Nikolaus Geyrhalter (director) and Wolfgang Widerhofer (editor) on their decade-long observation about meaning and loss of work in a rural area in northern Austria. World premiere is scheduled by the Berlinale Forum.

Labeling Nikolaus Geyrhalter’s work as „one of the best gazes in contemporary cinema“ , the Milano festival pays a tribute to the Austrian documentary filmer, including a masterclass and the screenings of The Year After Dayton (1997), Pripyat (1999), Our Daily Bread (2005) as well as the Italien premiere of Geyrhalter’s highly acclaimed Over the Years, released at the Berlinale 2015.

The Jilhava East Silver Market awards Nikolaus Geyrhalter’s OVER THE YEARS with the Silver Eye including € 1,500 prize money and promotional support by the East Silver Caravan.
 

Two Austrian doc filmmakers awarded at Duisburg Film Week: Nikolaus Geyrhalter’s OVER THE YEARS wins the 3Sat Dokumentarfilmpreis, the Duisburg audience voted for Jakob Brossmann’s LAMPEDUSA IN WINTER.

Ruth Beckermann’s THE DREAMED ONES recently awarded Best Austrian fiction film, is part of the international competition at Cinéma du Réel; the festival also dedicates a focus to Nikolaus Geyrhalter including HOMO SAPIENS along with Over the Years and former CDR-award-winners The Year after Dayton and Pripyat.