New Talent
Feature Film
Drama

L´Animale

Riding on their tuned-up bikes, Mati and her posse of male friends intimidate their neighborhood and harass the girls. In their village, they rule. But when her closest pal Sebastian falls in love with Mati and her enemy Carla unexpectedly turns into a friend, Mati is in danger of losing her standing among her male friends. Meanwhile Mati’s parents have a decision to make: What’s more important, appearances or reality?
L' Animale is a film about the contradictory forces that guide our lives: desire, passion, and reason.

Data

Genre: Drama
Category: New Talent, Feature Film
Financing: Nationaler Film
Format: DCP, 100 Min
Release: 16.03.2018
Distribution: Filmcasino & Polyfilm Betriebs GmbH
Admissions: 4.799
Funding Film Institute: 670.400 €
Share of total production costs: 30 %
Television investment: 520.000 €
Festivals & Awards (Selection): Berlin 2018: Panorama Spezial
Funding program: ÖFI
first run on ORF1 Austrian Broadcasting Service: 30.01.2020
Viewers: 70.000
Film location: Vienna, Lower Austria
Shooting time: Summer 2016
Days of shooting: 35
Completion: Spring 2017
Funding institutions Austria: Filminstitut, Filmfonds Wien, Filmstandort Austria, Land Niederösterreich

Credits

Production: Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion GmbH, La Banda Film OG
Producer Austria: Michael Kitzberger, Wolfgang Widerhofer, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Markus Glaser/Flavio Marchetti, Katharina Mückstein, Michael Schindegger, Nathalie Schwager
Director: Katharina Mückstein
Script: Katharina Mückstein
DOP: Michael Schindegger
Editor: Natalie Schwager
Sound engineer: Hjalti Bager-Jonathansson
Sound design: Hjalti Bager Jonathansson, Karim Weth
Costume design: Monika Buttinger
Set design: Katharina Haring
Music: B. Fleischmann
Cast: Sophie Stockinger (Mati), Kathrin Resetarits (Mutter), Dominik Warta (Vater), Jack Hofer (Sebastian), Julia Richter (Carla), Simon Morzé (Philipp)
Production manager: Gerhard Hannak
Television investment: ORF (Film/Fernseh-Abkommen)