• Documentary

Alpenland

TOP OF EUROPE will travel from the cultivated pastures of Austria to small villages like Viganella in Italy or touristic centres such as Les Trois Vallées in France on the search for inhabitants of the diverse and everchanging area of the Alps.It is going to be a very personal journey that aims to stay close to the people as well as the landscape – cultivated or natural. The film will draw a picture of a society in a region that covers eight European countries and whose topology requires special attention.

Data

Category
Documentary
Financing
Nationaler Film
Format
DCP, 90 Min
Release
10.06.2022
Distribution
FILMLADEN Filmverleih GmbH
Admissions
7.324
Funding Film Institute
254.846 €
Share of total production costs
39 %
Television investment
120.000 €
Funding program
ÖFI
first run on ORF2 Austrian Broadcasting Service
25.06.2023
Viewers
95.000
Film location
Austria, Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany
Shooting time
August 2019 - May 2020
Days of shooting
40
Completion
Winter 2020/2021
Funding institutions Austria
Filminstitut, Filmfonds Wien, Filmstandort Austria, Land Kärnten
Credits
Production
Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion GmbH
Producer
Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Markus Glaser, Michael Kitzberger, Wolfgang Widerhofer
Director
Robert Schabus
Script-concept
Robert Schabus
DOP
Lukas Gnaiger
Editor
Robert Schabus
Sound engineer
Bertram Knappitsch
Production manager
Antonia Bernkopf
German Title
ALPENLAND
Television investment
ORF (Film/Fernseh-Abkommen)