A DAY FOR A MIRACLE
A Day for a Miracle has the appeal of an adrenaline-fuelled thriller, but it is also an important human drama in which no one is truly innocent, and only courage and perseverance can truly save lives.
Actor: Gerhard Liebmann
VATERTAG
Vatertag is, all in all, an enjoyable comedy that, despite a few imperfections and sometimes overly predictable plot twists, stands out for its good pace and an enjoyable story.
WELCOME HOME BABY
With Welcome Home Baby, Andreas Prochaska has made a feature film that is much more complex, layered and symbolic than it may initially appear, unafraid to dare and to experiment. At the Berlinale 2025, Panorama section.
DAS SCHWEIGEN DER ESEL
Das Schweigen der Esel, while boasting a tension-filled narrative development, further enhanced by a sophisticated parallel editing, also presents a touch of welcome, typically Austrian irony, as well as, of course, numerous references to feature films of the past, as well as to literary classics.
THE UNINTENTIONAL KIDNAPPING OF MRS. ELFRIEDE OTT
The unintentional Kidnapping of Mrs. Elfriede Ott, directed by Andreas Prochaska, is a well-written comedy that makes puns and proxemics its strong point, resulting in a timeless humour.
THE TOBACCONIST
The Tobacconist is undoubtedly an interesting feature film, but it gets lost in the many paths it decides to take. And not even the presence of Bruno Ganz or a cameo by the great Erni Mangold can do much.
EISMAYER
Despite being a debut feature, Eismayer first and foremost denotes great directorial maturity and a never obvious ability to delve into the human soul, managing to capture every subtle nuance of the protagonists’ personalities. At the 79th Venice Film Festival, section Settimana della Critica.
MAN KANN NICHT ALLES HABEN
Man kann nicht alles haben is an entertaining, but often too predictable comedy of errors. Michael Kreihsl, for his part, just as planned in the ORF series, has made the beautiful city of Graz a further protagonist, spectator of many intrigues, but also of tender love stories.
LOURDES
Disenchanted, rational and appropriately satirical – with even a touch of subtle irony – Lourdes, by pointing the finger at a hypocritical and “respectable” society that lives only on illusions, shows us a very different reality from the one we imagine.
THE STATION
Climate change has, for several years now, become a rather topical issue. And what does cinema, for its part, do? Great witness of our times, the seventh art has also often had its say on the subject. One example is the feature film The Station – made by Marvin Kren in 2013 – a reinterpretation/tribute to John Carpenter’s famous The Thing (1982). An operation, this one, however, very risky.