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)