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    FEMINISM WTF by Katharina Mückstein at CPH:DOX

    World premiere of Kathrina Mückstein’s new documentary selected in Special Premieres at the 20th CPH:DOX festival (March 15 to 26). This colorful view on the intersectional facets of feminism was produced by LaBanda Filmproduktion and NGF Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion.
    Also screening at CPH:DOX: A LITTLE LOVE PACKAGE by Gastón Solnicki, VERA by Tizza Covi & Rainer Frimmel, ZOO LOCK DOWN by Andreas Horvath and MATTER OUT OF PLACE by Nikolaus Geyrhalter.
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    INTERVIEW
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    «For the next hundred years we’d be better off just listening»

    Katharina Mückstein
    Feminism is a young movement, and in that sense it has been fairly effective. But despite all the achievements and the urgent needs it addresses, the term itself somehow remains unpopular. Filmmaker Katharina Mückstein, who has experienced academic feminism as a formative school of thought, feels there is insufficient scientific expertise in a public debate that has become highly emotional. Her documentary FEMINISM WTF provides impulses for consideration – across a spectrum of shimmering colours – intended to move this urgent debate towards greater objectivity.

    Austrian films at international festivals

    Participations March 2023

    Austrian films on international screens

    Theatrical releases
    October 2016 – February 2023

    Award Winners 2023

    Awards + Nominations
    starting in January 2023

    THE KLEZMER PROJECT wins Berlinale Best First Feature Award

    Leandro Koch and Paloma Schachmann’s feature debut THE KLEZMER PROJECT, a Berlinale Encounters entry, wins the GWFF Best First Feature Award.
    … an unexpected journey weaving real life events and mysticism… stated the jury
     
    The documentary voyage from Argentina to Eastern Europa in quest of a music which is in a constant state of flux was produced by Austrian Nabis Filmgroup

    photo directors: Berlinale

    INTERVIEW

    «On the edge of belonging»

    Leandro Koch, Paloma Schachmann
    She is a musician who has undertaken detailed research into the origin of European Klezmer music; he's a cameraman, which provided him with a good reason to stay in touch with her. In their debut film THE KLEZMER PROJECT, Leandro Koch and Paloma Schachmann have staged themselves in the fictional setting of a possible love story in order to explore a music in a constant state of flux. It’s a documentary voyage from Argentina to rural areas of Eastern Europe – and in the process they tell a story of slow fading, of brutal disappearance and of survival and further life.

    Austrian Films @Berlinale 2023

    Encounters
    THE KLEZMER PROJECT | ADENTRO MÍO ESTOY BAILANDO
    by Leandro Koch & Paloma Schachmann
    World Premiere: Feb 23 | 16.30 | Akademie der Künste

    Panorama
    STAMS by Bernhard Braunstein
    World Premiere: Feb 19 | 13:00 | International

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    INTERVIEW
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    Rigid routines and the pressure to perform.

    Bernhard Braunstein
    Its name has just five letters, the Austrian dream factory in the mountains of Tyrol. Every year, youngsters who are crazy about winter sports apply to the Stams Schigymnasium | Ski Academy to make their talent and technique fit enough to compete with the best in the world. In STAMS Bernhard Braunstein observes young people between the ages of 14 and 18 who are highly motivated in their endeavours to be among the very best, though this involves dedicating themselves to a ruthless performance principle.

    Austrian Films at the
    73rd Berlinale

    Discover a great Austrian presence  at the 73rd Berlinale (February 16 to 26) including
    world premieres
    Encounters
    THE KLEZMER PROJECT by Leandro Koch, Paloma Schachmann
    WP: February 24, 16:30, Akademie der Künste
    Panorama
    STAMS by Bernhard Braunstein
    WP: February 19, 13:00, Kino International

    © photo premiere STAMS: Elsa Okazaki
    © photos premiere THE KLEZMER PROJECT: @filmsboutique
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    «We just always imagine we are smarter in the present than the people before us.»

    Edgar Honetschläger
    Even King Midas reached the limits of greed when it dawned on him that his desire to turn everything to gold by touching it also meant the end of food and affection. In LE FORMICHE DI MIDA the inescapable turning point we have reached in humanity’s dealings with the planet led Edgar Honetschläger on a journey into mythology and the history of ideas to create a multi-layered collage, prompting reflection on how and when things got out of hand between nature and humans.
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    2022 – A record-breaking year in review


    For the first time since 2019 there was a full festival calendar – with no cancellations, no postponements and no substitution strategies.

    Never before has Austrian filmmaking stood out with such diversity and excellence in all the key locations of the global market.

    Vicky Krieps is European Actress 2022


    We’re proud and thrilled to share the awesome news! Vicky Krieps takes this top distinction for her superb interpretation of the Austrian Empress Elisabeth in Marie Kreutzer’s CORSAGE.

    Congrats to Vicky Krieps, to the director of CORSAGE Marie Kreutzer and the whole team of this outstanding production!

    Austrian Focus at the
    14th LES ARCS Film Festival


    The 14th International Film Festival LES ARCS (December 10 to 17) dedicates this year’s focus to Austrian filmmaking with
    • feature and short films from Austria in the Competition and the other festival sections
    • new projects from Austria in the Industry Village
    • with a strong presence of filmmakers from Austria in a compact and targeted European network meeting for production and exploitation
     

    European Film Awards 2022: Nominations for CORSAGE and SONNE


    The EFA nominations confirm the exceptional film year 2022  for Austrian cinema and its women directors: Marie Kreutzer’s Cannes-laureate CORSAGE is in the race for European Film | European Director | European Actress; the Berlinale Best First Feature Film SONNE by Kurdwin Ayub is nominated for European Discovery. Winners will be announced on December 10, 2022.
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    «A little imagination and poetry.»

    Alma Mahler is often reduced to being labelled "the wife of...". At some point, when Gustav Mahler was no longer alive and his widow was in the process of forging plans for the future with the architect Walter Gropius, Oskar Kokoschka appeared on the scene. He would have been only too happy to be united with her in matrimony. That never happened. But what did take place was an explosive affair. Dieter Berner and screenwriter Hilde Berger, in their depiction of ALMA & OSKAR, present the battle between the sexes as it begins to erupt at the turn of the century… along with a musician whose talent has received little attention.

    Double triumph for VERA and EISMAYR in Venice


    Best Directors Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel, Best Actress Vera Gemma – that’s the awesome verdict of the Orrizonti 2022 jury announced for VERA on the closing night of the 79th Venice Film Festival.
    First time director David Wagner took the IWONDERFULL Grand Prize of the Settimana della Critica for his debut EISMAYER.

    SAN SEBASTIÁN reviews

    SPARTA
    It is a film about identity, about guilt and, most obviously, about pain. A very good film
    El Mundo
     
    a precise, intense film
    Blickpunkt Film

    San Sebastián with SPARTA, CORSAGE and MUTZENBACHER

    The San Sebastián IFF is hosting the world premiere of Ulrich Seidl's SPARTA in its Golden Shell competition, the second part of Seidl's brother diptych (together with RIMINI). Also invited – two of our highly performing festival faves 2022 – CORSAGE by Marie Kreutzer and MUTZENBACHER by Ruth Beckermann who will also be holding a masterclass.

    CORSAGE is the Austrian entry for Best International Feature Film

    Marie Kreutzer’s CORSAGE, starring Vicky Krieps, is the Austrian entry to the Oscar race for Best International Feature Film. Vicky Krieps is the winner of the Best Actress Award at Cannes Un Certain Regard and the Heart of Sarajevo for her outstanding performance in the role of Empress Elisabeth.

    VENICE reviews

    VERA
    Vera is an absolute triumph.
    International Cinephile Society

    EISMAYER

    A minimalist masterpiece
    The Playlist

    Locarno 75:
    MATTER OUT OF PLACE
    wins Pardo Verde

    The first Pardo Verde WWF, a newly launched initiative by the Locarno IFF and the WWF for outstanding films tackling environmental issues, went to Nikolaus Geyrhalter’s stunning essay on our growing amounts of garbage.
     
    Ruth Mader’s SERVIAM – I WILL SERVE, also a contender of the Locarno 75 International Competition, took one of the Junior Jury Awards.

    Venice 2022 with
    VERA by Covi & Frimmel and
    EISMAYER by David Wagner

    Reality and fiction merge and collide in both Austrian entries at the 79th Venice Film Festival (August 31 to September 10):
    • VERA by Tizza Covi & Rainer Frimmel is invited to the Orizzonti Competition
    • EISMAYER, directorial debut by David Wagner, is  part of the Settimana della Critca selection
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    «You can't escape cinema in Rome.»

    Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel
    Vera's father Giuliano Gemma is an Italian screen legend. He bestowed upon his daughters a childhood of glitz and glamour – but also the burden of fame. In Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel's new film VERA the protagonist is involved in a minor car accident in a suburb of Rome, and this brings about a collision between two contrasting realities of the city. Good-natured, generous and unworldly, Vera navigates these two worlds full of ambushes and traps… and despite all her doubts, she remains unwaveringly at one with herself.
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    «Digging for truthfulness»

    David Wagner
    None of his colleagues in the Austrian Army could have even dreamt that Eismayer was concealing a double life behind his brutal rigour. The young soldiers under his command had nothing to laugh about. But when the recruit Mario Falak embarks upon his military service, Charles Eismayer's life – consisting of the military, an apparently ideal family and hidden homosexuality – begins to come apart. In his feature film debut EISMAYER David Wagner slowly lets the true and unusual love story take its course within the brittle structures of an army barracks.

    Ulrich Seidl’s SPARTA in competition for Golden Shell

    The 70th San Sebastián IFF (September 16 to 24) has unveiled its competiton line-up including Ulrich Seidl’s SPARTA in the Golden Shell competition. SPARTA, with Austrian actor Georg Friedrich in the lead, completes Ulrich Seidl’s brother diptych; its first part RIMINI was a Golden Bear contender earlier this year.
     

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