Inspiriert von einer außergewöhnlichen Lehrerpersönlichkeit in einem Wiener Jugendgefängnis, hat Arman T. Riahi das Buch für seinen neuen Spielfilm FUCHS IM BAU geschrieben, der das Bewusstsein über Haft-und Arbeitsbedingungen im österreichischen Jugendstrafvollzug schärfen wird. Die Dreharbeiten sind im September 2019 abgeschlossen. Ein Gespräch mit den ProduzentInnen der Golden Girls Filmproduktion Arash T. Riahi und Karin C. Berger.

Inspired by an extraordinary teacher in a Vienna prison, in FOX IN A HOLE Arman T. Riahi tells the story of young people who have come into conflict with the law, a system that locks them up in order to rehabilitate them, and people who want to keep the teenager’s future open for them.

Arman T. Riahi, the director and screenwriter of FOX IN A HOLE has been honored with this year's DACHS Screenplay Award of the Five Lakes Film Festival. The prize, endowed with 3,000 euros, is awarded each year to the author of a current feature film from Germany, Austria, Switzerland or South Tyrol (DACHS). This screenplay is: dense, touching, strong, demanding, quirky, but also arouses curiosity, stated the jury.

Arman T. Riahi's vibrant drama set in a juvenile detention center won the Golden Beaver for Best Film and the Special Prize for Best Film Music at the Biberach IFF. On top of that, the German Günter Rohrbach-Foundation honored leading actress Maria Hofstätter as Best Actress and FOX IN A HOLE- director Arman T. Riahii with the Saarland Medien GmbH Award.

The Youth Jury of the 17^th Augenblick Festival in Strasbourg picked Arman T. Riahi's drama set in a juvenile detention center as its favourite. With this Young Audience Award FOX IN A HOLE resumes its successful festival itinerary more than one year after its world premiere.