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682 articles available in total starting from 14/06/2002. Last article published on 14/08/2025.

NENT Group’s streaming service Viaplay set to expand into five new markets by 2023

NENT Group’s streaming service Viaplay set to expand into five new markets by 2023

The Nordic platform is due to launch in the UK, Canada, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, aiming to reach 12 million subscribers by the end of 2025  

22/09/2021 | Distribution | Releases | Exhibitors | Sweden

Mathias Seebacher  • Director of Home Is Where The Scars Are From

Interview: Mathias Seebacher • Director of Home Is Where The Scars Are From

“As I started to develop the characters and their internal lives, began to gain interest in who lives in these buildings and why”

The Austrian director blends the personal and the political in his film, which he discusses as he prepares for its international premiere as part of EFP’s Future Frames at Karlovy Vary  

24/08/2021 | Future Frames 2021

Peter Brunner • Director of Luzifer

Interview: Peter Brunner • Director of Luzifer

“I wanted to show that there is a difference between spirituality, which raises questions, and religion, which, apparently, gives answers”

In his new film, the Austrian director seeks a dialogue with the devil himself  

13/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Review: Luzifer

Review: Luzifer

Based upon a true story, Austrian director Peter Brunner’s new feature film immerses itself in a world where mysticism and redemption are inextricably linked  

13/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

ViacomCBS joins forces with Sky to launch Paramount+ in Europe

ViacomCBS joins forces with Sky to launch Paramount+ in Europe

The premium streaming service will be available in the UK, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Austria in 2022  

10/08/2021 | Distribution | Releases | Exhibitors | UK/Ireland/Italy/Germany/Switzerland/Austria

Review: Monte Verità

Review: Monte Verità

Stefan Jäger’s latest long-awaited film, shot in Ticino in 2020 with the support of the Ticino Film Commission, takes a bow on Locarno’s Piazza Grande  

10/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Piazza Grande

Review: Hinterland

Review: Hinterland

Awarded an Oscar for The Counterfeiters, Austrian director Stefan Ruzowitzky presents his latest film in a world premiere on Locarno’s Piazza Grande  

09/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Piazza Grande

Stefan Ruzowitzky • Director of Hinterland

Interview: Stefan Ruzowitzky • Director of Hinterland

“My protagonist feels the world is twisted and distorted; German Expressionists wanted to communicate the same thing”

Selected for the Piazza Grande section of Locarno, the Austrian helmer’s new film shows the landscape after World War I  

06/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Piazza Grande

Stefan Jäger • Director of Monte Verità

Interview: Stefan Jäger • Director of Monte Verità

“It’s funny that we in Switzerland created the first hippie commune”

The Swiss director invites everyone to revisit “The Mountain of Truth”, a utopian colony that welcomed all of the unconventional thinkers  

05/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Piazza Grande

Karey Kirkpatrick to direct World War II drama Faraway Home

Karey Kirkpatrick to direct World War II drama Faraway Home

The film will follow two young Jewish children sent by their parents away from Nazi-occupied Austria  

02/08/2021 | Production | Funding | Ireland/Austria

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