“Darling” is the story of a couple facing the ruins of what used to be a happy relationship. Tamara is intending on finally breaking up with Hans. Spending a last weekend together they clash with each other once again; letting them clearly know why their relationship failed. But at the same time they have to realize that going separate ways is harder than they had ever thought…

AT, 2015, 40 MIN

Credits

writer & directorSebastian Schmidl
CastAndreas Kiendl, Anna Rot, Johannes Thanheiser, Andreas Patton, Melanie Mezzina
DoPGeorg Weiss
EditingLisa Geretschläger
Production ManagerAlexandra Makarová
Set ManagerTina Tiefnig
ProducersAlexandra Makarová, Georg Weiss, Sebastian Schmidl, Lisa Geretschläger
Co-ProducersJürgen Karasek, Filip Antoni Malinowski

Awards / Festivals

nominationFirst Steps Award – Best Medium-Length Film
Grand Prix Best Film & Audience AwardKyoto International Student Filmfestival
Best Film PrizeFilmz – Festival of German Cinema – Mainz
Prize for Best Script La Cabina Festival Internacional de Mediometrajes – Valencia

Diagonale – Austrian Premiere
Max Ophüls Filmfestival – International Premiere
Sehsüchte Filmfestival Berlin
Philadelphia Independent Filmfestival
Lucania Filmfestival Matera

Funding

Austrian Ministry of Culture and Arts, City of Vienna Culture, Land Lower Austria Culture