Fiction

The Robbers

A Film by Isa Schieche
Country: Austria
Year: 2023
Length: 15min

Festivals
1. queertactics Film Festival (Austria, November 2023) - Goldene Medusa
2. Queer Shorts Vienna (Austria, December 2023)
3. Max Ophüls Preis 2024 (Germany, January 2024) - Best Short Film
4. Queer Screen's 30th Mardi Gras Film Festival (Australia, February 2024)
5. ENCOURAGE Film Talents (Germany, February 2024)
6. SXSW - South by Southwest Film Festival (USA, March 2024)
7. Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival (Germany, March 2024)
8. BFI Flare (United Kingdom, March 2024)
9. Uruguay International Film Festival Cinemateca (Uruguay, March 2024)
10. Wicked Queer: Boston’s LGBT Film Festival (USA, April 2024) - Audience Award
11. Diagonale -Festival des österreichischen Films (Austria, April 2024)
12. Crossing Europe (Austria, April 2024)
13. PORTO FEMME International Film Festival (Portugal, April 2024)
14. TILDE – Melbourne Trans & Gender Diverse Film Festival (Australia, May 2024)
15. Cinema Talks Filmfestival (Austria, May 2024) - Winner in Cat. Entertainment
16. Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival (Canada, Mai 2024)
17. Queerzilla Wien (Austria, May 2024)
18. Korea Queer Film Festival (Korea, June 2024)
19. Dortmunder Tresen Filmfestival (Germany, June 2024)
20. Palm Springs International Film Festival (USA, June 2024)
21. Frameline48, the San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival (USA, June 2024)
22. Queer Rhapsody Film Series Los Angeles (USA, July 2024)
23. Filmfestival Kitzbühel (Austria, August 2024)
24. CinemaQ Film Festival (USA, August 2024)
25. Shortynale (Austria, August 2024)
26. Dotdotdot Open Air Kurzfilmfestival (Austria, August 2024) - Audience Award
27. Minikino Filmweek (Indonesia, September 2024)
28. Festival of Nations (Austria, September 2024)
29. KinoFest German Language Film Festival Greece (Greece, September 2024)
30. VANCOUVER QUEER FILM FESTIVAL (Canada, September 2024)
31. Calgary International Film Festival (Canada, September 2024)
32. Les Mains Gauches (France, September 2024)
33. Vilnius Queer Festival "Kreivės" (Lithuania, September 2024)
34. QueerFilmFest Rostock (Germany, September 2024)
35. QUEER FILM FESTIVAL BREMEN (Germany, October 2024)
36. Edinburgh Short Film Festival (United Kingdom, October 2024)
37. Linz International Short Film Festival (Austria, October 2024) - Best Queer-Feminist Film (Mahsa Jina Amini Award)
38. Annual Way OUT West Film Fest (USA, October 2024)
39. Cinema Next Tour (Austria, October 2024) - Jury Award
40. Nordic International Film Festival (USA, October 2024) - Best Director
41. Filmkunsttage Sachsen-Anhalt (Germany, October 2024)
42. Queer Film Festival Oldenburg (Germany, November 2024)
43. Filmzuckerl (Österreich, November 2024)
44. Festival du film LGBTQI de Paris Chéries-Chéris (France, November 2024)
45. Cottbus Film Festival (Germany, November 2024)
46. Beijing International Short Film Festival (China, November 2024)
47. Leeds Queer Film Festival (United Kingdom, March 2025)

Synopsis
Three trans women meet in a country house to plan a robbery. The trick of the heist is that, in order to create a false trail, they disguise themselves as men. While they share everyday life as a well-established team and lovers, they practice speaking in a deep voice, walking manly and behaving in a masculine manner. In this process, they reach their emotional and physical limits and repeatedly fail to imitate male connoted behavior.

Cast
Kristin Lerch - Agnes
Thea Ehre - Gloria
Isa Schieche - Medusa
Florian Wild - Sepp
Daniel Wintersteiger - Mayer

Crew
Director: Isa Schieche
Screenplay: Isa Schieche
Producer: Isa Schieche
Cinematographer: Alba Diaz
Sound recording: Katharina Pichler
Sound design: Katharina Pichler
Editor: Sybille Bauer-Zierfuss
Light: Alba Diaz
Color correction: Michael Seidl
Title design: Kora
Production assistant: Ines Höckner
Foley artist: Otger Kunert
Subtitles: Wortschatz Produktion, Stefania Schenk Vitale
Graphic: Sybille Bauer-Zierfuss
Set photography: Juliane Schweitzer
Catering: Ines Höckner, Juliane Schweitzer, Marianne Karigl
Music: Lan Rex, Dance Divine, Italo Brutalo

Supported by Land Oberösterreich, Stadt Wien