Hochwald - Österreichisches Filminstitut

Why Not You

Mario, a young dancer living in a small village has to face the lost of his beloved best friend lenz, victim of an attackin a gay club.

Genre Drama
Category Feature Film
Financing National movie
Production AMOUR FOU Vienna GmbH
Format DCP, 90 Min
Release 17.09.2021
Distribution Filmcasino & Polyfilm Betriebs GmbH
Admissions 6.602
Viewers 83.000
Funding Film Institute 650.000 €
Share of total production costs 25 %
Television investment 520.000 €
International funding IDM Südtirol – Alto Adige, Italian Tax Credit, Belgium Tax Shelter

End of Retention Period

first run on ORF2 Austrian Broadcasting Service 07.04.2024
DVD/VoD 17.03.2022
Pay TV 17.09.2022
Free TV 17.03.2023

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Details:

aka Disco
German Title Hochwald
Script Evi Romen
Director Evi Romen
DOP Martin Gschlacht, Jerzy Palacz
Editor Karina Ressler aea
Sound engineer David Hilgers, Fabrice Osinski
Sound design Valérie Le Docte
Producer Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bady Minck
Costume design Cinzia Cioffi
Set design Katharina Wöppermann
Music Florian Horwath
Cast Thomas Prenn (Mario), Noah Saavedra (Lenz), Josef Mohamed (Nadim), Ursula Scribano-Ofner (Marina)
Production manager Maja Wieser Benedetti, Igor Orovac
Funding institutions Austria Filminstitut, Filmstandort Austria, Land Niederösterreich
Television investment ORF (Film/Fernseh-Abkommen)
Film location South Tyrol, Austria
Shooting time April - December 2019
Days of shooting 28
Start of shooting 09.04.2019
Completion Spring 2020

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