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

Hans König  • Distributor, Polyfilm

Interview: Hans König • Distributor, Polyfilm

“Arthouse cinemas in Austria are mainly funded by the federal states and the cities”

We spoke to Hans König, Head of Distribution at Polyfilm, who shared with us some of the main traits of the Austrian market for independent film distribution  

29/09/2020 | /Austria

Michael Stejskal • Distributor, FilmLaden

Interview: Michael Stejskal • Distributor, FilmLaden

“We need better ways to find funding mechanisms which are a real help”

We spoke to the managing director of Austrian distribution company FilmLaden, Michael Stejskal, about the complexities of the country’s market  

17/09/2020 | /Austria

Review: Love It Was Not

Review: Love It Was Not

Israeli filmmaker Maya Sarfaty's feature-length documentary tells the incredible story of the romance between a Jewish prisoner and an SS officer in Auschwitz  

07/09/2020 | Docaviv 2020

Review: Quo Vadis, Aida?

Review: Quo Vadis, Aida?

VENICE 2020: There is no time to catch one’s breath in Jasmila Žbanić’s powerful film, closing in on a teacher-turned-translator for the UN in Srebrenica trying to find her way  

03/09/2020 | Venice 2020 | Competition

Review: Lovecut

Review: Lovecut

Iliana Estanyol and Johanna Lietha have created a masterful and truthful analysis of teenage lives and relationships today, and how they are influenced by the internet  

25/08/2020 | Atlàntida Film Fest 2020

Juri Rechinsky  • Director of Utopia

Interview: Juri Rechinsky • Director of Utopia

“What I am trying to do is set up a massive experiment”

Ukrainian filmmaker Juri Rechinsky tells Cineuropa more about Utopia, his cinematic experiment in the making, which comes in the wake of Sickfuckpeople and Ugly  

17/07/2020 | Karlovy Vary 2020 | KVIFF Eastern Promises

The Trouble With Being Born and Johanna Dohnal – Visionary of Feminism triumph at the Diagonale

The Trouble With Being Born and Johanna Dohnal – Visionary of Feminism triumph at the Diagonale

Sandra Wollner’s film has won the Grand Diagonale Prize for Best Feature Film, while Sabine Derflinger’s movie received the equivalent for best documentary  

02/07/2020 | Festivals | Awards | Austria

Rosa Friedrich • Director of Potted Palm Trees

Interview: Rosa Friedrich • Director of Potted Palm Trees

“A fairy tale may tell a lot of truth despite - or maybe even because of - its use of exaggerations”

With her film Potted Palm Trees selected for the 2020 edition of EFP Future Frames, we talked to Rosa Friedrich to discover more about it  

01/07/2020 | Future Frames 2020

The Austrian government rescues the country’s audiovisual industry with a special €25 million fund

The Austrian government rescues the country’s audiovisual industry with a special €25 million fund

The provision will be able to cover financial losses incurred by both local and international film productions during the COVID-19 crisis  

26/06/2020 | Industry | Market | Austria

EXCLUSIVE: Poster for Why Not You, set to visit Cannes’ Online Marché du Film

EXCLUSIVE: Poster for Why Not You, set to visit Cannes’ Online Marché du Film

The first work by Austria’s Evi Romen, described by the director as "modern Alpine Neorealism”, will feature in True Colours’ line-up at the virtual market  

18/06/2020 | Cannes 2020 | Marché du Film

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