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- DirectorWolfgang MurnbergerStarsGertraud JessererKarlheinz HacklBrigitte KrenDiverse characters, regular customers of the Viennese cafe Sperlhof, suspect each other of being the Necktie Murderer, whose last victim is found in a local movie theater, but the corpse disappears.
- DirectorJakob M. ErwaStarsSimon MöstlMichael SausengAngelika SchneiderAdolescents in the amphibious situation between child and adult try to cope with their emotions and their environment. Right there they would need limits, a foothold and hope and yet they signalize the opposite. Between loss, extinct love, parental problems and their own needs the parent generation tries to understand or at least to save something.
- DirectorFlorian FlickerStarsRoland DüringerJosef HaderJoachim BißmeierLooking around for a suitable place to hold up, Andreas stumbles into a tailor's shop. What was supposed to last only a few minutes ends up being a bizarre afternoon for three men: the tragicomic of the less-than-expert robber, the cranky tailor and a customer - a know-it-all who drives the other two crazy. The mood constantly shifts, and the tables keep turning among the threesome. A black comedy with a twist.
- DirectorCatalina MolinaStarsStefanie ReinspergerManuel RubeyAndrea WenzlThe Salzburg police duo Heilmayr and Merana is looking for the murderer of a noble call girl.
- DirectorMarion MitterhammerHans-Günther BückingStarsMarion MitterhammerHelmut BohatschWerner PrinzFormer famous singer VANESSA is dreaming about a comeback. Living on a small mediterranean island we spend a heart-stopping, thrilling, weird, sad and funny night with her and some other guys....she has lost nearly everything, but not her grandeur, her hope and her natural wit. Based on a true story.
- DirectorThomas WoschitzStarsValerie PachnerChristian ZanklMarkus SchwärzerBAD LUCK is a lovingly made, tragic-comic film about wrong decisions, chance and the search for happiness.
- DirectorMichael RieblStarsMichael SteinocherCornelia GröschelSebastian WendelinAny idea how to start a revolution?
- DirectorGötz SpielmannStarsGoya ToledoHary PrinzMartin FeifelThe seedy underbelly of Vienna at night. Mercedes is a femme fatale from Mexico, newly arrived at the Vienna airport with her German boyfriend Rainer, where they have smuggled a kilo of cocaine through customs. Unfortunately for them, the city has just had a major drug crackdown, leaving them without buyers and money. Disgusted with Rainer, Mercedes ditches him and hooks up with Harry, a lonely and bored cab driver who agrees to help her find a buyer for the drugs so she can get some cash and go home. She offers Harry a deal he can't refuse. Is he just another pawn for Mercedes or will her promises help him achieve his hope and dreams? The story careens through the night streets of Vienna, following two amateurs navigating their way through the treacherous world of the drug trade. It's a mood piece with the backdrop of a stifling urban loneliness.
- DirectorElisabeth ScharangStarsJohannes KrischCorinna HarfouchBirgit MinichmayrJack Unterweger was and remains an enigma, elevated to celebrity status and acclaimed for his underworld-plunging poetry and fiction before being charged with the murders of 11 prostitutes in Austria and abroad.
- DirectorMichael SatzingerStarsFranz Robert CeehMichael FernbachElke Gottl-ReschIn a dystopia future world we follow a gay couple, Jannis and Patrick, who is filming a secret documentary in a circus.
- DirectorWolfgang MurnbergerStarsJosef HaderSimon SchwarzJoachim KrólA man who accused a catholic bishop of abusing him when he was a child dies in the Austrian city Salzburg. Everyone except his widow and the eccentrical detective Simon Brenner keeps silent and believes that the man killed himself.
- DirectorWolfgang MurnbergerStarsJosef HaderJosef BierbichlerBirgit MinichmayrPrivate Investigator Brenner is handling a case at the grill-station "Löschenkohl". There he finds - besides some chicken - also other meat...that doesn't belong in a good meal.
- DirectorWolfgang MurnbergerStarsJosef HaderTobias MorettiNora WaldstättenFormer cop Brenner has to return to his home town where he gets involved in a tragic story between his old friends.
- DirectorJosef HaderStarsJosef HaderPia HierzeggerGeorg FriedrichWhen Georg loses his job, he conceals the fact from his younger wife Johanna, who wants a child with him. Instead, he embarks upon a campaign of revenge against his former boss and begins to renovate a roller-coaster with an old school friend.
- DirectorStefan RuzowitzkyStarsKarl MarkovicsAugust DiehlDevid StriesowThe story of the Operation Bernhard, the largest counterfeiting operation in history, carried out by Germany during World War II.
- DirectorMichael HanekeStarsArno FrischAngela WinklerUlrich MüheA 14-year-old video enthusiast obsessed with violent films decides to make one of his own and show it to his parents, with tragic results.
- DirectorGötz SpielmannStarsJohannes KrischIrina PotapenkoAndreas LustEx-con Alex plans to flee to the South with his girl after a robbery. But something terrible happens and revenge seems inevitable.
- DirectorMichael HanekeStarsSusanne LotharUlrich MüheArno FrischTwo violent young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.
- DirectorStefan PeczeltElmar WeihsmannStarsChristine UntermoserMonica BaciAlexander E. FennonRight away after her graduation from university, young Penelope Beyer gets a job as a reporter of the local TV station. Her first task is to report on the first "day of the devils" since more than 10 years. During her investigation Penelope comes across a covered up crime, in which esteemed personalities of the city are involved. In spite of all intimidations and threats, Penelope continues her research. While searching for truth she uses her secret weapons: a lot of wit, a good deal of ambition, her imperturbable strength of character and a gorgeous smile.
- DirectorVictoria HalperStarsAlexander KnaippTina WinklerMargit Holzhaider"Kommissar Taler" is about the young and dynamic inspector Christian Taler (Alexander Knaipp) and his feisty new Tyrolean assistant, Angela Reiter (Tina Winkler) and how these two different people try to solve an eerie murder in a small Austrian city. The city of Traun is home to a legend, a legend where a farmer tricked the devil by sacrificing himself to save his daughter as payment for a dark pact. Present day, the same date: there is another dead man hanging in a tree - is the devil back in Traun? Christian and Angela, both trained in different deduction methods want to solve the mystery their own way. Was it the devil? Or perhaps a young Turkish rowdy who was having a party in the forest the night before? Or someone else from the victim's past or present? Only together can Chrisitan and Angela solve the crime, but they can't seem to see eye-to-eye - the devil's in it.
- DirectorChristian RabensteinStarsAnita KnappeYuunaMartin MangoldWhat happens next determines what happened before. That is why the small town journalist, Jonathan D., recognizes connections where others see only random events. With the narrative about an unresolved bank robbery, he writes his most successful title story, which, how could it be different, nobody understands.