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.

aka: Disco
Genre: Drama
Category: Feature Film
Financing: Nationaler Film
Format: DCP, 90 Min
Release: 17.09.2021
Distribution: Filmcasino & Polyfilm Betriebs GmbH
Admissions: 6.602
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
Funding program: ÖFI
first run on ORF2 Austrian Broadcasting Service: 07.04.2024
Viewers: 83.000
Film location: South Tyrol, Austria
Shooting time: April - December 2019
Days of shooting: 28
Completion: Spring 2020
Funding institutions Austria: Filminstitut, Filmstandort Austria, Land Niederösterreich

Credits

Production: AMOUR FOU Vienna GmbH
Producer: Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bady Minck
Director: Evi Romen
Script: Evi Romen
DOP: Martin Gschlacht, Jerzy Palacz
Editor: Karina Ressler aea
Sound engineer: David Hilgers, Fabrice Osinski
Sound design: Valérie Le Docte
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
German Title: Hochwald
Television investment: ORF (Film/Fernseh-Abkommen)

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