Spotlight on Austrian Films & Industry (November 18 to 21, 2025)
FILMS
International Competition | World Premiere
THE STORIES directed by Abu Bakr Shawky
produced by Film AG with EG, FR, BE, SE
Environmental Film Program
MELT directed by Nikolaus Geyrhalter
produced by NGF Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion
World sales: Autlook Filmsales
Best of Festivals
MOTHER’S BABY directed by Johanna Moder
produced by FreibeuterFilm
World sales: The Match Factory
THE SOUFFLEUR directed by Gastón Solnicki
produced by Little Magnet Films, KGP Filmproduktion
World sales: Magnolia
WHITE SNAIL directed by Elsa Kremser & Levin Peter
produced by Panama Film
World sales: Intramovies
Best of Docs
THE LAST AMBASSADOR directed by Natalie Halla
produced by Golden Girls Filmproduktion
Short New Talents Competition
DEAD AIR directed by Andrej Haring
produced at Filmakademie Wien
Guest of honor
JESSICA HAUSNER
hosts a masterclass and accompanies the film focus including LOVELY RITA, HOTEL, LOURDES and CLUB ZERO
MARKUS BINDER hosts a masterclass in composition
INDUSTRY
Coproduction Market
HEART BEATS directed by Johanna Lietha, produced by Berg Hammer Film
Austrian Delegation
· Karin Berghammer | berg hammer film
· Johanna Lietha | director HEART BEATS
· Katharina Posch | NGF | production MELT + coproduction HEART BEATS
· Salma Abdallah | Austrian Film Institute
· Jakob Widmann | Austrian Film Institute
· Alicia Viertmann | Creative Europe Desk Austria
· Julia Short | Script Pool
· Maria-Christine Rieder | International Screen Institute
· Andrea Pisu | International Screen Institute
