Afc comingsoon 2018

/2018/ Austrian Films Coming Soon

/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 office@afc.at 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 particularities: enthusing over the films lining up on the horizon and pretending to know what’s in the stars for these soon-to-materialize pictures.

A certain breathlessness is part of the game. It’s about drumming up high expectations and hoping that the new films taking shape will be as hot as they looked on paper.

But then, we also know that once these films have seen the light of a screen and met the eyes of the critics, the game starts afresh – a new list of the most eagerly awaited titles will appear, holding new promises. This is just the way the film world spins, and Austria is no exception.

So now, welcome to the next round of Austrian films in the making.

The international festival year for us traditionally opens its doors with events in Sundance or Rotterdam and reaches its first peak with the Berlin Film Festival. At the time of writing this introduction the Berlinale premieres confirmed so far are: Katharina Mückstein’s powerful L’ANIMALE, which unleashes a complex coming-of-age drama; in THE WALDHEIM WALTZ, Ruth Beckermann settles a score with the former UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim – who was also a forgetful man, especially when it came to his inglorious role as a Nazi officer in WWII. Also surfacing in Berlin will be the coproduction STYX

by Austrian director Wolfgang Fischer – what starts as a leisurely sailing adventure turns into a moral nightmare for its main character.

Looking on there will be some more, quite a few more in fact as you will see browsing this Coming Soon brochure that will surface at various festivals in 2018. Let me highlight a few: ANGELO for example – based on a true story, Markus Schleinzer’s period drama tells the story of Angelo Soliman, who was brought as a child from Africa to Europe at the beginning of the 18th century and became the Viennese court Moor.

Or Andreas Horvath’s LILLIAN, about a woman who leaves what is considered a normal life to walk to the end of the world and vanishes. Or Sudabeh Mortezai’s JOY, about a young Nigerian who is looking for a better life – for herself and her little daughter. And then there are Sebastian Brauneis’ elliptical drama SORCERER, Justin P. Lange and Klemens Hufnagel’s scary THE DARK, Nikolaus Leytner’s THE TOBACCONIST based on the best-selling novel by Robert Seethaler and Christian Frosch’s shattering THE MURER CASE; among the documentaries watch out for Hubert Sauper’s Cuban essay EPICENTRO, Erwin Wagenhofer’s BUT BEAUTIFUL and Fritz Ofner’s WEAPON OF CHOICE about the iconic Glock guns.

The 2018 Austrian Films Coming Soon catalogue is an extension of our Austrian Films Review 2017 yearbook of theatrically released films.

Regardless of where you pick it up, I sincerely hope you put it to good use. Wishing you inspiring, surprising and challenging encounters.

Martin Schweighofer Executive Director 3

Fiction Films

Fiction

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Fiction

Angelo

Completion expected spring 2018

Directed by Markus Schleinzer Angelo is the story of an African who is Europeanised by force.

At the beginning of the 18th century, as a child, he is taken from his homeland and, after being sold, given the eponymous name through the sacrament of baptism. The film is a story of becoming human that is marked above all by roleplay and conformity. It is inspired by the few surviving records of the life of the Viennese court moor Angelo Soliman.

German, French / digital / 4:3 / 110 min

Key cast Makita Samba, Alba Rohrwacher, Larisa

Faber, Gerti Drassl, Michael Rotschopf Written by Markus Schleinzer, Alexander Brom Cinematography Gerald Kerkletz Editing Pia Dumont Production design Martin Reiter, Andreas Sobotka Producers Franz Novotny, Alexander Glehr, Bady

Minck, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu Production companies Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion,

AMOUR FOU Luxembourg Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF,

Vienna Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich

and Filmfund Luxembourg Contact Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion

Weimarerstraße 22/4A

1180 Vienna – Austria

tel +43 1 478 71 70 kino@novotnyfilm.at www.novotnyfilm.at

Markus Schleinzer

Filmography (selection): 2011 Michael (fiction) 7

Fiction

Cops

Directed by Stefan A. Lukacs Young, ambitious police recruit Chris shoots a mentally ill man on duty. He is celebrated as a hero, but soon after, traumatic symptoms begin to surface. In a desperate attempt not to be exposed by his tough superior Konstantin, he resorts to excessive violence, in order to hide his trauma and fulfill his dream of becoming an elite cop.

German / digital / 1:2.39 / 93 min

Key cast Laurence Rupp, Anton Noori, Maria

Hofstätter, Roland Düringer, Michael Fuith Written by Stefan A. Lukacs Cinematography Andreas Thalhammer, Xiaosu Han Editing Julia Drack Production design Julia Oberndorfinger, Attila Plangger Producers Arash T. Riahi, Karin C. Berger Production company Golden Girls Film Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF,

Vienna Film Fund Contact Golden Girls Film

Seidengasse 15/3/20

1070 Vienna – Austria

tel +43 1 810 56 36 office@goldengirls.at www.goldengirls.at

Completed

Stefan A. Lukacs

Filmography (selection): 2012 Void (short), 2010 Zombiefication (short) 8

1st film

Fiction

Der Boden unter den Füßen

Directed by Marie Kreutzer Lola, a young company consultant, 100 working hours and 5 sports units per week.

Conny, her older sister, paranoid schizophrenic and unable to leave the apartment. Conny swallows 120 sleeping pills and is saved. And Lola does not even tell anyone that she has a sister at all.

Completion expected summer 2018

German / 35 mm / 1:2.35 / 90 min

Key cast Valerie Pachner, Pia Hierzegger,

Mavie Hörbiger Written by Marie Kreutzer Cinematography Leena Koppe Editing Ulrike Kofler Production design Martin Reiter Producers Franz Novotny, Alexander Glehr Production company Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF,

Vienna Film Fund Contact Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion

Weimarerstraße 22/4A

1180 Vienna – Austria

tel +43 1 478 71 70 kino@novotnyfilm.at 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 apprentice in a small shop selling newspapers, magazines and tobacco products. It is here that he also learns about life and love and all the pleasure and pain it can cause. As luck would have it, he can ask an expert who happens to be a regular customer: Sigmund Freud, 82. But women are as much a mystery to Freud as they are to Franz.

Nikolaus Leytner

German / digital / Cinemascope / 100 min

Key cast Johannes Krisch, Simon Morzé, Bruno

Ganz, Emma Drogunova, Regina Fritsch Written by Klaus Richter, Nikolaus Leytner based on

the novel by Robert Seethaler Cinematography Hermann Dunzendorfer Editing Bettina Mazakarini Production design Bertram Reiter Producers Dieter Pochlatko, Jakob Pochlatko,

Ralf Zimmermann Production companies epo-film, Glory Film (D), Tobis Film (D) Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF, FISA,

Vienna Film Fund, Land Oberösterreich,

Cine Art and FFA, FFF Bayern, DFFF,

Degeto, IDM Südtirol Contact epo-film

Edelsinnstraße 58

1120 Vienna – Austria

tel +43 1 812 37 18 office@epofilm.com www.epofilm.com

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 Croatia. It’s supposed to be the “party of their lives.” But for Julia and her friends their graduation trip turns into a horror trip, from which not everyone will return.

Completion expected spring 2018

German / digital / 1:2.39 / 90 min

Key cast Elisabeth Wabitsch, Markus Freistätter,

Alexandra Schmidt, Chantal Zitzenbacher Written by Karin Lomot, Robert Buchschwenter Cinematography Thomas W. Kiennast Editing Daniel Prochaska, Alarich Lenz Production design Hannes Salat, Pia Jaros Producer Florian Gebhardt Production company Gebhardt Productions Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF,

Vienna Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich Contact Gebhardt Productions

Neusiedlerstraße 50

2340 Mödling – Austria

tel +43 2236 64 163 office@filmpark.tv 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 married couple going through a crisis. This prompts them to take a trial session with a couple’s therapist. In the therapist’s consulting room they start off with their standard programme: she won’t stop talking and he isn’t even listening. The broken communication between the couple is a real challenge for the therapist. He is almost at his wits’ end when his mobile rings and a surprising message brings chaos into their therapy session.

Michael Kreihsl

German / digital / 1:2.39 / 90 min

Key cast Aglaia Szyszkovitz, Devid Striesow,

Erwin Steinhauer Written by Michael Kreihsl based on

the theatrical piece by Daniel Glattauer Cinematography Wolfgang Thaler Editing Ulrike Kofler Production design Katrin Huber, Gerhard Dohr Producer Helmut Grasser Production company Allegro Film Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF,

Vienna Film Fund Contact Allegro Film

Krummgasse 1a

1030 Vienna – Austria

tel +43 1 712 50 36 office@allegrofilm.at www.allegrofilm.at

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 star who became a media sensation. Erika was hailed as a champion skier, until a sex test determined that she was a he – and Erik was rejected, accused of fraud. A story based on real life, a tale about nature, the taboo subjects of 1970s society, and the Austrian Ski Federation.

German / digital / 16:9 / 98 min

Key cast Markus Freistätter, Birgit Melcher,

Marianne Sägebrecht, Gerhard Liebmann Written by Dirk Kämper Cinematography Carsten Thiele Editing Karin Hartusch Production design Bertram Reiter Producers Tommy Pridnig, Peter Wirthensohn,

Till Derenbach, Michael Souvignier Production companies Lotus-Film, Zeitsprung Pictures (D) 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 office@lotus-film.at 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 from Nigeria struggling to survive against life’s hardships and make a better life for herself and her little daughter in Vienna.

Sudabeh Mortezai

German / digital / 1:1.85 / 100 min

Key cast Joy Alphonsus, Mariam Precious Sanusi,

Angela Ekeleme Written by Sudabeh Mortezai Cinematography Klemens Hufnagl 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 welcome@freibeuterfilm.at www.freibeuterfilm.com

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

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Fiction

Kaviar

Directed by Elena Tikhonova Nadja knows the oligarch Igor inside out. As his interpreter she has seen more of him than both of them care to admit. But his latest project is a lot more public: a lavish villa, which he has decided to build right on top of a bridge in the heart of Vienna: If the Medici can do it, why not me? But Nadja, her best friend Vera and her nanny Teresa have a sabotage plan.

Completion expected spring 2018

1st film

German / digital / 1:2.35 / 90 min

Key cast Margarita Breitkreiz, Daria Nosik, Sabrina

Reiter, Georg Friedrich, Simon Schwarz Written by Robert Buchschwenter, Elena Tikhonova Cinematography Dominik Spritzendorfer Editing Daniel Prochaska, Alarich Lenz,

Dominik Spritzendorfer Production design Hannes Salat, Julia Oberdorfinger Producers Ursula Wolschlager, Franz Novotny,

Alexander Glehr, Kurt Mrkwicka,

Andreas Kamm, Oliver Auspitz Production companies Witcraft Filmproduktion, Novotny &

Novotny Filmproduktion, MR Film Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF,

Vienna Film Fund, Land NiederĂśsterreich

and Media/Creative Europe Contact Witcraft Filmproduktion

Lindengasse 25/10

1070 Vienna – Austria

tel +43 699 177 881 77 office@witcraft.at 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, Mati and her posse of male friends intimidate their neighborhood and harass the girls.

In their village, they rule. But when her closest pal Sebastian falls in love with Mati and her enemy Carla unexpectedly turns into a friend, Mati is in danger of losing her standing among her male friends. Meanwhile Mati’s parents have a decision to make: What’s more important, appearances or reality? L’ Animale is a film about the contradictory forces that guide our lives: desire, passion, and reason.

Katharina Mückstein

German / digital / 1:2.39 / 93 min

Key cast Sophie Stockinger, Kathrin Resetarits,

Dominik Warta, Julia Franz Richter Written by Katharina Mückstein Cinematography Michael Schindegger Editing Natalie Schwager Production design Katharina Haring Producers Michael Kitzberger, Wolfgang Widerhofer,

Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Markus Glaser,

Flavio Marchetti, Katharina Mückstein,

Michael Schindegger, Natalie Schwager Production companies NGF Geyrhalterfilm, La Banda Film Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF,

Vienna Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich Contact Films Boutique

Köpenicker Straße 184

10997 Berlin – Germany

tel +49 30 695 378 50 info@filmsboutique.com www.filmsboutique.com

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 young woman who one day, without any warning, abandons her normal life to go to the “end of the world”, not just meta­phorically but also literally. Starting in New York in March she crosses the continent of North America and reaches the Bering Strait by the following winter. Here we lose track of her. Lillian has vanished. In the desolate wastes of Alaska the camera has detached itself from the protagonist, and the film ends the following spring with indigenous whale hunters on the Siberian side of the Bering Strait.

English, German / digital / 1:1.85 / 130 min

Key cast Patrycja Planik Written by Andreas Horvath Cinematography Andreas Horvath, Sonja Aufderklamm Editing Michael Palm Producer Ulrich Seidl Production company Ulrich Seidl Film Produktion Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF,

Vienna Film Fund Contact Ulrich Seidl Film Produktion

Wasserburgergasse 5/7

1090 Vienna – Austria

tel +43 1 310 28 24 office@ulrichseidl.com 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.)

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Fiction

Murer – Anatomie eines Prozesses The Murer Case

Directed by Christian Frosch Graz, Austria 1963. The wellrespected local politician and landowner Franz Murer is on trial. He is accused of having committed war crimes in the ghetto of Vilnius from 1941-43.

Survivors of the mass murder arrive to testify and see justice done. The Ministry of Justice eventually reaches a decision. It is one of the greatest scandals of the Austrian justice system – and a timeless, shattering example of political calculation.

Completion expected spring 2018

Christian Frosch

German / digital / 1:2.35 / 134 min

Key cast Karl Fischer, Karl Markovics, Alexander

Fennon, Roland Jaeger, Melita Jurisic Written by Christian Frosch Cinematography Frank Amann Editing Karin Hammer Production design Katharina Wöppermann Producers Viktoria Salcher, Mathias Forberg,

Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef Production companies Prisma Film, Paul Thiltges Distribution (L) Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF, FISA,

Vienna Film Fund, Cine Art and

Filmfund Luxembourg Contact Prisma Film

Rathausstraße 3/18

1010 Vienna – Austria

tel +43 1 406 37 70 office@prismafilm.at www.prismafilm.at

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 transformation of a strong woman torn from her contented world during a sailing trip. When she becomes the only person to come to the aid of a group of refugees shipwrecked on the high seas, she is shown the limits of her importance and of the empathy of her cultural milieu. She is left slipping impotently from one nightmare to the next, and by the end she is forced to recognize that there is no way to counter the cruelties of real life. Only chance can save her.

German / digital / 1:1.85 / 93 min

Key cast Susanne Wolff, Gedion Wekesa Oduor,

Kelvin Mutuku Ndinda Written by Wolfgang Fischer, Ika KĂźnzel Cinematography Benedict Neuenfels Editing Monika Willi Production design Volker Rehm Producers Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu,

Bady Minck, Marcos Kantis,

Martin Lehwald, Michal Pokorny Production companies AMOUR FOU Vienna, Schiwago Film (D) Supported by Austrian Film Institute and Film-und

Medienstiftung NRW, DFFF, MBB, BKM,

FFA, Malta Film Commission, Eurimages, ARTE/WDR Contact Beta Cinema

Gruenwalder Weg 28d

82041 Oberhaching, Munich – Germany

tel +49 89 673 469 828 beta@betacinema.com 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 A murderous, flesh-eating undead young girl haunting the remote stretch of woods where she was murdered decades earlier discovers a kidnapped and abused boy hiding in the trunk of one of her victim’s cars.

Her decision to let the boy live throws her aggressively solitary existence into upheaval, and ultimately forces her to reexamine just how much of her humanity her murderer was able to destroy.

English / digital / 1:2.35 / 94 min

Key cast Nadia Alexander, Toby Nichols,

Karl Markovics Written by Justin P. Lange Cinematography Klemens Hufnagl Editing Julia Drack Production design Danielle Sahota Producers Danny Krausz, Kurt Stocker Production company Dor Film Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF and NOHFC,

Canada Tax Credit, Creative Europe

Programme – MEDIA of the EU Contact XYZ Films

3103 S La Cienega Blvd

CA 90016 Los Angeles – USA

tel +1 310 956 15 50 info@xyzfilms.com www.xyzfilms.com

Justin P. Lange, Klemens Hufnagl

Filmography of joint works (selection): 2018 The Dark (fiction) 20

1st film

Fiction

To the Night

Directed by Peter Brunner Norman, the sole survivor of a tragic fire when he was just a child, has been struggling with a lingering feeling of guilt all his life. Together with his girlfriend Penelope and his baby son, Norman tries to forge a new life. Norman’s memory is reignited one night and he sets off on an unparalleled quest, following a trail of flames whose powers shall now heal him.

Completion expected spring 2018

English / digital / 1:2.35 / 94 min

Key cast Caleb Landry Jones, Eleonore Hendricks,

Jana McKinnon, Christos Haas Written by Peter Brunner Cinematography Daniel Katz Editing Peter Brunner Production design Katie Hickman Producers Oliver Neumann, Sabine Moser Production company FreibeuterFilm Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF Contact FreibeuterFilm

Turmburggasse 2-8/5/2

1060 Vienna – Austria

tel +43 720 34 65 10 welcome@freibeuterfilm.at www.freibeuterfilm.com

Peter Brunner

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

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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 son of an urbane but deeply strange old Austrian dynasty of confectionary millionaires, has been furnished by nature with a stunning imagination as well as this difficult legacy. In the Austria of the late 1950s he discovers the power of love and humor – and also his own extraordinary ability to shape his realities.

Completion expected spring 2018

Rupert Henning

German / digital / 1:2.39 / 110 min

Key cast Karl Markovics, Sabine Timoteo,

Valentin Hagg, André Wilms, Udo Samel Written by Uli Brée, Rupert Henning based on the

novel by André Heller Cinematography Josef Mittendorfer Editing Alarich Lenz Production design Katharina Wöppermann Producers Danny Krausz, Kurt Stocker Production company Dor Film Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF,

Vienna Film Fund, Land Oberösterreich

and SR/ARTE Contact Dor Film

Bergsteiggasse 36

1170 Vienna – Austria

tel +43 1 427 10 11 office@dor-film.at www.dor-film.com

Filmography (selection): 2017 Tatort – Schock (TV), 2015 Tatort – Grenzfall (TV), 2006 Freundschaft (fiction) 22

Fiction

Zauberer Sorcerer

Completed

Directed by Sebastian Brauneis A psychiatrist and his blind girlfriend, bound by sinister interest. A school doctor, who lost more than work with her dismissal. Her brother, who will do everything for her. A desperate mother, who affectionately cares for her comatose son.

Willing to try anything just to reach him again. A young man, who sells his body, because he lost his self long ago. A student, whose supposedly harmless joke connects their destinies.

And a boy who vanishes and reappears.

1st film

German / digital / 1:1.85 / 113 min

Key cast Nicholas Ofczarek, Regina Fritsch, Florian

Teichtmeister, Roland Koch, Joel Basman Written by Sebastian Brauneis, Clemens Setz,

Nicholas Ofczarek Cinematography Roman Chalupnik Editing Antonia Adelsberger Production design Uta Wiegele Producers John Lueftner, David Schalko Production companies Superfilm, A Film Company (CH) Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF and Bundesamt

für Kultur, Zürcher Filmstiftung Contact Superfilm

Zieglergasse 1

1070 Vienna – Austria

tel +43 1 522 19 11 office@superfilm.at 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) 23

Documentary Films

Documentary

Bora – Stories about a Wind

Directed by Bernhard Pötscher The Bora is one of the strongest winds on the planet, an outstanding force of nature.

It shapes landscapes and sets the elements in motion.

It dominates everyday life and penetrates the souls of those living within its influence.

Completion expected fall 2018

Croatian, Italian, English, German / digital / 1:2.35 / 100 min

Written by Bernhard Pötscher, Bernadette Weigel Cinematography Bernhard Pötscher Editing Daniel Pöhacker Producer Bernhard Pötscher Production company Bernhard Pötscher Filmproduktion Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF Contact Bernhard Pötscher Filmproduktion

Schwendergasse 41/2/1

1150 Vienna – Austria

tel +43 1 890 427 016 bernhard@poetscher.com 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.)

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Documentary

Bruder Jakob, schläfst du noch?

Are You Sleeping, Brother Jakob?

Directed by Stefan Bohun Four brothers on a journey into the past. It is a shared path of memories which starts in the Tyrolean mountains after the fifth brother’s death and ends in a hotel room in Porto. A personal film about grief and farewell, about serenity and arrival as well as reunion and retrieval.

Completed

Stefan Bohun

German, English, Portuguese / digital / 16:9 / 85 min

Written by Stefan, Johannes and David Bohun Cinematography Klemens Hufnagl Editing Marek Kralovsky Producers Ralph Wieser, David Bohun Production company Mischief Films Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF, Vienna Film

Fund, Cine Tirol, Land Niederösterreich Contact Mischief Films

Goethegasse 1

1010 Vienna – Austria

tel +43 1 585 23 24 23 office@mischief-films.com www.mischief-films.com

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

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Documentary

But Beautiful

Completion expected fall 2018

Directed by Erwin Wagenhofer Love is not merely a feeling.

Love is an immeasurable force that connects us. Trusting this force is one of the most important challenges we face.

There are people who serve as role models, people who act within and through connections. This film is dedicated to them and their stories.

But Beautiful is a film about connections, femininity and sensuality. A film about beauty—preceded by a but.

German, English, Hindi, Spanish / digital / 1:1.85 / 100 min

Written by Sabine Kriechbaum, Erwin Wagenhofer Cinematography Erwin Wagenhofer Editing Monika Schindler, Erwin Wagenhofer Producers Sabine Kriechbaum, Erwin Wagenhofer,

Christof Robol, Mathias Forberg,

Viktoria Salcher, Peter Rommel Production companies Imagine Film Cooperation, Prisma Film,

Rommel Film (D) Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF and DFFF,

ARTE/RBB, Medienboard MBB, FFA Contact Imagine Film Cooperation

Capistrangasse 5/54

1060 Vienna – Austria

tel +43 664 730 283 44 office@imaginefilm.at

Erwin Wagenhofer

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

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Documentary

Demos

Directed by Robert Schabus The crisis of western democracies is ubiquitous and 2017 seems to be the year of seismic shifts. France and Germany are voting, Greece is suffering, Great Britain is leaving the EU and Donald Trump has taken office as the newly elected president of the USA. Accompanying people from various European countries, Demos will take a close look at the reasons for this crisis.

German, English, French / digital / 1:1.85 / 90 min

Written by Robert Schabus Cinematography Lukas Gnaiger Editing Oliver Neumann Producers Helmut Grasser Production company Allegro Film Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF,

Vienna Film Fund Contact Allegro Film

Krummgasse 1a

1030 Vienna – Austria

tel +43 1 712 50 36 office@allegrofilm.at 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.)

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Documentary

Die Burg The Burg

Directed by Hans Andreas Guttner A portrait of one of the most important theatres of the world, Vienna’s Burgtheater.

It takes you on a cinematic journey into the interior of an institution, a trip that visualizes what is otherwise invisible.

Completion expected spring 2018

German / digital / 1:1.85 / 90 min

Written by Hans Andreas Guttner Cinematography Roman Chalupnik Editing Jean André Producers Hans Andreas Guttner, Jutta Malin Production company Guttner Film Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF Contact Guttner Film

Singerstraße 20/9

1010 Vienna – Austria

tel +43 681 819 631 21 office@guttnerfilm.at 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.)

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Documentary

Eisenstraße The Last Shipment

Completion expected spring 2018

Directed by Sebastian Brameshuber In a remote workshop not far from the Styrian Erzberg area, Cliff and Magnus have spent the past seven years building an export business selling used cars and parts to their old home country, Nigeria. Recently, however, Magnus has been forced to close down the venture. The Last Shipment tells the story of the imminent disappearance of this trade route and a merman’s promise that has become a curse.

Sebastian Brameshuber

German, Igbo, English / digital / 16:9 / 90 min

Written by Sebastian Brameshuber Cinematography Klemens Hufnagl Editing Emily Artmann Producers Ralph Wieser, David Bohun,

Sebastian Brameshuber Production company Mischief Films Supported by BKA – Arts Division, FISA,

Vienna Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich,

Land Oberösterreich, Land Steiermark

and Media Contact Mischief Films

Goethegasse 1

1010 Vienna – Austria

tel +43 1 585 23 24 23 office@mischief-films.com www.mischief-films.com

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.)

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Documentary

Epicentro

Directed by Hubert Sauper A film about the butterfly effect in geopolitics, the paradox of time, about the (almost) end of the world, the cinematograph, about sex, and sugar.

Completion expected summer 2018

Spanish / digital / 1:1.85 / 90 min

Written by Hubert Sauper Cinematography Hubert Sauper Editing Hubert Sauper 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 KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Production

Seidengasse 15/3/19

1070 Vienna – Austria

tel +43 1 522 22 21 welcome@kgp.co.at www.kgp.co.at

Hubert Sauper

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

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Documentary

Erde Earth

Completion expected fall 2018

Directed by Nikolaus Geyrhalter We walk all over it every day of our lives. We plow it, we dig it, and we drill it; we cover it up with concrete. We map it and we measure it; we draw our borders onto it; and we imagine that it belongs to us. We live by what it produces, and we bury our dead in it. We take its existence for granted; it seems invincible, indestructible. If we consider our planet to be an organism, its crust – just 40 kilometers thick – is its most delicate organ by far.

Nikolaus Geyrhalter

without dialogue / digital / 16:9 / 90 min

Written by Nikolaus Geyrhalter Cinematography Nikolaus Geyrhalter Editing Niki Mossböck Producers Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Michael Kitzberger

Wolfgang Widerhofer Markus Glaser Production company NGF Geyrhalterfilm Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF,

Vienna Film Fund Contact NGF Geyrhalterfilm

Hildebrandgasse 26

1180 Vienna – Austria

tel +43 1 403 01 62 office@geyrhalterfilm.com www.geyrhalterfilm.com

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

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Documentary

I’m a Bad Guy

Directed by Susanne Freund Adolf Schandl has 40 years of incarceration and many failed breakout attempts behind him.

Recently released, the 80-yearold is now planning his final escape. He wants to return to Australia one more time. His dream country, where he lived a long time ago, and where life was good. On the way, the sweet Grandpa with the gentle gaze falls away layer by layer, to reveal personality traits that are shockingly of our time.

German / digital / 1:1.85 / 90 min

Written by Susanne Freund Cinematography Jerzy Palacz Editing Michou Hutter Producer Kurt Mayer Production company kurt mayer film Supported by FISA, ORF, Vienna Film Fund Contact kurt mayer film

Heinestraße 36/1/2

1020 Vienna – Austria

tel +43 1 967 89 29 office@kurtmayerfilm.com www.kurtmayerfilm.com

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.)

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Documentary

Kinder unter Deck Children below Deck

Directed by Bettina Henkel The film is the personal story of three generations: the (late) grandmother, the father and the daughter, who is directing the film. It focuses on the trans-generational transfer of traumatic experiences. It’s a spiritual road movie through deep and diffuse layers of feelings resulting from historical transformations in northeastern Europe.

German, Latvian, Polish / digital / 1:1.85 / 92 min

Written by Bettina Henkel Cinematography Astrid Heubrandtner-Verschuur Editing Oliver Neumann, Niki Mossböck Producers Oliver Neumann, Sabine Moser Production company FreibeuterFilm Supported by BKA – Arts Division, FISA, ORF,

Vienna Film Fund Contact FreibeuterFilm

Turmburggasse 2-8/5/2

1060 Vienna – Austria

tel +43 720 34 65 10 welcome@freibeuterfilm.at www.freibeuterfilm.com

Completion expected spring 2018

Bettina Henkel

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

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1st film

Documentary

Kino Wien Film

Completion expected spring 2018

Directed by Paul Rosdy Kino Wien Film is a cinematic history of Vienna, from 1896 until today. What, next to technical and media developments, did cinemas have to go through? An interwoven film collage of archival material (film, photo, text) and filming in the present time, not chronologically told, tries to communicate: what, next to all the films that can be seen there, is cinema?

German / digital / 16:9 / 86 min

Written by Paul Rosdy Cinematography Peter Roehsler Editing Paul Rosdy Producer Paul Rosdy Production company Rosdy Film Supported by Vienna Film Fund, VAM,

Filmarchiv Austria Contact Rosdy Film

Lustkandlgasse 51/4-5

1090 Vienna – Austria

tel +43 1 319 81 42 office@rosdyfilm.com 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.)

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Documentary

Manaslu – Berg der Seelen

Completion expected fall 2018

Directed by Gerald Salmina Since 1996 Hans Kammer­ lan­der has held the record for the fastest ascent on the north route to the summit of Mount Everest in 16 hours and 40 minutes, followed by the first ski descent from the highest mountain in the world.

This outstanding achievement made him world famous. Hans Kammerlander experienced his most painful moment in 1991 at the Manaslu in Nepal, where he tragically lost two of his best friends.

Gerald Salmina

German / digital / 1:2.39 / 100 min

Written by Gerald Salmina Cinematography Günther Göberl Editing David Hofer Producer Gerald Salmina Production company Planet Watch Film & Video Productions Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF,

Servus TV and IDM Südtirol Contact Planet Watch Film & Video Productions

Pirkhofweg 25

9210 Pörtschach – Austria

tel +43 664 340 54 10 planetwatch@icloud.com www.planetwatch.at

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

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Documentary

Maut­hausen – Zwei Leben Mauthausen – Two Lives

Directed by Simon Wieland The documentary tells the dramatic story of two people who lived in Mauthausen during the Nazi regime: one inside, in the concentration camp; the other outside, in the town of Maut­ hausen. One was among the victims; the other, the perpetrators. Two fates running parallel in time and place, but while they couldn’t have been more diametrically opposed, they still share so many oppressive and un­settling aspects.

German / digital / 16:9 / 90 min

Written by Simon Wieland, Andreas Kuba Cinematography Simon Wieland Editing Marlenn Paeschke Producer Simon Wieland Production company Simon Wieland Film Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF,

Land Oberösterreich Contact Simon Wieland Film

Liechtensteinstraße 16

2130 Mistelbach – Austria

tel +43 664 203 99 70 mail@simonwieland.com www.simonwieland.com

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.)

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Documentary

Mein Stottern Stuttering – My Constant Companion

Directed by Petra Nickel, Birgit Gohlke The King’s Speech reopens old wounds for Birgit. She realises that she has to make peace with her stuttering. To accomplish this she confronts herself with other stutterers, their tactics and also her own past.

Completed

Petra Nickel, Birgit Gohlke

German, English / digital / 1:1.85 / 90 min

Written by Petra Nickel, Birgit Gohlke Cinematography Judith Benedikt, Martin Putz Editing Lisa Zoe Geretschläger, Julia Pontiller Producer Peter Janecek Production company Plaesion Film Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF, Cine Art,

Land Niederösterreich, Land Tirol,

Wien Kultur Contact filmdelights

Lindengasse 25/10

1070 Vienna – Austria

tel +43 1 944 30 35 office@filmdelights.com www.filmdelights.com

Filmography of joint works (selection): 2018 Mein Stottern (doc.)

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1st film

Documentary

Pinkafeld

Completion expected spring 2018

Directed by Elke Groen Pinkafeld is a small city in Austria that gained adverse publicity as “Nazi village” during the presidential election of 2017 when a majority of its citizens voted for their famous neighbor, the right wing candidate Norbert Hofer. What do people really think in regard to homeland, refugees and populism?

Pinkafeld shows a society in transition, a small city that reflects Europe’s zeitgeist.

German / digital / 16:9 / 75 min

Written by Elke Groen Cinematography Elke Groen Editing Emily Artmann Producers Arash T. Riahi, Karin Berger, Elke Groen Production companies Golden Girls Film, Groen. Film Supported by BKA – Arts Division, Wien Kultur Contact Golden Girls Film

Seidengasse 15/3/20

1070 Vienna – Austria

tel +43 1 810 56 36 office@goldengirls.at www.goldengirls.at

Elke Groen

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

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Documentary

Projektion Österreich: The Story of Austrian Cinema

Directed by Frederick Baker The first ever feature-length film essay telling the story of Austrian cinema from the Austro-Hungarian Empire to the present day. From Luise Kolm, one of the world’s first ever female directors, to the arthouse stars Michael Haneke, Stefan Ruzowitzky, Ulrich Seidl and Jessica Hausner. The film will explore cinema as a projection of the complex relationship between Austrian national identity and individual actors, directors and producers over the century, both inside and outside present-day Austria, from Eric von Stroheim, Fritz Lang and G.W.Pabst to Hedy Lamarr, Paula Wessely, Billy Wilder, Otto Preminger and Max Steiner.

Frederick Baker

German / digital / 1:2.39 / 120 min

Written by Frederick Baker Cinematography Christian Haake Editing Susan Korda Producers Sandra Fasolt-Baker, Frederick Baker Production company Filmbäckerei Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF,

Land Niederösterreich and ARTE Contact Filmbäckerei

Margaretenstraße 71-73/1/28

1050 Vienna – Austria

tel +43 664 181 10 33 baker@chello.at www.filmbaeckerei.at

Completion expected spring 2018

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

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Documentary

The Green Lie

Completed

Directed by Werner Boote Eco-friendly electric cars, sustainably produced palm oil, fair trade goods: hooray! Trust the corporations that tell you we can save the world by buying the right things. This is a popular and dangerous lie, as Werner Boote and environmental journalist Kathrin Hartmann explain in this controversial documentary: Stop the green lies.

German / digital / 1:1.85 / 93 min

Written by Werner Boote Cinematography Dominik Spritzendorfer, Mario Hötschl Editing Gernot Grassl, Roland Buzzi Producers Markus Pauser, Erich Schindlecker Production company e&a film Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF,

Vienna Film Fund Contact e&a film

Proschkogasse 1/12

1060 Vienna – Austria

tel +43 1 890 60 38 produktion@eafilm.at 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.)

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Documentary

The Remains

Completion expected fall 2018

Directed by Nathalie Borgers The Remains follows a double storyline, the work of committed helpers on the one hand and the waiting of families on the other hand. Through the sensitive intertwining of these two elements, the film questions the EU migration policies and addresses the theme dear to Antigone: whether good or bad, known or nameless, legal or illegal, human beings deserve a last tribute.

Nathalie Borgers

German, English, Greek / digital / 1:1.85 / 90 min

Written by Nathalie Borgers Cinematography Johannes Hammel Editing Sophie Reiter Producer Johannes Rosenberger Production company Navigator Film Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF,

Vienna Film Fund, Karl Kahane Stiftung,

RD Foundation Vienna Contact Navigator Film

Schottenfeldgasse 14

1070 Vienna – Austria

tel +43 1 524 97 77 info@navigatorfilm.com www.navigatorfilm.com

Filmography (selection): 2015 Fang den Haider (doc.), 2011 Greetings from the Colony (doc.), 2009 Winds of Sand, Women of Rock (doc.)

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Documentary

The Royal Line

Directed by Johannes Holzhausen Once a year, a very special train sets off on a journey through the Romanian countryside.

Thousands of people gather along its route to enthusiastically greet and cheer some of the descendents of the last King of Romania.The Royal Line highlights the backdrop for this nostalgic journey and starts off a cinematic expedition into both the past and the present of this East European state: of high-profile royalist production in a post communist republic.

Romanian, English / digital / 1:1.85 / 100 min

Written by Johannes Holzhausen, Constantin Wulff Cinematography Joerg Burger Editing Dieter Pichler Producers Johannes Rosenburger, Ada Solomon Production companies Navigator Film, HiFilm Productions (RO) Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF,

Vienna Film Fund and TVR Contact Wide House

9 rue Bleue

75009 Paris – France

tel +33 1 53 95 94 65 ac@widehouse.org www.widehouse.org

Completion expected summer 2018

Johannes Holzhausen

Filmography (selection): 2014 Das groĂ&#x;e Museum (doc.), 2001 Auf allen Meeren (doc.)

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Documentary

Traum­ fabrik Dream Factory

Completion expected fall 2018

Directed by Marko Doringer “You are to blame, if your work is no fun.” Our contemporary life is dominated by self determined innovative models of work. At the same time we are forced to participate in a rat race of an achievement oriented market economy. Modern working systems promise more room for maneuver, more personal liberties for all, at the same time forcing us to work anywhere at any time. Where exactly are we headed? Are 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

German, English / digital / 16:9 / 90 min

Written by Marko Doringer Cinematography Marko Doringer Producer Marko Doringer Production company Filmfabrik Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF,

Vienna Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich,

Land Salzburg Contact Filmfabrik

Marko Doringer Filmproduktion

Ferdinand-Raimund-Gasse 4

2344 Maria Enzersdorf – Austria

tel +43 699 119 163 21 doringer_m@yahoo.com www.filmfabrik.com

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

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Documentary

Waldheims Walzer The Waldheim Waltz

Completed

Directed by Ruth Beckermann A film about truth and lies or “alternative facts”. Ruth Beckermann documents the process of uncovering former UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim’s wartime past. It shows the swift succession of new allegations by the World Jewish Congress during his Austrian presidential campaign, the denial by the Austrian political class, the outbreak of anti-Semitism and patriotism, which finally led to his election. Created from international 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.

German, English, French / digital / compilation film / 93 min

Written by Ruth Beckermann Editing Dieter Pichler Producer Ruth Beckermann Production company Ruth Beckermann Filmproduktion Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF,

Vienna Film Fund Contact Ruth Beckermann Filmproduktion

Marc-Aurel-Straße 5/10

1010 Vienna – Austria

tel +43 699 115 074 98 sekretariat@ruthbeckermann.com www.ruthbeckermann.com

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.)

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Documentary

Weapon of Choice

Completed

Directed by Fritz Ofner “They never fail.” The Glock pistol has been fetishised in films and the arts, and is a regular topseller in the international arms market. For the first time, the filmmaking duo Fritz Ofner and Eva Hausberger tell the story of the rise of the Glock: An Austrian design that became the most sought-after service and murder weapon worldwide. Tracing the web of power, money, violence and politics, the film portrays the dark sides of globalisation and not least an Austrian tale of willful ignorance.

Fritz Ofner

German, English, Arabic, Kurdish / digital / 16:9 / 90 min

Written by Fritz Ofner Cinematography Fritz Ofner Editing Gerhard Daurer, Karina Ressler Producer Fritz Ofner Production company Friedrich Ofner Film-und Videoproduktion Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF,

Vienna Film Fund Contact Friedrich Ofner Film-und Videoproduktion

Beingasse 27/14

1150 Vienna – Austria

tel +43 650 530 15 05 office@fritzofner.info www.fritzofner.info

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

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Documentary

Welcome to Sodom

Directed by Florian Weigensamer, Christian Krönes The demand for the latest electronic accessories in Europe is exploding. Manufacturers regularly report record sales. Mobile phones, LCD TVs, notebooks and the likes become useless and “out” relatively soon after their release. Hundreds of thousands of these end up in Ghana where children and adolescents dismantle them in toxic smoke. A “clean” business for some, a poisonous routine for others.

German, English / digital / 16:9 / 90 min

Written by Roland Schrotthofer, Florian Weigensamer Cinematography Christian Kermer Editing Christian Kermer Producers Christian Krönes, Roland Schrotthofer Production company Blackbox Film & Medienproduktion Supported by Austrian Federal Ministry of Education,

Austrian Film Institute, ORF, education 21,

Cine Art Contact Blackbox Film & Medienproduktion

Hietzinger Kai 205 d

1130 Vienna – Austria

tel +43 1 877 28 57 office@blackboxfilm.at 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.)

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Documentary

Widerstandsmomente Moments of Resistance

Directed by Jo Schmeiser Moments of Resistence carries voices, writings and objects from the anti-Nazi resistance into the present. Politically engaged women of today respond to historical resistance and make links to current events.

A line is drawn from what was before and what is today to what might be: a society based on solidarity without discrimination or exclusion.

Completion expected fall 2018

Jo Schmeiser

German / digital / 1:1.85 / 90 min

Written by Jo Schmeiser Cinematography Sophie Maintigneux Editing Michael Palm Producer Peter Janecek Production company Plaesion Film Supported by BKA – Arts Division, The Future Fund of

the Republic of Austria, ORF, Land

Niederösterreich, 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 office@plaesion.com www.plaesion.com

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

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Documentary

Wolken­ kratzerin

Completion expected summer 2018

Directed by Lisa Weber Claudia is fleeing. She is fleeing from responsibility, from decisions. She got pregnant aged 14, her son Daniel became her excuse for dropping out of school and never trying to find a job. In her head, she has big plans, but in her life, she is scared to take the first step.

Now she has to make a decision: Either keep running from life or finally grow up.

German / digital / 1:1.85 / 90 min

Written by Lisa Weber Cinematography Carolina Steinbrecher Editing Roland Stöttinger Producers Rudolf Takacs, Ulrich Seidl Production companies Takacs Filmproduktion,

Ulrich Seidl Film Produktion Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF Contact Takacs Filmproduktion

Anton-Freunschlag-Gasse 99

1230 Vienna – Austria

tel +43 699 195 886 60 rudi.takacs@gmx.at

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 welfare to the industrialised states – at the cost of other continents and along with growing inequality. The film asks if there is – besides capitalism – any model of society worth discussing about?

Protagonists of four projects take us along their personal journeys towards possibilities to share, to cooperate and to preserve nature. Experts additionally give insights into the economic significance of cooperation and of a moderate economic development instead of unlimited growth.

Kurt Langbein

German / digital / 1:1.85 / 95 min

Written by Kurt Langbein,

Anna Katharina Wohlgenannt Cinematography Christian Roth Editing Alexandra Wedenig Producer Kurt Langbein Production company Langbein & Partner Media Supported by Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF,

Vienna Film Fund Contact Langbein & Partner Media

Kellermanngasse 5/12

1070 Vienna – Austria

tel +43 1 535 36 96 redaktion@langbein-partner.com www.langbein-partner.com

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

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Documentary

Zu ebener Erde Down and Out

Directed by Birgit Bergmann, Steffi Franz, Oliver Werani You see them at the same time you do not see them: Homeless people are often invisible to the rest of the world. In the longterm observation documentary Down and Out some of them are closely portrayed.

Completion expected spring 2018

German / digital / 1:1.85 / 91 min

Written by Steffi Franz Cinematography Oliver Werani Editing Birgit Bergmann Producers Johannes Rosenberger, Constantin Wulff Production company Navigator Film Supported by Austrian Film Institute, ORF,

Vienna Film Fund Contact Navigator Film

Schottenfeldgasse 14

1070 Vienna – Austria

tel +43 1 524 97 77 info@navigatorfilm.com 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

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Directors

Producers

Frederick Baker 42 Ruth Beckermann 47 Birgit Bergmann 53 Reinhold Bilgeri 13 Stefan Bohun 28 Werner Boote 43 Nathalie Borgers 44 Sebastian Brameshuber 32 Sebastian Brauneis 23 Peter Brunner 21 Marko Doringer 46 Wolfgang Fischer 19 Steffi Franz 53 Susanne Freund 35 Christian Frosch 18 Nikolaus Geyrhalter 34 Birgit Gohlke 40 Elke Groen 41 Hans Andreas Guttner 31 Dominik Hartl 11 Bettina Henkel 36 Rupert Henning 22 Johannes Holzhausen 45 Andreas Horvath 17 Klemens Hufnagl 20 Michael Kreihsl 12 Marie Kreutzer 9 Christian Krönes 49 Kurt Langbein 52 Justin P. Lange 20 Nikolaus Leytner 10 Stefan A. Lukacs 8 Sudabeh Mortezai 14 Katharina Mückstein 16 Petra Nickel 40 Fritz Ofner 48 Bernhard Pötscher 27 Paul Rosdy 37 Gerhard Salmina 38 Hubert Sauper 33 Robert Schabus 30 Markus Schleinzer 7 Joe Schmeiser 50 Elena Tikhonova 15 Erwin Wagenhofer 29 Lisa Weber 51 Florian Weigensamer 49 Oliver Werani 53 Simon Wieland 39

Allegro Filmproduktion 12, 30 AMOUR FOU Vienna 19 Bernhard Pötscher Filmproduktion 27 Blackbox Film & Medienproduktion 49 Dor Film 20, 22 e&a film 43 epo-film 10 Filmbäckerei 42 Filmfabrik Marko Doringer Filmproduktion 46 FreibeuterFilm 14, 21, 36 Friedrich Ofner Film-und Videoproduktion 48 Gebhardt Productions 11 Golden Girls Film 8, 41 Guttner Film 31 Imagine Film Cooperation 29 KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Production 33 kurt mayer film 35 La Banda Film 16 Langbein & Partner Media 52 Little Magnet Films 33 Lotus-Film 13 Mischief Films 28, 32 MR Film 15 Navigator Film 44, 45 NGF Geyrhalterfilm 16, 34 Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion 7, 9, 15 PLAESION Film + Vision 40, 50 Planet Watch Film & Video Productions 38 Prisma Film-und Fernsehproduktion 18, 29 Rosdy Film 37 Ruth Beckermann Filmproduktion 47 Simon Wieland Film 39 Superfilm 23 Takacs Filmproduktion 51 Ulrich Seidl Film Produktion 17 , 51 Witcraft Filmproduktion 15

Production Companies

Aaangelfilm Angela Christlieb Stolzenthalergasse 10/7 1080 Vienna tel +43 660 378 84 38 aaangelfilm@gmail.com www.angelachristlieb.com Aichholzer Film Josef Aichholzer Heumühlgasse 13-15/2/2/15 1040 Vienna tel +43 1 523 40 81 office@aifilm.at www.aifilm.com Allegro Film Helmut Grasser Krummgasse 1A/9 1030 Vienna tel +43 1 712 50 36 office@allegrofilm.at www.allegrofilm.at AMOUR FOU Vienna Alexander DumreicherIvanceanu, Bady Minck Lindengasse 32/13 1070 Vienna tel +43 1 994 99 11 vienna@amourfoufilm.com www.amourfoufilm.com Bernhard Pötscher Filmproduktion Bernhard Pötscher Schwendergasse 41/2/1 1150 Vienna tel +43 1 890 427 016 bernhard@poetscher.com www.poetscher.com Blackbox Film & Medienproduktion Christian Krönes Hietzinger Kai 205d 1130 Vienna tel +43 1 877 28 57 office@blackboxfilm.at www.blackboxfilm.at

coop99 filmproduktion Barbara Albert, Martin Gschlacht, Jessica Hausner, Antonin Svoboda, Bruno Wagner Wasagasse 12/1/1 1090 Vienna tel +43 1 319 58 25 welcome@coop99.at www.coop99.at Cult Film Burkhard Ernst Wiedner Gürtel 3a 1040 Vienna tel +43 1 601 661 50 office@cultfilm.at www.cultfilm.at Dor Film Danny Krausz, Kurt Stocker Bergsteiggasse 36 1170 Vienna tel +43 1 427 10 11 office@dor-film.at www.dor-film.com e&a film Markus Pauser, Erich Schindlecker Proschkogasse 1/12 1060 Vienna tel +43 1 890 60 38 produktion@eafilm.at www.eafilm.at Edoko Institute Film Production Edgar Honetschläger Neulinggasse 23/2 1030 Vienna tel +43 699 110 655 47 edgar@akis.at www.honetschlaeger.com

epo-film Dieter Pochlatko, Jakob Pochlatko Edelsinnstraße 58 1120 Vienna tel +43 1 812 37 18 office@epofilm.com www.epofilm.com European Film Conspiracy Association Georg Aschauer, Daniel Hoesl, Gerald Kerkletz, Julia Niemann, Katharina Posch Gumpendorferstraße 10-12/23 1060 Vienna mail@europeanfilmconspiracy. com www.europeanfilmconspiracy. com Filmbäckerei Frederick Baker, Sandra Fasolt-Baker Margaretenstraße 71-73/1/28 1050 Vienna tel +43 664 181 10 33 fb346@cam.ac.uk www.filmbaeckerei.at Filmfabrik Marko Doringer Filmproduktion Marko Doringer Ferdinand-Raimund-Gasse 4 2344 Maria Enzersdorf tel +43 699 119 163 21 doringer_m@yahoo.com www.filmfabrik.com Fischer Film Markus Fischer Neustiftgasse 32-34 1070 Vienna tel +43 1 524 74 25 info@fischerfilm.com www.fischerfilm.com

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Production Companies

FreibeuterFilm Oliver Neumann, Sabine Moser Turmburggasse 2-8/5/2 1060 Vienna tel +43 720 34 65 10 welcome@freibeuterfilm.at www.freibeuterfilm.com

Guttner Film Hans A. Guttner Singerstraße 20/9 1010 Vienna tel +43 681 819 631 21 office@guttnerfilm.at www.guttnerfilm.at

Friedrich Ofner Filmund Videoproduktion Fritz Ofner Beingasse 27/14 1150 Vienna tel +43 650 530 15 05 office@fritzofner.info www.fritzofner.info

Houchang Allahyari Filmproduktion Houchang Allahyari Wipplingerstraße 24-26/6 1010 Vienna tel +43 699 104 029 01 houchang.allahyari@chello.at

Gebhardt Productions Florian Gebhardt Neusiedlerstraße 50 2340 Mödling tel +43 2236 64 163 office@filmpark.tv www.filmpark.tv Golden Girls Film Raphael Barth, Arash T. Riahi Seidengasse 15/3/20 1070 Vienna tel +43 1 810 56 36 office@goldengirls.at www.goldengirls.at Graf Film Klaus Graf Alter Platz 28 9020 Klagenfurt tel +43 463 32 99 29 office@graffilm.com www.graffilm.com Greenkat Productions Katharina Rohrer Schleifmühlgasse 4/17 1040 Vienna tel +43 1 587 21 73 office@greenkatproductions. com www.greenkatproductions.com

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Imagine Film Cooperation Sabine Kriechbaum Capistrangasse 5/54 1060 Vienna tel +43 664 730 283 44 office@imaginefilm.at jBurger film Joerg Burger Gartengasse 18/21 1050 Vienna tel +43 699 104 586 47 joerg.burger@gmx.at KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Production Gabriele Kranzelbinder Seidengasse 15/3/19 1070 Vienna tel +43 1 522 22 21 welcome@kgp.co.at www.kgp.co.at kurt mayer film Kurt Mayer Heinestraße 36/1/2 1020 Vienna tel +43 1 967 89 29 office@kurtmayerfilm.com www.kurtmayerfilm.com

La Banda Film Flavio Marchetti, Katharina Mückstein, Michael Schindegger, Natalie Schwager Sebastian-Kneipp-Gasse 8/3-4 1020 Vienna tel +43 650 301 08 08 office@labandafilm.at www.labandafilm.at Langbein & Partner Media Kurt Langbein Kellermanngasse 5/12 1070 Vienna tel +43 1 535 36 96 redaktion@langbeinpartner.com www.langbein-partner.com Lotus-Film Peter Wirthensohn, Tommy Pridnig Mollardgasse 85A / Stiege 1 1060 Vienna tel +43 1 786 33 87 office@lotus-film.at www.lotus-film.at Luc Film Wolfgang Konrad Westbahnstraße 1A/14 1070 Vienna tel +43 699 181 212 61 wol.konrad@gmail.com Markus Mörth Film- und Medienproduktion Markus Mörth Froschaugasse 5 8010 Graz tel +43 676 640 16 77 office@markusmoerth.com www.markusmoerth.com

Production Companies

Metafilm Michael Cencig, Fritz Kalteis Dreihausgasse 9/H.2 1150 Vienna tel +43 1 236 170 61 office@metafilm.at www.metafilm.at

Navigator Film Johannes Rosenberger Schottenfeldgasse 14 1070 Vienna tel +43 1 524 97 77 info@navigatorfilm.com www.navigatorfilm.com

Mischief Films Georg Misch, Ralph Wieser Goethegasse 1 1010 Vienna tel +43 1 585 23 24 23 office@mischief-films.com www.mischief-films.com

NGF Geyrhalterfilm Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Markus Glaser, Michael Kitzberger, Wolfgang Widerhofer Hildebrandgasse 26 1180 Vienna tel +43 1 403 01 62 office@geyrhalterfilm.com www.geyrhalterfilm.com

Mona Film Thomas Hroch, Gerald Podgornig Seilerstätte 13/1/23 1010 Vienna tel +43 1 513 11 15 office@monafilm.tv www.monafilm.tv monochrom Johannes Grenzfurthner Museumsquartier/Q21, Museumsplatz 1 1070 Vienna tel +43 676 783 14 53 office@monochrom.at MR-FILM Andreas Kamm, Oliver Auspitz, Kurt Mrkwicka Auhofstraße 70 1130 Vienna tel +43 1 876 87 15 office@mr-film.com www.mr-film.com Nabis Filmgroup Lukas Valenta Rinner Michael-Walz-Gasse 18c 5020 Salzburg tel +43 664 233 93 96 info@nabisfilm.com www.nabisfilm.com

Nina Kusturica Projects Nina Kusturica Schlossgasse 22/3 1050 Vienna welcome@nk-projects.com www.nk-projects.com Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion Franz Novotny, Alexander Glehr Weimarerstraße 22/4A 1180 Vienna tel +43 1 478 71 70 kino@novotnyfilm.at www.novotnyfilm.at Orbrock Filmproduktion Ulrich Gehmacher Schottenfeldgasse 56/23 1070 Vienna tel +43 1 522 25 88 office@orbrock.com www.orbrock.com Pavel Cuzuioc Filmproduktion Pavel Cuzuioc Kohlgasse 9/13 1050 Vienna tel +43 699 171 050 24 office@pavelcuzuioc.com www.pavelcuzuioc.com

peartree-entertainment Lillian Birnbaum Fleischmarkt 16 1010 Vienna tel +43 660 706 98 17 lbirnbaum@peartreeentertainment.com www.peartree-entertainment. com Peter Schreiner Film­ produktion – echt.zeit.film Peter Schreiner Grinzinger Allee 37a 1190 Vienna tel +43 1 328 64 43 office@echtzeitfilm.at www.echtzeitfilm.at Plaesion Film Peter Janecek Schlosshofer Straße 8/4/3 2301 Groß-Enzersdorf tel +43 660 213 69 66 office@plaesion.com www.plaesion.com Plan C Filmproduktion Claudia Wohlgenannt Kriemhildplatz 10 1150 Vienna tel +43 1 990 63 72 office@plancfilm.com www.plancfilm.com Planet Watch Film & Video Productions Gerald Salmina Pirkhofweg 25 9210 Pörtschach tel +43 664 340 54 10 planetwatch@icloud.com www.planetwatch.at

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Production Companies

Prisma Film Viktoria Salcher, Mathias Forberg Rathausstraße 3/18 1010 Vienna tel +43 1 406 37 70 office@prismafilm.at www.prismafilm.at ProvinzFilm International Andreas Gruber Porzellangasse 36 4600 Wels tel +43 7242 685 61 provinzfilm@aon.at Ritzl Film Wolfgang Ritzberger Spechtgasse 34 2340 Mödling tel +43 664 300 43 72 office@ritzlfilm.at www.ritzlfilm.at Rosdy Film Paul Rosdy Lustkandlgasse 51/4-5 1090 Vienna tel +43 1 319 81 42 office@rosdyfilm.com www.rosdyfilm.com RR* Filmproduktion Ruth Rieser Lange Gasse 60/21 1080 Vienna tel +43 664 120 30 07 rr-film@ruthrieser.net www.rr-film.at Ruth Beckermann Filmproduktion Ruth Beckermann Marc-Aurel-Straße 5/10 1010 Vienna tel +43 699 115 074 98 sekretariat@ ruthbeckermann.com www.ruthbeckermann.com

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schaller08 Bernhard Braunstein, Dominik Tschütscher Wäschergasse 10 5020 Salzburg tel +43 699 128 885 60 office@schaller08.at

Ulrich Seidl Film Produktion Ulrich Seidl Wasserburgergasse 5/7 1090 Vienna tel +43 1 310 28 24 office@ulrichseidl.com www.ulrichseidl.com

Simon Wieland Film Simon Wieland Liechtensteinstraße 16 2130 Mistelbach tel +43 664 203 99 70 mail@simonwieland.com www.simonwieland.com

Vento Film Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel Leitermayergasse 33/20 1180 Vienna tel +43 1 406 03 92 contact@ventofilm.com www.ventofilm.com

Soleil Film Filip Antoni Malinowski, Jürgen Karasek Linke Wienzeile 142/13 1060 Vienna tel +43 699 123 974 78 office@soleilfilm.at www.soleilfilm.at

WEGA Filmproduktion Veit Heiduschka, Michael Katz Hägelingasse 13 1140 Vienna tel +43 1 982 57 42 office@wega-film.at www.wega-film.at

Superfilm John Lueftner, David Schalko Zieglergasse 1 1070 Vienna tel +43 1 522 19 11 office@superfilm.at www.superfilm.at Takacs Filmproduktion Rudi Takacs Anton-Freunschlag-Gasse 99 1230 Vienna tel +43 699 195 886 60 rudi.takacs@gmx.at trotzdemfilm Astrid Johanna Ofner Hegelgasse 8/20 1010 Vienna tel +43 664 130 38 88 office@trotzdemfilm.at www.trotzdemfilm.at

WILDart Film Ebba Sinzinger, Vincent Lucassen Pfeilgasse 32/1 1080 Vienna tel +43 1 595 29 91 office@wildartfilm.com www.wildartfilm.com Witcraft Filmproduktion Ursula Wolschlager Lindengasse 25/10 1070 Vienna tel +43 699 177 881 77 office@witcraft.at www.witcraft.at Xpedit Film Peter Ily Huemer Franziskanerplatz 5/2/10a 1010 Vienna peter.ily@chello.at

Distributors, World Sales & VOD

abc-films c/o KIZ Conrad von Hötzendorfstraße 10 8010 Graz tel +43 676 414 44 11 abc@kinoinfo.at www.abc-films.at

Constantin Film Holding GmbH Christian Langhammer Siebensterngasse 37 1070 Vienna tel +43 1 521 28-1122 constantin.office@ constantinfilm.at www.cineplexx.at

Alamode Filmdistribution GmbH Tobias Lehmann Leitermayergasse 43/4 1180 Vienna tel +43 1 236 21 90 info@alamodefilm.at www.alamodefilm.at

EastWest Filmdistribution GmbH Sasha Wieser Lerchengasse 24 1080 Vienna tel +43 1 890 83 76 office@eastwestdistribution.com www.eastwest-distribution. com

Alphaville Filmverleih Norman Shetler, Paolo Calamita Wildpretmarkt 1 1010 Vienna tel +43 1 581 29 27 office@alphaville.at www.alphaville.at autlook filmsales Salma Abdalla Spittelberggasse 3/14 1070 Vienna tel +43 (0) 720 34 69 34 welcome@autlookfilms.com www.autlookfilms.com Centfox-Film GmbH Benjamin Bach Hintzerstraße 9/3 1030 Vienna tel +43 1 523 26 29 austria@fox.com www.foxfilm.at Cinestar Filmverleih Kurt Schramek Opernring 19 1010 Vienna tel +43 1 587 84 06 schramek@aon.at www.burgkino.at

Einhorn-Film Michael Wieser Gurtnielweg 9 6710 Nenzing tel +43 664 34 103 08 info@einhorn-film.at www.einhorn-film.at filmdelights Christa Auderlitzky Lindengasse 25/10 1070 Vienna tel +43 1 944 30 35 office@filmdelights.com www.filmdelights.com Filmgarten Pierre-Emmanuel Finzi Liechtensteinstraße 17/18 1090 Vienna tel +43 681 103 407 89 pefinzi@filmgarten.at www.filmgarten.at

Filmladen Filmverleih Michael Stejskal Mariahilfer Straße 58 1070 Vienna tel +43 1 523 43 62 office@filmladen.at www.filmladen.at Flimmit Michael Wagenhofer Dreihausgasse 9/4.1 1150 Vienna tel +43 1 892 24 63 information@flimmit.com www.flimmit.com identities.DISTRIBUTION Barbara Reumüller P.O. Box 84 1072 Vienna tel +43 1 524 62 74 distribution@identities.at www.identities.at Luna Filmverleih Michael Stejskal Mariahilferstraße 58/7 1070 Vienna tel +43 1 523 43 62 office@lunafilm.at www.lunafilm.at ORF Enterprise GmbH & Co KG Marion Camus-Oberdorfer Am Europlatz 5 1120 Vienna tel +43 1 87878 13030 marion.camus-oberdorfer@ orf.at contentsales.ORF.at Polyfilm Verleih Filmcasino & Polyfilm GmbH Hans König Margaretenstraße 78 1050 Vienna tel +43 1 581 39 00-20 polyfilm@polyfilm.at www.polyfilm.at

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Distributors, World Sales & VOD

Poool Filmverleih Alexander DumreicherIvanceanu Lindengasse 32 1070 Vienna tel +43 1 994 99 11 33 office@poool.at www.poool.at

Tobis Film GmbH & Co KG Theodor Gringel Zollergasse 36 1070 Vienna tel +43 1 521 28 200 info@tobisfilm.at www.tobis.de

sixpackfilm Brigitta Burger-Utzer Neubaugasse 45/13 1070 Vienna tel +43 1 526 09 90 office@sixpackfilm.com www.sixpackfilm.com

Under the Milky Way Vincent Lucassen Pfeilgasse 32/1 1080 Vienna tel +43 1 595 29 91 vincent.lucassen@ underthemilkyway.eu galaxy.underthemilkyway.eu

Sony Pictures Filmverleih Martin Bachmann Apostelgasse 23 1030 Vienna tel +43 1 597 15 15 CTFILM-Austria@spe.sony.com www.sonypictures.at

Universal Pictures International Austria GmbH Paul Steinschulte Neubaugasse 1 1070 Vienna tel +43 1 523 46 31 www.universalpictures.at

Stadtkino Filmverleih Norman Shetler Siebensterngasse 2 1070 Vienna tel +43 1 526 59 47 71 office@stadtkinowien.at www.stadtkinowien.at

Warner Bros. Pictures GmbH Ingeborg KĂśnig Zieglergasse 10 1070 Vienna tel +43 1 523 86 26 inga.koenig@warnerbros.com www.warnerbros.com

The Walt Disney Company (Austria) GmbH Peter Steil Millenium Tower, Handelskai 94-96, 39. OG 1200 Vienna tel +43 1 525 05-10 peter.steil@disney.com www.disney.at

Waystone Film KG Johannes Wegenstein, Bruno Batinic SchleifmĂźhlgasse 8/14 1040 Vienna tel +43 1 585 58 88 office@waystonefilm.com www.waystonefilm.com

Thimfilm Andreas Thim-Taban Leitermayergasse 43/4 1180 Vienna tel +43 1 236 21 90 buero@thimfilm.at www.thimfilm.at 62

Festivals

/slash Filmfestival Markus Keuschnigg Brestelgasse 18/2 1160 Vienna tel +43 650 969 81 40 office@slashfilmfestival.com www.slashfilmfestival.com 20 - 30 September, 2018 ALPINALE Kurzfilmfestival Rebekka Rinderer Eugen-Getzner-Straße 7 6710 Nenzing tel +43 699 814 467 05 office@alpinale.at www.alpinale.at 7 - 11 August, 2018 Crossing Europe Film Festival Linz Christine Dollhofer Graben 30 4020 Linz tel +43 732 785 700 info@crossingEurope.at www.crossingEurope.at 25 - 30 April, 2018 Diagonale Festival of Austrian Films Sebastian Höglinger, Peter Schernhuber Rauhensteingasse 5/5 1010 Vienna tel +43 1 595 45 56 office@diagonale.at www.diagonale.at 13 - 18 March, 2018 Filmfest St. Anton Manfred Pascher Ing-Etzel-Straße 25 6020 Innsbruck tel +43 699 100 405 21 info@filmfest-stanton.at www.filmfest-stanton.at 22 - 25 August, 2018

Filmfestival Kitzbühel Michael Reisch Franz Reisch Straße 3 6370 Kitzbühel info@ffkb.at www.ffkb.at 20 - 26 August, 2018 FrauenFilmTage Gabriele Frimberger Währinger Straße 59 1090 Vienna tel +43 699 106 940 57 kontakt@frauenfilmtage.at www.frauenfilmtage.at 1 - 7 March, 2018 International Film Festival for Children Martina Lassacher Steggasse 1/12a 1050 Vienna tel +43 664 465 56 60 kinderfilmfestival@pitanga.at www.kinderfilmfestival.at 10 - 18 November, 2018 International Film Festival Innsbruck Helmut Groschup, Daniel Dlouhy Egger-Lienz-Straße 20 6020 Innsbruck tel +43 512 57 12 62 info@iffi.at www.iffi.at 29 May - 3 June, 2018 LET’S CEE Film Festival Magdalena Z˙ elasko, Wolfgang P. Schwelle Ulrichgasse 1 1040 Vienna tel + 43 699 116 100 81 info@letsceefilmfestival.com www.letsceefilmfestival.com 13 - 22 April, 2018

Mountainfilm Graz Internationales Berg- & Abenteuer Filmfestival Robert Schauer Filmproduktion GmbH Am Klammbach 1A 8044 Graz tel +43 316 81 42 23 mountainfilm@ mountainfilm.com www.mountainfilm.com 15 - 17 November, 2018 Tricky Women International Animation Festival Waltraud Grausgruber, Birgitt Wagner Kulturbüros quartier21/MQ Museumsplatz 1 1070 Vienna tel +43 1 990 46 63 office@trickywomen.at www.trickywomen.at 7 - 11 March, 2018 Viennale Vienna International Film Festival Eva Rotter Siebensterngasse 2 1070 Vienna tel +43 1 526 59 47 office@viennale.at www.viennale.at 25 October - 8 November, 2018 VIS Vienna Shorts International Festival for Short Film, Animation & Music Video Daniel Ebner, Benjamin Gruber MuseumsQuartier Wien I Q21 Museumsplatz 1/5/2 1070 Vienna tel +43 1 947 61 00 info@viennashorts.com www.viennashorts.com 29 May - 4 June, 2018

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Festivals

Funding

YOUKI Internationales Jugend Medien Festival Laura-Lee Röckendorfer, Boris Schuld Pollheimerstraße 17 4600 Wels tel +43 7242 207 030 office@youki.at www.youki.at 20 - 24 November, 2018

Amt der NÖ Landesregierung Abt. Kunst und Kultur Filmföderung Government of Lower Austria, Dept. for Arts and Culture/ Filmfunds Birgit Maimer, Peter Zanzinger Landhausplatz 1 3109 St. Pölten tel +43 274 9005 16269 post.k1@noel.gv.at www.noel.gv.at Amt der Salzburger Landesregierung Federal State Land Salzburg Referat 2/07 Kunstförderung und Kulturbetriebe Andrea Zarfl Franziskanergasse 5a 5020 Salzburg tel +43 662 8042 2282 andrea.zarfl@salzburg.gv.at www.salzburg.gv.at Bundeskanzleramt Österreich Sektion Kunst und Kultur – Film II/3 Federal Chancellery of Austria Barbara Fränzen Concordiaplatz 2 1014 Vienna tel +43 1 53 115 206 880 barbara.fraenzen@bka.gv.at www.bundeskanzleramt.at/ kunst Cine Art Filmkunst Steiermark Martin Titz Landhausgasse 7 8010 Graz tel +43 316 877 31 37 martin.titz@stmk.gv.at www.filmkunst.steiermark.at

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Cine Tirol Film Commission c/o Tirol Werbung GmbH Johannes Koeck Maria-Theresien-Straße 55 6010 Innsbruck tel +43 512 53 20 180 johannes.koeck@ tirolwerbung.at www.cinetirol.com Cinestyria Filmcommission & Fonds Enrico Jakob St. Peter-Hauptstraße 243 8042 Graz tel +43 316 40 03 54 office@cinestyria.com www.cinestyria.com Fernsehfonds Austria Rundfunk und Telekom Regulierungs-GmbH Oliver Stribl Mariahilfer Straße 77-79 1060 Vienna tel +43 1 58 05 80 rtr@rtr.at www.rtr.at Filmfonds Wien Vienna Film Fund Gerlinde Seitner Mariahilfer Straße 76/1/10 1070 Vienna tel +43 1 526 50 88 office@filmfonds-wien.at www.filmfonds-wien.at FISA – Filmstandort Austria Walcherstraße 11A 1020 Vienna tel +43 1 501 75 567 j.schmoelz@aws.at www.filmstandort-austria.at

Funding

Institutions & Government Agencies

MA 7 – Film, Neue Medien Sylvia Faßl-Vogler Friedrich-Schmidt-Platz 5 1082 Vienna tel +43 1 4000 847 40 sylvia.fassl-vogler@wien.gv.at www.wien.gv.at/kultur/ abteilung

AFC – Austrian Films Martin Schweighofer Stiftgasse 6 1070 Vienna tel +43 1 526 33 23 office@afc.at www.afc.at www.AustrianFilms.Com

Österreichisches Filminstitut Austrian Film Institute Roland Teichmann Spittelberggasse 3 1070 Vienna tel +43 1 526 97 30 office@filminstitut.at www.filminstitut.at

Akademie des Österreichischen Films Austrian Film Academy Marlene Ropac Stiftgasse 25/1 1070 Vienna tel +43 1 890 20 33 office@oesterreichischefilmakademie.at www.oesterreichischefilmakademie.at AKM – Gesellschaft der Autoren, Komponisten und Musikverleger Gen.mbH Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers Limited Gernot Graninger Baumannstraße 10 P.O. Box 259 1031 Vienna tel +43 (0) 507 17 0 direktion@akm.at www.akm.at austro mechana – Gesellschaft zur Wahrnehmung mechanisch-musikalischer Urheberrechte GmbH Mechanical Copyright Collecting Society Gernot Graninger Baumannstraße 10 P.O. Box 55 1031 Vienna tel +43 1 717 87 0 office@aume.at www.aume.at

Bundesministerium für Europa, Integration und Äußeres Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs Sonja Reiser-Weinzettl Minoritenplatz 8 1014 Vienna tel +43 (0) 50 11 50 3803 sonja.reiser-weinzettl@ bmeia.gv.at www.bmeia.gv.at Creative Europe Desk Österreich – MEDIA Esther Krausz Spittelberggasse 3 1070 Vienna tel +43 1 526 97 30 406 info@mediadeskaustria.eu www.creativeeurope.at Drehbuchforum Wien Vienna Screenwriters Forum Wilbirg Brainin-Donnenberg Stiftgasse 6 1070 Vienna tel +43 1 526 85 03 office@drehbuchforum.at www.drehbuchforum.at EU XXL Film Forum for European Film Mercedes Echerer Schrankgasse 12/3 1070 Vienna tel +43 1 408 11 40 office@eu-xxl.at www.eu-xxl.at Fachverband der Film- und Musikwirtschaft (FAMA) Film and Music Austria Werner Müller Wiedner Hauptstraße 63 1045 Vienna tel +43 (0) 59 09 00 3010 werner.mueller@wko.at www.filmandmusicaustria.at

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Institutions & Government Agencies

Fachverband der Kino-, Kulturund Vergnügungsbetriebe Association of Austrian Cinema Exhibitors & Showmen Bernhard Gerstberger Wiedner Hauptstraße 63 1045 Vienna tel +43 (0) 59 09 00 3471 kino-kultur-vergnuegen@ wko.at www.kino-kulturvergnuegen.at Forum österreichischer Filmfestivals Doris Bauer, Daniel Ebner Museumsquartier | Q21 Museumsplatz 1/5/2 1070 Vienna tel +43 680 302 50 74 info@film-festivals.at www.film-festivals.at Literar-Mechana Wahrnehmungsgesellschaft für Urheberrechte Copyright Collecting Society Sandra Csillag Linke Wienzeile 18 1060 Vienna tel +43 1 587 21 61 office@literar.at www.literar.at LSG GmbH – Interpreten Performers’ Collecting Society Thomas Dürrer Seilerstätte 18-20 1010 Vienna tel +43 1 587 17 92 office@lsg-interpreten.com www.lsg-interpreten.com

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LSG – Wahrnehmung von Leistungsschutzrechten GmbH Austrian Music Licensing Company Franz Medwenitsch Seilerstätte 18-20 1010 Vienna tel +43 1 535 60 35 office@lsg.at www.lsg.at ÖGB, Younion_Die Daseinsgewerkschaft HG VIII - Sektion Film, Foto, audiovisuelle Kommunikation Trade Union for the Arts, Media, Sports and Independent Professions Gerhard Schedl Maria-Theresien-Straße 11 1090 Vienna tel +43 1 313 16 83 804 gerhard.schedl@ filmsupport.at www.younion.at Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien/ Filmakademie Wien, Institut f. Film u. Fernsehen University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Department Film and TV Claudia Walkensteiner-Preschl Metternichgasse 12 1030 Vienna tel +43 1 711 55 2902 weidinger-a@mdw.ac.at www.mdw.ac.at

VAM – Verwertungsgesellschaft für audiovisuelle Medien GmbH Collecting Society for Audio-Visual Media Ltd. Veit Heiduschka, Michael Kavouras Neubaugasse 25/9 1070 Vienna tel +43 1 526 43 01 office@vam.cc www.vam.cc VdFS – Verwertungsgesellschaft der Filmschaffenden GenmbH Collecting Society of Audiovisual Authors and Actors Gernot Schödl Bösendorferstraße 4/12 1010 Vienna tel +43 1 504 76 20 office@vdfs.at www.vdfs.at

Television

ORF Austrian Broadcasting Corporation WĂźrzburggasse 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) andrea.bogad-radatz@orf.at Executive Producer/Program TV Roland Weissmann (ext. 12990) roland.weissmann@orf.at Head of Fiction Department Heinrich Mis (ext. 14331) heinrich.mis@orf.at 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

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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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