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/2018/ Austrian Films Coming Soon Austrian Films 2018 – Coming Soon

Published/Copyright by: Austrian Film Commission Stiftgasse 6 1070 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 526 33 23 [email protected] www.AustrianFilms.Com www.afc.at

Publisher: Martin Schweighofer Editors: Charlotte Rühm, Karin Schiefer Appendix: Christa Casanova-Calvi, Brigitte Weich Graphic design: Perndl+Co Cover Foto: Nik Merkulov Printed by: Druckerei Walla, Vienna Introduction

Call it an obsession or just one of the industry’s Looking on there will be some more, quite a few particularities: enthusing over the films lining up more in fact as you will see browsing this Com- on the horizon and pretending to know what’s in ing Soon brochure that will surface at various the stars for these soon-to-materialize pictures. festivals in 2018. Let me highlight a few: A certain breathlessness is part of the game. It’s ANGELO for example – based on a true story, about drumming up high expectations and hoping Markus Schleinzer’s period drama tells the story that the new films taking shape will be as hot as of Angelo Soliman, who was brought as a child they looked on paper. from Africa to Europe at the beginning of the 18th century and became the Viennese court Moor. But then, we also know that once these films Or Andreas Horvath’s LILLIAN, about a woman have seen the light of a screen and met the eyes who leaves what is considered a normal life to of the critics, the game starts afresh – a new list walk to the end of the world and vanishes. Or of the most eagerly awaited titles will appear, Sudabeh Mortezai’s JOY, about a young Nigerian holding new promises. This is just the way the who is looking for a better life – for herself and film world spins, and Austria is no exception. her little daughter. And then there are Sebastian So now, welcome to the next round of Austrian Brauneis’ elliptical drama SORCERER, Justin P. films in the making. Lange and Klemens Hufnagel’s scary THE DARK, Nikolaus Leytner’s THE TOBACCONIST based The international festival year for us tradition- on the best-selling novel by Robert Seethaler ally opens its doors with events in Sundance or and Christian Frosch’s shattering THE MURER Rotterdam and reaches its first peak with the CASE; among the documentaries watch out Berlin Film Festival. At the time of writing this for Hubert Sauper’s Cuban essay EPICENTRO, introduction the Berlinale premieres confirmed Erwin Wagenhofer’s BUT BEAUTIFUL and Fritz so far are: Ofner’s WEAPON OF CHOICE about the iconic Katharina Mückstein’s powerful L’ANIMALE, Glock guns. which unleashes a complex coming-of-age drama; in THE WALDHEIM WALTZ, Ruth The 2018 Austrian Films Coming Soon catalogue Beckermann settles a score with the former is an extension of our Austrian Films Review UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim – who was 2017 yearbook of theatrically released films. also a forgetful man, especially when it came to Regardless of where you pick it up, I sincerely his inglorious role as a Nazi officer in WWII. Also hope you put it to good use. Wishing you inspir- surfacing in Berlin will be the coproduction STYX ing, surprising and challenging encounters. by Austrian director Wolfgang Fischer – what starts as a leisurely sailing adventure turns into Martin Schweighofer a moral nightmare for its main character. Executive Director

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Fiction Films Fiction

6 Fiction Angelo

Completion expected spring 2018

Directed by Markus Schleinzer

Angelo is the story of an African German, French / digital / 4:3 / 110 min who is Europeanised by force. Key cast Makita Samba, Alba Rohrwacher, Larisa At the beginning of the 18th Faber, Gerti Drassl, Michael Rotschopf century, as a child, he is taken Written by Markus Schleinzer, Alexander Brom from his homeland and, after Cinematography Gerald Kerkletz being sold, given the epony- Editing Pia Dumont mous name through the sacra- Production design Martin Reiter, Andreas Sobotka ment of baptism. The film is a Producers Franz Novotny, Alexander Glehr, Bady story of becoming human that Minck, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu is marked above all by roleplay Production companies Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion, AMOUR FOU Luxembourg and conformity. It is inspired by Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, the few surviving records of the Vienna Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich life of the Viennese court moor and Filmfund Luxembourg Angelo Soliman. Contact Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion Weimarerstraße 22/4A 1180 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 478 71 70 [email protected] www.novotnyfilm.at

Markus Schleinzer Filmography (selection): 2011 Michael (fiction)

7 Fiction Cops

Directed by Stefan A. Lukacs 1st film

Young, ambitious police recruit German / digital / 1:2.39 / 93 min Chris shoots a mentally ill man Key cast Laurence Rupp, Anton Noori, Maria on duty. He is celebrated as a Hofstätter, Roland Düringer, Michael Fuith hero, but soon after, traumatic Written by Stefan A. Lukacs symptoms begin to surface. In Cinematography Andreas Thalhammer, Xiaosu Han a desperate attempt not to be Editing Julia Drack exposed by his tough supe- Production design Julia Oberndorfinger, Attila Plangger rior Konstantin, he resorts to Producers Arash T. Riahi, Karin C. Berger excessive violence, in order to Production company Golden Girls Film hide his trauma and fulfill his Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF, dream of becoming an elite Vienna Film Fund cop. Contact Golden Girls Film Seidengasse 15/3/20 1070 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 810 56 36 [email protected] www.goldengirls.at

Completed

Stefan A. Lukacs Filmography (selection): 2012 Void (short), 2010 Zombiefication (short)

8 Fiction Der Boden unter den Füßen

Directed by Marie Kreutzer

Lola, a young company con- German / 35 mm / 1:2.35 / 90 min sultant, 100 working hours Key cast Valerie Pachner, Pia Hierzegger, and 5 sports units per week. Mavie Hörbiger Conny, her older sister, para- Written by Marie Kreutzer noid schizophrenic and unable Cinematography Leena Koppe to leave the apartment. Conny Editing Ulrike Kofler swallows 120 sleeping pills Production design Martin Reiter and is saved. And Lola does not Producers Franz Novotny, Alexander Glehr even tell anyone that she has a Production company Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion sister at all. Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF, Vienna Film Fund Contact Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion Completion Weimarerstraße 22/4A expected 1180 Vienna – Austria summer tel +43 1 478 71 70 2018 [email protected] www.novotnyfilm.at

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

9 Fiction Der Trafikant The Tobacconist

Completion expected spring 2018

Directed by Nikolaus Leytner

Vienna 1937. Franz, 17, is an ap- German / digital / Cinemascope / 100 min prentice in a small shop selling Key cast Johannes Krisch, Simon Morzé, Bruno newspapers, magazines and Ganz, Emma Drogunova, Regina Fritsch tobacco products. It is here Written by Klaus Richter, Nikolaus Leytner based on that he also learns about life the novel by Robert Seethaler and love and all the pleasure Cinematography Hermann Dunzendorfer and pain it can cause. As luck Editing Bettina Mazakarini would have it, he can ask an ex- Production design Bertram Reiter pert who happens to be a regu- Producers Dieter Pochlatko, Jakob Pochlatko, Ralf Zimmermann lar customer: Sigmund Freud, Production companies epo-film, Glory Film (D), Tobis Film (D) 82. But women are as much a Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF, FISA, mystery to Freud as they are Vienna Film Fund, Land Oberösterreich, to Franz. Cine Art and FFA, FFF Bayern, DFFF, Degeto, IDM Südtirol Contact epo-film Edelsinnstraße 58 1120 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 812 37 18 [email protected] www.epofilm.com

Nikolaus Leytner Filmography (selection): 2016 Die Stille danach (TV), 2015 Der Tote am Teich (TV), 2013 Die Auslöschung (TV), 2009 Der Fall des Lemming (fiction), 1998 Drei Herren (fiction)

10 Fiction Die letzte Party deines Lebens The Final Party of Your Life

Directed by Dominik Hartl

Graduated at last! And off to German / digital / 1:2.39 / 90 min Croatia. It’s supposed to be the Key cast Elisabeth Wabitsch, Markus Freistätter, “party of their lives.” But for Alexandra Schmidt, Chantal Zitzenbacher Julia and her friends their Written by Karin Lomot, Robert Buchschwenter graduation trip turns into a Cinematography Thomas W. Kiennast horror trip, from which not Editing Daniel Prochaska, Alarich Lenz everyone will return. Production design Hannes Salat, Pia Jaros Producer Florian Gebhardt Production company Gebhardt Productions Completion Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, expected Vienna Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich spring 2018 Contact Gebhardt Productions Neusiedlerstraße 50 2340 Mödling – Austria tel +43 2236 64 163 [email protected] www.filmpark.tv

Dominik Hartl Filmography (selection): 2016 Attack of the Lederhosenzombies (fiction), 2015 Beautiful Girl (fiction), 2012 Spitzendeckchen (short)

11 Fiction Die Wunder­ übung

Completion expected spring 2018

Directed by Michael Kreihsl

Joana and Valentin Dorek are a German / digital / 1:2.39 / 90 min married couple going through Key cast Aglaia Szyszkovitz, Devid Striesow, a crisis. This prompts them Erwin Steinhauer to take a trial session with a Written by Michael Kreihsl based on couple’s therapist. In the thera- the theatrical piece by Daniel Glattauer pist’s consulting room they Cinematography Wolfgang Thaler start off with their standard Editing Ulrike Kofler programme: she won’t stop Production design Katrin Huber, Gerhard Dohr talking and he isn’t even listen- Producer Helmut Grasser ing. The broken communication Production company Allegro Film between the couple is a real Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF, Vienna Film Fund challenge for the therapist. He Contact Allegro Film is almost at his wits’ end when Krummgasse 1a his mobile rings and a surpris- 1030 Vienna – Austria ing message brings chaos into tel +43 1 712 50 36 their therapy session. [email protected] www.allegrofilm.at

Michael Kreihsl Filmography (selection): 2016 Liebe möglicherweise (fiction), 2006 Heute heiratet mein Mann (TV), 2000 Heimkehr der Jäger (fiction), 1996 Charms Zwischenfälle (fiction)

12 Fiction Erik & Erika

Directed by Reinhold Bilgeri

Erik(a) Schinegger – the ski German / digital / 16:9 / 98 min star who became a media Key cast Markus Freistätter, Birgit Melcher, sensation. Erika was hailed as Marianne Sägebrecht, Gerhard Liebmann a champion skier, until a sex Written by Dirk Kämper test determined that she was Cinematography Carsten Thiele a he – and Erik was rejected, Editing Karin Hartusch accused of fraud. A story based Production design Bertram Reiter on real life, a tale about nature, Producers Tommy Pridnig, Peter Wirthensohn, the taboo subjects of 1970s Till Derenbach, Michael Souvignier society, and the Austrian Ski Production companies Lotus-Film, Zeitsprung Pictures (D) Federation. Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Vienna Film Fund, Land Kärnten and FFF Bayern, SWR Contact Lotus-Film Mollardgasse 85A / Stiege 1 1060 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 786 33 87 [email protected] www.lotus-film.at

Completion expected spring 2018

Reinhold Bilgeri Filmography (selection): 2014 Alles Fleisch ist Gras (TV), 2010 Der Atem des Himmels (fiction)

13 Fiction Joy

Completion expected summer 2018

Directed by Sudabeh Mortezai

The story of a young woman German / digital / 1:1.85 / 100 min from Nigeria struggling to Key cast Joy Alphonsus, Mariam Precious Sanusi, survive against life’s hardships Angela Ekeleme and make a better life for Written by Sudabeh Mortezai herself and her little daughter Cinematography Klemens Hufnagl in Vienna. Editing Oliver Neumann Production design Julia Libiseller Producers Sabine Moser, Oliver Neumann Production company FreibeuterFilm Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF, Vienna Film Fund Contact FreibeuterFilm Turmburggasse 2-8/5/2 1060 Vienna – Austria tel +43 720 34 65 10 [email protected] www.freibeuterfilm.com

Sudabeh Mortezai Filmography (selection): 2014 Macondo (fiction), 2009 Im Bazar der Geschlechter (doc.), 2006 Children of the Prophet (doc.)

14 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 Completion and Media/Creative Europe expected spring 2018 Contact Witcraft Filmproduktion Lindengasse 25/10 1070 Vienna – Austria tel +43 699 177 881 77 [email protected] www.witcraft.at

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

15 Fiction L’Animale

Completed

Directed by Katharina Mückstein

Riding on their tuned-up bikes, German / digital / 1:2.39 / 93 min Mati and her posse of male Key cast Sophie Stockinger, Kathrin Resetarits, friends intimidate their neigh- Dominik Warta, Julia Franz Richter borhood and harass the girls. Written by Katharina Mückstein In their village, they rule. But Cinematography Michael Schindegger when her closest pal Sebas- Editing Natalie Schwager tian falls in love with Mati and Production design Katharina Haring her enemy Carla unexpectedly Producers Michael Kitzberger, Wolfgang Widerhofer, turns into a friend, Mati is in Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Markus Glaser, Flavio Marchetti, Katharina Mückstein, danger of losing her standing Michael Schindegger, Natalie Schwager among her male friends. Mean- Production companies NGF Geyrhalterfilm, La Banda Film while Mati’s parents have a Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, decision to make: What’s more Vienna Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich important, appearances or re- Contact Films Boutique ality? L’ Animale is a film about Köpenicker Straße 184 the contradictory forces that 10997 Berlin – Germany guide our lives: desire, passion, tel +49 30 695 378 50 [email protected] and reason. www.filmsboutique.com

Katharina Mückstein Filmography (selection): 2013 Talea (fiction), 2008 Die Vereinigung (short), 2006 Das Erbe (short doc.), 2005 Siesta (short)

16 Fiction Lillian

Completion expected summer 2018

Directed by Andreas Horvath

The film tells the story of a English, German / digital / 1:1.85 / 130 min young woman who one day, Key cast Patrycja Planik without any warning, abandons Written by Andreas Horvath her normal life to go to the Cinematography Andreas Horvath, Sonja Aufderklamm “end of the world”, not just Editing Michael Palm meta­phorically but also liter- Producer Ulrich Seidl ally. Starting in New York in Production company Ulrich Seidl Film Produktion March she crosses the con- Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, tinent of North America and Vienna Film Fund reaches the Bering Strait by Contact Ulrich Seidl Film Produktion the following winter. Here we Wasserburgergasse 5/7 1090 Vienna – Austria lose track of her. Lillian has tel +43 1 310 28 24 vanished. In the desolate [email protected] wastes of Alaska the camera www.ulrichseidl.com has detached itself from the protagonist, and the film ends the following spring with in- digenous whale hunters on the Siberian side of the Bering Strait.

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.)

17 Fiction Murer – Anatomie eines Prozesses The Murer Case

Directed by Christian Frosch

Graz, Austria 1963. The well- German / digital / 1:2.35 / 134 min respected local politician and Key cast Karl Fischer, Karl Markovics, Alexander landowner Franz Murer is on Fennon, Roland Jaeger, Melita Jurisic trial. He is accused of having Written by Christian Frosch committed war crimes in the Cinematography Frank Amann ghetto of Vilnius from 1941-43. Editing Karin Hammer Survivors of the mass murder Production design Katharina Wöppermann arrive to testify and see justice Producers Viktoria Salcher, Mathias Forberg, done. The Ministry of Justice Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef eventually reaches a deci- Production companies Prisma Film, Paul Thiltges Distribution (L) sion. It is one of the greatest Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF, FISA, Vienna Film Fund, Cine Art and scandals of the Austrian jus- Filmfund Luxembourg tice system – and a timeless, Contact Prisma Film shattering example of political Rathausstraße 3/18 calculation. 1010 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 406 37 70 [email protected] www.prismafilm.at Completion expected spring 2018

Christian Frosch Filmography (selection): 2014 Von jetzt an kein Zurück (fiction), 2007 Weiße Lilien (fiction), 2001 K.aF.ka fragment (fiction), 1996 Die totale Therapie (fiction)

18 Fiction Styx

Completed

Directed by Wolfgang Fischer

Styx depicts the transforma- German / digital / 1:1.85 / 93 min tion of a strong woman torn Key cast Susanne Wolff, Gedion Wekesa Oduor, from her contented world dur- Kelvin Mutuku Ndinda ing a sailing trip. When she be- Written by Wolfgang Fischer, Ika Künzel comes the only person to come Cinematography Benedict Neuenfels to the aid of a group of refugees Editing Monika Willi shipwrecked on the high seas, Production design Volker Rehm she is shown the limits of her Producers Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, importance and of the empathy Bady Minck, Marcos Kantis, Martin Lehwald, Michal Pokorny of her cultural milieu. She is Production companies AMOUR FOU Vienna, Schiwago Film (D) left slipping impotently from Supported by Austrian Film Institute and Film-und one nightmare to the next, Medienstiftung NRW, DFFF, MBB, BKM, and by the end she is forced to FFA, Malta Film Commission, Eurimages, recognize that there is no way ARTE/WDR to counter the cruelties of real Contact Beta Cinema life. Only chance can save her. Gruenwalder Weg 28d 82041 Oberhaching, Munich – Germany tel +49 89 673 469 828 [email protected] www.betacinema.com

Wolfgang Fischer Filmography (selection): 2009 Was du nicht siehst (fiction), 2001 Grau (short)

19 Fiction The Dark

Completion expected spring 2018

Directed by Justin P. Lange, Klemens Hufnagl 1st film

A murderous, flesh-eating English / digital / 1:2.35 / 94 min undead young girl haunting the Key cast Nadia Alexander, Toby Nichols, remote stretch of woods where Karl Markovics she was murdered decades Written by Justin P. Lange earlier discovers a kidnapped Cinematography Klemens Hufnagl and abused boy hiding in the Editing Julia Drack trunk of one of her victim’s cars. Production design Danielle Sahota Her decision to let the boy live Producers Danny Krausz, Kurt Stocker throws her aggressively solitary Production company Dor Film existence into upheaval, and Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF and NOHFC, ultimately forces her to re- Canada Tax Credit, Creative Europe Programme – MEDIA of the EU examine just how much of her Contact XYZ Films humanity her murderer 3103 S La Cienega Blvd was able to destroy. CA 90016 Los Angeles – USA tel +1 310 956 15 50 [email protected] www.xyzfilms.com

Justin P. Lange, Klemens Hufnagl Filmography of joint works (selection): 2018 The Dark (fiction)

20 Fiction To the Night

Directed by Peter Brunner

Norman, the sole survivor of a English / digital / 1:2.35 / 94 min tragic fire when he was just a Key cast Caleb Landry Jones, Eleonore Hendricks, child, has been struggling with Jana McKinnon, Christos Haas a lingering feeling of guilt all his Written by Peter Brunner life. Together with his girlfriend Cinematography Daniel Katz Penelope and his baby son, Editing Peter Brunner Norman tries to forge a new Production design Katie Hickman life. Norman’s memory is reig- Producers Oliver Neumann, Sabine Moser nited one night and he sets off Production company FreibeuterFilm on an unparalleled quest, fol- Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF lowing a trail of flames whose Contact FreibeuterFilm powers shall now heal him. Turmburggasse 2-8/5/2 1060 Vienna – Austria tel +43 720 34 65 10 [email protected] Completion www.freibeuterfilm.com expected spring 2018

Peter Brunner Filmography (selection): 2015 Jeder der fällt hat Flügel (fiction), 2014 Mein blindes Herz (fiction), 2007 Krankheit der Jugend (fiction, co-dir.)

21 Fiction Wie ich lernte, bei mir selbst Kind zu sein How I Learned to Be My Own Child

Directed by Rupert Henning

Paul Silberstein, youngest German / digital / 1:2.39 / 110 min son of an urbane but deeply Key cast Karl Markovics, Sabine Timoteo, strange old Austrian dynasty Valentin Hagg, 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 Completion 1170 Vienna – Austria expected spring 2018 tel +43 1 427 10 11 [email protected] www.dor-film.com

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

22 Fiction Zauberer Sorcerer

Completed

Directed by Sebastian Brauneis 1st film

A psychiatrist and his blind German / digital / 1:1.85 / 113 min girlfriend, bound by sinister Key cast Nicholas Ofczarek, Regina Fritsch, Florian interest. A school doctor, who Teichtmeister, Roland Koch, Joel Basman lost more than work with her Written by Sebastian Brauneis, Clemens Setz, dismissal. Her brother, who will Nicholas Ofczarek do everything for her. A desper- Cinematography Roman Chalupnik ate mother, who affectionately Editing Antonia Adelsberger cares for her comatose son. Production design Uta Wiegele Willing to try anything just to Producers John Lueftner, David Schalko reach him again. A young man, Production companies Superfilm, A Film Company (CH) who sells his body, because he Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF and Bundesamt für Kultur, Zürcher Filmstiftung lost his self long ago. A student, Contact Superfilm whose supposedly harmless Zieglergasse 1 joke connects their destinies. 1070 Vienna – Austria And a boy who vanishes and tel +43 1 522 19 11 reappears. [email protected] www.superfilm.at

Sebastian Brauneis Filmography (selection): 2015 Bösterreich (TV series), 2012 Sendung ohne Namen (TV series), 2008 Cien w futrach (short), 2005 Sunshine Airlines (short)

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Documentary Films

Documentary Bora – Stories about a Wind

Directed by Bernhard Pötscher

The Bora is one of the stron- Croatian, Italian, English, German / digital / 1:2.35 / 100 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 Completion tel +43 1 890 427 016 expected [email protected] fall 2018 www.poetscher.com

Bernhard Pötscher Filmography (selection): 2012 Kleine Perestrojka (doc.), 1998 The Rounder Girls (doc., co-dir.), 1996 Achtung Staatsgrenze (doc., co-dir.), 1994 Geraubte Kindheit (doc., co-dir.)

27 Documentary Bruder Jakob, schläfst du noch? Are You Sleeping, Brother Jakob?

Directed by Stefan Bohun

Four brothers on a journey into German, English, Portuguese / digital / 16:9 / 85 min the past. It is a shared path of Written by Stefan, Johannes and David Bohun memories which starts in the Cinematography Klemens Hufnagl Tyrolean mountains after the Editing Marek Kralovsky fifth brother’s death and ends Producers Ralph Wieser, David Bohun in a hotel room in Porto. A per- Production company Mischief Films sonal film about grief and fare- Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF, Vienna Film well, about serenity and arrival Fund, Cine Tirol, Land Niederösterreich as well as reunion and retrieval. Contact Mischief Films Goethegasse 1 1010 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 585 23 24 23 Completed [email protected] www.mischief-films.com

Stefan Bohun Filmography (selection): 2014 Musik (short), 2007 Amo Beethoven (short doc.), 2005 Nohelia (short doc.)

28 Documentary But Beautiful

Completion expected fall 2018

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 Editing Monika Schindler, Erwin Wagenhofer important challenges we face. Producers Sabine Kriechbaum, Erwin Wagenhofer, There are people who serve as Christof Robol, Mathias Forberg, role models, people who act Viktoria Salcher, Peter Rommel within and through connec- Production companies Imagine Film Cooperation, Prisma Film, Rommel Film (D) tions. This film is dedicated Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF and DFFF, to them and their stories. ARTE/RBB, Medienboard MBB, FFA But Beautiful is a film about Contact Imagine Film Cooperation connections, femininity and Capistrangasse 5/54 sensuality. A film about 1060 Vienna – Austria beauty—preceded by a but. tel +43 664 730 283 44 [email protected]

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

29 Documentary Demos

Directed by Robert Schabus

The crisis of western democ- German, English, French / digital / 1:1.85 / 90 min racies 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, Producers 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. Contact Allegro Film Accompanying people from Krummgasse 1a 1030 Vienna – Austria various European countries, tel +43 1 712 50 36 Demos will take a close look at [email protected] the reasons for this crisis. www.allegrofilm.at

Completion expected summer 2018

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

30 Documentary Die Burg The Burg

Directed by Hans Andreas Guttner

A portrait of one of the most German / digital / 1:1.85 / 90 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 visualiz- Production company Guttner Film es what is otherwise invisible. Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF Contact Guttner Film Singerstraße 20/9 Completion 1010 Vienna – Austria expected tel +43 681 819 631 21 spring 2018 [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.)

31 Documentary Eisenstraße The Last Shipment

Completion expected spring 2018

Directed by Sebastian Brameshuber

In a remote workshop not far German, Igbo, English / digital / 16:9 / 90 min from the Styrian Erzberg area, Written by Sebastian Brameshuber Cliff and Magnus have spent Cinematography Klemens Hufnagl the past seven years build- Editing Emily Artmann ing an export business selling Producers Ralph Wieser, David Bohun, used cars and parts to their Sebastian Brameshuber old home country, Nigeria. Re- Production company Mischief Films cently, however, Magnus has Supported by BKA – Arts Division, FISA, been forced to close down the Vienna Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich, Land Oberösterreich, Land Steiermark venture. The Last Shipment and Media tells the story of the imminent Contact Mischief Films disappearance of this trade Goethegasse 1 route and a merman’s promise 1010 Vienna – Austria that has become a curse. tel +43 1 585 23 24 23 [email protected] www.mischief-films.com

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.)

32 Documentary Epicentro

Directed by Hubert Sauper

A film about the butterfly effect Spanish / digital / 1:1.85 / 90 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, Completion Little Magnet Films, Groupe Deux (F) expected summer Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF and 2018 Eurimages, Cine+, Sofica, Ford Foundation, Impact Partners Contact KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Production Seidengasse 15/3/19 1070 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 522 22 21 [email protected] www.kgp.co.at

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

33 Documentary Erde Earth

Completion expected fall 2018

Directed by Nikolaus Geyrhalter

We walk all over it every day of without dialogue / 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, FISA, ORF, bury our dead in it. We take its Vienna Film Fund 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 [email protected] 40 kilometers thick – is its www.geyrhalterfilm.com most delicate organ by far.

Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmography (selection): 2016 Homo Sapiens (doc.), 2012 Donauspital – SMZ Ost (doc.), 2011 Abendland (doc.), 2005 Unser Täglich Brot (doc.), 2001 Elsewhere (doc.)

34 Documentary I’m a Bad Guy

Directed by Susanne Freund

Adolf Schandl has 40 years of German / digital / 1:1.85 / 90 min incarceration and many failed Written by Susanne Freund breakout attempts behind him. Cinematography Jerzy Palacz Recently released, the 80-year- Editing Michou Hutter old is now planning his final Producer Kurt Mayer escape. He wants to return to Production company kurt mayer film Australia one more time. His Supported by FISA, ORF, Vienna Film Fund dream country, where he lived Contact kurt mayer film a long time ago, and where Heinestraße 36/1/2 life was good. On the way, the 1020 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 967 89 29 sweet Grandpa with the gentle [email protected] gaze falls away layer by layer, www.kurtmayerfilm.com to reveal personality traits that are shockingly of our time.

Completion expected spring 2018

Susanne Freund Filmography (selection): 2006 Big Alma (TV doc.), 1998 Manege schön (doc.), 1996 Im Namen Gottes (doc.), 1994 Vorwärts (doc.), 1992 Das heimliche Fest (doc.)

35 Documentary Kinder unter Deck Children below Deck

Directed by Bettina Henkel 1st film

The film is the personal story German, Latvian, Polish / digital / 1:1.85 / 92 min of three generations: the (late) Written by Bettina Henkel grandmother, the father and Cinematography Astrid Heubrandtner-Verschuur the daughter, who is direct- Editing Oliver Neumann, Niki Mossböck ing the film. It focuses on the Producers Oliver Neumann, Sabine Moser trans-generational transfer of Production company FreibeuterFilm traumatic experiences. It’s a Supported by BKA – Arts Division, FISA, ORF, spiritual road movie through Vienna Film Fund deep and diffuse layers of feel- Contact FreibeuterFilm ings resulting from historical Turmburggasse 2-8/5/2 1060 Vienna – Austria transformations in north- tel +43 720 34 65 10 eastern Europe. [email protected] www.freibeuterfilm.com

Completion expected spring 2018

Bettina Henkel Filmography (selection): 2018 Kinder unter Deck (doc.)

36 Documentary Kino Wien Film

Completion expected spring 2018

Directed by Paul Rosdy

Kino Wien Film is a cinematic German / digital / 16:9 / 86 min history of Vienna, from 1896 Written by Paul Rosdy until today. What, next to Cinematography Peter Roehsler technical and media develop- Editing Paul Rosdy ments, did cinemas have to go Producer Paul Rosdy through? An interwoven film Production company Rosdy Film collage of archival material Supported by Vienna Film Fund, VAM, (film, photo, text) and filming Filmarchiv Austria in the present time, not chrono- Contact Rosdy Film logically told, tries to communi- Lustkandlgasse 51/4-5 1090 Vienna – Austria cate: what, next to all the tel +43 1 319 81 42 films that can be seen there, [email protected] is cinema? www.rosdyfilm.com

Paul Rosdy Filmography (selection): 2011 Der letzte Jude von Drohobytsch (doc.), 2005 Neue Welt (doc.), 1998 Zuflucht in Shanghai (doc., co-dir.)

37 Documentary Manaslu – Berg der Seelen

Completion expected fall 2018

Directed by Gerald Salmina

Since 1996 Hans Kammer­ German / digital / 1:2.39 / 100 min lan­der has held the record Written by Gerald Salmina for the fastest ascent on the Cinematography Günther Göberl north route to the summit of Editing David Hofer Mount Everest in 16 hours Producer Gerald Salmina and 40 minutes, followed by Production company Planet Watch Film & Video Productions the first ski descent from the Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, highest mountain in the world. Servus TV and IDM Südtirol This outstanding achievement Contact Planet Watch Film & Video Productions made him world famous. Hans Pirkhofweg 25 9210 Pörtschach – Austria Kammerlander experienced his tel +43 664 340 54 10 most painful moment in 1991 [email protected] at the Manaslu in Nepal, where www.planetwatch.at he tragically lost two of his best friends.

Gerald Salmina Filmography (selection): 2015 Streif – One Hell of a Ride! (doc.), 2010 Die Felix Baumgartner Story (TV doc.), 2009 Mount St. Elias (doc.)

38 Documentary Mauthausen­ – Zwei Leben Mauthausen – Two Lives

Directed by Simon Wieland

The documentary tells the dra- German / digital / 16:9 / 90 min matic story of two people who Written by Simon Wieland, Andreas Kuba lived in Mauthausen during the Cinematography Simon Wieland Nazi regime: one inside, in the Editing Marlenn Paeschke concentration camp; the other Producer Simon Wieland outside, in the town of Maut­ Production company Simon Wieland Film hausen. One was among the Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF, victims; the other, the perpetra- Land Oberösterreich tors. Two fates running parallel Contact Simon Wieland Film in time and place, but while Liechtensteinstraße 16 2130 Mistelbach – Austria they couldn’t have been more tel +43 664 203 99 70 diametrically opposed, they [email protected] still share so many oppressive www.simonwieland.com and un­settling aspects.

Completion expected spring 2018

Simon Wieland Filmography (selection): 2016 Unser Kampf (doc.), 2013 Nemci Ven – Deutsche raus! (doc.), 2012 Heil Hitler – Die Russen kommen (doc.)

39 Documentary Mein Stottern Stuttering – My Constant Companion

Directed by Petra Nickel, Birgit Gohlke 1st film

The King’s Speech reopens old German, English / digital / 1:1.85 / 90 min wounds for Birgit. She realises Written by Petra Nickel, Birgit Gohlke that she has to make peace Cinematography Judith Benedikt, Martin Putz with her stuttering. To accom- Editing Lisa Zoe Geretschläger, Julia Pontiller plish this she confronts herself Producer Peter Janecek with other stutterers, their Production company Plaesion Film tactics and also her own past. Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF, Cine Art, Land Niederösterreich, Land Tirol, Wien Kultur Contact filmdelights Completed Lindengasse 25/10 1070 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 944 30 35 [email protected] www.filmdelights.com

Petra Nickel, Birgit Gohlke Filmography of joint works (selection): 2018 Mein Stottern (doc.)

40 Documentary Pinkafeld

Completion expected spring 2018

Directed by Elke Groen

Pinkafeld is a small city in Aus- German / digital / 16:9 / 75 min tria that gained adverse public- Written by Elke Groen ity as “Nazi village” during the Cinematography Elke Groen presidential election of 2017 Editing Emily Artmann when a majority of its citizens Producers Arash T. Riahi, Karin Berger, Elke Groen voted for their famous neigh- Production companies Golden Girls Film, Groen. Film bor, the right wing candidate Supported by BKA – Arts Division, Wien Kultur Norbert Hofer. What do people Contact Golden Girls Film really think in regard to home- Seidengasse 15/3/20 land, refugees and populism? 1070 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 810 56 36 Pinkafeld shows a society in [email protected] transition, a small city that re- www.goldengirls.at flects Europe’s zeitgeist.

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

41 Documentary Projektion Österreich: The Story of Austrian Cinema

Directed by Frederick Baker

The first ever feature-length German / digital / 1:2.39 / 120 min film essay telling the story Written by Frederick Baker of Austrian cinema from the Cinematography Christian Haake Austro-Hungarian Empire to the Editing Susan Korda 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 be- [email protected] tween Austrian national identity www.filmbaeckerei.at and individual actors, direc- tors and producers over the century, both inside and out- side present-day Austria, from Eric von Stroheim, Fritz Lang Completion and G.W.Pabst to Hedy Lamarr, expected spring 2018 Paula Wessely, Billy Wilder, Otto Preminger and Max Steiner.

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

42 Documentary The Green Lie

Completed

Directed by Werner Boote

Eco-friendly electric cars, German / digital / 1:1.85 / 93 min sustainably produced palm oil, Written by Werner Boote fair trade goods: hooray! Trust Cinematography Dominik Spritzendorfer, Mario Hötschl the corporations that tell you Editing Gernot Grassl, Roland Buzzi we can save the world by buy- Producers Markus Pauser, Erich Schindlecker ing the right things. This is a Production company e&a film popular and dangerous lie, as Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF, Werner Boote and environmen- Vienna Film Fund tal journalist Kathrin Hartmann Contact e&a film explain in this controversial Proschkogasse 1/12 1060 Vienna – Austria documentary: Stop the green tel +43 1 890 60 38 lies. [email protected] www.eafilm.at

Werner Boote Filmography (selection): 2015 Alles unter Kontrolle (doc.); Morgenland im Abenland (TV doc.), 2013 Population Boom (doc.), 2011 9/11 – Silver Linings (TV doc.), 2009 Plastic Planet (doc.)

43 Documentary The Remains

Completion expected fall 2018

Directed by Nathalie Borgers

The Remains follows a double German, English, Greek / digital / 1:1.85 / 90 min storyline, the work of commit- Written by Nathalie Borgers ted helpers on the one hand Cinematography Johannes Hammel and the waiting of families on Editing Sophie Reiter the other hand. Through the Producer Johannes Rosenberger sensitive intertwining of these Production company Navigator Film two elements, the film ques- Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, tions the EU migration policies Vienna Film Fund, Karl Kahane Stiftung, and addresses the theme dear RD Foundation Vienna to Antigone: whether good or Contact Navigator Film Schottenfeldgasse 14 bad, known or nameless, legal 1070 Vienna – Austria or illegal, human beings de- tel +43 1 524 97 77 serve a last tribute. [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.)

44 Documentary The Royal Line

Directed by Johannes Holzhausen

Once a year, a very special train Romanian, English / digital / 1:1.85 / 100 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 Rosenburger, Ada Solomon cally greet and cheer some of Production companies Navigator Film, HiFilm Productions (RO) the descendents of the last Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, King of Romania.The Royal Line Vienna Film Fund and TVR highlights the backdrop for this Contact Wide House nostalgic journey and starts 9 rue Bleue 75009 Paris – France off a cinematic expedition into tel +33 1 53 95 94 65 both the past and the present [email protected] of this East European state: of www.widehouse.org high-profile royalist production in a post communist republic.

Completion expected summer 2018

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

45 Documentary Traum­ fabrik Dream Factory

Completion expected fall 2018

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 de- Cinematography Marko Doringer termined innovative models Producer Marko Doringer of work. At the same time we Production company Filmfabrik are forced to participate in a Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, rat race of an achievement ori- Vienna Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich, ented market economy. Mod- Land Salzburg ern working systems promise Contact Filmfabrik Marko Doringer Filmproduktion more room for maneuver, more Ferdinand-Raimund-Gasse 4 personal liberties for all, at the 2344 Maria Enzersdorf – Austria same time forcing us to work tel +43 699 119 163 21 anywhere at any time. Where [email protected] exactly are we headed? Are www.filmfabrik.com we really looking at a brighter future? Or are we simply 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.)

46 Documentary Waldheims Walzer The Waldheim Waltz

Completed

Directed by Ruth Beckermann

A film about truth and lies or German, English, French / digital / compilation film / 93 min “alternative facts”. Ruth Becker- Written by Ruth Beckermann mann documents the process Editing Dieter Pichler of uncovering former UN Sec- Producer Ruth Beckermann retary General Kurt Waldheim’s Production company Ruth Beckermann Filmproduktion wartime past. It shows the swift Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, succession of new allegations Vienna Film Fund by the World Jewish Congress Contact Ruth Beckermann Filmproduktion during his Austrian presiden- Marc-Aurel-Straße 5/10 1010 Vienna – Austria tial campaign, the denial by tel +43 699 115 074 98 the Austrian political class, the [email protected] outbreak of anti-Semitism and www.ruthbeckermann.com patriotism, which finally led to his election. Created from inter- national archive material and what Beckermann shot at the time, film analyses the collapse of the Austrian grand illusion: having been the first victim of the Nazis.

Ruth Beckermann Filmography (selection): 2016 Die Geträumten (fiction), 2013 Those Who Go Those Who Stay (doc.), 2011 American Passages (doc.), 2001 homemad(e) (doc.), 1996 Jenseits des Krieges (doc.)

47 Documentary Weapon of Choice

Completed

Directed by Fritz Ofner

“They never fail.” The Glock pis- German, English, Arabic, Kurdish / digital / 16:9 / 90 min tol has been fetishised in films Written by Fritz Ofner and the arts, and is a regular Cinematography Fritz Ofner topseller in the international Editing Gerhard Daurer, Karina Ressler arms market. For the first time, Producer Fritz Ofner the filmmaking duo Fritz Ofner Production company Friedrich Ofner Film-und Videoproduktion and Eva Hausberger tell the Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, story of the rise of the Glock: An Vienna Film Fund Austrian design that became Contact Friedrich Ofner Film-und Videoproduktion the most sought-after service Beingasse 27/14 1150 Vienna – Austria and murder weapon world- tel +43 650 530 15 05 wide. Tracing the web of power, [email protected] money, violence and politics, www.fritzofner.info the film portrays the dark sides of globalisation and not least an Austrian tale of willful ignorance.

Fritz Ofner Filmography (selection): 2012 Libya Hurra (doc.); Beirut Blend (short doc.), 2011 Evolution der Gewalt (doc.), 2010 From Bagdad to Dallas (short doc.)

48 Documentary Welcome to Sodom

Directed by Florian Weigensamer, Christian Krönes

The demand for the latest elec- German, English / digital / 16:9 / 90 min tronic accessories in Europe is Written by Roland Schrotthofer, Florian Weigensamer exploding. Manufacturers regu- Cinematography Christian Kermer larly report record sales. Mobile Editing Christian Kermer phones, LCD TVs, notebooks Producers Christian Krönes, Roland Schrotthofer and the likes become use- Production company Blackbox Film & Medienproduktion less and “out” relatively soon Supported by Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, after their release. Hundreds Austrian Film Institute, ORF, education 21, of thousands of these end up Cine Art in Ghana where children and Contact Blackbox Film & Medienproduktion Hietzinger Kai 205 d adolescents dismantle them in 1130 Vienna – Austria toxic smoke. A “clean” business tel +43 1 877 28 57 for some, a poisonous routine [email protected] for others. www.blackboxfilm.at

Completion expected spring 2018

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

49 Documentary Widerstands- momente Moments of Resistance

Directed by Jo Schmeiser

Moments of Resistence 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 Production company Plaesion Film make links to current events. Supported by BKA – Arts Division, The Future Fund of A line is drawn from what was the Republic of Austria, ORF, Land before and what is today to Niederösterreich, Land Steiermark, Stadt Graz, Wien Kultur, Otto-Mauer-Fonds what might be: a society based Contact Plaesion Film on solidarity without discrimi- Schlosshofer Straße 8/4/3 nation or exclusion. 2301 Groß-Enzersdorf – Austria tel +43 660 213 69 66 [email protected] Completion www.plaesion.com expected fall 2018

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

50 Documentary Wolken­ kratzerin

Completion expected summer 2018

Directed by Lisa Weber

Claudia is fleeing. She is fleeing German / digital / 1:1.85 / 90 min from responsibility, from deci- Written by Lisa Weber sions. She got pregnant aged Cinematography Carolina Steinbrecher 14, her son Daniel became Editing Roland Stöttinger her excuse for dropping out Producers Rudolf Takacs, Ulrich Seidl of school and never trying to Production companies Takacs Filmproduktion, find a job. In her head, she has Ulrich Seidl Film Produktion big plans, but in her life, she is Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF scared to take the first step. Contact Takacs Filmproduktion Now she has to make a deci- Anton-Freunschlag-Gasse 99 1230 Vienna – Austria sion: Either keep running from tel +43 699 195 886 60 life or finally grow up. [email protected]

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)

51 Documentary Zeit für Utopien Utopia Revisited

Completion expected spring 2018

Directed by Kurt Langbein

Market economy has brought German / digital / 1:1.85 / 95 min welfare to the industrialised Written by Kurt Langbein, states – at the cost of other Anna Katharina Wohlgenannt continents and along with Cinematography Christian Roth growing inequality. The film Editing Alexandra Wedenig asks if there is – besides Producer Kurt Langbein capitalism – any model of so- Production company Langbein & Partner Media ciety worth discussing about? Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Protagonists of four projects Vienna Film Fund take us along their personal Contact Langbein & Partner Media Kellermanngasse 5/12 journeys towards possibili- 1070 Vienna – Austria ties to share, to cooperate and tel +43 1 535 36 96 to preserve nature. Experts [email protected] additionally give insights into www.langbein-partner.com the economic significance of cooperation and of a moderate economic development instead of unlimited growth.

Kurt Langbein Filmography (selection): 2015 Landraub (doc.), 2012 Grenzfälle – erzählt von Robert Menasse (doc.); Wunder Heilung (TV doc.)

52 Documentary Zu ebener Erde Down and Out

Directed by Birgit Bergmann, Steffi Franz, Oliver Werani

You see them at the same time German / digital / 1:1.85 / 91 min you do not see them: Homeless Written by Steffi Franz people are often invisible to the Cinematography Oliver Werani rest of the world. In the long- Editing Birgit Bergmann term observation documentary Producers Johannes Rosenberger, Constantin Wulff Down and Out some of them Production company Navigator Film are closely portrayed. Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF, Vienna Film Fund Contact Navigator Film Completion Schottenfeldgasse 14 expected 1070 Vienna – Austria spring 2018 tel +43 1 524 97 77 [email protected] www.navigatorfilm.com

Birgit Bergmann, Steffi Franz, Oliver Werani Filmography (selection of joint works): 2014 Dreck ist Freiheit (doc.), 2013 Treibstoff (doc.)

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Appendix Directors Producers

Frederick Baker 42 Allegro Filmproduktion 12, 30 Ruth Beckermann 47 AMOUR FOU Vienna 19 Birgit Bergmann 53 Bernhard Pötscher Reinhold Bilgeri 13 Filmproduktion 27 Stefan Bohun 28 Blackbox Film & Werner Boote 43 Medienproduktion 49 Nathalie Borgers 44 Dor Film 20, 22 Sebastian Brameshuber 32 e&a film 43 Sebastian Brauneis 23 epo-film 10 Peter Brunner 21 Filmbäckerei 42 Marko Doringer 46 Filmfabrik Marko Doringer Wolfgang Fischer 19 Filmproduktion 46 Steffi Franz 53 FreibeuterFilm 14, 21, 36 Susanne Freund 35 Friedrich Ofner Film-und Christian Frosch 18 Videoproduktion 48 Nikolaus Geyrhalter 34 Gebhardt Productions 11 Birgit Gohlke 40 Golden Girls Film 8, 41 Elke Groen 41 Guttner Film 31 Hans Andreas Guttner 31 Imagine Film Cooperation 29 Dominik Hartl 11 KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Bettina Henkel 36 Production 33 Rupert Henning 22 kurt mayer film 35 Johannes Holzhausen 45 La Banda Film 16 Andreas Horvath 17 Langbein & Partner Media 52 Klemens Hufnagl 20 Little Magnet Films 33 Michael Kreihsl 12 Lotus-Film 13 Marie Kreutzer 9 Mischief Films 28, 32 Christian Krönes 49 MR Film 15 Kurt Langbein 52 Navigator Film 44, 45 Justin P. Lange 20 NGF Geyrhalterfilm 16, 34 Nikolaus Leytner 10 Novotny & Novotny Stefan A. Lukacs 8 Filmproduktion 7, 9, 15 Sudabeh Mortezai 14 PLAESION Film + Vision 40, 50 Katharina Mückstein 16 Planet Watch Film & Petra Nickel 40 Video Productions 38 Fritz Ofner 48 Prisma Film-und Bernhard Pötscher 27 Fernsehproduktion 18, 29 Paul Rosdy 37 Rosdy Film 37 Gerhard Salmina 38 Ruth Beckermann Hubert Sauper 33 Filmproduktion 47 Robert Schabus 30 Simon Wieland Film 39 Markus Schleinzer 7 Superfilm 23 Joe Schmeiser 50 Takacs Filmproduktion 51 Elena Tikhonova 15 Ulrich Seidl Erwin Wagenhofer 29 Film Produktion 17 , 51 Lisa Weber 51 Witcraft Filmproduktion 15 Florian Weigensamer 49 Oliver Werani 53 Simon Wieland 39

56 Production Companies

Aaangelfilm coop99 filmproduktion epo-film Angela Christlieb Barbara Albert, Martin Dieter Pochlatko, Stolzenthalergasse 10/7 Gschlacht, Jessica Hausner, Jakob Pochlatko 1080 Vienna Antonin Svoboda, Edelsinnstraße 58 tel +43 660 378 84 38 Bruno Wagner 1120 Vienna [email protected] Wasagasse 12/1/1 tel +43 1 812 37 18 www.angelachristlieb.com 1090 Vienna [email protected] tel +43 1 319 58 25 www.epofilm.com Aichholzer Film [email protected] Josef Aichholzer www.coop99.at European Film Conspiracy Heumühlgasse 13-15/2/2/15 Association 1040 Vienna Cult Film Georg Aschauer, Daniel Hoesl, tel +43 1 523 40 81 Burkhard Ernst Gerald Kerkletz, Julia Niemann, [email protected] Wiedner Gürtel 3a Katharina Posch www.aifilm.com 1040 Vienna Gumpendorferstraße 10-12/23 tel +43 1 601 661 50 1060 Vienna Allegro Film [email protected] mail@europeanfilmconspiracy. Helmut Grasser www.cultfilm.at com Krummgasse 1A/9 www.europeanfilmconspiracy. 1030 Vienna Dor Film com tel +43 1 712 50 36 Danny Krausz, Kurt Stocker [email protected] Bergsteiggasse 36 Filmbäckerei www.allegrofilm.at 1170 Vienna Frederick Baker, tel +43 1 427 10 11 Sandra Fasolt-Baker AMOUR FOU Vienna [email protected] Margaretenstraße 71-73/1/28 Alexander Dumreicher- www.dor-film.com 1050 Vienna Ivanceanu, Bady Minck tel +43 664 181 10 33 Lindengasse 32/13 e&a film [email protected] 1070 Vienna Markus Pauser, www.filmbaeckerei.at tel +43 1 994 99 11 Erich Schindlecker [email protected] Proschkogasse 1/12 Filmfabrik www.amourfoufilm.com 1060 Vienna Marko Doringer tel +43 1 890 60 38 Filmproduktion Bernhard Pötscher [email protected] Marko Doringer Filmproduktion www.eafilm.at Ferdinand-Raimund-Gasse 4 Bernhard Pötscher 2344 Maria Enzersdorf Schwendergasse 41/2/1 Edoko Institute tel +43 699 119 163 21 1150 Vienna Film Production [email protected] tel +43 1 890 427 016 Edgar Honetschläger www.filmfabrik.com [email protected] Neulinggasse 23/2 www.poetscher.com 1030 Vienna Fischer Film tel +43 699 110 655 47 Markus Fischer Blackbox Film & [email protected] Neustiftgasse 32-34 Medienproduktion www.honetschlaeger.com 1070 Vienna Christian Krönes tel +43 1 524 74 25 Hietzinger Kai 205d [email protected] 1130 Vienna www.fischerfilm.com tel +43 1 877 28 57 [email protected] www.blackboxfilm.at

57 Production Companies

FreibeuterFilm Guttner Film La Banda Film Oliver Neumann, Sabine Moser Hans A. Guttner Flavio Marchetti, Turmburggasse 2-8/5/2 Singerstraße 20/9 Katharina Mückstein, Michael 1060 Vienna 1010 Vienna Schindegger, Natalie Schwager tel +43 720 34 65 10 tel +43 681 819 631 21 Sebastian-Kneipp-Gasse 8/3-4 [email protected] [email protected] 1020 Vienna www.freibeuterfilm.com www.guttnerfilm.at tel +43 650 301 08 08 [email protected] Friedrich Ofner Film- Houchang Allahyari Film- www.labandafilm.at und Videoproduktion produktion Fritz Ofner Houchang Allahyari Langbein & Partner Media Beingasse 27/14 Wipplingerstraße 24-26/6 Kurt Langbein 1150 Vienna 1010 Vienna Kellermanngasse 5/12 tel +43 650 530 15 05 tel +43 699 104 029 01 1070 Vienna [email protected] [email protected] tel +43 1 535 36 96 www.fritzofner.info redaktion@langbein- Imagine Film Cooperation partner.com Gebhardt Productions Sabine Kriechbaum www.langbein-partner.com Florian Gebhardt Capistrangasse 5/54 Neusiedlerstraße 50 1060 Vienna Lotus-Film 2340 Mödling tel +43 664 730 283 44 Peter Wirthensohn, tel +43 2236 64 163 [email protected] Tommy Pridnig [email protected] Mollardgasse 85A / Stiege 1 www.filmpark.tv jBurger film 1060 Vienna Joerg Burger tel +43 1 786 33 87 Golden Girls Film Gartengasse 18/21 [email protected] Raphael Barth, Arash T. Riahi 1050 Vienna www.lotus-film.at Seidengasse 15/3/20 tel +43 699 104 586 47 1070 Vienna [email protected] Luc Film tel +43 1 810 56 36 Wolfgang Konrad [email protected] KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Westbahnstraße 1A/14 www.goldengirls.at Production 1070 Vienna Gabriele Kranzelbinder tel +43 699 181 212 61 Graf Film Seidengasse 15/3/19 [email protected] Klaus Graf 1070 Vienna Alter Platz 28 tel +43 1 522 22 21 Markus Mörth Film- und 9020 Klagenfurt [email protected] Medienproduktion tel +43 463 32 99 29 www.kgp.co.at Markus Mörth [email protected] Froschaugasse 5 www.graffilm.com kurt mayer film 8010 Graz Kurt Mayer tel +43 676 640 16 77 Greenkat Productions Heinestraße 36/1/2 [email protected] Katharina Rohrer 1020 Vienna www.markusmoerth.com Schleifmühlgasse 4/17 tel +43 1 967 89 29 1040 Vienna [email protected] tel +43 1 587 21 73 www.kurtmayerfilm.com office@greenkatproductions. com www.greenkatproductions.com

58 Production Companies

Metafilm Navigator Film peartree-entertainment Michael Cencig, Fritz Kalteis Johannes Rosenberger Lillian Birnbaum Dreihausgasse 9/H.2 Schottenfeldgasse 14 Fleischmarkt 16 1150 Vienna 1070 Vienna 1010 Vienna tel +43 1 236 170 61 tel +43 1 524 97 77 tel +43 660 706 98 17 [email protected] [email protected] lbirnbaum@peartree- www.metafilm.at www.navigatorfilm.com entertainment.com www.peartree-entertainment. Mischief Films NGF Geyrhalterfilm com Georg Misch, Ralph Wieser Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Markus Goethegasse 1 Glaser, Michael Kitzberger, Peter Schreiner Film­ 1010 Vienna Wolfgang Widerhofer produktion – echt.zeit.film tel +43 1 585 23 24 23 Hildebrandgasse 26 Peter Schreiner [email protected] 1180 Vienna Grinzinger Allee 37a www.mischief-films.com tel +43 1 403 01 62 1190 Vienna [email protected] tel +43 1 328 64 43 Mona Film www.geyrhalterfilm.com [email protected] Thomas Hroch, www.echtzeitfilm.at Gerald Podgornig Nina Kusturica Projects Seilerstätte 13/1/23 Nina Kusturica Plaesion Film 1010 Vienna Schlossgasse 22/3 Peter Janecek tel +43 1 513 11 15 1050 Vienna Schlosshofer Straße 8/4/3 [email protected] [email protected] 2301 Groß-Enzersdorf www.monafilm.tv www.nk-projects.com tel +43 660 213 69 66 [email protected] monochrom Novotny & Novotny www.plaesion.com Johannes Grenzfurthner Filmproduktion Museumsquartier/Q21, Franz Novotny, Alexander Glehr Plan C Filmproduktion Museumsplatz 1 Weimarerstraße 22/4A Claudia Wohlgenannt 1070 Vienna 1180 Vienna Kriemhildplatz 10 tel +43 676 783 14 53 tel +43 1 478 71 70 1150 Vienna [email protected] [email protected] tel +43 1 990 63 72 www.novotnyfilm.at [email protected] MR-FILM www.plancfilm.com Andreas Kamm, Oliver Auspitz, Orbrock Filmproduktion Kurt Mrkwicka Ulrich Gehmacher Planet Watch Film & Auhofstraße 70 Schottenfeldgasse 56/23 Video Productions 1130 Vienna 1070 Vienna Gerald Salmina tel +43 1 876 87 15 tel +43 1 522 25 88 Pirkhofweg 25 [email protected] [email protected] 9210 Pörtschach www.mr-film.com www.orbrock.com tel +43 664 340 54 10 [email protected] Nabis Filmgroup Pavel Cuzuioc Filmproduktion www.planetwatch.at Lukas Valenta Rinner Pavel Cuzuioc Michael-Walz-Gasse 18c Kohlgasse 9/13 5020 Salzburg 1050 Vienna tel +43 664 233 93 96 tel +43 699 171 050 24 [email protected] [email protected] www.nabisfilm.com www.pavelcuzuioc.com

59 Production Companies

Prisma Film schaller08 Ulrich Seidl Film Produktion Viktoria Salcher, Bernhard Braunstein, Ulrich Seidl Mathias Forberg Dominik Tschütscher Wasserburgergasse 5/7 Rathausstraße 3/18 Wäschergasse 10 1090 Vienna 1010 Vienna 5020 Salzburg tel +43 1 310 28 24 tel +43 1 406 37 70 tel +43 699 128 885 60 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.ulrichseidl.com www.prismafilm.at Simon Wieland Film Vento Film ProvinzFilm International Simon Wieland Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel Andreas Gruber Liechtensteinstraße 16 Leitermayergasse 33/20 Porzellangasse 36 2130 Mistelbach 1180 Vienna 4600 Wels tel +43 664 203 99 70 tel +43 1 406 03 92 tel +43 7242 685 61 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.simonwieland.com www.ventofilm.com

Ritzl Film Soleil Film WEGA Filmproduktion Wolfgang Ritzberger Filip Antoni Malinowski, Veit Heiduschka, Michael Katz Spechtgasse 34 Jürgen Karasek Hägelingasse 13 2340 Mödling Linke Wienzeile 142/13 1140 Vienna tel +43 664 300 43 72 1060 Vienna tel +43 1 982 57 42 [email protected] tel +43 699 123 974 78 [email protected] www.ritzlfilm.at [email protected] www.wega-film.at www.soleilfilm.at Rosdy Film WILDart Film Paul Rosdy Superfilm Ebba Sinzinger, Lustkandlgasse 51/4-5 John Lueftner, David Schalko Vincent Lucassen 1090 Vienna Zieglergasse 1 Pfeilgasse 32/1 tel +43 1 319 81 42 1070 Vienna 1080 Vienna [email protected] tel +43 1 522 19 11 tel +43 1 595 29 91 www.rosdyfilm.com [email protected] [email protected] www.superfilm.at www.wildartfilm.com RR* Filmproduktion Ruth Rieser Takacs Filmproduktion Witcraft Filmproduktion Lange Gasse 60/21 Rudi Takacs Ursula Wolschlager 1080 Vienna Anton-Freunschlag-Gasse 99 Lindengasse 25/10 tel +43 664 120 30 07 1230 Vienna 1070 Vienna [email protected] tel +43 699 195 886 60 tel +43 699 177 881 77 www.rr-film.at [email protected] [email protected] www.witcraft.at Ruth Beckermann trotzdemfilm Filmproduktion Astrid Johanna Ofner Xpedit Film Ruth Beckermann Hegelgasse 8/20 Peter Ily Huemer Marc-Aurel-Straße 5/10 1010 Vienna Franziskanerplatz 5/2/10a 1010 Vienna tel +43 664 130 38 88 1010 Vienna tel +43 699 115 074 98 [email protected] [email protected] sekretariat@ www.trotzdemfilm.at ruthbeckermann.com www.ruthbeckermann.com

60 Distributors, World Sales & VOD abc-films Constantin Film Holding GmbH Filmladen Filmverleih c/o KIZ Christian Langhammer Michael Stejskal Conrad von Siebensterngasse 37 Mariahilfer Straße 58 Hötzendorfstraße 10 1070 Vienna 1070 Vienna 8010 Graz tel +43 1 521 28-1122 tel +43 1 523 43 62 tel +43 676 414 44 11 constantin.office@ [email protected] [email protected] constantinfilm.at www.filmladen.at www.abc-films.at www.cineplexx.at Flimmit Alamode Filmdistribution EastWest Filmdistribution Michael Wagenhofer GmbH GmbH Dreihausgasse 9/4.1 Tobias Lehmann Sasha Wieser 1150 Vienna Leitermayergasse 43/4 Lerchengasse 24 tel +43 1 892 24 63 1180 Vienna 1080 Vienna [email protected] tel +43 1 236 21 90 tel +43 1 890 83 76 www.flimmit.com [email protected] office@eastwest- www.alamodefilm.at distribution.com identities.DISTRIBUTION www.eastwest-distribution. Barbara Reumüller Alphaville Filmverleih com P.O. Box 84 Norman Shetler, 1072 Vienna Paolo Calamita Einhorn-Film tel +43 1 524 62 74 Wildpretmarkt 1 Michael Wieser [email protected] 1010 Vienna Gurtnielweg 9 www.identities.at tel +43 1 581 29 27 6710 Nenzing [email protected] tel +43 664 34 103 08 Luna Filmverleih www.alphaville.at [email protected] Michael Stejskal www.einhorn-film.at Mariahilferstraße 58/7 autlook filmsales 1070 Vienna Salma Abdalla filmdelights tel +43 1 523 43 62 Spittelberggasse 3/14 Christa Auderlitzky [email protected] 1070 Vienna Lindengasse 25/10 www.lunafilm.at tel +43 (0) 720 34 69 34 1070 Vienna [email protected] tel +43 1 944 30 35 ORF Enterprise GmbH & Co KG www.autlookfilms.com [email protected] Marion Camus-Oberdorfer www.filmdelights.com Am Europlatz 5 Centfox-Film GmbH 1120 Vienna Benjamin Bach Filmgarten tel +43 1 87878 13030 Hintzerstraße 9/3 Pierre-Emmanuel Finzi marion.camus-oberdorfer@ 1030 Vienna Liechtensteinstraße 17/18 orf.at tel +43 1 523 26 29 1090 Vienna contentsales.ORF.at [email protected] tel +43 681 103 407 89 www.foxfilm.at [email protected] Polyfilm Verleih www.filmgarten.at Filmcasino & Polyfilm GmbH Cinestar Filmverleih Hans König Kurt Schramek Margaretenstraße 78 Opernring 19 1050 Vienna 1010 Vienna tel +43 1 581 39 00-20 tel +43 1 587 84 06 [email protected] [email protected] www.polyfilm.at www.burgkino.at

61 Distributors, World Sales & VOD

Poool Filmverleih Tobis Film GmbH & Co KG Alexander Dumreicher- Theodor Gringel Ivanceanu Zollergasse 36 Lindengasse 32 1070 Vienna 1070 Vienna tel +43 1 521 28 200 tel +43 1 994 99 11 33 [email protected] [email protected] www.tobis.de www.poool.at Under the Milky Way sixpackfilm Vincent Lucassen Brigitta Burger-Utzer Pfeilgasse 32/1 Neubaugasse 45/13 1080 Vienna 1070 Vienna tel +43 1 595 29 91 tel +43 1 526 09 90 vincent.lucassen@ [email protected] underthemilkyway.eu www.sixpackfilm.com galaxy.underthemilkyway.eu

Sony Pictures Filmverleih Universal Pictures Martin Bachmann International Austria GmbH Apostelgasse 23 Paul Steinschulte 1030 Vienna Neubaugasse 1 tel +43 1 597 15 15 1070 Vienna [email protected] tel +43 1 523 46 31 www.sonypictures.at www.universalpictures.at

Stadtkino Filmverleih Warner Bros. Pictures GmbH Norman Shetler Ingeborg König Siebensterngasse 2 Zieglergasse 10 1070 Vienna 1070 Vienna tel +43 1 526 59 47 71 tel +43 1 523 86 26 [email protected] [email protected] www.stadtkinowien.at www.warnerbros.com

The Walt Disney Company Waystone Film KG (Austria) GmbH Johannes Wegenstein, Peter Steil Bruno Batinic Millenium Tower, Schleifmühlgasse 8/14 Handelskai 94-96, 39. OG 1040 Vienna 1200 Vienna tel +43 1 585 58 88 tel +43 1 525 05-10 [email protected] [email protected] www.waystonefilm.com www.disney.at

Thimfilm Andreas Thim-Taban Leitermayergasse 43/4 1180 Vienna tel +43 1 236 21 90 [email protected] www.thimfilm.at

62 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 +43 650 969 81 40 [email protected] Filmproduktion GmbH [email protected] www.ffkb.at Am Klammbach 1A www.slashfilmfestival.com 20 - 26 August, 2018 8044 Graz 20 - 30 September, 2018 tel +43 316 81 42 23 FrauenFilmTage mountainfilm@ ALPINALE Kurzfilmfestival Gabriele Frimberger mountainfilm.com Rebekka Rinderer Währinger Straße 59 www.mountainfilm.com Eugen-Getzner-Straße 7 1090 Vienna 15 - 17 November, 2018 6710 Nenzing 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 1 - 7 March, 2018 Festival 7 - 11 August, 2018 Waltraud Grausgruber, International Film Festival Birgitt Wagner Crossing Europe for Children Kulturbüros quartier21/MQ Film Festival Linz Martina Lassacher Museumsplatz 1 Christine Dollhofer Steggasse 1/12a 1070 Vienna Graben 30 1050 Vienna tel +43 1 990 46 63 4020 Linz tel +43 664 465 56 60 [email protected] tel +43 732 785 700 [email protected] www.trickywomen.at [email protected] www.kinderfilmfestival.at 7 - 11 March, 2018 www.crossingEurope.at 10 - 18 November, 2018 25 - 30 April, 2018 Viennale International Film Festival Vienna International Diagonale Innsbruck Film Festival Festival of Austrian Films Helmut Groschup, Eva Rotter Sebastian Höglinger, Daniel Dlouhy Siebensterngasse 2 Peter Schernhuber Egger-Lienz-Straße 20 1070 Vienna Rauhensteingasse 5/5 6020 Innsbruck tel +43 1 526 59 47 1010 Vienna tel +43 512 57 12 62 [email protected] tel +43 1 595 45 56 [email protected] www.viennale.at [email protected] www.iffi.at 25 October - 8 November, 2018 www.diagonale.at 29 May - 3 June, 2018 13 - 18 March, 2018 VIS Vienna Shorts LET’S CEE Film Festival International Festival for Short Filmfest St. Anton Magdalena Z ˙ elasko, Film, Animation & Music Video Manfred Pascher Wolfgang P. Schwelle Daniel Ebner, Benjamin Gruber Ing-Etzel-Straße 25 Ulrichgasse 1 MuseumsQuartier Wien I Q21 6020 Innsbruck 1040 Vienna Museumsplatz 1/5/2 tel +43 699 100 405 21 tel + 43 699 116 100 81 1070 Vienna [email protected] [email protected] tel +43 1 947 61 00 www.filmfest-stanton.at www.letsceefilmfestival.com [email protected] 22 - 25 August, 2018 13 - 22 April, 2018 www.viennashorts.com 29 May - 4 June, 2018

63 Festivals Funding

YOUKI Internationales Jugend Amt der NÖ Landesregierung Cine Tirol Film Commission Medien Festival Abt. Kunst und Kultur c/o Tirol Werbung GmbH Laura-Lee Röckendorfer, Filmföderung Johannes Koeck Boris Schuld Government of Lower Austria, Maria-Theresien-Straße 55 Pollheimerstraße 17 Dept. for Arts and Culture/ 6010 Innsbruck 4600 Wels Filmfunds tel +43 512 53 20 180 tel +43 7242 207 030 Birgit Maimer, Peter Zanzinger johannes.koeck@ [email protected] Landhausplatz 1 tirolwerbung.at www.youki.at 3109 St. Pölten www.cinetirol.com 20 - 24 November, 2018 tel +43 274 9005 16269 [email protected] Cinestyria 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 8042 2282 Regulierungs-GmbH [email protected] Oliver Stribl www.salzburg.gv.at Mariahilfer Straße 77-79 1060 Vienna Bundeskanzleramt Österreich tel +43 1 58 05 80 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 11A Landhausgasse 7 1020 Vienna 8010 Graz tel +43 1 501 75 567 tel +43 316 877 31 37 [email protected] [email protected] www.filmstandort-austria.at www.filmkunst.steiermark.at

64 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 Vienna 1070 Vienna Integration and Foreign Affairs tel +43 1 4000 847 40 tel +43 1 526 33 23 Sonja Reiser-Weinzettl [email protected] [email protected] Minoritenplatz 8 www.wien.gv.at/kultur/ www.afc.at 1014 Vienna abteilung www.AustrianFilms.Com tel +43 (0) 50 11 50 3803 sonja.reiser-weinzettl@ Österreichisches Filminstitut Akademie des bmeia.gv.at Austrian Film Institute Österreichischen Films www.bmeia.gv.at Roland Teichmann Austrian Film Academy Spittelberggasse 3 Marlene Ropac Creative Europe Desk 1070 Vienna Stiftgasse 25/1 Österreich – MEDIA tel +43 1 526 97 30 1070 Vienna Esther Krausz [email protected] tel +43 1 890 20 33 Spittelberggasse 3 www.filminstitut.at office@oesterreichische- 1070 Vienna filmakademie.at tel +43 1 526 97 30 406 www.oesterreichische- [email protected] filmakademie.at www.creativeeurope.at

AKM – Gesellschaft der Drehbuchforum Wien Autoren, Komponisten und Vienna Screenwriters Forum Musikverleger Gen.mbH Wilbirg Brainin-Donnenberg Society of Authors, Composers Stiftgasse 6 and Music Publishers Limited 1070 Vienna Gernot Graninger tel +43 1 526 85 03 Baumannstraße 10 [email protected] P.O. Box 259 www.drehbuchforum.at 1031 Vienna tel +43 (0) 507 17 0 EU XXL Film [email protected] Forum for European Film www.akm.at Mercedes Echerer Schrankgasse 12/3 austro mechana – Gesell- 1070 Vienna schaft zur Wahrnehmung tel +43 1 408 11 40 mechanisch-musikalischer [email protected] Urheberrechte GmbH www.eu-xxl.at Mechanical Copyright Collecting Society Fachverband der Film- und Gernot Graninger Musikwirtschaft (FAMA) Baumannstraße 10 Film and Music Austria P.O. Box 55 Werner Müller 1031 Vienna Wiedner Hauptstraße 63 tel +43 1 717 87 0 1045 Vienna [email protected] tel +43 (0) 59 09 00 3010 www.aume.at [email protected] www.filmandmusicaustria.at

65 Institutions & Government Agencies

Fachverband der Kino-, Kultur- LSG – Wahrnehmung von VAM – Verwertungsgesell- und Vergnügungsbetriebe Leistungsschutzrechten GmbH schaft für audiovisuelle Association of Austrian Cinema Austrian Music Licensing 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 – Verwertungsgesell- Filmfestivals audiovisuelle Kommunikation schaft der Filmschaffenden Doris Bauer, Daniel Ebner Trade Union for the Arts, GenmbH Museumsquartier | Q21 Media, Sports and Independent Collecting Society of Museumsplatz 1/5/2 Professions Audiovisual Authors and Actors 1070 Vienna Gerhard Schedl Gernot Schödl tel +43 680 302 50 74 Maria-Theresien-Straße 11 Bösendorferstraße 4/12 [email protected] 1090 Vienna 1010 Vienna www.film-festivals.at tel +43 1 313 16 83 804 tel +43 1 504 76 20 gerhard.schedl@ [email protected] Literar-Mechana - filmsupport.at www.vdfs.at Wahrnehmungsgesellschaft www.younion.at für Urheberrechte Copyright Collecting Society Universität für Musik und Sandra Csillag darstellende Kunst Wien/ Linke Wienzeile 18 Filmakademie Wien, 1060 Vienna Institut f. Film u. Fernsehen tel +43 1 587 21 61 University of Music and [email protected] Performing Arts Vienna, www.literar.at Department Film and TV Claudia Walkensteiner-Preschl LSG GmbH – Interpreten Metternichgasse 12 Performers’ Collecting Society 1030 Vienna Thomas Dürrer tel +43 1 711 55 2902 Seilerstätte 18-20 [email protected] 1010 Vienna www.mdw.ac.at tel +43 1 587 17 92 [email protected] www.lsg-interpreten.com

66 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)

Head 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 Heinrich Mis (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

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

Special thanks to: Perndl+Co Druckerei Walla, Vienna

The Austrian Film Commission is proud to be powered by Österreichisches Filminstitut, Bundeskanzleramt Kunstsektion, Filmfonds Wien, VAM – Verwer­tungs-­­ gesellschaft für audiovisuelle Medien, ORF, WKO/ Fachverband der Film- und Musikwirtschaft, go-international, Fernsehfonds Austria, FISA, Cine Art

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