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feature fi lms comedy
Cuban Lies
Lügen auf Kubanisch
The talented but unemployed Cuban actress, Ana, decides to sign up as a protagonist in a documentary film about prostitution – first and foremost so that her family will be able to afford a new refrigerator.
She plays her part with such great authenticity and believability, that she soon becomes the focus of
the film. Inevitably, this brings total chaos to Ana’s real life. When, on top of everything, the director,
Helmut, falls in love with her, the carefully constructed tissue of lies threatens to fall apart.The film
shows the everyday life and survival strategy in an unadorned yet humorous way of a woman who has
become trapped in her own web of lies. “Cuban Lies” is an eloquent, humorous and lively comedy.
Duration: 90 min.
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Written by Eduardo Del Llano, Daniel Díaz Torres
Directed by Daniel Díaz Torres
Cast: Laura de la Uz, Michael Ostrowski, Yuliet Cruz, Tobias Langhoff
A co-production by SK Film and ICAIC in association with ORF and Land Salzburg
Available now – worldwide
Baked Beans
Baked beans
Why shouldn’t it be possible to once in a
lifetime have a relationship that from the
beginning is based on a partnership of
equals?
Duration: 93 min.
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tv-movies drama
Swim For Your Life
Die Freischwimmerin
Ilayda, a 17-year old Turkish schoolgirl, lives with her very well integrated family in a foreign country.
Since the death of her father, she herself has focused heavily on her religion and is wearing a headscarf again. As a result she is becoming increasingly isolated from her class at school. She is a keen
swimmer and secretly pursues her passion at night-time in the school’s swimming pool. When her
sports teacher, Martha, becomes aware of this, she tries to bring Ilayda back into the class community through the school’s swimming team. The problem is that she would have to take off her headscarf
and burka and swim in an ordinary swimming costume for the competition …
Duration: 90 min.
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Written by Thomas Eifler, Susanne Beck
Directed by Holger Barthel
Cast: Emily Cox, Selen Savas, Aaron Karl, Ulli Maier, Bernhard Schir
Produced by EPO-Film for ORF and MDR
Available now – worldwide except for Germany
ES
The Black Lion
Der schwarze Löwe
After overcoming athletic differences and human prejudices, the Nigerian footballers become pillars of the village team until notices
of deportation suddenly arrive.
Duration: 89 min.
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How to Steal a Kiss
Alles Schwindel
Never Kiss a Christmas Angel!
Weihnachtsengel küsst man nicht
The Kiss has gone. It’s been stolen! For Leopold, the owner of the world-famous Klimt painting, it’s the best and only good piece of news he’s had in
years. He isn’t allowed to sell the Klimt, but with the insurance money he
can finally pay off his debts. However, he hasn’t reckoned with Isabella.
She knows that the stolen Klimt is a fake and is holding Leopold, of all
people, responsible for finding it again before the whole swindle is exposed – a refreshing comedy of errors with TV stars such as Ursula Strauss,
Benno Fürmann, Udo Samel and many more.
Lina is perfectly satisfied with her casual job as a model in adverts and
small photo shoots, with her relationship with Alex, who has at least promised to leave his wife soon, with her best friend, Nettie, and generally with
her life overall. It could all be so simple and harmonious. But during the
run-up to Christmas, Lina realises that life could have even better things in
store for her. Rudi, for example. At first, though, the somewhat eccentric
reindeer farmer and former advertising executive doesn’t make it at all easy
for Lina to tell that he could be her Mr. Right.
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Duration: 90 min.
Written by Uli Brée & Rupert Henning
Directed by Wolfgang Murnberger
Cast: Ursula Strauss, Benno Fürmann, Bibiana Zeller, Udo Samel, Karl Fischer, Jevgenij
Sitochin, Berislav Arezina, Markus Schleinzer, Thomas Mraz, Magdalena Kronschläger,
Petra Morzé, Johannes Silberschneider, Pippa Galli, Hanus Polak jr., Gabriela Schmoll
Produced by MR-Film for ORF and BR
Available now – worldwide except for Germany
UT
HD ES
813194
Picture: © ORF/Petro Domenigg
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Written by Eva Spreitzhofer, Alexander Mahler based on the novel of Sophie Andresky
Directed by Michael Kreihsl
Cast: Silke Bodenbender, Alwara Höfels, Jürgen Maurer, Merab Ninidze, Michael Ostrowski,
Elmar Drexel, Hary Prinz, Simon Schwarz
Produced by FRAMES Filmproduktion GmbH for ORF and ZDF in association with Austrian
Television Fund
Available now – worldwide except for Germany
UT
813249
Picture: © ORF/ZDF/Stefan Haring
Duration: 90 min.
tv-movies comedy
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Live is Life – Late Bloomers
Live is Life – Die Spätzünder
Live is Life – No Time to Lose
Live is Life – Der Himmel soll warten
Jail sentence or community service? 100 days of pushing senior citizens
around in their wheelchairs in a retirement home is a 100 times better than
life behind bars. Wanted by the cops, kicked out of his own band, Rocco
hits bottom. But his seniors haven’t forgotten him, and now they want him
to form a band with them so that they can win the band contest’s 100,000
euro prize and buy their freedom from the hated home director. “Rocco and
the Pacemakers” is born, and they’re out to rock ’n’ roll!
Since their big hit, “Live is Life”, Rocco and the Pacemakers have made the
most of their fame with countless gigs. But even though their music makes
them feel youthful, they haven’t actually got any younger. After one of the
band members has a dizzy spell, the group, with Degenhard and Sissy leading the way, decide to put an end to the tour. Rocco takes their wishes on
board with a heavy heart. And so they return to the retirement home, where
in the meantime Rocco’s flame, Marina, has become the warden. The gentle
Marina may have put a stop to the harsh regime of her predecessor, Frau
Glück, but now the pendulum is swinging too far in the other direction.
An extraordinary comedy about seniors in a rock band which was that successful that a second part followed.
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Duration: 90 min.
Written by Uli Brée
Directed by Wolfgang Murnberger
Cast: Joachim Fuchsberger, Jan Josef Liefers, Ursula Strauss, Dieter Hallervorden,
Hans Michael Rehberg, Bibiana Zeller
Produced by Dor Film in association with ORF, SWR and Austrian Television Fund
Available now – worldwide except for Germany and Italy
UT
HD ES
813260
Picture: © www.betafilm.com
HD ES
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Written by Uli Brée
Directed by Wolfgang Murnberger
Cast: Joachim Fuchsberger, Jan Josef Liefers, Ursula Strauss, Dieter Hallervorden,
Hans Michael Rehberg, Bibiana Zeller
Produced by Dor Film for ORF and BR
Available now – worldwide except for Germany and Italy
UT
813259
Picture: © ORF/Petro Domenigg
Duration: 90 min.
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Lost & Found
Lost & Found
Kristin doesn’t really feel like having a birthday
party. Forty and single! What is there to celebrate?
Then she is given a lost suitcase that her closest
friend, Lenny, has bought for her from an airport
auction. Of all things, it is this that signals the
start of the adventure of her life. She finds love
letters that are beautiful enough to make her cry,
and so Kristin dives helter-skelter into a search
for the lovers who have experienced such feelings. A romantic comedy with a lot of refreshing
moments enriching everyday life.
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Picture: © ORF/Petro Domenigg
Duration: 90 min.
Written by Ulli Brée
Directed by Wolfgang Murnberger
Cast: Ursula Strauss, Florian Teichtmeister,
Mariele Millowitsch, Doris Schretzmayer, Hary Prinz,
Steffen Groth, Fritz Karl
A co-production by ORF and MDR, produced by MR-Film
in association with Land Niederösterreich
Available 2014 – worldwide except for Germany
tv-movies comedy crime
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Code Name “Kidon”
Deckname „Kidon“
A guest falls onto the roof of a taxi from the top
floor of a hotel near Vienna’s Opera House. He is
dead. But is it suicide or murder? The dead man
is Dr. Bansari, an Iranian diplomat and nuclear
physicist. The Iranian Embassy and Austrian Foreign Ministry immediately weigh in. Both try to
keep the case strictly under wraps, but the investigating team of Moritz Eisner and Bibi Fellner will
not be deterred from pressing ahead with their
enquiries. In the process they stumble across
business dealings that a lobbyist is pursuing for
a high-tech company. This company manufactures pumps and valves that could possibly be
used in atomic reactors. A major deal has just
been closed and the goods are thought to be making their way to Iran via third countries. This, at
least, is the possible assumption of the Israeli
secret services, who are suspected of having a
hand in the death of Dr. Bansari and of sending
an assassination squad.
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Written by Max Gruber
Directed by Thomas Roth
Cast: Harald Krassnitzer, Adele Neuhauser, Tanja Raunig,
Hubert Kramar, Eva Billisich,
Stefan Puntigam, Udo Samel, Angela Gregovic,
Adina Vetter, Wolfram Berger, Werner Prinz
Produced by Cult Movies for ORF in association with
Land Niederösterreich
Available now – worldwide
HD ES
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Picture: © ORF/Petro Domenigg
Duration: 90 min.
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Unforgotten
Unvergessen
Burnt Hopes
Angezählt
Moritz Eisner has a serious problem: He has been shot and as a result has
retrograde amnesia. In other words he can remember some things, but
others not at all. Furthermore, nobody knows what he was doing. Despite
being sick, Moritz looks in his office for clues, but his boss sends him home
again. Eventually Eisner sets out to discover what actually happened. He
takes up residence in the local inn, where the incident took place, and is
soon recognised by some of the village’s inhabitants. Little by little, pieces
of the puzzle come to light, and when a body is found in the place where
Moritz was also shot, it seems that the case might have something to do
with the far-right movement.
A twelve-year old boy on his BMX bike sprays an ex-prostitute with a petrolfilled water gun as she stands on the street, smoking. She goes up in flames
and dies of her burns. The boy is caught. But because of his age he cannot
be prosecuted. Bibi Fellner, formerly a vice officer, quickly feels at home in
the environment that she has known for decades. The scene is extremely
brutal. It is ruled by Bulgarians, Turks and Chechens. The boy is a Bulgarian
whose mother is being made to work under duress as a clandestine prostitute by a pimp who compels women to work for him. He forced the boy to
set fire to the ex-prostitute because she betrayed him and put him in prison, from where he has recently been released …
Duration: 90 min.
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Written and Directed by Sascha Bigler
Cast: Harald Krassnitzer, Adele Neuhauser, Tanja Raunig,
Hubert Kramar, Stefan Puntigam
Produced by Graf Film for ORF in association with Land Kärnten
Available now – worldwide
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Picture: © ORF/Toni Muhr
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Written by Martin Ambrosch
Directed by Sabine Derflinger
Cast: Harald Krassnitzer, Adele Neuhauser, Thomas Stipsits, Hubert Kramar,
Stefan Puntigam, Abdul Kadir Tuncel, Murat Üregen, Daniela Golpashin
Produced by Superfilm for ORF
Available now – worldwide
UT
813257
Picture: © ORF/Petro Domenigg
Duration: 90 min.
tv-movies crime
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Prime Time = Crime Time
Share the thrill with orf’s top investigators:
Pawn Sacrifice
Zwischen den Fronten
Duration: 90 min.
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Mispackaged
Falsch Verpackt
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No Way Out
Kein Entkommen
Duration: 89 min.
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Wiped Out
Ausgelöscht
Duration: 90 min.
HD
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Operation Job
Operation Hiob
Duration: 90 min.
HD
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Picture: © ORF/Allegro Film/Oliver Roth
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Picture: © ORF/Petro Domenigg
Duration: 90 min.
Picture: © ORF/SuperFilm/Ingo Pertramer
Retribution
Vergeltung
HD
Picture: © ORF/Petro Domenigg
HD
Picture: © ORF/Petro Domenigg
Duration: 87 min.
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tv-series crime
Janus
Janus
Dr. Leo Benedict is a forensic psychologist. His world is the minds of mentally deranged criminals. Leo
knows that every crime starts in the psyche – and consequently can only be solved there, too. When Leo
looks into a series of mysterious suicides, he stumbles across the shadowy pharmaceutical company,
Janus, and is stunned when he discovers what is actually behind the suicides. Janus is a detective series
that is half pharmaceutical thriller, a pharmaceutical thriller disguised as a family drama, and a family
drama that turns out to be a detective story.
Duration: 7 x 45 min.
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Carve the Joint
Aufschneider
Even pathologists have their problems. Dr.
Fuhrmann discovers this fact every time he
leaves the catacombs of the hospital to take
up his social life. Clever diagnoses won’t help
him at all out there; life, particularly his own,
is pretty tough going. Failed relationships,
daring diagnoses and black humour –
Dr. House move over!
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Written by Jacob Groll and Sarah Wassermair
Directed by Andreas Kopriva
Cast: Alexander Pschill, Barbara Romaner, Franziska Weisz, Andreas Kiendl, Barbara Kaudelka,
Moritz Uhl, Karl Fischer, Heinz Trixner, Christopher Schärf, Morteza Tavakoli
Produced by MR-Film for ORF
Available now – worldwide
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K-Files
Soko Kitzbühel
“K-Files”/“Kitzbühel Homicide” features a dynamic young team of investigators, a gourmet chef
full of bright ideas, a countess well acquainted
with jet set life and a large portion of humour:
the result is a witty and exciting detective series
of a very special kind!
The series is built around a young team of CID
officers, Karin Kofler and Andreas Blitz, who constantly encounter extremely baffling murder cases. As Andreas Blitz gets promoted and is sent
to Vienna, his successor Klaus Lechner starts his
work in Kitzbühel.
Episodes:
1–33 distributed by ZDF Enterprises
34–164 distributed by ORF-Enterprise
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Written by various authors
Directed by various directors
Cast: Kristina Sprenger, Jakob Seeböck, Hans Sigl, Andreas
Kiendl, Heinz Marecek, Andrea L’Arronge, Ferry Öllinger,
Christine Klein
A co-production by ORF and ZDF Enterprises
in association with ZDF, produced by beo-Film
Available now – worldwide except for Germany
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Picture: © ORF/Thomas Ramstorfer
Duration: 164 x 45 min.
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Four Women and a Funeral
Vier Frauen und ein Todesfall
Julie, Maria, Sabine and Henriette – four remarkable women sharing an exceptional pastime – join
forces in order to bring some excitement to the boring village life by suspecting murder in all those
cases which initially seem to point to the opposite.
Never failing to be present at any village funeral,
they investigate the deaths by unnatural cause
in a highly unconventional way. In the second
season of the series, Henriette helps out Julie
with a friendly turn, indispensable to Julie’s life
and as a consequence has to go to jail for quite
some time. Mona, a young community doctor
with investigative skills and medical expertise,
joins the team. Due to her work abroad her sister
Lola quickly takes her place in the third season
and it doesn’t take long until the next case gets
them going.
Duration: 36 x 45 min.
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Picture: © ORF
Written by Uli Brée and Rupert Henning,
based on an idea by Wolf Haas and Annemarie Mitterhofer
Directed by Harald Sicheritz, Wolfgang Murnberger,
Andreas Prochaska, Claudia Jüptner-Jonstorff and
Walter Bannert
Cast: Adele Neuhauser, Gaby Dohm, Brigitte Kren,
Stephanie Japp, Martina Poel, Julia Stinshoff
Produced by Dor Film for ORF
Available now – worldwide
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Fast Forward
Schnell ermittelt
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Written by Eva Spreitzhofer, Verena Kurth, Rainer
Hackstock, Guntmar Lasnig, Katharina Hajos, Fritz Ludl,
Constanze Fischer, Stefan Hafner, Thomas Weingartner
Directed by Michi Riebl and Andreas Kopriva
Cast: Ursula Strauss, Andreas Lust, Wolf Bachofner,
Katharina Straßer, Mortezer Tavakoli
Produced by MR-Film for ORF
Available now – worldwide
Oscar 2009 nomination for “Revanche” with leading
actress Ursula Strauss and leading actor Andreas Lust
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Duration: 40 x 45 min./2 x 90 min.
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Angelica Fast is in her mid-thirties, a divorced
single mother – and a successful investigator at
Vienna’s criminal investigation department. The
good-looking young woman handles the balancing act between her job and parental duties
with humour. Even if her teenage twins keep her
on her toes, she goes all out for the pursuit of
criminals. That professional and private life isn’t
always separable, is not least due to her ex-husband, the chief of forensics: Some teasing is part
of the daily routine, and it may well happen, that
childrearing is discussed on the crime scene.
Sentimentality has no room in all this – Angelica
Fast knows what she wants and always keeps
the facts in sight.
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Crime Classics
Enjoy orf’s All-Time Highlights:
Trautmann
Trautmann
Duration: 10 x 90 min.
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Polt
Polt
Duration: 4 x 90 min.
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Braunschlag
Braunschlag
Braunschlag is a more or less idyllic place in
Austria, whose inhabitants are a league of their
own. Among others there’s a former beauty
queen, a UFO landing site operator, a pair of
weird doctors and the gouvernor’s nephew.
Gerhard Tschach, mayor of Braunschlag, has a
problem: After several failed business ventures,
his town is bankrupt. Therefore, with his best
friend, disco‑owner Richard Pfeisinger, he decides to fake a Marian apparition, to make tourists
flood the ailing town and bring about the hopedfor financial recovery. Braunschlag starts to flourish, but the two hard-drinking men soon lose
control. Somewhere between the delusions of
the locals, pressure from the state capital, intractable marital problems and the Vatican, the situation escalates more and more – and the miracle of
Braunschlag is becoming a nightmare fast.
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Written and Directed by David Schalko
Cast: Robert Palfrader, Maria Hofstätter, Nicholas Ofczarek,
Sabrina Reiter, Nina Proll, Manuel Rubey, Raimund Wallisch
Produced by Superfilm for ORF
Available now – worldwide
HD ES
1x
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Picture: © ORF/Superfilm/Ingo Pertramer
Duration: 8 x 45 min.
tv-series comedy
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Paul Kemp – No Big Deal
Paul Kemp – Alles kein Problem
Paul Kemp is a mediator by profession. He is a
trained psychologist and sociologist with a big
heart and understanding of all of people’s problems. The clients who come to his practice come
from all sections of society and guide him into
the field of human shortcomings, where he is
needed – and able – to demonstrate his skills as
a mediator and arbitrator which result often in
highly original solutions. But whilst he deals
imaginatively and nimbly with the conflicts of
others, Paul Kemp has very little grip on his private life and family, where things are increasingly getting out of hand. He has to face his wife’s
relationship with their neighbour, Christian, and
has problems with his business partner, who has
driven the company into debt and made a run for
it. And Paul Kemp is also involved in a short-term
relationship with Lisa that is developing into a
long-term catastrophe.
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Written by Uli Brée, Klaus Pieber
Directed by Harald Sicheritz, Sabine Derflinger,
Wolfgang Murnberger
Cast: Harald Krassnitzer, Michou Friesz,
Katja Weitzenböck, Erika Mottl, Judith Rosmair,
Nikolaus Paryla, Alexander Lutz, Michael Dangl,
Johannes Zeiler
A co-production by ORF and ARD, produced by Dor Film
Available now – worldwide except for Germany
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CopStories
CopStories
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Whether sparks are flying with the neighbours,
your best friend has been the victim of a crime or
a drug dealer is making trouble – the police is
there to take care of law and order. However,
cops are only human, too. Parents who refuse to
believe the news that their child has died,
teachers who are afraid of their pupils and friendships that are put to severe tests are as much on
the agenda as the kind of questions that cops
also have to ask themselves over and over again,
such as are compromises essential, or is it more
important to stick to one’s own principles? What
is stronger – one’s profession or family ties?
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Written by Mike Majzen, Guntmar Lasnig
Directed by Paul Harather, Christopher Schier, Barbara Eder
Cast: Johannes Zeiler, Serge Falck, Claudia Kottal,
Martin Zauner
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Drama Classics
No more Drama, Baby? We love Drama!
The Wine Tycoon
Der Winzerkönig
Duration: 39 x 45 min.
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Schlosshotel Orth
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Julia – An Exceptional Woman
Julia – Eine außergewöhnliche Frau
Duration: 65 x 48 min.
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White Beauty
Das Glück dieser Erde
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“Yummy” – Cooking With Kids
„Schmatzo“ – Koch-Kids-Club
In each episode of “Yummy”, hip chef Alexander Kumptner and two children cook up delicious dishes for
young and old. Altogether around ten girls and boys between nine and thirteen years hit the “Yummy”
kitchen. The colourful menu includes homemade treats such as ice tea, fish fingers and potato salad,
potato and carrot rostis with mango chutney, sweet cheese dumplings with raspberries and vanilla
cream, and Mexican wraps. “Yummy” shows children and their parents great recipes that will make the
kids’ eyes sparkle – modern cuisine with dishes that are quick and easy to prepare, look delicious and
taste fantastic.
Duration: 16 x 15 min.
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Written by Thomas C. Brezina
Produced by KidsTV for ORF and ZDF
Available now – worldwide except for Germany
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Totally Fit!
Voll Stark
Healthy food? – Not tasty!
School stuff? – Boring!
Family-fun? – Annoying!
Sports? – How exhausting!
Really? No way!
Together with the eccentric Hopper family,
the young viewers discover everything to do
with fitness and nutrition, learn about unusual types of sports and find out how to train
their brains.
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Mr. Punch
Servus Kasperl
“Is everybody out there? Yesssss!” The famous
tag-line used to start the show by Mr. Punch or
“Kasperl”, as he is called in German-speaking
countries, is well known by every child. The
household name of the Austrian childrens television has entertained his fans for over five decades. To ensure the traditional children’s hero will
be able to amuse children for another 50 years
the ORF has revamped the show and redesigned
its star. The core of the show is an imaginative adventure story, presented in a traditional puppetshow style, with Kasperl and his friends. Interactivity is an integral part of the show as Kasperl
rhymes and sings with the kids. Kasperl’s adventures are about friendship, helping others and
solving problems by using one’s wits. “Kasperl”
represents entertainment for young and old –
traditional puppet-show at its finest!
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Written by Thomas C. Brezina, Barbara Illand-Olschewski,
Harald Havas, Sam Madwar
Produced by KidsTV for ORF in association with Story&Co.
Available now – worldwide
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Get the Knack!
Genau so geht’s!
The focus of every story in “Get the Knack!” is the
question “how does it actually work?”. The aim is
to bring about the “Eureka effect” for every viewer
as the penny finally drops at the end of each item.
Every episode is a grab bag of “Eureka” surprises
– nevertheless, there are recurrent themes to
which the viewer can look forward. Subjects range
from the high-tech to supposedly boring everyday
objects. In exciting experiments viewers discover,
for example, how to make clouds in a plastic bottle or how to make a piece of soap swim. Foolproof
instructions and simple ingredients mean that the
experiments can immediately be imitated at home.
“Get the Knack!” is an entertaining science show
with modern visual language and a high cutting
rate.
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Written by Thomas C. Brezina
Produced by KidsTV for ORF
Available now – worldwide
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Trick Factory
Trickfabrik
7 Wonders
7 Wunder
Explorer Express
Forscherexpress
How does a magician get a rabbit into his top hat?
What is a magic cup and how is it made? “Enchant
and astound” – that is the tagline of this children’s
show! The makers of Explorer Express whisk
young viewers away to the astonishing world of
artifice and magic. Children are given an insight
into the world of artists and illusionists through
exciting magic tricks and handicraft work, which
they are encouraged to imitate. Some of the best
kept magician’s secrets are also revealed: Cuddly
toys miraculously disappear and heads are made
to turn around!
Big and small miracles, the obvious spectacular as
well as hidden sensations – all this is shown in the
popular science magazine for children “7 Wonders”
created and hosted by Thomas C. Brezina. Together
with his pilot “Nelson”, he is travelling the world in
their flying Wonder Express “Crazy Lola” to present
seven wonders each show – be it the Dead Sea, in
which Thomas reads a newspaper whilst swimming,
the language of dolphins, historical sensations that
still astound us today and “do it yourself wonders”
that show children how they too can create something amazing. There are things to marvel at everywhere, not only far away but right around the corner.
Why does the koala bear have a speckled posterior?
Can plants sweat or air be liquid? And how can you
transfer news from one continent to another without
any electricity? These and many more questions are
answered in this extraordinary and successful series
for young researchers from 8 to 12 years. Travelling
through time, space, air and water, Thomas C. Brezina
and Kati Bellowitsch take you on the special Explorer Express en route to “discover, experience,
investigate and do it yourself”. During these exciting trips the two presenters reveal incredible
facts about nature, animals, technology, physics,
chemistry and history. They also conduct experiments for viewers to do themselves at home.
Each episode of the series features interesting
stories, stunning experiments and vivid explanations.
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Written by Thomas C. Brezina
Produced by Interspot Film for ORF in association with
Story&Co.
Available now – worldwide
Romy 2004: Special Prize of the Jury; Platinum Remi
Award at Houston International Filmfestival 2005
Written by Thomas C. Brezina
Produced by KidsTV for ORF in association with Story&Co.
Available now – worldwide
World Media Festival Hamburg 2011, intermedia-globe
Gold award
Picture: © ORF/Günther Pichlkostner
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Written by Thomas C. Brezina
Produced by KidsTV for ORF/ZDF in association with
Story&Co.
Available now – worldwide except for Germany
World Media Festival Hamburg 2010, intermedia-globe
Silver award; Eyes & Ears Award 2009, Price for Audio
Design & Composition
Picture: © ORF/KidsTV
Duration: 52 x 25 min.
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Nini’s Stories
Nini’s Welt
Quiz Castle
Rätselburg
Nini is a wild flower. Her world is colourful and full of little miracles. Nini has
got a lot of friends and a lot of stories to tell. She is friends with Fred the
frog, who likes to whistle. She meets Teethie the traveling toothbrush, she
laughs together with the violet flowers Villi, Velli, Valli and Vulli. She finds
Lucky the four leave-clover and she knows the funniest stories about Chikki
and Rikki the crazy chicks. Nini’s cousin Daisy is sometimes sad and her
other cousin Lilli gets bored easily. But when Nini starts telling her stories
everybody cheers up! Let’s visit Nini’s world!
The Quiz Castle, a combination of 3D animation and film elements, is a cheerful show in which the audience gets to guess along. It specifically caters to
the needs of pre-school children. The two ghosts, Rattlehead and Pizza Poltergeist, invite viewers into their castle to take part in fun and entertaining
games and quizzes. They have to answer tricky questions in each and every
hall and in each and every chamber within the hallowed walls. And they get
to learn amazing tricks and recognize optical illusions. “Quiz Castle” was developed in cooperation with the British Company “Absolutely Cuckoo”.
Duration: 14 x 5 min.
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9. Lilli
10. Lucky
11. Chikki and Rikki
12. Small fir in the snow
13. Sona, the water lily
14. Junius and Julius
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Duration: 240 x 5 min.
Written by Edith Bachkönig
Produced by Bachkönig Film
Available now – worldwide
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Written by Thomas C. Brezina
Produced by KidsTV for ORF in association with Story&Co
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2. Rubirosa
3. Schilli
4. Little Grids
5. Daisy
6. Colorus
7. Villi, Velli, Valli and Vulli
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Kiddy Contest
Kiddy Contest
further recommendations
It’s different. It’s unique. It’s an outstanding success on TV and on record since years. KIDDY CONTEST.
On this show kids change the big chart hits to funny versions in their native language.
Freddy and the Beetle Bunch
Freddy und die wilden Käfer
“Call Me Maybe” becomes a party song for water rats and “Hot’n’Cold” is served as “Grammatical Tangle”.
This is a multi-platinum music show for kids and the whole family. In 2009, KIDDY CONTEST won the
prize for the “best integrated event design & promotion” at the “Eyes & Ears of Europe” Awards.
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Written by Erwin Kiennast and Norman Weichselbaum
Produced by OPERATOR
Available now – worldwide
Duration: 29 x 5 min.
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Join in the fun with Freddy and the Beetle
Bunch – a unique sing-along program for
young children. In each music video, Freddy
and his friends present high-energy feel-good
songs with an educational twist. The young
viewers learn about numbers, colours and
much more in an entertaining way.
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Science Busters – Don’t Know Anything? Believe Everything!
Science Busters – Wer nichts weiß, muss alles glauben
Did you know that crabs can do karate, pigs glow
in the dark and cockroaches have sex with their
heads detached? The Science Busters explain the
physics behind oddities of the animal world, such
as how sea snails learn for their high school diploma, when waterbears reproduce like Boris Becker
and why jewel beetles always lose when they play
spin the bottle. Top science and top class humour need not be enemies! This is demonstrated
by a cabaret artist and his two scientists in new
episodes of their mega-succesful stage show with
their own experiments and punchlines. The popular science cabaret returns.
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Written by Martin Puntigam
Directed by Leopold Lummerstorfer
Produced by Gebhardt Productions for ORF
Available now – worldwide
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Duration: 16 x 27 min.
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The Rolling Bones – You’re Never Too Old to Rock’n Roll
Die Rentnergang – Jetzt schlagen sie zurück
They feel like nifty fifty. And they still have rock ’n’
roll in their blood. Now they want to experience it
all over again. On the adventure of their lives.
The Rolling Bones. The oldest reality band in the
world. The Rolling Bones – The story of five grey
panthers who start up what seems to be a totally
crazy project. Out of retirement and up onto the
stage – they are starting a band.
Duration: not fixed yet
Written by Norman Weichselbaum
Produced by OPERATOR
Available Spring 2014 – worldwide
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The Rolling Bones – the real-life answer to “Got Talent”, “The Voice” etc. No reality talent format has
ever before been as touching, surprising and entertaining.
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music folk music
20 Years Hansi Hinterseer Special
20 Jahre Hansi Hinterseer Special
After 20 amazing years on stage and on the occasion of his 60th birthday this spectacular TV-portrait
shows Hansis successful and multifaceted life story. Starting with his early attempts on skiers to the
winning of the World Cup of the giant slalom and the silver medal at the Ski World Championship
1974, this documentary also reflects the difficult phases in Hansi Hinterseer’s life. As the absolute
favorite he fails at the Winter Olympics in 1976 and disappointed fans spit at him. Poor years follow,
until the producer Jack White discovers Hansi’s singing talent on a birthday party. This is the beginning of an incredible career which lasts until today. Hansi has already won 30 gold and platinum discs
and his tours have been sold out. Be the guest on a captivating journey with Hansi Hinterseer and
many special moments shared by his prominent friends and companions.
Duration: 105 min.
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Hansi Hinterseer – Music & Nature:
Winter Dream in Schladming
Hansi Hinterseer – Musik & Natur:
Wintertraum in Schladming
… with stars such as Andy Borg, DJ Ötzi, Andreas
Gabalier, Francine Jordi, the Kastelruth Spatzenand many more.
TV | VOD | DVD | TE
Directed by Florian Illich
Produced by Interspot for ORF and HR Hessischer Rundfunk
Available Winter 2013 – worldwide except for German speaking Territories
Hansi Hinterseer – Music & Nature:
Salzkammergut
Hansi Hinterseer – Musik & Natur:
Traumhaftes Seenland im Salzkammergut
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… wonderful musical moments with the superstars of folk music at the Attersee.
Hansi Hinterseer – Music & Nature:
Berchtesgaden
Hansi Hinterseer – Musik & Natur:
Auf historischen Spuren im Berchtesgadener Land
Pictures: © ORF/Kerstin Joensson
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further recommendations
… in the alpine areas of beautiful Berchtesgaden in
Germany Hansi meets nature lovers and experts.
Duration: 105 min. each
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When the Music Plays – Summer Open Air 2013
Wenn die Musi spielt – Summer Open Air 2013
When the Music Plays – Winter Open Air 2013
Wenn die Musi spielt – Winter Open Air 2013
It has already become a famous tradition for all fans of folk music. This
summer again, stars of “Volkstümliche Musik” (folk music) meet in Carinthia for the “Summer Open Air 2013”. Like the “Winter Open Air” this event
will not fail to impress!
This year, Bad Kleinkirchheim once more is the gathering place of the stars
of “Volkstümliche Musik” (folk music) and “Schlager” (traditional Germanlanguage pop music) at the “When the Music Plays – Winter Open Air 2013”,
which takes place for the eleventh time. In a placid winter ambience, Arnulf
Prasch presents a colourful music mix featuring stars of domestic “Volkstümliche Musik” like DJ Ötzi, Petra Frey, Stefanie Hertel, The young Zillertaler,
the Edlseer and the Schürzenjäger.
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Duration: 106 min.
Directed by Fabienne Pinter
A co-production by ORF and MDR
Available now – worlwide except for Germany
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Directed by Fabienne Pinter
Produced by ORF
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Duration: 152 min.
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Donauinsel Special – Europe’s Biggest Open Air Festival
Donauinsel Special
With more than 500,000 visitors per day, the
Donauinsel Festival has become the largest open
air festival in Europe. Since 1984 a great line-up
of international stars rock the audience and entertain approximately three million party people
each year.
The most outstanding acts of the past few years including
the brand-new acts of 2013 are available now:
2013: Amy Macdonald, Julian Le Play, Sportfreunde Stiller,
Rea Garvey, Wolfgang Ambros, Zucchero, Philipp Poisel,
Rainhard Fendrich, DJ Antoine, Wax, Hurts
2012: Marlon Roudette, Hubert von Goisern, James Morrison,
Unheilig, Reinholt Bilgeri, Hot Pants Road Club, Tim Bendzko,
The Bosshoss, Sunrise Avenue, Silbermond
2011: Söhne Mannheims, FreeManSingers, Umberto Tozzi,
The Nits, Europe, Nadine Beiler & Sold My Soul,
Milow, Ich + Ich
Further recordings from 2005 up to and including 2010 are
available.
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Duration: various
Produced by HEY-U Entertainment Group and ORF
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Lucia di Lammermoor
Lucia di Lammermoor
The cycle of concertante opera performances in the Philharmonie Gasteig in Munich reaches another
peak with Gaetano Donizetti’s masterpiece Lucia di Lammermoor. Now, the exceptional singer Diana
Damrau once again takes on the challenge of connecting vocal peak performance with dramatic vehemence. Her musical partner Joseph Calleja will ensure that there is plenty of vocal brilliance and an
unforgettable bel canto experience.
Duration: 150 min.
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Opera by Gaetano Donizetti
Orchestra: Münchner Opernorchester
Choir: Philharmonischer Chor
Conducted by Jesús López-Cobos
Cast: Diana Damrau, Ludovic Tézier, Joseph Calleja, David Lee, Nicholas Testé, Marie Mc Laughlin, Andrew Lepri Meyer
Executive Producer: Samantha Farber
Available now – worldwide
HD
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further recommendations
The Red Priest –
Don Antonio Vivaldi
Der rote Priester –
Don Antonio Vivaldi
From his birth in Venice, the film follows the
life of the composer to Dresden and Leipzig
and finally Vienna. Renowned Vivaldi experts,
such as Professor Peter Ryom, reveal fascinating background information about the pieces, including a never before recorded violin
concerto.
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Le Nozze di Figaro
(The Marriage of the Figaro)
Le Nozze di Figaro
(Die Hochzeit des Figaro)
A recording from the Theater an der Wien,
Vienna 2001.
Picture: © www.verenagremmer.com
Picture: © Vita e Voce
Conducted by Riccardo Muti
Cast: Simon Keenlyside, Melanie Diener,
Angelika Kirchschlager, Carlos Alvarez,
Tatiana Lisnic, Maurizio Muraro, Francesca Pedaci
Duration: 180 min.
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Orlando
Orlando
The hero, Orlando, loses his mind thanks to his
unrequited love for Angelica, the Queen of Cathay.
Angelica is in love with Medoro, who has left the
shepherdess, Dorinda, because of her. However,
the master of events is a friend of Orlando, the
magician, Zoroastro. Freed from his love delusion
with his help, disappointed, Orlando turns away
from love and back to combat and glory.
“Orlando” represents the end of an era, but at the
same time constitutes an interesting new beginning in Handel’s oeuvre, since the composer moved away dramatically and musically from established artistic traditions, by for example, reducing
the da capo arias or breaking up their strict form.
A recording from the Theater an der Wien in the
Vienna Chamber Opera, 2013.
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Duration: 160 min.
Opera by George Frideric Handel
Conducted by Rubén Dubrovsky
Directed by Stefanie Panighini
Cast: Rupert Enticknap, Cigdem Soyarslan, Gaia Petrone,
Anna Maria Sarra and Igor Bakan
Executive Producer: Samantha Faber
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Attila
Attila
Inspired by Friedrich Ludwig Zacharias Werner’s
drama “Attila, König der Hunnen” (1809), Giuseppe
Verdi composed the enthralling score of his opera
“Attila” : Verdi created rousing and immediately
accessible choruses, arias and duets with expansive melodies for the bloodthirsty story of the
battle between the heathen invaders and Christian Italy under the leadership of Rome. The work
is bursting with energy and belongs unmistakably to Verdi’s first successful period. The individual characters of the protagonists are less well
defined but full of passion, a circumstance that
elicited great enthusiasm when the work was first
performed.
A recording from the Theater an der Wien, 2013.
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Picture: © Monika Rittershaus
Duration: 120 min.
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Orchestra: ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Riccardo Frizza
Chorus: Arnold Schoenberg Choir
Choir: Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen
Directed by Peter Konwitschny
Cast: Dimitry Belosselsky, George Petean, Lucrecia Garcia,
Nikolai Schukoff, Stefan Cerny, Andrew Owens
Produced by Vereinigte Bühnen Wien
Available now – for German speaking Territories
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La Cambiale di Matrimonio
La Cambiale di Matrimonio
This early “stroke of genius” of the young Gioacchino Rossini speaks as a prelude to other Rossini
one-act operas and foreshadows what is to come in
“The Swan of Pesaro’s” later works: The European
merchant Tobia Mill wants to marry off his daughter
Fanny for a considerable sum to his American business partner Slook, but Fanny loves the poor young
Edoardo. After a while turbulence dissolves into
pleasure as Slook agrees to the marriage contract.
A recording from the Theater an der Wien in the
Vienna Chamber Opera, 2012.
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Opera by Gioacchino Rossini
Orchestra: Wiener Kammer Orchester
Conducted by Konstantin Chudovsky
Directed by Jacopo Spirei
Cast: Igor Bakan, Anna Maria Sarra, Andrew Owens,
Ben Connor and Gaia Petrone
Executive Producer: Samantha Farber
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Duration: 80 min.
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La Straniera
La Straniera
It was on Feb 18th, 1968 when she made her debut
as Rosina at the National Theater in Bratislava.
Exactly 45 years later we are more than happy to
present the great Edita Gruberova singing Bellinis
rarely performed “La Straniera” at Vienna Musikverein! The performance with the same cast earned standing ovations at Philharmonie im Gasteig
in 2012. “La Straniera” (The Stranger Woman) is an
opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini, from a libretto by Felice Romani, based on L’étrangère (1825)
by Charles-Victor Prévot, vicomte d’Arlincourt. It
was composed in the autumn of 1828 and premiered in February 1829 at La Scala in Milan.
A recording from the Vienna Musikverein, 2013.
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Original
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Picture: © Julia Wesely
Duration: 140 min. Opera by Vincenzo Bellini
Conducted by Pietro Rizzo
Orchestra: Münchener Opernorchester
Cast: Edita Gruberova, Sonia Ganassi, Jose Bros,
Paolo Gavanelli, Randall Bills, Sung-Heon Ha,
Leonard Bernad
Executive Producer: Samantha Farber
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Christmas in Vienna 2013
Christmas in Vienna 2013
For many years “Christmas in Vienna” has been a
fixed star in the round of Viennese Advent concerts. This year again it combines a balance of
national and international stars: Anna Prohaska,
Angelika Kirchschlager, Joel Prieto and Luca Pisaroni are singing Christmas songs from all over
the world.
Also available:
Christmas in Vienna 2012
Christmas in Vienna 2009 – 2010
Christmas in Vienna 2004 – 2007
Duration: 100 min.
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Orchestra: ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Erwin Ortner
Soloists: Anna Prohaska, Angelika Kirchschlager, Joel Prieto,
Luca Pisaroni
A co-production by ORF and Felix Breisach Medienwerkstatt
Available December 2013 – worldwide
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Summer Gala Concert – Grafenegg 2013
Sommernachtsgala – Grafenegg 2013
Each year, the majestic Wolkenturm in Grafenegg
serves as a stage for many great concerts, to the
gain of the Austrian music scene and far beyond.
The evenings on the Wolkenturm are traditionally
opened with the Midsummer Night’s Gala, which
brings some of the greatest stars on the international music scene to Grafenegg. The first group of
well-known artists this year consists of soprano
Karita Mattila, bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni and
Austrian percussion virtuoso Martin Grubinger,
who will perform together with the Tonkünstler
under Andrés Orozco-Estrada.
Also available:
Summer Gala Concerts 2007 – 2012
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Duration: 90 min.
Orchestra: Tonkünstler-Orchestra, Lower Austria
Conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estrada
Soloists: Karita Mattila, Luca Pisaroni, Martin Grubinger
Produced by ORF
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25th Day of Death: Best of Karajan
25. Todestag: Best of Karajan
On the occasion of the 25th day of death of the famous composer Herbert von Karajan ORF presents
the “Best of Karajan”.
There are very few legends such as Herbert von
Karajan! His name is a synonym for musicality,
perfection and passion. Comparable perhaps
only with Enrico Caruso or Maria Callas, but with
the exception that the conductor could eternally
preserve a great part of his oeuvres thanks to the
television era. His career is accompanied by very
early recordings and even the very young Karajan
is documented on film. His last life decade was
dedicated to quality documentation on a very
high level of his most important oeuvres for future generations.
Duration: various
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Music Classics
Dive into a world full of concerts, operas and operettas:
Springtime in Vienna 2013
Frühling in Wien 2013
Duration: 90 min.
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Mörbisch Festival – The Bat
Mörbisch Festival – Die Fledermaus
Duration: 130 min.
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LOFT Music – Highlights
LOFT Musik – Highlights
Duration: various
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Shadows of the Past – The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra 1938 – 1945
Schatten der Vergangenheit – Die Wiener Philharmoniker 1938 – 1945
The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is still often called “Nazi orchestra”, as the past has been haunting
them for many years. Will the brown shadow of Austria’s most important cultural export ever fade
away? This extraordinary documentary highlights the consistency with which the Vienna Philharmonics charged a commission of historians to clear their past. Archive material that has never been shown
before gives incredible insights into the Nazi past of Austria’s most famous orchestra. Finally, the film
dissolves the captivating mystery of the ring of honor, traditionally lent by the “philharmonics”, which
was brought to Baldur von Schirach in 1967.
Duration: 35 min.
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Concerts Highlights
Neujahrskonzerte Highlights
The orchestra is world famous, partly because
of its many international tours. Conducted by
Clemens Krauss, Willi Boskovsky, Herbert von
Karajan, Claudio Abbado and Carlos Kleiber,
Riccardo Muti, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Seiji
Ozawa, Lorin Maazel, Mariss Jansons, Zubin
Mehta and Georges Prêtre the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra was the first to play inimitable
Viennese waltzes, polkas and marches in classical concerts, they have now become a yearly
tradition.
Written and Directed by Robert Neumüller
A co-production by ORF/3sat, ORF III and pre tv in association with Future Fund of the Republic of Austria and
National Fund of the Republic of Austria
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New Year’s Day Concert 2002,
conducted by Seiji Ozawa
New Year’s Day Concert 2006,
conducted by Mariss Jansons
New Year’s Day Concert 2008,
conducted by Georges Prêtre
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Places of Childhood
Orte der Kindheit
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This new series presents artists, their homelands and the places of their childhoods. Films and photos
of the artists’ families are as much a part of this series as the many memories with friends and witnesses
to their childhoods.
As If My Life Were Normal –
Mezzo-Soprano Angelika
Kirchschlager
Als ob mein Leben normal wär’ –
Die Sängerin Angelika
Kirchschlager
Episodes Available:
Places of Childhood – Piotr Beczala
Places of Childhood – Angelika Kirchschlager
Places of Childhood – Ildiko Raimondi
Duration: 3 x 30 min.
TV | VOD | DVD | TE
Written and Directed by Ute Gebhardt
A co-production by ORF and pre tv in association with Cineart and Land Salzburg
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Arik Brauer –
A Childhood in Vienna
Arik Brauer –
Eine Jugend in Wien
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Mezzo-soprano Angelika Kirchschlager lives
her life spanning the gap between professional
success and dedication to her family. In this
documentary she was accompanied for nearly
a year, showing a very intimate look at Ms.
Kirchschlager’s professional and private life.
Arik Brauer has many identities that are just
as colourful as his pictures: Viennese, Jewish,
Israeli, cosmopolitan, socially committed. As
a painter, musician, architect, sculptor and
performer on stage, he is also creative. In this
film he recalls the time that became a lifelong
inspiration and fixed reference point for him.
Duration: 54 min.
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Market. Powers. Art.
Markt. Macht. Kunst.
Warhol, Basquiat and Me
Warhol, Basquiat und Ich
The trade in works of art is possibly one of the most enigmatic businesses “It was one of those crazy marriages in the art world”, is how an assistant to
of our time. What inspires people to pay irrationally high amounts of money the master described the relationship of Andy Warhol with the rebel artist,
for works of art? What are the criteria that buyers use when deciding to Jean-Michel Basquiat, who was 32 years his junior. The man who brought the
purchase the output of particular artists, and what role do the works that two of them together, the Swiss star gallerist, Bruno Bischofberger, talks of
they acquire play in the lives of collectors? Great artists of our time and how the former fed on the “fresh blood” of the latter whilst the latter fed on
renowned collectors and gallerists, such as Thaddaeus Ropac in Paris, the fame of the former, and more. This film looks behind the expensive suFrancesca Habsburg-Lothringen in Vienna, Christian Boros in Berlin or the perstar façade, uncovering hopes, divisions, jealousies and sorrows.
leading British arts journalist, Will Gompertz, are followed in this film.
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Duration: 30 min.
Directed by Hannes M. Schalle
A co-production by ORF/3sat and Moonlake Entertainment in association with bm:ukk, WKÖ,
Land Salzburg and Land Niederösterreich
Available now – worldwide
Directed by Ines Mitterer
Produced by WR Film for ORF
Available Autumn 2013 – worldwide
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Shaker – Eternity as Design
Shaker – Ewigkeit als Design
Aiming High
Hoch hinaus
Submerged History –
Stilt Houses in Europe
Ertauchte Geschichte –
Pfahlbauten in Europa
The United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second
Appearing, known as the Shakers, are mostly
known for their cultural contributions and their
model of equality of the sexes. They are famed
for their handicrafts. The North American Shakers have been praising God in their work. However, their anti-carnal theology led to their demise
– a captivating report on the last Shakers.
Winter 2013 sees the opening of the 248 metrehigh DC Tower designed by the French architect,
Dominque Perrault. Starting from this giant
made of glass and steel, the film sets out on a
journey through new architectural highlights.
This documentary takes a journey 6,000 years
back in time to the late Neolithic and early Bronze ages, which is when the first over-water settlements on stilts, which are described here, were
built. The greatest surprise during filming was
how sensationally fresh and unscathed the finds
that were uncovered from the mud appeared to
be. The same applies to all of the wooden
household contents that have been uncovered,
such as bowls and baskets, as well as the remains of food, materials, ropes and threads. This
factor was decisive in UNESCO deciding to place
at least some of the approximately 1,000 sites in
the Alpine region under protection as world heritage sites.
Duration: 45 min.
Duration: 45 min.
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Written and Directed by Anita Lackenberger
A co-production by ORF and Produktion West
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Directed by Hannes Gellner
A co-production by ORF/3sat, EPO Film in association with
the Austrian Television Fund
Available now – worldwide
Directed by Heribert Senegacnik, Klaus Wachschütz
A co-production by ORF/3sat and WDW Film- und Video
Produktion in association with bm:ukk,
Land Kärnten and Land Oberösterreich
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Hannes Gellner, director and Paris resident, undertakes an exciting voyage of discovery with his
protagonists and answers critical questions such
as: does the construction of high-rise buildings
demand specific precautions, which materials
are used, and can such tall buildings generate
their own energy today?
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The Moselle – A Journey From the Mouth to the Bout
Die Mosel – Von der Quelle bis zur Mündung
Flowing through the green heart of Europe, the Moselle arises in the Vosges Mountains. On its way
down the Lorraine valley “la Moselle” grows fast and winds its way through some of the most beautiful and historically significant sceneries of all Central Europe. After 544 kilometres through France,
Luxembourg and Germany the Moselle eventually flows into the Rhine. All the way down the river
there are places full of longing and romance: Medieval Castles, picturesque villages and world-class
vineyards.The documentary series combines stunning aerial photography with lively told stories of
the people living alongside the river banks and it discovers the river running through the European
heartlands in a completely fresh and new way.
Duration: 3 x 45 min.
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Directed by Klaus Kastenholz and Thomas Radler
A co-production by ZDF/ARTE and ThoRa Film
Available Winter 2013 – worldwide except for Germany and France
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The INNside Story
Inn – Der grüne Fluss der Alpen
A cascade of water pouring from glaciers and
a lake in the high mountains, a water fall tumbling from high up into the valley, rocky
chasms disgorging the torrent, drawn-out
gravel banks and mudflats, undercut banks
and river bends: the Inn has many faces to
show and an interesting tale to tell. It is the
longest tributary of the Danube in Central Europe, flowing through Switzerland, Austria
and Bavaria along its 520 kilometer course.
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A Cowboy Church in California
Fest im Sattel – Eine Cowboykirche in Kalifornien
A World Through Glasses
Reiseckers Reisen
Time seems to have stood still in the small Californian town of Norco. Although the 25,000-strong
community is barely an hour away from Los Angeles, there is no hint of the fast-paced, urban life
here. Hay bales pile up at the side of the road and
the main means of transport are on horseback.
After all, there are more horses in Norco than there are residents. And in Norco a traditional church has become a cowboy church. The services
are held outdoors, instead of organ music country songs are played on the banjo, and worshippers pray from the saddle – in muddy boots and
dirty shirts. American traditions, a longing for
days gone by and a close connection to nature
come together in the cowboy church to produce
an extraordinary yet warm and romantic picture.
“A World Through Glasses” is an innovative and
personal travel documentary in episode form.
A camera concealed in his eyeglasses and an audio recorder in his pocket, the narrator encounters his subjects in his own way and gets them to
tell the stories of their lives, their daily routine, or
whatever oddities interest them. Thanks to his
spy camera one can feel like part of the story
rather than just spectator.
“A World Through Glasses” is a combination of a
documentary and a road movie which seeks out
the unusual and encounters the country and its
people in a refreshingly new way.
Special Highlight: USA
Duration: 18 x 25 min.
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Written and Directed by Michael Reisecker
A co-production by ORF and Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Filmproduktion in association with the Austrian
Television Fund, Film Fund Vienna and Land Oberösterreich
Available now – worldwide
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Directed by Petra Haffter and Katja Lau
Produced by Ilona Grundmann Filmproduction for ZDF/ARTE
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It’s a Kind of Magic – Christmas in Innsbruck
Magische Weihnachten in Innsbruck
Dark Days and Rough Nights –
Mysterious Christmas Stories
Wildes Treiben an dunklen Tagen –
Weihnachtsgeschichten in den Rauhnächten
Christmas in the west of Austria is a winter dream, a romantic fairytale between the snow-covered mountains. Innsbruck celebrates Christmas with a
lot of specialties like the traditional arrival-procession of Santa Claus which
starts in the romantic city part St. Nikolaus, the magnificently decorated,
medieval old town with its Christmas fair. However, there are many other
Christmas miracles like the special, hand-made candles, the manufactured bells of the bell foundry or a holy mass which is held early in the
morning.
While everybody knows the beautiful, holy and peaceful Christmas stories
one main Christmas story which was supposed to happen in the pre-Christian time has nearly been forgotten. This was a time where the dark days
and nights have not only been celebrated but they where also populated by
wild women, witches and talking animals. What was the story behind this
wild hunt and those women? Were they really dangerous for men? Is it true
that if they got in contact with the wild women they lost their sight and became blind? This documentary leads through a mysterious Christmas world
and tells about talking animals, exciting Christmas witches and a lot of
other Christmas unrevealed secrets.
The ceremonies continue until the 6th of January. Up to then one could get a lot
of impressions of Christmas in Innsbruck, also some which are apparently
hidden. Let yourself dive into the unique magic of Christmas .
Duration: 45 min.
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Written and Directed by Anita Lackenberger
Produced by Produktion West
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Written and Directed by Anita Lackenberger
A co-production by ORF and Kreativlösung und Filmproduktion GmbH in association with
Land Niederösterreich and Land Niederösterreich Tourismus
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Duration: 52 min.
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Feast Days Throughout the Year
Cultus – Feiertage im Kirchenjahr
Saints
Cultus – Heilige
Each episode of the documentary series, “Feast Days Throughout the Year” The 52-part documentary series, “Saints”, illuminates the life, works and
focuses on a central protagonist who is accompanied in the process of ce- lasting impact of saints. It deals with ethical principles, and aims to arouse
lebrating a feast day. The very personal approach of the protagonists to ri- interest in the viewers’ own culture and roots. With the help of monasteries
tuals and worship gradually produces not only an empathetic portrait of a and dioceses, a wide ranging canon of saints is presented, from the earliest
person, but also an atmospheric film document of an important part of our days of Christianity to the saints of the 20th century. First and foremost, the
cultural history. In so doing, the film makers direct their attention to the focus is on personal relationships to the saints. People, emotions, stories.
relationship of each protagonist to a place – a monastery, a barracks, a “Saints” is a series about people, their highs and lows, their fates and the
hospital, a kindergarten – and to details such as the items that are impor- paths that their lives take. It is also about worship, customs and commertant for celebrating a ritual, and to their interaction with other people, thus cialization over the course of time.
capturing the communal character of many feast days.
“Feast Days Throughout the Year” takes an unusual, discriminating look at
feast days in the ecclesiastical calendar and aims to impart information that
is often unfamiliar to large parts of the general public in a playful manner.
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Duration: 52 x 25 min. /52 x 12 min.
Directed by Martin Betz
Produced by Makido Film for ORF III
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Jesus and the Vanished Women
Jesus und die verschwundenen Frauen
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The Fifth Act of Life – The Revolution in Attitudes to Age
Der fünfte Akt des Lebens – Die Revolution der Altersbilder
Mary, the mother of Jesus, and Mary Magdalene are possibly the names With the introduction of retirement towards the end of the 19th century, the
that spring to one’s mind first when thinking of Jesus of Nazareth. In the way in which life in old age is seen has changed fundamentally. Today in
gospels and epistles of the New Testament, the women around Jesus play the western world people spend almost one third of their lives in retirement
a very special role, which, over the course of Church history has been – a phase of life that previously did not exist in human history. How are
repressed. It was the women, Jesus’ female disciples, according to the gos- today’s older people finding their place in society? How are they spending
pels, who remained true to Jesus in his most difficult hours on the cross and their sunset years? How do they themselves see their position in their social
who were the first to bear witness to his resurrection. Women such as the environment? Attitudes to age act as a kind of guideline for – as well as exdeaconess and abbess, Phoebe of Cenchreae, or the apostle, Junia, were pectations of – the behaviour of older people. What changes are academics
the equals of the other (male) disciples, led communities, were apostles discovering as far as attitudes to age are concerned? What is the experience
just like the Twelve.
of older people who are confronted by these images daily? And how much
does real life in old age differ from our ideas of ageing?
Who were the women with whom Jesus of Nazareth surrounded himself?
What were his relationships with them? And what role did they play in the
imitation of Christ, in the first Christian communities?
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Duration: 45 min.
Written and Directed by Maria Blumencron
Produced by Makido Film for ORF
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Directed by Juri Köster
A co-production by ORF/3sat, Makido Film and Planet TV in association with bm:ukk
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India’s Rug-Manufacturers – A Tragic Carpet Ride
Flieg, Teppich flieg! – Fairer Lohn für harte Arbeit
India’s Cotton – Tears, Sweat and Hope
Indiens Baumwolle – Stoff aus Schweiß und Tränen
Today, India is the undisputed and largest exporter of hand-made carpets.
400,000 people live from weaving carpets, whilst 2 million are involved in
their production somewhere along the line. And even though these works of
art fetch very high prices in Europe or America, the wages and working conditions of the craftsmen and women are still in a sorry state. Since 1995,
Label Step, the fair trade organisation, has worked to bring about an improvement in the living conditions of the workers, and has definitely registered
some success.
Cotton is also known as white gold. After China, India is the world’s largest
producer. But even white gold has dark shadows. Falling prices mean that
millions of small farmers and harvesters in India have barely enough to survive on. And even though only five percent of farmland in India is planted
with cotton, 50 percent of all of the pesticides used fall on cotton fields,
which, in addition to being an economic catastrophe, is also an ecological
one. But there is renewed hope for the small farmers and seasonal workers,
as organic cotton experiences a boom. Minimum wages are guaranteed and
child labour is forbidden. This is allowing many to dream again. Not of palaces and of gold, but of a somewhat better, fairer life.
At the heart of this documentary is a journey along the so-called “carpet road”
in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, which is one of the most backward
states in India. The documentary shows the life of agricultural workers, weavers, dyers and traders, and flies with the carpets to Europe.
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Duration: 45 min.
Written and Directed by Gert Baldauf
Produced by Gert Baldauf Filmproduktion for ORF
Available now – worldwide
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Written and Directed by Gert Baldauf
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The Near-Death Phenomenon –
Is There Life After Death?
Phänomen Nahtod –
Gibt es ein Leben nach dem Tod?
Miracle of Healing
Wunder Heilung
The Roots of Violence
Wie Gewalt entsteht
How should one speak about something for which
there are no words? In general, those who have
been narrowly “brought back to life” report leaving
their physical body, being bathed in heavenly light,
experiencing cosmic harmony and meeting the
dead when they speak of their experiences. Quite
apart from speculation about the veracity or the
cultural determinacy of such reports, it is certain
that near-death experiences are more than momentous for those concerned, and in many cases
can lead to positive changes in the way they live
their lives and deal with death. The film gives a
voice to those who are able to report from their
own acute experiences.
Kurt Langbein survived carcinosis by radiation
therapy. The question is how long does the diagnosis “being healed for the present” last? The
well-known science-journalist – conducted by his
own motivation – started to get to the bottom of
the special parameters mobilizing one’s immune
system, being able to heal carcinosis finally. In
fact there are people, so called moribunded
cause of suffering carcinosis, but contrary to diagnostics being in the best of health. Some of
them are known as “medical miracle”, others just
try to find out some unorthodox “attraction to
New Age healing”. What does academic medicine
know about how healing works? What becomes
more important – the therapy or the therapist?
Violence came about as a result of a settled way
of life. Archaeological finds show that hunters
and gatherers lived relatively peacefully, preferring to avoid one another rather than smash each
other’s skulls if a conflict arose. It was only with
the onset of farming and the first villages that serious violence developed among human beings.
Exclusion engenders violence. This separation
between “us” and “others” has been and still is
misused by politicians. The history of nationalism
shows this to a terrifying extent – most recently in
Bosnia, when 8,400 people were murdered.
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Directed by Michael Ginthör
Produced by Tausend Rosen Filmproduktion for ORF
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Written and Directed by Kurt Langbein
Produced by Langbein & Partner Media for ORF
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Duration: 52 min.
813336
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Duration: 35 min.
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Written and Directed by Kurt Langbein
A co-production by Langbein & Partner Media, ORF, WDR
in association with bm:ukk and Austrian Television Fund
Available now – worldwide except for Germany
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Duration: 59 min.
This documentary risks a foray into important aspects of research into violence throughout the
history of mankind.
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Freedom of Thought –
Fair Punishment for the Criminally Insane
Freiheit in Gedanken –
Gerechte Strafe für geistig abnorme Rechtsbrecher
Myth Fairness:
A Social Future from Rage and Courage
Mythos Gerechtigkeit:
Von Wut und Mut einer gesellschaftlichen Zukunft
The criminally insane are incarcerated as dangerous felons and offenders,
who, due to an absence of criminal responsibility, cannot be judged. But
did they really not know what they were doing? Are they rebels without a
cause? Can there be fair punishment for the criminally insane? How does
anyone live with the prospect of having no prospect of freedom?
There is no question that is as passionately debated, about which so many
political feuds have been conducted, and over which so many bitter tears
have been shed. This question, like no other, has caused the greatest
minds in human history to ponder so deeply and yet deliver so few answers:
the question of fairness.
Statements from inmates, such as “for me freedom means that I can write
my letters, that now and again I can receive a package, but actually, that my
thoughts remain free”, shape this unique film, which portrays everyday life
in prison from the point of view of insane lawbreakers for the first time.
Why must entire nations pay for the unscrupulous speculations of a few
financial jugglers with such rigorous austerity packages? How can the number of millionaires be on the increase in spite of the worldwide financial
crises? What makes internet activism such as the Anonymous grouping illegal, whilst global players such as “Google” and “Facebook” blatantly trade
our data? Can the murder of a tyrant ever be right, and do the lottery of birth
and our living conditions have anything to do with fairness?
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Duration: 52 min.
Written and Directed by Florian Berger
Produced by KUBE Film for ORF/3sat
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Written and Directed by Maximilian Traxl
A co-production by ORF/3sat, SRF, Makido Film and Planet TV in association with bm:ukk
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Singing Instead of Shooting
Singen statt Schießen
Where Have All the Girls Gone
Sag mir wo die Mädchen sind
We Are Democracy
Wir sind Demokratie
What are a rabbi, an imam and a priest doing together? In Antakya, formerly known as Antioch,
they are singing in a choir – under the leadership
of a young Turkish conductor. The “Choir of the
Civilisations” sees itself as a multicultural answer
to the growing religious and ethnic tensions in the
region. Today, Antakya, at one time the “cradle of
Christianity”, lies on one of the most dangerous
borders in the world, that with Syria. There, the
conflict between Sunnis, Alaouites and Christians
has escalated into civil war. In the nearby Antakya
these groups are continuing to live side by side in
peace. Yet here too the tensions are increasing
and the war in Syria is threatening to spill over
into the entire region.
In India there is massive discrimination against
women and girls. From birth, girls are neglected,
poorly fed, their needs are inadequately met and
they are not allowed to go to school. For good
measure, China and India have made a name for
themselves through the practice of selectively
aborting female foetuses. The population is growing, but the growth is not natural. In Asia, far
more boys are being born than girls. Today the
continent is missing 160 million women. In the
past, cultural traditions were blamed for this development, but it would appear that the reasons
are rather more economic in nature.
Capitalism and democracy – is this apparent
forced marriage heading for divorce? Has the triumphal march of capitalism left democracy, and
we citizens with it, to fall by the wayside? Taking
examples in Spain, Germany, Iceland, Switzerland and Austria, this film examines concrete alternatives to gauge their effectiveness. From
symbolic ideas, the implementation of new economic systems and the education of young people about democracy, to the participation of citizens in government, people throughout Europe
are looking for something with which to counter
a society in crisis. Documenting, scrutinising and
reflecting on this essential exploratory movement for new contemporary forms of social and
economic coexistence in light of the current situation constitutes the abiding undertone of this
documentary film, its images and its narrative.
A fascinating documentary that looks at the current situation in Syria from a slightly different
angle.
Duration: 52 min.
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Directed by Christian Rathner
Produced by IMAGE for ORF
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Available now – worldwide
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Duration: 45 min.
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Written by Annette Brüggemann and Eric Brinkmann
Directed by Erik Brinkmann
Produced by Kobalt Productions GmbH for ORF
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God’s Army – God’s Enemy:
Violence, Terror and Religious Persecution in Nigeria
Gottes Krieger – Gottes Feinde:
Christenverfolgung in Nigeria
The film “God’s Army – God’s Enemy” is the first documentary that investigates the background of the
bloody conflicts in Nigeria as the starting point of the Islamic terror. The “Mother of Boko Haram” –
a very controversial lawyer and self-proclaimed human rights activist – delivers insight into the world of
religious terror organizations and presents their point of view regarding the threatening religious war.
However, the origin of the mysterious radical-Islamic group “Boko Haram”, often called the “Taliban
of Africa”, lies in Mohammed Yusuf, an already dead leader of a sect, and in the place of origin, the
North-Nigerian city Maiduguri. Maiduguri and the meeting with the Boko-Haram-warriors is the last
stop on a long journey through a shattered country which is torn apart by the religion of its inhabitants.
Duration: 45 min.
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Written and Directed by Peter Kullmann and Magdalena Maier
Produced by Kubefilm for ORF
Available now – worldwide
Sufi – Soldiers of Love
Sufi – Soldaten der Liebe
Sufi Islam is based on mysticism and asceticism. At the forefront is their love of God and
their teacher, Ahmadou Bamba, the founder
of their order. Religious tolerance as part of a
multi-sectarian society and social solidarity
above all with the poorest are among their
most important guiding themes.
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Iran – Life Under Pressure
Iran – Leben unter Druck
Did you know that Tehran’s most popular hospital is Jewish? The Sapihr clinic, located in a poor
neighborhood in the south of Iran’s capital, offers treatment free of charge to those in need. 99
percent of the patients are Muslims, but doctors
and nurses get their salary from the Jewish community. After the Iranian Revolution, seven out of
ten Jews left Iran. The remaining 30,000 claim
that they want to stay in a country that was populated by their ancestors, centuries before Arab
warriors brought Islam. Since 1979 Jews enjoy an
ambivalent status as a “protected minority”.
This documentary gives an impressive insight of
the Iranian minority’s life under the double pressure of Islamic society and international sanctions and impresses with stunning comments of
the people there.
Duration: 30 min.
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Directed by Christian Schüller
Produced by ORF
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documentaries current affairs
The End of the Welfare State
Sozialabbau in Europa – Was tun?
The Struggle for Housing – Unaffordable Living in Europe?
Der neue Häuserkampf – Wird Wohnen in Europa bald unbezahlbar?
All over Europe, governments are going on the
offensive: the middle classes, and also the unemployed and young people are being expected
to pay the bill for the crisis in the public finances.
The austerity policies in the majority of EU countries are leading to job losses and salary cuts, to
hopelessness and an undermining of the principle of solidarity in society. German experts already
fear a state of affairs like that experienced during
the Weimar Republic. And all this comes against
a background of rising profits for big business
and the banks. But resistance is growing. New
protest campaigns are gaining increasing numbers of supporters, under the rallying cry, “We
won’t pay for your crisis!”
The migration into large European cities is unbroken. Living space in Europe’s metropolises is
going to be scarcer and more expensive. “The
Struggle for Housing” describes alternatives to
escape this insanity:
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For example, legally in Hamburg no apartment
may remain empty for more than four months.
Another new option offers the so-called Cohousing, a planned community that consists of
private apartments or houses that are supplemented by extensive communal facilities.
However, this housing policy has practically
failed in many towns such as in Paris, where there are more homeless people than in Germany.
This documentary portrays people who work full
time, but still got homeless.
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Directed by Christa Hofmann
Produced by ORF
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813279
Duration: 30 min.
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Directed by Alexander Steinbach and Julieta Rudich
Produced by ORF
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fIfA World Cup 2014 in Brazil
FIFA will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of the World Cup in Brazil
from 12th of June to 13th of July 2014. This is the second time the biggest
South American country is hosting the competition, welcoming international athletes from around the world.
Enjoy stunning images of Brazil’s incredible nature and get to learn more
about the people and their everyday lives accompanied by the biggest
sports event of the year.
Rio de Janeiro – Peace to the Favelas
Rio de Janeiro – Friede den Favelas
Fronteira Brazil – The Struggle for Land in Mato Grosso
Fronteira Brazil – Der Kampf um Land in Mato Grosso
The Gender In-Between – Transvestites in Rio
Das Geschlecht dazwischen
World in a Ball
Der Ball ist rund
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Street Children in Ecuador
Kinder der Straße
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Rio de Janeiro –
Peace to the Favelas
Rio de Janeiro –
Friede den Favelas
Fronteira Brazil –
The Gender In-Between –
The Struggle for Land in Mato Grosso Transvestites in Rio
Fronteira Brazil –
Das Geschlecht dazwischen
Der Kampf um Land in Mato Grosso
Brazil has a super-dynamic economy and Rio de
Janeiro is one of the most beautiful and pulsating
cities on earth. Yet in the vast poor quarters of
the city, drug-related crime and naked violence
have long been rife. Suppressing this violence is
currently the city’s greatest challenge. There are
over a hundred slums that are ruled by armed
drug gangs which have no infrastructure. For too
long the state has ignored the needs of the poor.
Together with special units of the military police,
this documentary is about the visit to the Morro
do Alemao favela, which until recently was known
as the most dangerous part of Rio de Janeiro.
Globalisation has been long under way in Brazil:
powerful concerns buy up entire rain forests and
deforest them in order to plant fields of Soya.
This documentary focuses on this vast and invasive reclamation process and its social and ecological ramifications. The starting point is the
newly paved tarmac road, the BR163, which runs
right through the rain forests of the Amazon.
Once upon a time it was natural rubber and gold
that drove people into the Amazon looking for
wealth or a better life: Today it is the Soya boom.
As a result, land prices along the BR163 constantly rise and it is often only through illegal land
grabbing that people can secure a spot.
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This is the story of Luana Muniz, a sex worker,
who speaks openly about her experiences and
dreams. She tells of the tough competition, the
solidarity and the violence on the streets, of the
way she presents herself as both man and woman
and of her attitude to life. An intimate portrait of a
life lived beyond sexual codification and social
controls.
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Directed by Thomas Marschall and Nikolaus Braunshör
A co-production by NonPlus Filmproduction
and Utopia Films
Available now – worldwide
Directed by Julieta Rudich
Produced by ORF
Available now – worldwide
Nothing is as beautiful as a carnival in Rio de
Janeiro. However, that there are also dark sides
to the Brazilian coastal city is often overlooked.
100 metres – that is the length of the street where
transvestite prostitutes earn their living.
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World in a Ball
Der Ball ist rund
Street Children in Ecuador
Kinder der Straße
This documentary shows the very contradictory consequences of globalisation in a single, remote setting: in the secret world capital of soccer in northeast
Pakistan, Sialkot. According to a Pakistani legend, the ball is not only round,
but also a “Golden Ball”, a “Gola Zareen”. In Sialkot, 50,000 workers sew
about forty million handmade balls per year. That’s seventy percent of the
hand-stitched soccer balls on the world market. It takes about three hours to
finish a ball. The business, which began more than 100 years ago with the
manufacture of balls, hockey sticks, and cricket bats for their British colonial
masters, kept booming for decades and is economically important for all Pakistan. Now burgeoning competition is posing a threat: el cheapo balls from
China are becoming better and better, and high-tech products from Thailand
are becoming cheaper and cheaper.
Many Ecuadorian children, fleeing from the violence of broken families, end
up on the streets where they eke out a living as shoe cleaners, cigarette
sellers or pick pockets. To give them hope for a better future the Salesians
of Don Bosco in Ecuador began a project many years ago called “Golasco –
football for street children”. In specially designed football schools the
children make new friends and develop a new outlook on life while playing
football. The film shows the different phases of this sensitive re-socialization process, from the first contact between social workers and children living on the streets to their reintegration into the school system and their
eventual reunification with their families.
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Duration: 53 min.
Directed by Christian Krönes and Florian Weigensamer
A co-production by ORF and Blackbox Film & Medienproduktion
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Produced by ORF
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Flavours of Europe
Der Geschmack Europas
This new series explores cuisine and cultures throughout Europe. On these culinary as well as literary
expeditions through kitchens, vineyards, farms and landscapes viewers will discover strange and familiar flavours and will find out more about the cultural history of Europe and its regions.
Episodes available:
Flavours of Europe – The Slovenian Karst
Flavours of Europe – Central Switzerland
Flavours of Europe – Transylvania
Flavours of Europe – Maremma
Duration: 38 min. (episode 1) / 30 min. (episodes 2–4)
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Frankfurter, Viennese, Hot Dogs –
It’s All About the Sausage
Wiener, Frankfurter, Hot Dogs –
Es geht um die Wurst!
The sausage stands as a cultural institution
that occupies the space between cuisine and
a place to exchange views is as much a topic
of this documentary as historic observations
on eating habits.
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Written and Directed by Martin Traxl, Lojze Wieser, Florian Gebauer
Produced by ORF in association with ORF/3sat
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Flavours of Austria
Aufgetischt – Unterwegs zum
kulinarischen Lebensgefühl
This series accompanies locals in their region
or city, tells their stories.
Duration: 29 x 45 min.
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Eingeschenkt
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This is the story of wine and shows that wine
is far more than the usual pretty pictures of
winemakers.
Duration: 12 x 25 min.
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Attention – A Life in Extremes
Attention – A Life in Extremes
Modern day heroes, people who stand out from
the crowd through their special skills and extraordinary adventurism to risk the physical and
mental transgression of limits. But what makes
the heroes do this? Which career did those people experience, who are at the alleged head of a
socially recognized elite popularity? Which events,
thoughts and goals made people to adventurers?
And are these heroes really as self-determined
as it seems at first sight?
This film, which is based on the stories of three
extraordinary men, will give an unusual perspective on the conditions and the extremely increasing expressions of our modern society. The filmteam accompanies a wingsuit flyer, a freediver
and an extreme cyclist in their ambitious plan to
reach the top of the sports world. They fly along
craggy cliffs, dive without oxygen equipment in
the depths of sea and compete during inconceivably exhausting cycling tours – an evidence of
the undreamed performance of the human body.
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Written and Directed by Sascha Köllnreitner
Produced by Adrialpe-Media supported by
ORF-Filmfernsehabkommen and Austrian Filminstitute
Available Winter 2013 – for German speaking Territories
and France
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Herbs – Crafts
Die Kraft der Kräuter
Never before have the oldest companions of human beings, herbs, been presented in film in this
way. With a specially developed process, the
growth, blossoming and withering of medicinal
and poisonous plants can be experienced in fast
motion. However, not in the old, familiar manner,
with static shots, but with pans, zooms or as tracking shots over meadows! This is a presentation
technique at the highest international level!
The content of this fascinating documentary itself is also revolutionary: the simplest culinary
herbs, such as chives, cress, basil, etc. contain
highly effective substances of extreme importance for pharmacology.
Duration: 52 min.
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Written and Directed by Kurt Mündl
Produced by Power of Earth Productions
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A film that satisfies all wishes: with the highest
degree of technical sophistication and with comprehensive information pointing out that what
tastes good can also be healthy.
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World War I
World War I was the first event of a new century which shattered Europe.
It began with the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and his wife on 28th
July 1914 and lasted until 11th November 1918.
The following documentaries give an overview and new insights to the
historic events which led to a War which spread across European borders in the second decade of the 20th century.
Sarajevo – The Assassination
Sarajevo – Das Attentat
The End of an Empire
Der Weg in den Untergang
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Emperor Franz Joseph and World War I
Kaiser Franz und der erste Weltkrieg
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Sarajevo – The Assassination
Sarajevo – Das Attentat
The End of an Empire
Der Weg in den Untergang
In 2014, Europe will remember the outbreak of the First World War. The fate- “The End of an Empire” uses elaborate re-enactments, fascinating Computer
ful war, which raged for four years, began a century ago in 1914. The catalyst Generated Imagery and previously unseen archive footage to examine how
of the disaster was the murder of the Austrian successor to the throne, Franz the assassination in Sarajevo in 1914 came about and how Austria-Hungary
Ferdinand, and his wife Sophie on 28th June 1914 in Sarajevo. This documen- used the death of the heir to the throne, Franz Ferdinand, to start a war
tary conveys the dramatic events on the eve of the First World War. The last against Serbia. The film investigates how this regional conflict caused the
day of Franz Ferdinand and his wife is meticulously reconstructed for the first Central Powers and the Triple Entente to enter the First World War – at the
time. The film shows the course of the day leading up to the assassination time, the biggest war in history with 17 million soldiers and civilians killed and
practically minute by minute. The most recent research and artefacts provi- more than 20 million injured.
de the building blocks for this elaborate and exciting production. While the
film follows the course of the day, flashbacks of the life of Franz Ferdinand
are shown in the form of historical recordings and special re-enactments.
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Written and Directed by Kurt Mündl
Produced by Power of Earth Productions
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Directed by Leo Bauer and Robert Goll
A co-production by ORF and Metafilm in association with bm:ukk
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Emperor Franz Joseph and World War I
Kaiser Franz und der erste Weltkrieg
After the assassination of the heir to the throne,
Franz Ferdinand, in Sarajevo on 28th June 1914,
emperor Franz Joseph signed the declaration of
war against Serbia. Misled by the military and
political forces, the 84 year old monarch provoked an apocalypse. Initially, the offensive was
intended to be limited by territory and time.
However, it ended in one of the vastest mass
mortality in human history. The film shows the
first three years of war, from 1914 until the death
of Emperor Franz Joseph, husband of the popular
Empress Sissy, in November 1916, analysing the
background, motives and mechanisms of a war
that was fought not only for political and military
dominance but also for the “salvation of the occident”. A battle between East and West, between
Germanic and Slavs.
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Directed by Andreas Novak
Produced by ORF
Available now – for Europe
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The Power of Women –
Mistresses in the Congress of Vienna
Der Wiener Kongress und die Macht der Frauen
Lost Lives – Women in Gulag
Verlorene Leben – Frauen im Gulag
Autumn 1814: Vienna stood at the center of the world at that time, as, after
25 years of revolutionary upheaval and the end of the Napoleonic Wars, the
Congress of Vienna, the largest gathering of the leading statesmen of their
time to date, was intended to bring a stable framework for peace to Europe.
However, the monarchs and diplomats did not take the important decisions
in the conference rooms, but rather in the ballrooms and parlours. Social
occasions and riotous parties were the breeding ground for affairs and manipulation, intrigues and pacts, at which the mistresses and lovers of the
statesmen pulled the strings.
In the 1920s many European women emigrated to the Soviet Union in
search of a new and better life. Their goal was to build up a new society
where unemployment, the economic chaos and the civil war belong to the
past. This documentary is looking for almost forgotten destinies of women
who ended under extreme life circumstances from Kazakhstan until Siberia
in the Soviet Gulag. It also tells the life stories of Aino Kuusinen (wife of the
leader of the Finnish communist party), the Spanish Carolina Codina (first
wife of Sergei Sergejewitsch Prokofjew) and other life destinies from Great
Britain, France and other countries.
This docudrama tells the story of the Congress of Vienna from the viewpoint
of three mistresses. Their roles produce a picture that is as enigmatic as it
is entertaining of this historically important major event, the 200th anniversary which will be marked in 2014/15.
Duration: 52 min.
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Written and Directed by Monika Czernin, Melissa Müller
A co-production by Makido Film and ORF in association with ZDF/ARTE,
Austrian Television Fund, Vienna Film Fund and bmu:kk
Available Winter 2013 – worldwide except for Germany and France
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Written and Directed by Anita Lackenberger
A co-production by ORF and Produktion West in association
with Land Niederösterreich, Verein ARTE, Future Fund of the
Republic of Austria and bmu:kk
Available Autumn 2013 – worldwide
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Mauthausen – A Memorial Through the Ages
Neugestaltung Mauthausen – Eine KZ-Gedenkstätte stellt sich der Zeit
Duration: 52 min.
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Directed by Roland Aßmann
Produced by west4media for the Federal Ministry of
the Interior
Available now – worldwide
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An international committee took up a five year
challenge to try a redesign of the memorial at the
Mauthausen concentration camp – a place rich in
history and importance. It was an interdisciplinary work with demanding aspects for all participants. How to start a project to such an extent?
How to make the right decisions? How to communicate the desired content? Contemporary
witnesses of all over the world describe their experiences in the concentration camp. They tell
the impressive background stories of new exhibits and set new impulses for the international
dealing with the Nazi era.
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Interfaces – Our Digital Life
Das digitale Ich – Computer, Menschen, Emotionen
Duration: 52 min.
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Directed by Hannes M. Schalle
A co-production by ORF/3sat and Moonlake Entertainment
in association with ORF-Enterprise
Available now – worldwide
HD EV
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Hardly anything in the world works without a PC
any more. Practically, everything is controlled by
computer – with networks, communication, sending and receiving all digital. Our world is an analogue world that is increasingly being dominated
by binary processes and programs. This digital
omnipresence has co-opted us and is continuing
to grow in strength; it won’t be long, for example,
until household technology can only be controlled digitally, and even remotely, or until 2018
when the first self-driving vehicles hit the roads
in California. How much “digital” does humankind need? And how much “human” does digital
need? This documentary illuminates digital environments and descriptively tells its story using
four different generations – ranging from the generation that was not born into the telepathic
society through to Generation Vipe.
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Tricks of the Pharma Industry
Die Tricks der Pharmaindustrie
They dominate medical research, conceal negative trial results and sell us outrageously expensive medicines, about the ineffectiveness and
risks of which they have long been aware. And in
the process the managers in the pharmaceutical
industry generate the highest profits of any sector. Now women are filing complaints. They took
the contraceptive pill, Yasmin, because it was
pitched to them as an innovative product that
would also help to alleviate skin conditions. Now
these young women are stroke patients. “Bought”
guidelines. Critical doctors point out that there
are dozens of conflicts of interest on the committees of experts that draw up the treatment guidelines. And in-siders divulge how the industry
manipulates articles ostensibly written by professors by using ghost writers.
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Written and Directed by Kurt Langbein
Produced by Langbein & Partner Media for ORF
Available Winter 2013 – worldwide
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Duration: 45 min.
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A Tiger Called Broken Tail
Testament eines Tigers
Irish Cameraman Colin Stafford-Johnson spent almost 600 days filming Broken Tail & his family for
some of the finest tiger documentaries ever made. Broken Tail was the most charismatic tiger cub
he’d ever seen in Ranthambhore, one of India’s premier wild tiger reserves. Impossibly cute, he gamboled and posed for Colin’s camera through the first years of his life. But then, without warning, Broken Tail disappeared. He abandoned his sanctuary and went on the run, disappearing into the wilds
of rural India for almost a year. On a spectacular odyssey across Rajasthan, Colin travels by horseback
retracing Broken Tail’s last journey, gathering clues as to his route and behavior, exploring why he
abandoned his home, and above all: revealing important truths about India’s last wild tigers.
Duration: 52 min.
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Written by John Murray
Directed by John Murray and Colin Stafford-Johnson
Produced by Crossing the Line Films in association with BBC, Irish Film Board, WNET, SWR, ZDF and ARTE
Available now – worldwide except for USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, Sweden, Germany, France and German speaking Switzerland
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The Tiger and the Monk
Der Tiger und der Mönch
The tigers were once the “aristocrats” of the
jungle of South East Asia, but today this undisputed ruler of the animal kingdom is one of the
most endangered species in the world. Three
of the eight subspecies are already extinct, a
fate that could also overcome the others.
Duration: 50 min.
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Islands of Eternal Spring – The Canaries
Kanaren – Inseln des ewigen Frühlings
The Canary Islands are one of the most well-known
tourist destinations in the world. The “Islands
of eternal spring” offer a stable and pleasant climate throughout almost the entire year.
However, although the seven islands are “known”,
their flora and fauna secrets have yet to be presented in a “serious cinematic” fashion. Located
off of the north-west coast of Africa, these islands
are a unique archipelago. Principally, all climate
zones from desert to primeval rain forests are
found here, existent for the last 60 million years
and unique in the world. According to current estimates there are around 2,000 different species of
plants on the islands, of which more than 500
exist only on the Canaries.
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Written and Directed by Kurt Mündl
Produced by Power of Earth Productions
Available 2014 – worldwide
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Picture: © canaryluc – Fotolia
Duration: 60 min.
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Sun-Seeking Creatures –
A Mediterranean World
Sonnenkinder an der Donau –
Mediterrane Lebenswelten am großen Strom
Scorpions – Death on 8 Legs
Skorpione – Tod auf 8 Beinen
The Danube, one of the most remarkable rivers in Europe, contains many
secrets. Not just underwater, but also along its course through Austria. This
documentary follows in the tracks of the widest variety of creatures in the
Mediterranean section of the Danube. Among others, the largest lizard, the
largest snake in Central Europe, the western green lizard and the Aesculapian snake will be encountered; the audience is invited to take part in the
family life of ground squirrels, learn that the heat islands even have their
own local species of scorpion, and encounter the praying mantis, the saga
pedo or the wasp spider. However, not only the animal kingdom is fascinating. Many field orchids, which are threatened with extinction almost everywhere else, find a final refuge on the slopes of the Wachau Valley. The most
colourful European bird, the bee-eater, still broods here in the last remaining colonies.The entire region was named a World Natural and Cultural
Heritage Site in 2000.
Wherever they turn up, one thing is always the same: they are photophobic
creatures and they are poisonous. Some of them are among the most
poisonous animals on Earth. They have been on the planet for 400 million
years and have since conquered all continents, settling in the most varied
habitats, including arid areas as well as hot and humid rainforests: scorpions!
Around 1,500 different species are known worldwide. A little prick of their
needle-sharp sting is enough to kill insects, mammals and even humans.
A visually stunning documentary that shows how perfectly the oldest land
animals in the world have adapted over the course of 400 million years, full of
drama and sensational extreme close-ups.
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Duration: 52 min.
Written and Directed by Kurt Mündl
Produced by Power of Earth Productions
Available 2014 – worldwide
3D
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813325
Picture: © Pum – Power Of Earth
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Written and Directed by Kurt Mündl
Produced by Power of Earth Productions
Available now – worldwide
3D
813332
Picture: © digitalicus – Fotolia
Duration: 52 min.
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Secrets of Bumblebees
Hummeln – Bienen im Pelz
They are chubbier, fuzzier and more leisurely than their sisters, the bees. They are a lot less aggressive
and awe-inspiring than their cousins the wasps. Compared to honey bees, these social insects have long
been poorly researched, though they’re at home in temperate regions throughout the Northern Hemisphere and South America. A few tropical species form colonies lasting several years, but elsewhere only
the summer’s new Queens survive into next spring. Macro and high-speed cinematography allow us to
witness their behavior, understand their biology, experience their unique abilities and leave us in awe of
these droll little harbingers of spring.
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Sky Hunters –
The World of the Dragonfly
Libellen – Die Himmelsjäger
This film presents dragonflies as they have
never been seen before. Fascinating close up
shots take us into the world of these insects,
which have lived on earth since the age of the
dinosaurs. Spectacular super slow motion
shots and elaborate computer animation uncover, for the first time, how dragonflies capture their prey at lightning speed while flying.
Wiritten and Directed by Kurt Mündl
A co-production by ORF and Power of Earth Productions in association with ORF-Enterprise
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Planet Sparrow
Planet der Spatzen
Ben is a sparrow in the Soukh in Cairo. Bushy and
tousled, he flits between crowded stalls to build
his nest and attract a mate. He’s one of five heroes of “Planet Sparrow”. Their adventures cover
the world, travelling westward with the sun from
Cairo to Vienna, Paris, New York, Beijing and
Moscow. Small and grey-brown, sparrows may
seem dull, but this first impression is deceptive.
They sing as prettily as canaries and can imitate
other birds – even machines! They’re extremely
clever, dunking dry bread and rice in water to eat,
and learning to open milk cans by watching other
birds. Their insect-hunting skills are breathtaking. The camera pursues these artists of flight
through narrow alleys, revealing their spectacular aerial manoeuvres. In Paris, centuries of living
with humans have taught them to form teams
that steal and share the food of restaurant diners.
In New York, orphaned sparrow chicks are adopted by new sparrow parents. The birds play Russian Roulette in Moscow, flying beneath the cars
on the busiest roads to save winter energy. “Planet Sparrow” is a documentary about these flying survival artists, their neighbors and adversaries, all photographed from the perspective of
the birds, as well.
Duration: 52 min.
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Written by Judith Doppler, Kurt Mayer
Directed by Kurt Mayer
A co-production by Kurt Mayer Film, ORF, ARTE and NDR,
in association with RTR, Vienna Film Fund and bm:ukk
Available now – worldwide
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Owl’s Odyssey
Der Flug der Eule
When a female barn-owl’s home – an old disused
barn – is demolished, she has to seek a new
place to live. On the way, flying through forests
and across grasslands, she encounters most of
the common owl species in Central Europe: long
– and short-eared owls, little, tawny and eagle
owls, some she can live peacefully beside, others
she must shun or risk becoming their prey. During her journey, the film shows how owls fly so
silently and hunt so efficiently; it illustrates what
they have meant to humans since ancient times,
and how they live beside us today. It explains
why they have become – unfairly – associated
with death. Our owl finally finds a new home, as
the guest of a barn owl family, in time to see the
new clutch of young following their mother on
their first majestic flight.
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Directed by Istvan Nadaskay and
Elisabeth Korinek-Schönthal
A co-production by ORF and IN-Film in association
with bm:ukk
Available now – worldwide
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Duration: 50 min.
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Return of the Hoopoe
Die Rückkehr des Wiedehopfs
Duration: 50 min.
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Written and Directed by Florian Berger and Stefan Polasek
A co-production by ORF and Kubefilm in association with
Austrian Television Fund
Available now – worldwide
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Across Europe Hoopoes are struggling. But
amidst the orchards and vineyards of the Wagram region near Vienna they are thriving. This
documentary shows how the small bird with the
spectacular crown feathers made a comeback in
the heart of Europe and how it is dealing with its
neighbours: Aesculapian snakes, foxes and falcons. But it is also the story about one man’s
dream that came true: Manfred Eckenfellner is
known as the “Hoopoe-Whisperer” and due to his
passion the birds found their way back to the Wagram region. Even cultural landscapes like the
Wagram Wineyards offer countless opportunities
for wild animals to find new niches. Kestrels use
castle towers to breed and bee-eaters live in the
same layers of loess vintners grow their grapes on.
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Hunting Buddies – How Dogs Discovered Man
Jagdkumpane – Wie der Hund auf den Menschen kam
No animal reflects human social changes as
much as the dog. For millennia, dogs have served as mankind’s hunting buddies, vital companions in our struggle for survival. In today’s increasingly civilized world, modern dogs have had
to abandon their first instincts, finding new employment as family members, helping the disabled, diagnosing cancer, or sniffing for drugs. We
have forgotten what it actually means to be a
dog, a hunter. “Hunting Buddies” looks back at
this part of our cultural history and discovers
where dog skills come from, finding out what we
have given up and gained as our relationship
with dogs has changed. Different hunting dogs
are followed in real-life situations seen from dog
and human perspective. Each breed emerged
from a specific period in hunting history, when
each was supremely adapted to the tasks and
skills required. “Hunting Buddies” takes a closer
look at dog and man, nature and culture – a cinematic cross-over appealing not just to hunters
and dog-lovers but to anyone fascinated by the
history and development of humankind.
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Written and Directed by Ute Gebhardt
Produced by ORF and Wega Film in association with ARTE
and bm:ukk
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Keepers of the Ark – A Life for Animals
Leben im Zoo
The muscular young cheetah marks carefully his
new terrain which is full of another animal’s
strange smell. A couple of young falcons is excited and nervous: its first attempt at flight – and a
balcony amidst the town is an unusual take off
point. Also Nina is excited: she is the young keeper of the bats – and this is exactly the moment
to set the young animals free to find a living in
the woods around Schönbrunn castle. What these animals share is their proximity to humans in
a zoo – the world’s oldest, Vienna’s Schönbrunn
zoo: A centre for animal care, conservation and
international breeding programs. This is the story about Schönbrunn’s zookeepers who devote
their lives to the animals by witnessing birth,
aging process, death and, occasionally, the end
of an entire species. The unusual locations and
spectacular camera perspectives in this film convey the intimacy of the relationship between keepers and animals. An intimacy which may lead to
physical and behavioural similarities even between animals and humans.
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Written by Lukas Beck and Martin Betz
Directed by Lukas Beck
A co-production by ORF and Metafilm in association with
Austrian Television Fund, Vienna Film Fund, bm:ukk and
Cinestyria
Available now – worldwide
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Picture: © Lukas Beck
Duration: 52 min.
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The Empress and the Forest
Der wilde Wald der Kaiserin
A palace in a private woodland park near the city
of Vienna; 25 square miles of lonely beauty designed for a tragic empress. The Lainzer Park was a
gift from the Emperor to his wife Elisabeth, Empress of Austria, more than a century ago. It was
to be her sanctuary from the suffocating protocol
of court. Today, visitors are restricted to the official paths of a walled wonderland that is both
completely wild and fully protected, a landscape
untouched by the age of industry. In the midst of
the forest is a garden whose four-hundred-year
old oaks have trunks with diameters greater than
four metres. The crowns of the trees are host to
more than 1,000 insect species, including a
hundred different kinds of butterfly. In the spirit
of Thomas Rilk’s last film “Wasteland Warriors”,
set in Vienna’s building sites and scrublands, this
hidden ecosystem reveals a macro world of astonishing variety, beauty and colour in the trees
and on the ground, and follows the free-roaming
deer and wild hogs that live so close to the busy
centre of Austria’s capital city.
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Directed by Thomas Rilk
Produced by Thomas Rilk Filmproduktion in association
with ORF and Vienna Film Fund
Available now – worldwide
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Duration: 50 min.
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Danube – Europe’s Amazon
Donau – Die Lebensader Europas
Romantic river banks and unspoilt nature – these
landscapes flank the Danube River. This comprehensive cinematic portrait of Europe’s secondlongest river presents scenes of breathtaking
beauty along the banks of the Danube, and investigates the tension between humans and nature, civilisation and wilderness. Dams and power stations alternate with sections of natural
wilderness along this mighty river, which flows
through metropolises such as Vienna, Bratislava
and Budapest and untouched natural landscapes like the Danube National Park and the Kopaki Rit. Further south, between the Carpathian
mountain range in Romania and the Serbian Ore
mountains, the river passes through the socalled Iron Gate, 137 kilometres of Gorges that
are among the largest in Europe. The mighty river
ends in a unique labyrinth of water, mud and
reeds – the Danube delta. It is the last remaining
major river delta in Europe and the largest reed
bed on earth, used by huge colonies of pelicans,
cormorants, sea eagles and spoonbills for breeding and nesting.
Part I: From the Black Forest to the Black Sea/
Vom Schwarzwald zum Schwarzen Meer
Part II: Forest, Flood and Frost/Zwischen Flut und Frost
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Directed by Rita and Michael Schlamberger
A co-production by ORF, Science Vision, NDR Naturfilm,
BR and doclights in association with ARTE and ICPDR
Available now – worldwide except for Germany and France
Telenatura, International Television Festival on
Conservation of Nature and Environment 2012:
Telenatura, International Television Festival on
Conservation of Nature and Environment Award
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Duration: 2 x 50 min.
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Schladming – Magic Mountains
Schladminger Bergwelten
Part I: Land of the Chamois/Von Gipfeln und Gämsen
Sheer rock walls and deep ravines crying out to be climbed, cycling trails in
the forest and some of the swiftest and blackest ski runs; peaks and pines
eye their reflections in shimmering lakes, bordered by moss, lichen and
flower-studded slopes. These are Schladming’s Magic Mountains. Beside
the slopes this landscape is full of wild animals. Red deer, black-grouse and
pygmy owls inhabit the woods and alpine meadows. Winter is merciless
cold in these mountains, but there is one animal which is perfectly adapted
to this habitat: the chamois. Though this region is controlled by men, it is a
hot spot for wild animals – and sometimes even the wolves come back to
this territory, which once belonged to them.
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Part II: Land of the Champions/
Zwischen Jahrhunderten und Hundertstelsekunden
“Sustainable development” could have been invented by this place. Schladmingers welcomed big-city money to their region to develop tourism and
peak alpine sports, but never sold out completely. As miners, they claimed
their share of Europe’s biggest silver mine – and were crushed. From then
on, as secret Protestants in a Catholic country, they learned to keep their own
counsel.
Duration: 50 min.
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Written and Directed by Gernot Lercher
A co-production by Interspot Film and ORF in association with Austrian Television Fund
and Cinestyria
Available now – worldwide
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Picture: © ORF/Interspot/Hans Peter Steiner
Written and Directed by Franz Hafner
A co-production by Interspot Film, ORF and BR in association with Austrian Television Fund
and Cinestyria
Available now – worldwide except for Germany
Deauville Green Awards 2013: Gold Award
Envirofilm – Environmental Film Festival, Slovakia
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A Valley Lost in Time – Ausseerland
Mythos Ausseerland
This is the story of a landscape born on ice and
rock; the story of a valley smashed and broken,
crushed and teased, lowered – and raised again –
by nature’s elements; the story of a region, beautiful and picturesque, hailed as one of creation’s
summits. This haunt and habitat belongs to both
man and animal. Our senses are occupied by stunning summits, sheer black walls and dark blue lakes, but the sources of life are hidden deep inside
the mighty rocks: salt and water. A source of life
for both man and animal – but also a source of
exploitation, anarchy, isolation – and zest for life.
Now we enter a dense world of extremes and
contrasts: the extremes come from the climatic
conditions, cold winters with masses of snow
and mild, humid summers; while the contrasts
are based on man-made realities, powerful and
colorful traditions coupled with intellectual and
economic modernity. Like a storybook, Ausseerland is a highly compressed universe where
beautiful red deer observe the humans while
people prefer to measure each other up. Meadows are prized for flowers that anywhere else
would be thought of as rubbish, in a landscape
that attracts millions of outsiders.
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Written by Alfred Komarek
Directed by Manfred Corinne
A co-production by ORF and RAN-Film in association with
Austrian Television Fund and Cine Styria
Available Winter 2013 – worldwide
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Picture: © Richard Mayr
Duration: 50 min.
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Nock – Land Above the Clouds
Nockberge – Land zwischen Himmel und Erde
You might think you were in Ireland, you might
sense the vastness of Castile in Spain, but you’d
never believe this was the heart of the Austrian
Alps: the Nock Mountains are – geologically –
Austria’s oldest landscape. For a hundred million
years, the land around them has risen and fallen,
while the mountains themselves hardly moved.
And for the past thousand years, the same has
been true of the harmonious co-existence of wild
nature and rural culture. Traditional farming and,
more recently, a national park, have kept out the
mass tourism that blighted other Alpine regions.
Now, both the wide open spaces and the wealth
of small natural wonders that characterize these
gentle, green mountains have been successfully
preserved: wild rivers, endless woodland, lush
mountain meadows, wild flowers and wild animals, from red deer and golden eagles to the tiny
lives that populate the secret world of mountain
lakes. This is perfect territory for creatures shrouded in mystery: the swift, nearly invisible stone
marten, the dark and mystic raven and the inquisitive and aggressive European adder. When
mountain farmers lead their herds to the high
pastures every summer, cows and sheep graze
side by side with deer and marmots. It’s a magic
world, set in harmonious shades of green, yet always with that touch of mystery, a sense of the
infinite. But, most of all, this is a quiet world, hidden high above the clouds almost all of the year.
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Written and Directed by Waltraud Paschinger
A co-production by dreiD.at filmproduktion and ORF in
association with ORF-Enterprise and Kulturförderung
Kärnten
Available Winter 2013 – worldwide
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Picture: © Klaus Feichtenberger
Duration: 50 min.
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Triumph of the Tomato
Triumph der Tomate
The original Peruvian tomat’l – “swollen fruit” –
was yellow and the Conquistadores prized it for
its blossom. But in Europe under the Spanish sun
its lycopene went wild; rounded and red, it became irresistible. In Austria they still call it the
“paradise fruit”, and in Italy the “golden apple”.
This was surely the real forbidden fruit in the
world’s first seduction! Today’s obsession with
shape, size and long shelf-life has reduced the
once glorious tomato to mushy tastelessness.
But the counter-revolution has started! From tomato seedster Erich Stekovics with his 3,200 varieties stored in nylon stockings, to tomato tsarina Irina Zacharias, saved by the red fruit after the
fall of Communism. From the pizza that boosted
Queen Margarita’s sex life to Chinese Tomato
King Li Jingfu’s 32 new strains, cross-bred to feed
his fellow countrymen – and Joe Cocker, who serenades the crimson fruit and knows “it’s Blues
they like best”. This film squeezes inside the tomato – literally – to show how it manages to
make itself irresistible. You’ll understand why
people go crazy at tomato festivals in Spain and
Italy – and you may realize you have never, ever
tasted a real tomato – yet!
Duration: 52 min.
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Written and Directed by Maria Koller
A co-production by ORF and MR-Film in association with
ARTE, CCTV-9, Austrian Television Fund and Film Fund Vienna
Available 2014 – worldwide except for France, China,
Macau and Taiwan
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Black Mamba – Kiss of Death
Schwarze Mamba – Der Kuss des Todes
It’s spring and the start of the “Silly Season” on
the North Coast of Kwazulu Natal – when deadly
Black Mambas emerge from their winter slumber
and strike fear into the hearts of all who cross
their path. This warm, leafy coastal habitat is a
perfect Mamba country, and a huge concentration of these silent killers make their home in an
area known as “Mamba Valley”.
Mambas like warm, dark spaces – and there are
many of those in human homes. Considering a
Mamba’s bite has a 100 percent fatality rate, left
untreated, it’s not surprising humans fear and
vilify these snakes – and there’s a shoot-to-kill
bounty on their heads.
From predation to male confrontations, from mating to incubation: surveillance from the lockup
records some of the most intriguing and intimate
moments of the secret life of the Mamba. Along
the way, cinematic dramatizations of actual confrontations between people and Mambas highlight
the unpredictable and often fatal consequences of
dabbling with Africa’s most venomous snake.
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Written and Directed by Kira Ivanoff
A co-production by Earth Touch, Smithsonian Networks
and ORF
Available 2014 – for Eastern Europe and German speaking
Europe
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Picture © Earth Touch
Duration: 50 min.
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Gonsalvus, the True Story of Beauty and the Beast
Die Schöne und das Biest – Die wahre Geschichte
From his birth in 1556 on Tenerife, Petrus Gonsalvus suffered from a rare condition now called
“hypertrichosis” or “Ambras syndrome”: his body,
including his face, was completely covered with
hair, leading people to believe he was a talking
ape. At the age of ten he was given as a gift to
King Henry II of France, where he soon entertained the court with his brilliant conversation and
fluent French, Italian and Latin. Court scholars
decided to test if he really was human and the
pretty daughter of a court servant was bribed
into marrying Gonsalvus. Petrus and Catherine
had several children, sadly those which inherited
their father’s rare condition were given away to
other noble courts in Europe. “Beauty, the Beast
and the Truth” – the archetypal tale of how ignorance and cruelty can only be overcome by love.
Duration: 50 min.
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Written by Julian Pölsler, Klaus Steindl, Andreas Sulzer
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A co-production by Epo Film, Smithsonian Networks,
ARTE and ORF
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Nini’s Stories����������������������������������������������������������������� 31
The Fifth Act of Life –
Nock – Land Above the Clouds ��������������������������������� 103
The Revolution in Attitudes to Age����������������������������� 61
Orlando��������������������������������������������������������������������������� 42
Flavours of Europe ������������������������������������������������������� 74
Owl’s Odyssey ������������������������������������������������������������� 95
Four Women and a Funeral ����������������������������������������� 19
Paul Kemp – No Big Deal ��������������������������������������������� 23
Freedom of Thought����������������������������������������������������� 64
Places of Childhood ����������������������������������������������������� 52
Get the Knack!��������������������������������������������������������������� 29
Planet Sparrow ������������������������������������������������������������� 94
God’s Army – God’s Enemy ����������������������������������������� 66
The Power of Women –
Gonsalvus, the True Story of Beauty and the Beast 106
Mistresses in the Congress of Vienna������������������������� 82
Herbs – Crafts ��������������������������������������������������������������� 77
Quiz Castle��������������������������������������������������������������������� 31
How to Steal a Kiss������������������������������������������������������� 10
Return of the Hoopoe��������������������������������������������������� 96
Hunting Buddies – How Dogs Discovered Man��������� 97
The Rolling Bones – Never Too Old to Rock’n Roll ��� 35
India’s Cotton – Tears, Sweat and Hope��������������������� 62
The Roots of Violence��������������������������������������������������� 63
India’s Rug-Manufacturers – A Tragic Carpet Ride ��� 62
Saints����������������������������������������������������������������������������� 60
Interfaces – Our Digital Life����������������������������������������� 84
Schladming – Magic Mountains��������������������������������� 101
Where Have All the Girls Gone������������������������������������� 65
“Yummy” – Cooking With Kids������������������������������������� 26
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