As a rule Flavio Marchetti takes the role of the producer in the La Banda Film Collective. With ANIMALS AND OTHER PEOPLE  has turned his hand to directing for the first time, devoting his attention to a subject which has been close to his heart since early childhood, even though a chance visit to the Vienna Animal Shelter triggered his filmic observation of the affinities between people and animals.

Julian Pölsler’s new Marlen Haushofer adaptation KILLING STELLA (after The Wall in 2012, Flavio Marchetti’s documentary ANIMALS AND OTHER PEOPLE and GATEKEEPER by Lawrence Tooley and Loretta Pflaum are the three new films made in Austria celebrating their international premiere at the 51^st HOFER Filmtage (October 24 to 29)

Flavio Marchetti’s directorial debut ANIMALS AND OTHER PEOPLE wins the 3sat Dokumentarfilmpreis (€ 6,000) for the best German speaking documentary at the 41^st Filmwoche DUISBURG.