/2020/ Austrian Films Coming Soon /2020/ Austrian Films Coming Soon Austrian Films 2020 – 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 illustration: Perndl+Co Printed by: Druckerei Walla, Vienna Austrian Films Coming Soon 2020 Fiction Films 5 Documentary Films 19 Appendix 39 Directors, Producers 40 Industry Guide 41 3 Fiction Films Fiction 6 Fiction Böse Spiele Wicked Games Directed by Ulrich Seidl Two men, two brothers, their German / digital / 1:1.85 / 180 min childhood home in Lower Key cast Hans Michael Rehberg, Georg Friedrich, Austria. They drink to their late Michael Thomas mother, they bury her. Then Written by Ulrich Seidl, Veronika Franz they drive back to their real Cinematography Wolfgang Thaler lives. One back to Romania, to Editing Mona Willi resume living his newly-begun Production design Andreas Donhauser, Renate Martin life, the other to Rimini, to go Producers Ulrich Seidl, Philippe Bober back to dreaming his old dream. Production companies Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion (A), But sooner or later both their Essential Filmproduktion (D), Parisienne de Production (F) pasts will catch up with them. Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Vienna Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich and MDM, MBB, ARTE, BR, Eurimages Contact Coproduction Office 24 rue Lamartine 75009 Paris – France tel +33 1 56 02 60 00 [email protected] Completion www.coproductionoffice.eu expected summer 2020 Ulrich Seidl Filmography (selection): 2016 Safari (doc.), 2014 Im Keller (doc.), 2012–13 Paradies-Trilogie (fiction), 2007 Import Export (fiction), 2001 Hundstage (fiction) 7 Fiction Die Niere The Kidney Completion expected spring 2020 Directed by Michael Kreihsl A routine check-up reveals that German / digital / 1:2.35 / 90 min the Pilates trainer Kathrin is Key cast Samuel Finzi, Pia Hierzegger, suffering from kidney disease Inka Friedrich, Thomas Mraz and needs a transplant. Her Written by Michael Kreihsl husband Arnold is a success- Cinematography Wolfgang Thaler ful architect and afraid of Editing Andrea Wagner donating one of his kidneys. Production design Hannes Salat, Julia Oberdorfinger Götz, a friend of the couple’s, Producers Jakob Pochlatko, Dieter Pochlatko would undergo the operation Production company epo-film (A) immediately if it means saving Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Kathrin’s life – even though this Vienna Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich causes problems with his part- Contact epo-film Edelsinnstraße 58 ner Diana. Confronted by issues 1120 Vienna – Austria of life and death, the fragility of tel +43 1 812 37 18 the relationships between the [email protected] couples and each other is laid www.epofilm.com bare. Eventually, the question can no longer be avoided: what is true love? Michael Kreihsl Filmography (selection): 2018 Die Wunderübung (fiction), 2016 Liebe möglicherweise (fiction), 2011 Weihnachtsengel küsst man nicht (TV), 2006 Heute heiratet mein Mann (TV) 8 Fiction Ein bisschen bleiben wir noch Oscar & Lilli Completed Directed by Arash T. Riahi Chechen refugee children, German / digital / 1:2.39 / 102 min Oskar (8) and Lilli (13), who Key cast Leopold Pallua, Rosa Zant, Anna Fenderl, have been living in Austria for Christine Ostermayer six years, are about to be de- Written by Arash T. Riahi based on a novel by ported along with their mother. Monika Helfer However, her sudden attempt- Cinematography Enzo Brandner ed suicide results not only in Editing Julia Drack, Stephan Bechinger the short-term suspension of Production design Katrin Huber, Gerhard Dohr their deportation, but also in Producers Michael Katz, Veit Heiduschka the forced separation of the Production company WEGA Filmproduktion (A) family. The children’s hope that Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Vienna Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich they will be reunited with their Contact Les Films du Losange mother is nourished by their 22 avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie love for each other and chal- 75116 Paris – France lenges all bureaucratic obsta- tel +33 1 44 43 87 24 cles with passion and poetry. [email protected] A bittersweet odyssey about www.filmsdulosange.fr the many ways of perceiving the world around you in order to survive. 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.) 9 Fiction Fuchs im Bau Fox in the Hole Directed by Arman T. Riahi When Fuchs starts his new German, Bosnian / digital / 1:2.39 / 100 min job as a teacher in a prison Key cast Aleksandar Petrovic´ , Maria Hofstätter, school, replacing the old and Andreas Lust, Karl Fischer, Sibel Kekilli unconventional teacher Berger Written by Arman T. Riahi against her will, he is forced to Cinematography Mario Minichmayr confront his biggest fear, trig- Editing Karina Ressler gered by the mysterious, with- Production design Martin Reiter drawn inmate Samira. Producers Arash T. Riahi & Karin C. Berger Production company Golden Girls Film (A) Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Vienna Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich Contact Golden Girls Film Seidengasse 15/3/20 1070 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 810 56 36 [email protected] www.goldengirls.at Completion expected spring 2020 Arman T. Riahi Filmography (selection): 2017 Die Migrantigen (fiction), 2016 Kinders (doc., co-dir.), 2013 Everyday Rebellion (doc., co-dir.), 2011 Schwarzkopf (doc.) 10 Fiction Hals über Kopf Head Over Heels Completion expected spring 2020 Directed by Andreas Schmied When Ella, the rich daughter German / digital / 4:3 / 95 min of a corrupt banker, escapes Key cast Miriam Fussenegger, Otto Jaus, from her arranged wedding and Stefan Pohl, August Zirner, Monica Reyes hides in the trunk of a Bentley, Written by Andreas Schmied she meets Richie, small town Cinematography Xiaosu “Xax” Han crook who has just stolen the Editing Philipp Brozsek Bentley. Together they stage her Production design Rudi Czettel disappearance as a kidnapping Producer Josef Aichholzer in order to get as much money Production company Aichholzer Filmproduktion (A) as possible from her parents. Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Vienna Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich Contact Aichholzer Film Heumühlgasse 13–15/2/2/15 1040 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 523 40 81 [email protected] www.aifilm.com Andreas Schmied Filmography (selection): 2019 Love Machine (fiction), 2018 Harri Pinter, Drecksau (fiction), 2013 Die Werkstürmer (fiction) 11 Fiction Hochwald Completion expected spring 2020 Directed by Evi Romen 1st film Mario, a young dancer living in German, Italian / digital / 1:1.85 / 90 min a small village, has to face the Key cast Thomas Prenn, Noah Saavedra, loss of his beloved best friend Josef Mohamed, Kida Khodr Ramadan Lenz, victim of an attack in a Written by Evi Romen gay club. Cinematography Martin Gschlacht, Jerzy Palacz Editing Karina Ressler Production design Katharina Wöppermann Producers Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bady Minck, Gregory Zalcman Production companies AMOUR FOU Vienna (A), Take Five (B) Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Land Niederösterreich and IDM Land Südtirol, MIBAC, Belgian Tax Shelter Contact AMOUR FOU Vienna Lindengasse 32/13 1070 Vienna – Austria tel +43 1 994 99 11 [email protected] www.amourfoufilm.com Evi Romen Filmography (selection): 2020 Hochwald (fiction) 12 Fiction Me/We Completion expected spring 2020 Directed by David Clay Diaz In this tragic comedy, four German / digital / 2:1 / 115 min interwoven stories tell of Key cast Verena Altenberger, Lukas Miko, Europe’s current way of dealing Anton Noori with the so-called migration Written by David Clay Diaz, Senad Halilbašic´ crisis. Nora is a young volun- Cinematography Julian Krubasik teer, travelling directly to the Editing Lisa Zoe Geretschläger Mediterranean Sea to help Production design Julia Libiseller refugees, yobbish youngster Producers Antonin Svoboda, Bruno Wagner, Marcel starts an organization Barbara Albert for escorting women due to Production company coop99 filmproduktion (A) the fear of allegedly intrusive Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF, Vienna Film Fund migrants, lonesome teacher Contact coop99 filmproduktion Petra adopts a traumatized Wasagasse 12/1/1 refugee and Harald, the head of 1090 Vienna – Austria a refugee home, is challenged tel +43 1 319 58 25 like never before by one of his [email protected] protégés. www.coop99.at David Clay Diaz Filmography (selection): 2016 Agonie (fiction) 13 Fiction Moneyboys Completion expected spring 2020 Directed by C.B. Yi Fei works illegally as a hustler Chinese / digital / 1:2.35 / 120 min in order to support his family, Key cast Kai Ko, JC Lin, Bai Yufan, Zeng Meihuizi, yet when he realizes they are Sun Qiheng willing to accept his money but Written by C.B. Yi not his way of life, there is a Cinematography Jean-Louis Uialard major breakdown in their rela- Editing Dieter Pichler tions. Through his relationship Production design Lily Liao to the headstrong Long, Fei Producers Barbara Pichler, Gabriele Kranzelbinder, seems able to find a new lease Guillaume de la Boulaye, André Logie on life, but then he encounters Production companies KGP Filmproduktion (A), Zorba Production (F), Panache Productions (B) Xiaolai,