Fiction

Affordable Solutions for a Better Life

A film by Alex Reinberg & Leni Gruber
Country: Austria
Year: 2025
Length: 30'

Synopsis
A new home, a promotion, a loving partner. Anna has everything she could wish for, and yet, the gradual inevitability of things begins to create a pressure within her that she can no longer bear. But where does Anna escape to when her life seems pretty much complete? Into housing complexes that swallow their residents like a beehive? Into labyrinthine furniture stores filled with endless room displays? Or into the life of a missing woman who looks just like her and works at an IKEA store?

Festivals
1. Diagonale - Festival des Österreichischen Films (Austria, March 2025)
2. Crossing Europe (Austria, April 2025)
3. Vienna Shorts (Austria, May 2025)
4. Shortynale Film Festival KLBG (Austria, August 2025)
5. Cinema Next Tour Wien (Austria, November 2025) - jury's favorite film
6. Kurz.Film.Zuckerl (Austria, November 2025)

Thomas Pluch Screenplay Award: Award for the best screenplay for short or medium-length feature films (Diagonale 2025)

Cast
Anna - Claudia Kainberger
Christoph - Harry Lampl
Herr Feilmayr - Alexander Stecher
Frau Werner - Ulrike Beimpold
Martin - Thomas Schubert
Rainer - Joshua Bader

Crew
Director: Alex Reinberg & Leni Gruber
Screenplay: Leni Gruber & Alex Reinberg
Producer: Dominic Kubisch, Ronja Stribick, Lena Zechner
Cinematographer: Jakob Carl Sauer
Sound recording: Lukas Ellmer, Clara Köberl, Alex Siegl
Sound design: Alex Siegl
Editor: Paul Eckhart, Dominic Kubisch, Martin Weiss
Production design: Milena Czernovsky, Caroline Haberl
Color correction: ColorCompany, Bernhard Schlick
Title design: clubnord.at
Costume Designer: Stephanie Edelhofer
First Assistant Director: Paul Ploberger
VFX Supervisor: Florian Grünberger
Production Manager: Ronja Stribick
Makeup Artists: Dorothea Kozicz
Re-recording Mixer: Alexander Koller

Supported by Land Oberösterreich, Land Niederösterreich, Stadt Wien – MA7, FAMA & Filmakademie Wien.