fiction
Land of Mountains
A film by Olga Kosanović
Country: Germany/Austria
Year: 2023
Length: 28min
EPK
Stills/Poster/Portrait Director
Festivals
1. Diagonale - Festival des österreichischen Films (Austria, March 2023) - Best up-and-coming film
2. Vienna Shorts (Austria, June 2023) - Social Responsibility Award
3. Shortynale (Austria, August 2023) - Award for Social Commitment
4. Festival of Nations (Austria, September 2023) - Best Fiction Film
5. Cinema Next Tour (Austria, October 2023) - Jury Favourite
6. Linz International Short Film Festival (Austria, October 2023) - Best Austrian Film + Best Screenwriting
7. LJUBLJANA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Slovenia, November 2023) - Best Short Film Award
8. Leuven Short Film Festival (Belgium, November 2023)
9. Max Ophüls Preis 2024 (Germany, January 2024) - Best Medium Length Film & Audience Award for Medium Length Film
10. Trieste Film Festival (Italy, January 2024) - Best Short Film
11. Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival (Germany, March 2024) - Dahome Award
12. International Film Festival ZOOM – ZBLIŻENIA (Poland, March 2024)
13. Martovski Film Festival (Serbia, March 2024)
14. Filmfest Dresden (Germany, April 2024) - Award of the Youth Jury & Audience Award
15. Julien Dubuque International Film Festival (USA, April 2024)
16. Festival International de Cine de Huesca (Spain, June 2024)
17. Bundesfestival junger Film (Germany, June 2024)
18. European Film Festival Palić (Serbia, July 2024)
19. Alpinale (Austria, August 2024)
20. Filmfestival Kitzbühel (Austria, August 2024)
21. FeKK Ljubljana International Short Film Festival (Slovenia, August 2024) - Critics' Jury Award
22. Fünf Seen Filmfestival (Germany, September 2024) - Short Plus Award
23. KinoFest German Language Film Festival Greece (Greece, September 2024)
24. ELBE DOCK (Czech Republic, September 2024)
25. KO:SH International Short Film Festival (Albania, September 2024)
26. Brno International Short Film Festival (Czech Republic, October 2024)
27. Blue Danube Film Festival (Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, October 2024)
28. Interfilm Berlin (Germany, November 2024)
29. Cottbus Film Festival (Germany, November 2024)
30. Singapore International Film Festival (Singapore, November 2024)
31. Bamberger Kurzfilmtage (Germany, January 2025) - Feature Film Award
Logline
An insurance scam and the left thumb of the single father Vladimir find themselves in a low-key tragedy about the kafkaesque barriers of the Austrian immigration law.
Cast
Vladimir Vulević
Filipa Gregec
Julia Edtmeier
Gabriele Roller
Noah Kaufmann
Clemens Berndorff
Birgit Waite
Thomas Mraz
Gerhard Weber
Anton Noori
Crew
Director: Olga Kosanović
Screenplay: Olga Kosanović
Producer: Deniz Cooper, Rupert Kasper & Olga Kosanović
Cinematographer: Simone Hart
Sound recording: Theda Schifferdecker
Sound design: Flora Rajakowitsch
Sound Mix: Rudi Pototschnig
Editor: Sebastian Schreiner
Production design: Laura Malmberg
Colors: Andi Winter
Costume design: Johanna Pflaum
Gaffer: Oskar Ott & Tobias Pichler
Supported by: FFA Germany, BKM Germany, MA7 Stadt Wien, Zukunftsfond der Republik Österreich, Land Niederösterreich