innovative film austria 08/09

Published byFederal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Culture

2008 Vienna — Austria

Contents

INTRODUCTION 7 Foreword by Federal Minister Claudia Schmied9 Foreword by Werner Ruzicka

FACTS + F IGURES 12 Budget 13 Most Frequent Festival Screenings 2005–200813 Most Frequent Festival Screenings 1995–200814 Most Frequently Rented 1995–200815 Most International Awards Received 1995–200816 Promotional Awards16 Recognition Awards17 Thomas Pluch Screenplay Award

FILMS 19 Fiction25 Documentary

35 Fiction Short41 Documentary Short47 Avant-garde Short

FILMS COMING SOON 63 Fiction Coming Soon73 Documentary Coming Soon

105 Avant-garde Coming Soon

111 Fiction Short Coming Soon117 Documentary Short Coming Soon125 Avant-garde Short Coming Soon

CONTACT ADDRESSES 137 Production Companies & Sales139 Directors

INDEX 142 Directors143 Films

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Imprint

Federal Ministry for Education,the Arts and Culture – Film DivisionBarbara Fränzen – DirectorConcordiaplatz 21014 Vienna/Austria+43 1 531 [email protected] www.bmukk.gv.at

Publisher and ConceptCarlo Hufnagl — Film Division

EditorsIrmgard Hannemann-KlingerCarlo Hufnagl

TranslationEve Heller

Graphic Designup designers berlin-wienWalter Lendl

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Does Film Require Mediation?

Film is the medium of our age and a further branch of artistic endeavor, yet oursociety continues to consider it unequal to traditional forms of expression suchas opera and theater.

Young people in particular tend to take films at face value, distracted by an appa -rent immediacy that hides complexities just below the surface. The audience is indanger of being unable to grasp the essential meaning of film, let alone to recog -nize the manipulative capabilities of the medium. I herein recognize an urgentneed for action in relation to political consciousness raising and the strengthen -ing of critical thought in our society.

In 2008 I established a priority to mediate on the behalf of film in order to stimu -la te and support individual initiatives in this regard, inspired by the Oscar award -ed to The Counterfeiters by Stefan Ruzowitzky.

Such mediation is intended to open our eyes and move us to recognize newpossi bilities of seeing, allowing us to expand personal access to the band widthand diversity of filmic expression.

Artistically innovative film is an essential aspect of the cinematic spectrum. It influences the image of Austrian film abroad where it is prized and celebrated,while often being undervalued at home.

As Minister of the Arts I therefore am not only challenged to support contempo -rary artistic creativity but also to foster its sustainable dissemination and inte -gration in our society. The complexity of our lives is reflected in the arts, allowingus to recognize novel perspectives and pursue unprecedented intellectualpossibilities. In this spirit I hope that reading this catalog will instil a desire fornew and stimulating discoveries!

Dr. Claudia SchmiedFederal Minister for Education, the Arts and Culture

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Pride of IdiosyncrasyWerner Ruzicka

It was in 1989, soon after Germany’s reunification, that the film festivalDuisburger Filmwoche became concerned with avoiding the hegemony of inter-German discourse and connected artwork anticipated at the time. The idea wasto expand the sphere of the festival beyond the films of a now larger Germanyexpected to be in a heightened state of self-reflection, and to embrace Germanlanguage films in general – including works from Switzerland and Austria. Since 1990, the programs of the Duisburger Filmwoche thus gave Austrian films anequal footing – and that essentially pragmatic decision contributed to enricheddebates about form and content in the field of filmmaking.

For the manner of perceiving and processing reality characteristic of Austrian film– and I will here be speaking primarily to the documentary genre in its broadestsense – includes singular features, perhaps even idiosyncrasies that distinguishits cinematic art from that of others.

This difference is not due to a single style, a particular school of thought orpresentation, nor the pursuit of specific subjects - let alone folkloricAustrianisms. Rather it can be attributed to an avoidance and even refusal ofunambiguousness. One reason for this, which has been well chronicled andprecisely described, is the role played by the avant-garde in Austria – a traditionwhich is alive and well-nourished, conducive to a cinema in osmotic dialogue withneighboring art forms. This has led to an understanding that simplistic models ofobjective truth are unfit to convey the ambivalent nature of reality.

Hence innovative film in Austria is never satisfied with the first layer of what isobserved: There are always further layers that call the clarity of initial sight intoquestion and give reflective pause to what is seen. This is attended by a highlyevolved formal sense exercised through painstaking attention to the choice andapplication of filmic means. Exquisite visual composition is conspicuousalongside strikingly elaborate sound work.

One almost always feels reminded of something remote and other in Austrianfilm. Take for example Ulrich Seidl’s image tableaus. They are arranged like stagesettings where protagonists behave like actors, often speaking in a laconic andinsistent manner casually reminiscent of language to be found in the work ofThomas Bernhard.

Film protagonists appear to originate from performances or improvisationaltheater – as if they are uncomfortable in their own skin and need to get used totheir bodies. They are often of a deviant nature, tending toward destruction, andoften self-destruction – crazy, displaced persons, forced out of an amicable,

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of artistic practice itself. The films of Michael Pilz, Martina Kudlácek, and JoergBurger among others can be cited in conjunction with this phenomenon. It isnotable that Austrian film focuses upon neighboring art forms in a manner thatappears to be unprecedented in the history of cinema.

Austrian film opens up a particular world, often counteracting the explicit natureof a narrative mainstream that threatens dominion elsewhere. The images andthoughts it inspires in the mind of the viewer give rise to a lively unrest. – Whatgreater compliment can be made to film?

Werner Ruzicka *1947. Studied German philology, philosophy and social sciencesin Bochum. From 1974 head of Kommunale Filmarbeit (association of communitycinemas) in Bochum. From 1978 to1982 participation as director and head ofproduction in documentary long-term project Prosper / Ebel – Eine Zeche undihre Siedlung (Prosper / Ebel – A coal mine and its settlement). From 1982various projects for television and theater. Since 1985 head of Duisburg FilmFestival. Lecture assignments on documentary film, inter alia, at MunichUniversity of Film and Television, and seminars on documentary film organised by Goethe Institute in various countries including China, India and Israel.

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hegemonial discourse. At the same time these figures are introduced with greatempathy and presented in an idiosyncratic world, such as in the films of FridolinSchönwiese (it works) or Katharina Copony (Kanegra).

These precarious bodies and biographies are often inserted into topographiesthat evolve into a kind of terra incognita, into landscapes of the soul, strangelytimeless and without location. We might here again consider Seidl and his Viennafilms, or Egon Humer’s Postadresse: 2640 Schlöglmühl, as well as GerhardBenedikt Friedl and his filmic delineation of the town Knittelfeld.

But Austrian cinema is not limited to introversion: An Agitprop phase during thetime of anti-Haider campaigning accounts for works that know to intervene.However even here, Austrian film does not succumb to simplistic persuasion, butinstead describes an ambiguity of conditions. Aufzeichnungen aus demTiefparterre by Rainer Frimmel is a flamboyant sociogram of one who always fallsshort, an abysmal treatise about resentment and the petite bourgeoisie.

However it is not the case that such specificity is evident solely in the depictionof subjects that play within Austrian topographies. An almost cool yet opulent,analytical as well as sensuous gaze is focused equally upon people andconditions elsewhere: Consider the ambitious conception of time and otherworlds in the work of Geyrhalter (Somewhere Else) and Glawogger (Working Man’sDeath) – and sentimental travel films like Auf allen Meeren by JohannesHolzhausen or just recently Der Weg nach Mekka – Die Reise des MuhammadAsad by Georg Misch.

Early on, Austrian film decisively turned its attention to neighboring countries inthe southeast, describing changed conditions in mental and political structures.To observe and become acquainted with what is foreign and other whilesimultaneously honoring its autonomous nature is the privilege and challenge ofdocumentary art – and a necessary blueprint to counterbalance virulentxenophobia precisely in Austria.

According to Jean Cocteau, to film is to witness death at work. Such “morbidity”is clearly encountered in Austrian film and perhaps to no small degree plays adetermining role. The number of films dedicated to biographies of successful ordoomed authors, artists, photographers, etc., is considerable. These portraits arepainstakingly delineated with archival and almost tender care, providing multi-faceted insight into the avant-garde scene. They constitute posthumous legacieswhich at the same time assure perpetual recognition and acknowledgment. Theseare not simply reports and testimonials, but painstaking and subtle descriptions

Festival Screenings

Most Frequent Festival Screenings 2005 – 2008

NumberDirector Film of festivals

Peter Tscherkassky Instructions for a Light and Sound Machine 95

Anja Salomonowitz It Happened Just Before 51

Siegfried A. Fruhauf Mirror Mechanics 38

Barbara Doser even odd even 35

Dariusz Kowalski Elements 31

Arash Exile Family Movie 31

Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel Babooska 30

Gustav Deutsch Welt Spiegel Kino 29

Harald Hund All People Is Plastic 28

Günter Schwaiger Hafner’s Paradise 27

Most Frequent Festival Screenings 1995 – 2008

NumberDirector Film of festivals

Virgil Widrich Fast Film 256

Virgil Widrich Copy Shop1 159


Peter Tscherkassky Outer Space 88

Peter Tscherkassky Dream Work 85

Gabriele Neudecker Freaky 80

Martin Arnold Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy 62

Bady Minck Im Anfang war der Blick 62

Bady Minck Mécanomagie 56

Barbara Albert Die Frucht deines Leibes 51

1 Oscar nomination

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Budget

2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002

Total Budget €2,025,300 €996,300 €1,217,000 €1,288,000 €1,205,000 €917,000

Development 151,600 158,300 119,000 140,000 155,000 130,000

Production 1,395,000 487,000 883,000 950,000 800,000 660,000

Fiction films 7 8 6 3 4 6

Documentary films 30 12 22 27 17 23

Avant-garde films 26 18 20 21 13 20

Full-length films 21 6 14 21 17 12

Short films 42 32 34 30 17 37

Total Films 63 38 48 51 34 49

Distribution1 478,700 351,000 215,000 198,000 250,000 127,000

1 Festival screenings, prints, theatrical releases

International Awards

Most International Awards Received 1995 – 2008

NumberDirector Film of awards

Virgil Widrich Copy Shop1 35





Gabriele Neudecker Freaky 11

Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel Babooska 8

Arash Exile Family Movie 7

Kathrin Resetarits Ägypten 7


1 Oscar nomination


Rentals

Most Frequently Rented 1995 — 2008 1

NumberDirector Film of rentals


Virgil Widrich Copy Shop 2 217



Peter Tscherkassky Happy End 137


Martin Arnold passage à l’acte 122

Lisl Ponger Passagen 117

Kathrin Resetarits Ägypten 113

Gustav Deutsch Mariage Blanc 105


Gustav Deutsch Film ist. 1—6 93

Gustav Deutsch Film ist. 7—12 84

Lisl Ponger déjà vu 58

Barbara Albert Die Frucht deines Leibes 56

Tim Sharp Dar-el-Beida 56

1 These figures refer exclusively to rental usages which were made from sixpackfilm. Films by directorssuch as Martin Arnold, Gustav Deutsch, Lisl Ponger, Peter Tscherkassky, Virgil Widrich and many othersare additionally available from the world’s two major experimental film distributors (Canyon Cinema,San Francisco and Light Cone, Paris). No current figures are available; however, it is known that thefilms of the artists cited are among the most often requested works from these distributors. Addition-ally, there are also sub-rental contracts with smaller distributors of nationally operating distributors(such as L’Agence du court métrage, Paris; Hamburger Kurzfilmagentur; Apollo Cinema, Los Angeles),which means that the figures in the table must be three to four times higher, at least.

A rental usage means: screening at a specific site with a capacity of between 30 and 500 viewers perscreening, not counting repetitions and multiple screenings. Peter Tscherkassky, for example, had over1,000 viewers at two screenings in Paris. This is also true of the gala screenings by Apollo Cinema andthe large US cinemas, where Virgil Widrich’s films are often played in an Oscar compilation program. Arental usage can also mean playing two to three weeks as part of regular cinema programming.

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Thomas Pluch Screenplay Award

This award is dedicated to Thomas Pluch (†1992), screenwriter, author, and co-founder of theARGE Drehbuch (screenplay working group) – since 2002 the Drehbuchverband Austria(Screenplay Association Austria).

The Thomas-Pluch-Drehbuchpreis (initiated in 1992 by two writers) was first awarded in1993. The goal of the award is to aid screenwriters in achieving the recognition they deserve,and to support talented young writers. The main award is endowed with €11,000. The twoThomas Pluch promotional awards each comprise € 5,500.

International juries select (since 2004 annually) the best screenplays realized as Austrianfilm productions. The award money is made available from the Ministry for Education, theArts and Culture, and the awards are presented in the context of the Austrian film festivalDiagonale in Graz.

1993 Paul Harather, Alfred Dorfer, Josef Haderfor the screenplay Indien

1995 Reinhard Jud, Dariusch Allahyari, Houchang Allahyarifor the screenplay Höhenangst

1998 Stefan Ruzowitzkyfor the screenplay Die Siebtelbauern

2001 Barbara Albertfor the screenplay Nordrand

2004 Barbara Albertfor the screenplay Böse Zellen

2005 Jessica Hausnerfor the screenplay Hotel

2006 Michael Glawoggerfor the screenplay Slumming

2007 Stefan Ruzowitzkyfor the screenplay Die Fälscher

2008 Ernst Gossnerfor the screenplay South of Pico


Awards

The Film Division of the Department of the Arts bestows, upon recommendation of anexpert jury, yearly or biennial promotional awards and a recognition award. The endowmentof the promotional award (normally, two are given in different genres), comprises € 7,300per award. Persons recommended for a promotional award must have produced at leastthree outstanding and innovative works.

The endowment of the recognition award is in the amount of €14,600. Personsrecommend ed for a recognition award must have produced at least five innovative worksthat have been internationally recognized and reviewed.

Promotional Awards

2001 Jessica Hausner (fiction)Christine Maier (cinematographer)

2002 Valeska Grisebach (fiction)Kathrin Resetarits (fiction/documentary)

2003 Siegfried A. Fruhauf (avant-garde)Sabine Derflinger (fiction/documentary)

2004 Ruth Mader (fiction)Norbert Pfaffenbichler (avant-garde)

2005 Joerg Burger (documentary)Josef Dabernig (avant-garde)

2007 Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel (documentary)Michaela Schwentner (avant-garde)

2008 Martina Kudlácek (documentary)Dariusz Krzeczek aka Kowalski (avant-garde)

Recognition Awards

2001 Michael Kreihsl (fiction)

2002 Ulrich Seidl (fiction)

2003 Nikolaus Geyrhalter (documentary)

2004 Manfred Neuwirth (avant-garde)

2005 Mara Mattuschka (avant-garde)

2007 Christine Dollhofer (film)

2008 Peter Roehsler (film)

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Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel track thisnoma dic community over the course of a yearin a film that has the admirable fly-on-the-wallobjectivity of a Frederick Wiseman film. LA WEEKLY about Babooska by Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel

All quotes concern films that have been supported by the Film Division of the Department for the Arts

AustriaGerman (Eng sub) 35 mm 1:1.85 Dolby Digital 83 min

ScreenplayHändl KlausKey CastFlorian EisnerIsolde FerleschJulia Strauhal CameraGerald KerkletzEditorJoana Scrinzi

ProducersAntonin SvobodaMartin GschlachtHändl KlausProductioncoop99 filmproduktion Händl Klaus Film

Premiere August 2008 Locarno Int. Film Festival (CH)

SalesAustrian Film Commission

March Händl Klaus

A group suicide of three friends without apparent mo -tive or letter of farewell is deeply unsettling to a smallTyrolean community. March tries to get close to familyand friends who find themselves returned to an every-day life that looks as if nothing has changed.

Händl Klaus *1969 Innsbruck AustriaFilms (selection) Kleine Vogelkunde (1998 short animation)

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Austria/LuxemburgVarious languages(Ger/Eng sub)S-16 mm/Blow up/35 mm stereo 75 min

Screenplay/editorThomas WoschitzKey Cast Magda GomesDušan Aškovi , KyoichiKomoto, Liza MachoverSamir MenouarCamera Enzo BrandnerMusic Naked Lunch

ProducersGabriele KranzelbinderJeanne GeibenProductionKGP KranzelbinderGabriele Production (AT)Red Lion (LUX)

PremiereSeptember 2008 Int. FilmFestival Toronto (CAN)

ContactKGP Production

Universalove Thomas Woschitz

Human beings are at the heart of Universalove, livingand loving all over this strange and wonderful planet.Brooklyn, Belgrade, Tokyo, Rio De Janeiro, Marseilleand Luxembourg. The images do not need much dia-logue to explain what people have on their minds.Songs by Naked Lunch serve as emotive lightbulbsexposing inner landscapes, making Universalove a newkind of musical about love and its universal and localconditions.

Thomas Woschitz *1968 Klagenfurt AustriaFilms (selection) Die Josef-Trilogie (2004 f) Girls and Cars (2003 short f)

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The film further strengthens thereputation of veteran documentarianSchreiner, who’s quietly and steadilyestablished himself among Europe'smost respected practitioners of non-fiction cinema. But the film is by nomeans an example of an “auteur”imposing his individual vision uponthe world. Instead it’s a remarkableexample of intense collaborationbetween artist and subject, one soclose that, such traditionaldistinctions and labels seeminappropriate. Neil Young BRADFORD INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALabout Bellavista by Peter Schreiner

AustriaNo dialogue Super 8/16 mm/Digi Beta 4:3colour/b&w stereo 91 min

RealisationMichael Pilz

ProductionMichael Pilz Film

PremiereJanuary 2008 Int. FilmFestival Rotterdam (NL)

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A Prima Vista Michael Pilz

A Prima Vista is a meditative cinematographic journeyby the poetic documentary filmmaker Pilz. Parts of hisearlier work and home movies merge in a spontaneouscomposition. Eastern and Western wisdom serve toguide the way.

Michael Pilz *1943 Gmünd AustriaFilms (selection) Windows, Dogs and Horses (2006 short d)That’s All There Is (2004 d) Feldberg (1990 f) Heaven andEarth (1982 d)

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AustriaTurkish/German(Ger/Eng sub)DV/Digi Beta 16:9colour/b&w stereo 98 min

ConceptKenan KilicCameraRobert AngstKenan KilicEditorKenan Kilic

ProducerKenan KilicProductionKilic Filmproduktion

Premiere April 2008 Diagonale Graz

ContactKenan Kilic

Gurbet – Away from Home Kenan Kilic

They arrived 40 years ago, brought into the country as“guest workers”, people with hopes, fears and alsoheavy hearts. Today, the first generation of guest workers is approaching retirement and some workersare already retired. They spent the most importanttime of their lives in Austria. What was it like and howdo they deal with the new situation of growing old in aforeign land?

Kenan Kilic *1962 Istanbul TurkeyFilms (selection) Nachtreise (2002 f) Das Tuch (1996 short f)Gillette (1990 short f)

28>29 Documentary

AustriaGerman (Eng sub) HD/Digi Beta 16:9Dolby Stereo 79 min

ConceptTina Leisch

CameraGerald KerkletzLeena KoppeEditorsKarina ResslerJulia PontillerTina Leisch

ProducerUrsula WolschlagerProductionVerein Kinoki

PremiereOctober 2008 VIENNALE Vienna Int. Film Festival

ContactTina Leisch

Gangster Girls Tina Leisch

They are caught between heroin trips, toy pistol mug-gings, mad shopping sprees and the depths of misery.They crave a substitute for happiness smuggled intotheir prison cells before their next leave. Within thecontext of a theater production staged in the women’sjail Schwarzau, young prisoners improvise scenes fromtheir lives, especially from their everyday lives inprison. When and why did they take the step that ledthem to jail? How does imprisonment affect them?

Tina Leisch *1964 Munich GermanyFilms Riefenstahl Remix (2003 short d) Vergiss Europa! (1999 short f)

AustriaSlovak/Romanes/German (Ger sub)DV/Digi Beta 16:9Dolby Stereo 90 min

ConceptZuzana BrejchaCameraJosef SieberEditorZuzana Brejcha

ProducerPeter RoehslerProductionnanookfilm

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Romane Apsa Revisited Zuzana Brejcha

A good portion of people from Romane Apsa who fol-lowed the calling of the “Jesus Army” are living andworking in central England where they earn a substan-dard wage. They mourn the loss of their native Slova-kian and original way of life. The rude awakening oftheir current existence motivates many to prepare for a return to the homeland.

Zuzana Brejcha *1953 Prague CzechoslovakiaFilms (selection) Romane Apsa – Gypsy Tears (2005 d)

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AustriaDV/FAZ 35 mm 1:1.66Dolby Stereo 88 min

ConceptConstantin WulffCameraJohannes HammelEditorDieter Pichler

ProducersConstantin WulffJohannes RosenbergerProductionNavigator Film

PremiereApril 2008 Visions duRéel – Int. DocumentaryFilm Festival Nyon (CH)

ContactNavigator Film

Into the World Constantin Wulff

This moving portrait of a maternity hospital in Viennagrants intriguing insight into the drama, the pain andbeauty of coming Into the World. In its entire complex-ity and variety the everyday miracle of giving birth aswell as the cycle of its accompanying routine proce-dures within the clinic are demonstrated with the stylistic means of Direct Cinema. Into the World is achronicle of the beginning of life and the organisationalapparatus that we are born into.

Constantin Wulff *1962 Hamburg GermanyFilms (selection) Heldenplatz, 19. Februar 2000 (2002 d)Treid (1999 short f) Spaziergang nach Syrakus (1993 d)

Austria16 mm colour/b&wmono 5 hours

RealisationWilhelm Gaube

ContactWilhelm Gaube

Überlappungen II Wilhelm Gaube

Überlappungen II (Overlappings II) is a sequel to Over lappings and incorporates portraits of artists aswell as a comprehensive catalogue of all films aboutViktor Matejka.

Wilhelm Gaube *1925 Oed AustriaFilms approx. 250 documentaries

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Austria/Italy/GermanyDV/Digi Beta 16:9 colour/b&wstereo 89 min

ConceptCarmen Tartarotti Georg Janett Camera Pio Corradi Carmen TartarottiJohannes HammelEditorsFerdinand LudwigCarmen Tartarotti

ProductionCarmen Tartarotti Filmproduktion

PremiereOctober 2008VIENNALE Vienna Int. Film Festival

ContactCarmen Tartarotti

Das Schreiben und das SchweigenCarmen Tartarotti

“Perhaps it is true that authors access other things intheir brain by talking. I can’t access anything – I don’tlike talking! And this will be the foundation for our film.This is what we’ll do!” (Friederike Mayröcker).A filmic reality that contains the beginnings of a depar-ture from having fallen silent and returning back tosilence. Radically anti-narrative, for an audience thatwants to have an unadulterated experience ofFriederike Mayröcker.

Carmen Tartarotti *1950 Latsch ItalyFilms (selection) Zwischen Grant und Elend (2006 d) Paradiso del Cevedale (1992 d)

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A small,unpolishedjewel of afilm ... Hans SchifferleSÜDDEUTSCHEZEITUNG about Lost and Found byCaspar Pfaundler

The Big Bliss As it WereAlexander Stecher

Georg Mach is an author who urgentlyneeds to deliver on his first novel. In pursuitof an idea, he meets the jobless Alois Meierwhose unpredictable and irritating be- haviour makes him seem the perfect maincharacter. So Georg befriends Alois, yetwithout revealing that in fact he sees himpurely as an object of research.

Alexander Stecher *1968 Vienna AustriaFilms (selection) Entfernungen (2006 short f)Flughafenfreunde (2004 short d)

AustriaGerman (Eng sub) HD 1:1.78stereo 53 min

Sc Alexander Stecher Cast Simon Hatzl Michael FuithKatharina Schwarz Cam Lisa Tillinger Ed Ursula Lösch

ContactAlexander Stecher

36>37 Fiction Short

Tata MorganaSinisa Vidovic

Several pensioners from differing back-grounds meet every day at a chess field in apark in Linz. One of them is Mile. He plays around of chess with his best friend Halid.The atmosphere is cheerful until a youngman approaches Mile after a few moves. Itis his son Nikola, whom Mile has not seenfor a long time. Nikola wishes for his fatherto come home. But where is his home now?

Sinisa Vidovic *1979 Rijeka CroatiaFilms (selection) republika? (2006 a-g)

AustriaSerbo-Croatian (Ger/Eng sub)HDV/FAZ 35 mm Cinema Scope1:2.35 stereo 15 min

Sc Sinisa VidovicKey Cast Zijah SokolovicLjubisa Lupo GrujcicIsmet Veladzic Cam Lukas KronsteinerAntonin PevnyEd Sinisa VidovicBernhard Pevny

ContactSinisa Vidovic

38>39 Fiction Short

Punsch NoëlMarie Kreutzer

Theres is 21 years old. On Christmas Eveshe returns to her home in Austria. Herfather was expecting her to arrive later, andher brother Jakob will not be coming home,especially on Christmas Eve of all nights.Yet the reason Theres came back was tosee him.

Marie Kreutzer *1977 Graz AustriaFilms (selection) White Box (2006 short f) un peu beaucoup (2002 short f) Cappy Leit (2000 short f)

AustriaGerman (Eng sub) 35 mm 1:1.87Dolby Stereo 10 min

Sc Marie KreutzerCast Pauline ReinerFedor SchusterHarald Windisch Cam Dani Purer Ed Ulrike Kofler

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Michael Pilz makes us aware of the fact that the artisticdocumentary presupposes anability to portray the self in thebest Lumièrean sense. Christa Blümlinger about the filmmaker Michael Pilz

Marina and Sasha, Coal ShippersIvette LöckerMarina and Sasha spend the whole summerworking on Lake Baikal. As soon as the iceon the lake melts, they begin transportingcoal on their barge. There are fewer andfewer orders. This may be their last season.

Ivette Löcker *1970 Bregenz Austria

Austria Russian (Ger/Eng sub) HDV/Digi Beta 16:9stereo 32 min

ConceptIvette LöckerCam Joerg BurgerEd Igor HeitzmannIvette Löcker

PremiereApril 2008 Diagonale Graz

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Km 43.3. TransylvanianTimberGeorg Tiller, Claudio PfeiferThe European border runs between Romania and the Ukraine. It can only be accessed by a small railroad, used by aSwiss-Romanian wood production companyfor transporting timber and by Romanianborder officials who monitor the traffic crossing borders. This region is understoodas a zone whose borders run in all direc-tions and whose working conditions seemlike the return of reality to a new Europe.

Georg Tiller *1982 Vienna AustriaFilms (selection) Turm der Vögel (2008 short f)Goljadkin (2005 short f)

Claudio Pfeifer *1978 Freiburg GermanyFilms (selection) Vacuum (2006 a-g) Zwischen den Welten (2005 short d)

Austria/GermanyRomanian (Eng/Ger sub)35 mm 1:1.85 stereo 42 min

RealisationGeorg TillerClaudio Pfeifer

ProductionNaivsuperfilm (AT/DE)

Premiere March 2008 Wiesbaden goEast Film Festival (DE)

ContactGeorg Tiller

42>43 Documentary Short

Roses of SarajevoGloria Dürnberger, Gregor GrkinicRoses of Sarajevo tells the story of a youngAustrian woman who travels to the formerlywar-torn region of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Theaim of her search is to comprehend what itis like to live through war. She encountersthe memories of survivors from Sarajevo.The inhabitants of the city provide insightinto the everyday life of war back then, andhow they adapted to the situation.

Gloria Dürnberger *1981 Vienna AustriaFilms (selection) Ima Neka Tajna Veza (2004 short d)

Gregor Grkinic *1981 Vienna AustriaFilms (selection) Zellular (2007 short d)

AustriaBosnian (Eng/Ger sub) DV/Digi Beta 16:9stereo 43 min

Concept Gloria DürnbergerCam Gregor Grkinic Ed Gregor GrkinicGloria DürnbergerHarald Aue

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Pharao BipolarBernhard Braunstein, David GrossPharao Bipolar is a film that takes place inthe areas of culture and illness. The artistWerner Ludvig Buchmayer is suffering frombipolar disorder since the age of 15. Thefilmmakers accompany him during work onhis own “Pharao film”. Pharao Bipolar docu-ments his mental ups and downs.

Bernhard Braunstein *1979 Salzburg AustriaFilms (selection) Reisen im eigenen Zimmer(2006 d) Bilderfalle N.Y. (2004 short d)

David Gross *1978 Salzburg AustriaFilms (selection) Reisen im eigenen Zimmer(2006 d) Stellvertretend in den Tod (2003 d)

AustriaDV/Digi Beta 16:9mono 60 min

Concept/camBernhard Braunstein, David GrossEd Dieter Pichler

Prod Mischief FilmsRalph Wieser, Georg MischBernhard Braunstein, David Gross

ContactMischief Films

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If there truly is such a thing as a workof desolate beauty, this film is it. EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Catalogue)about Elements by Dariusz Kowalski

alpine passageMichaela Schwentner

alpine passage is a film comprised by indi-vidual images of a journey across Alpinepasses. The mountain remains before us, as impressive as a painting, foregroundedby architecture that makes it possible to examine the mountain up close. Apanorama view from a mountain pass can-not completely exclude a view of Alpineroad architecture.

Michaela Schwentner *1970 Linz AustriaFilms (selection) la petite illusion (2006 a-g)swinging (2006 a-g) tester (2004 a-g)

AustriaDigi Beta 4:3Dolby Stereo 6 min

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alpine intervention – alpine[an]notationMichaela Schwentneralpine[an]notation is a poetic compositionbased on mountain architecture. Unlike previous parts of the trilogy, it focusesmore on the film material itself.


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48>49 Avant-garde Short

Cover VersionMartin Arnold

Milli Vanilli was a German duo back in the1980’s. The band came to its demise duringa US tour when the playback track jammed– the scandal was perfect. Their producerlet it be known that neither of the guyscould sing. The band Tofu.gti plays MilliVanilli’s Girl You Know It’s True – somethingseems to be wrong with Tofu’s hommage aswell: Playback tracks develop a life of theirown, the drum lashes out, guitars go mute,the lyrics collapse …

Martin Arnold *1959 Vienna AustriaFilms (selection) Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy (1998 a-g) passage à l’acte (1993 a-g)pièce touchée (1989 a-g)

AustriaNo dialogue HD 16:9 9 min

RealisationMartin Arnold

PremiereNovember 2007 Vienna

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cityscapesMichaela Grill, Martin SiewertThe perception of the city in the modern erais characterized by its momentary and fleet-ing nature. Social and architectural con-structions rush by and are fragmented.cityscapes uses archival material from theAustrian Film Museum and attempts tomake them legible along these lines. Singleimages are isolated from the cinemato-graphic flow in order to scrutinize theirinscribed cognitive potential.

Michaela Grill *1971 Feldbach AustriaMartin Siewert *1972 Saarbrücken GermanyFilms (selection) monroc (2005 a-g) trans (2003 a-g)

AustriaNo dialogue 35 mm b&w stereo 16 min

RealisationMichaela Grill, Martin Siewert

Prod Michaela Grill, Martin SiewertÖsterreichisches Filmmuseum

Premiere March 2007 Diagonale Graz

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bellevue Michaela Schwentner

The originating material for bellevue con-sists of webcam recordings from the Groß-glockner, condensed into a nine-minute“time image”. Schwentner’s method bene-fits from static takes which reveal to great-est possible effect the interplay of appear-ing and eluding, modes of revealing andconcealing. Thus, the figure of the mountainuncovers and covers itself in a constant,modulating movement. (Christian Höller)


AustriaDV/Beta SP 4:3Dolby Stereo 9 min


Premiere July 2008 Curtas Vila do Conde Int. Film Festival (PT)

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BorgateLotte Schreiber

Borgate reflects upon a part of Rome that ison the outskirts of the city, in concrete ref-erence to specific spaces used in historicfilms (Pasolinis Mamma Roma, 1962, andFellinis La dolce vita, 1960). The decay ofthe modern and the spatial relationshipbetween urban construction and its sur-rounding environs is thematized in light ofthis once up-and-coming neighborhood. The city limit as a spatial artifact is visual-ized as an image.

Lotte Schreiber *1971 Mürzzuschlag AustriaFilms (selection) Domino (2004 a-g) I.E. (2003 a-g) quadro (2002 a-g)

Austria35 mm 1:1.85 colour/b&wstereo 15 min

Realisation Lotte Schreiber Sound Bernhard LangCam Johannes Hammel

Int. Premiere July 2008 Curtas Vila do Conde Int. Film Festival (PT)

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exoearth Günter Stöger

Model-like structures based on the actualremains of an existing military infrastruc-ture located in the salt desert of Utahslowly glide through the movie frame,appearing as if implanted upon the flat plainof a simulated space. The horizontal planedivides the frame into two equal spaces andoperates as a link between slow superimpo-sitions. A continuous low stimulus provokesinstability of perception and a transforma-tion of patterns into symbols transpires.

Günter Stöger *1970 Carinthia AustriaFilms (selection) setting04_0006 (2006 a-g)paradox_paradise (2005 a-g)

AustriaNo dialogue HDV/Digi Beta 16:9stereo 32 min

RealisationGünter Stöger

PremiereFebruary 2008 transmediale (DE)

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Eintritt zum Paradies um 3 € 20 Edith Stauber

The myth of paradise has inspired peoplefrom time immemorial. Modern leisure facil-ities attempt to recreate this illusory place.At the centre of the film: guests at an out-door pool. They jump from the diving board,sit in the café, swim or sleep. Satiety andprosperity define the atmosphere. The out-door pool turns out to be a kind of demo-cratic paradise, institutionalized, and in con-trast to the exclusivity of the Garden ofEden, it is open to all.

Edith Stauber *1968 Linz AustriaFilms (selection) Über eine Straße (2004 d) DieZeit ist da (2001 d)

AustriaGerman (Eng sub) DV/Beta SP 4:3stereo 12 min

RealisationEdith Stauber

PremiereApril 2008 Crossing Europe Linz

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East ManChristian Neubacher

East Man is a found footage film that fol-lows an arc from darkness to light and backagain. The film draws its tension from theopposition between light and darkness,silence and loudness, stillness and motion.In stereo and wide-screen images, it livesthrough every stage of cinematic history,from simple shadow play to action films.

Christian Neubacher *1972 Salzburg Austria

Austria35 mm 1:1.85 colour/b&w Dolby SR 10 min

Realisation Christian Neubacher

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Einsicht Durchsicht AussichtSelma Doborac

Two people have an unusual encounter andultimately an unusual parting. Their juxtapo-sition and the resulting affectual and situa-tional behavior are thematized and stylized,demarcating usual and rational contexts inconstellations of cause and effect, revealingsimple mechanisms of functionality.

Selma Doborac *1982 Bosnia and HerzegovinaFilms (selection) Showtime (2006 a-g) K bis D. A oder B. (2005 a-g) Die Abgewandte (2004 a-g)

AustriaNo dialogue 16 mmstereo 25 min

Realisation Selma Doborac

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LezzieflickNana Swiczinsky

A deconstructive remix of heteroporns con-taining a pseudo-lesbian plot. The film isvisibly composed of coarse pixels that dis-turb the view of soft flesh. The pictorialfocus shifts from a tableau for a voyeuristicaudience to the women’s feelings. Symbolicfemale sexuality is interwoven with mechan-ical, masculine-connoted images, therebyillustrating the androgynous spectrum oflesbian feeling.

Nana Swiczinsky *1969 Vienna AustriaFilms (selection) Vanishing Points (2005 shortanimation) Wieder Holung (1997 short animation)

AustriaNo dialogue DV/Beta SP 4:3stereo 7 min

RealisationNana Swiczinsky

Int. PremiereSeptember 2008 Split – Festival of New Film and Video (CR)

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Hotel RoccalbaJosef Dabernig

Sunday afternoon in Hotel Roccalba: Is thisan old-age home, a recreational facility orsimply a hotel? The life of a 12-membergroup in the dilapidated facility leaves thequestion open.

Josef Dabernig*1956 Kötschach-Mauthen AustriaFilms (selection) Lancia Thema (2005 a-g) Rosa coeli (2003 a-g) Wisla (1996 a-g)

AustriaNo dialogue 16 mm/Blow up/35 mm 1:1.37 b&wDolby SR 10 min

Sc/ed/prod Josef DabernigCast Annemarie, Anni & Wolfgang DabernigJosef Dabernig jun. & sen.Karin & Maria FranzIsabella HollaufHedwig SaxenhuberGeorg SchöllhammerIngeburg WurzerOtto ZitkoCam Christian Giesser

Premiere August 2008 Locarno Int. Film Festival (CH)

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four byLukas Marxt

four by makes a loop out of six secondsfrom a Super 8, found-footage home movie.It shows the transformation of a homemovie into a cinematic narrative film. The4:3 ratio expands to 1:1.85 and later to 1:2.35, representing that 4:3 is dying and atthe same time exists solely in the memoryof the expanded image.

Lukas Marxt *1983 Schladming Austria

Austria35 mm stereo 5 min

RealisationLukas Marxt

PremiereApril 2008 Indie Lisboa (PT)

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home.movie Martin Bruch,Reinhilde Condin

home.movie is a cinematic self-portrait andactual description of a period in the life ofMartin Bruch who operates his wheelchairentirely by hand …

Martin Bruch *1961 Hall in Tirol AustriaReinhilde Condin *1954 Auer/Ora ItalyFilms fenster – drei sätze (2006 a-g)handbikemovie (2003 d)

AustriaEnglish DV/FAZ 35 mm 1:1.85Dolby Digital 10 min

Concept Martin Bruch, Reinhilde CondinCam Martin Bruch Ed Cornelia SchöpfSound/Music Achim Tang, Quadro Nuevo,Kluster

Premiere October 2008 VIENNALE Vienna Int. Film Festival

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Not StillBilly Roisz

The vinyl serves as the sound and imagesource for Not Still. Billy Roisz uses varioustypes of cameras (e.g. microscope cam) togo deep into the grooves and scratches ofthe vinyl. He mixes this material with macrotakes of film material to push and pull theirreciprocal impact on the medium – wakingup the undead imprints on vinyl and cellu-loid with electromagnetic waves of soundand light.

Billy Roisz *1967 Vienna AustriaFilms (selection) elesyn 15.625 (2007 a-g) BYE BYE ONE (2006 a-g) sources (2004 a-g)

AustriaDV/Beta SP 4:3stereo 10 min

RealisationBilly Roisz

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Night SweatSiegfried A. Fruhauf

Night Sweat reflects on perceptions andappearances prefigured by the media, yetnot without emotionally involving its audi-ence. This is especially clear in the secondchapter wherein stroboscopic flashes oflight at night are accompanied by a snarlingsoundtrack of noise. An elevated view ofthe moon collides in a consciously brutalway with an arsenal of motives from horrorand splatter movies. (Thomas Edlinger)

Siegfried A. Fruhauf *1976 Grieskirchen AustriaFilms (selection) Mirror Mechanics (2005 a-g)Structural Filmwaste. Dissolution 1 (2003 a-g)Exposed (2001 a-g)

AustriaNo dialogue High 8/FAZ 35 mm 1:1.85Dolby SR 10 min

RealisationSiegfried A. Fruhauf

Int. Premiere July 2008 Curtas Vila do Conde Int. Film Festival (PT)

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Mosaik Mécanique Notes on Film 03 Norbert PfaffenbichlerAll the shots from a silent slapstick filmentitled A Film Johnnie (USA 1914) are seenas simultaneous loops that are ordered intoa steady grid. The 98 moving images arelike Latin ciphers, chronologically proceed-ing from the top left to bottom right of thescreen. Varying shot durations lead to avisually pulsating polyrhythm. BernhardLang has composed an analog soundtrackto accompany the deconstructive conceptof the film.

Norbert Pfaffenbichler *1967 Steyr AustriaFilms (selection) Notes on Film 02 (2005 a-g)Notes on Film 01 else (2002 a-g)

Austria35 mm Cinema Scope 1:2.35b&w Dolby Stereo 9:30 min

RealisationNorbert Pfaffenbichler

Sound Bernhard Lang

Premiere January 2008 Österreichisches Filmmuseum

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NightStillElke Groen

It is full moon in the Austrian Alps. The foglifts and reveals a view of a snow-coveredplateau. The camera exposes half a minuteper film image: Night becomes day and themoon becomes the sun. Stars race past incircular pathways, strips of light perambu-late the landscape, snow storms blanket itall. A figure moves like an apparitionthrough the landscape.

Elke Groen *1969 Bad Ischl AustriaFilms (selection) Jeder siebte Mensch (2006 d)Bunica (2005 d) Tito Material (1999 a-g)

AustriaS-16 mm/Blow up/35 mm 1:1.66Dolby Stereo 9 min

RealisationElke Groen

Premiere October 2007 VIENNALE Vienna Int. Film Festival

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Steifheit I+IIAlbert Sackl

The man in this film beats off in privatewhile at the same time pointing the cameraat himself and addressing an off-screen out-sider. ... The two unedited scenes, made tenyears apart, were shot single-frame. Time-lapse photography condenses four hours offootage into three minutes of projectiontime for each part. ... Exposing yourself ona stage like this makes you vulnerablebecause of your pressing needs. Why wouldanyone do such a thing? (Achim Lengerer)

Albert Sackl *1977 Graz AustriaFilms (selection) Vom Innen; von aussen (2006 a-g) 5 10 5; Sommer 99 (2000 a-g) Gut ein Tag mit Verschiedenem (1998 a-g)

AustriaNo dialogue 16 mm 1:1.37stereo 6 min

RealisationAlbert Sackl

Premiere November 2007 Int. Experimental Cinema Exposition Montevideo (UY)

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Running Sushi MaraMattuschka, Chris Haring

Steffi and Johnny go to the Running SushiRestaurant. During a trivial conversation,insight is afforded into the parallel world ofthe protagonists’ unspoken thoughts andfeelings. With every piece of Sushi, a storyis evoked from the unconscious reservoir oftheir interpersonal relationship. Dreammachines are cranked up to generategrotesque parallel worlds and extreme con-ditions.

Mara Mattuschka *1959 Sofia BulgariaFilms (selection) Comeback (2005 a-g) Legal Errorist (2005 a-g) Plasma (2004 a-g)

Chris Haring *1970 Schattendorf AustriaFilms (selection) Legal Errorist (2005 a-g)

AustriaEnglish DV/Digi Beta 16:9stereo 28 min

Sc Mara Mattuschka, Chris HaringCast Stephanie Cumming, Johnny SchoofsCam Sepp Nermuth Ed Mara MattuschkaProd Minus Film Mara Mattuschka

Int. Premiere April 2008 Int. Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen (DE)

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Optical VacuumDariusz Kowalski

In the world of the internet, paradigms offormer visual apparati are outdated: Centralperspective has been replaced by myriads ofperspectives conveyed by webcams cease-lessly pumping data into the digital streamof information. Therefore the “vacuum” inthe title of Dariusz Kowalski’s filmic essaydoes not represent a void but rather a pow-erful generator that incessantly duplicatesthe world into images. (Dietmar Kammerer)

Dariusz Kowalski *1971 Cracow PolandFilms (selection) Interstate (2006 a-g) Elements(2005 a-g) Luukkaankangas – updated, revisited(2004 a-g)

AustriaEnglish (Ger sub)Beta SP 16:9 stereo 60 min

Realisation Dariusz KowalskiCam WebcamsDiary Stephen MathewsonSound Stefan NémethProd Medienwerkstatt Wien

Int. Premiere July 2008 Festival Int. du Documentaire Marseille (FR)

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Rabbit at the Airport – TheFinish Line Jakob Ballinger

1. One is always heading for something –even when escaping. 2. Silhouettes some-times reveal their true face in the light. 3. Oversized hares on flight runways thatdon’t exist.

Jakob Ballinger *1974 Graz AustriaFilms (selection) Ring Road A141 (2007 a-g) Alser draam (2000 short f)

AustriaNo dialogue35 mm 1:1.85 stereo 2 min

RealisationJakob Ballinger Mario MinichmayrJuliane Beer Martin Stig Andersen

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wavesMarco Antoniazzi

The film waves takes as its point of depar-ture a state to which it recurringly returns:the blank screen and dead silence. A soli-tary tone arises from this “pre-cinematic”condition, its varying frequency and ampli-tude meandering above and below thethreshold of hearing – as if the blank screenis set in motion by the complex vibrationsof an analogue oscilloscope.

Marco Antoniazzi *1972 Bolzano ItalyFilms (selection) Verkaufen Verkaufen (2006 short d) Das Kettenkarussell (2004 short f)für einen moment (2001 short f)

AustriaDV/Digi Beta 16:9b&w mono 13 min

RealisationMarco Antoniazzi


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Tear WorksChristian Frosch

The film consists of eight structured por-traits, each based upon a long shot of thefigure in a social space and a close-up.According to Roland Barthes, there is a dif-ference in photographic portrayal, betweeninter est (Latin: to be in between) and thepunctum, an unmediated engagement.Tears in cinema dissolve the distance ofbeing “in between”. Tears transcend spaceand are contagious.

Christian Frosch *1966 Waidhofen/ThayaAustriaFilms (selection) Silent Resident (2007 f) K.aF.ka fragment (2000 f) Total Therapy (1998 f)

AustriaNo dialogue Digi BetaDolby Stereo 10 min

Sc/ed Christian FroschKey Cast Britt BeyerUrsula OfnerWalfriede SchmittNorman DesmondRoland JaegerJenitha TonarCam Johannes Hammel


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Walter Schmögner FilmeWalter Schmögner

Walter Schmögner – painter, illustrator,musician and experimental filmmaker.Super 8 films made between 1969 and 1973show absurdities and autobiographicalmaterial.

AustriaGerman Digi Beta 16:9stereo 120 min

RealisationWalter Schmögner

Prod Lhotsky Film Eva-Maria StelljesGeorg Lhotsky

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Bellavista is a film of impressive visualpower precisely because Schreinerdoesn’t simply succumb to the beautyand supposed idyll of the landscape, but nonetheless succeeds in conveyingits mood and poetry. A picture isthereby created that is full of holes –not a statement, but rather a collectionof the impressions of a place, a space.Barbara Pichler KOLIK.FILM about Bellavista by Peter Schreiner

Austria/FranceFrench/English (Ger sub)35 mm 1:1.85 Dolby SR 100 min

ScreenplayPatric ChihaKey CastBéatrice DalleIsäie SultanSylvie RohrerUdo SamelCamera Josée DeshaiesEditor Karina Ressler

ProducersEbba SinzingerVincent LucassenCharlotte VincentProductionWILDart FILM (AT)Aurora Films (F)

CompletionSpring 2009

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Domaine Patric Chiha

Pierre is a teenager who spends all his time withNadia, a flamboyant woman in her thirties. They aregood friends, almost lovers. The anarchy of Nadia’s life fascinates this young man on the threshold ofadulthood. But Nadia is a wounded woman who isaddicted to alcohol. She indulges herself over thecourse of time. At first Pierre thinks that he can helpher, and holds her back …

Patric Chiha *1975 Vienna AustriaFilms (selection) Où se trouve le chef de la prison? (2007 short f) Home (2006 short f) Casa Ugalde (2004 short f)

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AustriaHDV/FAZ 35 mm 1:2.35 b&w Dolby Stereoapprox. 80 min

ScreenplayJohannes HammelKey CastDaniela HoltzRoland JaegerSimon JungCharlotte UllrichKarl FischerCameraJohannes HammelEditorJohannes Hammel

ProducerJohannes HammelProductionhammelfilm

Completion2009

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Folge MirJohannes Hammel

Mrs. Blumenthal lives with her husband and both hersons in a bleak, dockside neighborhood. She developsan intense social phobia, caused by her worries aboutthe severe accident suffered by her oldest son, Roman.It becomes impossible for her to mix with people andshe increasingly barricades herself and her family intheir dark apartment, plagued by hallucinations, mem-ories and agoraphobia.

Johannes Hammel *1963 Basel SwitzerlandFilms (selection) The Last Supper (2005 a-g) MAZY – systemof transitions (2003 a-g) Die schwarze Sonne (1992 short f)


AustriaDigital 4K Dolby Stereoapprox.100 min

ScreenplayCaspar PfaundlerKey CastGerti DrasslClaudia KottalMichael MasulaDavid OberkoglerHannes TanheiserMarkus WestphalCameraPeter RoehslerEditorCaspar Pfaundler


Completion2008

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Drei. Die Sehnsucht eins zu seinCaspar Pfaundler

The Schottenpassage is a public space in Viennawhere people cross paths every day. Their encounterstake place in silence, their relationship to one anotheris often experienced only through inner monologue.

Caspar Pfaundler *1959 Innsbruck AustriaFilms Lost and Found (2001 f)

AustriaHDV/Digi Beta 16:9stereo approx. 80 min

RealisationHeinrich SpaethKey CastPenelope GeorgiouHeinrich Spaeth

Completion2008

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PhantasiaHeinrich Spaeth

In an artist’s studio, Pullman and Jolanda want toindulge their hobby and paint “Phantasia” – a symbolicfigure that is ubiquitous as a monument in the (card-board) city. They both thereby come into conflict withthe art police and only escape arrest due to the inter-vention of the art pope. The pope authorizes them tobe active as Sunday painters, but they nonetheless fallprey to the snares of a restrictive establishment.

Heinrich Spaeth *1944 Pernitz AustriaFilms (selection) Sonate in As-Dur (2006 a-g)


AustriaEnglish (Ger sub) S-16 mm/Blow up/35 mm 1:1.66colour/b&w Dolby SRapprox. 104 min

Screenplay Gerhard FilleiJoachim KrennKey Cast Matthew MarkMeyer, Claudia Vick, SalGiorno, Tim Kirkpatrick CameraJoachim KrennJarrod KloiberEditorsGerhard FilleiJoachim Krenn

ProducersGerhard Fillei, JoachimKrenn, Carl Hollmann Productionfinnworksadrialpe-media

Completion 2008

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The Orange PaperGerhard Fillei, Joachim Krenn

A few days before Thanksgiving, Bruce McGray arrivesin New York on a cold November morning. He carries asmall, odd looking, linen-bound book. Various tracingpapers are attached in between the pages, lightlyprinted with “El jardin de Dios”, the name of a SouthAmerican orange farm. The pages are covered in notes,written in a woman’s pale handwriting. Bruce does notrealize that this book is going to bring his entire pastinto question.

Gerhard Fillei *1963 Villach AustriaJoachim Krenn *1964 Wolfsberg AustriaFilms (selection) Red (2008 short f) Rape (2008 short f)


Austria/ItalyItalian (Ger/Eng sub)S-16 mm/Blow up/35 mm 1:1.66 Dolby SR approx.100 min

ScreenplayTizza CoviKey CastPatrizia GerardiAsia CrippaTairo CaroliWalter SaabelCameraRainer FrimmelEditorTizza Covi

ProducerRainer FrimmelProductionVento Film


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La Pivellina Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel

Abandoned like Moses in a wicker basket, the two-year-old girl Asia is found by Patti, a circus woman living with her husband Walter in a trailer park in SanBasilio on the outskirts of Rome. With the help ofTyron, a13-year-old boy who lives with his grandma inan adjacent container, Patti starts to search for thegirl's mother.What the audience gets to see is a cosmos of outcastsin present-day Italy: a tale of courage and discrimina-tion, of loss and togetherness, a look behind the corru-gated-iron fence of a gated community.

Tizza Covi *1971 Bolzano ItalyFilms Das ist alles (2001 d) Babooska (2005 d)

Rainer Frimmel *1971 Vienna AustriaFilms Babooska (2005 d) Das ist alles (2001 d)Aufzeichnungen aus dem Tiefparterre (2000 d)

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A film ofoutstandinghuman, filmicand politicalinterest. Porro Maurizio CORRIERE DELLA SERAabout Hafner’s Paradiseby Günter Schwaiger

AustriaGerman/Croatian (Ger/Eng sub)HD Dolby Stereoapprox. 90 min

ConceptIvan SiljicCameraPeter RoehslerEditorPeter Roehsler


Completion2008

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9/11, Marschall Tito, meine Mama und wie sie auf einmal jüdisch war Ivan Siljic

A portrait of Ana Siljic is presented, including her -political activities in Tito’s Yugoslavia, her escape toAustria and how she and others rescued a life on 9/11.

Ivan Siljic *1972 Vienna AustriaFilms Six Lovers (2006 d)

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AustriaFarsi (Ger/Eng sub)HDV/FAZ 35 mm 1:1.85Dolby SR approx 90 min

ConceptSudabeh MortezaiCameraMorteza PoursamadiEditorOliver Neumann

ProducerOliver NeumannProductionFreibeuterFilm


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Bazar of Genders Sudabeh Mortezai

She says: “I marry you for the amount of 5.000 Tomanfor a period of two hours.” He says: “I accept”, andhands her the money. Before God the marriage is valid,a temporary marriage according to Shia law. Tempo-rary marriage is often considered a sanctified form ofprostitution. Overshadowed by the ubiquitous presenceof religion, this film tells intimate stories about love,lust, and money, about the yearning for happiness andthe struggle for survival.

Sudabeh Mortezai *1968 Ludwigsburg GermanyFilms (selection) Children of the Prophet (2006 d)


AustriaSpanish/French/Portuguese (Ger/Sp sub)HDCam/FAZ 35 mm 1:1.77 colour/b&w Dolby SR approx. 90 min

ConceptGünter SchwaigerCameraGünter SchwaigerJuan LucasEditorsMartin EllerGünter Schwaiger

ProducerGünter SchwaigerProductionGünter Schwaiger Film Produktion


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Arena Günter Schwaiger

The complex lives of the main characters in this filmcross paths at a bull fighting school, their stories con-verging through an intensive journey into the world ofthe toreros. However, the cliché of the “dancing mata-dor” is not in the spotlight. Instead, people are seen,their dreams and frustrations, as well as the crueltyand emotion of the violent and passionate world of thebullfight.

Günter Schwaiger *1965 Neumarkt/Salzburg AustriaFilms (selection) Hafner’s Paradise (2007 d) Santa Cruz for Example (2005 d) The Excursion (2001 short f)

AustriaGerman/EnglishDV/FAZ 35 mm colour/b&w stereoapprox. 100 min

ConceptMartina KudlácekCameraMartina KudlácekEditorHenry Hills

ProductionMina Film

Completion2009

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The Cosmology of Peter Kubelka Martina Kudlácek

This project reflects the complex world-view of leg-endary avant-garde filmmaker and cultural theoristPeter Kubelka. Born in Austria in 1934, he became aninternationally significant figure in film history. Theproject focuses on the main themes of his life: film,cooking, dance, music, architecture, sculpture, paintingand language in a gesture of embracing the entireworld.

Martina Kudlácek *1965 Vienna AustriaFilms (selection) Notes on Marie Menken (2005 d) In theMirror of Maya Deren (2002 d) L’Amour Fou – Ludvík Šváb(1995 d)


AustriaSpanish (Ger/Eng sub)HDV 16:9 stereoapprox. 80 min

ConceptDario AzzelliniOliver ResslerCameraVolkmar GeiblingerOliver ResslerEditorsDario AzzelliniOliver Ressler


ContactOliver Ressler

Consejos ComunalesDario Azzellini, Oliver Ressler

In Venezuela, Consejos Comunales (community coun-cils) are neighborhood gatherings that allow people tohave a say in matters that impact their communities.Community councils offer a basic system for a moreparticipatory democratic process.

Oliver Ressler *1970 Knittelfeld AustriaFilms (selection) The Fittest Survive (2006 short d) 5 Factories – Worker Control in Venezuela (2006 d)

Dario Azzellini *1967 Wiesbaden GermanyFilms (selection) 5 Factories – Worker Control in Venezuela(2006 d) Venezuela from Below (2004 short d)

Austria DV/Digi Beta 16:9stereo approx. 90 min

ConceptSabine DerflingerCameraAstrid HeubrandtnerFrederike von StechovEditorPetra Zöbnek

Completion2008

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Eine von acht Sabine Derflinger

One out of eight women will fall ill with breast cancerat some point in her life. During a chemotherapy ses-sion, actress Frederike befriends tram driver Marijana.They share their fears, hopes, and longings. Theyinspire one another through their sense of humor.Meanwhile, their battle against a life-threatening can-cer demands grave decisions.

Sabine Derflinger *1963 Wels Austria Films (selection) 42 plus (2007 f) Kleine Schwester (2004 f)Easy Money (2004 d)


AustriaGerman (Eng sub)DV/Digi Beta 16:9stereo approx. 90 min

ConceptHelmut BergerCameraHelmut BergerJohannes GablBarbara HorvathEditorMichou Hutter

CompletionSummer 2009

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Dirty Days Helmut Berger

Three actresses and four actors criss-cross Germany,Austria and Switzerland, driving for weeks on end.Each evening they present Ödon von Horvath’s Zurschönen Aussicht. “The truth! The truth!” The bus issmall, the hotels are shabby, the stage set wobbles,sometimes members of the audience flee ... and as the“tortour” concludes, the main actress has taken off –with the money.

Helmut Berger *1949 Graz AustriaFilms Bauernschach (1993 f) Nie im Leben (1990 f) Du mich auch (1987 f)

Austria/GermanyHD/FAZ 35 mmDolby Digital approx. 90 min

ConceptChristian SchneiderEduard ErneCameraHarald SchmutzEditorEduard Erne

ProducersLukas StepanikElena TrifonovaErnst SzebeditsProductionExtrafilm (AT)Neue Pegasos Film (DE)

Completion2008

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Das Erbe der NapolaEduard Erne

This film narrates generational repercussions of theNazi era through the stories of elite Nazi students,their children and their grandchildren. The perspectiveof proceeding generations provides a new approach tounderstanding the former elite students. The “Napola”represent the essence of the “ideal type” in sharp out-line and the influences experienced by the NS genera-tion. Das Erbe der Napola is a cipher for an inheritancethat we all have to contend with.

Eduard Erne *1958 Bregenz AustriaFilms (selection) BirdPeople (2004 d) Indira’s Diary (2000 d)Wall of Silence (1994 d)


AustriaRussian (Ger/Eng sub)DV/Digi Beta 16:9stereo approx. 80 min

ConceptDominik SpritzendorferElena TichonovaCameraDominik Spritzendorfer

ProducersArashMichael SeeberProductionGolden GirlsFilmproduktion

Completion2009

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Elektro MoskvaDominik Spritzendorfer, Elena Tichonova

What does Russia sound like? Electronic synthesizersfrom the Soviet era have been cult instruments sincethe collapse of Communism and are legendarybecause of their unmistakable sound and unreliableoperation. Elektro Moskva reveals curious stories aboutLenin’s dream of electrifying Russia, the myth of pro -gress, and the work of musicians, inventors, bohemi-ans and collectors of sounds. A boundless creativityhas survived, even in a period of post-Soviet reality.

Dominik Spritzendorfer *1974 Zurich SwitzerlandFilms (selection) Romski Bal (2005 d)

Elena Tichonova *1977 Obninsk RussiaFilms (selection) Metropolis reloaded (2006 a-g) Dobriy Vecher, Constructor (2002 a-g)

AustriaSpanish/English(Ger/Eng sub)DV/Digi Beta 16:9stereo approx. 90 min

ConceptFridolin SchönwieseCameraJohannes HammelEditorKarina Ressler

ProducersGeorg MischRalph WieserProductionMischief Films



The Five Cardinal Points Fridolin Schönwiese

For many years now, the citizens of a poor Mexican village called Tres Valles have dreamed the Americandream. Trapped in a vicious cycle wavering betweenhope and disappointment, these people are constantlyon the move – illegally – passing back and forth be tween two countries and cultures, while their fami-lies disintegrate.

Fridolin Schönwiese *1967 Graz AustriaFilms (selection) Volver la Vista (2005 d) it works (1998 short d) Cosmodrom (1995 short d)


AustriaItalian/Spanish (Ger/Eng sub)DV/Digi Beta 16:9stereo approx. 110 min

ConceptOlga PohankovaLisa NeumannCameraOlga PohankovaEditorChristin Veith

ProducersOlga PohankovaDiego FioriStefanie Sauer


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Fiori di Strada – Nicht wir sind die VerrücktenOlga Pohankova

This film investigates the needs, principles and feelingsof people who are ignored by the public and reduc-tively categorized by the medical community. Theyoften have more dignity and sense than the majority ofso-called “normal” people.

Olga Pohankova *1979 Bratislava SlowakiaFilms Altre Plasticita (2008 d) Orbis Pictus (2004 a-g)Cosmina Makes Wonders (2003 short d)

AustriaPortuguese (Ger/Eng sub) HDV/HDCam 16:9Dolby Digital approx. 90 min

ConceptNikolaus BraunshörCameraTom MarschallEditorMax Kliewer

ProducersStefan LukacsGeorg EggenfellnerJustin BirdProductionNonPlus Filmproduktion (AT)Utopia Films (BR)

Completion2008

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Grilagem Tom Marschall, Nikolaus Braunshör

Since Europe’s discovery of the “New World”, its his-tory is associated with the myth of El Dorado, thegolden land. El Dorado can also be construed as ametaphor for waves of exploitation suffered by thispart of the globe. Soy has replaced the former bountyof gold, sugar, and rubber. Grilagem is a portrait of oneof the most embattled agrarian territories in LatinAmerica, the Mato Grosso in the midwest of Brazil.

Tom Marschall *1974 Vienna AustriaNikolaus Braunshör *1971 Vienna Austria


AustriaGerman/Russian/Ukrainian (Ger sub)HD/Digi Beta 16:9Dolby Stereo approx. 90 min

RealisationPeter Roehsler

Productionnanookfilm

Completion2009

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Gosprom Charkow Peter Roehsler

Gosprom Charkow tells the story of a constructivistbuilding from 1926. Gosprom is in Kharkiv, Ukraine.Gosprom Charkow also tells a story of the SovietUnion, the Austrian Schutzbund fighters who lived inexile in Charkow, World War II, Stalinism, the end of asocial system, and the post-Soviet present. GospromCharkow is a film about people, a building, and theireras.

Peter Roehsler *1950 Austria

AustriaGerman/Spanish (Ger/Eng sub)DV/Beta SP 4:3stereo 80 min

ConceptRikke U. KutzenbergerStefan KutzenbergerCamera/editorRikke U. KutzenbergerEditorJulia Pontiller

CompletionAutumn 2009

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In Between Rikke U. Kutzenberger

Not all transgendered people want a sex change. Somewish to remain in between. Gina travels from Vienna toJuchitán in Mexico to meet “Muxes”, men who live inpublic as women, without facing discrimination. It is amind-blowing experience that strengthens Gina’s willto be a woman in a male body. Meanwhile, Siphiembarks on a different journey: He decides to takehormones but has to battle doubts and contend withhis conservative family from the Austrian countryside.

Rikke U. Kutzenberger *1975 Brussels BelgiumFilms (selection) Vote Faith (2005 d) Goya – Aufklärer ohne Hoffnung (2004 short d)


Austria16 mm/Digi Beta 4:3colour/b&w monoapprox. 180 min

RealisationWilhelm Gaube

Completion2008

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Gruppen Wilhelm Gaube

Immediately after World War II, visual artists createdorganizations centered on common interests: the Art Club, the Wotruba School, the Realists (in protestagainst the art establishment).

Wilhelm Gaube *1925 Oed AustriaFilms approx. 250 documentaries

AustriaEnglish/Spanish(Eng/Ger sub)HD/FAZ 35 mm Dolby SR approx. 110 min

ScreenplayBarbara EderKey CastRaul I. JuarezLuis De Los SantosZuleyma JaimeCameraChristian HaakeEditorClaudia Linzer

ProducersConstanze SchumannBarbara EderProductionAG Schumann Eder


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Inside America Barbara Eder

Homer Hanna High School located in Brownsville at theMexican border is a place of daily tragedies. Cocaine-addicted cheerleaders, patriotic ROTC students, violentgangs and Mexican girls who hope to marry by thetime they turn 18 are all on a collision course in thisstory. And yet they have a lot in common. Togetherthey pledge allegiance to the American flag, dream ofwhite picket fences and fancy cars. But when theyleave school, reality overtakes them like an incurabledisease.

Barbara Eder *1976 Eisenstadt AustriaFilms (selection) Wunderbar! Harald Serafin auf hoher See(2006 short d) Gerhard Schedl – Die ganze Wahrheit (2005short d)


AustriaEnglish (Ger sub)DV/Digi Beta 16:9mono 90 min

ConceptEbba SinzingerCameraRobert WinklerEditorOliver Neumann

ProducerVincent LucassenProductionWILDart FILM

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In the Year of the Hare Ebba Sinzinger

This film takes place in Oslo, amidst the Khmer com-munity in Vienna, and in Phnom Penh. It tells the storyof a young man with an intense biography, confrontedby profound questions. These questions concern“roots”, alternative ways of making a living, finding afemale companion, and the fragility of political and per-sonal identities. He travels to the city of his parents’origin, to put himself and the world to the test.

Ebba Sinzinger *Linz AustriaFilms (selection) Good-Bye Argentina? (2003 short d) Erwin Chargaff (1997 d)

AustriaGerman (Eng sub)DV/Digi Beta 16:9Dolby Stereo approx. 82 min

ConceptThomas ReiderSebastian MeiseCameraKlemens HufnaglEditorUrsula LöschSoundStefan Rosensprung

ProducerSabine Moser


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lieben sie kinder mehr als ihnen lieb ist? Sebastian Meise, Thomas Reider

In 2005, an advertising slogan in Germany gave rise toa heated discussion: “Do you love children more thanyou like?” A research project being undertaken byBerlin Charité Clinic was advertising anonymous andcost-free treatment for paedophiles. This intimate por-trayal of a paedophile, a victim and a psychiatrist pro-vides a thematic approach to the controversy and itscontext.

Sebastian Meise *1976 Kitzbühel AustriaFilms (selection) Dämonen (2006 short f) Random (2005 short f) Prises de vues (2003 short f)

Thomas Reider *1980 Lienz AustriaFilms (selection) Namut (2008 d) Random (2005 short f) Zorn (2004 d)


AustriaBahasa Indonesia (Eng sub) HDV/DigiCinema Packagecolour/b&w stereoapprox. 90 min

ConceptAscan BreuerCameraVictor JaschkeEditorsAscan BreuerVictor Jaschke

ProducersArash Michael SeeberProductionGolden GirlsFilmproduktion

Completion2009

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Jakarta DisorderAscan Breuer

The lives of five individuals intersect and converge inthe smog of Jakarta, a tropical mega-city. After threedecades of military dictatorship and 300 years of colo-nial rule, they’re fighting to build a civil society. Expedi-tions through the urban jungle reveal fault lines, areasof conflict and contradictory currents influencing ourmodern, globalized world.

Ascan Breuer *1975 Hamburg GermanyFilms (selection) Forst (2005 short d)

AustriaTurkish (Ger sub)HD Dolby Stereoapprox. 90 min

ConceptAstrid HeubrandtnerCameraPeter RoehslerEditorSusanne Eppensteiner


Completion2009

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Mein Haus stand in Sulukule Astrid Heubrandtner

Land acquisition for luxury apartment developmentforces a 600 year old gypsy quarter in Istanbul to befaced with eviction.

Astrid Heubrandtner *1968 Leoben AustriaFilms Marhaba Cousine (2003 d)


AustriaSpanish (Ger/Eng sub)DV/Digi Beta 16:9Dolby SR approx. 70 min

ConceptStefan BohunCameraGerald KerkletzEditorsJulian WiehlUschi Lösch

ProducersHannes KreuzerDavid BohunProductionHannes KreuzerFilmproduktion

Completion2008

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Mata Tigre Stefan Bohun

Mata Tigre illustrates how music transforms the lives ofyouths in Venezuela. The film tells five stories that takeplace in five different locations, yet have one thing incommon: the expectation that music can change lifefor the better. Despite social problems, music is a con-sistent and integral part of the protagonists’ everydayexistence.

Stefan Bohun *1979 Vienna AustriaFilms Nohelia (2005 short d) Omíd (2005 short f) I Love Beethoven (2007 d)

AustriaHDV stereoapprox. 80 min

ConceptAngela SummerederCameraJoerg Burger


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Rudi, Grace … SuchenAngela Summereder

Rudi, Grace … Suchen focuses on how unemployed people from the region of Ried in Upper Austria pursueand experience work, meaning and a sense of belonging.

Angela Summereder *1958 Ort/Innkreis AustriaFilms (selection) Ort – Ried. Momente einer Straße (2004 d)Zechmeister (1981 f)


AustriaDV/Digi Betastereo approx. 90 min

ConceptThomas LehnerReinhard JudCameraThomas LehnerEditorsThomas LehnerElke Rittenschober

ProducerThomas LehnerProductionthomahawk.tv

Completion2009

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Los Refrigeradores – Heiße Nächte kühle Schränke Thomas Lehner

Ice on Cuba – of course it’s in the cocktails served atthe beach bar – but for the island’s residents, keepingthings in a cold, solid state is a matter of survival andconstitutes a daily struggle. Refrigerators are passeddown from one generation to another, caringly main-tained and restored. They are central to the householdand confront their owners with the energy woes of aland that finds itself isolated at the end of the ColdWar, no longer able to trade sugar for oil. Ice is civiliza-tion.

Thomas Lehner *1963 Linz Austria

AustriaGerman/Italian (Eng sub)DV/Digi Beta 16:9b&w mono 120 min

ConceptPeter SchreinerKey CastAntonio CotroneoCameraPeter SchreinerEditorPeter Schreiner

ProducerGerhard KastlerProductionecht.zeit.film


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Totò Peter Schreiner

Born in the Calabrian town of Tropea, Totò turned hisback on his home as a young rebel. Today he lives asan emigrant in Vienna, his final destination afterdecades of restless searching. Totò exists between two worlds – with his language, his feelings, and hisdreams – between being an usher in the Wiener Kon -zerthaus and being on the “Borgo”: the street of hischildhood culminates where a stone stair leads downinto the ocean, freedom without end.

Peter Schreiner *1957 Vienna AustriaFilms (selection) Bellavista (2006 d) Blaue Ferne (1995 d)I Cimbri (1991 d)


AustriaGerman (Eng sub)HDV/Digi Beta 16:9stereo approx. 90 min

ConceptKarl BretschneiderCameraChristian HaakeEditorKarl Bretschneider

Completion2009

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Seelenflecken Karl Bretschneider

Seelenflecken – Soul Spots portrays people in the psy-chiatric ward of the Baumgartner Höhe Clinic. The filmis based on the everyday routine of a doctor andaccompanies patients from their first talk with the doc-tor to the day of their release.

Karl Bretschneider *1980 Vienna AustriaFilms (selection) Grey Zone (2003 short f) Coming Home(2001 short f) Rapid Charly Only (2000 short d)

AustriaEnglish (Ger sub) HDV/HDCam 16:9b&w stereo approx. 90 min

Conceptsebastian j. f.Camerausr13, Doris KittlerEditorss&a

Producersebastian j. f.ProductionCronos Film

CompletionEnd 2009

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War on Terror sebastian j. f.

“We’re an empire, and when we act, we create our ownreality. And while you’re studying that reality – judi-ciously, as you will – we’ll act again, creating other newrealities, which you can study too, and that’s howthings will sort out. We’re history’s actors. And you, allof you, will be left to just study what we do.” (A seniormember of the Bush administration) War on Terrorstudies what they really did – an inside look at theBush administration’s “war on terror”.

sebastian j. f. *1964 AustriaFilms (selection) The War on Drugs (2007 d) info wars (2004 d)


AustriaVarious languages(Ger/Eng sub)HDCam 1:1.85colour/b&w stereo approx. 90 min

ConceptMartina TheiningerCameraJoerg BurgerEditorDieter Pichler

ProducerMartina TheiningerProductionCultureCodes_movies


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Transit Martina Theininger

Landscapes, airports, hotel rooms, business centres,gas stations, and traffic jams: Business travellers mustmove quickly between new economic activity sites inchanging marketplaces. Social relationships andleisure time are often neglected. The travelling storiesof five protagonists are portrayed. They represent alifestyle that is characterized by the will to economicexpansion. An exceptional road movie about life andwork conditions in a new, mobile Europe.

Martina Theininger *1968 Vienna AustriaFilms (selection) Achtung Privat (2002 d) Against the Current(2001 d) Stone White Man (2000 d)

AustriaEnglish/ArabianDV/Digi Beta 16:9stereo approx. 90 min

RealisationMichael Pilz

ProductionMichael Pilz Film

Completion2008

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Yemen Travelogue Michael Pilz

Yemen. Shibam, the legendary city of clay high-rises. A band of around 20 people is making music. As usual,I film according to what catches my eye. The result is a very personal travel diary that makes us forget wherewe are, despite magical settings. Although I film light,people and objects, the “gaze” invites a mindful aware-ness of its role as the subject under observation.(Michael Pilz)

Michael Pilz *1943 Gmünd AustriaFilms (selection) Windows, Dogs and Horses (2006 short d)That’s All There Is (2004 d) Feldberg (1990 f) Heaven andEarth (1982 d)


AustriaGerman/Croatian (Ger sub)HD Dolby Stereo approx. 90 min

ConceptIvan SiljicCameraPeter RoehslerEditorIvan Siljic


Completion2009

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wedding girl Ivan Siljic

As she takes on the lucrative job of singing at wed-dings, a young, female musician almost loses sight of her music goals ...

Ivan Siljic *1972 Vienna AustriaFilms (selection) Six Lovers (2006 d) Rocco (2002 f)

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Notes on Marie Menken is afitting tribute to a quiet, self-effacing, but ultimatelytranscendent filmmaker, and is warmly recommended, bothfor the memories it evokes, and for the images of Marie’sthat it brings back into publicview.Wheeler Winston DIXON QUARTERLY REVIEW OF FILM AND VIDEO about Notes on Marie Menkenby Martina Kudlácek

Austria35 mm 1:1.37colour/b&w Dolby Stereo 90 min

ConceptGustav DeutschEditorsGustav DeutschHanna Schimek

ProducerManfred NeuwirthProductionloop media

Completion2008

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Film ist. A Girl and a Gun Gustav Deutsch

The phenomenology of the filmic medium previouslypursued in terms of cinema’s two places of origin – thescientific laboratory and the amusement park – contin-ues. D.W. Griffith’s statement “A film is a girl and agun” is the basis for the investigation of a furtherarchetype of cinema: the battle of the sexes, love andhate, eroticism and pornography, passion and violence.

Gustav Deutsch *1952 Vienna AustriaFilms (selection) Welt Spiegel Kino (2005 a-g) Film ist. 7—12 (2002 a-g) Film ist. 1—6 (1998 a-g)

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Austria/GermanyHDV stereo approx. 70 min

Concept/camHeinz EmigholzEditor/prodHeinz Emigholz

ProducersGabriele KranzelbinderAlexander Dumreicher-IvanceanuProductionAmour Fou Film produktion (AT)Heinz Emigholz Film produktion (DE)


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Photography and Beyond – Kiesler’s ProjectionsHeinz Emigholz

Two of Friedrich Kiesler’s visionary projects are com-pared – the one realized and the other not: The “End-less House” is seen as an architectural plan that wasnever executed. The “Screaming of the Book” is astructure built with Arman Bartos on the grounds ofthe Israel Museum in Jerusalem. An in-depth analysis ispresented that simultaneously elaborates on two dis-tinct phases of design – a comparison between“before” and “after”.

Heinz Emigholz *1948 Achim GermanyFilms (selection) Photography and Beyond - SchindlersHouses - Part 12 (2007 a-g) Goff in der Wüste (2003 d)Miscellanea I (2001 short d) Der zynische Körper (1990 d)

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While Pachner’s voice indicates a familytragedy rather than getting explicit,Schreiner films the hallways, dining room,and kitchen – empty of people, likeEugene Atget’s streets of Paris at thebeginning of the 20th century. WalterBenjamin’s observation of Atget’s workapplies to this film as well: Space isphotographed like the scene of a crime. Maya McKechneay FALTER about Bellavista by Peter Schreiner

sisters Barbara Schärf

Ana and Maja are sisters. Maja has a nicehusband and a young son. Ana is single.Together they take a trip to a frozen lake.The ice offers pleasure to the others whilefor Ana it reflects her inner state. The earlydeath of her mother resulted in a suffocat-ing muteness. Maja seems to haveadjusted, but Ana is still struggling. Howcan one overcome such a huge void?

Barbara Schärf *1976 Vienna AustriaFilms Fassaden (2007 short f) Nachtnebel (2005 short f) Fernweh (2000 short f)

AustriaGerman/Slovenian (Ger/Eng sub)S-16 mm/HDCamDolby SR approx. 45 min

Sc Barbara SchärfKey Cast Lisa Kortschak Andrina Mracnikar, Melita JurisicCam Ana Cecilia GastaldiProd Alexander BognerChristina Ajayi


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MilkIris Blauensteiner

Olivia and Fabian are on a journey travellingacross Europe. At their last stopover, thetrip is revealed to be an attempt to escapefrom returning home, motivated by a fear offacing personal life decisions. Olivia is con-fronted by a crisis of possibilities throughencounters in the hotel’s organism. Sheenvisions danger and is insecure at everyturn. The hotel world seems to borderbetween dream and reality.

Iris Blauensteiner *1986 Vienna AustriaFilms (selection) Doublage (2007 a-g) Suture (2006 a-g)

AustriaGerman (Eng sub) HDV 16:9stereo approx. 30 min

Sc Iris Blauensteiner Cam Jascha Novak Key Cast Judith Mauthem Clemens BerndorffPetra Staduan Ed Kathrin Wojtowicz Sound Christoph Mateka Prod Miriam AuraWanda Lism


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Zwei Personen FilmMarkus Engel

Two Character Film is about two actors living in a self-enclosed universe. A catastro-phe took place in their world very recently: a fellow resident was found dead. Suicide?Murder? A staged event? Both charactersrepeatedly enact fragments of possible sce-narios. The perspective is continually shifted,until reality and fiction, play and memory areentirely fused.

Markus Engel *1971 Vienna AustriaFilms (selection) Schatten (2003 short f)Nachtschwimmen (2002 short f)

AustriaGerman (Eng sub)Beta SP 4:3 stereoapprox. 28 min

Sc Markus Engel Key Cast Alexander PschillJulia Schranz Cam Bartholomäus HonikEd Markus Engel Prod Markus Engel

Completion 2008

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Too Tight! Clemens Roth

Nine-year old Joseph suffers from phimosis.He slowly discovers pleasure in the pre-scribed foreskin exercises. To scare him outof masturbating in the bathroom, his par-ents tell him a story about a monster thatlives in the sewage system. A tragicomicsearch for the truth ensues.

Clemens Roth *1982 Tulln Austria

AustriaGerman (Eng sub) HDCam 1:1.77Dolby Stereo approx. 21 min

Sc Clemens Roth Cam Dominik SpritzendorferEd Clemens Roth Prod Golden Girls FilmproduktionArash, Raphael Barth, Michael Seeber


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Visions of RealityGustav Deutsch

The interior of a motel room. A hilly land-scape of dunes can be seen through a bigwindow. Shirley is standing at the window ina wine-red, sleeveless, summer dress asshe gazes at the dunes across the street.She clasps her hands around her belly. Sheseems to be waiting for something. Asidefrom an alarm clock ticking on the nighttable, it is perfectly quiet. A green Buickcan be seen through the window, slowlydriving in from the left. It stops ...

Gustav Deutsch *1952 Vienna AustriaFilms (selection) Welt Spiegel Kino (2005 a-g) Film ist. 7—12 (2002 a-g) Film ist. 1—6 (1998 a-g)

AustriaEnglish (Ger sub) HD/FAZ 35 mm Dolby SR approx. 10 min

Sc Gustav Deutsch Key Cast Tilda Swinton Cam Jerzy Palacz Ed Gustav Deutsch

Prod KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele ProductionGabriele Kranzelbinder

Completion 2008

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The portraitHafner’sParadisegraduallygrowsincreasinglyunsparing.The conflictbetweendirector andcharactermounts. Jochen Zimmer TAZ about Hafner’sParadise by Günter Schwaiger

An Everyday OccurrenceArash

Leaves of grass. A hand places a compassupon the grass. A prayer book is opened. Aman is seen in prayer, his legs behind thelegs of a sleeping man. A child frolicsaround the scene. Unperturbed, Mr. H. con-tinues with his prayers. Suddenly, some-thing surprising takes place, somethingcommonplace.

Arash *1972 IranFilms (selection) Exile Family Movie (2006 d) Die Souvenirs des Herrn X (2004 d)

AustriaDigi Beta Dolby Stereo 5 min

Concept/cam Arash Ed Matthias SmyckaProd Golden Girls Filmproduktion Arash, Raphael Barth, Michael Seeber

Completion2008

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The 50th HadjUrsula Sova

A conservative Austrian student associationmakes a pilgrimage to the famous Austrianpilgrimage town of Maria zell. They sing“Lord have mercy upon us”, eat huge portions of meat, hold long speeches, blessflags, drink schnaps, perform occasional rituals, thank God for this and that, and celebrate Mass in overloaded gold and silver baroque churches. And all that withthe help of the Virgin Mary.

Ursula Sova *1969 Vienna AustriaFilms (selection) Showing the Red Card (2008short d) Figuren in der Landschaft (2001 short d)

AustriaGerman (Eng sub)DV/Digi Beta 4:3stereo approx. 30 min

Concept/prod Ursula Sova Cam/ed Ulli Gladik

Completion2008

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No Resting PlaceJoerg Burger

A filmic hommage to the distinguished Vien-nese cameraman and photographer, WolfSuschitzky. On the occasion of his 95thbirthday, the youthful emigrant tells of hisinternational success, including the work hedid on the classic British film Get Carter.Suschitzky basks in the memories of adynamic life and experiences long overduerecognition in his own lifetime, unlike themajority of film industry exiles.

Joerg Burger *1961 Vienna AustriaFilms (selection) Seized (2007 short d) Gibellina– Il terremoto (2007 d) Exploration (2003 short d)Moscouw (2001 short d)

AustriaGerman/English (Ger sub)HDV/Digi Beta 16:9 stereoapprox. 45 min

RealisationJoerg Burger

Prod Mischief FilmsRalph Wieser, Georg Misch

Completion2008


My Best Friend’s Wedding Anna Martinetz

Karthik, a young, liberal Indian student liv-ing in the West suddenly returns to India fora traditional marriage arranged by his fam-ily. We follow him home to meet his brideand family. What does love have to do withthis union? The film explores encodings andnarratives of love. Parallels between Indiantradition and Western culture slowlybecome apparent, as well as the universalfeelings underlying both.

Anna Martinetz *1978 Vienna AustriaFilms (selection) Chukka (2003 short d)

AustriaEnglish (Ger sub) DV/Digi Beta 4:3stereo approx. 60 min

Concept/cam/prodAnna MartinetzEd Stefan Stabenow

Completion2009

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If You Don’t Understand, It’s Your ProblemThomas FürhapterIf you don’t understand, it’s your problemis an experimental documentary film thattells the story of a hedge-fund manager who was pursued for many years by the FBI.It is a portrait of a man who himself isnever seen …

Thomas Fürhapter *1971 Vienna AustriaFilms Das Gelb ohne Zebra (2004 short d) Planes (2006 a-g)

AustriaGerman HDV Dolby SR approx. 60 min

RealisationThomas Fürhapter

Completion2009

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Mara – Different Faces of a DivaElisabeth Maria KlockerThe Viennese magazine Falter called MaraMattuschka “Diva of the 90s”. Due to herunique film style as well as her appearanceon stage, she is well known to the inter-ested audience. Her work has beenawarded many prizes. However, not every-one is aware of the many faces of this“diva” who is somehow different and, at thesame time, is a producer and director ofexperimental films, painter, actress, singer,teacher, philosopher, and mother of twosons.

Elisabeth Maria Klocker *1967 Bregenz AustriaFilms (selection) Die Frau, die Arbeit, die Kunstund das Geld (2007 d)

AustriaDV/Digi Beta 4:3 colour/b&wstereo approx. 60 min

Concept Elisabeth M. Klocker Cam Elisabeth M. KlockerChristoph PanzerEd Bernadette Dewald Elisabeth M. Klocker

Completion2009

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Ping in BucharestKatharina Copony

This film follows the paths of three Chineseimmigrants who have since settled inBucharest. Each was witness to the revolu-tion in Eastern Europe. Each has the chanceto leave China and to pursue occupationalpossibilities and private lives, impacted byflux and radical change. A piece of recentRomanian history is encountered, providinga foreign perspective and a Central Asianview of the former communist Europeanbrother-nation.

Katharina Copony *1972 Graz AustriaFilms (selection) Il Palazzo (2006 short d)Kanegra (2004 short d) der wackelatlas (2001 short d)

AustriaMandarin/Romanian (Ger/Eng sub)HDV/Digi Beta 16:9stereo approx. 50 min

Concept Katharina CoponyCam Bernhard Keller Ed Katharina Copony

Completion2008

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Wien 15Thomas Korschil

A portrait of an urban area in Vienna isdepicted by means of a few people whowork in that specific part of the city. On theone hand, it is a dilapidated shoppingstreet. On the other hand, it is a newly revi-talized quarter deeply influenced by itsmigrants. The pretended and actual rise andfall of careers provide a lens through whichto consider the social origin and future pos-sibilities of various people, and tensionsjust below the surface.

Thomas Korschil *1968 Salzburg AustriaFilms (selection) Artikel 7 – Unser Recht! (2005 d) Platz da, Halt (1993 a-g) SunsetBoulevard (1991 a-g)

AustriaGerman/English (Eng/Ger sub)DV/Digi Beta 16:9 stereo approx. 40 min

RealisationThomas Korschil

Completion2008

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With the figure of asailor abandoned byman and all bene -volent spirits, whowillingly ventures forthon a vessel that isneither seaworthy norbelongs to him, JoergBurger enriches thepolitical iconographyof our times with animage that stronglyconveys a sense oflife without context or representation. Vrääth Öhner about Seized by Joerg Burger

Burning Palace MaraMattuschka, Chris Haring

Burning Palace is a film about eros – thetension that guarantees the survival ofmankind and so makes the world go round.

Mara Mattuschka *1959 Sofia BulgariaFilms (selection) Comeback (2005 a-g) Legal Errorist (2004 a-g) Plasma (2004 a-g)

Chris Haring *1970 Schattendorf AustriaFilms (selection) Running Sushi (2008 a-g) PartTime Heroes (2007 a-g) Legal Errorist (2005 a-g)

AustriaEnglish/German (Eng sub)DV/Digi Beta 16:9stereo approx. 30 min

Concept Mara MattuschkaChris HaringKey Cast Anna Maria NovakStephanie CummingAlexander Gottfarb Cam Sepp Nermuth Ed/prod Mara Mattuschka

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bodies in urban spacesWilli Dorner

This film shows a moving trail for a group of dancers and is based on outdoor per-formance entitled “bodies in urban spaces”.The performers are seen at close range andreveal spatial occupations at selectedscenes in the nocturnal city and the per-former’s intensity of full activity. The speedand fleetingness of the action leads to a disorientation of the city’s structure.

Willi Dorner *1959 Baden Austria

AustriaHDV stereo approx. 13 min

Concept/prod Willi DornerCam Martin PutzJohannes HammelEd Johannes Hammel

Completion2008

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Flexible Cities Didi Bruckmayr

Lux Aeterna, György Ligeti’s Komposition forSolo Voices (Filmmusic 2001: A SpaceOdyssey), dissolves language into spatialfields of sound. In Flexible Cities, theseclusters of sound float above algorhythmicalcities that they generate in real time: Urbanspaces develop as processes, utilizing new,digital techniques of visualization. Illustra-tive forms such as multi-perspectival pro-jections and sectional x-ray techniques aretime and again superimposed.

Didi Bruckmayr *1966 Linz AustriaFilms My Personality Hates Me! (2007 a-g)collider2 (2006 a-g)

AustriaDV/Digi Beta 4:3stereo 8 min

RealisationDidi Bruckmayr

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Cervinara Thomas Steiner

Cervinara deals with images of longing anda search for Arcadia. I posit drawings byGerman and Austrian romantics whoworked in Latium in the 19th centuryagainst contemporary images of the region.Individual layers of images are superim-posed upon one another, fragment and driftaway, revealing further images. A dynamicconglomeration of historical and contempo-rary vistas is created. (Thomas Steiner)

Thomas Steiner *1956 Wels AustriaFilms (selection) TAU II (2006 a-g) Alferjewo (2004 a-g) Zócalo (1997 a-g)

AustriaNo dialogueDV/Digi Beta 4:3stereo approx. 7 min

RealisationThomas Steiner

Completion2008

ContactThomas Steiner

C11H17NO3 Billy Roisz

Inspired by a quote from a book by poet/painter Henri Michaux entitled MiserableMiracle. La Mescaline: “One doesn’t see.One guesses.” Michaux’s text is a record ofhis experiments with mescalin, severalundertaken under medical supervision inthe 1950s. C11H17NO3 explores the limitsand the expansion of perception in visualand auditory terms.

Billy Roisz *1967 Vienna AustriaFilms (selection) Not Still (2008 a-g) elesyn15.625 (2007 a-g) sources (2004 a-g)

AustriaDV/Beta SP 4:3stereo approx. 10 min

RealisationBilly Roisz

Sounddieb13

CompletionFebruary 2009

ContactBilly Roisz

Delight Thomas Draschan

Spacecraftpyramidrocketnudeeyesmagma -seashorelakeboxergirlradartunnelvision -theroriemeaningbridgefountainbushespark -waypinkblueblackstripesdotjupotersunmoon -earthcavecloudswavesgunhandmouthterror -anythingsomethingsomebodymonkey

Thomas Draschan *1967 Linz AustriaFilms (selection) Encounter in Space (2003 a-g)

AustriaEnglish HD/35 mm 1:1.85Dolby Stereo 3:30 min

RealisationThomas Draschan

Completion2009

ContactThomas Draschan


KlassischMartin Arnold

And the Beat Goes On was recorded in 1967by Sonny and Cher and subsequently coveredin various forms: Jazz (Buddy Rich/HerbieMann), Soul (Booker T. & The M. G.’s), Gospel(The Fifth Dimension), Electronic (Jojo Effekt),New Age (Erica Jennings) und Pop (BritneySpears). What happens when all these ver-sions get mixed up on the same stage?

Martin Arnold *1959 Vienna AustriaFilms (selection) Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy(1998 a-g) passage à l’acte (1993 a-g) piècetouchée (1989 a-g)

AustriaHD approx. 12 min

RealisationMartin Arnold

Completion2009

ContactMartin Arnold

Kein HeimatfimJohanna Kirsch

The question of whether there is a viableconcept of homeland is a question in con-frontation with everyday life: from territorialpower relations to the loss of sensuality viamonetization, globalization and the associ-ated destruction of references to a world oflived experience, from the ideological abuseand appropriation of the concept of “home-land” to the idea of the co-existence of vari-ous “homeland” worlds.

Johanna Kirsch*1980 Oberndorf/Salzburg AustriaFilms (selection) Me, the big bad wolf and the radical sense of freedom (2004 a-g)

AustriaGerman/English (Eng sub)HDV/Digi Beta 16:9stereo approx. 30 min

RealisationJohanna Kirsch

Completion2009

ContactJohanna Kirsch

Granica – BorderEni Brandner

We build walls to protect, or to mark our-selves off from nature or to have privatespace. Walls surround us like a protectingskin. Skin can waste away, erode, be pur-posely destroyed, but it can also heal. Bythe decay and destruction of walls, a con-flict is shown, like in a rush of destruction,which in the end leaves a feeling of dizzi-ness, shreds of memories. Some of thewounds can heal, others will gape for sometime, others will stay forever.

Eni Brandner *1981 Innsbruck Austria

AustriaNo dialogue Digi Beta 4:3stereo approx. 6 min

RealisationEni Brandner

Completion2009

ContactEni Brandner

Im Freien Albert Sackl

This film will be shot continuously in a con-stant single-frame mode over the course of three months, day and night, looking outonto a meager and broad landscape. 24 hours thereby get compressed into 20seconds. The aim is to create a filmic trinityof space, human body and camera coexist-ing under these circumstances.

Albert Sackl *1977 Graz AustriaFilms (selection) Vom Innen; von aussen (2006 a-g) Rauchen und Saufen (1997 a-g)Fernsehfilm (1997 a-g)

Austria16 mm 1:1.37approx. 30 min

RealisationAlbert Sackl

CompletionEnd 2009

ContactAlbert Sackl


Praxis-4Dietmar Brehm

Constructed along the same lines as theproductions Praxis-1-3, an arrangement consisting of several individually numberedand titled scenes illustrates an integratedstructural dramaturgy.

Dietmar Brehm *1947 Linz AustriaFilms (selection) Praxis-1-3 (2008 a-g) Halcion (2007 a-g) Block-1 (2007 a-g)

Austria16 mm stereoapprox. 24 min

RealisationDietmar Brehm

Completion2008

ContactDietmar Brehm

Persona BeachGeorg Tiller

How is the life of the inhabitants of Fårö, asmall and isolated island in the Baltic Sea,connected to the films of Ingmar Bergman?Bergman, a permanent resident from the1970s till his death in 2008, used the peculiar light and landscape of the regionfor more than eight of his films. How wasthat landscape constructed in the cinema ofIngmar Bergman and in what ways is islandlife infected by that very use?

Georg Tiller *1982 Vienna AustriaFilms (selection) Km 43.3. Transylvanian Timber(2007 short d) The Tower of Birds (2007 short f)

AustriaGerman/English/Swedish (Eng sub)S-16 mm/Blow up/35 mm 1:1.66b&w stereo approx. 60 min

ConceptGeorg Tiller, Claudio PfeiferCam Claudio Pfeifer Ed Georg Tiller, Claudio Pfeifer

CompletionEnd 2009

ContactGeorg Tiller

Low Definition Control –Malfunctions #0Michael PalmLow Definition Control is an experimentalscience fiction documentary about the pre-carious construction of truth and knowledgevia imaging systems used in criminology,medicine and the natural sciences. Key con-cepts like surveillance and control, normal-ity and deviation become touchstones for afilmic reflection upon the significance ofvisual apparatuses and the world-view pro-vided by their conception of reality, changeand life.

Michael Palm *1965 Linz AustriaFilms (selection) Mozart Sells (2005 a-g) Edgar G.Ulmer – The Man Off-screen (2004 d) SeaConcrete Human – Malfunctions #1 (2000 a-g)

AustriaGerman (Eng sub)35 mm Cinema Scope1:2.35colour/b&w Dolby Digital 45 min

RealisationMichael Palm

ProdJohannes Hammel

Completion2009

Contacthammelfilm

Mystery MusicNicolas Mahler

Mystery Music is an almost soundless filmabout music. Music is visualized in the formof abstract constructions. Caution: humor-ous animation film!

Nicolas Mahler *1969 Vienna AustriaFilms (selection) Planet Kratochvil (2007animation) Der Park (2005 animation) Flaschko,der Mann in der Heizdecke (2002 animation)

AustriaNo dialogue Digi Beta 4:3 b&w stereo approx. 5 min

RealisationNicolas Mahler Thomas Renoldner

CompletionEnd 2009

ContactNicolas Mahler


TwilightSiegfried A. Fruhauf

The motifs in Twilight consist of active fig-ures reduced to sketchy outlines, impliedshadows and backlighting. The protagonistsconfront us as figures of light and shadowagainst the reflective surface of the moviescreen. At the same time, their appearancein the darkness of the movie house and inthe eye of the beholder is fleeting. Nothingstays put on screen.

Siegfried A. Fruhauf *1976 Grieskirchen AustriaFilms (selection) Mirror Mechanics (2005 a-g)Exposed (2001 a-g) Höhenrausch (1999 a-g)

AustriaNo dialogue35 mm 1:1.85 colourDolby SR approx. 10 min

RealisationSiegfried A. Fruhauf

Completion2009

ContactSiegfried A. Fruhauf


A study about movement that explores theline in space, its speed and transitions.Physical effects, algorhythms and their aes-thetic are explored at the threshold of tran-sitions. Spaces between, such as brightnessand darkness, black and white, tempo inthe form of a wide variety of physicaleffects, timelines and their stroboscopicafter-images are visualized.

Manuel Knapp *1978 Wolfsberg Austria Films (selection) visibility of interim (2007 a-g)accelerated lines (2005 a-g) interferenzen~ v0.1 (2005 a-g)

Austria No dialogue Digital Cinema HD 16:9 b&w stereo approx. 10 min

RealisationManuel Knapp

Completion2008

ContactManuel Knapp

Stroboscopic NoiseManuel Knapp

Performers in a feature film are caughtunawares in the vast domain of cinema,suddenly finding themselves in the midst ofunknown territory: They stumble upon therushes of several commercials and embarkupon a voyage of discovery, along theshores of the advertising industry.

Peter Tscherkassky *1958 Vienna AustriaFilms (selection) Instructions for a Light and Sound Machine (2005 a-g) Dream Work(2001 a-g) Outer Space (1999 a-g)

AustriaNo dialogue 35 mm 1:1.85b&w Dolby SR approx. 25 min

RealisationPeter Tscherkassky

Completion2009

ContactPeter Tscherkassky

RushesPeter Tscherkassky

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AG Schumann EderConstanze SchumannSchmalzhofgasse 18/2/291060 Vienna/Austria+43 676 419 12 [email protected] www.insideamerica-themovie.com

Amour Fou Filmproduktion GmbHLindengasse 321070 Vienna/Austria+43 1 994 99 [email protected]

coop99 filmproduktion GmbHWasagasse 12/11090 Vienna/Austria+43 1 319 58 [email protected]

Cronos FilmSchwindgasse 11/21040 Vienna/Austria+43 1 961 05 23www.parallel-universe.comwww.war-on-drugs.com

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Marco AntoniazziGumpendorferstraße 60/51060 Vienna/Austria+43 699 175 859 [email protected]

Martin ArnoldUntere Augartenstraße 18/231020 Vienna/Austria+43 680 215 47 [email protected]

Jakob BallingerSchumanngasse 46/41180 Vienna/Austria+43 676 934 44 [email protected]

Helmut BergerReisnerstraße 42/61030 Vienna/Austria+43 699 171 312 [email protected]

Iris Blauensteiner+43 676 785 88 [email protected]

Stefan BohunAchsenaugasse 17/112340 Mödling/Austria

Eni BrandnerVolkertstraße 25/221020 Vienna/Austria+43 699 115 166 [email protected]

Dietmar BrehmMozartstraße 214020 Linz/Austria+43 732 79 28 [email protected]

Karl BretschneiderRauhensteingasse 10/51010 Vienna/Austria+43 699 114 695 [email protected]

Martin BruchMargaretenstraße 108/151050 Vienna/Austria+43 1 548 82 [email protected]

Didi BruckmayrBahnhofstraße 654050 Traun/Austria+43 650 422 15 [email protected]

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Sabine DerflingerMichelbeuerngasse 4/51090 Vienna/Austria+43 664 181 68 [email protected]

Willi DornerMargaretenstr. 70/2/21050 Vienna/Austria+43 1 581 93 [email protected]

Thomas DraschanGrüngasse 12/181050 Vienna/Austria

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Thomas FürhapterSchönburgstraße 14/41040 Vienna/Austria+43 650 742 27 [email protected]

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Kenan KilicFred-Raymond-Gasse 19/2/11220 Vienna/Austria+43 699 117 060 [email protected]

Johanna KirschMärzstraße 62/71150 Vienna/Austria+43 699 812 831 [email protected]

Elisabeth Maria KlockerKolingasse 13/221090 Vienna/Austria+43 1 319 28 [email protected]

Manuel KnappPillergasse 9/11150 Vienna/Austria+43 650 964 73 [email protected]

Thomas KorschilSechshauserstraße 22/211150 Vienna/Austria+43 699 812 974 [email protected]

Dariusz KowalskiSchönbrunner Schloßstr. 1/111120 Vienna/[email protected]

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Martina KudlácekBadhausgasse 1-3/241070 Vienna/Austria+43 699 106 424 [email protected]

Rikke U. KutzenbergerHerzmanskystraße 20/4/21140 Vienna/Austria+43 699 122 887 [email protected]

Thomas LehnerMargaretengürtel 161050 Vienna/Austria+43 664 337 18 [email protected]

Tina LeischYbbsstraße 7/331020 Vienna/Austria+43 699 942 22 [email protected]

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Oliver [email protected]

Billy RoiszSperrgasse 3/151150 Vienna/Austria+43 1 966 22 [email protected]

Albert SacklRaffaelgasse 2/61200 Vienna/Austria+43 650 213 80 [email protected]

Barbara SchärfVorgartenstr. 129-143/2/501020 Vienna/Austria+43 650 733 90 [email protected]

Index Films

50th Hadj..................................................1199/11, Marschall Tito, meine Mama und wie sie auf einmal jüdisch war ..................75

A Prima Vista...........................................27alpine intervention –alpine[an]notation ..............................49alpine passage .......................................49An Everyday Occurrence...........119Arena ...............................................................76

Bazar of Genders.................................77bellevue.........................................................50The Big Bliss As it Were................37bodies in urban spaces ..............127Borgate ..........................................................50Burning Palace....................................127

C11H17NO3 ..............................................128Cervinara..................................................129cityscapes ...................................................51Consejos Comunales ......................78The Cosmology of Peter Kubelka...................................79Cover Version ..........................................51

Delight.........................................................128Dirty Days ...................................................80Domaine .......................................................65Drei. Die Sehnsucht eins zu sein ...............................................66

East Man......................................................52Eine von acht ...........................................81Einsicht Durchsicht Aussicht ........................................................52Eintritt zum Paradies um 3 € 20...................................................53 Elektro Moskva .....................................82 Das Erbe der Napola .......................83 exoearth .......................................................53

Film ist. A Girl and a Gun.........107 Fiori di Strada - Nicht wir sind die Verrückten...........................84 The Five Cardinal Points ..............85 Flexible Cities ......................................129 Folge Mir ......................................................67 four by ............................................................54

Gangster Girls.........................................28Gosprom Charkow .............................86Granica - Border................................130Grilagem .......................................................87Gruppen........................................................88Gurbet – Away from Home........29

home.movie ..............................................54Hotel Roccalba ......................................55

If You Don’t Understand, It’s Your Problem ..............................120Im Freien ..................................................130In Between ...............................................89In the Year of the Hare ..................90Inside America .......................................91Into the World.........................................30

Jakarta Disorder ...................................92

Kein Heimatfilm .................................131Klassisch ...................................................131Km 43.3. Transylvanian Timber ............................................................43

Lezzieflick ...................................................55lieben sie kinder mehr als ihnen lieb ist? ................................93Low Definition Control - Malfunctions #0................................132

Mara - Different Facesof a Diva ....................................................120March ..............................................................21Marina and Sasha, Coal Shippers .........................................43Mata Tigre ..................................................94Mein Haus stand in Sulukule .................................................95Milk .................................................................113Mosaik Méchanique Notes on Film 03.................................56My Best Friend’s Wedding.......121Mystery Music ....................................132

NightStill ......................................................56Night Sweat ..............................................57No Resting Place...............................121Not Still .........................................................57

Optical Vacuum.....................................58The Orange Paper...............................68

Persona Beach....................................133Phantasia ....................................................69Pharao Bipolar .......................................44Photography and Beyond - Kiesler’s Projections .....................108Ping in Bucharest.............................122La Pivellina.................................................70Praxis-4 ....................................................133Punsch Noël .............................................38

Rabbit at the Airport - The Finish Line ......................................58Los Refrigeradores - HeißeNächte kühle Schränke .................96Romane Apsa Revisited.................31Roses of Sarajevo...............................44Rudi, Grace … Suchen ....................97Running Sushi.........................................59Rushes ........................................................134

Das Schreiben und das Schweigen.......................................32Seelenflecken .........................................98sisters...........................................................113Steifheit I+II ..............................................59Stroboscopic Noise .......................134

Tata Morgana ..........................................38Tear Works .................................................60Too Tight! ..................................................114Totò ...................................................................99Transit .........................................................100Twilight .......................................................135

Überlappungen II .................................33Universalove.............................................22

Visions of Reality ..............................114

Walter Schmögner Filme .............60The War on Terror ............................101waves ...............................................................61wedding girl ...........................................102Wien 15......................................................122

Yemen Travelogue ...........................103

Zwei Personen Film ........................115

144>143 Index

Index Directors

Antoniazzi Marco..................................61Arash .............................................................119Arnold Martin ..............................51, 131Azzellini Dario .........................................78

Ballinger Jakob .......................................58Berger Helmut ........................................80Blauensteiner Iris ..............................113Bohun Stefan ...........................................94Brandner Eni .........................................130Braunshör Nikolaus ...........................87Braunstein Bernhard........................44Brehm Dietmar ...................................133Brejcha Zuzana ....................................31Bretschneider Karl .............................98Breuer Ascan ...........................................92Bruch Martin............................................54Bruckmayr Didi...................................129Burger Joerg...........................................121

Chiha Patric ..............................................65Condin Reinhilde..................................54Copony Katharina ............................122Covi Tizza ....................................................70

Dabernig Josef .......................................55Derflinger Sabine.................................81Deutsch Gustav......................107, 114Doborac Selma......................................52Dorner Willi ............................................127Draschan Thomas............................128Dürnberger Gloria...............................44

Eder Barbara ............................................91Emigholz Heinz ...................................108Engel Markus ........................................115Erne Eduard ..............................................83

Fillei Gerhard ...........................................68Frimmel Rainer ......................................70Frosch Christian ...................................60Fruhauf Siegfried A. .............57, 135Fürhapter Thomas ...........................120

Gaube Wilhelm ............................33, 88Grill Michaela ...........................................51Grkinic Gregor........................................44Groen Elke..................................................56Gross David ..............................................44

Hammel Johannes ..............................67Händl Klaus ...............................................21Haring Chris ................................59, 127Heubrandtner Astrid ........................95

Kilic Kenan .................................................29Kirsch Johanna ....................................131Klocker Elisabeth Maria.............120Knapp Manuel .....................................134Korschil Thomas................................122 Kowalski Dariusz..................................58 Krenn Joachim........................................68 Kreutzer Marie .......................................38 Kudlácek Martina ................................79 Kutzenberger Rikke U. ...................89

Lehner Thomas......................................96 Leisch Tina.................................................28 Löcker Ivette ............................................43

Mahler Nicolas....................................132 Marschall Tom ........................................87 Martinetz Anna ...................................121 Marxt Lukas..............................................54 Mattuschka Mara .................59, 127Meise Sebastian...................................93Mortezai Sudabeh ..............................77

Neubacher Christian ........................52

Palm Michael........................................132Pfaffenbichler Norbert ...................56Pfaundler Caspar.................................66Pfeifer Claudio .......................................43Pilz Michael ..................................27, 103Pohankova Olga ....................................84

Reider Thomas .......................................93Ressler Oliver ..........................................78Roehsler Peter........................................86Roisz Billy........................................57, 128Roth Clemens .......................................114

Sackl Albert .................................59, 130Schärf Barbara ....................................113Schmögner Walter..............................60Schönwiese Fridolin .........................85Schreiber Lotte .....................................50Schreiner Peter .....................................99Schwaiger Günter................................76Schwentner Michaela...........49, 50sebastian j. f.........................................101Siewert Martin........................................51Siljic Ivan........................................75, 102Sinzinger Ebba .......................................90Sova Ursula ............................................119Spaeth Heinrich ....................................69Spritzendorfer Dominik.................82Stauber Edith ..........................................53Stecher Alexander ..............................37Steiner Thomas ..................................129Stöger Günter .........................................53Summereder Angela.........................97Swiczinsky Nana ..................................55

Tartatotti Carmen................................32Theininger Martina .........................100Tichonova Elena ...................................82Tiller Georg...................................43, 133Tscherkassky Peter ........................134

Vidovic Sinisa..........................................38

Woschitz Thomas ................................22Wulff Constantin ..................................30

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