We’re very happy that Jürgen Karasek has been elected to the board of the Austrian Film Academy for the next two years. The new board was unanimously elected by its full members during the General Assembly on January 15, 2026. We’re looking forward to see Jürgen contribute his experience and perspective to shaping the future of Austrian film alongside fellow board members and colleagues from across the industry.
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ORF-broadcast of disappearing
Our documentary DISAPPEARING (Audience Award Diagonale 2022) by Andrina Mračnikar will be broadcast on ORF for the first time: on December 16, 2025, the film will air at 12:00 a.m. on ORF2.
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“do magic” receives production support from öfi, ffw and orf
We are very happy that our documentary DO MAGIC by Vera Lacková has received production support from the Austrian Film Institute, the Vienna Film Fund, and the ORF Film-/Fernsehabkommen. In co-production country Slovakia (with our partner kerekesfilm), we have already secured production commitments from the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, HBO Europe, and Eriac. Production will start in 2026.
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Umadum in AUSTRIA from Dec. 13th, 2025 on ORF
Our first season of the ORF series UMADUM IN AUSTRIA by Alice Karasek, which presents customs, dialects, music, and food from various regions of the country, will air starting December 13, 2025, on ORF Kids! The premiere focuses on the bilingual town of Parndorf and the Burgenland Croatian community.
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ORF-series “KLIMAKRACH” enters second season with RTR
Following the release of the first season in early 2024, our series KLIMAKRACH will return for a second season on ORF. The project is now also receiving financial support from RTR. The second season is scheduled to air in spring 2026.
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“Perfect Place” closes financing
We are very happy to announce that we’ve closed financing for our documentary PERFECT PLACE by award-winning Ukrainian director Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk. The co-production with Ukrainian partner Mellivora Production is an in-depth portrait of an actor during wartime and is supported by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Culture, Media and Sport, City of Vienna Culture, Zukunftsfonds of the Republic of Austria, the Ukranian Film Academy & Netflix.
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Together we grow
TOGETHER WE GROW portrays farmers, Chris and Owen, a mixed-race gay couple in
Philadelphia, and their 7-year-old son Bryan, their groundbreaking work, growing culturally
important seeds, preserving their stories and fighting for food justice.
AT, 2026, 90min – in postproduction
Credits
Director & concept Ruth Kaaserer
Camera Isabelle Stachtchenko, Miryam Charles
Sound Tiago McNicoll-Castro-Lopes, Louis Aka-Trudel
editor Joana Scrinzi, Ruben Rocha, Ruth Kaaserer
Producers Jürgen Karasek, Ruth Kaaserer
Co-Production Cicada Films (AT)
Shooting Format Kodak S-16mm analogueFunding
Austrian Ministry of Culture and Arts, ÖFIplus, ORF Film/Fernsehabkommen, City of Vienna Culture, Land Tyrol Culture, Land Salzburg Culture , Heinrich Böll-Stiftung, IPMF Local Filmmakers Fund
A GREEN FILMING PRODUCTION ÖFI+ // GREEN BONUS
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Raid
When disturbing testimonies of police brutality against Roma settlers spread from a nearby village in eastern Slovakia, IGOR — a Roma survivor of a 2013 police raid — steps in to help. He must face not only images of violence that begin to return to his mind, but also the limits of what someone on the margins of society can do, including his effort to get his young nephew MARTIN out of the settlement. Through children’s battle games and the magical dimension of recurring nightmares, the film highlights the importance of collective memory and understanding in a deeply divided society.
AT/SK, 2027, 90min – in postproduction
Credits
director & concept Kristina Leidenfrostova
Camera Marie Zahir
Sound Denisa Uherová
EDITOR Marek Bihun
Dramaturgy Viera Čakanyova
Producers Alice Karasek, Jürgen Karasek (AT), Matej Sotnik (SK)
CO-PRODUCTION Guča Films (SK)pitches/programs
Participation
Jihlava New Visions 2023
Dokfest Munich Marketplace 2024Funding
Austrian Ministry of Culture and Arts, ÖFIplus, Slovak Audiovisual Fund, City of Vienna Culture, Zukunftsfonds of the Republic of Austria, Kult Minor, Land Burgenland Culture, Slovak Cash Rebate
A GREEN FILMING PRODUCTION ÖFI+ // GREEN BONUS
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Perfect Place
Ukrainian actor Ivan Blindar lives on the edge, balancing theater and frontline volunteer work. When his rising stardom coincides with intensified aid projects, he is pushed past his limits – yet he has to carry on… A multi-layered portrait of a driven individual and the longing for normality in wartime.
AT/UKR, 2027, 90 min – in production
Credits
Director & CONCEPT Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk
Camera Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk, Ivan Morarash
Sound Mykhailo Zakutsky
EDITING Gerhard Daurer
Producers Jürgen Karasek, Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk, Alice Karasek
Co-production Mellivora Production (UKR)
Line Producer Mellivora Diana NazarukFunding
Austrian Ministry of Culture and Arts, City of Vienna Culture, Zukunftsfonds of the Republic of Austria, Ukrainian Film Academy & Netflix
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Do Magic
For the sake of her daughter’s future, Roma filmmaker Vera Lacková embarks on a journey to break both a personal and a collective curse. In dialogue with Roma witches and scientists, she and her family co-create a fairytale as a working method to rewrite their story. As a hybrid documentary that blends reality with staged fairytale scenes and first-person reflection, the film confronts systemic racism, examines intergenerational trauma, and searches for pathways to healing within the Roma community.
AT/SK/CZ, 2027, 90 Min – financing
Credits
director & concept Vera Lacková
Camera Denisa Buranová
Sound Klára Jašková
Dramaturgy Bernadette Weigel, Jan Gogola ml.
Producers Jürgen Karasek, Alice Karasek (AT), Vera Lacková, Peter Kerekes, Tereza Tokárová (SK), Tereza Šimiková (CZ)
Co-production Media Voice (SK), Kerekes Film (SK), Caliber Pictures (CZ)pitches/ programs
Participation
Ex-Oriente 2023/24 & East Doc Forum 2024
ProPro 2023
CIRCLE Women Doc Accelerator 2022
EFM Doc Toolbox Programme 2022
American Filmshowcase 2024Funding
Austrian Filminstitute, Vienna Filmfund, Slovak Audiovisualfund, HBO Europe, Kult Minor, Eriac
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The Inner Circle
After the end of World War III, a new legal system has been established. When Elsa, who lives in exile, finds out about the murder of her son, she must return to Vienna to decide on the sentence of the convicted perpetrator and is forced to confront her painful past.
IN DEVELOPEMENT
Credits
WritER & DirECTOR Sebastian Schmidl
DRAMATURGYKlara von VeeghFunding
Film Scholarship from the City of Vienna
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the satin cage
HILDE (75) and her husband OTTO (79) have been happily married for 50 years. But old age has created different circumstances for the two of them. While Hilde feels young and active and still has many expectations of life, Otto suffers from dementia. When Otto’s illness takes a drastic turn one day, Hilde finds herself facing an ever-growing dilemma between her own needs and the necessary care for her husband.
in Development
Credits
WRITER & DIRECTOR Jürgen Karasek
DRAMATURGY Wolfgang WiderhoferFunding
Scriptlab Drehbuchforum
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Red Drops
JULIA (30) works as a conscientious lifeguard at an outdoor swimming pool in Poland. Nevertheless, as a conservative woman, she is searching for her place in society, which she hopes to finally find by marrying her boyfriend MAREK (32). However, when Marek suddenly breaks up with her, her world falls apart. Julia finds the chance for revenge and a new purpose in life in a patriotic militia that Marek is also a member of. There, she quickly rises to a leadership position. In the process, the gap between the group and her fundamental moral values grows ever wider …
AT/DE/PL – financing
Credits
director & writerFilip Antoni Malinowski
Co-author Jürgen KarasekAwards / Festivals
Nomination Best Script Sehsüchte Film Festival 2021
Pitched dokFest München, New Horizons Studio+ Wrocław
Developedat EKRAN+ Andrzej Wajda School WarszawaFunding
Creative Europe, Austrian Ministry of Culture and Arts, ZDF Kleines Fernsehspiel / ARTE, German-Polish Co-Development Fund, Robert Bosch Stiftung, Literarisches Colloquium Berlin, Drehbuchforum Vienna – Scriptlab scolarship
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Umadum in Austria
“Umadum in Austria” is a documentary journey across Austria that shows children how diverse culture can be. Whether customs, dialects, music, or food—with humor and curiosity, we are right in the heart of things instead of just therby.
at, 2025 10 x 10 min
Credits
Director & concept Alice Karasek
INFO
Genre Reportage / Docutainment
TopicsTradition, culture, cuisine, music & dialects – experienced in a playful way
Duration 10 minutes
Episodes 10
Target Groupt Children (6-10 years), families
Release 1st seaston December 2025Production
Co-Production with ORF
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“Raid” in production
Our documentary RAID by Kristina Leidenfrostova is in production. The Austrian-Slovakian co-production (co-partner: Guča Films) about a Roma family in Slovakia suffering from the consequences of police violence is supported by the Austrian Ministry of Culture, Media and Sports, ÖFIplus, City of Vienna Culture, Burgenland Culture, Zukunftsfonds of the Republic of Austria, Slovak Audiovisual Fund, KultMinor, and the Slovak Cash Rebate.
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“DO MAGIC” AT EX-ORIENTE AND EAST-DOC
Our new project DO MAGIC by director Vera Lacková had its third and final session of the Ex-Oriente workshop in Prague, where it was pitched to the international industry as part of the East Doc Forum. The project is being developed with support from ÖFI and Filmfonds Wien on the Austrian side.
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Klimakrach – Season 1
Climate journalist Clara and loudmouth Waldmar run the channel “Klimakrach”. Here they report on topics related to climate protection and sustainability. But the two don’t quite agree. Who is right and who is completely wrong, or are the causes of scientific phenomena ultimately a little more complex? In the end, they combine the facts and find common ground. Fortunately, they can also count on the support of the interactive children’s community. In addition, the graphic information, the smart database, and the fact-based communication with experts help to clear up any misunderstandings and conflicting ideas.
AT, 2024 5 x 15 min
Credits
Director Alice Karasek
DoP Christian Haake, Markus Englisch, Dominik Spritzendorfer
Editing Andreas Brennecke, Anna Heuss, Alina Lichtblau-Wagner
Cast Clara Porak, Nikolaus Habjan, Angelo Konzett, u.v.a.
Composer Viktor Gangl
Set Design Laura WeissINFO
Genre Climate Journalism for Kids
Topics Sustainability, Climate protection, Journalism
Duration 15 Minuten
Episodes 5
Target Group 8- 12 Jahre, Family-Edutainment
Premiere Pilot Diagonale 2023
Release 1st Season ORF-Kids, since 01.01.2024Funding
Co-Production with ORF, Wirtschaftsgentur Wien
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“Together we grow” starts shooting on 16mm
Filming will soon begin on 16mm for our documentary TOGETHER WE GROW by director Ruth Kaaserer about two activist seed farmers in Philadelphia. The project is financially supported by BMWKMS, ÖFIplus, ORF Film-/Fernsehabkommen, Land Tirol Kultur, Stadt Wien Kultur, Land Salzburg Tirol and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
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BUTNSKALA AWARD FOR “DISAPPEARING”
Another award for DISAPPEARING by Andrina Mračnikar in Slovenia! We are delighted to have received the “Butnskala” award from AIPA (Slovenian Audiovisual Rights Management Society). The “Butnskala” award is given to works of particular boldness and originality that have had a significant impact on the Slovenian audiovisual landscape!
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Disappearing
Roughly ninety percent of the inhabitants in southern Carinthia spoke Slovenian prior to 1910. The average percentage today is in the single digits. In her essayistic documentary, Andrina Mračnikar gives a personal shape to a highly political urgency. What happens when a first language is taken from daily life? What must politics do to counter the disappearance of a language whose protection is established in the constitution? (Diagonale, Astrid Peterle)
AT/SI, 2022, 99 MIN
Credits
Concept & Director Andrina Mračnikar
DoP Judith Benedikt
Editor Gerhard Daurer
Sound Julij Zornik, Bertram Knappitsch, William Eduard Franck, Andreas Hamza
Composer Peter Kutin
Production Manager Natalija Hartmann
Producers Jürgen Karasek, Danijel Hočevar (SI)
Co-production Vertigo (SI)Awards / Festivals
Winner Audience Award Diagonale 2022 – nationale Premiere
Winner Vesna for Special Achievments Festival of Slovenian Film Portorož 2022
Winner Štiglič-Award by the Slovene Directors Guild
Winner Butnskala Award AIPAKino Otok Izola 2022 – national Premiere Slovenia
FilmFestival Cottbus 2022 – international Premiere
Festival des neuen Heimatfilms Freistadt 2022
Filmfestival Radstadt 2022
Dokudoc Maribor 2022
K3 Filmfestival Villach 2022
Austrian Film Week Israel 2023
Balkan Film Week Leipzig 2023
Biennale Bavaria Internat. 2023
Screenings in: San Pietro al Natisone & Triest in coopearation with KinoateljeFunding
Production funded by Austrian Ministry for Culture and Arts, ORF Film-/Fernsehabkommen, CarinthiJA2020 (Country of Carinthia), Filmstandort Österreich, Zukunftsfonds of the Republic of Austria, Slovene Film Center, Viba Film Studios, RTV Slovenija
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“RED DROPS” NOMINATION
The screenplay by Filip Antoni Malinowski in collaboration with Jürgen Karasek was nominated as one of five screenplays for the competition “Best Screenplay” at the Sehsüchte Film Festival 2021.
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Das Künstlerhaus – Uproar I Upheval
Almost 150-year-old “Künstlerhaus” – home-building of Austria’s oldest artist’s association needs to be renovated. The documentary DAS KÜNSTLERHAUS – UPROAR / UPHEAVAL shows the challenges of more than three years of construction work. The phase of upheaval also demands from the association to embark on a search for a new identity, with the hope of financial and content-related restructuring. But board members, supporters and critical members repeatedly clash with each other over their different opinions on the general renovation. Will the new “Künstlerhaus” be able to make the most of the restart and assert itself as a cultural institution in Vienna?
AT, 2020, 45 MIN
Credits
Concept & Director Tristan Zahornicky, Alice Karasek
Idea Tristan Zahornicky
Producers Jürgen Karasek, Alice Karasek
DoP Philipp Windsor-Topolsky
Sound Markus OrtnerFunding / info
Cooperation with Tamuna Film
Co-Production with ORF
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The Camping Trip
14-year-old MAX goes with his father WOLFGANG (45) and his friends on a camping trip in the woods. The two haven´t seen each other since the separation of the parents a few months ago and experience a weekend of rapprochement with beer, men´s talk and masculinity rites. Soon, however, the actual idyll of the trip becomes more and more frightening and the renewed bond between Max and Wolfgang is put to the test.
AT, 2018, 39 MIN
Credits
Cast Enzo Gaier, David Oberkogler, Max Meyr, Peter Karolyi, Christian Spatzek, Simone Fuith, Anna Rot
Idea & DirectorJürgen Karasek
Screenplay Timothy Bidwell
script advisor / artistic advisorAndrina Mračnikar
DoP Roman Chalupnik (aac)
Editing Claudia Linzer
Sound Benedikt Palier, Ines Vorreiter
Set Design Marie Wildmann
Producers Jürgen Karasek, Stephan Podest, Filip Antoni Malinowski
Shooting format ARRI AlexaAwards / Festivals
Winner Thomas Pluch-Screenplay-Award for best short or medium-length film, Diagonale 2018
Nomination Nomination for: Grand Off World Independent Short Film Awards, Beste Picture: Roman Chalupnik
Nomination The Big Shorts – the best 10 medium-length-films of 2018 in the german-speaking countriesDiagonale Filmestival, Graz 2018
Hofer Filmtage, Hof (D) 2018
Trujillo Ind. Filmfestival, Trujillo (PER) 2018
FilmZ Festival des deutschen Films, Mainz (D) 2018
Sierra Int. Filmweekend, Santa Cruz de la Sierra (BOL) 2018
Blue Danube Filmfestival, Wien 2018
Grand Off World Independent Film Awards, Warschau (POL) 2018
Chhatrapati Shivaji Internat. Filmfestival, Pune (IND) 2018
Int. Filmfestival of Sriganganagar, Sriganganagar (IND) 2019
Rapidlon – The South African Filmfestival, Johannisburg (SA) 2019
Austrian Filmfestival, Wien 2019
Swindon Independent Filmfestival, Swindon (GB) 2019
Global India Int. Filmfestival, Pune (IND) 2019
Festival Cinema du Monde Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke (KAN) 2019Funding
Funded by: Stadt Wien Kultur, Kulturamt Stadt Graz
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Guardians of the Earth
After 21 years of continuous failure in UN climate change negotiations 195 nations, 20.000 worldwide negotiators meet at a private airport shielded by the military in the north of Paris for a last attempt to save our planet. Behind closed doors these delegates have to agree on the first global climate change agreement that shall operate for the next decades and be a milestone in multilateral diplomacy. An agreement that will impact each human on earth, born or unborn. A negotiation that will decide if we as a species can survive.
“Guardians of the Earth” shows the battle towards this monumental agreement through the perspective of major players as the head of the UNFCCC, the fossil fuel exporting countries and the most vulnerable states to climate change.
Unreleased footage gives insight into the process behind closed doors and reveals the conflict of a globalized society: the dilemma between solidarity versus national self-interest – a fight between economic growth and massive loss of lives. As sea levels keep rising, glaciers are melting, heat-waves, droughts and Super-Typhoons become more frequent – time is running out to act – climate change is our reality.
While showing the complex progress to the final success of the agreement, the film also exposes the crucial question for the viewer: Can mankind unite to challenge the biggest threat of our times?
AT/DE, 2017, 86 MIN
Credits
Director Filip Antoni Malinowski
Editor Frank Brummundt
Cinematography Jakob Fuhr, Attila Boa, Filip Antoni Malinowski
Sound Helge Ole Haack, Peter Rösner, Sergey Martynyuk mit Musik von Nils Frahm
Producers Jürgen Karasek, Filip Antoni Malinowski
Co-production Perfect Shot Films, Berlin
Trainee & Set Management Stephan Podest
Featuring
Saleemul Huq (Bangladesch), Christiana Figueres (UNFCCC), Helmut Hojesky (Österreich), Laurent Fabius (COP Präsident), Naomi Klein (Kanada), Peter Woolcott (Australien), Yeb Sano (Philippinen), Carole Dieschbourg (Luxemburg), Ronny Jumeau (Seyschellen), Noora al-Alamer (Bahrain), Tony deBrum (Marshallinseln), John Kerry (USA), Al Gore (USA), Arnold Schwarzenegger (Österreich), Donald Trump (USA)Awards / Festivals – Selection
Participant of Zagreb Dox Pitch, Leipzig Co-production Meeting, Baltic Sea Forum for Docs, Marketplace dokfest München
CPH:DOX Kopenhagen, One World Prague, Dokpoint Helsinki, Watch Docs Warschau, Diagonale Graz, DocsMX Mexiko, Movies That Matter The Hague, Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest, This Human World Film Festival Wien, Transitions Film Festival Melbourne, Cinemaambiente Torino, ECOCUP Moskau, EUCFF China, Washington DC Environmental Film Festival, European Climate Diplomacy Week Sydney & Canberra, Stanford University FF, European Film Festival Paliíc, Climate Diplomacy Week Belgrade, New Earth International Film Festival Kraków, Green Fest Belgrade Serbia, New Way FF Madrid, Move It! Dresden, Rokumentti FF Helsinki, China International Film Week, Instidoc Maputo Mozambique, EU Climate Diplomacy Day – Islamabad, Pakistan, Glocal FF Schweden, COP 24 Katowice, Festival Internacional de Cine Ambiental de Cali FINCALI, Colombia, Human Rights Nights Bologna, Italy, Inkafest Peru, CliMates Austria, Eco Film Festival London, Wake Up Europe: Turin, London, Berlin, Brüssel, Paris, Madrid, Göthe Institut, Extinction Rebellion Berlin, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Chile, Another Way FF & MK2: Madrid, Sevilla, Cordoba, Badajoz, Cadiz, Malaga, Toledo, Take One Action (UK), COP26 GlasgowFunding
Austrian Filminstitute, MEDIA Creative Europe, German Federal Filmboard, ORF Film & Fernsehabkommen, Bayerischer Rundfunk BR, FFF Bavaria, DFFF, Misereor Stiftung
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Gwendolyn
Gwendolyn is in her mid-sixties, barely weighs 52 kg and is a three-time world champion in weightlifting. Battling an aggressive form of cancer, the retired anthropologist should really take a step back, but this is far from what Gwendolyn has in mind. She is training to become world champion once again. Supported by her devoted trainer Pat, her son Joseph and her husband Charlie, 20 years her junior, her fight against physical and personal limits begins.
AT, 2017, 85 MIN
Credits
concept & director Ruth Kaaserer
Cinematography Serafin Spitzer
Sound Tong Zhang
Editor Joana Scrinzi
Producers Jürgen Karasek, Filip MalinowskiAwards / Festivals
Nomination Silver Eye Award Jihlava 2017
Erste Bank Mehrwert-AwardViennale 2017
Winner Franz-Grabner-Award 2018
Winner Best Camera (Documentary) Diagonale 2018 for Serafin Spitzer
Winner Best Editing (Documentary) Diagonale 2018 for Joana ScrinziDOK Leipzig 2017 (World Premiere, official Competition)
Viennale 2017 (Austrian Premiere)
IDFA Panorama 2017
Diagonale 2018
One World Prague 2018
Kiew Docudays UA 2018
Filmfestival Millenium Brüssel 2018
Sofia International FF 2018
Festival Finale Plzen 2018
Anthology Film Archives, New York 2018
Raindance, London 2018
Cambridge Filmfestival 2018
Fünf-Seen-Filmfestival 2018
Filmplus Köln 2018
Dok Film Woche FSK Kino, Berlin 2018
Close Up Film Center, London 2019funding
Austrian Ministry of Culture and Arts, Land Tyrol Culture, Land Styria Culture, City of Vienna Culture, Land Salzburg Culture, Otto Mauer Fonds
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Namrud (Troublemaker)
Jowan Safadi, an Israeli Palestinian living in Haifa, is a well-known musician in the Middle East and a true free spirit. With his band Fish Samak, he delivers songs that contain political and socially critical as well as emotional and philosophical contexts. Jowan is not afraid to express his thoughts freely, even when addressing taboo topics. His lyrics—profound and provocative—have provoked controversial reactions in many ways: on the one hand, he was charged with “incitement to terrorism” by the Israeli police; on the other hand, his last tour through Jordan ended in prison and accusations of incitement.
Recently, however, his 15-year-old son Don moved in with him. Now Jowan faces a whole new challenge: on the one hand, he must continue to fight for his ideals and his music, but at the same time he must also take on paternal responsibilities and provide his son with a suitable environment.
AT, 2017, 95 MIN
Credits
Director Fernando Romero-Forsthuber
Editor Wolfgang Auer
Cinematography Jakob Fuhr, Martin Putz, Falko Lachmund, Rabia Salfiti
Sound Feras Shehadeh
Concept Ari Y. Richter, Jürgen Karasek
Producers Jürgen Karasek, Filip Antoni MalinowskiAwards / Festivals / PITCHES
Best Documentary Frontdoc FF 2018, IT
DOK Leipzig 2017, DE | Haifa Independent FF 2018, IL | Crossing Europe FF 2018, AT | Ethnocineca FF 2018, AT | CinéDOC-Tbilisi FF 2018, GE | DocsBarcelona FF 2018, ES | DOK.fest München 2018, DE | Festival Internacional de Cine Político 2018, AR | Festival Internacional de Cine por los Derechos Humanos 2018, CO | Fünf Seen Filmfestival 2018, DE | NAFA Int. Ethnographic Film Festival 2018, RO | WOMEX 2018, ES | International Festival of Mediterranean Documentary and Reportage 2018, FR | Festival DocsBarcelona Valparaíso 2018, CL | DokuBaku Int. Documentary FF 2018, AZ | Arab Film Festival 2018, DE | Cinemed Festival 2018, FR | DUHOK Int. FF 2018, IQ | Frontdoc FF 2018, IT | Marda Loop Justice FF 2019, CA
Developed at: CoPro TelAviv, dokfest Munich Marketplace, East European Forum Prague, Medimed Sitges
Funding
Austrian Ministry of Culture and Arts, City of Vienna Culture
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I see a Darkness
What happens if you really need to decide once in life? If this decision changes everything forever? The clock is ticking in her stomach. Nobody knows about it. Maybe it’s better like that, because we don´t want to remember mistakes. Carmen is pregnant. Carmen is afraid. Carmen would like to abort. Her subconscious responds – and gives her the chance to question everything.
AT, 2015, 20 MIN
Credits
Writer & Director Jasmin Baumgartner
Producers Jürgen Karasek, Filip Antoni Malinowski, Jasmin Baumgartner, Anna Hawliczek, Emanuel Schreiner
Cinematography Anna Hawliczek
Editing Georg Vogler
Co-production Evil Frog (AT) & One Delta Ten Tango (AT)
Cast Jasna Fritzi Bauer (best young actress Max Ophüls 2013), Johanna Orsini-Rosenberg (best actress Diagonale 2013), Gerald Hoffmann (Gerard), Daniel Sträßer, Wilhelm Mang, Karin Lischka, Simone Fuith, Haymon Maria Buttinger, Nychos the WeirdAwards / Festivals
WINNER Best Student FilmNoida International Film Festival (India), 2016
NOMINATION Energa Camerimage Student Etudes Competition 2016
Akbank Short Film Festival (Turkey), 2016
Independent Days International Filmfestival, Karlsruhe, 2016
Fresh – Student Media Festival of Wales, 2016
Near NazaretH Festival (Israel), 2016Funding
City of Vienna Culture, Land Lower Austria Culture, City of Salzburg Culture, VAM, Vienna Filmacademy, CineArt Styria, Landesjugendreferat Styria, Cash for Culture, City of Graz Cultural Department
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The Dam
Catherine and Chris are a couple for years. To escape the city and the routines of everyday life, they make a trip to a dam surrounded by the landscape of the Alps.
Soon tensions between the two are noticeable. But all discrepancies are forgotten when the two meet during the hike on an abandoned, 7-year old girl. When asked where her parents are, she does not answer. The events of the next few hours will show Catherine her true feelings about Chris.
AT, 2015, 30 MIN
Credits
writer & DirectorNikolaus Müller
CastSami Loris, Julia Schranz
DoPRoman Chalupnik (aac)
Production ManagerDaniela Scheidbach
Co-production Wütherich Film
ProducersNikolaus Müller, Filip Antoni Malinowski, Jürgen Karasek
Distribution Aug & OhrAwards / Festivals
winner President’s Award – Shortini Film Festival (Competition, Italy) 2015
winner Platinum Remi Award – International Festival “Sarajevo Winter 2016” (Official Selection, Bosnia & Herzegovina) 2016Diagonale Film Festival (Competition, Graz, Austria) 2015
Festival Du Cinéma De Brive (Competition Medium-Length Film, France) 2015
Vienna Independent Shorts (Competition, Austria) 2015
Int. Filmfestival Of Valencia Cinema Jove (Competition, Spain) 2015
North Carolina Film Awards (Official Selection, Raleigh, USA) 2016
Tetova International Film Festival Oda (Competition, Macedonia) 2015
Filmfestival Münster 2015 (Competition, Germany) 2015
Meetings Of Young European Cinema (Competition, Bulgaria) 2015
Film Fest Gent (Official Selection, Belgium) 2015
Izmir Short Film Festival (Off-Competition, Turkey) 2015
Madurai Film Festival (Official Selection, India) 2016
Mumbai Shorts Int’L Film Festival (Official Selection, India) 2015
Istanbul Int’L Short Film Festival (Official Selection, Turkey) 2016
Annual Worldfest Houston (Nominated For Remi Award (No Screening), Texas, USA) 2016
High Desert International Film Festival (Official Selection, Nevada, USA) 2016
Sotto Le Stelle Dell’Austria (Official Selection, Rome, Italy) 2016
Portobello Fim Festival (Official Selection, London, Uk) 2016Funding
Austrian Ministry for Culture and Arts, City of Vienna Culture, Land Vorarlberg Culture
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Darling
“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 MalinowskiAwards / 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 – ValenciaDiagonale – Austrian Premiere
Max Ophüls Filmfestival – International Premiere
Sehsüchte Filmfestival Berlin
Philadelphia Independent Filmfestival
Lucania Filmfestival MateraFunding
Austrian Ministry of Culture and Arts, City of Vienna Culture, Land Lower Austria Culture
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Olya’s Love
“Olya’s Love” is a film about a lesbian couple living in Russia. Olya is a fighter, active member of the LGBT-community, her partner Galiya doesn´t want to let politics rule her life. Their love is strong, and they want to have a baby together. When Russian Duma launches their discriminating laws against homosexuals, Olya starts to fight even stronger. But at the same time their love is put to the test.
AT/RU, 2014, 68/52 MIN
Credits
Director & DoPKirill Sakharnov
CastOlya Kuracheva, Galiya Galeeva
EditingMaxim Kliewer (aea), Kirill Sakharnov
SoundHorst Schnattler
ProducersKsenia Sakharnova, Filip Antoni Malinowski, Jürgen Karasek, Vlad Ketkovich
Co-productionbetween Soleil Film (AT), SugarDocs (RU), Ethnofund (RU)Awards / Festivals
IDFA Amsterdam 2014 – World Premiere
Artdoc Fest Moskau 2014
This Human World FF Wien 2014
Riga International Documentary Filmfestival 2014
LGBT History Month Bukarest 2015
Tamyn Naiskulttuuripäivät 2015
50 Shades of Feminism, Tampere 2015
Diagonale Filmfestival Graz 2015
Filmfestival Assen 2015
Boston LGBT Filmfestival 2015
Krakow Filmfestival 2015
Biografilmfestival International Celebration of Lives, Bologna 2015
Frameline 39 LGBTQ San Francisco 2015
Oslo/Fusion International Filmfestival 2015
DokumentArt Filmfestival Neubrandenburg 2015
Chicago LGBTQ+ International Filmfestival 2015
MIX Copehnhagen 2015
Kju_Point Filmfestival Halle 2015
Side by Side International LGBT Filmfestival St. Petersburg 2016
Barcelona International Human Rights film festival 2016
TLV Fest – TelAviv LGBT Filmfestival 2016
Bergen Pride 2016Special Screenings
#Respect Diversity by Amnesty International, Wien, Mai 2015
Sixpack 4×2, Dokumentarfilmtage IV, Wien, Oktober 2015Trailer
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Between Limelight & Red Light
A documentary time travel through ups and downs of Vienna nightlife focusing on the Burlesque scene. Prominent figures of the last century talk about their life and specify the balancing act between art form and entertainment, glory and disrespect. A bizarre, exciting and authentic, a social résumé of the 20th Century.
AT, 2014, 53 MIN
Credits
DirectorKaroline T. Heflin
conceptKaroline T. Heflin, Alice Karasek
cameraRoman Chalupnik, Filip Antoni Malinowski and Chris Kirdall’s Archive footage
SoundSergey MartynyukInfo
Premiere ORF 07.12.2014 23h05 dokfilm
DistributionORF EnterpriseProdukcion / Ffunding
Co-Production with ORF
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Sola
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…
AT, 2013, 20 Min
Credits
CastMelanie Mezzina, Larissa Sabitzer
Written & DirectedAlexandra Makarová
CinematographyGeorg Weiss
EditingLisa Geretschläger
Sound designKaroline T. Heflin
Script SupervisionRobert Buchschwenter
ComposingWerner Weitschacher
ProducersJürgen Karasek, Filip Antoni Malinowski, Sebastian Schmidl, Alexandra Makarová, Georg Weiss, Lisa Geretschläger
CO-PRODUCTION Geretschläger / Makarova / Weiss / Schmidl (AT)Awards / Festivals
Winner Best Actress Melanie Mezzina La Pedrera Short Film Festival, 2014
Winner Honorable MentionDiagonale Filmfestival Graz, 2014
Winner Special Mention FIC International Film Festival, Buenos Aires
NOMINationFilmplus Award (Filmschnitt & Schnittkunst) für Lisa Geretschläger
Edinburgh Film Festival, 2013 – World Premiere
Créteil Int’l Women’s Film Festival, 2014
Versi di Luce FF, 2014
Vienna Independent Shorts, 2014
Österreichisches Kulturforum PragFunding
City of Vienna, Culture
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Resettlement
A unique Polish couple in their 80s. After living for 66 years in their flat they have to move out. While Maria is an extraordinary spirit full of un-dominable optimism and vitality – Tadeusz is a silent scientist and a fatalist. Now they have to fight their existential disaster that unveils the touching stories of their life and casts a shadow over their present. It’s a film about justice and equality – the crisis of morality in past and present modern society, as well as about how to get old – staying young.
AT/PL, 2012, 76/56 min
Credits
Concept & Director & doP & editor Filip Antoni Malinowski
Additional Editing Julia Pontiller, Stefan Hahn
Script Consultant Rolf Orthel
Associate Producer Carlo Pisani
Co-productionMalina Film (PL)Awards / Festivals
Special Jury Prize Festiwal Mediow Lodz 2012
Honorable Mention Off Cinema Poznan 2012
Winner Best Documentary Prize EKRAN Toronto FF 2013
Appreciation Award of Fine Art Academy of Fine Arts Vienna 2012
Winner Best Film DYI Filmfest Warsaw 2013Krakow International Film Festival – World Premiere
Unabhängiges Filmfest Osnabrück (competition)
This Human World Human Rights Film Festival Vienna (competition)
Planete DOC Review Warsaw & Wrocław
goEast Wiesbaden FF (competition)
OFF Plus Camera Kraków, Polish Film Festival of America Chicago
OFF Cinema Festival Poznań (competition, awarded)
FilmPolska München, Seattle Polish Film Festival
Człowiek w Zagrożeniu Łódź (competition, awarded)
Cinema Perpetuum Mobile FF Minsk, Kamera Akcja Łódź
TNR Tarnowska Nagroda Filmowa (competition)
Transatlantyk Poznań (competition)
FilmPolska Berlin
Diagonale Graz (competition)
Guth Gafa Ireland
Human Doc Warsaw (competition)
Filmfest Rejected Innsbruck (competition)
DIY Filmfest (winner, best film)
Lubskie Lato Filmowe Łagów (competition)
Forum of European Cinema Cinergia Łódź (competition)
Filmowa Góra Zielona Góra, Vancouver Polish Film Festival
EKRAN Toronto Polish FF (competition, winner best doc film)
Solanin Film Festival, Polnische Filmwoche Erlangen
PLAY Poland Film Festival UK
Polish FF Los Angeles
Delai International Documentary Film Festival Moscow
Flahertiana International Documentary Film Festival Perm, Russiafunding
Austrian Ministry of Culture and Arts (Innovative Film)
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H.I.JEW POSITIVE
“I am H I Jew positive!” Jurek, a Polish student, has just discovered that he is Jewish and describes his feelings about his newly discovered identity. Almost every day, Poles raised as Catholics discover that their parents have hidden their true identity and that they are originally of Jewish origin and thus belong to the second and third generation of Holocaust survivors. The film begins 14 years ago and accompanies three people from the moment they discover their new identity and follows their lives in a country where the Jewish faith still has to contend with prejudice.
AT/ISR, 2013, 80/52 MIN
Credits
Director & concept Ronit Kertsner
Producers Filip Antoni Malinowski, Jürgen Karasek, Ronit KertsnerAwards / Festivals
World Premiere Jerusalem Film Festival 2014
European PremiereKrakow International Film Festival 2014
Temple Beth El 2019, USA
The Spiro Ark 2016, USA
Highland Park Temple 2015, USA
The Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw 2014, Poland
United Orthodox Synagogues of Houston 2014, USA
Zagreb Jewish Film Festival 2014, Croatia
Australia Jewish Film Festival 2014, AustraliaFunding
Yesdocu Israel
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Novemberlights
Manuel is nine years old. His parents are divorced, living with their new partners and Manuel fears that he belongs nowhere. One night he finds trust in a dangerous stranger. A film about the power of the parents and the consequences of disregarding their roles.
AT, 2012, 30 Min
Credits
Director Jürgen Karasek
Camera Roman Chalupnik (aac)
Editing Antonia Adelsberger, Julia Pontiller
Sound design Norbert Bichler
Music Oliver Hödl
Script Consulting Andrina Mračnikar
Cast Markus Urban, Stefan Matousch, Karin Lischka, Erol Nowak, Barbara Horvath, Martin Oberhauser uvm.
Producers Jürgen Karasek, Filip Antoni MalinowskiAwards / Festivals
Thomas Pluch Scriptwriting Appreciation AwardBest Script – Diagonale 2013
Junior Performance Award for Markus UrbanInternational Film Awards Berlin 2013
Best International Short FilmFestival Internacional de Cinema e Saúde Mental 2013
Honorable Mention Best PictureFlathead Lake International Cinemafest, Polson (USA) 2014
Best Short FilmFestival Internacional de Ciné Rengo, Rengo (CHI) 2014
Nomination Best International Short FilmBester Internationaler Kurzfilm, Pielagos en Corto (ESP) 2015
World Premiere Max Ophüls Filmfestival, Saarbrücken (GER) 2013
Life Fest Filmfestival, Los Angeles (USA) 2013
Colortape International Filmfestival, Brisbane (AUS) 2013
FEST New Films / New Directors, Espinho (POR) 2013
CGIFF Angaelica, Washougal (USA) 2013
International Filmfestival for Peace, Inspiration and Equality, Jakarta (IDN) 2013
Cinncinati Filmfestival, Cinncinati (USA) 2013
International Film Awards Berlin, Berlin (GER) 2013
Prifilm Festival, Pristina (KOS) 2013
Tashkinofest, Tashkent (UZB) 2013
Festival Internacional de Cinema e Saúde Mental, Faro (POR) 2013
Tirana International Filmfestival, Tirana (ALB) 2013
Festival de Cortometrajes de Talca, Talca (CHI) 2014
Flathead Lake International Cinemafest, Polson (USA) 2014
The John Hopkins Filmfestival, Baltimore (USA) 2014
Richmond International Filmfestival, Richmond (USA) 2014
Geneva Filmfestival, Geneva (USA) 2014
Black Hills Filmfestival, Hill City (USA) 2014
Derby Film Festival, Derby (UK) 2014
Festival Cortometrajes Rodinia (ESP) 2014
Madrid International Filmfestival, Madrid (ESP) 2014
Cine Curtas Bodega Cultural, Florianopolis (BRA) 2014
Festival Internacional de Ciné Rengo, Rengo (CHI) 2014
CineMart Pineda de Mar, Barcelona (ESP) 2014
Lighthouse International Filmfestival, Long Island (USA) 2014
Southside Filmfestival, Betlehem (USA) 2014
Baghdad International Filmfestival, Baghdad (IRQ) 2014
Lake Champlain International Filmfestival, Plattsburgh (USA) 2014
Internacional Pielagos en Corto (ESP) 2015Funding
Stadt Wien Kultur
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Love Trips
Love Trips is a documentary film about couples living in long-distance relationships across modern Europe—a testament to human resilience—despite differences and great distances. The film presents itself as a multifaceted portrayal of individual experiences that ultimately find common ground in their similarities. The story of love: the joy of finding each other, the discovery of love, understanding, routine, crisis, and finally rebirth on a more mature level.
AT/CH, 2011, 65/52 MIN
Credits
Director Carlo Pisani
Co-Production with Rebel Mango
Producers Filip Antoni Malinowski, Jürgen Karasek, Carlo PisaniAwards / Festivals
Nomination Cross-Media Pitches: Power to the Pixel, London 2011
Lucerne Film Festival
Film Festival Kitzbühel
Globians Filmfest BerlinProduction / Funding
Supported by European Cultural Foundation
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Waiting for the moon
“Again and again I have this dream. After all those years I know every single detail. And maybe it is the most important story of my life.”
This is the dream of an old man, the memories of a forbidden love 1000 years ago, long before our time. He tells this last secret to his granddaughter, the story of Aiana and Janas who had to escape from the king’s knights and the tragic consequences of their love. 1000 years later, in our present, a young couple is in a car on the journey to nowhere. Anna and Julian, both in their 20s are enjoying the ride and their freedom. It seems as if they were escaping the monotony of daily life in the city, to start somewhere else completely new. Anna starts reading a book, and soon it is obvious that she is the granddaughter who heard the old mans dream long ago. After many years she found the book, where he had written down this story. Slowly the two stories, the escape from everyday life and the escape from the tragic consequences of a forbidden love, develop, but soon they even start to merge. Dream and reality become one and in the end find the meaning and the common essence.AT, 2008, 72 Min
Credits
Written & Directed Jürgen Karasek
Camera Filip Antoni Malinowski
editor Antonia Adelsberger
Cast Nina Blum, Valentin Schreyer, Christopher Schärf, Ernst Stankovski, Mira Miljkovic, Jutta Fastian
Producers Jürgen Karasek, Filip Antoni MalinowskiProducer’s Note
“Waiting for the moon” was produced with a total budget of € 55,000.
Awards / Festivals
Nomination UNDINE 2008 – Valentin Schreyer for Best Young Actor
Diagonale Graz, 2008
Santa Cruz Filmfestival, 2007
Metaphysical Filmfest Santa Fe, 2008
Filmriss Salzburg, 2008Funding
Austrian Ministry for Culture and Arts (Innovative Film), City of Vienna Culture, Land Lower Austria Culture
