Documentary
New Talent

Wise Women

In the course of a lifetime, midwives often accompany more than a thousand deliveries: whether in the icy cold of Siberia, the tropical humidity of Mexico, or during a home birth in Vienna; in a high-tech operating theatre in Dubai or in Malawi where every delivery amounts to a miracle.

Data

Category: Documentary, New Talent
Financing: Nationaler Film
Format: DCP, 88 Min
Release: 23.01.2026
Distribution: Filmcasino & Polyfilm Betriebs GmbH
Admissions: 7.306
Funding Film Institute: 234.900 €
Share of total production costs: 36 %
Television investment: 153.000 €
Funding program: ÖFI
Status: im Kino
Film location: Vienna, Mexico, Siberia, Malawi, United Arab Emirates, Rio de Janeiro
Shooting time: April 2019 - December 2023
Days of shooting: 40
Completion: Winter 2024/2025
Funding institutions Austria: Filminstitut, Filmfonds Wien, Filmstandort Austria

Credits

Production: Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion GmbH
Producer: Michael Kitzberger, Wolfgang Widerhofer, Markus Glaser, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Katharina Posch
Director: Nicole Scherg
Script-concept: Nicole Scherg
DOP: Maria-Thérèse Zumtobel
Editor: Natalie Schwager
Sound engineer: Eva Hausberger, Juliane Vari, Nora Czamler
Production manager: Antonia Bernkopf, Selina Nenning
Television investment: ORF (Film/Fernseh-Abkommen)