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Monika Willi
Monika Willi (; born 29 May 1968), also known as Mona Willi, is an Austrian film editor. She is best known for her collaborations with filmmakers Michael Haneke, Michael Glawogger and Barbara Albert. In 2023, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for her work on Todd Field's film '' Tár''. Early life Monika Willi was born on 29 May 1968 in Innsbruck. She is the sister of Green Party politician , who has served as the mayor of Innsbruck since May 2018. Career Willi posthumously realized and edited the material of Michael Glawogger, who died of malaria during the production of an untitled film project in Liberia in 2014. Under the title ''Untitled'', it premiered in the Panorama section at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2017. Willi created the film using the footage from Glawogger's four and a half months of shooting through the Balkans, Italy and Africa. It also incorporates excerpts from Glawogger's diary. At the 2018 Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Innsbruck
Innsbruck (; ) is the capital of Tyrol (federal state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the Wipptal, Wipp Valley, which provides access to the Brenner Pass to the south, it had a population of 132,493 in 2018. In the broad valley between high mountains, the so-called North Chain in the Karwendel Alps (Hafelekarspitze, ) to the north and Patscherkofel () and Serles () to the south, Innsbruck is an internationally renowned winter sports centre; it hosted the 1964 Winter Olympics, 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics as well as the 1984 Winter Paralympics, 1984 and 1988 Winter Paralympics. It also hosted the first 2012 Winter Youth Olympics, Winter Youth Olympics in 2012 and is going to host the 2027 Winter Deaflympics. The name means "bridge over the Inn". History Antiquity The earliest traces suggest initial inhabitation in the early Stone Age. Surviving Ancient Rome, pre-Roman pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Der Standard
''Der Standard'' () is an Austrian daily newspaper published in Vienna. It is considered a newspaper of record for Austria. History and profile ''Der Standard'' was founded by Oscar Bronner as a financial newspaper and published its first edition on 19 October 1988. German media company Axel Springer SE, Axel Springer acquired a stake in the paper in 1988 and sold it in 1995. Bronner remains the paper's publisher, Gerold Riedmann is editor-in-chief. ''Der Standard'' sees itself as—in a Continental European sense (socially and culturally, but not economically)—Liberalism, liberal and independent. Third parties have described the paper as having a left-liberal stance. Until 2007, the editor-in-chief of the daily was Gerfried Sperl, Alexandra Föderl-Schmid succeeded him in the post. In 2002 the paper was one of four quality daily newspapers with nationwide distribution along with ''Salzburger Nachrichten'', ''Die Presse'', and ''Wiener Zeitung''. Although ''Der Standard'' is i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luc Bondy
Luc Bondy (17 July 1948 – 28 November 2015) was a Swiss theatre and film director. Life and career upright=1.3, '' Charlotte Salomon'' at the Salzburg Festival 2014 Trained in Paris with the theatre teacher Jacques Lecoq, he received a job in 1969 as an assistant at the Hamburg Thalia Theatre. In a surprise, he took over in 1985 after the resignation of Peter Stein at the Schaubühne in Berlin. He also worked as a producer of both plays and operas at the Salzburg Festival, and in 1985 as a director at the Vienna Festival. He was the director of the most recent version of ''Tosca'', by Puccini, at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Both the opera, as well as the director, were greeted by loud boos on opening night, 21 September 2009. The reception was generally negative. James Levine, the music director at the Metropolitan Opera likened the production to a 'Hitchcock movie' and the cultural critic for the ''New York Times'', Charles McGrath, felt that the new production ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Böse Zellen
''Free Radicals'' () is an Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...n film. Plot Following the death of Manu (Resetarits) in a car accident, the film relates the interwoven stories of several people who become indirectly connected by the events and aftermath of the crash. External linksOfficial website* 2003 films 2000s German-language films Austrian independent films Austrian romantic drama films Films directed by Barbara Albert 2003 romantic drama films {{Austria-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time Of The Wolf
''Time of the Wolf'' () is a 2003 French dystopian post-apocalyptic drama film written and directed by Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke. Set in France at an undisclosed time, the plot follows the story of a family: Georges (Daniel Duval), Anne (Isabelle Huppert), and their two children, Eva (Anaïs Demoustier) and Ben (Lucas Biscombe). The film also stars Olivier Gourmet and Serge Riaboukine. The film takes its title from ''Völuspá'', an ancient Norse poem which describes the time before the Ragnarök. It received positive reviews. Plot A disaster of some type has occurred, of which the audience only knows that uncontaminated water is scarce and livestock have to be burned. Having fled Paris, the Laurent family arrives at their country home, hoping to find refuge and security, only to discover that it is already occupied by strangers. The family is assaulted by the strangers and forced to leave, with no supplies or transport. As they seek help from people they have known in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joerg Kalt
Joerg “Jörg” Kalt (11 January 1967 – 1 July 2007) was an Austrian film director and cinematographer best known for his film ''Crash Test Dummies''. Kalt was born on 11 January 1967, in Suresnes near Paris and grew up in Switzerland and Germany. He studied German and law before working as a journalist. He made his first film, ''Eternity Starts Here'', in 1993 while studying at a film school in Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ... and moved to Vienna the following year. Other than ''Crash Test Dummies'' his best known film is ''Richtung Zukunft durch die Nacht'' ("Direction Future Through the Night"). He committed suicide on 1 July 2007, while working on two projects: ''Tiere'' ("Animals"), and ''Zum Essen'' ("To Eat"). References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfgang Murnberger
Wolfgang Murnberger (born 13 November 1960) is an Austrian film director. He directed more than forty films since 1984. Selected filmography *'' I Promise'' (1994) *'' Komm, süßer Tod'' (2000) *'' Silentium'' (2004) *'' The Bone Man'' (2009) *' (2010, TV film) *''Not My Daughter'' (2010, TV film) *'' My Best Enemy'' (2011) *' (2013, TV film) *' (2013, TV film) *'' Life Eternal'' (2015) *' (2015, TV film) *' (2016, TV film) References External links * 1960 births Living people Austrian film directors Austrian television directors {{Austria-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Piano Teacher (film)
''The Piano Teacher'' () is a 2001 erotic psychological drama film written and directed by Michael Haneke, based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Elfriede Jelinek. It tells the story of an unmarried piano teacher ( Isabelle Huppert) at a Vienna conservatory, living with her mother (Annie Girardot) in a state of emotional and sexual disequilibrium, who enters into a sadomasochistic relationship with her student ( Benoît Magimel). A co-production between France and Austria, Haneke was given the opportunity to direct after previous attempts to adapt the novel by filmmakers Valie Export and Paulus Manker failed for financial reasons. At the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, it won the Grand Prix, and the two leads, Huppert and Magimel, won Best Actress and Best Actor. It went on to receive positive reviews and other awards and nominations. Plot Erika Kohut is a piano professor in her late thirties at the Vienna Music Conservatory who resides in an apartment with her domineerin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hold-Up (2000 Film)
''Hold-Up'' () is a 2000 Austrian comedy film directed by Florian Flicker. Cast * Roland Düringer - Andreas Berger, Räuber * Josef Hader - Werner Kopper, Kunde * Joachim Bißmeier - Josef Böckl, Schneider * Birgit Doll - Böckels 'Schwester' * Sonja Romei - Maria Berger (Andis Frau) * Valentin Frais - Jakob * Ulrike Beimpold - Gertrude Bacher * Klaus Ortner - Herbert Bacher * Klaus Händl Klaus Händl (born September 17, 1969) is an Austrian actor, writer and director. Biography Händl was born in Rum, Tyrol, Austria. He started his theater career as an actor in Vienna's Schauspielhaus. His first theatrical production, which h ... - Herbert Bacher Reception It was the second most popular Austrian film of the year after '' Komm, süßer Tod'', which was released late in the year. References External links * 2000 comedy films 2000 films Austrian comedy films 2000s German-language films German-language comedy films {{Austria-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Skirts
''Northern Skirts'' () is a 1999 German-language film directed by Barbara Albert. It was an international co-production between Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. It was Austria's official Best Foreign Language Film submission at the 72nd Academy Awards, but did not manage to receive a nomination. The film addresses the marginalisation of the Vienna's migrant and ethnic minority population against the background of rising xenophobia encouraged by Joerg Haider and the so-called Freedom Party. Cast * Nina Proll as Jasmin Schmid * Edita Malovcic as Tamara *Astrit Alihajdaraj as Senad *Tudor Chirilă as Valentin * Michael Tanczos as Roman * Georg Friedrich as Wolfgang * Martina Stojan as Sonja * Marta Klubowicz as Jolanta * Brigitte Kren as Gitti Reception David Rooney of ''Variety'' wrote "''Northern Skirts'' remains too fragmented in its presentation of characters and plot to bring its themes of family and emotional connection fully into focus". See also *List of submissions to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper#Daily, daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California, in 1881. Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo, California, El Segundo since 2018, it is the List of newspapers in the United States, sixth-largest newspaper in the U.S. and the largest in the Western United States with a print circulation of 118,760. It has 500,000 online subscribers, the fifth-largest among U.S. newspapers. Owned by Patrick Soon-Shiong and published by California Times, the paper has won over 40 Pulitzer Prizes since its founding. In the 19th century, the paper developed a reputation for civic boosterism and opposition to Trade union, labor unions, the latter of which led to the Los Angeles Times bombing, bombing of its headquarters in 1910. The paper's profile grew substantially in the 1960s under publisher Otis Chandler, who adopted a more national focus. As with other regional newspapers in California and the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
