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    QUO VADIS, AÏDA? by Jasmila Žbanić at Venice and Toronto

    Jasmila Žbanić’ new film sets off for two major destinations: After competing for the Golden Lion at the 77th Venice Film Festival (September 2 to 12),  QUO VADIS, AÏDA?, coproduced by Austrian coop99 filmproduktion, will cross the Atlantic heading to its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (September 10 to 19). QUO VADIS, AÏDA? is part of the Contemporary World Cinema selection alonside five other films.

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    Austrian films at international festivals

    Participations January - mid September 2020

    Austrian films on international screens

    Theatrical releases
    October 2016 – August 2020

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    Festivals online, postponed or cancelled? We're keeping you posted

    THE TROUBLE WITH BEING BORN wins First Step Award

    Sandra Wollner’s directorial debut, produced by Panama Film wins the FIRST STEP AWARD for Best Feature Length Film. “The director has succeeded in creating a very unique, unsettling, but also sensitive film, which inevitably confronts us with the great questions of human existence”, stated the jury.

    Special Mention to PLEASE HOLD THE LINE at the Astra FF

    Pavel Cuzuioc’s journey through four Eastern European countries reflecting on the human need for connection received a Special Mention in the competition for Best Film at the Astra film festival. The jury statement on PLEASE HOLD THE LINE, “This anthropological journey through a region presents a diverse snapshot of current society – one where like-minded habits and interests juxtapose with the devaluation of human communication.”

    SAFETY123 wins Silver Gentian

    DOK Leipzig winner SAFETY123, the feature debut by Julia Gutweniger und Florian Kofler
    was awarded the Silver Gentian for the best artistical contribution at the TRENTO Film Festival. The prize comes with a cheque for € 1,500.

    LOCARNO 2020 with contributions linked to the future and past of the festival

    The 73rd Locarno FF (August 5 to 15), designed to “gather films and viewers in the great digital Piazza and in local theaters” has included two Austrian contributions to its 2020 hybrid festival program: Mo Harawe’s short LIFE ON THE HORN as a contender in the international Pardi di domani competition, Michael Haneke’s THE SEVENTH CONTINENT as a landmark in the Journey through the Festival’s History selection.

    OSKAR & LILLI awarded at the Taormina Film Festival

    Arash T. Riahi's moving and tender story about two young refugees trying to cope with their harsh reality, has won the Premio Ciak Scuola awarded by the students' jury of the Taormina Film Festival. In total, this makes the fourth award at the fourth festival presence since the world premiere of OSKAR & LILLI at the MOP Saarbrücken.

    International Migration FF awards OSKAR & LILLI actors with Special Jury Award

    Leopold Pallua und Rosa Zant, the two first-time actors in Arash T. Riahi’s OSKAR & LILLI playing two young refugees searching to reconnect with their mother win the SPECIAL JURY AWARD of the International Migration Film Festival in ANKARA  “Their poignantly moving performances are the highlight of the film”, stated the jury presided by Nuri Bilge Ceylan.

    Virtually, we are at Cannes:
    Marché du Film Online
    June 22 to 26

    The film world is meeting at Cannes again: From June 22 to 26, the Marché du Film Online is giving access to film professionals around the world. AFC – Austrian Films has opened its online booth, presenting new projects from Austria in search of world sales agents, distributors and festival curators.

    Visit our digital booth!

    Sudabeh Mortezai’s MACONDO is the ARTEKINO film of the month

    MACONDO, Sudabeh Mortezai’s first fiction film, is the ARTEKINO choice of this month.The 2014 Golden Bear nominee can be streamed for free throughout the whole month of July.

    PLEASE HOLD THE LINE premieres at Sheffield Doc/Fest

    PLEASE HOLD THE LINE by Pavel Cuzuioc celebrates its world premiere at the online edition of the SHEFFIELD DOC/FEST June 10 – July 10. Pavel Cuzuioc’s second feature documentary is an audiovisual allegory on communication reflecting that despite our countless tools for communication we still inhabit a modern day Tower of Babel.

    WEIYENA – THE LONG MARCH HOME wins Viktor DOK.deutsch Award

    "Moving, heart-rending, terrifying, but – in the final analysis – life-affirming", stated the jury of the Viktor DOK.deutsch Award of the DOK.fest Munich about Weina Zhao’s and Judith Benedikt’s feature debut WEIYENA – THE LONG MARCH HOME. The award comes with a prize money of € 5,000.

    DOK.fest MUNICH with two new films from Austria

    After CPH:DOX and Visions du Réel also DOKfest Munich is gathering its audience online:  The DOK.fest Munich @home edition 2020 includes the world premieres of WEIYANA – THE LONG MARCH HOME by Weina Zhao and Judith Benedikt and WIRED FOR MUSIC – INSIDE THE WIENER SYMPHONIKER by Iva Svarcová and Malte Ludin. The TV documentary VIRGINIA by Sascha Köllnreitner premieres as DOK.special Servus TV.

    DAVOS by Daniel Hoesl at Visions du Réel Nyon

    In reaction to the current restrictions related to the coronavirus, the Swiss documentary festival is following the example of  CPH:DOX  and will be hosting artists, films, audience and professionals online. Austrian filmmaker Daniel Hoesl “returns” to Switzerland with his essay DAVOS, a portrait of the famous resort which is renowned for its annual get-together of the rich and the powerful but proves to be quite different from what one might expect.

    BORN IN EVIN wins LOLA 2020 for Best Documentary

    The German-Austrian co-production BORN IN EVIN, co-produced by Golden Girls Film has won the LOLA 2020 in the Best Documentary category. There was even one more Austrian co-production among the three nominees: HEIMAT IS A SPACE IN TIME by Thomas Heise, co-produced by  Navigator Film.

    Austrians on the CPH program

    F:ACT Award:
    WOOD by Monica Lazurean-Gorgan, Michaela Kirst, Ebba Sinzinger (world premiere)
    Main Competition:
    EPICENTRO by Hubert Sauper (European premiere)
    Science Films:
    ROBOLOVE by Maria Arlamovsky
    SPACE DOGS by Elsa Kremser & Levin Peter

    Blissful Encounters in Berlin

    Special Jury Award from the Berlinale Encounters jury for her Sandra Wollner’s THE TROUBLE WITH BEING BORN.
    Special Mention to BERLINALE DOCUMENTARY AWARD nominee NOTES FROM THE UNDERWORLD by Tizza Covi & Rainer Frimmel
    Teddy Award for Best Documentary to Austrian director Patric Chiha for his French production SI C'ÉTAIT DE L'AMOUR.

    NOTES FROM THE UNDERWORLD «… reconciles the underworld to the world above with the pure pleasure of cinema.»

    NOTES FROM THE UNDERWORLD by Tizza Covi & Rainer Frimmel – one of the 21 nominees for Best Berlinale Documentary –  was awarded a Special Mention in this first-rate documentary contest. We’ve got the wonderful statement of the jury: This film is a beautifully shot portrait of characters with intense and at times, hilarious stories of old bad boys. The burst into colors and songs reconciles the underworld to the world above with the pure pleasure of cinema.

    The Hollywood Reporter on THE TROUBLE WITH BEING BORN: A Berlin Hidden Gem

    “Sandra Wollner's drama about a 10-year-old android and her "Daddy" could prove to be one of the festival's most divisive”, wrote Alex Writman of The Hollywood Reporter. Find more reviews on Sandra Wollner’s second feature film, presented at the newly created Berlinale competitive section Encounters.

    Austrian world premieres at the 70th Berlinale

    We’re proud to present two Berlinale Documentary Award nominees and a second feature film in Encounters.
    Our world premieres:
    Sun 23 | Panorama: NOTES FROM THE UNDERWORLD by Tizza Covi & Rainer Frimmel
    Tue 25 | Encounters: THE TROUBLE WITH BEING BORN by Sandra Wollner
    Tue 25 | Panorama: RUNNING ON EMPTY by Lisa Weber

    NOTES FROM THE UNDERWORLD and RUNNING ON EMPTY nominated for Berlinale Documentary Award

    Both Berlinale documentary entries made in Austria – NOTES FROM THE UNDERWORLD by Tizza Covi & Rainer Frimmel and RUNNING ON EMPTY by Lisa Weber – are among the 21 documentaries selected across all sections for the prestigious Berlinale distinction. The two Austrian PANORAMA contributions will be vying for the € 40,000 prize money along with new works from Rithy Panh or Jia Zhang-Ke.

    The Hollywood Reporter on EPICENTRO: «As aromatic as a cohiba cigar.»

    «(…) a film that weaves together vérité footage with voiceover philosophizing from Sauper himself and clips from an assortment of archive footage. In another filmmaker's hands, this might have become a message-heavy morass, but Sauper and his co-editor, veteran Yves Deschamps work the material with a remarkable fluidity and gracefulness that's consistently engaging and surprising», wrote Leslie Felperin on EPICENTRO, Hubert Sauper’s tender portrait of Cuba and winner of the Sundance World Cinema Documentary Prize.

    Sundance celebrates EPICENTRO

    Hubert Sauper, Austria's most adventurous and unpredictable documentarist and essayist, received the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize for best Documentary at this year's Sundance festival for his film EPICENTRO.

    Three major awards at the 41st Max Ophüls Prize Festival

    Best Director Award to Johanna Moder’s ONCE WERE REBELS, Audience Award to Arash T. Riahi’s WHERE NO ONE KNOWS US and Best Short Film to DAS BESTE ORCHESTER DER WELT by Henning Backhaus.  The Saarbrücken juries have pointed out three productions from Austria and Maresi Riegner as Best Young Actress Award.

    Berlinale Encounters with THE TROUBLE WITH BEING BORN

    Encounters is a newly created competitve Berlinale section devoted to innovative cinematic visions. THE TROUBLE WITH BEING BORN by young director Sandra Wallner – the story of a machine and the ghosts we all carry within us – is part of the very first selection presented at this year’s 70th Berlinale (February 20 to March 1, 2020).

    BERLINALE Panorama invites new works from Tizza Covi & Rainer Frimmel and Lisa Weber

    The Berlinale Panorama unveils its first contributors – two of the works from Austria: Tizza Covi & Rainer Frimmel present their insightful and moving NOTES FROM THE UNDERWORLD, Lisa Weber’s daring, long time observation on teenage inertia in RUNNING ON EMPTY.

    Sundance 2020:  a direct hit into the epicenter

    EPICENTRO, the new documentary by Hubert Sauper, has been selected to be part of the World Cinema Documentary Competition by the 2020 Sundance Festival (January 23 to February 2). ONCE UPON A TIME IN VENEZUELA by Anabel Rodríguez Ríos, produced by Austrian producer Sepp R. Brudermann as a co-production between Venezuela, the UK, Brazil and Austria, is also among the 12 entries of the  Sundance documentary contest.

    World premiere of WHERE NO ONE KNOWS US at MOP Saarbrücken

    Austrian filmmaker and producer Arash T. Riahi presents his new fiction film at the Max Ophüls Prize Fiction Film Competition. OSKAR & LILLI is a bittersweet odyssey revolving around two Chechen refugee children who try to make the best of their situation, despite imminent deportation. Johanna Moder's ONCE WERE REBELS is also competing in the Fiction Film section; Anna Kirst's ARCHE NORA celebrates its world premiere in the Documentary Competition.

    Special Jury Prize to THE REMAINS – AFTER THE ODYSSEY

    The International Human Rights Film Festival in Paris awards THE REMAINS – AFTER THE ODYSSEY by Nathalie Borgers with the Special Jury Prize.

    Special Jury Award to SPACE DOGS

    The FIDOC Documentary Festival at Santiago de Chile honors SPACE DOGS by Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter with a Special Jury Award pointing out that SPACE DOGS ­– is a film “that does not leave indifferent neither by its candor nor by its crudeness”.

    92nd Academy Awards: Sudabeh Mortezai’s JOY disqualified

    Two months after the submission of JOY as Austria’s entry for the International Feature Competition, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences informed the Austrian selection committee that Sudabeh Mortezai’s film is ineligible because its dialogue is predominantly in English. The Austrian committee has protested.

    The New Yorker Magazine selects CHAOS by Sara Fattahi among Best Movies of 2019

    Richard Brody from the New Yorker has picked Cineasti del Presente winner CHAOS by Sara Fattahi among the most noteworthy films 2019. The list comprises 46 films in total and includes for the first time also 11 films that were not released in the US.

    IDFA 2019 with EARTH and MOVEMENTS OF A NEARBY MOUNTAIN

    As the festival year draws to a close, the IDFA showcases two of the most successful Austrian documentaries of the year: EARTH by Nikolaus Geyrhalter (Masters) and MOVEMENTS OF A NEARBY MOUNTAIN by Sebastian Brameshuber (Best of Fests). The German-Austrian co-productions HEIMAT IS A SPACE IN TIME by Thomas Heise (Masters) and BORN IN EVIN by Maryam Zaree’s (Best of Fests) are also on the Amsterdam program.

    Awards to ANGELO and LILLIAN at Ljublijana and Gijon

    ANGELO by Markus Schleinzer wins a Kingfisher Award – Special Mention at the LJUBLJANA International Film Festival, LILLIAN by Andreas Horvath bags the Youth Jury Award for Best Feature Film at the GIJÓN International Film Festival.

    Special Mentions to EARTH and SPACE DOGS

    EARTH by Nikolaus Geyrhalter receives a Special Mention at the L’Alternativa festival in Barcelona, SPACE DOGS by Elsa Kremser & Levin Peter a Special Mention from the jury of the New Waves program for non-fiction films at the Festival de Cine Europeo in Sevilla.

    Nathalie Borgers wins WIFTS Foundation Documentary Award 2019

    THE REMAINS: AFTER THE ODYSSEY by Nathalie Borgers garners the Documentary Award 2019 (Humanitarian) of the Women’s International Film & Television Showcase in Los Angeles. An enlightening film told with a deep understanding and sensitivity of both the complex issues of the crisis and the emotional impact on the relatives left behind, stated the jury. The Award is also in recognition of Nathalie Borgers’ entire body of work as a filmmaker of passion and integrity without restraint or comprise of the subject matter.

    MOVEMENTS OF A NEARBY MOUNTAIN wins 3sat-Doku-
    mentarfilmpreis

    A mountain in motion ... Only a few days after winning the jury's Special Prize of the Vienna Film Award at the Viennale, MOVEMENTS OF A NEARBY MOUNTAIN by Sebastian Brameshuber receives the 3sat-Dokumentarfilmpreis at the 43rd Duisburger Filmwoche.

    LILLIAN: Best Film + FIPRESCI at the Minsk IFF Listapad

    Two more awards for Andreas Horvath's feature debut LILLIAN: The Quinzaine des Réalisateurs entry took the Victor Turov Memorial Award for Best Film and the FIPRESCI Award at the Minsk International Film Festival Listapad.
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    Good-bye, Gustav Deutsch

    We were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Gustav Deutsch who, in SHIRLEY – VISIONS OF REALITY, captivated us with his cinematic encounters with painting. The moving and the stationary image, the damaged as well as the intact and both the professional views and those of amateurs were all subject to the exploratory spirit and regard of this artist and thinker, who imparted the certainty that film is more than film.

    DOK Leipzig awards to ROBOLOVE and SAFETY123

    DOK Leipzig honors thought-provoking visions from Austrian filmmakers:  ROBOLOVE by Maria Arlamovsky receives the Gedanken Aufschluss Prize, awarded by a jury of young prisoners of the Juvenile Penitentiary Regis-Breitlingen. The Austrian-Italian co-production SAFETY123 by Julia Gutweniger and Florian Kofler wins the Golden Dove in the Next Masters Competition.

    Focus on Jessica Hausner at the Lincoln Center

    On December 6, Jessica Hausner’s LITTLE JOE will be released in the US by Magnolia Pictures. A good reason for New York’s Lincoln Center to focus on the complete works of the Viennese ”Miracle Worker“ (as the LC entitles the program), showcasing her five feature films, two shorts and an installation from November 8 to 10, 2019.

    Filmuforia: «ROBOLOVE is a frightening documentary»

    «ROBOLOVE, with its stunning images by Sebastian Arlamovsky, is a frightening documentary: do we really want our future in the hands of these technocratic scientists, who at best will replicate the contradictions of human life today?» Read more of Meredith Taylor's ROBOLOVE review on Filmuforia

    Haifa hands over a Golden Anchor to LILLIAN

    Andreas Horvath’s LILLIAN wins the Golden Anchor Award for Best International Debut Film at the 35th HAIFA Film Festival for ... “An original, daring journey film through the declining U.S. landscape. Using minimal dialogue, the film succeeds in bringing a different, compassionate and cruel point of view of the people and places that the heroine passes through on her journey. An oustanding cinematic achievement by any measure.”

    APA World Excellence Award to Gabriele Kranzelbinder

    Gabriele Kranzelbinder has been honored with the APA World Excellence Award at the Jihlava Documentary Festival. She is the first to receive this award created by the Audiovisual Producers´ Association in the Czech Republic to honor a producer successfully supporting creative documentary filmmaking. KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Productions has (co-)produced documentaries by Hubert Sauper, Sebastian Brameshuber, Elisabeth Scharang and many more.

    WELCOME TO SODOM – Best Environmental Film

    WELCOME TO SODOM keeps on travelling around the globe. Poindimié in New Caledonia recently hosted the unsettling documentary by Florian Weigensamer and Christian Krönes and pointed it out as Best Environmental Film of the festival program.

    THE ROYAL TRAIN and ROBOLOVE at DOK Leipzig

    Not only are they contenders in the Leipzig International Competition: THE ROYAL TRAIN by Johannes Holzhausen and ROBOLOVE by Maria Arlamovsky are two movements into opposite directions, taking us either into the past or towards the future, both of them raising fundamental questions over reality. Also premiering at DOK Leipzig is THE FEVER by Katharina Weingartner.

    Zürich awards ONCE WERE REBELS and LILLIAN

    Only a few days after its world premiere, Johanna Moder’s second feature film ONCE WERE REBELS wins the Zürich Ecumenical Award. Andreas Horvath's LILLIAN, also a contender in the Focus Compettion, returns from Zürich with a special mention.

    Political Award to MOVEMENTS OF A NEARBY MOUNTAIN

    “A film that makes you happy”, wrote the jury of the Political Award about their choice to give the prize to Sebastian Brameshuber’s MOVEMENTS OF A NEARBY MOUNTAIN at the Hamburg Filmfest. The award, sponsored by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, comes with a cheque for € 5,000.

    Jessica Hausner and Sudabeh Mortezai part of the London FF juries

    The BFI LONDON Film Festival listens to two Austrian voices in the juries: Jessica Hausner will preside over the jury of First Feature Competition, giving away the Sutherland Award. Sudabeh Mortezai, winner of the Best Film Award 2018 for Joy, has been invited to join the official competition jury to decide on the most outstanding film of this year’s main competition. 

    Zürich FF 2019 with Johanna Moder's ONCE WERE REBELS

    There’s no escape to normality. Once again, Johanna Moder draws a witty portrait of her own generation, who fail to conciliate a cosmopolitan outlook with narcissistic needs. ONCE WERE REBELS has been selected for the FOCUS Competition, together with LILLIAN and SEA OF SHADOWS, two additional Austrian contenders. Marie Kreutzer (The Ground Beneath My Feet) is part of the FOCUS Competition jury

    Grand Prix to THE GROUND BENEATH MY FEET at Salé Women’s FF

    Marie Kreutzer’s Golden Bear contender THE GROUND BENEATH MY FEET sweeps in two major awards at the Salé Women’s Film Festival, taking home the Grand Prix and the Best Screenplay Award.

    Camden Harrell Award to EARTH

    EARTH keeps revolving successfully around the globe: The 15th Camden International FF honors Nikolaus Geyrhalter’s EARTH with the 2019 Harrell Award for Best Documentary Feature "for capturing a rare and epic sense of scope and scale that demonstrates the magnitude of mankind’s imprint on the earth"

    Best Actress Award to LILLIAN

    Andreas Horvath’s LILLIAN – Patrycja Planik – wins the Seymour Cassel Award für Best Female Performance at the Oldenburg Filmfest.

    Open City Award to MOVEMENTS OF A NEARBY MOUNTAIN

    The London Open City Festival hands its Open City Award 2019 to Sebastian Brameshuber’s Cinéma du Réel-winner MOVEMENTS OF A NEARBY MOUNTAIN. About their choice, the jury said that the winning film exemplifies an assured coming together of form and content to craft an intimate portrait of a character whose daily life illuminates a global conversation about labour, movement and capitalism.

    Toronto 2019: World premiere of NOBADI by Karl Markovics

    An old man and a young refugee – they couldn’t have less in common – meet by pure chance and get inextricably tied together. In his third feature film, his darkest one to date, Karl Markovics explores the fatal connections between identity and existence. NOBADI will make its first appearance on screen at  the 44th TORONTO IFF, celebrating its world premiere in the Contemporary World Cinema section.

    With JOY into the Oscar race

    The Austrian Oscar committee has selected JOY by Sudabeh Mortezai as Austria’s submission to the Oscar-nominations in the International Feature Film category.

    LITTLE JOE and JOY in the race for EFA

    The European Film Academy has announced a list of 46 feature films eligible for European Film Awards 2019, including two outstanding works from Austrian female directors: JOY by Sudabeh Mortezai and LITTLE JOE by Jessica Hausner. Nominations will be unveiled at the Sevilla FF on November 9. The Austrian-German co-production HEIMAT IS A SPACE IN TIME is one of the 12 selected films running for Best European Documentary 2019.

    Two awards to LILLIAN at the Orenburg East & West festival

    Andreas Horvath’s LILLIAN, Directors’ Fortnight entry 2019, garners the Best Director Award as well as the prize from Yar (the festival’s general sponsor) for aesthetic and masterful depiction of human emotions in cinematography.

    Krakow Grand Prix to WELCOME TO SODOM

    One and a half years after its world premiere at CPH:DOX 2018, the gripping documentary by Florian Weigensamer and Christian Krönes keeps travelling around the globe, affecting juries and audiences alike. WELCOME TO SODOM took the Grand Prix 2019 as well as  the Audience Award at the Krakow Green Film Festival.

    Best Green Dox Award to EARTH

    The DOKUFEST at the Kosovar city of Prizren honors Nikolaus Geyrhalter’s EARTH with the BEST GREEN DOX Award. „A strong philosophical statement about human nature“, points out the jury.

    Variety: «An auspicious calling card for Vollrath»

    Patrick Vollrath has delivered on his promise of his Oscar-nominated short Everything Will Be Okay with his first feature-length title "7500" – which premiered at Locarno’s  Piazza Grande: «an undeniably visceral, well-executed debut feature, wrote Allan Hunter of Screen International. REad more of the Locarno reviews

    Locarno 2019: SPACE DOGS in Cineasti del Presente

    In their directorial debut Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter joined up with a pack of stray dogs in Moscow in order to discover the city through their eyes. In remembrance of the famous dog astronaut Laika, they interweave the wild lives of their animal protagonists with impressive archive footage from the space race in the 1960s. Patrick Vollrath's 7500, a German-Austrian co-production, will screen on the Piazza Grande.

    Sheffield International Award to Nikolaus Geyrhalter’s EARTH

    «In a remarkable way, the sheer scale and ambition of this project is matched by its humility towards its subject and subjects“, stated the jury of the newly created International Award intended to honor a new international non-fiction film challenging global perspectives. EARTH by Nikolaus Geyrhalter is the first winner of the Sheffield International Award.»

    Cannes 2019: Best Actress Award to Emily Beecham

    A red flower that makes people feel happy, a palm that makes us even more than happy!
    Emily Beecham who plays the lead character in Jessica Hausner’s LITTLE JOE wins the Best Actress award at the 72nd Cannes festival for her subtle and nuanced interpretation of Alice, a high-talented genetic engineer and loving single-mum of a 12-year-old boy.

    Best Feature Awards to L’ANIMALE and NEVRLAND

    Two Best Feature-Awards to Austrian movies on one weekend: The Mostra FIRE Barcelona has honored L'ANIMALE, by Katharina Mückstein with the FIRE!! Team Award for Best Feature Film. The TEL AVIV International LGBT Festival has picked NEVRLAND by Gregor Schmidinger as Best Narrative Feature.

    KAVIAR at Sydney's Europe! Voices of Women in Film

    Launched by the European Film Promotion in 2016 EUROPE! VOICES OF WOMEN IN FILM showcases ten European films by female directors at Australia’s premier international film festival. KAVIAR by Elena Tikhonova is part of this selection.

    JOY on Netflix

    JOY worldwide: As of May 24, 2019  Sudabeh Mortezai’s acclaimed second feature film JOY is available for the international audience all around the globe on Netflix . The only territories excepted are Austria and South Tyrol.

    Red carpet for a red lily: World premiere of LITTLE JOE in Cannes

    Jessica Hausner, a Cannes invitee since 1999, tops her performance at the Croisette with her first entry to the Palme d’or-competition and her first English-language film LITTLE JOE. Alice, a high-talented genetic engineer, has created a crimson flower of stunning beauty, but also inexplicable powers. A coop99 production with The Bureau (UK) and Essential Films (D) starring Emily Beecham, Ben Wishaw, Kerry Fox.

    Cannes 2019: Quinzaine des réalisateurs with LILLIAN by Andreas Horvath

    The 51st edition of the Cannes parallel section will host the world premiere of Andreas Horvath's LILLIAN, a road movie that goes straigth across the USA into the cold of Alaska.

    Cinema Planeta awards WELCOME TO SODOM

    WELCOME TO SODOM by Florian Weigensamer and Christian Krönes is the winner of the Youth Award at the Cinema Planeta festival in the Mexican city of Cuernavaca.

    FREE LUNCH SOCIETY
    nominated for
    Cinéma Positif Award

    The Festival du Cinéma Positif, taking place during the Cannes festival for the 4th time, has selected FREE LUNCH SOCIETY by Christian Tod among the ten documentaries vying for the Cinéma Positif Award. The 2019 selection focusses on the theme of social justice, prizes will be awarded in three categories: fiction, documentary and first feature film on May 23rd.

    THE BORDER FENCE awarded in Munich and Trento

    Nikolaus Geyrhalter’s clairvoyant essay about borders, portraying residents living close to the Brenner Pass between Austria and Italy has garnered the Jury Prize at the Trento Festival and the VIKTOR DOK.deutsch Award at the DOK.fest München.

    Filmkunstfest Schwerin awards THE GROUND BENEATH MY FEET

    Marie Kreutzer’s Berlinale competition entry is heading on solid grounds. THE GROUND BENEATH MY FEET  garnered two awards at the 29th Filmkunstfest Schwerin: the NDR Regiepreis and the Prize for Best Young Actress to Valerie Pachner.

    Grand Prix Cinéma du réel to MOVEMENTS OF A NEARBY MOUNTAIN

    Sebastian Brameshuber's new essay is the portrait of a man and a place, observing a determined loner as he goes about his work inside and outside time. The Grand Prix of Cinéma du Réel has been unanimously attributed to MOVEMENTS OF A NEARBY MOUNTAIN, "...Thanks to the elegance of his mise en scène and inventive use of the off-screen dimension...

    DEMOCRACY LTD by Robert Schabus at CPH DOX

    Robert Schabus examines the question why populist politicians meet with such strong resonance in European democracies. His new film DEMOCRACY LTD celebrates its world premiere as a contender in the F:ACT Award competition and as opening film of the focus on Europe. Also screening in Copenhagen: THE BORDER FENCE by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, SEA OF SHADOWS by Richard Ladkani.

    Retrospectives RUTH BECKERMANN in Paris, Sarajevo, Bukarest ...

    The Musee d’art et d’histoire du Judaisme in Paris is hosting a Ruth Beckermann Retrospektive from April 4 to 7, opening with the most successful Austrian film at international festivals in 2018 THE WALDHEIM WALTZ.  Just recently, Ruth Beckermann was also the focus of retrospectives at the Sarajevo Winter Festival and the One World Romania festival in Bukarest.

    A GERMAN LIFE on stage in London

    A GERMAN LIFE, Brunhilde Pomsel’s compelling testimony about her youth and time as Joseph Goebbels’ secretary in the core of the Nazi power apparatus has been adapted for the stage by Christopher Hampton. The LONDON Bridge Theatre will be presenting the piece starring MAGGIE SMITH from April 6 to May 11, 2019.

    WELCOME TO SODOM wins Objectif d’or

    The documentary by Florian Weigensamer and Christian Krönes awarded Best documentary with the Objectif d'or at the Millennium Festival in BRUSSELS: "For us the most complete film, that is nearly telling the idealistic story about life and death, survival, about ethic … dramatic circumstances happening in one amazing and extraordinary microcosm."

    Guadalajara: Premio Maguey to Valerie Pachner

    The Guadalajara Festival Internacional de Cine has awarded Valerie Pachner for her mesmerizing performance in THE GROUND BENEATH MY FEET with the Premio Maguey: "Pachner's performance startled and seared like no other in the Premio Maguey this year.", stated the jury.

    Berlinale 2019: The Ecumenical Jury Prize goes to EARTH ...

    ... by Nikolaus Geyrhalter and two more distinctions to German-Austrian co-productions:  BORN IN EVIN by Maryam Zaree wins the Compass Perspective Prize, Thomas Heise’s Forum entry HEIMAT IS A SPACE IN TIME wins the Caligari Prize. Here are the jury statements ...
     

    THE WALDHEIM WALTZ awarded in Atlanta

    The Atlanta Jewish Film Festival awards Ruth Beckermann’s THE WALDHEIM WALTZ with the
    Documentary Jury Prize. The Building Bridges Jury Prize went to Austrian-Czech-Slovak co-production THE INTERPRETER by Martin Šulik.

    Berlinale 2019: DIE KINDER DER TOTEN wins FIPRESCI prize

    Performance artists Kelly Copper & Pavol Liska (The Nature Theater of Oklahoma) impressed the Berlinale film critics who awared the FIPRESCI Prize to their first cinematic work DIE KINDER DER TOTEN, a silent and gruesome march of the undead, inspired by the overwhelming novel of Nobel Prize winner Elfriede Jelinek.

    The Guardian: «Geyrhalter proves again that he is a unique figure in world cinema.»

    „You’ve heard of climate change but this latest documentary-spectacle from Austrian filmmaker Nikolaus Geyrhalter is about landscape change. Read more of the GUARDIAN-review on EARTH by Peter Bradshaw.

    3 nominees for the Glashütte Original-Documentary Award

    The Berlinale has announced the entries for the Glashütte Original-Documentary Award 2019.
    EARTH by Nikolaus Geyrhalter as well as the German-Austrian co-productions BORN IN EVIN by Maryam Zaree and HEIMAT IS A SPACE IN TIME by Thomas Heise are among the 17 contenders for the Berlinale Best Documentary Award. Last year this distinction endowed with € 50, 000 went to Ruth Beckermann’s THE WALDHEIM WALTZ.

    Berlinale 2019: Austrian films in Competition and Forum

    On top of Marie Kreutzer's Golden Bear contender THE GROUND BENEATH MY FEET the Berlinale Forum hosts the world premiere of Nikolaus Geyrhalter's new film EARTH as well as the first feature film of performance artists Kelly Copper and Pavol Liska with their haunting and witty Super-8-approach to Elfriede Jelinek's major novel DIE KINDER DER TOTEN.

    Ludwig Wüst in focus at Arsenal

    One year after the world premiere of Ludwig Wüst’s latest film Departure at the Berlinale Forum 2018, the Berlin based ARSENAL Kino dedicates a retrospective to the film- and theater director LUDWIG WÜST and his intense and idiosyncratic cinematic language from Feb 1 to 3, 2019.

    Berlinale 2019: Marie Kreutzer’s new film in Golden Bear competition

    THE GROUND BENEATH MY FEET, Marie Kreutzer’s fourth feature film about two unequal sisters, starring Valerie Pachner, Pia Hierzegger and Mavie Hörbiger has been unveiled as one of the contenders of the 69th Berlinale competition.

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