Der Berlinale-Wettbewerbsbeitrag ist bei der Verleihung des Österreichischen Filmpreises heute Abend am häufigsten ausgezeichnet worden, u.a. als bester Spielfilm. Der Österreichische Filmpreis für Regie und Drehbuch gingen an Adrian Goiginger für „Rickerl – Musik is höchstens a Hobby“.

Mit acht Österreichischen Filmpreisen ausgezeichnet: „Des Teufels Bad“(Credit: Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion/Heimatfilm)

Fast Facts

• „Des Teufels Bad“ gewinnt den Österreichischen Filmpreis als bester Spielfilm und sieben weitere Preise

• Adrian Goinginger wird für Regie und Drehbuch von „Rickerl – Musik is höchstens a Hobby“ ausgezeichnet

• Die Hauptdarsteller von „Des Teufels Bad“ und „Rickerl“, Anja F. Plaschg und Voodoo Jürgens, werden ebenfalls ausgezeichnet

Der von Ulrich Seidl produzierte Berlinale-Wettbewerbsbeitrag „Des Teufels Bad“ von Veronika Franz und Severin Fiala hatte schon die meisten Nominierungen für den Österreichischen Filmpreis erhalten und war bei der heutigen Verleihung im Wiener Rathaus mit acht Auszeichnungen.

So wurde der Film selbst als bester Spielfilm ausgezeichnet, Anja F. Plaschg...

Noch bis Oktober ensteht die 20. Staffel der Orf/Zdf-Krimiserie „Soko Donau“.

Cast und Crew am Set der „Soko Donau“ (Credit: Orf/Satel Film/Luca Breuer)

Nach Drehbüchern von Michael Grießler, Natalia Geb, Sönke Lars Neuwöhner, Andreas Quetsch, Frank Weller, Markus Staender, Peter Dommaschk, Ralf Leuther, Martin Muser, Jens Schäfer, Dominik Enzi, Andreas F. Schiessler, Sophia Sixta, Sigrid Neudecker, Eva Testor und Eva Spreitzhofer inszenieren Holger Barthel, Katharina Heigl und Sophie Allet-Coche noch bis Oktober u.a. in Wien, St. Pölten, Reitz, Graz und Leibnitz die 20. Staffel der Krimiserie „Soko Donau“.

Das Wiener Ermittlerteam verkörpern auch diesmal wieder Andreas Kiendl, Martin Gruber, Maria Happel, Lilian Klebow, Brigitte Kren und Max Fischnaller, in weiteren Rollen stehen u.a. . Ines Lutz, Daniel Langbein, Gabriel-Winner Amorin, Edith Saldanha, Nina Fog, Michael Glantschnig, Clemens Berndorff, Matea Novak, Annette Holzmann, Antonia Gohl, Markus Hamele, Karl Fischer, Jakob Schmidt, David Jakob, Lino Gaier, Annalena Hochgruber, Pamina Fürst,...

“Snow,” an Austrian-German co-production and one of 16 titles presented in the Berlinale Series Market Selects showcase, weaves the timely issue of climate change and local folklore into a suspenseful mystery drama set in the picturesque Austrian Alps.

Brigitte Hobmeier stars as Lucia, a physician who with her husband and children moves to the village, where she is replacing the local doctor, who is retiring. Things take a troubling turn when her daughter is visited by a strange woman at night.

The series presentation at the EFM event brings the title back to Berlin, where it came together in 2020 at the Berlinale Co-Production Market’s Co-Pro Series event.

Based on an idea by Michaela Taschek about the impact of climate change and old secrets that come to light, the series was initially developed early on by late producer Ursula Wolschlager of Vienna-based Witcraft and filmmaker Barbara Albert, who initially planned to...

Attack Of The Lederhosen Zombies. Do I have your attention? Of course I do! Lederhosen zombies! Yes, from the Alps of Tyrol, Austria comes a horror comedy that dashes Out Cold snowboarding humor into a Romero zombie stew. Humor meets ski-village infestation, and gore meets a white, snowy backdrop in need of some red coloring. Does sophomore filmmaker Dominik Hartl create a legendary zombie epic in the process? Not quite, but that doesn’t mean ski-bums and Z-nation worshipers alike won’t have a wintry hellscape worth a few chuckles and winces. Go ahead and punch your lift ticket – the ride’s a bumpy one, but still worth the price of admission.

It all starts with a hopeful vacation destination, an investor and a glowing green serum that – when blown through fans – produces perfect man-made snow. Assumed owner Franz (Karl Fischer) is trying to unload his Alps resort, but ends...

Summer just officially started just a few days ago, so Halloween is months away. Perhaps a great way to get us cooled off, to put us in a Fall state of mind, would be to pay a visit to one of the oldest horror movie icons: the vampire. Everyone’s aware of how scary those fanged fiends can be, but you may have forgotten how funny they are (intentionally, of course). Movie audiences have emitted nervous laughter ever since Max Schreck emerged from the shadows in the silent classic Nosferatu. And certainly there are bits (and bites) of humor (mostly comic relief supporting players) in 1931’s Dracula and Mark Of The Vampire, both with Bela Lugosi. It wasn’t until 1948 that he was in an all out farce (though the Count is never lampooned) in Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein. After Hammer Studios brought back (in full gory color) the bloodsuckers ten years later,...

Driven by a Transylvanian aesthetic (by way of 1930s Vienna), Therapy For A Vampire never hides its intentions of piggybacking off the success of What We Do In The Shadows. From jarring arterial geysers of blood to a lively score, David Rühm’s standalone feels like a spiritual continuation of Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi’s hilarious vampire mockumentary – intentional or not. Both movies deal with human/vampire interactions, both contain silly gags involving vampire mythos and both are cheekily light-hearted. Yet, only one succeeds at being a consistently funny genre satire, and the answer to which one it is shouldn’t come as a shock.

Spoiler alert: it’s not Therapy For A Vampire.

Rühm’s tale follows two sets of lovers who cross paths – one couple undead, the other fleshy humans. Local waitress Lucy (Cornelia Ivancan) and her painter companion Viktor (Dominic Oley) have hit a bit of a rough patch,...

When you’ve been married for centuries, it can be difficult to keep your marriage fresh. A bloodsucker seeks psycological counseling in Therapy for a Vampire, a new horror comedy hitting theaters this month.

Synopsis: “Vienna, 1930. Count von Kozsnom has lost his thirst for life, and his marriage cooled centuries ago. Fortunately, Sigmund Freud is accepting new patients; the good doctor suggests the Count appease his vain wife by commissioning a portrait of her by his assistant, Viktor. But it’s Viktor’s headstrong girlfriend Lucy who most intrigues the Count, convinced she’s the reincarnation of his one true love. Soon, the whole crowd is a hilarious mess of mistaken identities and misplaced affections in this send-up of the vampire genre, proving that 500 years of marriage is enough.”

Written and directed by David Ruehm, Therapy for a Vampire stars Tobias Moretti, Jeanette Hain, Cornelia Ivancan, Dominic Oley, David Bennent,...