Documentary

Second Thoughts First

“Let’s make a baby, it’s now or never”, says Marlene, filmmaker Marko Doringer’s girlfriend. But Marko has mixed feelings about it. He doesn’t have a steady job or any reliable income. A decent pension, later? Forget it! How can all of this fit together with a relationship and family? Marko talks to his friends and parents to find out how they deal with the balancing act between relationships, family and work. Does anyone have a recipe for a happy and fulfilling life?

Data

Category: Documentary
Financing: Nationaler Film
Format: DCP, 92 Min
Release: 30.12.2022
Distribution: Filmcasino & Polyfilm Betriebs GmbH
Admissions: 1.416
Funding Film Institute: 264.771 €
Share of total production costs: 42 %
Television investment: 136.000 €
Funding program: ÖFI
Film location: Vienna, Lower Austria, Burgenland, Germany, Warsaw, Istanbul, Dhaka, Taipeh, Buenos Aires
Shooting time: March 2016, 2018, 2019
Days of shooting: 50
Completion: Fall 2020
Funding institutions Austria: Filminstitut, Filmstandort Austria, Land Niederösterreich, Land Salzburg (Kultur), Filmfonds Wien

Credits

Production: Marko Doringer
Producer: Marko Doringer
Director: Marko Doringer
Script-concept: Marko Doringer
DOP: Marko Doringer
Sound engineer: Johannes Schmelzer-Ziringer, Christian Lutz, Tong Zhang, Andreas Hamza
German Title: Mein Wenn und Aber
Television investment: ORF (Film/Fernseh-Abkommen)