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EUROPEAN FILM AWARD for “BEST COSTUME DESIGN” goes to TANJA HAUSNER for THE DEVIL'S BATH
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GRAND JURY PRIZE AND THREE OTHER AWARDS
KURDWIN AYUB’S MOON WINS BIG AT THE LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL
This year’s big winner at the renowned Locarno Film Festival is “MOND”, the second feature by director and screenwriter Kurdwin Ayub. Following its world premiere at the 77th Locarno Film Festival “MOND” received no fewer than four awards. The film won the “Special Jury Prize – Cities of Ascona and Losone”, the second highest prize of the festival and endowed with 30,000 Swiss francs, along with the “Europa Cinemas Label Prize”, the “Boccalino D’Oro Prize of the Independent Film Critics” and a “Special Mention” from the Ecumenical Jury.
Distributed by the Wiener Stadtkino, the film will be released in Austrian cinemas on 8 November. Kurdwin Ayub, an Austrian born in Iraq, on her award: “I am so grateful. It isn’t easy to make a film, and these days it’s even more difficult to get it shown at a prestigious film festival, and now to win an award as well is really incredible!” -
THE DEVIL`S BATH is Austrian entry for the Oscars!
ULRICH SEIDL FILMPRODUKTION´s WINNING STREAK
Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion’s fantastic winning streak goes on and on! Austria is entering The Devil’s Bath, the historical film directed by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala, for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film 2025. The decision was made yesterday by a jury of experts and announced by the Film & Music Association of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber.
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A SILVER BEAR for THE DEVIL’S BATH
At the 74th Berlin International Film Festival a SILVER BEAR was awarded to THE DEVIL’S BATH (D: Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala) for its outstanding cinematography. We congratulate our Director of Photography Martin Gschlacht – capturing Anja Plaschg’s unique performance and bringing it to the big screen – on this important award.
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WORLD PREMIERE of THE DEVIL'S BATH at the 74th Berlinale - Berlin International Film Festival
Wettbewerb/Competition
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WORLD PREMIERE „THE DEVIL´S BATH“ 74. International Filmfestival Berlin 2024 (main competition)
The historical feature film by the Austrian directing duo Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala is in competition for the Golden Bear award. THE DEVIL´S BATH will be released in Austrian cinemas from March 8th.
Lead actress Anja Plaschg aka Soap&Skin also composed the film music for the mysterious historical drama. -
Reception Austrian Embassy – Ulrich Seidl at the Márgenes Film Festival 2023
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ULRICH SEIDL!
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IT'S A WRAP!!!
MOND - a feature film by Kurdwin Ayub
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"SONNE" by director Kurdwin Ayub awarded once again
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"MOND" BY DIRECTOR KURDWIN AYUB: START OF SHOOTING
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Ulrich Seidl awarded with the Jaguar Prize in Lima (Peru)
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AUSTRIAN FILM AWARD 2023
3 Nominations for RIMINI and LUZIFER
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DIAGONALE 2023
SPARTA and WICKED GAMES-Rimini Sparta
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WICKED GAMES Rimini Sparta
world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam - IFFR 2023 - section Harbor
With great pleasure we can announce that the (long) version with the current title "WICKED GAMES: Rimini Sparta" by Ulrich Seidl will celebrate its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam - IFFR 2023 in the Harbor section on Sunday, January 29th, 2023.
Congratulations to our CAST and the CREW!!! -
HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY ULRICH SEIDL!!!
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RIMINI
WINNER "BEST FILM" AT GIJON FILMFESTIVAL
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SPARTA - a statement by Ulrich Seidl
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RIMINI
WINNER of OSLO GRAND PIX INTERNATIONAL
We are very pleased that RIMINI was awarded with the "OSLO GRAND PIX INTERNATIONAL"!!! The jury statement:
„The winning film balances the genres of comedy and tragedy. With cinematic precision: in ugly-pretty pictures and an ambivalent atmosphere, RIMINI is an intimate story about human relations.”
Congratulations to our main actor Michael Thomas (Richie Bravo), as well as to our entire cast & crew from Rimini!!!! -
TRAILER OF GOODNIGHT MOMMY
US REMAKE AVAILABLE ON 16TH OF SEPTEMBER ON AMAZON PRIME
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SPARTA
PREMIERE SPARTA IN SAN SEBASTIAN
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SPARTA
PREMIERE at the International Film Festival San Sebastián 2022 (OFFICIAL SELECTION)
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RIMINI and SONNE
TWO WORLD PREMIERES AT THE 72TH BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
We are very happy and proud to announce the world premiere of two Seidlfilm productions at this year's 72nd Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale): "RIMINI", the new feature film by Ulrich Seidl will premiere in the main competition for the Golden Bear. "SONNE" the feature film debut by Kurdwin Ayub will screen in the competition of the "Encounters" section.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY ULRICH SEIDL!!!
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LUZIFER
SUSANNE JENSEN Best Actress, FRANZ ROGOWSKI Best Actor at Sitges Festival
It is a great pleasure and honor for us to announce that Peter Brunner's feature film LUZIFER has been awarded with 2 prizes in the main competition at the Sitges Film Festival! Best Actress Susanne Jensen (together with Noomi Rapace/ Lamb) and Best Actor Franz Rogowski (together with Caleb Landry Jones/ Nitram).
Congrats to director Peter Brunner, the two actors as well as the whole LUZIFER team on this great success!! -
LUZIFER
FRANZ ROGOWSKI wins BEST ACTOR at Fantastic Fest
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German Acting Award for Maria Hofstätter
We - the team of Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion - warmly congratulate actress Maria Hofstätter on receiving the German Acting Award 2021 for her role in “Fuchs im Bau”, a film by director Arman T. Riahi.
Maria Hofstätter has been part of the “Seidl family” since the beginning of her film career and has shown in “Hundstage” (2001) and Paradise:Faith (2012). Starting in October Maria Hofstätter will be back in front of our camera - this time in the historical movie THE DEVIL´s BATH (director: Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala), a co-production of Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion with Heimatfilm Cologne. -
LUZIFER
Boccalino d´Oro for director Peter Brunner
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LUZIFER
WORLD PREMIERE in MAIN COMPETITION at 74th LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL
It is with great pleasure that we can announce today that Peter Brunner’s feature film LUZIFER, an Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion, will celebrate its world premiere in main competition at this year’s 74th Locarno Film Festival. We heartily congratulate filmmaker Peter Brunner and the entire team on this success!
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US Remake of "Goodnight Mommy" with Naomi Watts
It’s finally official: Amazon is financing the US remake of “Goodnight Mommy,” Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala’s fiction feature debut.
Two-time Academy Award nominee Naomi Watts will star as the protagonist (the titular mother), with Matt Sobel to direct. The arthouse shocker is being produced by Animal Kingdom together with Playtime. The original “Goodnight Mommy” (Ich seh ich seh, an Ulrich Seidl Film production) premiered at the 2014 Venice Film Festival, going on to take numerous prizes and selected as Austria’s entry for Best Foreign-Language Film at the Academy Awards.
Huge congratulations to Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala for their tremendous success! -
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Ulrich Seidl!
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VERONIKA FRANZ
Interview with Ö1
Director Veronika Franz was a guest at Ö1 “Menschenbilder” (edited by: Petra Herczeg, Rainer Rosenberg). She talks about emotions in cinema, fears and abysses, love and faith and her personal career in the film world. Veronika Franz is currently working with her co-director Severin Fiala on their historical feature film “The Devil´s Bath” - an Ulrich Seidl film production in coproduction with Heimatfilm Cologne.
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77th Venice International Film Festival 2020
Veronika Franz on the Jury
We are very pleased to announce that director and scriptwriter VERONIKA FRANZ has been invited to serve on this year’s jury for the international competition at the 77th edition of the Venice Film Festival. In addition to its president, Australian actress and producer Cate Blanchett, the jury also consists of German director Christian Petzold, Romanian director Cristi Puiu, British director and scriptwriter Joanna Hogg, Italian author Nicola Lagioia and French actress Ludivine Sagnier.
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SUN
shooting SUN
Yesterday, the shooting of Kurdwin Ayubs promising debut feature film SUN started in Vienna. The Coming-Of-Age movie by the young filmmaker ("Paradies! Paradies!") is produced by the Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion. Made with the support of the Austrian Film Institute, Vienna Film Fund and in collaboration with ORF Film/Fernseh-Abkommen.
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RUNNING ON EMPTY
world premiere at the Berlinale 2020
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THE LODGE - CINEMA RELEASE AUSTRIA
1st Hollywood movie by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala
The Austrian directing duo Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala (“Ich seh Ich seh” aka “Goodnight Mommy”) this week celebrated the US premiere of their first English-language Hollywood movie, THE LODGE. Simultaneously with its US theatrical release on February 7, this psycho-thriller chamber piece opens the same day in Austrian cinemas. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.
On FM4 radio in Austria, Franz and Fiala talked with host Petra Erdmann about their début Hollywood film, their work with the extraordinary star Riley Keough, and their current preparations for their new film “Des Teufels Bad” (The Devil’s Bath) for Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion. -
AUSTRIAN FILM AWARD 2020: BEST SCORE
Wolfgang Mitterer wins in the category BEST SCORE for DIE KINDER DER TOTEN
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RUNNING ON EMPTY
Lisa Webers "Running on Empty" debutes at the Berlinale 2020
We are more than happy to announce the world premiere of LISA WEBERS "Running on Empty" at the 70th International Filmfestival in Berlin, section Panorama, at the end of february next year.
Lisa Weber’s portrait of Claudia, who had a son when she was 15 and now lives together with him, her mother and her brother in Vienna, is an affectionate and gentle film about the passing of time and about what happens when seemingly nothing is happening. -
Austrian Film Award 2020
Nominations for Wolfgang Mitterer, Peter Brunner & Kurdwin Ayub
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IN THE BASEMENT
Tonight on ARTE - 11/29 - 00:50
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LILLIAN
"Youth Jury Award" for Lillian in the category "Best Feature Film"
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LILLIAN
"GOLDEN STAR AWARD" for LILLIAN in the category "BEST FILM"
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LILLIAN
2 awards at the 26th Minsk International Film Festival Listapad 2019
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DIE KINDER DER TOTEN
Cinema release Germany - tonight 8/11 at Münchner Kammerspiele
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LILLIAN
Best Debut Award for Andreas Horvath at 35th Haifa IFF
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SAFARI & DIE KINDER DER TOTEN
included at the 14th season of "Der österreichische Film - Edition DER STANDARD"
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LILLIAN
"Special Mention" at the 15th Zurich Film Festival
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LILLIAN
Best Film Award from Young Jury of Montelimar International Film Festival
Another prize for LILLIAN - a movie by Andreas Horvath, currently screened in Austrian cinemas!
Last weekend the "Young Jury of Montelimar International Film Festival" awarded the Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion for its movie LILLIAN by Andreas Horvath, with the "Best Film Award". We warmly congratulate Andreas Horvath, main actress Patrycja Płanik as well as the whole team of LILLIAN to another award! -
DIE KINDER DER TOTEN & THE LODGE
screening at Fantastic Fest in Austin/Texas
The Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, is the biggest film festival in the US focusing on genre films such as horror, science fiction, fantasy and action.
At this years festival (19.-26.09.2019) DIE KINDER DER TOTEN (Nature Theatre of Oklahoma, Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion) and THE LODGE, the first English-speaking movie of Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala, (Hammerfilm Production, Filmnation) starring Riley Keogh and Jaeden Liebherr/Martell, will be screened. -
LILLIAN
Seymour-Cassel-Award for Patrycja Płanik
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LILLIAN
Winner of the Special Prize & Best Director at Orenburg Int. Film Festival 2019
With great pleasure, we announce that LILLIAN (director: Andreas Horvath, production: Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion) won the Special Prize as well as the prize for the Best Director at Orenburg, XII International Film Festival "East&West". Classics and Avant Garde".
Congratulation to Andreas Horvath and the whole team!!!
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THE LODGE opens the 10th /slash film festival
The 10th /slash Filmfestival opens on its anniversary this year with THE LODGE, the sensational, international debut of the director duo Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala (Ich seh Ich seh / Goodnight Mommy).
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Cinema release and premiere of TO THE NIGHT
Tomorrow, Thursday, TO THE NIGHT, the third feature film by Austrian director and musician Peter Brunner, will premiere at the Stadtkino Wien. It will take place in the presence of the leading actor Caleb Landry Jones, star of the US-Independent cinema and actor in films like THREE BILLBOARDS, GET OUT and THE DEAD DON'T DIE by Jim Jarmusch.
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World premiere of "LILLIAN" in Cannes
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ONLY A FEW DAYS LEFT
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TRAILER "THE LODGE" OUT NOW!!!
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DIE KINDER DER TOTEN got the Jury Prize
We are happy to announce, that Die Kinder der Toten won the grand Jury Prize in the Avant-Garde & Genre Official Competition at BAFICI (Buenos Aires Int. Festival of Intependent Cinema)!!
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Cinema release DIE KINDER DER TOTEN
Today 05.04.2019 "Die Kinder der Toten" celebrates the cinema release all over Austria!
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Diagonale 2019
Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion presents 4 films
This year we are proud to present four films at the Diagonale in Graz: In addition to the already reported Austrian premiere of the Elfriede Jelinek adaptation "The Children of the Dead" (written and directed by Kelly Cooper and Pavol Liška - Nature Theater of Oklahoma), which was recently awarded the FIPRESCI Prize at the Berlinale, Ulrich Seidl's "Models" from 1999 as well as Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala's short film "Die Sünderinnen vom Höllfall" (2018) can also be seen in the programme. "Die Sünderinnen vom Höllfall" runs in the short film competition and is a contribution to the international anthology "The Field Guide of Evil" on the theme of local myths and legends. "Models" opens the historical special of the Diagonale on the theme "Projected Femininity(s)". Last, but not least, Peter Brunner's film "To the Night" will celebrate its Austrian premiere - a production of the Freibeuterfilm, in co-production with Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion and Loveless.
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Paul Hoffmann died
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Austrian Premiere of DIE KINDER DER TOTEN at the Diagonale'19 (19.-24. März 2019)
Austrian Cinema Release: 05.04.2019!
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DIE KINDER DER TOTEN won the FIPRESCI-Jury Award at the Berlinale 2019
We are happy to announce that DIE KINDER DER TOTEN won the FIBRESCI-Jury Award in section Forum at the Berlin International Film Festival 2019!
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THE LODGE at 35th Sundance Festival 2019
Englisch-language film by Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala celebrates world premiere