenfeldgasse 14 1070 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 524 93 10 [email protected] www.eastwest-distribution.com

Elfi Mikesch Filmography (selection): 2011 Mondo Lux – Die Bilderwelten des Werner Schroeter (doc.), 2010 Judenburg findet Stadt (doc.), 2008 Zisternen – Istanbuls versunkene Paläste (doc.), 2006 Hahnemanns Medizin (TV)

18 Fiction High Performance

Directed by Johanna Moder 1st film

Rudi wears a suit, Daniel rides German / digital / 1:1.85 / 100 min a bike. But despite all the differ- Key cast Marcel Mohab, Manuel Rubey, Katharina Pizzera, ences between the two broth- Jaschka Lämmert, Helmut Berger ers, they become interested in Written by Johanna Moder the same woman. For different Cinematography Robert Oberrainer reasons, however – as Nora soon discovers… A comedy with depths, Editing Karin Hammer about loyalty, family ties and Production design Martin Reiter, Johanna Hierzegger manipulation. Producers Oliver Neumann, Sabine Moser www.highperformance-film.at Production company FreibeuterFilm Supported by Austrian Film Institute, Vienna Film Fund, Cine Art Premiere January 23, 2014/Saarbrücken (Competition) Award Audience Award (Saarbrücken) Contact FreibeuterFilm Ziegelofengasse 37/1/9 1050 Vienna – Austria tel +43 (0) 720 34 65 10 [email protected] www.freibeuterfilm.at

Johanna Moder Filmography (selection): 2012 Das Tao wird 20 (short doc.), 2008 Mit Blick auf Wien (short, co-dir.), 2007 Her mit dem schönen Leben (short), Franz Hirzbauer – Das 2. Vatikanum geht in Pension (short doc.)

19 Fiction Ich seh Ich seh Goodnight Mommy

Directed by Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala

In the heat of the summer. An German / 35 mm / 1:2.39 / 99 min isolated house in the countryside Key cast Susanne Wuest, Elias and Lukas Schwarz between woods and corn fields. Written by Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala Ten-year-old twins wait for their mother. When she comes back, her Cinematography Martin Gschlacht head wrapped in bandages after Editing Michael Palm plastic surgery, nothing is as it Production design Johannes Salat, Hubert Klausner was before. Stern and distant now, Producer Ulrich Seidl she shuts the family off from the Production company Ulrich Seidl Film Produktion outside world. Starting to doubt Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, that this woman is actually their Vienna Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich mother, the boys are determined Premiere August 30, 2014/Venice (Orizzonti) to find the truth, whatever it takes. Awards Méliès d’argent + Critics’ Special Mention (Sitges) Contact Films Distribution 34 rue du Louvre 75001 Paris – France tel +33 1 53 10 33 99 [email protected] www.filmsdistribution.com

Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala Filmography of joint works: 2013 Dreh & Trink (short doc.), 2012 Kern (doc.)

20 Fiction Kafka, Kiffer & Chaoten Kafka, Ganja, Maniacs

Directed by Kurt Palm

It is summer, and five eternal German / 35 mm / 1:1.85 / 91 min college students have been given Key cast Marc Fischer, Karin Yoko Jochum, Max Mayer, the task of writing a group paper Julia Jelinek, Aurel von Arx, Tim Breyvogel on Franz Kafka’s The Country Written by Kurt Palm, Reinhard Jud Doctor. At first they are reluctant, Cinematography Martin Putz but in a cloud of hashish they come up with the idea to film the Editing Karina Ressler, Stefan Fauland story instead. Their film location Production design Michaela Mandl is a campsite in Sicily, which they Producer Markus Fischer had already booked ages ago for Production company Fischerfilm summer vacation. The technical Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, department consists of a couple of Land Niederösterreich, Land Oberösterreich “unique” men from the Vienna film Premiere April 30, 2014/Linz (Crossing Europe) scene. To everyone’s surprise, they Contact Fischerfilm even manage to get Kafka himself Neustiftgasse 32-34 to play a supporting role in the film. 1070 Vienna – Austria www.kafkakifferundchaoten.at tel +43 1 524 74 25 [email protected] www.fischerfilm.com

Kurt Palm Filmography (selection): 2007 Hermes Phettberg, Elender (doc.), 2005 Der Wadenmesser oder Das wilde Leben des Wolfgang Mozart (doc.)

21 Fiction La Vie Nous Appartient

Directed by Alex K. Lee 1st film

Two students, Sarah and Philip, French / digital / 2:1.35 / 88 min after meeting online, decide to hike Directed by Alex K. Lee into the mountains where they Key cast Florent Arnoult, Alix Bénézech plan to jump off a cliff together. They share their thoughts and Written by Alex K. Lee struggles, looking into enduring Cinematography Marco Zimprich issues about family, depression Editing David Baudry, Matthias Halibrand and fulfillment, while also touch- Production design Laura Tille, Christoph Fischer ing upon the unique issues of Producers Angelo D’Agostino, Teresa Heller growing up in the modern world. Production company Penny Lane Film www.lavienousappartient.com Supported by Land Niederösterreich Awards +Alti Prize (Vittorio Veneto Film Festival) Contact Penny Lane Film Wohllebengasse 18/6 1040 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 252 69 08 [email protected] www.pennylane-film.at

Alex K. Lee Filmography (selection): 2008 Muriendo (short), 2006 When I Die (short)

22 Fiction Macondo

Directed by Sudabeh Mortezai

Ramasan, an 11-year-old boy from Chechen, German / digital / 1:1.85 / 98 min Chechnya, grows up in Macondo, Key cast Ramasan Minkailov, Aslan Elbiev, Kheda Gazieva, a refugee settlement on the out- Rosa Minkailova, Iman Nasuhanowa skirts of Vienna. Living alone with Written by Sudabeh Mortezai his mother and two little sisters, Cinematography Klemens Hufnagl Ramasan takes over the role of the father and assumes reponsibility Editing Oliver Neumann for his small family. Production design Julia Libiseller www.macondo-film.com Producers Oliver Neumann, Sabine Moser Production company FreibeuterFilm Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Vienna Film Fund Premiere February 14, 2014/Berlin (Competition) Awards (selection) Firebird Award (Hong Kong), Cineuropa Award & Best Script (Lecce), CICAE Award (Sarajevo Film Festival) Contact Films Boutique Köpenicker Straße 184 10997 Berlin – Germany tel +49 30 695 378 50 [email protected] www.filmsboutique.com

Sudabeh Mortezai Filmography (selection): 2009 Im Bazar der Geschlechter (doc.), 2006 Children of the Prophet (doc.)

23 Fiction Mein blindes Herz My Blind Heart

Directed by Peter Brunner 1st film

Kurt, who suffers from Marfan German / b&w / digital / 1:1.78 / 92 min Syndrome and is almost blind, kills Key cast Christos Haas, Jana McKinnon, Susanne Lothar, his clinging mother and goes on Robert Schmiedt, Georg Friedrich a journey where the boundaries Written by Peter Brunner between perpetrator and victim Cinematography Franz Dude are blurred. He meets Conny, a 13-year-old runaway, who partici- Editing Peter Brunner pates in Kurt’s protest against his Production design Simone Ehegartner, Nina Salak body, not knowing what moves him Producers Therese Seemann, Klara von Veegh or into which abyss his journey is Production company Cataract Vision leading. How much guilt can one Supported by BKA – Arts Division, Cine Art, Wien Kultur, individual endure? Stadt Graz, F&MA, VAM, Filmakademie Wien, www.myblindheart.com Verein der Freunde der Filmakademie Premiere January 25, 2014/Rotterdam (Competition) Awards (selection) Award for Artistic Bravery (Durban International Film Festival), Jury Special Mention (Andrei Tarkovsky Film Festival) Contact Cataract Vision Kundmanngasse 10/6 1030 Vienna – Austria tel +43 699 180 200 33 [email protected]

Peter Brunner Filmography (selection): 2013 Milchzähne (short), 2008 Wohngegenstand (short doc.), 2007 Krankheit der Jugend (fiction, co-dir.)

24 Fiction Rise up! and dance

Directed by Barbara Gräftner

When young farmer Markus falls German / digital / 1:1.85 / 100 min head over heels for lovely econom- Key cast Vinzenz Wagner, Marjan Shaki, Lukas Plöchl, ics student Romi, two worlds Larissa Marolt, Bianca Kanotscher-Kraml collide. As they realize that they Written by Barbara Gräftner share the same passion for danc- Cinematography Robert Winkler ing, they both learn not only what they want in life but also how to Editing Roland Dutzler cope with the difficulties in their Production design Esther Fromann relationships and family circum- Producers Barbara Gräftner, Robert Winkler stances. In the end they start to Production company Bonusfilm live their dreams. Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Vienna Film Fund, Cine Tirol Theatrical release March 20, 2014/Vienna Contact Bonusfilm Davidgasse 32/5 1100 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 319 24 64 [email protected] www.bonusfilm.at

Barbara Gräftner Filmography (selection): 2012 Endlich Weltuntergang (fiction), 2010 Echte Wiener – Die Deppat’n und die Gspritzt’n (fiction), 2004 Unterwegs nach…Heimat (doc.), 2002 Mein Russland (fiction)

25 Fiction Risse im Beton Cracks In Concrete

Directed by Umut Dag˘

Ertan leaves jail after ten years as German / digital / 1:1.85 / 105 min a broken man and tries to settle Key cast Murathan Muslu, Alechan Tagaev, Mehmet Ali back in society. 15-year-old Mikail Salman, Erdem Turkoglu, Ivan Kriznjak spends his time with parties, drugs Written by Petra Ladinigg and dreaming of a life as a rapper. Cinematography Georg Geutebrück Ertan is looking for Mikail. Mikail doesn’t know Ertan. Soon they Editing Claudia Linzer both have to face a harsh reality. Production design Katrin Huber, Gerhard Dohr Producers Michael Katz, Veit Heiduschka Production company WEGA Filmproduktion Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Vienna Film Fund Premiere February 12, 2014/Berlin (Panorama Special) Awards (selection) Best Film Prize and Best Actor Award (Schwerin), Audience Award (Espinho) Contact Films Boutique Köpenicker Straße 184 10997 Berlin – Germany tel +49 30 695 378 50 [email protected] www.filmsboutique.com

U m u t D a g˘ Filmography (selection): 2012 Kuma (fiction), 2011 Papa (short), 2009 Aus eigener Kraft (doc.), 2008 Todesnachrichten (short)

26 Fiction Servus Ishq

Directed by Sandeep Kumar

Maya is on her way to Austria English / digital / 1:1.85 / 86 min to fulfill her grandmother’s last Key cast Sandeep Kumar, Victoria Nogueira, Neha Kapdi, wish – to bring her ashes to Barbara Zegler Mariazell. In Vienna she meets Written by Sandeep Kumar Jay, who immediately falls for her Cinematography Satoshi charm. Though engaged in India Maya becomes impressed by Jay’s Production design Beena Singh selfless love for her and unknow- Producers Josef Aichholzer, Sandeep Kumar ingly falls in love with him too. Production companies Aichholzer Filmproduktion, An incident almost destroys Sandeep Kumar Films Maya’s last promise to her dear Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF, Cine Tirol, grandmother. Land Niederösterreich www.servus-ishq.com Theatrical release June 3, 2014/Vienna Contact Aichholzer Filmproduktion Heumühlgasse 13-15/15 1040 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 523 40 81 [email protected] www.aifilm.com

Sandeep Kumar Filmography (selection): 2010 Liebe ohne Grenzen (fiction), 2007 Chanda Chamke Cham Cham (short), 2006 Veer-Zaara, the Remake (short)

27 Fiction Stimmen Voices

Directed by Mara Mattuschka

Opera countertenor Alex Gott- German / digital / 16:9 / 115 min farb is not alone – his inner self Key cast Alexander E. Fennon, Julia Schranz, is crowded. Some other persons Sandra Bra, Raphael Nicholas, Leo Janeselli live within him – shy Alexander, Written by Mara Mattuschka sexy Sandra, teenager Lex and Cinematography Sepp Nermuth a seven-year-old prodigy Xandi. Each one of them has different Editing Mara Mattuschka ideas of what life should look like Production design Mara Mattuschka, Christoph Parzer and yet they are all extremely Producer Mara Mattuschka dependent on each other. With Supported by BKA – Arts Division, Wien Kultur, Cinestyria the help of Helene, who loves him, Premiere November 2, 2014/Vienna (Viennale) Alex succeeds in getting in touch Contact sixpackfilm with his cohabitants. Cascades of Neubaugasse 45/13 turbulent events and tragicomic 1070 Vienna – Austria misunderstandings accompany tel +43 1 526 09 90 Alex’ struggle for identity, love and [email protected] freedom. www.sixpackfilm.com

Mara Mattuschka Filmography (selection): 2013 Perfect Garden (fiction), 2012 QVID TVM (fiction, co-dir.), 2009 Burning Palace (short, co-dir.), 2008 Running Sushi (short, co-dir.), 1989 Der Einzug des Rokoko ins Inselreich der Huzzis (fiction)

28 Fiction Und Äktschn!

Directed by Frederick Baker

A satirical look at an amateur German / digital / 1:2.39 / 110 min filmmaker’s attempt to shoot a Key cast Gerhard Polt, Gisela Schneeberger, Robert film about a mass murderer, but Meyer, Nikolaus Paryla, Michael Ostrowski without the masses or the mur- Written by Gerhard Polt, Frederick Baker derers. The satirist Gerhard Polt Cinematography Wolfgang Thaler grew up in Bavaria just across the border from Hitler’s home town in Editing Alarich Lenz Austria. Perfect local knowledge Production design Tilman Lasch with which to send up a post-war Producers Frederick Baker, Christian Becker generation, who were never fully Production companies Filmbäckerei, Ratpack Productions (D) denazified, and today’s apothetic Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, youth, who ask apathetic: “Hitler! Land Salzburg and FFF Bayern, DFFF, BR Was he for or against the Nazis?” Theatrical release February 6, 2014/Vienna www.undaektschn.at Contact Filmbäckerei Margaretenstraße 71-73/1/28 1050 Vienna – Austria tel +43 664 181 10 33 [email protected] www.filmbaeckerei.at

Frederick Baker Filmography (selection): 2010 Widerstand in Haiderland (doc.), 2008 Romy Schneider (TV doc.), 2005 Shadowing The Third Man (doc.), 2004 Imagine IMAGINE (doc.), 2001 Stalin: Red God (doc.)

29 Fiction Vals

Directed by Anita Lackenberger

Rosa lives a lucky life in an alpine German / digital / 16:9 / 120 min valley. With WWII, nature catastro- Key cast Gerti Drassl, Harald Windisch, phies and the loss of her boyfriend, Hannes Perkmann, Franziska Grinzinger foreign forces intrude into her Written by Anita Lackenberger life. The spirits of the valley have Cinematography Gerhard Mader, Marco Zimprich turned against her. She stays tough and proud but finally has Editing Gerhard Mader to leave her beloved homeland. Production design Esther Frommann www.vals-derfilm.com Producer Gerhard Mader Production company Produktion West Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Cine Tirol Theatrical release November 14, 2014/Vienna Contact Produktion West Marktgraben 14 6020 Innsbruck – Austria tel +43 512 56 15 12 [email protected] www.produktionwest.com

Anita Lackenberger Filmography (selection): 2013 Die Shaker (short doc.); Verlorene Leben – Österreicherinnen im sowjetischen Gulag (short doc.), 2012 Hildegard Burjan – Ein Leben für die Menschlichkeit (short doc.)

30 Fiction Von jetzt an kein Zurück Rough Road Ahead

Directed by Christian Frosch

Germany 1967. Ruby and Martin German / 35 mm / 16:9 / 90 min are young and setting out for Key cast Victoria Schulz, Anton Spieker, Erni Mangold, rebellion. The price they have to Walfriede Schmitt, Ursula Ofner, Ben Becker pay for this is high: Expulsion from Written by Christian Frosch school, parental violence, and Cinematography Frank Amann eventually the juvenile detention centre. But they are ready to fight Editing Karin Hammer for their love. Production design Lena Mundt Producers Viktoria Salcher, Mathias Forberg, Jost Hering Production companies Prisma Film, Jost Hering Filme (D) Supported by Austrian Film Institute, Land Niederösterreich and Nordmedia, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien, DFFF Premiere September 10, 2014/Oldenburg Contact Paul Thiltges Distributions Filmland – 27 zone industrielle 8287 Kehlen – Luxembourg tel +352 25 03 93 10 [email protected] www.ptd.lu

Christian Frosch Filmography (selection): 2007 Weiße Lilien (fiction), 2001 K.aF.ka fragment (fiction), 1996 Die Totale Therapie (fiction), 1994 Sisi auf Schloß Gödöllo (fiction)

31

Documentary Films Documentary Aftermath – Die zweite Flut Aftermath – The Second Flood

Directed by Raphael Barth

After the Tsunami had destroyed English, Hindi / digital / 1:1.78 / 52 and 92 min their islands, the Nicobarese Written by Raphael Barth were flooded by dozens of NGOs Cinematography P. Pfeiffer, R. Barth, D. Spritzendorfer, who confronted them with the S. Jit Singh, D. Giles, D. Späth, D. Sundaray unknown globalized world. Today Editing Alexandra Löwy, Mathias Smycka, the NGOs have left, the money is Raphael Barth spent. Aftermath tells the story Producers Arash T. Riahi, Raphael Barth, Michael Seeber, of young people from an ancient Sabine Gruber, John Wallace, Thomas Tielsch, tribe who are searching with pride S. Parasuruman and humour for their own, self- Production companies Golden Girls Filmproduktion, Two Pair Films (IE), determined future. An “emotional” Filmtank (D), Tata Institute of Social Sciences (IN) scientist, an investigative journal- Supported by Vienna Film Fund, ORF, Fernsehfonds Austria ist from the islands and a Nicoba- and Irish Film Board, Filmförderung Hamburg rese prince are looking together for Schleswig-Holstein ways out of the “Second Flood”. Premiere October 1, 2014/Hamburg (Filmfest) www.filmtank.de/p/ Contact Golden Girls Filmproduktion aftermath-die-zweite-flut/ Seidengasse 15/3/20 1070 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 810 56 36 [email protected] www.goldengirls.at

Raphael Barth Filmography (selection): 2012 Momentum – What drives you (TV doc. series), 2004 The Camera Murder (short), Impulse – Camera & Dance (TV doc. series)

34 Documentary Attention – A Life In Extremes

Directed by Sascha Köllnreitner 1st film

Attention – A Life In Extremes, German, French, English / digital / 1:1.85 / 90 min which is based on the stories of Written by Sascha Köllnreitner three extraordinary sportsmen, Cinematography Viktor Schaider provides an unusual perspective on the conditions and forms of Editing Jörg Achatz expression that define our modern Producer Carl Hollmann society. We follow wingsuit flyer Production company AdriAlpe Media Halvor Angvik, apnoe freediver­ Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF Guillaume Néry and ultra cyclist Premiere October 23, 2014/Hof Gerhard Gulewicz in their ambi- Contact filmdelights tious struggle to reach the top in Lindengasse 25/10 their field in the sports world. 1070 Vienna – Austria www.attentionalifeinextremes.com tel +43 1 994 30 35 [email protected] www.filmdelights.com

Sascha Köllnreitner Filmography (selection): 2014 Attention – A Life In Extremes (doc.)

35 Documentary Auf den Barockaden On the Baroquades

Directed by Doris Kittler

A fierce controversy has been German, English / digital / 16:9 / 85 min raging for years in an otherwise Written by Doris Kittler sedate Vienna. A private concert Cinematography Doris Kittler hall for the Vienna Boys’ Choir is being built in a heritage heritage- Editing AnnA, Doris Kittler listed Baroque park. The people, Producer Sebastian J. F. though, have defended their rights Production company Cronos Film with unusual resilience, in protests Supported by Vienna Film Fund mixing pleasurable activism with Theatrical release October 3, 2014/Vienna the tough stance required by citi- Contact Cronos Film zen resistance. These actions can Schwindgasse 11/2 provide a productive blueprint for 1040 Vienna – Austria future creative protest. tel +43 1 961 05 22 www.auf-den-barockaden.at [email protected] www.cronos.at

Doris Kittler Filmography (selection): 2012 1+1=100 oder Die Schule des Lebens (doc.), 2006 Gemma Gürtelkäfig (short), 2004 Leichte Winter (doc.), 2001 Mischa (short)

36 Documentary Cerro Torre – Nicht den Hauch einer Chance A Snowball’s Chance In Hell

Directed by Thomas Dirnhofer 1st film

No one has ever climbed this English / digital / 16:9 / 104 min needle of granite in free-climbing Concept Thomas Dirnhofer style. But this is exactly what Cinematography Thomas Dirnhofer, Lincoln Else, David and his partner Peter aim Christian Mitterbauer, Martin Hanslmayr, to do. After being confronted with Franz Hinterbrandner, Guenther Goeberl natural and logistical challenges, Editing Thomas Kohler David comes to understand the Producers Philip Manderla, Guido Kruetschnigg true nature of his project and realises what it will take to reach Production company Red Bull Media House the summit. A documentary about Premiere September 27, 2013/San Sebastián mountaineering, friendship and (Savage Cinema) transformation. It’s a coming of Award Best Mountaineering Film (Bilbao) age story that also takes a close Contact Red Bull Media House look at the state of rock climb- Oberst Lepperdinger-Straße 11-15 ing and alpinism, as well as their 5071 Wals – Austria tel +43 662 22 40 0 many philosophies and ethical www.redbullmediahouse.com approaches. www.cerrotorre-movie.com

Thomas Dirnhofer Filmography (selection): 2014 Cerro Torre – Nicht den Hauch einer Chance (doc.)

37 Documentary China Reverse

Directed by Judith Benedikt 1st film

Most came to Vienna by chance, German, Mandarin / digital / 16:9 / 91 min working in Chinese restaurants, Written by Judith Benedikt, Gregor Stadlober dreaming of their own business, Cinematography Judith Benedikt or of bringing their family. It meant endless work. When they finally Editing Andrea Wagner, Niki Mossböck could relax a bit, they had time Producer Peter Janecek for questions about life. China Production company PLAESION Film + Vision Reverse questions everything Supported by BKA – Arts Division, ORF, Vienna Film Fund, without asking. Life could have Cinestyria, Land Niederösterreich, been different, not in Europe, but The Future Fund of the Republic of Austria in China. Those who stayed took Premiere April 28, 2014/Linz (Crossing Europe) advantage of the economic boom. Contact filmdelights For some, there is still time to Lindengasse 25/10 jump on the bandwagon. 1070 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 944 30 35 [email protected] www.filmdelights.com

Judith Benedikt Filmography (selection): 2014 China Reverse (doc.)

38 Documentary Das große Museum The Great Museum

Directed by Johannes Holzhausen

This documentary portrays one of German / digital / 16:9 / 94 min the most important museums in Written by Johannes Holzhausen, Constantin Wulff the world, Vienna’s Museum of Art Cinematography Joerg Burger, Attila Boa History. An extensive look behind the scenes at this fascinating Editing Dieter Pichler institution employs a number of Producer Johannes Rosenberger charismatic protagonists and the Production company Navigator Film varied routine there to show us Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, the museum’s special world. Vienna Film Fund www.thegreatmuseum- Premiere February 7, 2014/Berlin (Forum) thefilm.com Awards (selection) Caligari Film Prize, Filaf d’argent (Perpignan) Contact Wide House 9 rue Bleue 75009 Paris – France tel +33 1 53 95 04 64 [email protected] www.widemanagement.com

Johannes Holzhausen Filmography (selection): 2008 Frauentag (short doc.), 2005 Der Gang der Dinge (doc.), 2002 Auf allen Meeren (doc.), 2000 zero crossing (short doc.), 1995 Das letzte Ufer (doc.)

39 Documentary Das Kind in der Schachtel The Child In The Box

Directed by Gloria Dürnberger 1st film

The story of a mother who has German / digital / 16:9 / 85 min become mentally ill shortly before Written by Gloria Dürnberger her child is born. And the story of Cinematography Leena Koppe, Gloria Dürnberger a child taken in by a foster family, though she does not know for how Editing Natalie Schwager long. Thirty years later the child, Producers Michael Kitzberger, Wolfgang Widerhofer, now an adult, assumes responsi- Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Markus Glaser bility for the woman who calls her- Production company NGF Geyrhalterfilm self her mother. How is a person Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, connected, if at all, to an individual Vienna Film Fund she has never spent more than two Theatrical release May 9, 2014/Vienna hours at a time with, with whom Award Audience Prize (Diagonale) she doesn’t even appear in Contact NGF Geyrhalterfilm a photograph? Hildebrandgasse 26 www.kindinderschachtel.com 1180 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 403 01 62 [email protected] www.geyrhalterfilm.com

Gloria Dürnberger Filmography (selection): 2008 Sarajevos Rosen (short doc.), 2004 Ima Neka Tajna Veza (short doc.)

40 Documentary Der Fotograf vor der Kamera The Photographer In Front Of The Camera

Directed by Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel

The film accompanies the German / digital / 16:9 / 75 min photographer Erich Lessing. Written by Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel He is 88 years old, but far from Cinematography Rainer Frimmel retired. The film shows him in his profession, as a member of the Editing Emily Artmann managing board of the photo- Producers Ralph Wieser, Georg Misch, Rainer Frimmel graphic cooperative Magnum Production companies Mischief Films, Vento Film Photos, at tumultous family meet- Supported by BKA – Arts Division, National Fund of the ings, in his daily routine at his Republic of Austria, The Future Fund of the studio with his co-workers. Republic of Austria, Wien Kultur and Land Südtirol Premiere October 12, 2014/Vienna (Jewish Film Festival) Contact Mischief Films Goethegasse 1 1010 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 585 23 24 23 [email protected] www.mischief-films.com

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

41 Documentary DMD KIU LIDT

Directed by Georg Tiller

DMD KIU LIDT is an anti-music German / digital / 1:1.85 / 55 min film which follows the Austrian Written by Georg Tiller, Ja, Panik pop-rock band Ja, Panik and their Cinematography Claudio Pfeifer social circle of fellow musicians in Berlin and Vienna. It is a chronicle Editing Viktor Hoffmann, Marcin Malaszczak of a group that centers on the con- Producer Georg Tiller ditions of music-making in a state Production companies Subobscura Films, naivsuperfilm (D) of prolonged sadness dominated Supported by BKA – Arts Division by the shadow of a permanent Premiere February 9, 2014/Berlin (Forum) crisis (of capitalism). The actors – Contact sixpackfilm all musicians – play themselves, Neubaugasse 45/13 acting out a consciously absurd 1070 Vienna – Austria drama about art, depression and tel +43 1 526 09 90 love. [email protected] www.sixpackfilm.com

Georg Tiller Filmography (selection): 2011 Persona Beach (fiction), 2010 Vargtimmen – nach einer Szene von Ingmar Bergman (short), 2008 Der Turm des Ornithologen (short), 2007 km.43.3 Der Transylvanische Holzfall (short)

42 Documentary Double Happiness

Directed by Ella Raidel 1st film

Double Happiness takes the German, English, Chinese / digital / 16:9 / 75 min Chinese copy of Hallstatt, a small Concept Ella Raidel idyllic town in Austria, as the start- Cinematography Martin Putz ing point to explore China’s fast urbanization. Chinese cities are Editing Karina Ressler built where histories and memo- Producer Ella Raidel ries can be easily forgotten and Supported by BKA – Arts Division, Land Oberösterreich, thus rewritten. The film intersects Stadt Linz, Kulturforum Peking the real and the fake through Contact sixpackfilm visual imagery and commentary, Neubaugasse 45/13 interviews and songs. 1070 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 526 09 90 www.doublehappiness.at [email protected] www.sixpackfilm.com

Ella Raidel Filmography (selection): 2012 Play Life Series (short), 2011 SUBVERSES – China in Mozambique (short doc.), 2009 Slam Video Maputo (short doc.)

43 Documentary Dreck ist Freiheit Dirt Is Freedom

Directed by Birgit Bergmann, Steffi Franz, Oliver Werani

A stranded filmmaker, a carefree German / digital / 16:9 / 80 min student of psychology and a medi- Written by Birgit Bergmann, Steffie Franz, Oliver Werani cal physicist, take us to another Cinematography Steffi Franz, Birgit Bergmann, Oliver Werani world where the internet is under a bucket and the compost toilet Editing Birgit Bergmann, Steffi Franz, Oliver Werani is full within a year – the vehicle- Producers Birgit Bergmann, Steffi Franz, Oliver Werani site Hafenstraße. They signed a Supported by Filmakademie Wien, Land Kärnten, Wien Kultur contract with the City of Vienna Theatrical release April 4, 2014/Vienna and the removal to the legal plot Award Audience Award (This Human World/Vienna) is imminent. But not all are sure Contact Oliver Werani whether they want to give up the Guntherstraße 5/4 freedom of the squatted site. 1150 Vienna – Austria tel +43 699 191 356 20 [email protected]

Birgit Bergmann, Steffi Franz, Oliver Werani Filmography of joint works: 2013 Treibstoff (doc.)

44 Documentary D.U.D.A – Werner Pirchner

Directed by Malte Ludin

He’s known as “Tyrol’s Zappa” and German / digital / 1:1.85 / 84 min a “real anarchist”. Whether folk Written by Malte Ludin music, jazz or what’s known as Cinematography Victor Kössl serious music, Werner “Preisegott” Pirchner has in a creative way Editing Julia Drack greatly expanded upon the limited Producer Bernhard Holzhammer acoustic range of his homeland, Production company Wildruf Film enriching it with some unfamiliar Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Land Tirol, sounds from around the globe. Stadt Innsbruck, Gemeinde Thaur Whoever comes into contact with Theatrical release March 28, 2014/Vienna him, such as Josef Hader and Tobi- Contact Wildruf Film as Moretti, can sense the power of Kleinvolderbergstraße 7 his music, lets it carry them away, 6111 Volders – Austria and embraces it wholeheartedly. tel +43 52 24 51 865 www.duda-derfilm.at [email protected] www.wildruf.com

Malte Ludin Filmography (selection): 2008 Als die Panzer kamen (doc.), 2005 2 oder 3 Dinge, die ich von ihm weiß (doc.), 1995 Böhmische Dörfer (short doc.)

45 Documentary Ein Augenblick Leben A Moment Of Life

Directed by Anita Natmeßnig

Ein Augenblick Leben is the German / digital / 1:1.85 / 89 min touching legacy of Robert Linhart. Written by Anita Natmeßnig Psychotherapist and documen- Cinematography Helmut Wimmer tary filmmaker Anita Natmeßnig conducted very personal conver- Editing Adam Wallisch sations with the 53-year-old in his Producers Franz Novotny, Alexander Glehr last weeks before dying of cancer. Production company Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion The result: a moving film about life. Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, www.einaugenblickleben.at Vienna Film Fund Theatrical release October 31, 2014/Vienna Contact Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion Weimarerstraße 22 1180 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 478 71 70 [email protected] www.novotnyfilm.at

Anita Natmeßnig Filmography (selection): 2006 Zeit zu gehen (doc.)

46 Documentary Focus On Infinity

Directed by Joerg Burger

Focus On Infinity is a cinematic es- German, English, Spanish / digital / 16:9 / 80 min sayistic journey to places, people, Concept Joerg Burger and machines that are involved in Cinematography Joerg Burger exploring the origin of our cosmos and of our existence. It is a very Editing Joerg Burger, Gökce Ince personal and intuitive exploration Producers Ralph Wieser, Joerg Burger, Georg Misch into the roots and boundaries of Production companies Mischief Films, Joerg Burger Filmproduktion our imagination, dominated by Supported by Austrian Film Institute, BKA – Arts Division, sensual perception. Not unlike an Vienna Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich, adventure, the film dares to voyage Wien Kultur and Media into the unknown, to the struc- Premiere April 30, 2014/Toronto (Hot Docs) tures of our intellectual capacity Contact sixpackfilm and drive to explore. It focuses on Neubaugasse 45/13 the restlessness that character- 1070 Vienna – Austria izes the natural sciences, which tel +43 1 526 09 90 [email protected] drives research with increasing www.sixpackfilm.com technological advancement and financial resources, and underpins the never-ending human ambition to fully understand our world.

Joerg Burger Filmography (selection): 2011 Way of Passion (doc.), 2010 Wolf Suschitzky – Fotograf und Kameramann (short doc.), 2007 Gibellina – il terremoto (doc.), 2007 Seized (short)

47 Documentary Global Shopping Village

Directed by Ulrike Gladik 1st film

By following a successful business­ -­ German, Croatian / digital / 16:9 / 80 min man who plans and constructs Written by Ulrike Gladik shopping centres, we will find out Cinematography Klemens Hufnagl, Sandra Merseburger, how the real estate sector works Enzo Brandner and how enormous profits can be Editing Karin Hammer, Elke Groen made by implementing and selling shopping centers. But this pursuit Producers Arash T. Riahi, Michael Seeber, Sabine Gruber of profit has its consequences: not Production company Golden Girls Filmproduktion only is the global financial system Supported by BKA – Arts Division, FISA, ORF, on the edge of ruin, it has also Vienna Film Fund and HAVC Croatia dramatically altered our towns Premiere April 27, 2014/Linz (Crossing Europe) and living environment. Contact Golden Girls Filmproduktion Seidengasse 15/3/20 1070 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 810 56 36 [email protected] www.goldengirls.at

Ulrike Gladik Filmography (selection): 2008 Natasha (short doc.), 2004 drei cents (short doc.)

48 Documentary Homme Less

Directed by Thomas Wirthensohn 1st film

Homme Less is about the under- English / digital / 16:9 / 82 min belly of the American Dream, the Directed by Thomas Wirthensohn hidden backyard of our society. Concept Thomas Wirthensohn Mark’s life stands as a metaphor for the struggle of the vanishing Cinematography Thomas Wirthensohn middle class in America. But it’s Editing Josh Cramer also a film about the relationship Producers Wolfgang Ramml, Karol Martesko-Fenster between New York City and one Production companies Filmhaus Wien, Schatzi Productions (USA), of its residents. New York is not Thought Engine (USA) simply a beautiful backdrop for Supported by Austrian Film Institute, Land Vorarlberg this story. She’s the antagonist that Premiere October 22, 2014/Hof dictates the direction Mark’s life is Contact Filmhaus Wien Universa Filmproduktion going in. The joy and pain, the love Schottenfeldgasse 60/33 and hate, the success and denial 1070 Vienna – Austria New York is teasing him with, the tel +43 1 526 40 08 hardship he is going through in [email protected] order to stay in her grace and the www.filmhaus.com inventiveness he comes up with to be with her are all unique. www.homme-less.com

Thomas Wirthensohn Filmography (selection): 2014 Homme Less (doc.)

49 Documentary Im Keller In The Basement

Directed by Ulrich Seidl

The film is about people and German / digital / 1:1.85 / 85 min basements and what people do in Written by Ulrich Seidl, Veronika Franz their basements in their free time. Cinematography Martin Gschlacht The film is about obsessions. The film is about brass-band music Editing Christoph Brunner and opera arias, about expensive Producers Ulrich Seidl, Antonin Svoboda , furniture and cheap male jokes, Martin Gschlacht, Bruno Wagner about sexuality and shooting, fit- Production companies Ulrich Seidl Film Produktion, ness and fascism, whips and dolls. coop99 filmproduktion A film essay that is both funny and Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF, Vienna Film Fund, sad, it uses the director’s charac- Land Niederösterreich and ARTE, WDR teristic film tableaux to delve into Premiere August 29, 2014/Venice (Out of Competition) the underground of the Austrian Contact Coproduction Office soul. 24 rue Lamartine www.im-keller.at 75009 Paris – France tel +33 1 56 02 60 00 [email protected] www.coproductionoffice.eu

Ulrich Seidl Filmography (selection): 2013 PARADIES: Hoffnung, 2012 PARADIES: Glaube; PARADIES: Liebe, 2007 Import Export, 2003 Jesus, du weißt, 2001 Hundstage

50 Documentary Im Zweifel schuldig Heroes For A Semester

Directed by Axel Breuer 1st film

Heroes For A Semester tells English / digital / 1:1.85 / 82 min the story of the heroic work of a Written by Axel Breuer, Luise Lindermair couple of students from the North Cinematography Dani Purer Western University of Chicago to free an innocently convicted Editing Stine Sonne Munch person – and the incredible conse- Producer Florian Gebhardt quences of having a legal system, Production company Gebhardt Productions that puts people in jail who don’t Premiere March 21, 2014/Fort Myers belong there. The film documents Contact First Hand Films injustice and the greatness and Neunbrunnenstraße 50 abysmal depths of human beings 8050 Zurich – Switzerland in the course of the criminal tel +41 44 312 20 60 investigations in an actual case. [email protected] www.firsthandfilms.com www.heroesforasemester.com

Axel Breuer Filmography (selection): 2006 Marylin Reloaded (short), 2006 Abschlussklasse 2005 (TV doc.)

51 Documentary Journey Into A Fog. Artur Berger – Filmarchitekt

Directed by Christian Dewald, Werner Michael Schwarz 1st film

The cinematic essay Journey Into German, Russian / Super-8 and digital / color and b&w / 85 min A Fog intertwines Artur Berger’s Written by Christian Dewald, Werner Michael Schwarz biography with the great utopias Cinematography Astrid Ofner, Matthias Partmann and horrors of the twentieth century. It is a film about betrayed Editing Patrick Spanbauer trust and treason, suspicion and Producer Christian Dewald political violence, survival stra­ Production companies das kino co-op, Filmarchiv Austria tegies, and fear as a constant Supported by Gosfilmofond companion. Reflections on intre- Premiere November 2, 2014/Vienna (Viennale) pidity and pathological optimism Contact das kino co-op combine with a tribute to Berger’s Neulinggasse 18 classical cinema of story-telling. 1030 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 713 34 24 [email protected]

Werner Michael Schwarz, Christian Dewald Filmography of joint works: 2014 Journey Into A Fog. Artur Berger – Filmarchitekt (doc.)

52 Documentary Kick Out Your Boss

Directed by Elisabeth Scharang

Workers vote on their company’s German, Serbian, Portuguese, English / digital / 1:1.85 / 90 min balance sheet, banks are no longer Written by Elisabeth Scharang needed to finance loans, and Cinematography Elisabeth Scharang going to the movies on a Monday afternoon rather than sitting at the Editing Katharina Pichler office is an option. One hundred Producer Gabriele Kranzelbinder ninety-seven million unemployed Production company KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Production worldwide and burnout turning Supported by BKA – Arts Division, FISA, ORF, Land Steiermark into the new national disease are Premiere May 11, 2014/Warsaw (Planete+Doc) sufficient arguments for finding an Contact filmdelights alternative to an economy focused Lindengasse 25/10 solely on maximizing profits. This 1070 Vienna – Austria film enters the current discussion tel +43 1 944 30 35 to show how things could be done [email protected] differently. www.filmdelights.com www.kickoutyourboss.com

Elisabeth Scharang Filmography (selection): 2010 Vielleicht in einem anderen Leben (fiction), 2007 Franz Fuchs – ein Patriot (TV); Meine liebe Republik (doc.), 2006 tintenfischalarm (doc.), 2005 Mein Mörder (TV)

53 Documentary Macht Energie Energized

Directed by Hubert Canaval

Nuclear disasters, wars over oil Original languages / digital / 1:1.85 / 91 min and gas, climate change and ever- Written by Hubert Canaval, Corinna Milborn increasing energy consumption: Cinematography Dani Purer, Magdalena Lauritsch we have reached an important crossroads. To keep on going like Editing Paul Michael Sedlacek; Birgit Foerster this is not an option. But how can Producer Helmut Grasser we meet our energy needs without Production company Allegro Film destroying our own existence? Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Is there such a thing as clean Vienna Film Fund energy and efficient technology? Theatrical release March 7, 2014/Vienna And if so, why aren’t we using it? Contact Memento Films International www.machtenergie.at 9 cité Paradis 75010 Paris – France tel +33 1 53 34 90 20 [email protected] www.memento-films.com

Hubert Canaval Filmography (selection): 2008 Danke (short doc.), 2004 In der Fremde zu Haus (doc.), 1996 Wenn der Berg ruft (doc.), 1987 Aus dem Tagebuch einer alten Frau (short)

54 Documentary Max und die Anderen Max And The Others

Directed by Richard Rossmann

Berlin. Max has a lot of sex. Sex German, English, Ukrainian / digital / 16:9 / 78 min with clients. Sex with ‘leather Written by Richard Rossmann friends’. Sex with Dima, his younger Cinematography Richard Rossmann Ukrainian boyfriend. Even sex with his old friend Jan. Everyone comes Editing Richard Rossmann to Max’s Kreuzberg playroom. Producer Richard Rossmann Luckily, Max was once a lieutenant Premiere May 17, 2014/Buenos Aires colonel in the German army, so he’s (Libercine Film Festival) good at ordering his life. But when Contact Richard Rossmann Filmproduktion a routine check-up delivers some Harham 18 shocking news, the lives of Max 5760 Saalfelden – Austria tel + 43 681 108 650 94 and his friends need to change. [email protected] Max And The Others is a true story www.richardrossmann.com about intimate relationships in a subculture where identity and sexuality tangle in an ever tighter knot. www.maxunddieanderen-derfilm. com

Richard Rossmann Filmography (selection): 2011 Tagaus, tagein (doc.), Ski Heil – Die zwei Bretter, die die Welt bedeuten (doc.)

55 Documentary Olya’s Love

Directed by Kirill Sakharnov

Olya’s Love is a film about a lesbian Russian / digital / 16:9 / 70 min couple living in Russia. Olya is Written by Ksenia Sakharnova fighter, an active member of the Cinematography Kirill Sakharnov LGBT-community, her partner Galiya doesn’t want to let politics Editing Max Kliewer, Kirill Sakharnov rule her life. Their love is strong, Producers Jürgen Karasek, Filip Malinowski, and they want to have a baby Ksenia Sakharnova, Vlad Ketkovich together. When the Russian Duma Production companies Soleil Film, Sugar Docs (RU), Ethnofund (RU) launches their discriminating laws Premiere November 20, 2014/Amsterdam (IDFA) against homosexuals, Olya starts Contact Soleil Film to fight even more. But at the same Linke Wienzeile 142/13 time their love is put to the test. 1060 Vienna – Austria tel +43 650 820 48 46 [email protected] www.soleilfilm.at

Kirill Sakharnov Filmography (selection): 2013 Mamas, Kids and the Law (doc.) 2012 5 Minutes of Freedom (doc.), 2010 Stalin? Why Not? (short doc.), 2009 Moscow: Liverpool (short doc.)

56 Documentary Private Revolutions – Young, Female, Egyptian

Directed by Alexandra Schneider 1st film

Shot over a period of two years, English, Arabic / digital / 1:1.77 / 98 min the film chronicles the lives of Written by Alexandra Schneider four young Egyptian women from Cinematography Sandra Merseburger, Alexandra Schneider various social backgrounds who are fighting for their rights and for Editing Alexandra Löwy change after the revolution. Producer Daniela Praher www.privaterevolutions-film.com Production company Daniela Praher Filmproduktion Supported by BKA – Arts Division, ORF, Land Oberösterreich and Heinrich Böll Stiftung Premiere August 20, 2014/Sarajevo (Competition) Award Social Awareness Award (Crossing Europe/Linz) Contact Daniela Praher Filmproduktion Richard Wagner-Platz 7/33 1160 Vienna – Austria tel +43 650 341 74 60 [email protected] www.praherfilm.at

Alexandra Schneider Filmography (selection): 2010 Femina Energetica (short), 2009 Tante Baum (short doc.), 2008 Gespenster (short)

57 Documentary The Fortune You Seek Is In Another Cookie

Directed by Johannes Gierlinger 1st film

The imaginary scene of a carousel English / 16 mm, digital / 1:1.85 / 81 min and an intangible picture send Written by Johannes Gierlinger the filmmaker on his journey. Cinematography Johannes Gierlinger, Jan Zischka The collision of images, text and sound finds its counterpart in the Editing Johannes Gierlinger seemingly contrary locations and Producer Johannes Gierlinger scenes. The Devil’s Dance meets Supported by Land Salzburg, Cine Art, Stadt Salzburg, the indulgence of astronomical Stadt Graz, Wien Kultur, Academy of Fine Arts precision and death at the foot of Vienna an ocean. The voice of one versus Premiere November 13, 2014/Copenhagen the rapid fire of our times. The (DOX: AWARD Competition) film is stargazing and a quest for Contact Johannes Gierlinger meaning. A montage of a multi- Friedmanngasse 36/4 1160 Vienna – Austria year excursion that describes [email protected] the subjective view of the world www.johannesgierlinger.com according to the filmmaker.

Johannes Gierlinger Filmography (selection): 2012 Vision of traces (short), 2011 broken time (short)

58 Documentary Schubert und Ich Schubert And Me

Directed by Bruno Moll

The immortal songs of Franz German / digital / 1:1.78 / 91 min Schubert. What do they imply Written by Bruno Moll, Marino Formenti today? And where do they belong? Cinematography Christian Haake According to well-known pianist and conductor Marino Formenti: Editing Manfred Zazzi not in the world’s great concert Producers Mathias Forberg, Viktoria Salcher, halls. At least not only. With five Christof Neracher musical laymen he tried to find Production companies Prisma Film, Hugofilm (CH) another kind of truth in this music. Supported by BKA – Arts Division, ORF, FISA, Swiss documentary filmmaker Vienna Film Fund and Bruno Moll joined him in this Bundesamt für Kultur, Berner Filmförderung unusual experiment. Theatrical release May 30, 2014/Vienna www.schubertundich.at Contact Prisma Film Rathausstraße 3/18 1010 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 406 37 70 [email protected] www.prismafilm.at

Bruno Moll Filmography (selection): 2012 Alpsegen (doc.), 2009 Pizza Bethlehem (doc.), 2007 Zu Fuss nach Santiago de Compostela (doc.)

59 Documentary Sitzfleisch Steadiness

Directed by Lisa Weber 1st film

Lisa goes on a summer vacation German / digital / 16:9 / 77 min with her grandparents, travelling Written by Lisa Weber from Vienna to the North Cape Cinematography Lisa Weber by car. She films the journey, in this seemingly simple and light- Editing Roland Stöttinger hearted doc, but soon its slow Producer Rudolf Takacs pace becomes a metaphor for the Production company Takacs Filmproduction couple’s long-lived and troubled Supported by Wien Kultur, Filmakademie Wien relationship. Premiere January 25, 2014/Rotterdam Contact Takacs Filmproduction Anton Freunschlaggasse 99 1230 Vienna – Austria tel +43 699 195 886 60 [email protected]

Lisa Weber Filmography (selection): 2012 Twinni oder so (short), 2011 Die und der von da und dort (short doc.), 2010 Kommt ein Sonnenstrahl in die Tiefkühlabteilung (short)

60 Documentary Spieler Players

Directed by Katharina Copony

Rustem, 23, is a professional poker German, Russian / digital / 16:9 / 70 min player. Born and raised in Russia, Written by Katharina Copony, Hannes Held he lives in Berlin. A.k.a. Puma23 Cinematography Stefan Neuberger xxxx, Rustem has already won more than 100,000 dollars. Editing Stefan Stabenow, Katharina Copony He starts travelling to poker Producers Michael Kitzberger, Wolfgang Widerhofer, tournaments across Europe. The Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Markus Glaser computer-generated sounds of Production company NGF Geyrhalterfilm the online games are occasionally Supported by BKA – Arts Division, Cine Art and ZDF/3sat punctuated by the chips’ hypnotic Theatrical release October 11, 2014/Vienna noises. Suddenly, Rustem sits Contact sixpackfilm face to face with his opponents, Neubaugasse 45/13 in a world where the competition 1070 Vienna – Austria hangs heavy in the air. Every man tel +43 1 526 09 90 for himself, win or lose. The game [email protected] www.sixpackfilm.com begins to affect every facet of his life. www.geyrhalterfilm.com/Spieler

Katharina Copony Filmography (selection): 2009 Oceanul Mare (doc.), 2006 Il Palazzo (doc.), 2004 Kanegra (TV doc.), 2001 der wackelatlas – sammeln und jagen mit H. C. Artmann (doc.)

61 Documentary Streif – One Hell Of A Ride

Directed by Gerald Salmina

For 75 years, the annual Hahnen­ German / digital / 1:2.39 / 110 min kamm race in Kitzbühel, Austria, Concept Gerald Salmina, Tom Dauer has produced unforgettable Cinematography Günther Göberl, Gerald Salmina triumphs and heartrending trag- edies, a heritage that is full of Editing David Hofer myths and legends. Nowhere else Producer Gerald Salmina is skiing celebrated so intensely. Production company Planet Watch Film & Video Productions The city, the nation, and the entire Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Cine Tirol, winter sports world go crazy for Servus TV the battles that play out on the Theatrical release December 26, 2014/Vienna slopes, and the race down the Contact Red Bull Media House Streif is the most anticipated Oberst-Lepperdinger-Straße 11-15 event of all – the Superbowl of 5071 Wals – Austria skiing. tel +43 662 22 400 www.streif-derfilm.at [email protected] www.redbullmediahouse.com

Gerald Salmina Filmography (selection): 2013 Bergwelten (TV doc. series), 2012 Der Erste auf dem Mount Everest (TV doc.), 2010 The Felix Baumgartner Story (TV doc.), 2009 Mount St. Elias (doc.)

62 Documentary Texta IN & OUT

Directed by Dieter Strauch

What interested me most was German / digital / 16:9 / 82 min making a vivid portrait of an artist Concept Dieter Strauch collective that has been making Cinematography Dieter Strauch, Jakob Kaiser music together for two decades. Texta prove to be precise chroni- Editing Dieter Strauch clers of our society, and they have Producer Dieter Strauch no inhibitions about political and Production company VeryVary Filmproduction abstract subject matter. Premiere April 25, 2014/Linz (Crossing Europe) The film seeks to find its own Contact VeryVary Filmproduction visual interpretation of hip hop Stelzhamerstraße 3a culture, in order to question the 4210 Gallneukirchen – Austria prefabricated media perception tel +43 664 334 17 37 of this music. (Dieter Strauch) [email protected] www.veryvary.com

Dieter Strauch Filmography (selection): 2011 Love Signs (fiction), 2010 Leben ohne Fassade (doc.)

63 Documentary Und in der Mitte, da sind wir And There We Are, In The Middle

Directed by Sebastian Brameshuber

Ebensee is a small Austrian town German / digital / 1:1.85 / 85 min surrounded by mountains. In 2009 Written by Sebastian Brameshuber a radical right-wing incident took Cinematography Klemens Hufnagl place during the annual memo- rial service in the former con- Editing Emily Artmann, Elke Groen, Sebastian Brameshuber centration camp of Ebensee. It was caused by local teenagers. Producer Gabriele Kranzelbinder Sebastian Brameshuber took Production company KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Production the incident as an opportunity to Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, accompany three young people The Future Fund of the Republic of Austria, from Ebensee by following their Land Niederösterreich, Land Oberösterreich lives over the course of a year. His Premiere February 9, 2013/Berlin (Forum) film shows with clear and unem- Contact sixpackfilm bellished images a portrait of a Neubaugasse 45/13 generation that is trying to find its 1070 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 526 09 90 own way between yesterday and [email protected] tomorrow, between traditions and www.sixpackfilm.com McDonald’s. An intimate piece of history.

Sebastian Brameshuber Filmography (selection): 2014 Of Stains, Scrap & Tires (short), 2009 Muezzin (doc.), 2006 Keynote (short, co-dir.); Everything’s Gone Green (short, co-dir.)

64 Documentary Was Wir Nicht Sehen What We Do Not See

Directed by Anna K. Wohlgenannt

In the beginning there was a Original languages / digital / 16:9 / 78 min vision – a vision of a wireless, Written by Anna K. Wohlgenannt free flow of information which Cinematography Judith Benedikt would connect all humanity. Today this idea has become reality; the Editing Joana Scrinzi wireless technology and more Producer Claudia Wohlgenannt than seven billion cell phones Production company Plan C Filmproduktion sold worldwide make our modern Supported by BKA – Arts Division, ORF, Land Salzburg, metropolises literally pulse. It’s Land Vorarlberg a dream come true for many, but Premiere October 23, 2014/Hof not for all. What We Don’t See is Contact Plan C Filmproduktion the story of those who will soon no Kriemhildplatz 10 longer have a place in our world. 1150 Vienna – Austria [email protected] www.plancfilm.com

Anna K. Wohlgenannt Filmography (selection): 2011 Zuhause (short), 2010 Einmal mehr als nur reden (doc.)

65 Documentary We Come As Friends

Directed by Hubert Sauper

A modern odyssey, a dizzying, Local languages / digital / 1:1.85 / 110 min science fiction-like journey into Written by Hubert Sauper the heart of Africa. At the moment Cinematography Hubert Sauper, Barney Broomfield when the Sudan, the continent’s biggest country, is being divided Editing Hubert Sauper, Cathie Dambel, Denise Vindevogel into two nations, an old ‘civilizing’ pathology reemerges – that of Producers Gabriele Kranzelbinder, Hubert Sauper colonialism, clash of empires, and Production companies KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Production, yet new episodes of bloody (and Adelante Films (F) holy) wars over land and resources. Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF, Vienna Film Fund www.wecomeasfriends.com and ARTE, Canal+, Eurimages Premiere January 18, 2014/Park City (Sundance) Awards (selection) World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Cinematic Bravery (Sundance), Peace Film Prize (Berlin) Contact Le Pacte Film 5 rue Darcet 75017 Paris – France tel +33 1 44 69 59 59 [email protected] www.le-pacte.com

Hubert Sauper Filmography (selection): 2004 Darwin’s Nightmare (doc.), 2000 Alone with our stories (doc.), 1998 Kisangani Diary (doc.), 1993 On the road with Emil (doc.)

66 Documentary Wenn es blendet, öffne die Augen When It Blinds, Open Your Eyes

Directed by Ivette Löcker

Zhanna and Lyosha are survivors. Russian, German / digital / 16:9 / 75 min The couple, now in their mid- Written by Ivette Löcker thirties, became heroin addicts in Cinematography Frank Amann the turbulent years of upheaval in Russia. They know their days are Editing Michael Palm numbered, and pit their frail zest Producer Ralph Wieser for life and gallows humor against Production company Mischief Films this fact. The film draws on these Supported by BKA – Arts Division, Land Salzburg and Media moments and offers an intimate Premiere November 5, 2014/Duisburg portrayal of a fragile and highly Contact sixpackfilm ambivalent love affair. Neubaugasse 45/13 1070 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 526 09 90 [email protected] www.sixpackfilm.com

Ivette Löcker Filmography (selection): 2010 Nachtschichten (doc.), 2008 Marina and Sascha, Kohleschiffer (short doc.)

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Coproductions Coproduction / Fiction Akte Grüninger – Die Geschichte eines Grenz- gängers One Step To Freedom

Directed by Alain Gsponer

1938. Austria has been annexed German, Swiss German / digital / 16:9 / 90 min by Nazi Germany, and Switzerland Key cast Stefan Kurt, Max Simonischek, Anatole has closed its borders for Jewish Taubman, Cornelius Obonya, Laurence Rupp refugees – a death sentence for Written by Bernd Lange thousands. But not all Swiss Cinematography Matthias Fleischer officials observe this inhuman order: the Police Commander Paul Editing Michael Schaerer, Bernhard Lehner Grüninger puts not only his career, Production companies C-Films (CH), Mecom Film & TV (D) but also his life on the line by dis- Austrian coproducer makido film (Golli Marboe) regarding orders and allowing all Austrian support Fernsehfonds Austria, Cine Tirol, Jews to enter the country. Hailed Land Vorarlberg as the Swiss Oskar Schindler, Theatrical release January 31, 2014/Vienna Grüninger was responsible for Premiere October 15, 2014/Vienna (Jewish Film Festival) letting 3,600 Jews enter the Contact makido Film country – and was sentenced to a Fockygasse 33/1 prison term for falsifying docu- 1120 Vienna – Austria ments and abuse of office. tel +43 1 812 17 45 www.grueninger-film.com [email protected] www.makidofilm.tv

Alain Gsponer Filmography (selection): 2013 Das kleine Gespenst (fiction), 2010 Der letzte Weynfeldt (TV), 2009 Lila Lila (fiction), 2006 Das wahre Leben (fiction)

70 Coproduction / Fiction Boys Like Us

Directed by Patric Chiha

From dizzying mountaintops to French, German / digital / 16:9 / 90 min waiters in lederhosen and ghosts Key cast Florian Carove, Jonathan Capdevielle, of punk, Boys Like Us shows the Raphaël Bouvet adventures of three old friends – Written by Patric Chiha, Raphaël Bouvet, Nicolas Ducray Rudolf, Nicolas and Gabriel – Cinematography Antoine Parouty neurotic gay Parisians in their mid- thirties, adrift in the mountains of Editing Caroline Detournay Austria, wandering between bouts Production company Aurora Films (F) of hysteria and fits of anxiety. Austrian coproducer WILDart Film (Ebba Sinzinger, Vincent Lucassen) Theatrical release September 3, 2014/France Contact WILDart Film Pfeilgasse 32/1 1080 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 595 29 91 [email protected] www.wildartfilm.com

Patric Chiha Filmography (selection): 2009 Domaine (fiction), 2006 Home (fiction), 2005 Die Herren (doc.), 2004 Casa Ugalde (short)

71 Coproduction / Documentary Der Anständige The Decent One

Directed by Vanessa Lapa

Through previously undiscovered German / b&w and color / digital / 94 min private letters, photos and diaries Written by Vanessa Lapa, Ori Weisbrod that were found in the Himmler Archive pictures Hermann Poelking-Eiken family house in 1945, The Decent One exposes a unique and at times Editing Sharon Brook, Noam Amit uncomfortable access to the Production companies Realworks (IL), Helden der Geschichte (D) life and mind of the merciless Austrian coproducer Felix Breisach Medienwerkstatt “Architect of the Final Solution” Austrian support ORF Heinrich Himmler. A cinematic Premiere February 9, 2014/Berlin (Panorama) deconstruction of biography and Contact Cinephil history which morally challenges 18 Levontin Street the concept of coherent history. 65112 Tel Aviv – Israel tel +972 35 66 41 29 [email protected] www.cinephil.co.il

Vanessa Lapa Filmography (selection): 2009 Olmert – Concealed Documentary (doc.)

72 Coproduction / Fiction Die geliebten Schwestern Beloved Sisters

Directed by Dominik Graf

A passionate love triangle between German / digital / 1:1.85 /140 and 170 min two aristocratic sisters and Key cast Hannah Herzsprung, Florian Stetter, Friedrich Schiller, hothead and Henriette Confurius, Claudia Messner rising poet of his time. What begins Written by Dominik Graf playfully, almost as a game among Cinematography Michael Wiesweg the three of them, soon turns seri- ous as it leads to the end of a pact. Editing Claudia Wolscht Production design Claus Jürgen Pfeiffer Production companies Bavaria Film (D), WS Filmproduktion (D), Kiddnix Filmproduktion (D), Senator Film (D) Austrian coproducer WEGA Filmproduktion (Veit Heiduschka, Michael Katz) Austrian support ORF, Cine Tirol Premiere February 8, 2013/Berlin (Competition) Award Best Cinematography (Bavarian Film Award 2013) Contact Global Screen Sonnenstraße 21 80331 Munich – Germany tel +49 89 244 129 55 00 [email protected] www. globalscreen.de

Dominik Graf Filmography (selection): 2013 Tatort – Aus der Tiefe der Zeit (TV), 2011 Im Angesicht des Verbrechens (TV series), 2005 Der rote Kakadu (fiction), 2001 Der Felsen (fiction), 2000 München – Geheimnisse einer Stadt (doc.)

73 Coproduction / Documentary Kathedralen der Kultur Cathedrals Of Culture

Directed by Michael Glawogger, Wim Wenders, Michael Madsen a.o.

“If buildings could talk, what would German / digital / 1:1.85 / 156 min they say about us?” Cathedrals Cinematography Christian Rein, Ed Lachmann, Wolfgang Thaler, of Culture offers six startling Øystein Mamen, Ali Gözkaya responses to this question. This Production companies Neue Road Movies (D), Final Cut For Real (DK), 3D film project about the soul of Mer Film (NO), Les Films d’Ici 2 (FR), Sundance buildings allows six iconic and Productions / RadicalMedia (USA), Rundfunk very different buildings to speak Berlin-Brandenburg, Wowow (JP) for themselves, examining human Austrian coproducer Lotus-Film (Tommy Pridnig, Peter life from the unblinking perspec- Wirthensohn) tive of a manmade structure. Six Austrian support Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF acclaimed filmmakers bring their Premiere February 12, 2014/Berlin (Berlinale Special) own visual style and artistic ap- Contact Cinephil proach to the project. Cathedrals 18 Levontin Street of Culture explores how each of Tel Aviv 6511207 – Israel these landmarks reflects our tel +972 35 66 41 29 culture and guards our collective [email protected] www.cinephil.co.il memory.

Michael Glawogger (National Library of Russia, St. Petersburg) Wim Wenders (Philharmonic Concert Hall, Berlin) Michael Madsen (Halden Prison) Karim Ainouz (Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris) Margareth Olin (Opera House, Oslo) Robert Redford (The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla)

74 Coproduction / Fiction Über-Ich und Du Superegos

Directed by Benjamin Heisenberg

This “double-trouble-buddy movie” German / digital / 1:1.85 / 94 min centers on washed-up bohe- Key cast André Wilms, Georg Friedrich, Bettina Stucky, mian Nick Gutlicht, and aging, Susanne Wolff, Elisabeth Orth, Maria Hofstätter controversial psychologist Curt Written by Josef Lechner, Benjamin Heisenberg Ledig. When both meet, Nick soon Cinematography Reinhold Vorschneider becomes the doctor’s involuntary object of interest and study. Nick’s Editing Stephan Kälin, Andreas Wodraschke life in disarray is gradually brought Production design Renate Schmaderer back to normal, while Curt’s fading Production companies Komplizen Film (D), Vega Film (CH), memory manages to unearth the Peter Heilrath Filmproduktion (D) truth about his former involvement Austrian coproducer Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion with the Third Reich. (Franz Novotny, Alexander Glehr) www.ueber-ich-und-du.de Austrian support Austrian Film Institute, FISA, Vienna Film Fund, Cine Tirol Premiere February 9, 2014/Berlin (Panorama) Contact Films Distribution 34 rue du Louvre 75001 Paris – France [email protected] www.filmsdistribution.com

Benjamin Heisenberg Filmography (selection): 2010 Der Räuber (fiction), 2005 Schläfer (fiction), 2003 Die Gelegenheit (short), 2001 Am See (short)

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TV Features TV Feature / Fiction Alles Fleisch ist Gras All Flesh Is Grass

Directed by Reinhold Bilgeri

Roland Mathis dies after a fall. German / digital / 16:9 / 90 min A nasty private eye, he was black- Key cast Wolfgang Böck, Tobias Moretti, Petra Morzé, mailing Anton Galba and his secret Anna Unterberger, Harald Schrott lover, threatening to expose their Written by Agnes Pluch based on the novel from relationship. In a panic Galba, Christian Mähr head of the Dornbirn sewage Cinematography Thomas Erhart treatment plant, makes the body Editing Karin Hartusch disappear with the aid of a wood chipper. Police officer Nathan Commissioning editor Klaus Lintschinger (ORF) Weiss suspects Galba from the Producer Helmut Grasser very beginning. He also knows Production company Allegro Film in coproduction with ORF a creep that he’d like to get rid of. Supported by Fernsehfonds Austria, Land Vorarlberg Television premiere December 27, 2014/ORF Contact Allegro Film Krummgasse 1a 1030 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 712 50 36 [email protected] www.allegrofilm.at

Reinhold Bilgeri Filmography (selection): 2010 Der Atem des Himmels (fiction)

78 TV Feature / Fiction Bluts- schwestern Blood Sisters

Directed by Thomas Roth

For old time’s sake, five girlfriends German / digital / 16:9 / 90 min who couldn’t be more different go Key cast Franziska Weisz, Silke Bodenbender, Nora von away for a weekend together. What Waldstätten, Edita Malovcic, Nicolette Krebitz begins as harmless fun ends in a Written by Agnes Pluch based on the novel from nightmare. When one of them is Nora Miedler found dead, all four others become Cinematography Jo Molitoris potential murderers. Everyone has Editing Birgit Gasser a motive, and everyone suspects everyone else. Commissioning editor Sabine Weber (ORF) Producers Tommy Pridnig, Peter Wirthensohn Production company Lotus-Film with ORF, ZDF Supported by Fernsehfonds Austria, Cinestyria Television premiere April 1, 2014/ORF Contact ORF Enterprise Content Sales International fernsehfilm@orf.at http://contentsales.orf.at

Thomas Roth Filmography (selection): 2010 Brand (fiction), 2009 Der Kommissar und das Meer – Ein Leben ohne Lügen (TV series), 2008 Tatort – Der Gesang der toten Dinge (TV), 2008 Falco – Verdammt wir leben noch (fiction)

79 TV Feature / Documentary CERN

Directed by Nikolaus Geyrhalter

The research centre CERN as English / digital / 16:9 / 75 min a self-contained, independent Concept Nikolaus Geyrhalter zone – a parallel universe so to Cinematography Nikolaus Geyrhalter speak. Here the big bang sce- nario is recreated, searching for Editing Joana Scrinzi, Andrea Wagner the smallest particle. Nikolaus Producers Markus Glaser, Michael Kitzberger, Geyrhalter’s documentary gives Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Wolfgang Widerhofer an impression of the huge infra- Production company NGF Geyrhalterfilm structure which makes an institu- Supported by ORF, Fernsehfonds Austria, ARTE, Ernst tion like CERN possible. For this Göhner-Stiftung, George Foundation, RTS, SRF Nikolaus Geyrhalter is searching International premiere November 8, 2014/Copenhagen (CPH:DOX) for moments of tension between Contact autlook filmsales man and technology. He observes Spittelberggasse 3/14 how insight is made, how know- 1070 Vienna – Austria ledge originates. tel +43 (0) 720 34 69 34 [email protected] www.autlookfilms.com

Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmography (selection): 2012 Donauspital – SMZ Ost (doc.), 2011 Abendland, (doc.), 2005 Unser Täglich Brot (doc.), 2001 Elsewhere (doc.), 1999 Pripyat (doc.)

80 TV Feature / Fiction Clara Immerwahr

Directed by Harald Sicheritz

The brilliant chemists Clara and German / digital / 16:9 / 88 min Fritz want to change the world. Key cast Katharina Schüttler, Maximilian Brückner, th At the end of the 19 century Clara August Zirner, Steffi Dvorak, Adele Neuhauser has to struggle to be admitted to Written by Susanne Freund, Burt Weinshanker a university to study. When WWI Cinematography Helmut Pirnat breaks out, Fritz Haber volunteers for the army. The dreadful poison Editing Paul Sedlacek gas he develops changes the Commissioning editors Klaus Lintschinger, Julia Sengstschmied (ORF) war. Clara sees all her ideals and Producers Kurt J. Mrkwicka, Andreas Kamm, Oliver Auspitz dreams betrayed by the man she Production company MR-Film for ORF, SWR, MDR, ARD/Degeto loves. Supported by Fernsehfonds Austria, Vienna Film Fund Television premiere May 28, 2014/ORF Contact MR Film Auhofstraße 70 1130 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 876 8715 [email protected] www.mr-film.com

Harald Sicheritz Filmography (selection): 2014 Bad Fucking (fiction), 2013 Tatort – Zwischen den Fronten (TV), 2011 Hexe Lilli – Die Reise nach Mandolan (fiction), 2010 3faltig (fiction), 2008 Darum (fiction)

81 TV Feature / Fiction Das Attentat Sarajevo 1914 The Assassination: Sarajevo, 1914

Directed by Andreas Prochaska

Sarajevo, 1914. A warm holiday in German / digital / 16:9 / 97 min June. Shots are fired. The Austrian Key cast Florian Teichtmeister, Melika Foroutan, successor to the throne, Franz Heino Ferch, Erwin Steinhauer, Jürgen Maurer Ferdinand, and his wife are dead. Written by Martin Ambrosch Leo Pfeffer, a young judge, will Cinematography Andreas Berger become a big success in Vienna if he investigates the assassination Editing Daniel Prochaska swiftly. But Pfeffer finds Commissioning editor Klaus Lintschinger (ORF) some discrepancies. Something’s Producers Danny Krausz, Kurt Stocker not quite right about the official Production companies Dor Film, Beta Film (D) for ORF/ZDF version of events. Leo tries to Supported by Fernsehfonds Austria, Vienna Film Fund get at the truth and is put under Television premiere April 23, 2014/ORF pressure. Everything points Contact Beta Film toward war breaking out. But Gruenwalder Weg 28d who really wants that to happen? 82041 Oberhaching – Germany tel +49 89 673 469 80 [email protected] www.betafilm.com

Andreas Prochaska Filmography (selection): 2014 Das finstere Tal (fiction), 2012 Das Wunder von Kärnten (TV), 2010 Die unabsichtliche Entführung der Frau Elfriede Ott (fiction), 2006 In 3 Tagen bist du tot (fiction)

82 TV Feature / Fiction Die Frei- schwimmerin Swim For Life

Directed by Holger Barthel

After her father’s death the German / digital / 16:9 / 90 min 17-year-old Turkish student Ilayda Key cast Emily Cox, Selen Savas, Aaron Karl, turns to religion and begins to Bernhard Schir, Ulli Maier wear a headscarf. Through her Written by Thomas Eifler, Susanne Beck actions she seperates herself con- Cinematography Peter Kappel tinuously from her classmates. Il- ayda is a passionate swimmer and Editing Thomas Knöpfel she pursues this passion secretly Commissioning editor Katharina Schenk (ORF) at night in her school’s swimming Producer Dieter Pochlatko pool. As her teacher for physical Production company epo-film for ORF, MDR education Martha notices this and Television premiere June 4, 2014/ORF tries to reintegrate Ilayda in her Contact ORF Enterprise class by talking her into joining her Content Sales International school’s swimming team that is [email protected] going to participate in a swimming http://contentsales.orf.at competition.

Holger Barthel Filmography (selection): 2014 Morden im Norden (TV series), 2013 Soko Wien (TV series), 2011 Das Glück dieser Erde (TV series), 2010 Lily Schönauer (TV series)

83 TV Feature / Fiction Die Frau mit einem Schuh The Woman With One Shoe

Directed by Michael Glawogger

In a gravel pond hair floats. German / digital / 16:9 / 90 min No wig – it’s a real scalp. And in Key cast Nina Proll, Karl Fischer, Edita Malovcic, a poultry farm chickens pick on Johannes Krisch, Robert Palfrader a chopped-off hand. Local police Written by Michael Glawogger inspector Franzi and her colleague Cinematography Carsten Thiele Michael are confronted with a puzzle of body parts. Headquar- Editing Andrea Wagner ters believe that they are from the Production design Maria Gruber same person. But who? Nothing Producers Tommy Pridnig, Peter Wirthensohn has happened in the region since Production company Lotus-Film with ORF the breakout from the nearby Supported by Fernsehfonds Austria, Land Niederösterreich prison a year ago. But then the Premiere November 1, 2014/Biberach strange mechanic Gerry reappears Contact Lotus-Film in a blue station wagon, and back Mollardgasse 85A then he played an important role. 1060 Vienna – Austria Coincidence? tel +43 1 786 33 87 [email protected] www.lotus-film.at

Michael Glawogger Filmography (selection): 2014 Kathedralen der Kultur (doc., co-dir.), 2011 Whores’ Glory (doc.), 2009 Contact High (fiction), 2009 Das Vater­spiel (fiction), 2006 Workingman’s Death (doc.)

84 TV Feature / Fiction Die Toten vom Bodensee Murder By The Lake

Directed by Andreas Linke

A fisherman suddenly bursts into German / digital / 16:9 / 90 min flames on his boat and is burned Key cast Matthias Koeberlin, Nora von Waldstätten, alive. A weird mask depicting a Hary Prinz, August Schmölzer Celtic deity and writing in an un- Written by Thorsten Wettcke known foreign language are found Cinematography Jo Molitoris on the wreckage. Because of these mysterious clues detective chief Editing Julia Oehring superintendent Michael Oberländer Commissioning editor Sabine Weber (ORF) of Lindau and detecive inspector Producers Klaus Graf, Sam Davis Hannah Zeiler of Bregenz—two Production companies Graf Filmproduktion, Rowboat Film- und detectives who couldn’t be more Fernsehproduktion (D) with ORF, ZDF different—cross paths. Supported by Fernsehfonds Austria Television premiere October 11, 2014/ORF Contact ORF Enterprise Sales International [email protected] http://contentsales.orf.at

Andreas Linke Filmography (selection): 2011-2012 Baron Münchhausen (TV mini-series), 2009 Go West – Freiheit um jeden Preis (TV), 2008 Mein Schüler, seine Mutter & ich (TV)

85 TV Feature / Fiction Keine Zeit für Träume No Time For Dreams

Directed by Christine Hartmann

Twelve-year-old Merle is diag- German / digital / 16:9 / 90 min nosed with ADD, which shakes up Key cast Anne Kim Sarnau, Harald Schrott, her family. Should her parents give Greta Bohacek, Stella Kunkat their otherwise healthy daughter Written by Regine Bielefeldt medications just so that she can Cinematography Christof Wahl function in the system? Editing Georg Söring Commissioning editor Katharina Schenk (ORF) Producer Ariane Krampe Production company teamWorx (D) for ORF/MDR Television premiere March 12, 2014/ORF Contact ORF Enterprise Content Sales International [email protected] http://contentsales.orf.at

Christine Hartmann Filmography (selection): 2014 Elly Beinhorn – Alleinflug (TV), 2014 Tatort – Türkischer Honig (TV), 2012 Frisch gepresst (fiction), 2010 Hanni & Nanni (fiction), 2009 Tatort – Schwarzer Peter (TV)

86 TV Feature / Fiction Spuren des Bösen – Schande Traces Of Evil – Shame

Directed by Andreas Prochaska

Richard Brock is forced to flee his German / digital / 16:9 / 88 min apartment when his neighbor’s Key cast Heino Ferch, Fritz Karl, Maria Köstlinger, place catches fire. A charred body Sabrina Reiter, Roland Silbernagl, Inge Maux is found. Later a mysterious doctor Written by Martin Ambrosch shows up and involves Richard in a Cinematography David Slama plan that nearly has fatal conse- quences for him. Editing Daniel Prochaska Commissioning editor Klaus Lintschinger (ORF) Producer Josef Aichholzer Production company Aichholzer Filmproduktion with ORF Supported by Fernsehfonds Austria, Vienna Film Fund Television premiere November 15, 2014/ORF Contact Aichholzer Filmproduktion Heumühlgasse 13-15/15 1040 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 523 40 81 [email protected] www.aifilm.com

Andreas Prochaska Filmography (selection): 2014 Das finstere Tal (fiction), 2012 Das Wunder von Kärnten (TV), 2010 Die unabsichtliche Entführung der Frau Elfriede Ott (fiction), 2006 In 3 Tagen bist du tot (fiction)

87 TV Feature / Fiction Steirerblut

Directed by Wolfgang Murnberger

Police officer Sandra Mohr is sent German / digital / 16:9 / 90 min to her hometown in Styria to in- Key cast Miriam Stein, Hary Prinz, Aglaia Szyszkowitz, vestigate a brutal murder. Her new Robert Stadlober, Thomas Stipsits boss, a cynical macho she can’t Written by Susanne Freund, Wolfgang Murnberger based stand, wants to take advantage of on the novel from Claudia Rossbacher the fact that she’s a local. Sandra Cinematography Peter von Haller left the remote village years ago, Editing Evi Romen and now she’s forced to deal with both a horrible crime and, once Commissioning editor Klaus Lintschinger (ORF) again, her difficult past. Producer Helmut Grasser Production company Allegro Film with ORF Supported by Fernsehfonds Austria, Cinestyria Television premiere December 20, 2014/ORF Contact Allegro Film Krummgasse 1a 1030 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 712 50 36 [email protected] www.allegrofilm.at

Wolfgang Murnberger Filmography (selection): 2013 Alles Schwindel (TV); Live is Life – Der Himmel soll warten (TV), 2012 So wie du bist (TV), 2011 Mein bester Feind (fiction), 2009 Der Knochenmann (fiction), 2004 Silentium (fiction)

88 TV Feature / Fiction Tatort – Abgründe Tatort – Deep End

Directed by Harald Sicheritz

Five years after her abduction, a German / digital / 16:9 / 88 min girl succeeds in escaping from Key cast Harald Sicheritz, Adele Neuhauser, her dungeon. When the criminal’s Hubert Kramar, Tanja Raunig, Stefanie Dvorak home is finally demolished, detec- Written by Uli Brée tives Moritz Eisner and Bibi Fellner Cinematography Thomas Kürzl make another gruesome find on the site. The body of a missing Editing Ingrid Koller colleague is found in the base- Commissioning editor Alexander Vedernjak (ORF) ment. Convinced that the death of Producer Constantin Seitz their colleague was coldblooded Production company Cult Movies for ORF murder, the detectives set out to Supported by Land Niederösterreich find the truth and in the process Television premiere March 2, 2014/ORF stumble upon a network of crimi- Contact ORF Enterprise nal activity that leads them to the Content Sales International very highest echelons of the police [email protected] and judiciary. http://contentsales.orf.at

Harald Sicheritz Filmography (selection): 2014 Bad Fucking (fiction), 2013 Tatort – Zwischen den Fronten (TV), 2011 Hexe Lilli – Die Reise nach Mandolan (fiction), 2010 3faltig (fiction), 2008 Darum (fiction)

89 TV Feature / Fiction Tatort – Paradies Tatort – Road To Paradise

Directed by Harald Sicheritz

After solving a case Moritz Eisner German / digital / 16:9 / 90 min and Bibi Fellner were about to Key cast Harald Krassnitzer, Adele Neuhauser, head back to Vienna when Bibi’s Peter Weck, Michael Ostrowski, Hubert Kramar destitute father dies in a retire- Written by Uli Brée ment home in Styria. There a Cinematography Thomas W. Kiennast resident hands over an envelope to Bibi that leads her to her father’s Editing Ingrid Koller bank deposit of 30,000 euros. Bibi Commissioning editor Alexander Vedernjak (ORF) and Moritz get suspicious about Producer Dieter Pochlatko the origins of this amount of mon- Production company epo-film for ORF ey. Especially because the money Supported by Cinestyria, Stadt Graz of another of the home’s residents Television premiere August 31, 2014/ORF is also stashed there. This man Contact ORF Enterprise also died two weeks ago. Content Sales International [email protected] http://contentsales.orf.at

Harald Sicheritz Filmography (selection): 2014 Bad Fucking (fiction), 2013 Tatort – Zwischen den Fronten (TV), 2011 Hexe Lilli – Die Reise nach Mandolan (fiction), 2010 3faltig (fiction), 2008 Darum (fiction)

90 TV Feature / Documentary Ulrich Seidl und die Bösen Buben Ulrich Seidl – A Director At Work

Directed by Constantin Wulff

The film portrait depicts for the German / digital / 16:9 / 52 min first time the controversial Concept Constantin Wulff Austrian filmmaker Ulrich Seidl at Cinematography Johannes Hammel work, painting a vivid picture of the much-debated “Seidl method”: The Editing Dieter Pichler camera patiently looks over Seidl’s Producers Johannes Rosenberger, Christian Beetz, shoulder during the shooting of Werner Schweitzer In The Basement and accompanies Production companies Navigator Film, Gebrüder Beetz (D), him during rehearsals for his latest Dschoint Ventschr Film (CH) highly provocative stage produc- Supported by Vienna Film Fund, ORF, Fernsehfonds Austria, tion Böse Buben/Fiese Männer.In Land Niederösterreich and Bundesamt für Kultur, Teleproduktions-Fonds, ZDF/ARTE, SRF a suggestive montage, combining extensive interviews and clips from Television premiere September 29, 2014/ORF his earlier movies, this film gives a Contact autlook filmsales glimpse into the world of a fasci- Spittelberggasse 3/14 1070 Vienna – Austria nating and exceptional artist: It re- tel +43 (0) 720 34 69 34 veals just how much Seidl’s oeuvre [email protected] is in itself a quest, on which he lets www.autlookfilms.com himself be guided both by “reality” and his own visions and demons.

Constantin Wulff Filmography (selection): 2008 In die Welt (doc.), 2002 Heldenplatz 19. Februar 2000 (doc.), 1993 Spaziergang nach Syrakus (doc.)

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Next Generation Next Generation / Fiction Apariciones Aparitions

Directed by María Luz Olivares Capelle

Apariciones is an investigation into Spanish / digital / 16:9 / 23 min the question of what appearences Key cast Luis Casanova Sorolla, Julian Oroz, Susana are or might be. A collage-like Inés Capelle, Julia Reimer, Sarah Reimer shortfilm, an associative defini- Written by María Luz Olivares Capelle tion, a visual thought-process, a Cinematography María Luz Olivares Capelle, Almut Schilling, physic of illusions. Lucia Hoffer, Serafin Spitzer www.luzolivarescapelle.com/ Editing Svenja Plaas apariciones/ Production design David Eisl, María Luz Olivares Capelle, Saleh Rosatti Producers María Luz Olivares Capelle, David Eisl, Stephan Podest Produced at Filmakademie Wien Supported by Academy of Fine Arts Vienna Premiere May 24, 2014/Vienna (Vienna Independent Shorts) Contact María Luz Olivares Capelle Burggasse 25/2 1070 Vienna – Austria tel +43 680 502 15 51 [email protected]

María Luz Olivares Capelle Filmography (selection): 2014 El ritual del color (short), 2013 The rainbow machine (short), 2008 te vas a lastimar (short), 2006 Ahora se cae y pierde la memoria (short), 2005 Bienvenido (short)

94 Next Generation / Fiction Das Gedicht The Poem

Directed by Alex Trejo

After his father’s death, eight-year German, Spanish / digital / 16:9 / 60 min old Emil is wrenched roughly out of Key cast Max Viehrig, Pilar Fantova, Paul Burian, his childhood. While in his dreams Andrea Clausen, Markus Schleinzer and imaginations he is still refus- Written by Alex Trejo ing to accept the father’s sudden Cinematography Benjamin Klein disappearing, every memory and illusion of family around him falls Editing Christin Veith apart one after another. How can Production design Sarah Sassen, Dominik Freynschlag he manage to face farewell, when Producer Florian Brüning everything he believed in turns out Produced at Filmakademie Wien to be an illusive solace. Supported by BKA – Arts Division, Wien Kultur, Kärnten Kultur Premiere January 22, 2014/Saarbrücken Contact Alex Trejo tel +43 650 865 64 35 [email protected] or Florian Brüning [email protected]

Alex Trejo Filmography (selection): 2010 Der Hund (short), 2007 Krankheit der Jugend (fiction, co-dir.), 2005 Esperando (doc), 2003 Piso Frio (short)

95 Next Generation / Fiction Erlösung Salvation

Directed by Mark Gerstorfer

Salvation portrays the post- German / digital / 1:1.85 / 28 min pubertal interlude of three young Key cast Sarah Kleiner, Daniel Helmer, adults as a wasteland of squan- Clemens Marschal dered time – a day-to-day life Written by Mark Gerstorfer, Tanja Kuschej drifting between nonsense, disco Cinematography Marie-Therese Zumtobel and fatality, conveyed through videos personally filmed by the Editing Sebastian Longariva protagonists. What occurs outside Production design Martina Pöll, Ursula Geisböck the subjective view of the camera Producer Steven Swirko is left out, denying the audience a Produced at Filmakademie Wien conventional overview of the situ- Supported by Filmförderung Salzburg, Land Kärnten, ation. A chronicle of destruction – Wien Kultur, VAM, Gebhard Film authentic and raw. Premiere March 19, 2014 /Graz (Diagonale) Awards Special Mention Austria Competition + Youth Jury Prize/Vienna (Vienna Independent Shorts) Contact Mark Gerstorfer Schönbrunnerstraße 88A 1050 Vienna – Austria tel +43 650 992 86 07 [email protected]

Mark Gerstorfer Filmography (selection): 2011 Lebensretter Konstantin (short)

96 Next Generation / Fiction Holz Einräumen Bringing In The Wood

Directed by Simon Spitzer

A son visits his father to help with German / 16 mm / 1:1.85 / 17 min logging. During their work and Key cast Arthur Klammer, Max Stern, Johannes Scheidel conversations there is some kind Written by Simon Spitzer of distance between them which they became accostumed to over Cinematography Serafin Spitzer the years. Later the son misses Editing Roland Stöttinger his bus so they have to spend the Production design Johanna Ralser, Winnie Küchl evening together. Producer Johannes Schmidt https://www.facebook.com/ Produced at Filmakademie Wien HolzEinraeumen Supported by Kärnten Kultur, Wien Kultur, Freunde der Filmakademie Wien, Cash for Culture Premiere June 6, 2014/Hamburg (Short Film Festival) Contact Simon Spitzer Webergasse 24/13-14 1200 Vienna – Austria tel +43 699 198 825 10 [email protected]

Simon Spitzer Filmography (selection): 2012 Die Leute von Stiege 5 (short doc.), 2009 Töchterstimmen (short doc.), 2003 Zwei Wege (short)

97 Next Generation / Fiction Marzenka

Directed by Albert Meisl

Marek failed at university, and he German, Polish / 16 mm / 1:2.35 / 25 min failed in building his own life. At Written by Albert Meisl 28 years-old, he has retreated to Key cast Thomas Prazak, Kaja Dymnicki, Grazyna Dylag his old bedroom at his mother’s house. Yet when his young cousin, Cinematography Marion Priglinger Marzenka, arrives from Poland in Editing Stefan Stabenow, Thomas Wider order to stay and study in Vienna, Production design Christoph Fischer, Olivia Stein his refuge is put at risk. Producer Esther Hassfurther Produced at Filmakademie Wien Supported by BKA – Arts Division, Land Oberösterreich, Land Salzburg, Verein der Freunde der Filmakademie Wien Premiere March 19, 2014/Graz (Diagonale) Contact sixpackfilm Neubaugasse 45/13 1070 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 526 09 90 [email protected] www.sixpackfilm.com

Albert Meisl Filmography (selection): 2007 Endstation Ostkreuz (doc.); Krankheit der Jugend (fiction, co-dir.), 2004 achtundneunzig (short doc.)

98 Next Generation / Fiction Musik

Directed by Stefan Bohun

Musik is about a corrupt public German / digital / 1:2.39 / 38 min official looking for an escape – Key cast David Oberkogler, Pia Sekerlioglu, Anna Suk, from his job, his routine and his Lilo Hohenberger downward spiral. In a tragic but Written by Stefan Bohun buoyant offering poised between Cinematography Klemens Hufnagl absurdity and realism, Stefan Bohun tells of an endearing man Editing Christoph Loidl in denial of reality, who finds an Production design Julia Oberndorfinger, Mira König ardent admirer in, of all people, his Producers Philipp Grandits, David Bohun daughter’s pubescent girlfriend. Produced at Filmakademie Wien Supported by Land Niederösterreich, Land Salzburg, Wien Kultur, VAM Premiere March 19, 2014/Graz (Diagonale) Awards First Steps Award (Best Medium Length Film), Best Short (Graz/Diagonale) Contact sixpackfilm Neubaugasse 45/13 1070 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 526 09 90 [email protected] www.sixpackfilm.com

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

99 Next Generation / Fiction Rote Flecken Red Stains

Directed by Leni Lauritsch

Although forbidden, two brothers German / digital / 1:2.35 / 11 min walk into the woods to practice Key cast Thomas Otrok, Emilio Bachmann, shooting with their father’s gun. Christian Strasser, Sepp Geieregger Accidentally they hit the neigh- Written by Leni Lauritsch bour’s dog and wound it badly. Cinematography Jakob Fuhr Now the two have to decide what to do … should they call for help Editing Anna Heuss and incur the wrath of their father Production design Leni Lauritsch or should they let it die? For the Producer Leni Lauritsch first time the boys are confronted Produced at Filmakademie Wien with death and learn what it really Supported by F&MA means to kill. Premiere January 21, 2014/Saarbrücken (Short Film Competition) Awards (selection) Special Mention (Saarbrücken), Best Director (Stiff Student Film Festival/Rijeka) Contact Leni Lauritsch Kandlgasse 7/1/4 1070 Vienna – Austria [email protected]

Leni Lauritsch Filmography (selection): 2012 Seeing Clara (short), 2009 Masken Masken (short), 2005 Von oben (short), 2006 Ohne Grenzen (short), 2005 Mad World (short)

100 Next Generation / Fiction Schattenboxer Shadowboxer

Directed by Jannis Lenz

Kickboxing is Ahmet’s life. The German / digital / 1:1.85 / 18 min 23-year-old’s physical strength is Key cast Ahmet Simsek, Elisabeth Jungherr, his main source of self-confidence. Jörg Buchmüller, Branimir Radoslajevic But with personal problems begin- Written by Jannis Lenz ning to mount, he loses control Cinematography Jakob Fuhr over his strength and commits a violent felony at a Viennese Editing Alexander Rauscher disco that lands him in court. His Production design Julia Krawzcynski, Anett Jäger last chance to take his personal Producer Silvia Winzinger and occupational future into his Produced at Filmakademie Wien own hands is an anti-aggression Supported by International Summer Academy of the training programme in which he is University of Music and Performing Arts enrolled alongside his suspended Contact sixpackfilm sentence. Neubaugasse 45/13 1070 Vienna - Austria tel +43 1 526 09 90 [email protected] www.sixpackfilm.com

Jannis Lenz Filmography (selection): 2014 Daheim und Dazwischen (short), 2013 Eine Festung (short)

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Appendix Directors Films

Houchang Allahyari 12 Yvette Löcker 65 Abschied 8 Im Keller 48 Frederick Baker 27 Malte Ludin 43 Aftermath – Die zweite Flut 32 Im Zweifel schuldig 49 Raphael Barth 32 Mara Mattuschka 26 Akte Grüninger – Journey Into A Fog. Holger Barthel 81 Albert Meisl 96 Die Geschichte eines Artur Berger – Filmarchitekt 50 Judith Benedikt 36 Elfi Mikesch 16 Grenzgängers 68 Kafka, Kiffer & Chaoten 19 Birgit Bergmann 42 Johanna Moder 17 Alles Fleisch ist Gras 76 Kathedralen der Kultur 72 Reinhold Bilgeri 76 Bruno Moll 57 Amour Fou 9 Keine Zeit für Träume 84 Stefan Bohun 97 Sudabeh Mortezai 21 Apariciones 92 Kick Out Your Boss 51 Sebastian Brameshuber 62 Wolfgang Murnberger 86 Attention – A Life La Vie Nous Appartient 20 Axel Breuer 49 Marko Naberšnik 15 In Extremes 33 Macht Energie 52 Peter Brunner 22 Anita Natmeßnig 44 Auf den Barockaden 34 Macondo 21 Joerg Burger 45 Maria Luz Olivares Capelle 92 Blutsschwestern 77 Marzenka 96 Hubert Canaval 52 Kurt Palm 19 Boys Like Us 69 Max und die Anderen 53 Patric Chiha 69 Andreas Prochaska 11, 80, 85 Casanova Variations 10 Mein blindes Herz 22 Katharina Copony 59 Ella Raidel 41 CERN 78 Musik 97 Tizza Covi 39 Richard Rossmann 53 Cerro Torre – Nicht den Olya’s Love 54 Umut Dag˘ 24 Thomas Roth 77 Hauch einer Chance 35 Private Revolutions – Young, Christian Dewald 50 David Ruehm 14 China Reverse 36 Female, Egyptian 55 Thomas Dirnhofer 35 Kirill Sakharnov 54 Clara Immerwahr 79 Rise up! and dance 23 Gloria Dürnberger 38 Gerald Salmina 60 Das Attentat – Sarajevo 1914 80 Risse im Beton 24 Severin Fiala 18 Hubert Sauper 64 Das finstere Tal 11 Rote Flecken 98 Steffi Franz 42 Elisabeth Scharang 51 Das Gedicht 93 Schattenboxer 99 Veronika Franz 18 Alexandra Schneider 55 Das große Museum 37 Schubert und Ich 57 Rainer Frimmel 39 Werner Michael Schwarz 50 Das Kind in der Schachtel 38 Servus Ishq 25 Christian Frosch 29 Ulrich Seidl 48 Der Anständige 70 Sitzfleisch 58 Mark Gerstorfer 94 Harald Sicheritz 79, 87, 88 Der Fotograf vor der Kamera 39 Spieler 59 Nikolaus Geyrhalter 78 Simon Spitzer 95 Der letzte Tanz 12 Spuren des Bösen – Johannes Gierlinger 56 Dieter Strauch 61 Der stille Berg 13 Schande 85 Ulrike Gladik 46 Michael Sturminger 10 Der Vampir auf der Couch 14 Steirerblut 86 Michael Glawogger 72, 82 Georg Tiller 40 Die Frau mit einem Schuh 82 Stimmen 26 Ernst Gossner 13 Alex Trejo 93 Die Freischwimmerin 81 Streif – One Hell Of A Ride 60 Dominik Graf 71 Lisa Weber 58 Die geliebten Schwestern 71 Tatort – Abgründe 87 Barbara Gräftner 23 Oliver Werani 42 Die Toten vom Bodensee 83 Tatort – Paradies 88 Alain Gsponer 68 Thomas Wirthensohn 47 Die Wälder sind noch grün 15 Texta IN & OUT 61 Christine Hartmann 84 Anna K. Wohlgenannt 63 DMD KIU LIDT 40 The Fortune You Seek Is In Jessica Hausner 9 Constantin Wulff 89 Double Happiness 41 Another Cookie 56 Benjamin Heisenberg 73 Ludwig Wüst 8 Dreck ist Freiheit 42 Über-Ich und Du 73 Johannes Holzhausen 37 D.U.D.A! – Werner Pirchner 43 Ulrich Seidl und Doris Kittler 34 Ein Augenblick Leben 44 die bösen Buben 89 Sascha Köllnreitner 33 Erlösung 94 Und Äktschn! 27 Sandeep Kumar 25 Fieber 16 Und in der Mitte, da sind wir 62 Anita Lackenberger 28 Focus On Infinity 45 Vals 28 Vanessa Lapa 70 Global Shopping Village 46 Von jetzt an kein Zurück 29 Magdalena Lauritsch 98 High Performance 17 Was Wir Nicht Sehen 63 Alex K. Lee 20 Holz Einräumen 95 We Come As Friends 64 Jannis Lenz 99 Homme Less 47 Wenn es blendet, öffne die Andreas Linke 83 Ich seh Ich seh 18 Augen 65

104 Producers

AdriAlpeMedia Cataract Vision das kino co-op Fischerfilm Carl Hollmann Klara von Veegh Neulinggasse 18 Markus Fischer Schottenfeldgasse 60/33 Kundmanngasse 10/6 1030 Vienna Neustiftgasse 32-34 1070 Vienna – Austria 1030 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 713 34 24 1070 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 526 40 08 tel +43 699 180 200 33 [email protected] tel +43 1 524 74 25 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] epo-film www.adrialpe-media.at www.fischerfilm.com coop99 filmproduktion Dieter Pochlatko Aichholzer Filmproduktion Barbara Albert, Martin Edelsinnstraße 58 FreibeuterFilm Josef Aichholzer Gschlacht, Jessica Hausner, 1120 Vienna – Austria Oliver Neumann, Sabine Moser Heumühlgasse 13-15/15 Antonin Svoboda, tel +43 1 812 37 18 Ziegelofengasse 37/1/9 1040 Vienna – Austria Bruno Wagner [email protected] 1050 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 523 40 81 Wasagasse 12/1/1 www.epofilm.com tel +43 (0) 720 34 65 10 [email protected] 1090 Vienna – Austria [email protected] Felix Breisach www.aifilm.com tel +43 1 319 58 25 www.freibeuterfilm.at Medienwerkstatt [email protected] Allegro Filmproduktion Jadengasse 6/17 Gebhardt Productions www.coop99.at Helmut Grasser 1150 Vienna – Austria Florian Gebhardt Krummgasse 1a Cronos Film tel +43 1 208 20 04 Neusiedlerstraße 50 1030 Vienna – Austria Schwindgasse 11/2 [email protected] 2340 Mödling – Austria tel +43 1 712 50 36 1040 Vienna – Austria www.felixbreisach.at tel +43 2236 641 63 [email protected] tel +43 1 961 05 22 [email protected] Filmbäckerei www.allegrofilm.at [email protected] www.gebhardt-productions.at Frederick Baker www.cronos.at AMOUR FOU Vienna Margaretenstraße 71-73/1/28 Golden Girls Filmproduktion Alexander Dumreicher- Cult Movies 1050 Vienna – Austria Raphael Barth, Arash T. Riahi, Ivanceanu, Bady Minck Burkhard Ernst, tel +43 664 181 10 33 Sabine Gruber Lindengasse 32 Konstantin Seitz [email protected] Seidengasse 15/3/20 1070 Vienna – Austria Wiedner Gürtel 3a www.filmbaeckerei.at 1070 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 994 99 11 0 1040 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 810 56 36 Filmhaus Wien Universa [email protected] tel +43 1 526 00 06 [email protected] Filmproduktion www.amourfoufilm.com [email protected] www.goldengirls.at Wolfgang Ramml www.cultmovies.at Artdeluxe Schottenfeldgasse 60/33 Graf Filmproduktion Robert Hofferer Daniela Praher Filmproduktion 1070 Vienna – Austria Klaus Graf Renngasse 12 Daniela Praher tel +43 1 526 40 08 Franz-Dullnig-Gasse 5 1010 Vienna – Austria Richard Wagner-Platz 7/33 [email protected] 9020 Klagenfurt – Austria tel +43 1 513 46 73 1160 Vienna – Austria www.filmhaus.com tel +43 463 329 929 [email protected] tel +43 650 341 74 60 [email protected] film-pla.net www.artdeluxe.at [email protected] www.graffilm.com Ludwig Wüst www.praherfilm.at Bonusfilm Nordbahnstraße 24/30 Houchang Allahyari Barbara Gräftner, Dor Film 1020 Vienna – Austria Filmproduktion Robert Winkler Danny Krausz & Kurt Stocker tel +43 699 131 935 40 Brandstätte 5/10 Davidgasse 32/5 Bergsteiggasse 36 [email protected] 1010 Vienna – Austria 1100 Vienna – Austria 1170 Vienna – Austria www.film-pla.net tel +43 699 104 029 01 tel +43 1 319 24 64 tel +43 1 427 10 11 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.bonusfilm.at www.dor-film.com

105 KGP MR Film Gruppe PLAESION Film + Vision Richard Rossmann Kranzelbinder Gabriele Kurt Mrkwicka, Andreas Peter Janecek Filmproduktion Production Kamm, Oliver Auspitz Schlosshofer Straße 8/4/3 Harham 18 Gabriele Kranzelbinder Auhofstraße 70 2301 Groß-Enzersdorf – 5760 Saalfelden – Austria Seidengasse 15/3/19 1130 Vienna – Austria Austria tel + 43 681 108 650 94 1070 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 876 87 15 tel +43 660 213 69 66 [email protected] tel +43 1 52 222 21 0 [email protected] [email protected] www.richardrossmann.com [email protected] www.mr-film.com www.plaesion.com Sigma Filmproduktion www.kgp.co.at Navigator Film Plan C Filmproduktion Heinz Stussak Lotus-Film Johannes Rosenberger Anna K. Wohlgenannt Schönbrunnerstraße 133/1 Peter Wirthensohn, Schottenfeldgasse 14 Kriemhildplatz 10 1050 Vienna – Austria Tommy Pridnig 1070 Vienna – Austria 1150 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 208 22 31 Mollardgasse 85A tel +43 1 524 97 77 [email protected] [email protected] 1060 Vienna – Austria [email protected] www.plancfilm.com www.sigmafilm.at tel +43 1 786 33 87 www.navigatorfilm.com Planet Watch Film & Soleil Film [email protected] NGF Geyrhalterfilm Video Productions Filip Antoni Malinowski, www.lotus-film.at N. Geyrhalter, M. Glaser, Gerald Salmina Jürgen Karasek makido film M. Kitzberger, W. Widerhofer Pirkhofweg 25 Linke Wienzeile 142/13 Golli Marboe Hildebrandgasse 26 9210 Pörtschach – Austria 1060 Vienna – Austria Fockygasse 33/1 1180 Vienna– Austria tel +43 42 72 29 87 tel +43 650 820 48 46 1120 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 403 01 62 [email protected] [email protected] tel +43 1 812 17 45 [email protected] www.planetwatch.at www.soleilfilm.at [email protected] www.geyrhalterfilm.com Prisma Film Subobscura Films www.makidofilm.tv Novotny & Novotny Film Viktoria Salcher, Georg Tiller Mischief Films Franz Novotny, Alexander Glehr Mathias Forberg Auhofstraße 43 Georg Misch, Ralph Wieser Weimarerstraße 22/4A Rathausstraße 3/18 1130 Vienna – Austria Goethegasse 1 1180 Vienna – Austria 1010 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 877 23 94 1010 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 478 71 70 tel +43 1 406 37 70 [email protected] tel +43 1 585 23 24 23 [email protected] [email protected] www.subobscurafilms.com [email protected] www.novotnyfilm.at www.prismafilm.at Takacs Filmproduction www.mischief-films.com Penny Lane Film Produktion West Rudi Takacs Mona Film Produktion Theresa Heller, Angelo Gerhard Mader Anton Freunschlaggasse 99 Thomas Hroch, D’Agostino, Diana Stoynova Marktgraben 14 1230 Vienna – Austria Gerald Podgornig Wohllebengasse 18/6 6020 Innsbruck – Austria tel +43 699 195 886 60 Seilerstätte 13 1040 Vienna – Austria tel +43 512 56 15 12 [email protected] 1010 Vienna– Austria tel +43 1 252 69 08 [email protected] Ulrich Seidl Film Produktion tel +43 1 513 11 15 [email protected] www.produktionwest.com Ulrich Seidl [email protected] www.pennylane-film.at Red Bull Media House Wasserburgergasse 5/7 www.monafilm.tv Oberst Lepperdinger- 1090 Vienna – Austria Straße 11-15 tel +43 1 310 28 24 5071 Wals – Austria [email protected] tel +43 662 22 40 0 www.ulrichseidl.com [email protected] www.redbullmediahouse.com

106 World Sales

Vento Film Productions Alfama Films Films Boutique Paul Thiltges Distributions Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel 78 rue de Turbigo Köpenicker Straße 184 Filmland – 27 zone industrielle Leitermayergasse 33 75003 Paris – France 10997 Berlin – Germany 8287 Kehlen – Luxembourg 1180 Vienna – Austria tel +33 1 42 01 07 05 tel +49 30 695 378 50 tel +352 25 03 93 10 tel +43 1 406 03 92 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.alfamafilms.com www.filmsboutique.com www.ptd.lu www.ventofilm.com autlook filmsales Films Distribution Picture Tree International VeryVary Filmproduction Spittelberggasse 3/14 34 rue du Louvre Zur Börse 12 Dieter Strauch 1070 Vienna – Austria 75001 Paris – France 10247 Berlin – Germany Stelzhamerstraße 3a tel +43 (0) 720 34 69 34 tel +33 1 53 10 33 99 tel +49 30 420 82 48 15 4210 Gallneukirchen – Austria [email protected] [email protected] alec@picturetree- tel +43 664 334 17 37 www.autlookfilms.com www.filmsdistribution.com international.com [email protected] www.picturetree-international. www.veryvary.com Cinephil First Hand Films com 18 Levontin Street Neunbrunnenstraße 50 WEGA Filmproduktion 65112 Tel Aviv – Israel 8050 Zurich – Switzerland Premiere Entertainment Veit Heiduschka, Michael Katz tel +972 35 66 41 29 tel +41 44 312 20 60 Group Hägelingasse 13 [email protected] [email protected] 17049 Ventura Blvd. 1140 Vienna – Austria www.cinephil.co.il www.firsthandfilms.com 91316 Encino, CA – USA tel +43 1 982 57 42 tel +1 818 386 94 58 [email protected] Coproduction Office Global Screen jack@premiereentertainment- www.wega-film.at 24 rue Lamartine Sonnenstraße 21 group.com 75009 Paris – France 80331 Munich – Germany www.premiereentertainment- WILDart Film tel +33 1 56 02 60 00 tel +49 89 244 129 55 00 group.com Vincent Lucassen, [email protected] [email protected] Ebba Sinzinger www.coproductionoffice.eu www. globalscreen.de Red Bull Media House Pfeilgasse 32/1 Oberst-Lepperdinger- 1080 Vienna – Austria EastWest Filmdistribution Le Pacte Film Straße 11-15 tel +43 1 595 29 91 Schottenfeldgasse 14 5 rue Darcet 5071 Wals – Austria [email protected] 1070 Vienna – Austria 75017 Paris – France tel +43 662 22 400 www.wildartfilm.com tel +43 1 524 93 10 tel +33 1 44 69 59 59 jennifer.imig@ office@eastwest-distribution. [email protected] Wildruf Film at.redbullmediahouse.com com www.le-pacte.com Bernhard Holzhammer www.redbullmediahouse.com www.eastwest-distribution.com Kleinvolderbergstraße 7 Memento Films International sixpackfilm 6111 Volders – Austria filmdelights 9 cité Paradis Neubaugasse 45/13 tel +43 5224 51 865 Lindengasse 25/10 75010 Paris – France 1070 Vienna – Austria [email protected] 1070 Vienna – Austria tel +33 1 53 34 90 20 tel +43 1 526 09 90 www.wildruf.com tel +43 1 994 30 35 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.memento-films.com www.sixpackfilm.com www.filmdelights.com ORF Enterprise Wide House Content Sales International 9 rue Bleue [email protected] 75009 Paris – France http://contentsales.orf.at tel +33 1 53 95 04 64 [email protected] www.widemanagement.com

107 The following organizations Österreichisches Filminstitut We would like to thank have made this catalogue Bundeskanzleramt Kunstsektion the production companies, possible with their financial Filmfonds Wien filmmakers and the ORF for support: VAM – Verwertungsgesellschaft providing the photographic für audiovisuelle Medien materials. ORF F&MA – Fachverband der Film- Special thanks to: und Musikindustrie Perndl+Co go-international REMAprint Litteradruck Fernsehfonds Austria FISA – Filmstandort Austria Cine Art