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sun 13 nov 8:00 pm Murnau Filmtheater
TOMCAT Austria 2016 114 min original version with English subtitles Script: Klaus Händl, DoP: Gerald Kerkletz, Editor: Joana Scrinzi, Production: coop99 filmproduktion, Producers: Antonin Svoboda, Bruno Wagner, Cast: Lukas Turtur, Philipp Hochmair, Toni, Kathi, Thomas Stipsits, Manuel Rubey, Gerald Votava, Gabriela Hegedüs Andreas and Stefan live a blissful existence together with their tomcat, Moses. They inhabit a old house in the vineyards near Vienna and work in the same orchestra as manager and musician. Their passion for music, their large circle of friends and their furry companion define the daily lives of the two men. But one morning an unexpected outburst of violence from Stefan shakes their relationship to its core… "The Jury Prize, awarded to a film brimming with ambition in its account of the precariousness of human relationships, both in life and work, goes to TOMCAT, directed by Klaus Händl." (Young Cinema Award’s jury statement of Hong Kong International Film Festival 2016) Biography: Klaus Händl, born in the Tyrol/Austria in 1969, studied acting in Vienna and then joined the ensemble at the Schauspielhaus in the same city. He took smaller parts in films by |
Christian Berger, Urs Egger, Michael Haneke, Jessica Hausner, Dagmar Knöpfel and others. Since 1994 he has been writing prose and plays for the radio and theatre as well as opera librettos for Beat Furrer, Georg Friedrich Haas, Arnulf Herrmann, Heinz Holliger, Klaus Lang and Hèctor Parra. His debut feature film MÄRZ (MARCH) won the Silver Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival in 2008.
Filmography: 2008 MÄRZ, 2016 KATER Awards: Teddy Award for Best Queer Feature Film (Berlin International Film Festival, Germany 2016), Jury Award in the Category „Young Cinema“ (Hong Kong International Film Festival, China 2016) www.coop99.at/web-coop99/?portfolio=kater Contact: |
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