• New Talent
  • Feature Film
  • Drama

How to be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World

Who gets to decide what is normal? HOW TO BE NORMAL AND THE ODDNESS OF THE OTHER WORLD is an exploration of identity, family and self-discovery, and a young woman’s search for equilibrium and meaning in a world that is spiralling out of control.

Data

Genre
Drama
Category
Feature Film, New Talent
Financing
Nationaler Film
Format
Digit., 90 MIn
Release
19.09.2025
Distribution
FILMLADEN Filmverleih GmbH
Admissions
6.226
Funding Film Institute
690.000 €
Share of total production costs
30 %
Funding ÖFI+
678.000 €
Share of total production costs
29 %
Television investment
310.000 €
Funding program
ÖFI, ÖFI+
Status
im Kino
Film location
Vienna, Lower Austria
Shooting time
April - May 2023
Days of shooting
27
Completion
Summer 2024
Funding institutions Austria
Filminstitut, Filmfonds Wien, Land Niederösterreich, Cine Art
Credits
Production
Golden Girls Filmproduktion & Filmservices GmbH
Producer
Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber
Director
Florian Pochlatko
Script
Florian Pochlatko
DOP
Adrian Bidron
Editor
Julia Drack
Sound engineer
Nora Czamler
Sound design
Lenja Gathmann, Jón H. Geirfinnsson
Costume design
Anna Zeitlhuber
Set design
Julia Oberndorfinger, Attila Plangger
Music
Rosa Anschütz
Green Film Consultant
Jeannette Ziemeck // für die Produktion: Valentin Renoldner // Green Runner*: Lucie Kristin Urban
Cast
Felix Pöchhacker (Joni), Lion Thomas Tatzber (Lenni), Wesley Joseph Byrne (Ned), David Scheid (Till), Oliver Rosskopf (Paul), Luisa Gaffron (Pia), Elke Winkens (Elfie), Cornelius Obonya (Klaus)
Production manager
Jeannette Ziemeck
German Title
How to be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World
Television investment
ORF (Film/Fernseh-Abkommen)