• Documentary

B for Bartleby

B for Bartleby draws on Herman Melville’s legendary narrative and transforms it into a film essay about remembrance, language, and resistance. Based on dialogues with a deceased companion, the famous phrase I would prefer not to is revived through the voices and gestures of performers, young people, rap musicians, passersby, and stranded individuals – quietly, persistently, timelessly.

Data

Category
Documentary
Financing
Nationaler Film
Format
16 mm, DCP, 72 Min
Release
09.01.2026
Distribution
Filmgarten (Pierre-Emmanuel Finzi)
Funding ÖFI+
112.000 €
Share of total production costs
36 %
Funding program
ÖFI+
Status
before release
Film location
Vienna, Lower Austria, USA
Shooting time
June 2023 - March 2024
Days of shooting
24
Completion
Fall 2024
Funding institutions Austria
Filminstitut, Land Niederösterreich, Land Oberösterreich
Credits
Production
Praherfilm e.U.
Producer
Daniela Praher
Director
Angela Summereder
Script-concept
Angela Summereder
DOP
Antonia de la Luz Kašik
Editor
Sebastian Schreiner
Sound engineer
Daniel Hasibar
Sound design
Nora Czamler, Benedikt Palier
Protagonists
Beatrice Frey, Maxi Blaha, Anna Mendelssohn, Leopold von Verschuer, Alex Deutinger, Florian Tröbinger, Kevin Dooley
Costume design
Elisabeth Binder-Neururer
Music
Wolf-Maximilian Liebich
Green Film Consultant
Marion Rossmann
International distribution
sixpackfilm
German Title
B wie Bartleby

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