Fiction, 100min
2024/25
World premiere at IFFR Rotterdam in 2025.
Writer & Director
Alexandra Makarová
Production
Golden Girls Filmproduktion (AUT)
Hailstone (SK)
Cast
Rebeka Poláková, Simon Schwarz, Carmen Diego, Noël Czuczor
Fiction, 30min
2020
Writer & Director
Stefan Langthaler
Production
Victoria Herbig, Sebastian Schmidl
Cast
Kristóf Gellén, Günther Tolar, Birgit Stimmer
Awards & Festivals
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France
(Nomination “Best International Film”)
Sulmona International Film Festival, Italy
(Winner “Best Cinematography”)
Balneário Camboriú International Film Festival, Brazil
(Winner “Best Cinematography”)
Shots International Film Festival, Slovenia
(Winner “Best Cinematography”)
Camerimage International Film Festival of Cinematography, Poland
(Short Film Panorama)
Palm Springs International Short Film Festival, USA
(Nomination “Best LGBTQ Short”)
Huesca International Film Festival, Spain
(Nomination "Best Film")
Amor Festival Internacional de Cine LGBTQ, Chile
(Winner “Best International Short Film”)
Rhode Island International Film Festival, USA
(Winner “Alternative Spirit Award”)
Grand Off World Independent Film Awards, Poland
(Winner “Best Directing”)
Milano International Film Festival, Italy
(Winner “Best Short Film”)
Film Festival Max Ophüls Preis, Germany
(Nomination "Best Medium Length Film")
OUTshine Film Festival, USA
(Winner “Jury Prize”)
Diagonale Film Festival, Austria
(Winner “Thomas Pluch Preis” - Best Screenplay)
Kitzbühel International Film Festival, Austria
(Winner “Best Austrian Short Film”)
Pittsburgh Shorts, USA
(Winner “Jury Award”)
Merlinka Film Festival, Serbia
(Winner “Best Short Film”)
TLVFest Tel Aviv, Israel
(Winner “Honorable Mention”)
Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, USA
(Winner “Jury Award”)
Florence Queer Festival, Italy
(Nomination “Best Short Film”)
THESS International Short Film Festival, Greece
(Nomination “Best Short Film”)
Rochester ImageOut International Film Festival, USA
(Nomination “Best Short Film”)
Out On Film International Film Festival Atlanta, USA
(Nomination “Best Short Film”)
Website
English title “Crush My Heart”
Fiction, 99min
2018
Director
Alexandra Makarová
Writers
Alexandra Makarová,
Sebastian Schmidl
Production
Alternative Productions/Konstantin Seitz,
Simon Schwarz
Synopsis
Two Romany teenagers fall in love after being sent away from their poor village in Eastern Slovakia to beg on the streets of wealthy Vienna. For the first time they get a glimpse of happiness, but it doesn't last long.
Cast
Roman Pokuta, Simona Kovácová, Frantisek Balog, Simonida Selimovic, Wolfgang S. Zechmayer, Eva Spreitzhofer, Maximilian Six
Awards & Festivals
Art Film Fest Kosice, Slovakia
(Nomination "Best Feature Film")
Seefest Los Angeles, USA
(Winner “Bridging The Borders Award, Nomination “Best Cinematography” )
Romy Awards, Austria
(Winner “Best Production”)
Fünf Seen Filmfestival, Germany
(Nomination "Best Feature Film")
Bolzano Film Festival, Italy
(Nomination "Best Feature Film")
Biberacher Filmfestspiele, Germany
(Winner "Best Screenplay")
Indie-Lincs International Filmfestival, UK
(Winner “Audience Award”)
Mind The Indie Film Festival, Bulgaria
(Nomination "Best Feature Film")
Diagonale - Austrian Film Festival
(Nomination "Best Feature Film")
Felacos Film Festival, Santiago de Chile
(Nomination “Best Feature Film”)
International Film Weekend Würzburg, Germany
(Nomination “Best Feature Film”)
Website
English title “Boom and Bloom”
Fiction, 24min
2022
Writer & Director
Stefan Langthaler
Production
Stefan Langthaler, The First Cut Is The Deepest
Cast
Simon Schwarz, Nils Hohenhövel
Synopsis
In the Austrian Alps, father and son set out on a hike to finally climb to the top of their emotional world.
Awards & Festivals
Frameline Film Festival, San Francisco
(Nomination “Best Short Film”)
Norwegian Short Film Festival
(Nomination “Best Film”)
OUTshine Filmfestival
(Nomination “Best Short Film”)
Wicked Queer, Boston
(Nomination “Best Film”)
Mardi Gras Filmfestival
(Nomination “Best Short Film”)
Mardi Gras Filmfestival
(Nomination “Best Short Film”)
Huasca International Film Festival, Spain
(Nomination “Best Short Film”)
English title "Darling"
Fiction, 42min
2015
Writer & Director
Sebastian Schmidl
Production
Geretschläger-Makarová-Schmidl-Weiss & Soleil Film
Synopsis
After a long-term relationship, Tamara separates from her life partner, Hans. Her decision to leave threatens the very existence of the people around her. Hans won't be able to keep the house and her beloved father-in-law will have to move to a retirement home. Isolated from the outside world, they spend a last weekend together and uncompromisingly clash with each other once again.
Cast
Andreas Kiendl, Anna Rot, Hannes Thanheiser, Andreas Patton, Melanie Mezzina
Awards & Festivals
First Steps Award, Germany
(Nomination "Best Medium-Length Film")
Filmz Festival Mainz, Germany
(Winner "Best Medium-Length Film")
Kyoto Intenational Film Festival, Japan
(Winner Grand Prix & Audience Award)
La Cabina International Film Festival Valencia, Spain
(Winner "Best Screenplay"")
North Carolina Film Festival, USA
(Winner "Director´s Award")
Max Ophüls Film Festival, Germany
(Nomination "Best Medium-Length Film")
Diagonale - Austrian Film Festival
(Nomination "Best Short Film")
Philadelphia Independent Film Festival, USA
(Nomination "Best Film")
Luciana Film Festival, Italy
(Nomination "Best Film")
Sehsüchte Intenational Film Festival, Germany
(Nomination "Best Film")
Best Fiction Film Festival Los Angeles, USA
(Nomination "Best Medium-Lenght Film)
Zsigmond Vilmos Cinematography Film Festival
(Out of Competition)
Website:
English Title "Sargis - Such Is Life"
Documentary, 75min
2018
Director & Producer
Stefan Langthaler
Co-Cinematography
Martin Winter
Synopsis:
"Sargis" tells the story of Sargis Martirosyan, Austria's most successful weightlifter, who for years had to watch other athletes on TV win the medals he could have won. Now, in the twilight of his career, he goes all in to make his dream come true and get Austria's first podium finish in 34 years.
Awards & Festivals
Diagonale - Austrian Film Festival
(Nomination "Best Documentary ")
Crossing Europe Film Festival, Austria
(Nomination "Best Documentary ")
Ciudad Del Este Independent Film Festival, Paraguay
(Nomination "Best Documentary ")
Buzz Cee International Film Festival, Romania
(Nomination "Best Documentary ")
Global Migration Film Festival, Worldwide Locations
(Nomination "Best Documentary ")
Website:
English Title "The Ortolan Chamber"
Fiction, 20min
2016
Writers, Directors & Producers
Anna Mitterer, Marcuse Hafner
Synopsis
‘La Chambre d’Ortolan’ is a film about the ceremonies and customs that constitute the mechanisms of representation and distinction of the elite. It depicts a last meal, designed as such by the old dignitary, in which he is served a small songbird, the ortolan, the eating of which is associated with various myths. The myths surrounding François Mitterrand’s last meal are the starting point for our reflections on the topic of power. We are mainly interested in examining the mechanisms of power and status in relation to their transitory nature and to time itself. The acting is minimalistic, without any dialogue. The claustrophobic situation of the room, THE ORTOLAN CHAMBER, is only dissolved after the ritual hast finished: only then is it possible fort he protagonists to leave.
Cast
Joachim Bißmeier, Michael Schönborn, Aleksandra Cwen, Bastian C. Wilplinger
Awards & Festivals
Cannes Film Festival, France
(Short Film Corner)
North Carolina Film Awards, USA
(Winner "President´s Award")
International Short Film Festival Kolkata, India
(Nomination "Best Film")
Leiden Intenationsl Short Film Experience, Netherlands
(Nomination "Best Film")
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Film Festival, India
(Nomination "Best Short Film")
Kitzbühel Filmfestival, Austria
(Nomination "Best Short Film")
Zsigmond Vilmos Cinematography Film Festival, Hungary
(Out of Competition)
Fiction, 20min
2013
Writer & Director
Alexandra Makarová
Production
Geretschläger-Makarová-Schmidl-Weiss & Soleil Film
Synopsis
Sola is the last survivor in Vienna – the city is hers. Without electricity or running water she lives a dreary routine. She strays around through abandoned homes – always in search of food and possible survivors. Yet there is no lack of necessities, but solitude drives her in an increasingly critical state. The only saving grace in their empty world is music. Every day she goes for one hour in a church to play the organ – even though she never had practice before. One day Sola makes a long-awaited discovery and hope lights for her again.
Cast
Melanie Mezzina, Larissa Sabitzer
Awards & Festivals
Diagonale - Austrian Film Festival
(Winner "Honorable Mention")
Edinburgh Film Festival, Scotland
(Nomination "Best Short Film")
Créteil International Women’s Film Festival, France
(Nomination "Best Short Film")
Versi di Luce Film Festival, Italy
(Nomination "Best Short Film")
Vienna Independent Shorts, Austria
(Nomination "Best Film")
La Pedrera Short Film Festival, Uruguay
(Winner "Best Actress" for Melanie Mezzina)
FIC International Film Festival, Buenos Aires
(Winner "Special Mention")
Filmplus Awards Köln, Germany
(Nomination "Best Editing")
Documentary, 75min
2013
Additional Cinematography
Director & Producer
Ruth Beckermann
Synopsis
Rain on a window pane, a fire truck, a tomcat with innumerable offspring: it is an intentionally unintentional gaze that allows for chance encounters, for stories and memories – leads that Ruth Beckermann follows across Europe and the Mediterranean. Nigerian asylum seekers in Sicily, an Arab musician in Galilee, nationalists drunk on beer in Vienna, the Capitoline Wolf, and three veiled young women trying for minutes to cross a busy road in Alexandria. Threads, cloth and textiles pop up like book marks in a fabric of movement, of travelling or seeking refuge. "Those Who Go Those Who Stay" is a story of being on the move, in the world and one’s own life.
Awards & Festivals
Diagonale - Austrian Film Festival
(Winner "Best Documentary")
Viennale International Filmfestival
(Nomination "Best Documentary")
English title "Another Day"
Fiction, 30min
2012
Director
Alexandra Makarová
Writers
Alexandra Makarová,
Sebastian Schmidl
Production
Geretschläger-Makarová-
Schmidl-Weiss
Synopsis
After the impulsive mother leaves the young patchwork family, the 16 year old daughter Dana and her stepfather Alexander are left alone to deal with the new circumstances. When on holiday in their summer house, they find themselves in an unprecedented situation filled with erotic attraction, mutual care and friendship. Dana and Alexander are confronted with a difficult decision, the outcome of which they might regret in the future.
Cast
Andreas Patton, Melanie Mezzina, Ariane Swoboda, Béla Baptiste, Oswald Fuchs
Awards & Festivals
Cannes Film Festival, France
(Short Film Corner)
Max Ophüls Festivals, Germany
(Nomination "Best Medium-Length Film)
