«I wanted to take the opportunity to make a genre film that could incorporate local authenticity.» Andreas Prochaska on his new film THE DARK VALLEY hosted by the 64^th Berlinale for its world Premiere.

Andreas Prochaska's powerful literary adaptation of the eponymous novel by Thomas Willmann was selected the Austrian submission for the 2014 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. THE DARK VALLEY, which debuted earlier this year at the 64th Berlin Film Festival, stars Sam Riley as a grim and lonesome rider who gradually gains acceptance in  a remote Alpine village... because he is intent on settling an old score.