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Publisher: Martin Schweighofer Editors: Charlotte Rühm, Karin Schiefer Appendix: Christa Casanova-Calvi, Brigitte Weich Graphic design: Perndl+Co Cover Foto: Perndl+Co Printed by: Druckerei Walla, Vienna Austrian Films Coming Soon 2019

Fiction Films 5

Documentary Films 21

Appendix 59

Directors, Producers 60

Industry Guide 61

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Fiction Films Fiction Der Boden unter den Füßen The Ground Beneath My Feet

Directed by Marie Kreutzer

Lola, a young company consul- German / 35 mm / 1:2.35 / 108 min tant, 100 working hours and Key cast Valerie Pachner, Pia Hierzegger, 5 sports units per week. Conny, Mavie Hörbiger, Michelle Barthel her older sister, paranoid Written by Marie Kreutzer schizophrenic and unable Cinematography Leena Koppe to leave the apartment. Editing Ulrike Kofler Conny swallows 120 sleeping Production design Martin Reiter pills and is saved. And Lola Producers Alexander Glehr, Franz Novotny hasn’t ever told that she even Production company Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion has a sister. Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Vienna Film Fund Contact Picture Tree International Husemannstraße 7 10435 Berlin – Germany tel +49 30 420 824 80 [email protected] www.picturetree-international.com

Completed

Marie Kreutzer Filmography (selection): 2016 Was hat uns bloß so ruiniert (fiction), 2015 Gruber geht (fiction), 2011 Die Vaterlosen (fiction), 2006 White Box (short)

6 Fiction Der Taucher The Diver

Completion expected spring 2019

Directed by Günter Schwaiger

Four people, four perspectives German / digital / 2:2.35 / 93 min of an experience of violence Key cast Franziska Weisz, Julia Franz Richter, and four ways to deal with it. Alex Brendemühl, Dominik Marcus Singer In the midst of the apparent Written by Günter Schwaiger idyll of a Mediterranean island, Cinematography David Azcano The Diver tells the story of Editing Günter Schwaiger, Martin Eller trauma from the different Production design Artchi – Christina Guisado perspectives of those involved. Producers Günter Schwaiger, Lukas Stepanik A psycho-thriller about reper­ Production companies GSF – Günter Schwaiger Film Produktion, cussions, represssion and Extrafilm coming to terms with family Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF, Land Salzburg, Stadt Salzburg violence, but also about the Contact GSF – Günter Schwaiger Film Produktion longing for love and the indomi- Mollardgasse 85a/1/12 table power of rebellion. 1060 Vienna – Austria [email protected] www.mosolov-p.com

Günter Schwaiger Filmography (selection): 2015 Seit die Welt Welt ist (doc.), 2013 Martas Koffer (doc.), 2011 IBIZA Occident (doc.), 2009 Arena (doc.)

7 Fiction Die Kinder der Toten The Children of the Dead

Completed

Directed by Kelly Copper, Pavol Liska

A Super-8 silent film, that German / digital / 4:3 / 90 min slowly transforms into a spooky Key cast Andrea Maier, Greta Kostka, Klaus story of a nature idyll going Unterrieder, Tamara Pregernigg off the tracks and involving the Written by Kelly Copper, Pavol Liska based on the resurrection of “undead” pro- novel from Elfriede Jelinek tagonists. A secretary suddenly Cinematography Kelly Copper, Pavol Liska finds herself confronted with Editing Kelly Copper, Michael Palm an evil doppelgänger and drives Producers Ulrich Seidl, Claus Philipp, Georg Aschauer her übermother crazy. An em- Production companies Ulrich Seidl Film Produktion, in cooperation with Steirischer Herbst bittered woodsman is pursued Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF, by his sons, who committed Land Steiermark, Cine Art suicide years ago. The widow Contact Ulrich Seidl Film Produktion of an old Nazi film collec- Wasserburgergasse 5/7 tor organizes an underground 1090 Vienna – Austria CINEMA 666 in an abandoned tel +43 1 310 28 24 factory, where the past can be [email protected] www.ulrichseidl.com mourned without inhibition.

Kelly Copper, Pavol Liska Filmography (selection of joint works): 2019 Die Kinder der Toten (fiction)

8 Fiction Glück gehabt Artur

Directed by Peter Payer

Artur is released from the German / digital /1:2.39 / 100 min sheltered workshop that his Key cast Philipp Hochmair, Julia Roy, Larissa marriage has become. A new Fuchs, Robert Stadlober, Barbara Petritsch woman enters his life. His Written by Peter Payer relationship is subjected to a Cinematography Andreas Berger stress test. A tribute to love in Editing Cordula Werner the form of a black comedy. Production design Conrad Moritz Reinhardt, Anna Seidl Producers Vikoria Salcher, Mathias Forberg Production company Prisma Film Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Vienna Film Fund Contact Prisma Film Rathausstraße 3/18 1010 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 406 37 70 [email protected] www.prismafilm.at

Completion expected fall 2019

Peter Payer Filmography (selection): 2011 Am Ende des Tages (fiction), 2007 Freigesprochen (fiction), 2004 Villa Henriette (fiction), 2002 Ravioli (fiction)

9 Fiction Kaviar

Directed by Elena Tikhonova 1st film

Nadja knows the oligarch Igor German / digital / 1:2.35 / 90 min inside out. As his interpreter Key cast Margarita Breitkreiz, Daria Nosik, Sabrina she has seen more of him than Reiter, Georg Friedrich, Simon Schwarz both of them care to admit. But Written by Robert Buchschwenter, Elena Tikhonova his latest project is a lot more Cinematography Dominik Spritzendorfer public: a lavish villa, which he Editing Daniel Prochaska, Alarich Lenz, has decided to build right on Dominik Spritzendorfer top of a bridge in the heart of Production design Hannes Salat, Julia Oberdorfinger Vienna: if the Medici can do Producers Ursula Wolschlager, Franz Novotny, Alexander Glehr, Kurt Mrkwicka, it, why not me? But Nadja, her Andreas Kamm, Oliver Auspitz best friend Vera and her nanny Production companies Witcraft Filmproduktion, Novotny & Teresa have a sabotage plan. Novotny Filmproduktion, MR Film Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Vienna Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich and Media/Creative Europe Contact Witcraft Filmproduktion Lindengasse 25/10 1070 Vienna – Austria tel +43 699 177 881 77 Completed [email protected] www.witcraft.at

Elena Tikhonova Filmography (selection): 2013 Elektro Moskva (doc., co-dir.), 2012 Made in Austria (short), 2006 Metropolis_reloaded (short)

10 Fiction Lillian

Completion expected spring 2019

Directed by Andreas Horvath

Stranded in New York as a porn English, German / digital / 1:2.39 / 130 min actress, Lillian decides to re- Key cast Patrycja Planik turn to her homeland, Russia, Written by Andreas Horvath on foot. She resolutely sets Cinematography Andreas Horvath, Sonja Aufderklamm out on the long journey. A road Editing Michael Palm movie that goes straight across Producer Ulrich Seidl the USA into the cold of Alaska. Production company Ulrich Seidl Film Produktion The chronicle of a slow dis­ Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, appearance. Vienna Film Fund Contact Ulrich Seidl Film Produktion Wasserburgergasse 5/7 1090 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 310 28 24 [email protected] www.ulrichseidl.com

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

11 Fiction Little Joe

Completion expected spring 2019

Directed by Jessica Hausner

Little Joe is a film about doubt- German / digital / 1:1.85 / 100 min ing reality and identity: a Key cast Emily Beecham, Ben Whishaw, Kerry Fox mother is afraid of losing her Written by Jessica Hausner, Géraldine Bajard son, but loses herself instead. Cinematography Martin Gschlacht A plant created by genetic en- Editing Karina Ressler gineering appears to produce Production design Katharina Wöppermann, Tanja Hausner, curious changes in people or Heiko Schmidt animals who come into contact Producers Bruno Wagner, Jessica Hausner, Martin with it. Those affected seem Gschlacht, Bertrand Faivre, Philippe Bober alien, as if their personalities Production companies coop99 filmproduktion, Little Jo Productions (UK), The Bureau (UK), have been altered – especially Essential Filmproduktion (D) to their nearest and dearest. Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Vienna Or is that just a figment of the Film Fund and British Film Institute, MBB, imagination? The interplay Eurimages, BBC between various truths is ex- Contact Coproduction Office amined, and ultimately the very 24 rue Lamartine concept of individual identity is 75009 Paris – France tel +33 1 56 02 60 00 questioned. [email protected] www.coproductionoffice.eu

Jessica Hausner Filmography (selection): 2014 Amour Fou (fiction), 2009 Lourdes (fiction), 2004 Hotel (fiction), 2001 Lovely Rita (fiction)

12 Fiction Love Machine

Directed by Andreas Schmied

Georgy, singer in a two-man- German / digital / 1:2.35 / 96 min band, loses his partner and Key cast Thomas Stipsits, Claudia Kottal, friend. Broke and with nowhere Julia Edtmeier, Barbara Schöneberger to live, Georgy then discovers Written by Silvia Wohlmuth a profitable market niche. He Cinematography Anna Hawliczek decides to offer himself and his Editing Olivia Retzer body up to the ladies in return Production design Katharina Haring, Nina Salak for payment. Things are going Producer Helmut Grasser just fine in his new line of work Production company Allegro Film until new complications arise: Supported by Austrian Film Fund, FISA, ORF, Georgy falls in love with Vienna Film Fund Jadwiga, a driving instructor. Contact Allegro Film Krummgasse 1A/9 Will he have to decide between 1030 Vienna – Austria love and his job? tel +43 1 712 50 36 [email protected] www.allegrofilm.at

Completed

Andreas Schmied Filmography (selection): 2018 Harri Pinter, Drecksau (fiction), 2013 Die Werkstürmer (fiction)

13 Fiction Narziss und Goldmund Narcissus and Goldmund

Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky

Goldmund, a young man, is German / digital / 16:9 / 110 min sent away to a monastery Key cast Jannis Niewöhner, Sabin Tambrea, by his father to atone for his André M. Hennicke, Henriette Confurius mother’s sins. There he meets Written by Stefan Ruzowitzky based on the novel by the novice Narcissus. When Hermann Hesse Goldmund comes to Narcissus’ Cinematography Benedict Neuenfels defense against an older group Editing Britta Nahler of boys it marks the beginning Production design Sebastian Soukup of a profound friendship. Some Producers Tommy Pridnig, Peter Wirthensohn, Helge Sasse, Christoph Müller years later these friends meet Production companies Lotus-Film, Tempest Film (D), again at a highly dramatic Mythos Film (D) moment. Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Vienna Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich and FFF Bayern, MBB, MDM, FFA, BKM, DFFF, Land Südtirol Contact Beta Cinema Gruenwalder Weg 28d 82041 Oberhaching, Munich – Germany Completion tel +49 89 673 469 828 expected fall 2019 [email protected] www.betacinema.com

Stefan Ruzowitzky Filmography (selection): 2017 Die Hölle (fiction), 2013 Das radikal Böse (doc.), 2012 Deadfall (fiction), 2007 Die Fälscher (fiction), 2003 Anatomie 2 (fiction)

14 Fiction Nevrland

Completed

Directed by Gregor Schmidinger

Jakob is 17 years old, works at English, German / digital / 1:2.39 / 90 min a slaughterhouse and struggles Key cast Simon Frühwirth, Paul Forman, Josef with a crippling anxiety disor- Hader, Wolfgang Hübsch, Anton Noori der. After a chance encounter Written by Gregor Schmidinger with a 26-year-old stranger Cinematography Jo Molitoris over a sex-cam chat, his jour- Editing Gerd Berner ney to Nevrland begins. Production design Conrad Moritz Reinhardt Producer Ulrich Gehmacher Production company Orbrock Filmproduktion Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF, Vienna Film Fund, Land Oberösterreich Contact Salzgeber & Co. Medien GmbH Prinzessinnenstraße 29 10969 Berlin – Germany tel +49 30 285 290 90 [email protected] www.salzgeber.de

Gregor Schmidinger Filmography (selection): 2012 Homophobia (short), 2008 The Boy Next Door (short)

15 Fiction Nobadi

Directed by Karl Markovics

An old man, a dead dog and a German / digital / 1:1.85 / 90 min refugee from Afghanistan who Key cast Heinz Trixner, Borhanulddin Hassan is digging a hole for four euros Zadeh, Sven Sorring, Simone Fuith an hour. Nobadi tells the story Written by Karl Markovics of two people who have nothing Cinematography Serafin Spitzer in common but share every- Editing Alarich Lenz thing for just a few hours. Production design Andreas Sobotka Producers Dieter Pochlatko, Jakob Pochlatko Production company epo-film Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF, Vienna Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich Contact Beta Cinema Gruenwalder Weg 28d 82041 Oberhaching, Munich – Germany tel +49 89 673 469 828 [email protected] www.betacinema.com

Completion expected spring 2019

Karl Markovics Filmography (selection): 2015 Superwelt (fiction), 2011 Atmen (fiction)

16 Fiction Oskar & Lilli

Completion expected spring 2019

Directed by Arash T. Riahi

The Chechen refugee kids German / digital / 1:2.39 / 115 min Oskar (8) and Lilli (13), who Key cast Leopold Pallua, Rosa Zant, Christine have been living in Austria for Ostermayer, Alexandra Maria Nutz six years, are about to be de- Written by Arash T. Riahi based on a novel by ported along with their mother. Monika Helfer When their mother attempts Cinematography Enzo Brandner suicide, it results in the short- Editing Julia Drack term suspension of the depor- Production design Katrin Huber, Gerhard Dohr tation – but also in the forced Producers Michael Katz, Veit Heiduschka separation of the family. The Production company WEGA Filmproduktion children’s hope that they will Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Vienna Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich be reunited with their mother Contact WEGA Filmproduktion is nourished by their love for Hägelingasse 13 each other and challenges all 1140 Vienna – Austria bureaucratic obstacles with tel +43 1 982 57 42 passion and poetry. [email protected] www.wega-film.at

Arash T. Riahi Filmography (selection): 2016 Kinders (doc., co-dir.), 2013 Everyday Rebellion (doc., co-dir.), 2008 Ein Augenblick Freiheit (fiction), 2005 Exile Family Movie (doc.)

17 Fiction Russenstory Russian Story

Completion expected fall 2019

Directed by Johanna Moder

Russian Story depicts two German, Russian, English / digital / 1:2.35 / 90 min urban, liberal couples in their Key cast Julia Jentsch, Manuel Rubey, Aenne 30s who decide to help a Schwarz, Marcel Mohab, Lena Tronina Russian friend escape to Written by Johanna Moder Austria. Pavel, a dissident, Cinematography Robert Oberrainer is in very real difficulties. Editing Karin Hammer Though initially thrilled by this Production design Martin Reiter, Johanna Hierzegger adventure, the Austrians soon Producers Oliver Neumann, Sabine Moser, find the very foundations of Michael Katz, Veit Heiduschka their friendships and relation- Production company FreibeuterFilm, WEGA Filmproduktion ships are threatened – mainly Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Vienna Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich because this kind of help can Contact FreibeuterFilm be understood in different Turmburggasse 2-8/5/2 ways, but also because the 1060 Vienna – Austria man they rescue refuses to tel +43 720 34 65 10 behave as the helpers feel [email protected] he should. www.freibeuterfilm.com

Johanna Moder Filmography (selection): 2014 High Performance (fiction), 2007 Her mit dem schönen Leben (short)

18 Fiction Wie ich lernte, bei mir selbst Kind zu sein How I Taught Myself to Be a Child

Directed by Rupert Henning

Paul Silberstein, youngest German / digital / 1:2.39 / 140 min son of an urbane but deeply Key cast Valentin Hagg, Sabine Timoteo, strange old Austrian dynasty Karl Markovics, André Wilms, Udo Samel of confectionary millionaires, Written by Uli Brée, Rupert Henning based on the has been furnished by nature novel by André Heller with a stunning imagination as Cinematography Josef Mittendorfer well as this difficult legacy. In Editing Alarich Lenz the Austria of the late 1950s Production design Katharina Wöppermann he discovers the power of love Producers Danny Krausz, Kurt Stocker and humor – and also his own Production company Dor Film extraordinary ability to shape Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Vienna Film Fund, Land Oberösterreich his realities. and SR/ARTE Contact Dor Film Bergsteiggasse 36 1170 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 427 10 11 [email protected] www.dor-film.com Completion expected spring 2019

Rupert Henning Filmography (selection): 2017 Tatort – Schock (TV), 2015 Tatort – Grenzfall (TV), 2006 Freundschaft (fiction)

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Documentary Films Documentary Bier! Der beste Film, der je gebraut wurde BEER! The best film ever brewed

Directed by Friedrich Moser

What makes a good beer? Original languages / digital / 1:2.39 / 90 min Who runs the show? How can Written by Friedrich Moser, Michael Seeber, a small independent brewery Maarten Schmidt survive? On behalf of six per- Cinematography Friedrich Moser sonal stories Friedrich Moser’s Editing David Arno Schwaiger new documentary feature Producers Friedrich Moser, Maarten Schmidt takes a deep dive into the Production companies blue+green communication, international beer industry Storyhouse (BE) and the second most con- Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA and Tax Shelter (BE) sumed beverage on the globe. Contact Rise And Shine World Sales Schlesische Straße 29/30 10997 Berlin – Germany tel +49 30 473 729 80 [email protected] www.riseandshine-berlin.com

Completion expected spring 2019

Friedrich Moser Filmography (selection): 2015 A Good American (doc.), 2012 The Brussels Business (doc., co-dir.)

22 Documentary Bora

Completion expected spring 2019

Directed by Bernhard Pötscher

The Bora is one of the stron- Croatian, Italian, English, German / digital / 1:2.35 / 97 min gest winds on the planet, an Written by Bernhard Pötscher, Bernadette Weigel outstanding force of nature. Cinematography Bernhard Pötscher It shapes landscapes and Editing Daniel Pöhacker sets the elements in motion. Producer Bernhard Pötscher It dominates everyday life and Production company Bernhard Pötscher Filmproduktion penetrates the souls of those Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF living within its influence. Contact Bernhard Pötscher Filmproduktion Schwendergasse 41/2/1 1150 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 890 427 016 [email protected] www.poetscher.com

Bernhard Pötscher Filmography (selection): 2012 Kleine Perestrojka (doc.), 1998 The Rounder Girls (doc., co-dir.), 1996 Achtung Staatsgrenze (doc., co-dir.)

23 Documentary Brot Bread

Completion expected fall 2019

Directed by Harald Friedl

The simple staple bread has German, French, English, Spanish / digital / 16:9 / 90 min become a branded product Written by Harald Friedl with an increasing number of Cinematography Helmut Wimmer varieties and providers. The Producers Johannes Rosenberger, Johannes film provides authentic impres- Holzhausen, Constantin Wulff, sions in today’s world of bread. Carl-Ludwig Rettinger We encounter small craft bak- Production companies Navigator Film, Lichtblick Film (D) ers as well as corporate CEOs Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Vienna Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich whose professional work is our and ARTE/ZDF daily bread and ask the ques- Contact Navigator Film tion: how do you see the future Schottenfeldgasse 14 of our bread? And: what are we 1070 Vienna – Austria actually eating? tel +43 1 524 97 77 [email protected] www.navigatorfilm.com

Harald Friedl Filmography (selection): 2012 What Happiness Is (doc.); Mein Leben als Apfelbaum (doc.), 2006 Aus der Zeit (doc.)

24 Documentary But Beautiful

Directed by Erwin Wagenhofer

Love is not merely a feeling. German, English, Hindi, Spanish / digital / 1:1.85 / 100 min Love is an immeasurable force Written by Sabine Kriechbaum, Erwin Wagenhofer that connects us. Trusting this Cinematography Erwin Wagenhofer force is one of the most impor- Editing Jamin Benazzouz, Monika Schindler, tant challenges we face. There Erwin Wagenhofer are people who serve as role Producers Sabine Kriechbaum, Erwin Wagenhofer, models, people who act within Mathias Forberg, Viktoria Salcher, Peter Rommel and through connections. This Production companies Imagine Film Cooperation, Prisma Film, film is dedicated to them and Rommel Film (D) their stories. But Beautiful is a Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF and DFFF, film about connections, femi- ARTE/RBB, Medienboard MBB, FFA ninity and sensuality. A film Contact Imagine Film Cooperation about beauty – preceded by Capistrangasse 5/54 a but. 1060 Vienna – Austria tel +43 664 730 283 44 [email protected]

Completion expected fall 2019

Erwin Wagenhofer Filmography (selection): 2013 Alphabet (doc.), 2010 Black Brown White (fiction), 2008 Let’s make MONEY (doc.), 2005 We Feed The World (doc.)

25 Documentary Cinema Austria: the first 112 years

Directed by Frederick Baker

The first ever feature-length German / digital / 1:2.39 / 120 min film essay telling the story of Written by Frederick Baker Austrian cinema from the Aus- Cinematography Christian Haake tro-Hungarian Empire to the Editing Laszlo Vansca present-day. From Luise Kolm, Producers Sandra Fasolt-Baker, Frederick Baker one of the world’s first ever fe- Production company Filmbäckerei male directors, to the arthouse Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, stars Michael Haneke, Stefan Land Niederösterreich and ARTE Ruzowitzky, Ulrich Seidl and Contact Filmbäckerei Jessica Hausner. The film will Margaretenstraße 71-73/1/28 1050 Vienna – Austria explore cinema as a projection tel +43 664 181 10 33 of the complex relationship [email protected] between Austrian national www.filmbaeckerei.at identity and individual actors, directors and producers over the century, both inside and outside present-day Austria, with Hedy Lamarr, Paula Completion Wessely, Billy Wilder, Otto expected spring 2019 Preminger and Michael Glawogger.

Frederick Baker Filmography (selection): 2014 Und Äktschn! (fiction), 2010 Widerstand im Haiderland (doc.), 2008 Romy Schneider (TV doc.), 2005 Shadowing the Third Man (doc.)

26 Documentary Das Fieber The Fever

Completion expected spring 2019

Directed by Katharina Weingartner

In The Fever Katharina Wein- English, Luo, Luganda, Swahili / digital / 16:9 / 95 min gartner focuses on the complex Written by Katharina Weingartner history, present and future Cinematography Siri Klug of malaria and observes the Editing Andrea Wagner search for a solution. Could Producers Markus Wailand, Thomas Kufus, millions of deaths have been Anne-Catherine Lang prevented if ancient medi- Production companies pooldoks filmproduktion, cal knowledge had been taken Zero One Film (D), Langfilm (CH) more seriously? Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF, Land Vorarlberg and FFA, MBB, DFFF, Bundesamt für Kultur Schweiz, Zürcher Filmstiftung, SWR/ARD, SRG Contact pooldoks filmproduktion Redtenbachergasse 15/2a 1160 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 236 54 32 [email protected] www.pooldoks.com

Katharina Weingartner Filmography (selection): 2010 Der Gruen Effekt (doc., co-dir.), 2008 Sneaker Stories (doc.), 2001 Too Soon for Sorry (doc.)

27 Documentary Davos

Completion expeted fall 2019

Directed by Daniel Hoesl

A long term portrait of the high- Original languages / digital / 1:1.85 / 120 min est altitude town in Europe. Written by Daniel Hoesl From Merkel to Trump, from Cinematography Andi Widmer Sandberg to Gates: Davos is Editing Gerhard Daurer global meeting point to most Producers Georg Aschauer, Julia Niemann, influential politicians and busi- Daniel Hoesl nesspeople at the World Eco- Production company European Film Conspiracy Association nomic Forum’s annual meeting. Supported by BKA – Arts Division, Wien Kultur, Furthermore, It is also home Land Niederösterreich and Kanton Graubünden, Stadt Davos to refugees, orthodox Jewish Contact European Film Conspiracy Association tourism, cheap labor immigra- Gumpendorferstraße 10-12/23 tion, traditional farming, punks, 1060 Vienna – Austria Swiss old money, hunting and [email protected] broken bones. www.europeanfilmconspiracy.com

Daniel Hoesl Filmography (selection): 2016 WINWIN (fiction), 2013 Soldate Jeannette (fiction)

28 Documentary Demos

Directed by Robert Schabus

The crisis of western demo­ German, English, French / digital / 1:1.85 / 90 min cracies is ubiquitous, and 2017 Written by Robert Schabus seems to be the year of seismic Cinematography Lukas Gnaiger shifts. France and Germany Editing Oliver Neumann are voting, Greece is suffering, Producer Helmut Grasser Great Britain is leaving the EU Production company Allegro Film and Donald Trump has taken Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, office as the newly-elected Vienna Film Fund president of the USA. Accom- Contact Allegro Film panying people from various Krummgasse 1A/9 1030 Vienna – Austria European countries, Demos will tel +43 1 712 50 36 take a close look at the reasons [email protected] for this crisis. www.allegrofilm.at

Completion expected spring 2019

Robert Schabus Filmography (selection): 2016 Bauer unser (doc.), 2014 Ort schafft Ort (short doc.), 2012 Murau Montevideo (short doc.), 2008 Betrieb (short doc.)

29 Documentary Der Zirkus

Directed by Harald Aue

A documentary feature Original languages / digital / 16:9 / 90 min focusing on the life of circus Written by Harald Aue, Thomas Christian Eichtinger manager Bernhard Paul and Cinematography Michael Gartner, Anna Baltl his famous circus Roncalli. Editing Karin Hammer Producer Thomas Christian Eichtinger Production company Neue Vitaskop Film Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Vienna Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich Contact Neue Vitaskop Film Heiligenstädter Straße 111/1/7 1190 Vienna – Austria tel +43 699 193 391 50 [email protected] www.neuevitaskop.at

Completion expected fall 2019

Harald Aue Filmography (selection): 2015 Varanasi – City of Light (doc.)

30 Documentary Die Burg The Burg

Completed

Directed by Hans Andreas Guttner

A portrait of one of the most German / digital / 1:1.85 / 96 min important theatres of the Written by Hans Andreas Guttner world, Vienna’s Burgtheater. Cinematography Roman Chalupnik It takes you on a cinematic Editing Jean André journey into the interior of an Producers Hans Andreas Guttner, Jutta Malin institution, a trip that visualizes Production company Guttner Film what is otherwise invisible. Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF Contact Guttner Film Singerstraße 20/9 1010 Vienna – Austria tel +43 681 819 631 21 [email protected] www.guttnerfilm.at

Hans Andreas Guttner Filmography (selection): 2016 Bei Tag und bei Nacht (doc.), 2010 Sean Scully – Art Comes From Need (doc.), 2004 Die Megaklinik (doc.), 1996 Kreuz und quer (doc.), 1981 Familie Villano kehrt nicht zurück (doc.)

31 Documentary Dieser Film ist ein Geschenk This Movie Is a Gift

Directed by Anja Salomonowitz

This Movie Is a Gift is a movie German / digital / 1:1.85 / 70 min about the artist Daniel Spoerri. Written by Anja Salomonowitz Actually it’s a movie about a Cinematography Martin Putz thought by Daniel Spoerri: a Editing Eleonora Camizzi, Frédéric Fichefet, movie almost without Daniel Petra Zöpnek Spoerri; actually he is mostly Producer Anja Salomonowitz portrayed by a child – and it Produced by Anja Salomonowitz in cooperation with says nothing less than that Virgil Widrich Film- und Multimediaproduktion everything always goes on in Supported by BKA – Arts Division life somehow, even if you die in Contact Anja Salomonowitz between. [email protected]

Completion expected fall 2019

Anja Salomonowitz Filmography (selection): 2013 Die 727 Tage ohne Karamo (doc.), 2012 Spanien (fiction), 2006 Kurz davor ist es passiert (doc.), 2003 Das wirst du nie verstehen (short)

32 Documentary Ein jüdisches Leben A Jewish Life

Directed by Christian Krönes, Florian Weigensamer, Roland Schrotthofer, Christian Kermer

The film portrays one of the German / digital / 1:1.85 / 90 min last contemporary witnesses of Written by Florian Weigensamer, Roland Schrotthofer the Holocaust. This film should Cinematography Christian Kermer preserve Marko Feingold’s bio­ Editing Christian Kermer graphy as an everlasting docu- Producers Christian Krönes, Roland Schrotthofer ment. Timeless questions are Production company Blackbox Film & Medienproduktion asked: questions about human Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, nature itself – morality, respon- Land Salzburg, Stadt Salzburg sibility, the dignity of men and Contact Blackbox Film & Medienproduktion their limits. Marko Feingold’s Hietzinger Kai 205d 1130 Vienna – Austria experiences under the Nazi tel +43 1 877 28 57 dictatorship determined his [email protected] entire life. www.blackboxfilm.at

Completion expected spring 2019

Christian Krönes, Florian Weigensamer, Roland Schrotthofer, Christian Kermer Filmography (selection of joint works): 2016 Ein deutsches Leben (doc.), 2010 Gola Zareen – The World in a Ball (doc.)

33 Documentary Epicentro

Directed by Hubert Sauper

A film about the butterfly effect Spanish / digital / 1:1.85 / 100 min in geopolitics, the paradox of Written by Hubert Sauper time, about the (almost) end of Cinematography Hubert Sauper the world, the cinematograph, Editing Hubert Sauper about sex, and sugar. Producers Gabriele Kranzelbinder, Paolo Calamita, Daniel Marquet, Martin Marquet Production companies KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Production, Little Magnet Films, Groupe Deux (F) Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF and Eurimages, Cine+, Sofica, Ford Foundation, Impact Partners Contact Wild Bunch Paris 65 rue de Dunkerque 75009 Paris – France tel +33 1 43 13 21 60 [email protected] www.wildbunch.biz

Completion expected summer 2019

Hubert Sauper Filmography (selection): 2014 We Come As Friends (doc.), 2004 Darwin’s Nightmare (doc.), 1998 Kisangani Diary (doc.)

34 Documentary Erde Earth

Completed

Directed by Nikolaus Geyrhalter

We walk all over it every day of German, English, Spanish, Italian, Hungarian / digital / 16:9 / 90 min our lives. We plow it, we dig it, Written by Nikolaus Geyrhalter and we drill it; we cover it up Cinematography Nikolaus Geyrhalter with concrete. We map it and Editing Niki Mossböck we measure it; we draw our Producers Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Michael Kitzberger, borders onto it; and we imagine Wolfgang Widerhofer, Markus Glaser that it belongs to us. We live Production company NGF Geyrhalterfilm by what it produces, and we Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF, Vienna Film bury our dead in it. We take its Fund and ZDF/3Sat existence for granted; it seems Contact NGF Geyrhalterfilm Hildebrandgasse 26 invincible, indestructible. If we 1180 Vienna – Austria consider our planet to be an tel +43 1 403 01 62 organism, its crust – just 40 [email protected] kilometers thick – is its most www.geyrhalterfilm.com delicate organ by far.

Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmography (selection): 2018 Die bauliche Maßnahme (doc.), 2016 Homo Sapiens (doc.), 2012 Donauspital – SMZ Ost (doc.), 2011 Abendland (doc.), 2005 Unser Täglich Brot (doc.)

35 Documentary Gehört, Gesehen Listen to the Radio

Completion expected spring 2019

Directed by Jakob Brossmann, David Paede

With its focus on culture, Ö1 German / digital / 16:9 / 100 min is one of the most successful Written by Jakob Brossmann, David Paede radio stations of its kind world- Cinematography Jakob Brossmann, David Paede wide. Every day the station’s Editing Alexandra Schneider broadcasters strive to explore Producers Markus Glaser, Wolfgang Widerhofer, and convey current affairs Michael Kitzberger, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, and developments around the Jakob Brossman, David Paede world in their programs. The Production company NGF Geyrhalterfilm film portrays the Austrian radio Supported by BKA – Arts Division, FISA, ORF, Vienna Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich station during a phase of re- Contact NGF Geyrhalterfilm structuring and describes the Hildebrandgasse 26 ethos of the radio profession- 1180 Vienna – Austria als in trying to contribute to an tel +43 1 403 01 62 open-minded, informed society. [email protected] www.geyrhalterfilm.com

Jakob Brossmann, David Paede Filmography (selection of joint works): 2019 Gehört, Gesehen (doc.)

36 Documentary Ich heiße Wien und bin aus Peking My Name Is Vienna and I’m from Beijing

Directed by Weina Zhao, Judith Benedikt

Two family histories, one cen- German, Chinese / digital / 1:1.85 / 92 min tury and two metropolises Written by Weina Zhao merge in one person: Weina Cinematography Judith Benedikt Zhao, whose parents called her Editing Andrea Wagner “Vienna” – Wéiye ˇ nà – because Producer Kurt Langbein they emigrated to Austria. Production company Langbein & Partner Media Her journey into the history Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, of China features the Cultural Vienna Film Fund Revolution as well as modern Contact Langbein & Partner Media China and tackles the great is- Kellermanngasse 5/12 1070 Vienna – Austria sues of the 21st century: migra- tel +43 1 535 36 96 tion, identity and the search for [email protected] one’s past. www.langbein-partner.com

Completion expected fall 2019

Weina Zhao, Judith Benedikt Filmography (selection of joint works): 2019 Ich heiße Wien und bin aus Peking (doc.)

37 Documentary Im Kraftwerk der Gefühle A Powerhouse for Emotions

Directed by Stephanus Domanig

People behind the scenes at German / digital / 1:2.35 / 90 min the Vienna State Opera: preci- Written by Stephanus Domanig, Martina Theininger sion, craftsmanship and cre- Cinematography Eva Testor ativity, small acts and great Editing Ulrike Kofler efforts produce the magic Producers Viktoria Salcher, Mathias Forberg created by the Opera every Production company Prisma Film evening. Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Vienna Film Fund Contact Prisma Film Rathausstraße 3/18 1010 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 406 37 70 [email protected] www.prismafilm.at

Completion expected spring 2019

Stephanus Domanig Filmography (selection): 2018 Das erste Jahrhundert des Walter Arlen (doc.), 2015 For My Sisters (doc.), 2012 Just Ballet (doc.), 2006 Raunacht (fiction)

38 Documentary In der Kaserne

Completion expected spring 2019

Directed by Katharina Copony

For 23 years the director’s German / digital / 4:3 / 72 min grandmother ran the can- Written by Katharina Copony teen of the military barracks Cinematography Stefan Neuberger in Straß, Austria. The barracks Editing Bettina Blickwede is a castle. Here she lives as a Producers Barbara Pichler, Gabriele Kranzelbinder little girl with her cousins, her Production company KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Production mother and two aunts, who Supported by BKA – Arts Division, ORF, Cine Art, also spent their childhood Kulturzentrum bei den Minoriten among soldiers. Adolescent Contact KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Production girls in a military barracks, the Seidengasse 15/3/19 1070 Vienna – Austria home of a large family in a bel- tel +43 1 522 22 21 licose environment. A family [email protected] reconstruction on site, a step www.kgp.co.at into the space of memories and imagination.

Katharina Copony Filmography (selection): 2016 Moghen Paris – Und sie ziehen mit (doc.), 2014 Spieler (doc.), 2009 Oceanul Mare (doc.), 2006 Il Palazzo (doc.)

39 Documentary ÒRAIN – Die Suche nach Beethovens gälischen Vorlagen

Directed by Friedrich Moser

The search for the suppressed Original languages / digital / 1:2.39 / 90 min Gaelic sources of Beethoven’s Written by Friedrich Moser, Michael Seeber Scottish Songs leads German Cinematography Friedrich Moser researcher Michael Klevenhaus Editing Vilte Vaitkute from Bonn to Imperial Vienna Producers Friedrich Moser, Louise Scott and further into Britain’s rug- Production companies blue+green communication, ged North-West and back in media co-op (UK) time, to Ludwig van Beethoven’s Supported by Vienna Film Fund, FISA and Creative era and the first ethnic cleans- Scotland (UK), UK Tax Credit ing in modern Europe. Contact blue+green communication Märzstraße 32/30 1150 Vienna – Austria tel +43 699 190 160 53 [email protected] www.blueandgreen.info

Completion expected fall 2019

Friedrich Moser Filmography (selection): 2015 A Good American (doc.), 2012 The Brussels Business (doc., co-dir.)

40 Documentary Rettet das Dorf

Completion expected fall 2019

Directed by Teresa Distelberger

Images of village life, with a German / digital / 16:9 / 90 min lively square, bakery, butcher’s Written by Teresa Distelberger, Wolfgang Widerhofer shop or the local farm, are no Cinematography Niko Mayr longer common in the central Editing Christoph Loidl European village reality. Are vil- Producers Michael Kitzberger, Wolfgang Widerhofer, lages really doomed? After all, Markus Glaser, Nikolaus Geyrhalter many people dream of a life in Production company NGF Geyrhalterfilm the countryside, or never want Supported by Austrian Film Institute to leave “their” village. Save the Contact NGF Geyrhalterfilm Village explores the factors be- Hildebrandgasse 26 1180 Vienna – Austria hind village decline and offers tel +43 1 403 01 62 new potential for village life in [email protected] our globalized world. www.geyrhalterfilm.com

Teresa Distelberger Filmography (selection): 2017 Die Zukunft ist besser als ihr Ruf (doc., co-dir.), 2008 Die Kameradin (doc.)

41 Documentary Robo Love

Completion expected spring 2019

Directed by Maria Arlamovsky

Robo Love examines the com- English, German, Japanese / digital / 16:9 / 90 min plex field of modern technology Written by Maria Arlamovsky and the creation of humanoid, Cinematography Sebastian Arlamovsky android robots from a variety Editing Sebastian Arlamovsky, Alex Gurgitscher of perspectives. Maria Arla­ Producers Michael Kitzberger, Wolfgang Widerhofer, movsky travels the globe to Markus Glaser, Nikolaus Geyrhalter visit scientists and techni- Production company NGF Geyrhalterfilm cians as well as philosophers Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, and ethicists to understand Vienna Film Fund the evolution and future of Contact NGF Geyrhalterfilm Hildebrandgasse 26 humanoid social robots. From 1180 Vienna – Austria this complex mosaic a vision tel +43 1 403 01 62 emerges that reflects the am- [email protected] bivalence surrounding these www.geyrhalterfilm.com revolutionary technologies and the immense potential of a fu- ture where humans and robots will perhaps share a kind of love for each other.

Maria Arlamovsky Filmography (selection): 2016 Future Baby (doc.), 2002 Laut und deutlich (TV doc)

42 Documentary Sea of Shadows

Directed by Richard Ladkani

In Mexico’s Sea of Cortez a English / digital / 1:2.39 / 104 min group of brilliant scientists, Written by Richard Ladkani high-tech activists, investiga- Cinematography Richard Ladkani tive journalists and courageous Editing Georg Michael Fischer, Verena Schönauer undercover agents attempt to Producers Walter Köhler, Wolfgang Knöpfler rescue an endangered whale Production companies Terra Mater Factual Studios in association while battling the vicious Mexi- with Appian Way (US), Malaika Pictures (A), can drug cartels and Chinese The Wild Lens Collective (US) traffickers whose destructive Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA poaching methods are threat- Contact Submarine 197 Grand Street ening the region’s marine life. NY 10013 New York – USA tel +1 212 625 14 10 [email protected] www.submarine.com

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Richard Ladkani Filmography (selection): 2016 The Ivory Game (doc., co-dir.), 2011 The Gas Monopoly (TV doc.); Vatican – The Hidden World (TV doc.), 2010 Jane’s Journey (doc.)

43 Documentary Stoß

Directed by Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel

1960s Vienna is shocked by German / digital / 1:1.66 / 110 min gangland shootings in the Key cast Kurt Girk battle to run illegal gambling. Written by Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel Police, judiciary and media Cinematography Rainer Frimmel agree: Vienna must not become Editing Tizza Covi Chicago. Long conversations Producers Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel with former participants Production company Vento Film provide a complex insight into Supported by Austrian Film Institute, Wien Kultur and the cosmos of the so-called Land Südtirol Viennese underworld. Contact Vento Film Leitermayergasse 33/20 1180 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 406 03 92 [email protected] www.ventofilm.com

Completion expected spring 2019

Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel Filmography (selection): 2016 Mister Universo (fiction), 2012 Der Glanz des Tages (fiction), 2009 La Pivellina (fiction), 2005 Babooska (doc.)

44 Documentary The Bubble

Completion expected summer 2019

Directed by Valerie Gudenus-Blankenbyl

The Bubble is a dystopic fea- English / digital / 16:9 / 90 min ture documentary depicting Written by Valerie Gudenus-Blankenbyl the world’s biggest retirement Cinematography Joe Berger complex: in Florida 160,000 Editing Myriam Flury senior citizens live out their Producers Dario Enrico Schoch, Rajko Jazbec, golden years in endless sum- Karin C. Berger, Arash T. Riahi mer, isolated from the real Production companies Golden Girls Film, Cognito Films (CH) world in a bubble of endless Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF and enjoyment. BAK, Filmstiftung Zürich, Gemeinde Thalwil, Suissimage, SRG Contact Golden Girls Film Seidengasse 15/3/20 1070 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 810 56 36 [email protected] www.goldengirls.at

Valerie Gudenus-Blankenbyl Filmography (selection): 2014 4661m2 – The Impression of Freedom (doc.), 2013 Ma Na Sapna – A Mother’s Dream (doc.), 2010 I am Jesus (doc.)

45 Documentary The Remains

Completion expected spring 2019

Directed by Nathalie Borgers

What happens after a ship- Greek, Arabic, Farsi, Kurdish, German / digital / 1:1.85 / 90 min wreck in the Mediterranean Written by Nathalie Borgers leaves dozens of dead and Cinematography Johannes Hammel missing refugees? The Remains Editing Sophie Reiter follows two parallel narratives. Producers Johannes Rosenberger, The first focuses on those deal- Johannes Holzhausen, Constantin Wulff ing with the remains on Lesbos Production company Navigator Film island. The second portrays a Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Syrian family’s inconsolable Vienna Film Fund, Karl Kahane Stiftung, RD Foundation Vienna sadness at the loss of 13 Contact Navigator Film relatives whose bodies were Schottenfeldgasse 14 never found. 1070 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 524 97 77 [email protected] www.navigatorfilm.com

Nathalie Borgers Filmography (selection): 2015 Fang den Haider (doc.), 2011 Greetings from the Colony (doc.), 2009 Winds of Sand, Women of Rock (doc.), 2002 Kronenzeitung – Tag für Tag ein Boulevardstück (TV doc.)

46 Documentary The Royal Train

Completion expected spring 2019

Directed by Johannes Holzhausen

Once a year a very special train Romanian / digital / 1:1.85 / 92 min sets off on a journey through Written by Johannes Holzhausen, Constantin Wulff the Romanian countryside. Cinematography Joerg Burger Thousands of people gather Editing Dieter Pichler along its route to enthusiasti- Producers Johannes Rosenberger, Johannes Holz-­ cally greet and cheer some of hausen, Constantin Wulff, Ada Solomon the descendents of the last Production companies Navigator Film, HiFilm Productions (RO) King of Romania. The Royal Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Train highlights the backdrop Vienna Film Fund and TVR to this nostalgic journey and Contact Wide House 9 rue Bleue launches a cinematic expedi- 75009 Paris – France tion into both the past and the tel +33 1 53 95 04 64 present of this East European [email protected] state. High profile royalist www.widehouse.org production in a post commu- nist republic.

Johannes Holzhausen Filmography (selection): 2014 Das große Museum (doc.), 2001 Auf allen Meeren (doc.), 2000 zero crossing (doc.)

47 Documentary The Secret of the Kenyan Runners

Directed by Barbara Gräftner

We want to show the spirit English / digital / 16:9 / 90 min behind the surface. What drives Written by Barbara Gräftner these men and women? What Cinematography Robert Winkler are their desires and dreams? Producer Robert Winkler What is their personel back- Production company Bonusfilm ground? Where do they come Supported by Austrian Film Institute from? What is daily life like for Contact Bonusfilm them? Davidgasse 32/5 1100 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 319 24 64 [email protected] www.bonusfilm.at

Completion expected fall 2019

Barbara Gräftner Filmography (selection): 2014 Rise Up! and dance (fiction), 2011 Echte Wiener – Die Deppat’n und die Gspritzt’n (fiction), 2004 Unterwegs nach... Heimat (doc.), 2002 Mein Russland (fiction)

48 Documentary This Land Is My Land

Completion expected summer 2019

Directed by Susanne Brandstätter

“What the hell happened to my English / digital / 16:9 / 90 min country?” After Donald Trump’s Written by Susanne Brandstätter election, this is a burning ques- Cinematography Joerg Burger tion for Susanne Brandstätter, Editing Michaela Müllner an American filmmaker who’s Producer Susanne Brandstätter lived most her life in Austria. Production company Susanne Brandstätter Filmproduktion With the critical distance of a Supported by Austrian Film Institute, BKA – Arts European and an insider’s eye, Division, Land Niederösterreich she gets close to Trump vot- Contact Susanne Brandstätter Filmproduktion ers in Ohio: a microcosm of a Florianigasse 60/14 1080 Vienna – Austria deeply divided USA. Amid strik- tel +43 676 500 78 49 ing parallels to Europe, the film [email protected] explores polarization and why www.envision-film.com people stick to their political opinions – no matter what. Is there no way out?

Susanne Brandstätter Filmography (selection): 2014 Anna durch den Spiegel (doc.), 2012 The Future’s Past (doc.), 2006 Rule of Law – Justiz im Kosovo (doc.)

49 Documentary Tonsüchtig

Directed by Iva Švarcová, Malte Ludin

Luck and tragedy call the tune. German / digital / 1:2.39 / 90 min We take a look inside one of Written by Iva Švarcová, Malte Ludin the world’s most acclaimed Cinematography Helmut Wimmer orchestras – The Vienna Sym- Editing Tom Pohanka phonic Orchestra. Musicians Producer Kurt Mayer between climax and inner Production company kurt mayer film ordeal. Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Vienna Film Fund Contact kurt mayer film Heinestraße 36/1/2 1020 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 967 89 29 [email protected] www.kurtmayerfilm.com

Completion expected summer 2019

Iva Švarcová, Malte Ludin Filmography (selection of joint works): 2019 Tonsüchtig (doc.)

50 Documentary Traumfabrik Dream Factory

Completion expected fall 2019

Directed by Marko Doringer

“You are to blame if your work German, English / digital / 16:9 / 90 min is no fun.” Our contemporary Written by Marko Doringer life is dominated by self- Cinematography Marko Doringer determined innovative models Producer Marko Doringer of work. At the same time we Production company Filmfabrik Marko Doringer Filmproduktion are forced to participate in Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, a rat race of an achievement Vienna Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich, oriented market economy. Land Salzburg Modern working systems Contact Filmfabrik Marko Doringer Filmproduktion Ferdinand-Raimund-Gasse 4 promise more room for maneu- 2344 Maria Enzersdorf – Austria ver, more personal liberties for tel +43 699 119 163 21 all, at the same time forcing us [email protected] to work anywhere at any time. www.filmfabrik.com Where exactly are we head- ed? Are we really looking at a brighter future? Or are we sim- ply losing the plot? What are we doing this for? And for whom?

Marko Doringer Filmography (selection): 2013 Nägel mit Köpfen (doc.), 2008 Mein halbes Leben (doc.), 2004 In Tirana und anderswo (short doc.)

51 Documentary Was haben die gegen uns? What Do They Have Against Us?

Directed by Elke Groen

There is a small town in Austria, German / digital / 16:9 / 75 min called Pinkafeld. It gained ad- Written by Elke Groen verse publicity as “Nazi village” Cinematography Elke Groen during the presidential election Editing Emily Artmann of 2017 when a majority of its Producers Arash T. Riahi, Karin Berger, citizens voted for their famous Sabine Gruber, Elke Groen neighbor, the right wing candi- Production companies Golden Girls Film, Groen. Film date Norbert Hofer. What Supported by BKA – Arts Division, Wien Kultur, do people really think with Land Niederösterreich, Puls TV regard to homeland, refugees Contact Golden Girls Film Seidengasse 15/3/20 and populism? The community 1070 Vienna – Austria shows a society in transition, tel +43 1 810 56 36 a microcosm that reflects [email protected] Europe’s zeitgeist. www.goldengirls.at

Completion expected fall 2019

Elke Groen Filmography (selection): 2017 Bojo Beach (short), 2006 Jeder siebte Mensch (doc., co-dir.), 2005 Bunica (doc., co-dir.)

52 Documentary Wassermann Movements of a Nearby Mountain

Directed by Sebastian Brameshuber

A remote, abandoned industrial German, Igbo, English / digital / 16:9 / 90 min site near Erzberg, a century-old Written by Sebastian Brameshuber ore mine in the Austrian Alps. Cinematography Klemens Hufnagl Cliff, a young man from Nigeria, Editing Sebastian Brameshuber, Dane Komlijen runs his used car export busi- Producers Ralph Wieser, David Bohun, ness for the African market on Sebastian Brameshuber the premises. Past, present and Production companies Mischief Films, Panama Film future begin to overlap as he Supported by BKA – Arts Division, FISA, pursues his day-to-day activi- Vienna Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich, Land Oberösterreich, Land Steiermark ties. This is a film about friend- and Media ship and loneliness, speaking Contact Mischief Films of transience against the back- Goethegasse 1 drop of a water sprite’s promise 1010 Vienna – Austria of eternity. tel +43 1 585 23 24 23 [email protected] www.mischief-films.com

Completion expected spring 2019

Sebastian Brameshuber Filmography (selection): 2015 In, Over & Out (short), 2014 Und in der Mitte, da sind wir (doc.); Of Stains, Scrap and Tires (short doc.), 2009 Muezzin (doc.)

53 Documentary Widerstands- momente Moments of Resistance

Completion expected spring 2019

Directed by Jo Schmeiser

Moments of Resistance carries German / digital / 1:1.85 / 90 min voices, writings and objects Written by Jo Schmeiser from the anti-Nazi resistance Cinematography Sophie Maintigneux into the present. Politically en- Editing Michael Palm gaged women of today respond Producer Peter Janecek to historical resistance and Producers Peter Janecek, Jo Schmeiser make links to current events. Production company Plaesion Film A line is drawn from what was Supported by BKA – Arts Division, The Future Fund of before and what is today to the Republic of Austria, The National what might be: a society based Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism, ORF, Land on solidarity without discrimi- Oberösterreich, Land Niederösterreich, nation or exclusion. Land Steiermark, Stadt Graz, Wien Kultur, Otto-Mauer-Fonds Contact Plaesion Film Schlosshofer Straße 8/4/3 2301 Groß-Enzersdorf – Austria tel +43 660 213 69 66 [email protected] ww.plaesion.com

Jo Schmeiser Filmography (selection): 2010 Liebe Geschichte (doc., co-dir.), 2004 Things. Places. Years (doc., co-dir.)

54 Documentary Wir wollen die Hälfte vom Kuchen We Want Our Half of the Pie

Directed by Sabine Derflinger

The film is a testimony to German / digital / 16:9 / 90 min Johanna Dohnal, a significant Written by Sabine Derflinger woman in Austrian history, Cinematography Christine A. Maier and the film thus offers a role Editing Niki Mossböck model for today’s generation Producers Claudia Wohlgenannt, Sabine Derflinger and those to come. We can see Production companies Plan C Filmproduktion, Derflinger Film ourselves in her; in her victories Supported by Austrian Film Institute, The Future Fund as well as her failures. of the Republic of Austria, FISA, ORF, Vienna Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich, Land Oberösterreich Contact Plan C Filmproduktion Kriemhildplatz 10 1150 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 990 63 72 [email protected] www.plancfilm.com

Completion expected summer 2019

Sabine Derflinger Filmography (selection): 2015 Vorstadtweiber (TV), 2014 Tatort – Borowski und das Meer (TV), 2010 Tag und Nacht (fiction), 2008 Eine von 8 (doc.), 2007 42plus (fiction)

55 Documentary Wolken­ kratzerin

Completion expected summer 2019

Directed by Lisa Weber

Claudia got pregnant at 14, so German / digital / 1:1.85 / 90 min her son Daniel is her excuse for Written by Lisa Weber never graduating from school. Cinematography Carolina Steinbrecher He grows up and is now start- Editing Roland Stöttinger ing school himself, Claudia Producers Rudolf Takacs, Ulrich Seidl doesn’t have to constantly look Production companies Takacs Filmproduktion, after him anymore. She sits at Ulrich Seidl Film Produktion home with her mother; she’s Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF waiting. But for what? A film Contact Takacs Filmproduktion about Claudia and her family. Anton-Freunschlag-Gasse 99 1230 Vienna – Austria About dreams, lethargy and en- tel +43 699 195 886 60 nui in three generations. About [email protected] life and waiting for it to begin.

Lisa Weber Filmography (selection): 2014 Sitzfleisch (doc.), 2012 Twinni oder so (short), 2011 Die und der von da und dort (short doc.), 2010 Kommt ein Sonnenstrahl in die Tiefkühlabteilung und weicht alles auf (short)

56 Documentary Zusammen- leben

Directed by Thomas Fürhapter

How is the culture of Vienna German, English / digital / 16:9 / 90 min imparted to migrants in inte- Written by Thomas Fürhapter gration courses? The docu- Cinematography Judith Benedikt, Thomas Fürhapter mentary accompanies new Editing Dieter Pichler immigrants from various Producer Ralph Wieser backgrounds during their first Production company Mischief Films steps in Vienna. What images Supported by BKA – Arts Division, The Future Fund and expectations do they have of the Republic of Austria, ORF, about Vienna? Which informa- Vienna Film Fund tion and values are addressed Contact Mischief Films Goethegasse 1 and avoided in these integra- 1010 Vienna – Austria tion courses? tel +43 1 585 23 24 23 [email protected] www.mischief-films.com

Completion expected fall 2019

Thomas Fürhapter Filmography (selection): 2017 Die dritte Option (doc.), 2010 Michael Berger – Eine Hysterie (short doc.), 2006 Planes (short), 2004 Das Gelb ohne Zebra (short)

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Appendix Directors Producers

Maria Arlamovsky 42 Günter Schwaiger 7 Allegro Film 13, 29 Harald Aue 30 Elena Tikhonova 10 Bernhard Pötscher Frederick Baker 26 Erwin Wagenhofer 25 Filmproduktion 23 Judith Benedikt 37 Lisa Weber 56 Blackbox Film & Nathalie Borgers 46 Florian Weigensamer 33 Medienproduktion 33 Sebastian Brameshuber 53 Katharina Weingartner 27 blue+green communication Susanne Brandstätter 49 Weina Zhao 37 22, 40 Jakob Brossmann 36 Bonusfilm 48 Kelly Copper 8 coop99 filmproduktion 12 Tizza Covi 44 Dor Film 19 Katharina Copony 39 epo-film 16 Sabine Derflinger 55 European Film Conspiracy Teresa Distelberger 41 Association 28 Stephanus Domanig 38 Extrafilm 7 Marko Doringer 51 Filmbäckerei 26 Thomas Fürhapter 57 Filmfabrik Marko Doringer Harald Friedl 24 Filmproduktion 51 Rainer Frimmel 44 FreibeuterFilm 18 Nikolaus Geyrhalter 35 Golden Girls Film 45, 52 Barbara Gräftner 48 Guttner Film 31 Elke Groen 52 Günter Schwaiger Film Valerie Gudenus-Blankenbyl 45 Produktion 7 Hans Andreas Guttner 31 Imagine Film Cooperation 25 Jessica Hausner 12 KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Rupert Henning 19 Production 34, 39 Daniel Hoesl 28 kurt mayer film 50 Johannes Holzhausen 47 Langbein & Partner Media 37 Andreas Horvath 11 Little Magnet Films 34 Christian Kermer 33 Lotus-Film 14 Marie Kreutzer 6 Mischief Films 53, 57 Christian Krönes 33 MR Film 10 Richard Ladkani 43 Navigator Film 24, 46, 47 Pavol Liska 8 Neue Vitaskop Film 30 Malte Ludin 50 NGF Geyrhalterfilm 35, 36, 41, 42 Karl Markovics 16 Novotny & Novotny Johanna Moder 18 Filmproduktion 6, 10 Friedrich Moser 22, 40 Orbrock Filmproduktion 15 David Paede 36 Panama Film 53 Peter Payer 9 Plaesion Film 54 Bernhard Pötscher 23 Plan C Filmproduktion 55 Arash T. Riahi 17 pooldoks filmproduktion 27 Stefan Ruzowitzky 14 Prisma Film 9, 25, 38 Anja Salomonowitz 32 Susanne Brandstätter Hubert Sauper 34 Filmproduktion 49 Robert Schabus 29 Takacs Filmproduktion 56 Jo Schmeiser 54 Terra Mater Factual Studios 43 Andreas Schmied 13 Ulrich Seidl Film Produktion 8, 11 Gregor Schmidinger 15 Vento Film 44 Roland Schrotthofer 33 WEGA Filmproduktion 17, 18 Iva Švarcová 50 Witcraft Filmproduktion 10

60 Production Companies

Aichholzer Film blue+green communication e&a film Josef Aichholzer Friedrich Moser Markus Pauser, Heumühlgasse 13-15/2/2/15 Märzstraße 32/30 Erich Schindlecker 1040 Vienna 1150 Vienna Proschkogasse 1/12 tel +43 1 523 40 81 tel +43 699 190 160 53 1060 Vienna [email protected] [email protected] tel +43 1 890 60 38 www.aifilm.com www.blueandgreen.info [email protected] www.eafilm.at Allegro Film Bonusfilm Helmut Grasser Robert Winkler epo-film Krummgasse 1A/9 Davidgasse 32/5 Dieter Pochlatko, 1030 Vienna 1100 Vienna Jakob Pochlatko tel +43 1 712 50 36 tel +43 1 319 24 64 Edelsinnstraße 58 [email protected] [email protected] 1120 Vienna www.allegrofilm.at www.bonusfilm.at tel +43 1 812 37 18 [email protected] Alternative Productions Burgl Czeitschner www.epofilm.com Konstantin Seitz Filmproduktion Irenentalstraße 51 Burgl Czeitschner European Film Conspiracy 3011 Tullnerbach Predigergasse 3 Association tel +43 676 848 487 870 1010 Vienna Georg Aschauer, Daniel Hoesl, [email protected] tel +43 1 513 37 22 Gerald Kerkletz, Julia Niemann, www.alternative.at [email protected] Katharina Posch Gumpendorferstraße 10-12/23 AMOUR FOU Vienna coop99 filmproduktion 1060 Vienna Alexander Dumreicher- Barbara Albert, Martin mail@europeanfilmconspiracy. Ivanceanu, Bady Minck Gschlacht, Jessica Hausner, com Lindengasse 32/13 Antonin Svoboda, www.europeanfilmconspiracy. 1070 Vienna Bruno Wagner com tel +43 1 994 99 11 Wasagasse 12/1/1 [email protected] 1090 Vienna film-pla.net www.amourfoufilm.com tel +43 1 319 58 25 Ludwig Wüst, Maja Savic [email protected] Nordbahnstraße 24/30 Bernhard Pötscher www.coop99.at 1020 Vienna Filmproduktion tel +43 699 131 935 40 Bernhard Pötscher Cult Film [email protected] Schwendergasse 41/2/1 Burkhard Ernst www.film-pla.net 1150 Vienna Wiedner Gürtel 3a tel +43 664 336 19 35 1040 Vienna Filmbäckerei [email protected] tel +43 1 601 661 50 Frederick Baker, www.poetscher.com [email protected] Sandra Fasolt-Baker www.cultfilm.at Margaretenstraße 71-73/1/28 Blackbox Film & 1050 Vienna Medienproduktion Dor Film tel +43 664 181 10 33 Christian Krönes Danny Krausz [email protected] Hietzinger Kai 205 d Bergsteiggasse 36 www.filmbaeckerei.at 1130 Vienna 1170 Vienna tel +43 1 877 28 57 tel +43 1 427 10 11 [email protected] [email protected] www.blackboxfilm.at www.dor-film.com

61 Production Companies

Filmfabrik Graf Film KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Marko Doringer Klaus Graf Production Filmproduktion Alter Platz 28 Gabriele Kranzelbinder Marko Doringer 9020 Klagenfurt Seidengasse 15/3/19 Ferdinand-Raimund-Gasse 4 tel +43 463 32 99 29 1070 Vienna 2344 Maria Enzersdorf [email protected] tel +43 1 522 22 21 tel +43 699 119 163 21 www.graffilm.com [email protected] [email protected] www.kgp.co.at www.filmfabrik.com GSF – Günter Schwaiger Film Produktion kurt mayer film FreibeuterFilm Günter Schwaiger Kurt Mayer Oliver Neumann, Sabine Moser Mollardgasse 85a/1/12 Heinestraße 36/1/2 Turmburggasse 2-8/5/2 1060 Vienna 1020 Vienna 1060 Vienna [email protected] tel +43 1 967 89 29 tel +43 720 34 65 10 www.mosolov-p.com [email protected] [email protected] www.kurtmayerfilm.com www.freibeuterfilm.com GreenKat Productions Katharina Rohrer La Banda Film Friedrich Ofner Film- Schleifmühlgasse 4/17 Flavio Marchetti, und Videoproduktion 1040 Vienna Katharina Mückstein, Michael Fritz Ofner tel +43 1 587 21 73 Schindegger, Natalie Schwager Mariengasse 3/1 office@greenkatproductions. Sebastian-Kneipp-Gasse 8/1-2 1170 Vienna com 1020 Vienna tel +43 650 530 15 05 www.greenkatproductions.com tel +43 650 301 08 08 [email protected] [email protected] www.fritzofner.info Guttner Film www.labandafilm.at Hans A. Guttner Gebhardt Productions Singerstraße 20/9 Langbein & Partner Media Florian Gebhardt 1010 Vienna Kurt Langbein Neusiedlerstraße 50 tel +43 681 819 631 21 Kellermanngasse 5/12 2340 Mödling [email protected] 1070 Vienna tel +43 2236 641 63 www.guttnerfilm.at tel +43 1 535 36 96 [email protected] redaktion@langbein-partner. www.filmpark.tv Houchang Allahyari Film- com produktion www.langbein-partner.com Golden Girls Film Houchang Allahyari Raphael Barth, Arash T. Riahi, Wipplingerstraße 24-26/6 Little Magnet Films Karin C. Berger 1010 Vienna Paolo Calamita Seidengasse 15/3/20 tel +43 699 104 029 01 Wildpretmarkt 1 1070 Vienna [email protected] 1010 Vienna tel +43 1 810 56 36 tel +43 1 581 29 27 [email protected] Imagine Film Cooperation [email protected] www.goldengirls.at Sabine Kriechbaum www.littlemagnetfilms.com Capistrangasse 5/54 1060 Vienna tel +43 664 730 283 44 [email protected]

62 Production Companies

Lotus-Film monochrom Novotny & Novotny Peter Wirthensohn, Johannes Grenzfurthner Filmproduktion Tommy Pridnig Museumsquartier/Q21, Franz Novotny, Alexander Glehr Mollardgasse 85A / Stiege 1 Museumsplatz 1 Weimarerstraße 22/4A 1060 Vienna 1070 Vienna 1180 Vienna tel +43 1 786 33 87 tel +43 676 783 14 53 tel +43 1 478 71 70 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.lotus-film.at www.monochrom.at www.novotnyfilm.at

Mara Mattuschka MR-Film Orbrock Filmproduktion Filmproduktion Andreas Kamm, Oliver Auspitz, Ulrich Gehmacher Mara Mattuschka Kurt Mrkwicka Schottenfeldgasse 56/23 Rosensteingasse 28/1 Auhofstraße 70 1070 Vienna 1170 Vienna 1130 Vienna tel +43 1 522 25 88 tel +43 699 115 042 84 tel +43 1 876 87 15 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.orbrock.com www.mr-film.com Matthias Greuling Othmar Schmiderer Filmproduktion Navigator Film Filmproduktion Matthias Greuling Johannes Rosenberger Othmar Schmiderer Spechtgasse 57/5 Schottenfeldgasse 14 Kellerhausgasse 1 2340 Mödling 1070 Vienna 3484 Grafenwörth tel +43 664 462 54 44 tel +43 1 524 97 77 tel +43 676 602 85 70 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.navigatorfilm.com www.othmarschmiderer.com MINI Film Katja Dor-Helmer Neue Vitaskop Film Pimp the Pony Productions Kochgasse 12/1 Thomas Christian Eichtinger Gabriele Neudecker 1080 Vienna Heiligenstädter Straße 111/1/7 Tödtleinsdorf 46 tel +43 1 924 43 56 1190 Vienna 5203 Köstendorf [email protected] tel +43 699 193 39 150 tel +43 664 250 56 56 www.minifilm.at [email protected] office@pimpthepony­ productions.com Mischief Films NGF Geyrhalterfilm www.pimptheponyproductions. Georg Misch, Ralph Wieser Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Markus com Goethegasse 1 Glaser, Michael Kitzberger, 1010 Vienna Wolfgang Widerhofer Plaesion Film tel +43 1 585 23 24 23 Hildebrandgasse 26 Peter Janecek [email protected] 1180 Vienna Schlosshofer Straße 8/4/3 www.mischief-films.com tel +43 1 403 01 62 2301 Groß-Enzersdorf [email protected] tel +43 660 213 69 66 Mona Film www.geyrhalterfilm.com [email protected] Thomas Hroch, www.plaesion.com Gerald Podgornig Nina Kusturica Projects Marokkanergasse 23/4+5 Nina Kusturica 1030 Vienna Krieglergasse 14/12 tel +43 1 513 11 15 1030 Vienna [email protected] [email protected] www.monafilm.tv www.nk-projects.com

63 Production Companies

Plan C Filmproduktion Rosdy Film Susanne Brandstätter Claudia Wohlgenannt Paul Rosdy Filmproduktion Kriemhildplatz 10 Lustkandlgasse 51/4-5 Susanne Brandstätter 1150 Vienna 1090 Vienna Florianigasse 60/14 tel +43 1 990 63 72 tel +43 1 319 81 42 1080 Vienna [email protected] [email protected] tel +43 676 500 78 49 www.plancfilm.com www.rosdyfilm.com [email protected] www.envision-film.com Planet Watch Film & Ruth Beckermann Video Productions Filmproduktion Takacs Filmproduktion Gerald Salmina Ruth Beckermann Rudi Takacs Pirkhofweg 25 Marc-Aurel-Straße 5/10 Anton-Freunschlag-Gasse 99 9210 Pörtschach 1010 Vienna 1230 Vienna tel +43 664 340 54 10 tel +43 699 115 074 98 tel +43 699 195 886 60 [email protected] sekretariat@ [email protected] www.planetwatch.at ruthbeckermann.com www.ruthbeckermann.com Terra Mater Factual Studios pooldoks filmproduktion Walter Köhler Markus Wailand, Satel Film Wambachergasse 2 Katharina Weingartner Heinrich Ambrosch 1130 Vienna Redtenbachergasse 15/2a Linzer Straße 375 tel +43 1 87 00 30 1160 Vienna 1140 Vienna [email protected] tel +43 1 236 54 32 tel +43 1 588 72 0 www.terramater.at [email protected] [email protected] www.pooldoks.com www.satelfilm.at trotzdemfilm Astrid Johanna Ofner Prisma Film schaller08 Hegelgasse 8/20 Viktoria Salcher, Bernhard Braunstein, 1010 Vienna Mathias Forberg Dominik Tschütscher tel +43 664 130 38 88 Rathausstraße 3/18 Wäschergasse 10 [email protected] 1010 Vienna 5020 Salzburg www.trotzdemfilm.at tel +43 1 406 37 70 tel +43 699 128 885 60 [email protected] [email protected] Ulrich Seidl Film Produktion www.prismafilm.at Ulrich Seidl Soleil Film Wasserburgergasse 5/7 Produktion West Filip Antoni Malinowski, 1090 Vienna Gerhard Mader Jürgen Karasek tel +43 1 310 28 24 Marktgraben 14 Linke Wienzeile 142/13 [email protected] 6020 Innsbruck 1060 Vienna www.ulrichseidl.com tel +43 512 56 15 12 tel +43 699 123 974 78 [email protected] [email protected] Vento Film www.produktionwest.com www.soleilfilm.at Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel Leitermayergasse 33/20 RitzlFilm Superfilm 1180 Vienna Wolfgang Ritzberger John Lueftner, David Schalko tel +43 1 406 03 92 Spechtgasse 34 Zieglergasse 1 [email protected] 2340 Mödling 1070 Vienna www.ventofilm.com tel +43 664 300 43 72 tel +43 1 522 19 11 [email protected] [email protected] www.ritzlfilm.at www.superfilm.at

64 Distributors, World Sales & VOD

WEGA Filmproduktion abc-films Constantin Film Holding GmbH Veit Heiduschka, Michael Katz c/o KIZ Christian Langhammer Hägelingasse 13 Conrad von Siebensterngasse 37 1140 Vienna Hötzendorfstraße 10 1070 Vienna tel +43 1 982 57 42 8010 Graz tel +43 1 521 28 1122 [email protected] tel +43 676 414 44 11 constantin.office@ www.wega-film.at [email protected] constantinfilm.at www.abc-films.at www.cineplexx.at Witcraft Filmproduktion Ursula Wolschlager Alamode Film Österreich DOCS by Autlook Filmsales Lindengasse 25/10 Tobias Lehmann GmbH 1070 Vienna Leitermayergasse 43/4 Salma Abdalla, tel +43 699 177 881 77 1180 Vienna Katharina Liebert [email protected] tel +43 1 236 21 90 Spittelberggasse 3/14 www.witcraft.at [email protected] 1070 Vienna www.alamodefilm.at tel +43 720 34 69 34 Xpedit Film [email protected] Peter Ily Huemer Alphaville Filmverleih www.docs.at Franziskanerplatz 5/2/10a Norman Shetler, 1010 Vienna Paolo Calamita EastWest Filmdistribution [email protected] Wildpretmarkt 1 GmbH 1010 Vienna Sasha Wieser tel +43 1 581 29 27 Lerchengasse 24 [email protected] 1080 Vienna www.alphaville.at tel +43 1 890 83 76 office@eastwest- autlook filmsales distribution.com Salma Abdalla www.eastwest-distribution. Spittelberggasse 3/14 com 1070 Vienna tel +43 (0) 720 34 69 34 Einhorn-Film [email protected] Michael Wieser www.autlookfilms.com Gurtnielweg 9 6710 Nenzing Centfox-Film GmbH tel +43 664 341 03 08 Benjamin Bach [email protected] Hintzerstraße 9/3 www.einhorn-film.at 1030 Vienna tel +43 1 523 26 29 filmdelights [email protected] Christa Auderlitzky www.foxfilm.at Lindengasse 25/10 1070 Vienna Cinestar Filmverleih tel +43 1 944 30 35 Kurt Schramek [email protected] Opernring 19 www.filmdelights.com 1010 Vienna tel +43 1 587 84 06 [email protected] www.burgkino.at

65 Distributors, World Sales & VOD

Filmgarten Poool Filmverleih Tobis Film GmbH & Co KG Pierre-Emmanuel Finzi Alexander Dumreicher- Theodor Gringel Liechtensteinstraße 17/18 Ivanceanu Zollergasse 36 1090 Vienna Lindengasse 32 1070 Vienna tel +43 681 103 407 89 1070 Vienna tel +43 1 521 28 200 [email protected] tel +43 1 994 99 11 33 [email protected] www.filmgarten.at [email protected] www.tobis.de www.poool.at Filmladen Filmverleih Under the Milky Way Michael Stejskal sixpackfilm Vincent Lucassen Mariahilfer Straße 58 Brigitta Burger-Utzer Pfeilgasse 32/1 1070 Vienna Neubaugasse 45/13 1080 Vienna tel +43 1 523 43 62 1070 Vienna tel +43 1 595 2991 [email protected] tel +43 1 526 09 90 vincent.lucassen@ www.filmladen.at [email protected] underthemilkyway.eu www.sixpackfilm.com galaxy.underthemilkyway.eu Flimmit Michael Wagenhofer Sony Pictures Filmverleih Universal Pictures Dreihausgasse 9/4.1 Martin Bachmann International Austria GmbH 1150 Vienna Apostelgasse 23 Paul Steinschulte tel +43 1 892 24 63 1030 Vienna Neubaugasse 1 [email protected] tel +43 1 597 15 15 1070 Vienna www.flimmit.com [email protected] tel +43 1 523 46 31 www.sonypictures.at www.universalpictures.at Luna Filmverleih Michael Stejskal Stadtkino Filmverleih Warner Bros Pictures GmbH Mariahilferstraße 58/7 Norman Shetler Ingeborg König 1070 Vienna Siebensterngasse 2/12 Zieglergasse 10 tel +43 1 523 43 62 1070 Vienna 1070 Vienna [email protected] tel +43 1 526 59 47 71 tel +43 1 523 86 26 0 www.lunafilm.at [email protected] [email protected] www.stadtkinowien.at www.warnerbros.com ORF Enterprise GmbH & Co KG Marion Camus-Oberdorfer The Walt Disney Company Waystone Film KG Am Europlatz 5 (Austria) GmbH Johannes Wegenstein, 1120 Vienna Boris Solbach, Roger Crotti Bruno Batinic tel +43 1 87878 13030 Millenium Tower Schleifmühlgasse 8/14 marion.camus-oberdorfer Handelskai 94-96, 39. OG 1040 Vienna @orf.at 1200 Vienna tel +43 1 585 58 88 contentsales.ORF.at tel +43 1 525 05 10 [email protected] www.disney.at www.waystonefilm.com Polyfilm Verleih Hans König Thimfilm Margaretenstraße 78 Andreas Thim-Taban 1050 Vienna Leitermayergasse 43/4 tel +43 1 581 39 00 20 1180 Vienna [email protected] tel +43 1 236 21 90 www.polyfilm.at [email protected] www.thimfilm.at

66 Festivals

/slash Filmfestival Filmfestival Kitzbühel Mountainfilm Graz Markus Keuschnigg Michael Reisch Internationales Berg- & Brestelgasse 18/2 Franz Reisch Straße 3 Abenteuer Filmfestival 1160 Vienna 6370 Kitzbühel Robert Schauer tel +43 1 957 42 34 [email protected] Filmproduktion GmbH [email protected] www.ffkb.at Am Klammbach 1A www.slashfilmfestival.com 19 - 25 August, 2019 8044 Graz 19 - 29 September, 2019 tel +43 316 81 42 23 FrauenFilmTage mountainfilm@ ALPINALE Kurzfilmfestival Gabriele Frimberger mountainfilm.com Rebekka Rinderer Währinger Straße 59 www.mountainfilm.com Lustenauerstraße 56b 1090 Vienna 12 - 16 November, 2019 6850 Dornbirn tel +43 699 106 940 57 tel +43 699 814 467 05 [email protected] Tricky Women [email protected] www.frauenfilmtage.at International Animation www.alpinale.at 28 February - 7 March, 2019 Festival 6 - 10 August, 2019 Waltraud Grausgruber, International Film Festival Birgitt Wagner Crossing Europe for Children Museumsplatz 1 Film Festival Linz Martina Lassacher 1070 Vienna Christine Dollhofer Steggasse 1/12a tel +43 1 990 46 63 Graben 30 1050 Vienna [email protected] 4020 Linz tel +43 664 465 56 60 www.trickywomen.at tel +43 732 785 700 [email protected] 13 - 17 March, 2019 [email protected] www.kinderfilmfestival.at www.crossingEurope.at 16 - 24 November, 2019 Viennale 25 - 30 April, 2019 Vienna International International Film Festival Film Festival Diagonale Innsbruck Eva Sangiorgi, Eva Rotter Festival of Austrian Films Helmut Groschup, Siebensterngasse 2 Sebastian Höglinger, Daniel Dlouhy 1070 Vienna Peter Schernhuber Egger-Lienz-Straße 20 tel +43 1 526 59 47 Rauhensteingasse 5/5 6020 Innsbruck [email protected] 1010 Vienna tel +43 512 57 12 62 www.viennale.at tel +43 1 595 45 56 0 [email protected] 24 October - 7 November, 2019 [email protected] www.iffi.at www.diagonale.at 28 May - 2 June, 2019 VIS Vienna Shorts 19 - 24 March, 2019 International Festival for Short LET’S CEE Film Festival Film, Animation & Music Video Filmfest St. Anton Magdalena Zelasko, Doris Bauer, Daniel Ebner Manfred Pascher Wolfgang P. Schwelle MuseumsQuartier Wien I Q21 Ing.-Etzel-Straße 25 Ulrichgasse 1 Museumsplatz 1/5/2 6020 Innsbruck 1040 Vienna 1070 Vienna tel +43 699 100 405 21 tel + 43 699 116 100 81 tel +43 1 947 61 00 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.filmfest-stanton.at www.letsceefilmfestival.com www.viennashorts.com 28 - 31 August, 2019 29 March - 7 April, 2019 28 May - 2 June, 2019

67 Festivals Funding

YOUKI Amt der NÖ Landesregierung Cine Tirol Film Commission Internationales Jugend Abt. Kunst und Kultur/ c/o Tirol Werbung GmbH Medien Festival Filmförderung Johannes Köck Laura-Lee Röckendorfer, Government of Lower Austria, Maria-Theresien-Straße 55 Boris Schuld Dept. for Arts and Culture/ 6010 Innsbruck Pollheimerstraße 17 Filmfunds tel +43 512 5320 180 4600 Wels Birgit Maimer johnnes.koeck@ tel +43 7242 207 030 Landhausplatz 1 tirolwerbung.at [email protected] 3109 St. Pölten www.cinetirol.com www.youki.at +43 2742 9005 13186 19 - 23 November, 2019 [email protected] Cinestyria Funding www.noel.gv.at Filmcommission & Fonds Enrico Jakob Amt der Salzburger St.Peter-Hauptstraße 243 Landesregierung 8042 Graz Federal State Land Salzburg tel +43 316 40 03 54 Referat 2/07 Kunstförderung [email protected] und Kulturbetriebe www.cinestyria.com Andrea Zarfl Franziskanergasse 5a Fernsehfonds Austria 5020 Salzburg Rundfunk und Telekom tel +43 662 80 42 22 82 Regulierungs Gmbh [email protected] Oliver Stribl www.salzburg.gv.at Mariahilfer Straße 77-79 1060 Vienna Bundeskanzleramt Österreich tel +43 1 580 580 Sektion Kunst und Kultur – [email protected] Film II/3 www.rtr.at Federal Chancellery of Austria Barbara Fränzen Filmfonds Wien Concordiaplatz 2 Vienna Film Fund 1014 Vienna Gerlinde Seitner tel +43 1 53 115 206 880 Mariahilfer Straße 76/1/10 [email protected] 1070 Vienna www.bundeskanzleramt.at/ tel +43 1 526 50 88 kunst [email protected] www.filmfonds-wien.at Cine Art Filmkunst Steiermark FISA - Filmstandort Austria Martin Titz Walcherstraße 11 A Landhausgasse 7 1020 Vienna 8010 Graz tel +43 1 501 75 526 tel +43 316 877 31 37 [email protected] [email protected] www.filmstandort-austria.at www.filmkunst.steiermark.at

68 Funding Institutions & Government Agencies

MA 7 - Film, Neue Medien AFC – Austrian Films Bundesministerium für Europa, Sylvia Faßl-Vogler Martin Schweighofer Integration und Äußeres Friedrich-Schmidt-Platz 5 Stiftgasse 6 Federal Ministry for Europe, 1082 Wien 1070 Vienna Integration and Foreign Affairs tel +43 1 4000 84740 tel +43 1 526 33 23 Sonja Reiser-Weinzettl [email protected] [email protected] Minoritenplatz 8 www.wien.gv.at/kultur/ab- www.AustrianFilms.Com 1014 Vienna teilung tel +43 (0) 501 150 3803 Akademie des sonja.reiser-weinzettl@ Österreichisches Filminstitut österreichischen Films bmeia.gv.at Austrian Film Institute Austrian Film Academy www.bmeia.gv.at Roland Teichmann Marlene Ropac Spittelberggasse 3 Stiftgasse 25/1 Creative Europe Desk 1070 Vienna 1070 Vienna Österreich – MEDIA tel +43 1 526 97 30 400 tel +43 1 890 20 33 Esther Krausz [email protected] office@oesterreichische- Spittelberggasse 3 www.filminstitut.at filmakademie.at 1070 Vienna www.oesterreichische- tel +43 1 526 97 30 406 filmakademie.at [email protected] www.creativeeurope.at AKM - Gesellschaft der Autoren, Komponisten Drehbuchforum Wien Society of Authors, Vienna Screenwriter’s Forum Composers and Wilbirg Brainin-Donnenberg Music Publishers Limited Stiftgasse 6 Gernot Graninger 1070 Vienna Baumannstraße 10, P.O. Box tel +43 1 526 85 03 259 [email protected] 1031 Vienna www.drehbuchforum.at tel +43 (0) 507 17 [email protected] EU XXL Film www.akm.at Forum for European Film Mercedes Echerer austro mechana GmbH Schrankgasse 12/3 Gesellschaft zur Wahrnehmung 1070 Vienna mechanisch-musikalischer tel +43 1 408 11 40 Urheberrechte [email protected] Mechanical Copyright www.eu-xxl.at Collecting Society Gernot Graninger Fachverband der Film- und Baumannstraße 10, P.O. Box 55 Musikwirtschaft (FAMA) 1031 Vienna Film and Music Austria tel +43 1 717 87 0 Werner Müller [email protected] Wiedner Hauptstraße 63 www.aume.at P.O. Box 327 1045 Vienna tel +43 (0) 590 900 3010 [email protected] www.filmandmusicaustria.at

69 Institutions & Government Agencies

Fachverband der Kino-, Kultur- LSG – Wahrnehmung von VAM – und Vergnügungsbetriebe Leistungsschutzrechten GmbH Verwertungsgesellschaft­ für Association of Austrian Cinema Austrian Music Licensing audiovisuelle Medien GmbH Exhibitors & Showmen Company Collecting Society for Bernhard Gerstberger Franz Medwenitsch Audio-Visual Media Ltd. Wiedner Hauptstraße 63 Seilerstätte 18-20 Veit Heiduschka, 1045 Vienna 1010 Vienna Michael Kavouras tel +43 (0) 59 09 00 3471 tel +43 1 535 60 35 Neubaugasse 25/9 kino-kultur-vergnuegen@ [email protected] 1070 Vienna wko.at www.lsg.at tel +43 1 526 43 01 www.kino-kultur- [email protected] vergnuegen.at ÖGB, Younion_Die www.vam.cc Daseinsgewerkschaft Forum österreichischer HG VIII – Sektion Film, Foto, VdFS – Filmfestivals audiovisuelle Kommunikation Verwertungsgesellschaft Marie-Christine Hartig Trade Union for the Arts, Media, der Filmschaffenden GenmbH Högelmüllergasse 1B/9-10 Sports and Independent Collecting Society of 1050 Vienna Professions Audiovisual Authors and Actors tel +43 676 548 40 34 Gerhard Schedl Gernot Schödl [email protected] Maria Theresien-Straße 11 Bösendorferstraße 4/12 www.film-festivals.at 1090 Vienna 1010 Vienna tel +43 1 313 16 83 804 tel +43 1 504 76 20 Literar-Mechana gerhard.schedl@ [email protected] Wahrnehmungsgesellschaft filmsupport.at www.vdfs.at für Urheberrechte www.younion.at Copyright Collecting Society Sandra Csillag Universität für Musik und Linke Wienzeile 18 darstellende Kunst 1060 Vienna Filmakademie Wien tel +43 1 587 21 61 Institut f. Film und Fernsehen [email protected] University of Music and www.literar.at Performing Arts Vienna, Department Film and TV LSG GmbH – Interpreten Claudia Walkensteiner-Preschl Performers’ Collecting Society Metternichgasse 12 Thomas Dürrer 1030 Vienna Seilerstätte 18-20 tel +43 1 711 55 2902 1010 Vienna [email protected] tel +43 1 587 17 92 www.mdw.ac.at [email protected] www.lsg-interpreten.com

70 Television

ORF Austrian Broadcasting Corporation Würzburggasse 30 1136 Vienna tel +43 1 878 78 0 www.orf.at

Director General Alexander Wrabetz

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer Andreas Nadler

Director of Television Kathrin Zechner (ext. 12155)

SVP of Film and Series Andrea Bogad-Radatz (ext. 12490) [email protected]

Executive Producer/Program TV Roland Weissmann (ext. 12990) [email protected]

Head of Fiction Department Katharina Schenk (ext. 14331) [email protected]

ORF Enterprise GmbH & CoKG Managing Director Beatrice Cox-Riesenfelder (ext. 15050) beatrice.cox-riesenfelder@ orf.at http://enterprise.orf.at/

Content Sales International Marion Camus-Oberdorfer (ext. 13030) marion.camus-oberdorfer@ orf.at http://contentsales.ORF.at

71 We would like to thank the production companies for providing the photographic materials.

Special thanks to: Perndl+Co Druckerei Walla, Vienna

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