Coproductions

An Impossible Project

Directed by Jens Meurer

At the centre of the story is DOC, charming, eccentric biologist from Vienna, Austria. Ten years ago – when the rest of us were salivating over our first iPhone – DOC had the calling to singlehandedly save the last Polaroid factory in the world. A venture so unlikely to succeed he called it The Impossible Project. An entertaining, thought-provoking film with a distinct political edge. www.mischief-films.com

German, English / 35 mm, digital / 16:9 / 93 min Written by Jens Meurer

Cinematography Torsten Lippstock, Bernd Fischer

Editing Austrian producer Production companies Austrian support Premiere Contact Michael Nollet Ralph Wieser Mischief Films (A) with Instant Film (D) FISA, Vienna Film Fund January 26, 2020/Rotterdam (Deep Focus) autlook filmsales Spittelberggasse 3/14 1070 Vienna – Austria tel +43 720 34 69 34 welcome@autlookfilms.com www.autlookfilms.com

Jens Meurer

Filmography (selection): 2018 Zauberberg – Eine Familiensaga (doc.), 2017 Arri 100 (doc.), 1999 Public Enemy (doc.), 1998 Jeckes – Die entfernten Verwandten (doc.)

Liebe war es nie

Love It Was Not

Directed by Maya Sarfaty 1st film

Love It Was Not is a tragic love story between a prisoner and her captor. Flamboyant and full of life, Helena Citron is taken to Auschwitz as a young woman, and soon finds unlikely solace under the tutelage of Franz Wunsch, a high-ranking SS officer, who falls in love with her and her magnetic singing voice. Risking certain execution if caught, their forbidden relationship went on until her miraculous liberation. www.loveitwasnot.com

Hebrew, German, English / digital / 1:1.85 / 82 min Written by Maya Sarfaty

Cinematography Ziv Berkovich

Editing Austrian producer Production companies

Austrian support Theatrical release Awards (selection)

Contact Sharon Yaish Kurt Langbein Langbein & Partner Media (A) with Pagoda Productions (IL) Austrian Film Institute, ORF, Vienna Film Fund October 23, 2020/Austria Frank Lowy Award for Best Israeli Film (Tel Aviv/DocAviv) Cinephil 18 Levontin Street 65112 Tel Aviv – Israel tel +972 3 566 41 29 info@cinephil.co.il www.cinephil.co.il

Maya Sarfaty

Filmography (selection): 2015 The Most Beautiful Woman (short doc.), 2014 Overtime (short); Heavy Duty (short), 2013 Remember Ata´lle (short), 2012 Water (fiction, co-dir.)

Lovecut

Directed by Iliana Estañol, Johanna Lietha

1st film

Sex tapes and Skype dates, club nights and dinners with the parents. In a series of episodes, Lovecut follows six young adults in their search for love, relationships, and physicality. The internet’s anonymity and short-lived nature shape the realities in which the young people try out relationships and explore their own identities. A flickering drift through a phase of life that releases wild energies – productive as well as destructive. www.lovecut-film.com

German / digital / 1:2.39 / 94 min Key cast Sara Toth, Kerem Abdelhamed, Max Kuess, Luca v. Schrader, Melissa Irowa, Valentin Gruber

Written by Cinematography Editing Production design Austrian producers Production companies Austrian support Premiere Awards (selection) Contact Iliana Estañol, Johanna Lietha Georg Geutebrück, Steven Heyse Lisa Geretschläger, Sebastian Longariva Katharina Haring, Mira König Iliana Estañol, Johanna Lietha Everything Is Film (A) with Silverio Films (CH) Wien Kultur January 22, 2020/Saarbrücken Fritz Raff Screenplay Award (Saarbrücken) Wide Management 40 rue Sainte Anne 75002 Paris – France tel +33 1 53 95 04 64 wide@widemanagement.com www.widemanagement.com

Iliana Estañol, Johanna Lietha

Filmography of joint works (selection): 2020 Lovecut (fiction)

Narziss und Goldmund

Narcissus and Goldmund

Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky

As a young man Goldmund is sent away to a monastery to atone for his mother’s sins. Here he meets the novice Narcissus, and a profound friendship is begun. Some years later, Narcissus chooses to continue living his life in prayer and meditation whereas Goldmund chooses a path away from the monastery to become an adventurer. A highly dramatic moment brings the friends together once more. www.NarzissUndGoldmundFilm. de

German / digital / 16:9 / 120 min Key cast Jannis Niewöhner, Sabin Tambrea, Henriette Confurius, Uwe Ochsenknecht

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Cinematography Editing Production design Austrian producers Production companies

Austrian support

Theatrical release Contact Stefan Ruzowitzky; based on the novel by Hermann Hesse Benedict Neuenfels Britta Nahler, Andrew Bird Sebastian Soukup Tommy Pridnig, Peter Wirthensohn Lotus-Film (A) with Tempest Film (D), Mythos Film (D), Deutsche Columbia Filmproduktion (D) Austrian Film Institute, FISA, ORF, Vienna Film Fund, Land Niederösterreich March 13, 2020/Austria Beta Cinema Gruenwalder Weg 28d 82041 Oberhaching, Munich – Germany tel +49 89 673 469 828 beta@betacinema.com www.betacinema.com

Stefan Ruzowitzky

Filmography (selection): 2018 Patient Zero (fiction), 2017 Die Hölle (fiction), 2013 Das radikal Böse (doc.), 2012 Deadfall (fiction), 2007 Die Fälscher (fiction)

Once Upon a Time in Venezuela

Directed by Anabel Rodríguez Ríos 1st film

On Lake Maracaibo, the village of Congo Mirador is preparing for parliamentary elections. Chavist party representative Tamara ruthlessly fights for each vote while opposition-supporting teacher Natalie is about to be forced from her job and little Yoaini sees her community and childhood sinking in oily mud. A story of corruption, pollution and decay – a reflection of Venezuela today. www.onceuponatimeinvenezuela. com

Spanish, English / digital / 1:1.78 / 99 min Written by Anabel Rodríguez Ríos, Sepp R. Brudermann

Cinematography John Márquez

Editing Austrian producers Production companies

Premiere

Awards (selection)

Contact Sepp R. Brudermann Sepp R. Brudermann, Arash T. Riahi Golden Girls Film (A) with Sancocho Público (VEN), Spiraleye Productions (UK), Pacto Films (BRA), Tres Cinematografía (VEN) January 27, 2020/Park City (Sundance Festival, World Cinema Competition) Best Film (Venezuelan National Film Festival), Best Director (St. Laurent du Maronie), Int. Documentary Award (Hot Springs Festival) Rise and Shine Schlesische Straße 29/30 10997 Berlin – Germany tel +49 30 473 729 80 info@riseandshine-berlin.de www.riseandshine-berlin.com

Anabel Rodríguez Ríos

Filmography (selection): 2020 Once Upon a Time in Venezuela (doc.)

Quo Vadis, Aida?

Directed by Jasmila Žbanic´

Bosnia, July 11th, 1995. Aida is a translator for the United Nations in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp. As an insider to the negotiations Aida has access to crucial information that she needs to interpret. What is on the horizon for her family and people – rescue or death? Which move should she take? www.coop99.at

Bosnian, English, Dutch / digital / 1:2.35 / 104 min Key cast

Written by

Jasna Đuric ˇ ic´ , Izudin Bajrovic´ , Boris Ler, Dino Bajrovic´ , Edita Malovc ˇ ic´ Jasmila Žbanic´

Cinematography Editing Christine A. Maier Jarosław Kamin´ ski

Production design Austrian producers

Production companies

Austrian support Premiere Awards (selection)

Contact Hannes Salat Barbara Albert, Antonin Svoboda, Bruno Wagner coop99 filmproduktion (A) with Deblokada (BIH), Digital Cube (RO), N279 (NL), Razor Film (D), Extreme Emotions (PL), Indie Prod (F), Torden Film (N), ZDF arte Austrian Film Institute, ORF, Vienna Film Fund September 3, 2020/Venice (Competition) Brian Award + SIGNIS Award + Premio UNIMED (Venice) Indie Sales 32 rue Washington 75008 Paris – France tel +33 1 44 83 02 27 info@indiesales.eu www.indiesales.eu

Jasmila Žbanic´

Filmography (selection): 2019 Airborn (doc.), 2014 Love Island (fiction), 2013 For Those Who Can Tell No Tales (fiction), 2010 Na Putu (fiction), 2005 Grbavica (fiction)