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In Memory of my Father In Memory of my Father

Hollywood, Modern Day - A self-proclaimed (so-mewhat justifiably) film legend bribes his son to document his death under the unquestioning assumption that it will be historically important. The Result … In Memory of My Father, a twisted celebration of a Hollywood family dealing with an inconvenient and frustrating day, regardless of the subtly distracting centerpiece which they can’t seem to completely ignore … Dad’s corpse.With the inappropriate wit of Curb Your Enthusi-asm, Christopher Jaymes steers us through Dad’s wake, alongside his two brothers and

Dad’s fickle twenty-something girlfriend. A fes-tival favorite and winner of multiple awards in-cluding Best Picture at CineVegas & Santa Bar-bara FF, it boasts a top-notch ensemble cast and a superb soundtrack by indie veterans Belle & Sebastian.

Duration: 96 min. tV | VOD | DVD | tE

Directed by Christopher Jaymes

Written by Christopher Jaymes

Produced by Persona Film and Interspot Film

Cast: Jeremy Sisto, Judy Greer, Matt Keeslar, Monet Mazur,

Pat Healy, Christine Lakin, Nicholle Tom

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2006 Best Picture at Santa Barbara Film Fest; 2006 Best

Debut Feature at Sonoma Valley Film Fest;2006 Director’s

Award at Santa Cruz Film Fest; 2006 Grand Jury Award at

CineVegas; 2006 Best Director at San Diego Film Fest; 2006

Best Picture at AOF FEST; 2006 Spirit Award at Ft. Lauderdale

Int.; 2006 Grand Jury Award at Lake Forest Film Fest;

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Inside AmericaInside America

Inside America is a portrait of six High School kids in a small border town in Texas. The Ameri-can flag is proudly raised at school every mor-ning and the dream of prosperity and freedom is invested in their mind, but the reality is tough; drugs, violence and security at the school gate are a part of the daily routine. The six teenagers fight for their future in between ROTC Class and Home Economics, somehow managing to retain their vitality and dreams.

Duration: 107 min. tV | VOD | DVD | TE

Directed by Barbara Eder

Written by Barbara Eder

Cast: Raul Juarez, Aimée Lizette Saldivar, Zuleyma Jaime,

Luis De Los Santos, Carlos Benavides, Patty Barrera

Produced by Arge Schumann Eder in association with

Filmakademie Wien

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The Camera MurdererDer Kameramörder

Easter at Lake Neusiedl: Thomas has a desig-ner house hidden in the reeds on the Hungarian side of the lake. He and his new girlfriend Sonja invite another couple to visit: Heinrich, an old friend and notorious cynic and his wife Eva, who seems to have a more complicated past with Thomas than a simple long-lasting friendship. Small irritations even before the guests arrive suggest that the idyll is not to be trusted: The neighboring farmer visits briefly and informs them that his sisters’ three children went mis-sing without a trace. At the same time a snuff video surfaces and it seems it was recorded in immediate vicinity to the house. It shows three boys being tortured by an unidentified man. Pa-ranoia creeps in. Is the perpetrator in the house? A relationship battle unfolds where neither trust nor honest emotions seem safe, where eventu-ally only suspicions and a cruel game write the script.


Directed by Robert Adrian Pejo

Written by Agnes Pluch, Robert Adrian Pejo, Günter Pscheider,

based on a novel by Thomas Glavinic

Cast: Andreas Lust, Ursini Lardi, Merab Ninizde,

Dorka Gryllus

Produced by LOTUS Film, AV Medienbüro, COBRA Film and

MYTHBERG Films in association with ORF, SF Schweizer

Fernsehen and TV2 supported by Austrian Film Institute,

Film Fonds Vienna, Swiss Federal Office of Culture,

Filmfoundation Zurich, Motion Picture Public Foundation of

Hungary and Media i2i

Available worldwide except for German Speaking Territories

and Hungary

“Directors Price” at Hungarian Filmweek

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Free CribSturmfrei

At 19 years old, Niko is still a proper “mummy’s boy” and is desperate to experience his “first time”. When his parents go to a party out of town, he decides to make the most of being home alo-ne and invites the attractive Angelina to join him. But she doesn’t come on her own, and what’s more, Niko’s friend Luke plans to throw the party to end all parties at his house. He tries to avert the worst, but then someone else pulls “his” An-gelina. The initially unprepossessing Sophie, who turns out to have hidden depths, tries to dis-tract Niko, and suddenly he is caught between two women.

Just as the bash reaches its excessive highpoint and the kids from the entire neighbourhood are partying in the garden to music from an indie band, Niko’s parents burst in. The party is over, but next morning Niko has grown up. He wants to move out, and Sophie goes with him.


Directed by Hans Selikovsky

Written by Hans and Nikolai Selikovsky

Cast: Nikolai Selikovsky, Teresa Blaschke,

Lukas Hammerschmid, Elisabeth Schuster, Wolfgang Böck,

Adele Neuhauser, Harald Krassnitzer, Wolfram Berger

Produced by Selikovsky Film

Available worldwide

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Molly & Mops – 100 Kilos of LoveMolly & Mops – 100 Kilo Liebe

Molly is somewhat rounder than the fashionistas, nutrition junkies and self-appointed judges of all that is beautiful, good and right will ever accept. Nevertheless, she has three main points in her favour – she knows who she wants to be, she knows what she wants to be and she has the energy to succeed. And on top of this, don’t for-get, she has Mops the dog, who speaks to her. When Molly faces a number of travails – such as being left by her boyfriend for another woman, moving from her small home town to the big city, and winding up stranded and alone in Salzburg after getting conned out of her money – her skill as a pastry chef, her willpower and, of course, Mops ultimately help save the day.


Directed by Titus Selge (final version by mungo-film)

Written by Peter Hajek and Susanne Freund

Cast: Monika Reithofer, Monika Baumgartner, Atischeh H.

Braun, Matthias Schloo, Sissi Perlinger, Ferry Öllinger,

Sonja Kirchberger

A co-production by ORF and ZDF, produced by mungo-film

Available worldwide except for Germany

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Molly & Mops – Life is Not a Piece of CakeMolly & Mops – Das Leben ist kein Gugelhupf

Molly’s café in Salzburg went bankrupt. Then she reads about a high-calibre confectioner’s compe-tition to be held in Vienna. If she could win, all of Molly’s financial problems would be solved!But from the first day everything in Vienna goes wrong. First Molly’s competition entry is ruined. However she succeeds, without ingredients or a kitchen – and not least thanks to Mops – in pro-ducing a new creation overnight in a laundrette.Despite the stiff competition, Molly gets through the first round and finally reaches the final with two other contestants. A game of intrigue behind the scenes of the show and Lukas, her attractive fellow competitor, threaten to upset Molly’s emotional balance still further … Molly’s grand-mother, Klara, and friend, Azra, battle through the exciting events with her.


Directed by Michael Karen

Written by Anna Morgenrot and Peter Hajek

Cast: Monika Reithofer, Monika Baumgartner, Atischeh H.

Braun, Heinz Marecek, Herbert Knaup, Adele Neuhauser

A co-production by mungo-film, ORF and ZDF, in association

with Television Fund Austria and Vienna Film Fund


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Molly & Mops – Café MopsMolly & Mops – Café Mops

Molly has opened a small café with a personal touch in Vienna, which, thanks to her imaginative creations, has soon gained an excellent reputati-on. Once again Mops the dog is her helpful assis-tant. Molly receives a visit from Valerie, the diet-mad manageress of the “Neon & Blau” café opposite, which attracts far fewer customers than “Café Mops”. Valerie is under huge pressure from her boss, Mrs. Rot, to do something to stop their flourishing competitor. A variety of different struggles develop between the “Neon & Blue” and “Café Mops”: mice hightail it through Molly’s kitchen, and a fire threatens the eatery. On top of this, Molly actually experiences her first great love, which leads to a surprising and unexpected end. Azra thinks that she is pregnant, whilst Mops actually is, and gives birth to three pups.


Directed by Michael Karen

Written by Kathrin Pilz and Peter Hajek

Cast: Monika Reithofer, Monika Baumgartner, Atischeh

H. Braun, Andrea Eckert, Laurence Rupp, Susanne Wuest

A co-production by mungo-film, ORF and ZDF, in association

with Television Fund Austria and Vienna Film Fund


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Johann Stanzerl feels hemmed in. Every other business unit in his Vienna neighbourhood is owned by a Turk. Only his beloved Café Prinz Eugen is still offering any resistance, with its re-gular, upstanding, Austrian clientele. To Johann’s surprise, his wife and him were not the only one’s extending their café. Mustafa, the Turkish business man was expanding his new restau-rant on the other side of the wall. Evidently the Count had sold the same premises twice. It could hardly be worse for Johann. The enemy is not just in his own building, he is now the landlord too. The Turkish neighbor must go, no matter what the cost.


Directed by Wolfgang Murnberger

Written by Tac Romey, Don Schubert and Rupert Henning

Cast: Andreas Vitasek, Franziska Stavjanik, Tim Seyfi,

Sascha Söydan, Michael Ostrowski, Michael Fuith,

Thomas Mraz, Karl Fischer, Mike Galeli, Tayfun Bademsoy,

Veronika Polly

Produced by Allegro Film for ORF

Available worldwide except for Germany and France

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When Otto plays – and he plays for money – he usually wins, and it doesn’t seem to do any harm to his fortunes in love. Women find him irresistible. Which is the root of a problem – or three problems, to be precise - that Otto cannot solve in his usual confident and laid back way.Otto is a loving father to his three children, Da-vid, Julia and Pius. Purely from a logistical point of view this is something of a challenge, since the three mothers are not supposed to know anything about one another.

Otto’s planning difficulties get worse when Ma-ria, the former jazz diva who helps him out loo-king after the kids, has to go into hospital for a knee operation. Just in time, Otto makes friends with Josef, a solitary fitter with a liking for astro-logy. Josef is the exact opposite of Otto. He loves order, and is punctual, conscientious and reliable; from Otto’s point of view the ideal stand-in for Maria. However, Josef has two pro-blems that concern Otto. First, he has no inte-rest in children, and second, where women are concerned, having been wounded once in love, he is afflicted by an almost pathological shy-

ness. Otto makes Josef an offer: if Josef will help Otto out with the kids, Otto will show him how life really should be lived.

However, this only works out for a short time. Whilst Josef makes the most of his new-found lust for life, Otto’s web of lies collapses: the children’s mothers get wise to him and take the kids away. Josef, who cannot stand idly by and watch his new friend’s downfall, goes on the of-fensive. Mobilising all of his new skills, he inter-venes with Otto’s women and helps his friend to make a new start as a father and friend in an honest and happy “patchwork family”. After all, family is what you make of it.

The Kebab IncidentKebab mit Alles

Father’s DayVatertag


Directed by Michi Riebl

Written by Susanne Zanke and Mike Majzan

Cast: Alexander Pschill, Simon Schwarz, Marianne Mendt,

Angelika Niedetzky, Maddalena Hirschal, Stefanie Dvorak,

Anna Rot, Christoph Grissemann, Gerhard Liebmann,

Gerda Drabek

Produced by Dor Film for ORF


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No Way OutKein Entkommen

A bus belonging to a cleaning company is attacked before the start of work. The driver, a student, is shot dead. Moritz Eisner and Bibi Fellner’s investi-gations point to it being “mistake” – the stand-in driver was killed instead of the usual man. He, however, is at home with flu, and is not left in peace for long. The killers appear at his house, but he is able to flee to the police and discloses that he is a Serbian refugee from the Kosovan war, has married in Austria and taken the name Müller, which is his wife’s name. The explosive detail is that he was a member of a paramilitary grouping that, as a hit squad, had massacred Bosnian Muslims. He, then Mirco Gradic, now Josef Müller, deserted, and has precise records of all the atrocities committed. He is able to identify members of the troop who are living incognito in Vienna, and above all the ringleaders.

One of these must have disappeared in Vienna and have discovered Müller‘s presence here, along with his true identity. The case develops into a piti-less battle with Serbian ultra-nationalists, which almost ends in an inferno. In this extreme situation, Moritz Eisner and Bibi Fellner have to prevail over not only uncompromisingly brutal opponents, but also the interests of Interpol, represented by two high-ranking officials, who, wherever necessary, are seeking to bring erstwhile war criminals before the tribunal in The Hague.

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Directed by Fabian Eder

Written by Lukas Sturm, Fabian Eder

Cast: Harald Krassnitzer, Adele Neuhauser, Tanja Raunig,

Christoph Bach, Johannes Silberschneider, Serge Falck,

Monica Reyes, Samuel Jung, Michael König

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Wiped OutAusgelöscht

A naked man is found in a car park – lying in a shopping trolley with bullet holes in his knees and temple. It transpires that the victim is Bulga-rian, and was involved in a break-in at a jeweller’s shop. Is the murder part of a gang war? After con-tact is made with the Bulgarian authorities, a Bulgarian special investigator, Donka Galabova, travels to Vienna. Then a very similar burglary takes place in a car showroom. The crimes al-ways follow the same pattern. It seems as if the perpetrators come to Vienna for the night of the crime and then disappear again afterwards. Who is the Austrian middleman, who selects the tar-gets for break-in, and who disposes of the goods afterwards?


Directed by Harald Sicheritz

Written by Uli Brée

Cast: Harald Krassnitzer, Adele Neuhauser, Tanja Raunig,

Dessi Urumova, Bernhard Schir, Simon Schwarz,

Hubert Kramar

Produced by Superfilm for ORF

Available worldwide

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During their investigations, police inspector Eis-ner and his assistant, Bibi, repeatedly come up against a lawyer who represents the victims, and also against a probable fence who seems to be implicated in the case. As a second body, also found naked in a shopping trolley, is discovered, this time shot by a Bulgarian weapon, it becomes clear that a Bulgarian killer must be present in the city. Can the Austrian special investigation team and their Bulgarian colleague solve the case?

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RetributionVergeltung

When Chief Inspector Moritz Eisner is called to a crime scene in the Vienna underground, he is horrified: once again the victim is a teenager who has been brutally executed. Everything points to the perpetrator being a serial killer. The victims themselves are all convicted violent criminals. However, none of them had been imprisoned as they were all too young when they committed their crimes. The only condition was that they seek professional help and attend therapy. Gruesomely, they have each now been killed in the same way as their own victims.

And if the case were not unsettling enough, to make matters worse Eisner has also been assigned a new assistant, who, however, is not unknown to him: Bibi Fellner, who is burnt out and teetering on the brink of alcoholism, yet somehow intensely human. All leads point to the “Youth Health” thera-py centre, which specialises in resocialising young violent criminals. To-gether with his assistant, who sees Eisner as her last chance, he sets out to search for the culprit …


Directed by Wolfgang Murnberger

Written by Uli Brée

Cast: Harald Krassnitzer, Adele Neuhauser, Harald Schrott,

Rasa Weber, Tanja Raunig, Josephine Bloéb, Aglaia Szyszkowitz

Produced by Allegro Film for ORF

Available worldwide

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Operation JobOperation Hiob

When the chief financial manager of the syndicate that controls the Austri-an heroin trade is found murdered, Moritz Eisner is sent on an undercover operation: “Operation Job”. With Eisner’s help, the undercover agent who has worked in the drug-syndicate for years is to be led to the head of the organization to bring him to justice. Initially, the plan seems to work. Eisner’s investigations expose a competing criminal organization that pu-shes heavily into drug trafficking and challenges the market-controlling syndicate. But while Eisner tries to prevent a war between the rival groups and protect the identity of the undercover agent, he gets himself ever deeper into a web of organized crime …


Directed by Nikolaus Leytner

Written by Max Gruber

Cast: Harald Krassnitzer, Sarah Tkotsch, Heribert Sasse, Hubert Kramar,

Juergen Maurer, Christian Dolezal, Nicholas Ofczarek, Arben Murseli

Produced by Satel Film for ORF

Available worldwide

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The CompetitionDer Wettbewerb

Life is good for Hubert Fischbach. His charming wife, Henni, is a wonderful mother to his children, Alina, 10, and Theo, 8. His career with an energy company is about to take off. The only thing that gives him any stress every now and again is his relatives. Whatever Hubert has achieved never has been and never will be good enough for his father, Hermann, a retired general who has al-ways preferred Hubert’s brother, Viktor. It all co-mes to a head during family visits; after all, the Fischbach brothers, Hubert and Viktor live side by side in two halves of the same semi-detached house. For the children’s sake, the Fischbachs take part in an eco-project. But the fun is soon over. The competition to have the smallest ecolo-gical footprint turns into a no-holds-barred battle between the neighbouring Fischbach brothers. A fast-paced family comedy with Harry Krassnitzer and Ann-Kathrin Kramer.


Directed by Michi Riebl

Written by Kati Bali, Susanne Freund & Ines Häufler

Cast: Harald Krassnitzer, Ann-Kathrin Kramer, Cornelius

Obonya, Julia Cencig, Hans-Michael Rehberg, Bibiana

Zeller, Madgalena Kronschläger, Manuel Rubey, Hary Prinz,

Michael Schönborn, Fritz von Friedl, Gerhard Liebmann,

Nike van der Let

Produced by Allegro Film for ORF/MDR


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Fast ForwardSchnell ermittelt

Angelica Fast is in her mid-thirties, a divorced single mother – and a successful Investigator at Vienna’s criminal investigation department. The good-looking young woman handles the balan-cing act between her job and parental duties with humour. Even if her teenage twins keep her on her toes, she goes all out for the pursuit of criminals. That professional and private life isn’t always separable, is not least due to her ex-hus-band, the chief of forensics: Some teasing is part of the daily routine, and it may well happen, that childrearing is discussed on the crime scene. Sentimentality has no room in all this – Angelica Fast knows what she wants and always keeps the facts in sight.

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Directed by Michi Riebl and Andreas Kopriva

Written by Eva Spreitzhofer, Verena Kurth, Rainer

Hackstock, Guntmar Lasnig, Katharina Hajos, Fritz Ludl,

Constanze Fischer, Stefan Hafner, Thomas Weingartner

Cast: Ursula Strauss, Andreas Lust, Wolf Bachofner,

Katharina Straßer, Mortezer Tavakoli

Produced by MR Film for ORF

Available worldwide

Oscar 2009 nomination for “Revanche” with leading

actress Ursula Strauss and leading actor Andreas Lust

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White Beauty Das Glück dieser Erde

Katharina Lenz has got a quick tongue. It looks like she’s got everything under control. She looks great, she’s a successful business consul-tant, and in two days she will marry a dreamboat. What more could you want? Isn’t it awesome? Right. But then fate strikes, and Katharina’s got to act when there’s a fatal accident in her family. She calls off her wedding, not at the last minute, but at the last second. She ends up caught bet-ween two men — and between all fronts. Almost overnight, Katharina Lenz becomes the new stud manager at Piber, the mistress of hundreds of Lipizzans. For the very first time in all the centu-ries of the glorious history of the stud, the milli-on-dollar enterprise with dozens of employees is in the hands of a woman. But Katharina couldn’t care less — she’s busy around the clock. She re-ally doesn’t have everything under control any-more. But, hey, you can’t plan happiness.


Directed by Walter Bannert (1–5), Holger Barthel (6–9)

and Gloria Behrens (10–13)

Written by Martin Ambrosch and Agnes Pluch

Cast: Eva Herzig, Thomas Unger, Christoph von Friedl,

Jürgen Maurer, Cornelius Obonya, Julia Cencig,

Franz Buchrieser

Produced by Satel Film for ORF in association with ARD,

with assistance of Cinestyria


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Four Women and a FuneralVier Frauen und ein Todesfall

Julie, Maria, Sabine and Henriette – four remarkable women sharing an exceptional pastime – join forces in order to bring some excitement to the boring village life by suspecting murder in all those cases which initially seem to point to the opposite. Never failing to be present at any village funeral, they in-vestigate the deaths by unnatural cause in a highly unconventional way. In the second season of the series, Henriette helps out Julie with a friendly turn, indispensable to Julie’s life and as a consequence has to go to jail for quite some time. Mona, a young community doctor with investigative skills and medical expertise, joins the team. Due to her work abroad her sister Lola quickly takes her place in the third season and it doesn’t take long until the next case gets them going.


Directed by Harald Sicheritz, Wolfgang Murnberger,

Andreas Prochaska, Claudia Jüptner-Jonstorff and

Walter Bannert

Written by Uli Brée and Rupert Henning,

based on an idea by Wolf Haas and Annemarie Mitterhofer

Cast: Adele Neuhauser, Gaby Dohm, Brigitte Kren,

Stephanie Japp, Martina Poel, Julia Stinshoff

Produced by Dor Film for ORF

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K-FilesSoko Kitzbühel

“K-Files”/“Kitzbühel Homicide” features a dynamic young team of investi-gators, a gourmet chef full of bright ideas, a countess well acquainted with jet set life and a large portion of humour: the result is a witty and exciting detective series of a very special kind!

The series is built around a young team of CID offi cers, Karin Kofl er and Andreas Blitz, who constantly encounter extremely baffl ing murder cases. As Andreas Blitz gets promoted and is sent to Vienna, his successor Klaus Lechner starts his work in Kitzbühel.

Episodes: 1–33 distributed by ZDF Enterprises/34–151 distributed by ORF-Enterprise


Directed by various directors

Written by various authors

Cast: Kristina Sprenger, Jakob Seeböck, Hans Sigl, Andreas Kiendl, Heinz Marecek,

Andrea L’Arronge, Ferry Öllinger, Christine Klein

A co-production by ORF and ZDF Enterprises in association with ZDF, produced by beo-Film


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The peaceful life for the tenants of a Salzburg apartment complex is over when the landlord decides that he wants to get rid of them. To make the tenants’ time miserable, the owner puts a wicked janitor in charge of the building. That by itself would be a lot to deal with, but many of the resi-dents also have to fi ght their own personal problems: Take Sarah and Gustl for example, who are going through a divorce, just to end up living together after all. That is dictated not only by economic reasons but also by their love of their son James as well as their affection towards grandfather Willi. Or take a look at Anna, a single mother who has her hands full in co-ping with her pubescent daughter. Last but not least there is Turkish citizen Seyfi Ülbül, who lives in his car parked right outside the building falling in love with Sarah.

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Directed by Reinhard Schwabenitzky

Written by Reinhard Schwabenitzky and Christian Martin Fuchs

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Explorer ExpressForscherexpress

Why does the koala bear have a speckled poste-rior? Can plants sweat or air be liquid? And how can you transfer news from one continent to ano-ther without any electricity? These and many more questions are answered in this extraordina-ry and successful series for young researchers from 8 to 12 years. Traveling through time, space, air and water, Thomas Brezina and Kati Bel-lowitsch take you on the special Explorer Express en route to “discover, experience, investigate and do it yourself ”. During these exciting trips the two presenters reveal facts worth knowing about nature, animals, technology, physics, che-mistry and history. They also conduct experi-ments for viewers to do themselves at home. Each episode of the series features interesting stories, stunning experiments and vivid explana-tions.


Written by Thomas Brezina

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7 Wonders7 Wunder

“7 Wonders” presents wonders that are big and small, obviously spectacular, and hidden yet sensational. In this popular science magazine for children, Thomas Brezina and his assistant, „Nel-son”, go looking in their animated Wonder Ex-press, “Crazy Lola”, for things that appear to be wonders – be it the Dead Sea, in which Thomas reads a newspaper whilst swimming, the langua-ge of dolphins, with whom he also goes swim-ming, historical sensations that still astound us today and “do it yourself wonders” that show children how they too can create something ama-zing. There are things to wonder at everywhere, not only far away, but right around the corner. Some are tiny, others gigantic, but they all have one thing in common: they astonish us!

The international nature of this format is under-lined by the fact that the films were shot not only in Austria, but in England, Iceland and Jordan among other places, enabling wonders from all over the world to be presented close at hand.

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How does a magician get a rabbit into his top hat? What is a magic cup and how is it made?

“Enchant and astound” – that is the tagline of this children’s show! The makers of Explorer Express whisk young viewers away to the astonishing world of artifi ce and magic. Children are given an insight into the world of artists and illusionists through exciting magic tricks and unusual han-dicraft, which they are encouraged to admire and imitate. Some of the best kept magician’s secrets are also revealed: Cuddly toys miraculously dis-appear and heads are made to turn around!



Produced by KidsTV for ORF in association with Story&Co.

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MiniversumMiniversum

How many corners does a honeycomb have? Which animal can use its nose to take a shower? And how many eyes does a fl y have? Interesting and amazing information from the animal world presented in an entertaining and exciting way – that is Miniversum: the animal magazine for kids! Thrilling and unique stories reveal more than a few well kept secrets of the animal world and en-courage the viewers to make their own investiga-tions. And that’s not all: Every episode interested kids are posed a quiz question by Balduin, the cute and inquisitive wet-nosed monkey. Fun and excitement for young explorers!


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Quiz CastleRätselburg

The Quiz Castle, a combination of 3D animation and fi lm elements, is a funny show in which the audience gets to guess along. It specifi cally ca-ters to the needs of pre-school children. The two ghosts, Rattlehead and Pizza Poltergeist, invite viewers into their castle to take part in fun and entertaining games and quizzes. They have to answer tricky questions in each and every hall and in each and every chamber within the hallo-wed walls. And they get to learn amazing tricks and recognize optical illusions. ‘Quiz Castle’ was developed in Cooperation with the British Com-pany ‘Absolutely Cuckoo’.


Written by Freddy Gigele and Elfriede Pokorny

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Vive Le Roi!Wir sind Kaiser

A comedy series for all countries who used to be reigned (or wish to be!) by an emperor. The Austrian Emperor and his adjutant are the main characters of this scripted comedy show that took the hearts of the Austrians by storm. Sitting on his lavish throne, the Emperor grants audien-ces to popular personalities from politics, society and show business which are completely at his whim.

The appearance of the odd couple on TV or in public is always a treat – The two characters (master and servant) have become so popular that they are booked to perform their skits for advertisments, public appearances at TV shows and gala events.


Directed by Wilfried Reichel, Leo Bauer

Written by Rudi Roubinek, Rudi Schöllerbacher, Robert

Palfrader, Gerald Fleischhacker, Ully Aris

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Built in the Name of ArtBauten für die Künste

In no other province have as many cultural buildings been erected in the last two decades as in Lower Austria. The documentary Building for the Arts presents a few outstanding examples of this cultural development. Starting with St. Pölten’s cultural district and the “Art Mile” in Krems, we show how contemporary architecture has uniformly established itself – from the revi-talization of historic sites, including monasteries and castles, to the const-ruction of sensational new buildings. The viewer will be led through the broad spectrum of exceptional building culture in Lower Austria, a culture which provides art, theater and music with the plentiful and spectacular stages it deserves.


Directed by Georg Riha

A co-production by ORF and Riha Film

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Eyewitness to History – Vienna’s St. Stephen’s CathedralDer steinerne Zeuge – St. Stephan: Ein Dom erzählt Geschichte

The Cathedral, the emblem of Vienna, tells a story. After 374 years of cons-truction, it has only officially been a cathedral for 43 years. This cinematic investigation passes from the legend of the Eberhardslinde via the remar-kable barter contract of Mautern and the dominant role of Passau in Vienna, to the well-financed citizens’ church and the ‘Wiener Bauhütte’ (Viennese Workshop), which was of European significance, and which actually for the most part did not build cathedrals in the sense of the seat of a Bishop. Secrets, legends and special features of Vienna‘s cathedral as well as hid-den number games in the structure are revealed in this documentary and show both its origins and its future.


Directed by Roswitha & Ronald Vaughan

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Hans Makart – The King of ViennaHans Makart – Der König von Wien

The name Hans Makart is symbolic not only of gigantic canvases painted in dramatic colours, but also of an excessive cult of celebrity and the brilliance of an entire era, between 1869 and 1884, to which the painter gave his name. Above and beyond painting, as a universal designer, Hans Makart also had an influence on opera and theatre, home décor and fashions in clothing. In the 1870s he triggered a Makart fashion in Vienna, was an aes-thetic role model and was a source of ideas for many of the achievements of Vienna’s “Ringstrasse” period. With the help of psychoanalyst, Stephan Engelhardt, and the museum director, Wolfgang Kos, this documentary ex-amines the “Makart myth” and the impact that the artist, who died at a young age in 1884, has had right up to the present day.


Directed by Felix Breisach

Produced by Felix Breisach Medienwerkstatt for ORF


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Beirut Art SceneKunstszene Beirut

Beirut, which is often described as the “Paris of the Middle East”, has been marked by decades of civil war and other armed combat. From an architec-tural as well as from a social, economic and historical perspective, the city has become a battlefield of divergent interests that often end in conflict. Today 17 different religions still call the urban area home, which, depending on the political position, can be a blessing or a curse. Rivalries between clans and denominations, feudal thinking, hierarchies and allegiances to family clans determine the socio-economic and political stratification and social interactions in the country. This is also true for the players on the cultural scene, who, however, also find a source of inspiration in this com-plexity.


Directed by Ernst Grandits

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DarkheadSchwarzkopf

This is the story of two generations of neo-austrians – „darkheads“, as they call themselves – born and raised in Europe, but misfits nonetheless. Nazar, our 25-year old protagonist, suspect of armed robbery, is released of prison and confronted with his troublesome financial situation. Jobless, he seeks sanctuary in a world where he is respected and well-known – in the world of German rap music.

While confronted with this situation, Nazar and his two best friends look back at a life of disruption – shattered families, street life and delinquency. A past connecting them with the present life of a new generation of immig-rant descendants …


Directed by Arman T. Riahi

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Everywhere Alone – The Painter SoshanaÜberall alleine – Die Malerin Soshana

At the age of 11 Soshana was forced to flee from the Nazis to the United States. At the age of 14, she was introduced to the painter, Beys Afroyim. Together they portrayed a number of prominent exiles, including Thomas Mann, Franz Werfel on his deathbed, Bruno Walter and Otto Klemperer. With the money that she had earned as an artist-Soshana set out on the first of many overseas journeys to the furthest corners of the earth. She was inspired by sources as diverse as Asian calli-graphy techniques and the landscapes of India and Africa.

The documentary “Everywhere Alone” portrays an internationally recognised artist, whose works were displayed across the world in museums from New York to Tokyo and not least in the Mu-sée Picasso in Antibes.


Directed by Werner Müller

A co-production by ORF/3sat and Filmproduktion

Werner Müller

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Turbo folk and Bach, soft pop and smoochies, Bukovina dub and brass bands – the music of the Bal-kans is as varied as its central figures. Ecstasy and despair are close bedfellows here – often there is nothing between them. This documentary illuminates the scene in Vienna and Belgrade. In the pro-cess, political, ethnic and religious identity conflicts are uncovered, which sometimes date back to the war in the former Yugoslavia.

Across Borders – Music from the BalkansJenseits der Grenzen – Musik vom Balkan


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Meter by Meter – An Autumn with Martin Kus̆ejMeter für Meter – Ein Herbst mit Martin Kus̆ej

This is an unusual kind of portrait. At its heart is theatre professional, stage mastermind, pictorial provocateur and director, Martin Kus̆ej, one of the most successful theatrical and operatic direc-tors in the German-speaking world. The film de-picts an autumn spent with him following his work and life as an artist – with no external com-mentary it shines a light into his world. With no stage management, genuinely, and above all wi-thout cliché, fragments of his life and vocation are pulled together to create an exciting portrait. Kus̆ej – his work and his impact make for fascina-ting viewing.


Directed by Florian Kehrer

A co-production by ORF and BR, produced by Superfilm


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Ten Tips for Stopping Doing the Dishes and Making a Starton Icelandic Literature – Insights Into the World by Hallgrimur HelgasonZehn Tipps, den Abwasch zu beenden und mit isländischer Literatur zu beginnen – Einblicke in die Welt von Hallgrimur Helgason

This film profiles the Icelandic author, Hallgrimur Helgason. The writer, dramatist, painter, comic book artist and cabaret artiste is one of Iceland’s most interesting artistic personalities. His book, “The Hitman’s Guide to House Cleaning” (original title “10 Tips for Stopping Killing People and St-arting to Do the Dishes”) has also become a best seller in the German-speaking world. In this por-trait the author provides an insight into his work and the Icelandic language and culture, and also talks about current topics such as the financial crisis and the possibility of Iceland joining the EU.


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Ballet in White – The Spanish Riding SchoolDas weiße Ballett – Die spanische Hofreitschule

Styria: on a cold January night, a mousy-grey colt is welcomed into the world. It takes its fi rst steps, drinks around 20 litres of mare’s milk every day, gets to know people and other foals and spends wonderful summers in Alpine meadows with the herd, growing stronger and more sure-footed with time. The difference between it and other, “ordinary” horses is that at three and a half years old, it will become clear whether or not the young stallion is suitable for continuing a 430-year-old tradition. It is at this stage that it will become apparent whether or not it will move to Vienna, to be-come - after a further six years of training - a world-wide star, a Lipizzaner at the Spanish Riding School.

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Directed by Peter Hackl

A co-production by ORF/3sat and Marx Media

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How Franz became LISZTWie aus Franz LISZT wurde

How did a village boy become the Franz Liszt? The childhood of Franz Liszt in Austria’s Burgenland region is the focal point of this episode of “Stories from Austria”. The fi lm examines the key locations of his childhood as they are now and discovers an amazing continuity of artisanry, agriculture and music. This makes it easy to obtain a sense through the fi lm of an attitude to life that cannot be so very far away from the impressions formed by the young Franz Liszt. It offers a glimpse of the beauties of his small world through a child’s eyes: the land is vast, the castle is home to a prince, the music is played by gypsies and their wives foretell the future. Every brush-maker is a wizard, every animal a friend, every sound an enticement. But above all this is a musical fi lm. At the heart of it is the eleven-year-old pro-digy, Oskar Weihs. Among other things, he plays excerpts from the piano works of Ferdinand Ries, Joseph Haydn, Johann Sebastian Bach and in a very special setting, Franz Liszt‘s fi rst composition. Added to this are gypsy music by Janoska and Ciganski Diabli and from Mosa Sisic, excerpts from Haydn’s ‘Stabat Mater’, performed in Esterhazy Palace, and time and again, Franz Liszt. A fi lm to listen to, watch and marvel at – HOW FRANZ BECAME LISZT!


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Ötzi – An Archaeological Detective StoryÖtzi – Ein Archäologie-Krimi

It was a bright autumn day on 19th September 1991 when Mr & Mrs Simon discovered a body on the Similaun glacier. It wasn’t an isolated case that year. Storms had brought the finest Saharan sand to the Alps – and this, combined with the summer sun, caused the glaciers to begin to melt. In Tyrol alone the eternal ice gave up 6 bodies, including tourists and mountaineers. The sixth body turned out to be Ötzi, who had died 5300 years ago during the Neolithic period also known as New Stone Age. He is the oldest preserved mummy in the world – even older than the Egyp-tian kings. His discovery opened a new door into the past. A scientific sensation and the oldest known criminal case in history – a case that is yet to be solved.


Directed by Christiane Sprachmann


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Zweigelt – A Wine with a TwistDer Zweigelt – Ein vielseitiger Österreicher

An Austrian wine innovator whose roots can be traced deep into National Socialism. In 1922, in Klos-terneuburg near Vienna, Friedrich Zweigelt crossed the St. Laurent and Blaufränkisch varieties of gra-pe. The result was the “Zweigelt”, Austria’s “national red”, which has been described by the initiated as follows: “at first glance everything is normal and lovely, but then an abyss opens up.” The same could be said to apply to the variety’s creator. Zweigelt was a Nazi party member from the word go and, as director of the Institute of Viticulture during Hitler’s dictatorship, persecuted anyone who raised even the slightest suspicion of resistance, excluded Jews from his courses, and even after 1945 showed no remorse. This film by Gerald Teufel illuminates the unknown past of a highly decorated wine connoisseur and shows the real stories that may lie behind some of Austria’s national treasures.


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Jochen Rindt LivesJochen Rindt lebt

“Jochen Rindt Lives” gives an insight into the dar-ing life of the much-admired motor-racing driver

– from his childhood and schooldays to his first car, first racing successes and his career in For-mula 1. The documentary incorporates compre-hensive amounts of previously unreleased and private film material from Rindt’s family and his fellow racers. For the first time Rindt‘s half brother and cousin appear on camera to speak about their childhood together. Companions and friends such as Helmut Marko, Jackie Stewart and Helmut Zwickl talk about the racing driver and phenomenon that was Jochen Rindt.


Directed by Christian Giesser

Produced by Cinecraft

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Striving for SuccessAus eigener Kraft

“Striving for Success” tells the extraordinary stories of Austrian sporting greats who have enjoyed worldwide success, such as Niki Lauda, Thomas Muster, Hermann Maier, Heinz Kinigadner and Thomas Geierspichler, as well as the significant events that have taken place in the lives of Princess Dr. Therese von Schwarzenberg and the son of Heinz Kinigadner. In highly personal interviews, these sports-people describe their experience of serious accidents, the associated convalescence and seemingly indomitable will to once again fight their way to the top of the world. In this way Lauda, Muster and Maier have all become legends that are immortal in the public’s imagination.


Directed by Hannes Schalle

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Cathedrals of Volatileness – Stories and Histories of Famous Train StationsBahnhöfe als Bühnen des Lebens

Grand Central New York; London’s Victoria Station or Charing Cross; the Gare du Nord in Paris; Chhatrapati Shivaji in Mumbai; Atocha in Madrid and Haydarpascha in Istanbul; Berlin, Vienna, Cologne – the names alone pro-mise anecdotes, adventure and technical and logistical wonders. This film documents an entire day’s worth of events in some of the world’s largest and most famous railway stations, highlighting a particular aspect of the comings and goings in each location.

Around the world – almost – in 24 hours …


Directed by Gustav W. Trampitsch

A co-production by ORF/3sat and Moonlake Entertainment in association with ORF-Enterprise

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Silent Valley – Nature Trails to Lake HubertusDas stille Tal – Naturpfade zum Hubertussee

Close to the border between Lower Austria and Styria is a region that is among the most peaceful and unspoilt landscapes there are: the nature reserve along the Walstern, which is home to extensive hunting and fishing grounds. Like an amethyst, Lake Hubertus sparkles out from a sea of trees between Annaberg, Ulreichsberg, St. Aegyd and Mariazell. Today, the per-petually clear mountain lake, where Kaiser Franz Josef once hunted, is a paradise for water birds and fish. Visually stunning pictures of animal life and unspoilt nature illustrate a journey through and examination of every season in this peaceful valley.


Directed by Kurt Mündl

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The Amber Road – From the Danube to the AdriaticDie Bernsteinstraße – Von der Donau zur Adria

It is red and burns, is called a stone, but is really a resin. Many secrets sur-round this fossilised pine tree resin, which has been coveted as a gem since time immemorial. Amber. In olden days its magical charm lay primarily in its sumptuous reddish colouring and its transparency. Samples that feature what are known as “inclusions” – insects that were trapped and preserved in the resin – also give rise to much fascination. Beetles, lice and grasshop-pers provide scientists with clues as to the nature of the flora and fauna of bygone ages. This film follows the road and river connections southwards. It lingers a while in those places that were important in times gone by and in individual areas which today, in a united Europe, are again returning to prominence through cross-border projects initiated by the EU.


Directed by Werner Freudenberger


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The Ice Cream Makers’ WinterDer Winter der Eismacher

For generations, like swallows, they have migra-ted north in spring to their family businesses, which have names like Dolomiti, San Marco or Riva, and returned south again in winter, home to their Italian villages in the Val di Zoldo. The cere-mony with which the Italian ice cream makers reopen their parlours after the winter season might well be different in Belgium, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Hungary or Austria. As well as the recipes, ingredients and flavours of ice cream may differ from town to town, from country to country. But one thing unites the Itali-an ice cream makers who run their ice cream par-lours north of the Alps: the majority of them come from the Val di Zoldo, a narrow, pictu-resque valley in the Dolomites.


Directed by Ines Pedoth and Wolfgang Peschl

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For centuries local Indios have been climbing up South America´s highest volcano, the Chimbora-zo in Ecuador, to pick ice from the glaciers and sell it to the markets in Riobamba and other villa-ges at the foot of this majestic mountain. Baltha-zar Ushka, 68, is the last iceman, the „ultimo hielero“, to walk up to the ice mine, 4800 meters above sea level, twice a week with his donkeys and carve out ice blocks. The people in the nu-merous towns, villages and settlements surroun-ding the volcanos – the Altar, the Pichincha or the Tungurahua – have learned to live with the threat and danger as they have profited from the advan-tages of the enormous frutility provided by volca-no activity. The film portraits Balthazar, who lives in a small village named Cuarto Esquinas with his wife, daughters and grandchildren.


Directed by Gernot Stadler

A co-production by ORF/3sat and Gernot Stadler

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House Boating in EuropeFlussbummler

In German, a “Flussbummler”, literally a “river drif-ter”, is someone who travels by water and navi-gates rivers and canals for pleasure in a home-made or converted house boat. Bruno and Esther from Switzerland travel in this way and every year spend a good six months in their house boat, “Calma”. Adi and Ludvik, too, have found a se-cond home on Europe’s rivers. The sailors are accompanied on a section of their journey, each revealing what life on board is like and the leisu-rely peace in their house boats.


Directed by Christoph Buch

A co-production by ORF/3sat and Nanook Film

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The Last Real Iceman of the ChimborazoEis vom Thron Gottes – Der letzte Eisholer von Chimbarazo

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Wild Water, Steep Ridges – Out and About in the Reisseck RangeWilde Wasser, schroffe Grate – Unterwegs in der Reißeckgruppe

The Reisseck range in Carinthia is among the most beautiful high Alpine mountain massifs in Austria. This documentary shows how, by means of an impressive system of reservoirs and pres-surised pipelines, the natural abundance of wa-ter has been used to generate electricity for de-cades. The film accompanies the structural observers on the Koelnbreinsperre as they go about their day-to-day work and records them talking about their lonely job high in the moun-tains.

“Wild Water, Steep Ridges – Out and About in the Reisseck Range” is the cinematic portrait of a mountain region of breathtaking beauty, a region where unspoilt nature and the use of available resources are not mutually exclusive but which, instead, form a successful symbiosis.


Directed by Gernot Stadler

Produced by ORF/3sat and Gernot Stadler Filmproductions

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Hawaii – Inside ParadiseHawaii – Inside Paradise

Hawaii. The palm-studded Pacific paradise is still the place that dreams are made of for many Euro-peans. The eight Hawaiian islands make up the 50th state of the USA but at the same time cons-titute a completely distinct, mythical cosmos. Se-ven million tourists travel to the islands every year to visit the most prominent sights.

The documentary series “Hawaii – Inside Paradi-se” reveals aspects that the majority of them do not see, and uncovers the fascinating landscapes and magical places behind the classic picture-postcard views.

Part 1: Big Island – The Fire IslandPart 2: Maui – The Water ParadisePart 3: Oahu – The Heart of HawaiiPart 4: Kauai – Island of DreamsPart 5: Molokai – The Paradise Island


Directed by Thomas Radler and Klaus Kastenholz

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Silent Cooking with Simon Xie HongSilent Cooking mit Simon Xie Hong

Simon Xie Hong creates and celebrates the kind of treats for the palate that one only need watch to acquire a taste for them. The Chinese-born, quali-fied surgeon has no respect for trends and conventions. Free of contrived creative constraints, Simon Xie Hong cooks what the market offers and what his finely-tuned senses dictate to him. “Silence is golden” says an old Chinese proverb, and this is an entirely apt description of Simon Xie Hong’s SILENT COOKING.


Directed by Ralf Kuhl

Produced by MMK Media

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Silent Cooking with Patrick MuellerSilent Cooking mit Patrick Müller

Patrick Mueller isn’t your traditional television chef who keeps up a char-ming patter as he cooks. He is unconventional. And that’s what’s best about him: Patrick Mueller keeps quiet. It’s sheer pleasure to watch him preparing his meals – without a word. One can just lean back, relax, and watch a culinary work of art unfold – the transformation of healthy raw in-gredients into artistic meals, accompanied by background music instead of chat. Important details and information are inserted in subtitles so the vie-wers can concentrate on what’s essential: the cook ing. In each episode, Patrick Mueller prepares a three-course menu. All recipes spring from his creative mind and are usually only finalized while he is cooking before our eyes. Every ingredient and procedure is clearly labeled for the audience in easily readable subtitles that quietly focus on the essential, yet provide all information hobby chefs require.


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Biblical Indulgences – A Culinary Journey Through Israel with Star Chef Wini Brugger Biblische Genüsse – Eine kulinarische Reise durch Israel mit Starkoch Wini Brugger

Austrian star chef, Wini Brugger, reports on the food of Israel, where he spent two years working. Pita bread and Viennese schnitzel, humus and apple strudel, mutton rice and stir-fried vegetab-les: in the kitchen, Israel has long since solved all its problems. It may be unorthodox, but Arabs and Jews sit together with the Palestinian ”Abu Shukri“ in Jerusalem, whilst in Tel Aviv everyone meets at the Chinese restaurant. – Through this culinary journey, chef Wini Brugger shows that more things unite Jews and Arabs than divide them.

Chilli, Curry, Coconut – A Culinary Voyage of Discovery with Austrian Chef, Wini BruggerChili, Curry, Kokosnuss – Eine kulinarische Ent-deckungsreise mit Starkoch Wini Brugger

Thailand is not only known for its scenic beauty and ancient cultures, but also for its culinary de-lights. Thai food has become an international brand that represents freshness, quality and

A Culinary Journey with Wini Brugger Eine kulinarische Reise mit Wini Brugger


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lightness. The variety of different flavours and creative combination of seafood, vegetables and spices are the delicious result of many cen-turies during which far eastern tradition was blended with European colonial rule. The fa-mous Asian cuisine specialist, Wini Brugger, sets out on a tour of the country’s markets and cookshops and unearths the culture and history of Thailand through its most famous dishes.

The Scent of the Green Papaya – A Culinary Trip Through VietnamDer Duft der grünen Papaya – Eine kulinarische Reise durch VietnamFood is holy in Vietnam and an art that holds communities together. Not only does this docu-mentary present the country’s different cooking styles, but also the markets, cookshops and res-taurants, the scents, spices and colours of Viet-nam. Wini Brugger’s Indochinese cuisine was inspired not only by the film, “The Scent of the Green Papaya”, but also and above all by his many trips to Vietnam.

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App WorldPlanet App

Small yet powerful. A groundbreaking innovation also referred to as “Apps” are taking over our everyday lives. Apps are available to everyone and each Smartphone user has the ability to own a countless number of these mini-programs. Just one click can open up a whole world of games-apps, Apps for news, sports, translation, navigation as well as social networks such as Facebook. These are just a few of the 550,000 mobile applications available worldwide.

Many people have become dependent on Apps to help them make their way through everyday struggles; their main attributes being their practica-lity and their helpfulness. Regardless of the Smartphone device, any suita-ble App is able to provide one with the required information and content, anytime and anywhere.

With the growing influence Apps are having on our everyday lives, the question is how long will it take for Apps to operate our refrigerators and replace our wallets?


Directed by Sandra Czeczelitz

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Wonder WoodAlles Holz

Homes, items of clothing, cosmetic wipes, instruments, motor fuel, toys, sweeteners, paper and finally heating fuel – all of them can be made from wood. In addition, ever more surprising discoveries are being made as wood has boomed over the past few years as a highly sought-after means of moving away from the fossil fuel age. This film presents Austrian innova-tions that have attracted international interest or are well on the way to doing so.


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BioArtBioArt – Kunst aus dem Labor

The relationship between art and science has al-ways been multifarious and today, in the age of technoscience, has become decidedly ambi-guous. Between the mechanisation of living things in biological science and the “bringing to life” of machines within the exploration of artifi-cial life, the protagonists of transgenic art and artificial life art have dared to adopt the methods and procedures of life sciences, creating new art forms in the process. Art from the Laboratory is a documentary about the BioArt movement, its technical aspects, new visions and a new ap-proach to mankind’s great philosophical questi-ons coupled with insights into the everyday life of progressive bio-artists.


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It is one of the most common phenomena of eve-ryday life that we do not notice – or if we do, only in passing – the things that are around us all the time. This is particularly true of colours. They have a conscious and unconscious affect on us, and influence our lives. This fi lm is based on two strands: the mystical, ritual, constant psycholo-gical effect of colours on the one hand, and the often breathtaking story of how they are created on the other.




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Kingdom of the RainbowIm Reich des Regenbogens – Abenteuer Farben

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The Lust for Lust – Of Mandrakes, Chilli and ViagraLust auf die Lust – Von Zauber-tränken und Aphrodisiaka

The quest for an effective aphrodisiac is probably as old as mankind itself. Love potions and foods to stimulate desire or heighten the sexual experi-ence have always held a fascination and are a constant presence throughout history. Today biochemistry makes it possible to gain a deep insight into the features and specific effects of sexual stimulants …





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Holy, Pure and Clean – The Triad of Water, Spirit and BodyHeilig, Rein und Sauber

When did we begin to wash ourselves? Even be-fore we became hunters and gatherers? When we fi rst had blood on our hands? This documen-tary paints a cultural and historical picture of the development and many forms of cleansing of the body. It traces the diverse history of washing and physical hygiene in general through space and time.





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Masdar City – The Green City in the DesertMasdar City – Die Grüne Stadt in der Wüste

In translation Masdar means the “beginning of something new”. Masdar City is indeed the “be-ginning of something new”, a flagship urban de-velopment project, which will use the sun as its’ sole energy source. The power of the sun in Abu Dhabi is a reliable energy source that will never runs dry, unlike oil. The city will be the first ener-gy self-sufficient, zero-carbon city, with almost total recycling of service water and waste. The city being built to house 40,000 people is esti-mated to cost a considerable 22 billion US dol-lars; the project is expected to be completed by 2016. The film introduces the people who are designing, planning and building Masdar City and who live, study and work there. Will Masdar City become the “blueprint” for carbon-free ur-ban planning and for the industrial future?


Directed by Eberhard Büssem

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Gas MonopolyGas Monopoly

We are dependent on gas. Gas heats our homes. Gas powers our heavy industry. In the near fu-ture, we won’t have any alternatives to this limi-ted resource. In Europe, the demand for natural gas will increase significantly until 2030 yet and at the same time its domestic production will de-crease. Who will supply us with gas in the future? Whatever we may think of it as an energy source – we need to know the answer. Gas Monopoly is the first feature-length documentary dealing with this hot topic and shows the business in big, strong and spectacular pictures: unknown lands-capes, impressing facilities on- and offshore and key players in beautiful and unique rooms.


Directed by Richard Ladkani

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Life on a VolcanoLeben auf dem Vulkan

In the wake of the international financial crisis, Iceland was the first European country to teeter on the brink of national insolvency at the end of 2008. The country’s three largest banks col-lapsed, and the government was brought down by the people’s “cooking pot revolution”. In the meantime, the economy has started to grow again, and the International Monetary Fund at-tests to Iceland’s remarkable progress. The country owes its comeback not only to financial help from other countries, but also to a rigorous programme of savings. The political system has been renewed by unconventional means. Ordina-ry citizens are tasked with giving the country a new constitution and in the capital city, Reykja-vik, a humour-based party is in charge. The dis-pute over the repayment of billions-worth of Bri-tish and Dutch savings deposits may not yet be over, but the people are again looking to the fu-ture with confidence.


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Living in a Selfish World?Vom Sinn des Gebens

For decades economists have portrayed man-kind as a species that seeks only its own advan-tage and profit in a coolly calculating manner.

“Struggling for Life” – many economists view the global markets and their mechanisms in ac-cordance with this image to the present day. People chase individual success with all their might – even at the expense of their neighbours.

Yet recently scientists from various different dis-ciplines have begun to question this view of things. The financial crisis gave a special urgency to their work, and in the meantime, neuroscien-tists, evolutionary researchers and economists have turned the old, pseudo-Darwinist picture of mankind on its head. They are coming to the con-clusion that through his tribal history, mankind is characterised by mutual support, readiness to help and teamwork.


Directed by Kurt Langbein and Gottfried Derka

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The Mystery of the Mother of GodDa war doch noch was! – Wenn die Muttergottes erscheint

Every year, the places where Mary appears – Lourdes and Medjugorje – draw millions of pilg-rims, fascinated by the mysterious phenomenon in these places of deep piety. The official church seems to be divided when it comes to the pheno-menon of Marian apparitions. Whilst the appari-tions in Lourdes are officially recognised, there are doubts as to the authenticity of those in Med-jugorje. Against which criteria are such appari-tions judged? What is the interrelationship bet-ween Marian miracles and political, economic and ideological conditions? And what is the fasci-nation that causes believers to repeatedly visit such places?


Directed by Thomas Grusch

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Forgiven and Forgotten?Vergeben und Vergessen?

Almost a million people – above all Tutsis – were massacred by their Hutu neighbours during the genocide of 1994. The events of the past are still part of everyday life today and retain an enor-mous significance. Today Hutus and Tutsis often live alongside one another - not only next door to one another, but in many cases with one another. Given the past, how can it be possible to live to-gether? How do people deal with their guilt? How can forgiveness be possible?

Ruanda, 2011: Seventeen years have passed since the devastating genocide, to which around 1 mil-lion people fell victim. The external traces of this civil war are hardly visible still – but in the hearts and minds of Rwandans, the genocide is far from being over and done with. To the present day everyday life in this small African nation is marked by the after-effects of genocide.


Directed by Florian Berger and Peter Kullmann

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Farewell ConventAdieu Kloster

The Annunziata Convent in the Lower Austrian town of Eichgraben was founded in 1898 as the first Austrian branch of the order of the Francis-can Missionaries of Mary. This convent is now for sale – bad news for the 22 sisters who still live here and have spent the majority of their lives in this community property. But the convent is suf-fering from a lack of money, and above all from a shortage of new blood. By the end of April a new home needs to be found for the aged sisters. It seems clear that they will no longer be able to live under one roof. Their entry to the order was accompanied by vows of poverty, chastity and obedience.


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Worlds Apart – Easter in GreeceOsterfeiern am Peloponnes

Monemvasia on the southern Peloponnes in Lako-nia is considered to be one of the most reflective places in which to celebrate Easter. The historic lustre of the medieval town takes on a new com-plexion. The car-free fortress town is synonymous with the mystically intense experience of the death and resurrection of Christ. On the other side of the Parnon mountain ridge, Easter is celebrated quite differently. In Leonidio, the capital of Arcadia, the resurrection is positively bombed into being. Since time immemorial the male population has bom-barded the small town, which lies between two rock faces, with home-made dynamite bombs. Even during the celebration of the resurrection on Easter Saturday, the detonations drown out the entire liturgy. This documentary shuttles between the two contrasting poles of Leonidio and Monem-vasia in order to capture the meaning of Easter in both the orthodox faith and everyday life. In times of crisis in particular, the festival of the resurrec-tion takes on an even greater symbolic importance.


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Ladies of the Desert Herrinnen der Wüste

For over 35 years, the Saharaui (Sahrawi) people have desperately been waiting for a solution to the West-Saharan conflict. An estimated 160 000 people live in the West-Saharan refugee camps, greatly depending on international aid from NGOs and international organizations, such as the United Nations. The documentary “Ladies of the Desert” describes the lives of the women in the refugee camps and how their role is funda-mental to the functioning and survival of the peo-ple in these camps. The struggles of finding work and supporting a family are nearly impossible for the woman and children who have neither passports nor documents. Discovering the com-plexity of the aspects of the women’s lives, which have to remain strong and persevere under in-credible circumstances; one is introduced to the traditions and moments of everyday life which help these women survive.

The Women of the desert will go their way and those who have survived for so long, will manage to survive for decades to come – and they will tell their stories as they always did, and we will lis-ten, repeating their stories to the world.


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The AdmirersDie Verehrer

For many believers, John Paul II was already a saint in his lifetime. Thanks to his charisma he was able to return many people to the fold of the Roman Catholic Church – and even encouraged numerous others to enter into the monastic life.

For the documentary, “The Admirers”, Peter Beringer visited believers in Austria for whom John Paul II is already undoubtedly a saint – believers who worship him unconditionally and who feel they have found an intercessor in the Polish Pope. The documentary also critically illuminates the impact of the former Pontifex Maximus, the ecclesiastical practice of beatification in general and the speed of this beatification process in particular.

Bodyguard und Brevier – Don Erwin KräutlerBodyguard und Brevier – Mit Bischof Kräutler am Amazonas

When Erwin Kräutler became Bishop of Altamira in the Amazon, his colleagues advised him that he would be expected to wear the insignia of Epi-scopal power, the mitre, ring and bishop‘s gown. But the bishop from the Austrian province of Vor-arlberg decided not to set himself apart from his fellow men and exchanged his “hat” for simple jeans and t-shirts. However, not everyone appre-ciates his approach. The fact that he advocates the rights of the indigenous people and cam-paigns against the destruction of the Amazon region is a thorn in some people‘s sides. Erwin Kräutler’s commitment has seen him arrested, tortured and threatened with death on several occasions. Nevertheless, his support for the indi-genous people was recognised on 6th December 2010 with an alternative Nobel prize. This docu-mentary accompanies the Bishop on a pastoral visit to the furthest-flung corner of Brazil.


Directed by Detlef Urban

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Directed by Peter Beringer

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Dining with Religion – Pork?Armes Schwein

In the run up to New Year everything revolves around the beloved pig. The different religions have differing approaches to the pig. For some it is an absolute taboo, whilst for others, pork is the main source of nutrition, and in some regions is even consecrated (meat blessing). What are the origins of the strict prohibitions concerning this animal, which, for us, is even a symbol of good luck? How strictly are the Islamic and Je-wish prohibitions still followed, are there excep-tions, and why, for example, does the pig even trigger religious confl icts in Egypt? Finally, what underlying ethical attitudes towards this animal are rooted in the religions?


Directed by Ursula Merzeder and Christian Kugler

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The World in a BallDer Ball ist rund

This documentary shows the very contradictory consequences of globalization in a single, remo-te setting: in the secret world capital of soccer in northeast Pakistan, Sialkot. According to a Paki-stani legend, the ball is not only round, but also a „Golden Ball,“ a „Gola Zareen.“ In Sialkot, 50,000 workers sew about forty million handma-de balls per year. That‘s seventy percent of the hand-stitched soccer balls on the world market. It takes about three hours to fi nish a ball. The business, which began more than 100 years ago with the manufacture of balls, hockey sticks, and cricket bats for their British colonial masters, kept booming for decades and is economically important for all Pakistan. Now burgeoning com-petition is posing a threat: el cheapo balls from China are becoming better and better, and high-tech products from Thailand are becoming chea-per and cheaper.

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Directed by Christian Krönes and Florian Weigensamer

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Miracle Healer or Charlatan?Wunderheiler oder Scharlatan?

What if the greatest healer of all time were to re-turn? A possible answer to this question is provi-ded by the case of Bruno Groening. Germany 1949: “There is nothing that is incurable. God is the greatest physician!” This was the bold claim of the son of a simple bricklayer from Gdansk. He was neither a doctor nor a healer, and had under-taken no course of study, and yet every day thousands of people came to him. “It’s beyond belief! He heals the lame, the blind and the deaf!” read the headline in the Suedeutsche Sonntags-post newspaper. Elsewhere people spoke of the

“Bavarian Lourdes”. Even the newsreels reported on it. Practically overnight, Groening was hyped by the media as the “new Messiah”. Naturally this was a provocation for the church. Doctors and the authorities felt forced to react. And so Groening was forbidden from healing and forced to appear in court. So, was he a charlatan after all? A media witch hunt began.


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Country No. 1Country No. 1

10 years after 9/11 „Country No.1“ takes on a travel back in time to the fall of 2001 when official his-tory was not yet written. Shortly after September 11th I traveled to a New York that was under world-wide surveillance. My impulse was to contrast the omnipresent TV-imagery and its attempt to incor-porate the event into an official narrative. I was looking for images of every-day-life, which continued in the shadow of the spectacular incident. I wanted to witness how „simple“ New Yorkers were impac-ted and how they tried to create their own narratives in order to deal with the event individually. By combining their stories with uncommented images of the work at ground zero and the beginning of a remembrance culture, I tried to relate different aspects of the „history-in-the-making“-process and raise the question of what could become. So in the review „Country No.1“ is a time travel to a point where it wasn‘t yet decided what had to happen and thus allows the reflection on whether or why history became what it is today.


Directed by Kai Ehlers

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Julian Rachlin & FriendsJulian Rachlin & Friends

Music at the SeaMusik und Meer

A magical Spot for the MusicEin magischer Platz für die Musik

In the year 2001 the acclaimed violin virtuoso Ju-lian Rachlin founded a festival of chamber music in Dubrovnik. He introduced a new and success-ful concept of gathering some of the most fa-mous world musicians and letting them play the music that they personally enjoy. In 2008 the Austrian filmmaker Georg Riha joined the festival to cinematically accompany the star violinist: Masterly, as usual, and in the highest aesthetics as well as in technical quality, he succeeded with this film composition to tape the magical atmos-phere of the city at the sea and the relaxed artis-tic work of Julian Rachlin and his friends. See the Rector’s Palace, rehearsals, the sea, conversa-tions, sun and wind, concerts and a lot of fun.

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Charity Concert for Japan – 2011Benefizkonzert für Japan – 2011

In support of the devastating events that occur-red in Japan, March 2011; a one of a kind charity concert was held in the Vienna Opera Chamber in April 2011. A number of well-known Austrian and Japan-related artists gathered together to enter-tain with their incredible talent, as well as to rai-se money for the Japanese Red Cross.

The benefit turned out to be an exceptionally unique evening, offering the victims of the humani tarian crisis respect and support. Artists such as Paul Gulda, Breinschmid & Brein‘s Café, Jan Jiracek von Arnim, the Seifert Quartet (mem-bers of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra), Wolfgang Bankl and the award-winning piano duo Gröbner & Trisko, are a number of the names who perfomedin support of this cause. The sophis-ticated pie ces composed by Bach, Dvor̆ák, Rossini, Sara sate, Schubert, Liszt, and Rege were led by world renowned conductor. The evening was rounded off with a cabaret performance with the Austrian cabaret artist Josef Hader.

The friendly relationship between Austria and Ja-pan is not only based on cultural, political and economic relations, but is also significantly influ-enced by the exchange of either’s love for classi-cal music. Much of the classical music which ori-ginated in Western Europe, in particular in Austria, has travelled across the globe and been performed and taught in Japan. In exchange, Ja-panese music lovers and students often travel to Austria as tourists and some even decide to make Austria their new home.


Orchestra: Tonkünstler-Orchestra, Lower Austria

Conducted by Michael Boder

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Summer Gala Concert – Grafenegg 2011Sommernachtsgala – Grafenegg 2011

Christmas in Vienna 2011Christmas in Vienna 2011

This major musical event at the beginning of the Grafenegg festival has become a byword for festive joie de vivre in recent years. Guesting at the Wolkenturm are Genia Kuehmeier, Sol Gabetta and Sabine Meyer, three soloists who are among the leading artists in their respective fields on the world’s biggest stages. The magnificent selection of masterpieces is direc-ted by Michael Boder, who, as musical director at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona and as an opera director has worked at the very summit of the international music scene over the past few years.

Program: The gala begins with the young cellist, Sol Gabetta, with the „Concerto for Cello

and Orchestra in C Major” by Joseph Haydn. Genia Kuehmeier follows with the countess’

aria “Dove sono” from “The Marriage of Figaro”. Next the orchestra performs the Tarantel-

la concerto suite from the ballet “La Boutique Fantasque” by Ottorino Respighi. Sabine

Mayer plays Carl Maria von Weber’s clarinet concerto plus 3 pieces by Igor Stravinsky. His

Russian dance from the ballet suite “Petrushka” is a euphoric experience for the audience.

Genia Kuehmeier then sings further songs such as “The Nightingale” from “Seven Early

Songs” by Alban Berg. Additional highlights are Sol Gabetta with “Sospiri” by Edward El-

gar, and Sabine Meyer with “Scaramouche“ by Darius Milhaud, plus the grand finale –

Elgar’s “Pomp and Circumstance”.


Orchestra: Tonkünstler-Orchestra, Lower Austria

Conducted by Michael Boder

Soloists: Genia Kuehmeier, Sol Gabetta, Sabine Meyer

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The traditional advent concert brings also in 2011 a quartet of international singing greats together. Angela Denoke, Liliana Nikiteanu, Ramon Vargas and Paul Armin Edelmann sing Christmas songs from all over the world. Alongside the Vienna Singakademie, St. Florian’s Boys’ Choir with their so-loist, Alois Muehlbacher, will also be taking part this year. They will be ac-companied by the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, for the first time under the leadership of Sascha Goetzel. This atmospheric concert will be broadcast from the unique ambience of the Vienna Konzerthaus.

The programme includes Christmas classics such as “Silent Night”, and the traditional “Hallelujah Chorus“ from Handel’s “Messiah”. In addition, Christmas medleys and pieces from the various soloists’ homelands will also be played and sung.


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The Gypsy BaronDer Zigeunerbaron

A recording from the Mörbisch Festival, Mörbisch 2011

The epicentre of operetta can be found at the Mörbisch Festival on the Lake. Every year a new production offer ng Bankl, a highly esteemed and experienced ensemble singer from the Vienna State Opera, also guested on the open-air stage as Kálmán Zsupá. For the first time, Manfred Mayerhofer, who is highly adept in operetta and especially the Strauss oeuvre, directed at the festival.


Opera by Johann Strauss

Conducted by Manfred Mayerhofer

Soloists: Lucian Krasznec, Evelin Novak

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Hansi Hinterseer Open Air 2011Hansi Hinterseer Open Air 2011

In honor of the Open Air Concerts 10th anniversary, Hansi Hinterseer has put together a special program for his fans and friends of pop music. Offe-ring a perfect blend of top guests and top hits, video projections and a dazzling light show, the Hansi Hinterseer Open Air Concert creates an ext-raordinary atmosphere. The Open Air Concert 2011 is a guaranteed mood booster, encouraging everyone to join in on the popular hit songs; inspi-ring one to dream and desire, maybe even insinuating a little fl irt whilst singing and dancing to the music.

Together with his musical guests like Andrea Bocelli, Alpentrio Tyrol, The Original Tiroler Echo, Encho Keryazow, Rob Spence, Voigasplattler, Zell-berg Buam and the people of Kitzbühl, Hansi Hinterseer has put together a performance for everyone to enjoy and remember in their memories as well as their hearts.

Program:

The concert features old and new songs – as well as songs from the album “Two Hearts”,

where the native Tyrolean has put together a compilation of upbeat songs, love songs

and beautiful ballads. Successfully gaining more international fame day by day, the Ty-

rolean has chosen a wide range of songs infl uenced by his Tyrolean musical customs

and traditions as well as international infl uences. “So sehr lieb ich Dich” and “Heut ist

ein Tag zum Glücklich sein” are songs inspired by South American rhythms using instru-

ments accompanying traditional folk songs. “Mei Heimat” and “Tirol gibt’s nur einmal”

full of love for his home and give one a tangible sense of nature.


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Hansi Hinterseer – Beautiful MomentsHansi Hinterseer – Meine schönsten Momente

This “Best Of“ collection is presented by the public‘s favourite and star of the hit parade from a rustic, idyllically situated Alpine hut in the heart of the picturesque Kitzbühel Alps - his home. Keeping Hansi Hinterseer company in the Alpine hut are his daughter, Laura, his musician friend, Pepi Eberharter, and one of the biggest stars of German television entertainment, Frank Elst-ner. Wonderful musical moments are presented by the biggest stars of the music scene - Al Bano, Helene Fischer, Karel Gott, Michael Hirte, Stefanie Hertel, Peter Kraus, Die Kastelruther Spatzen, Francine Jordi, Marc Pircher, Die Seer, Chico & Die Gypsies and many others.

Program:

Taking part were Al Bano Carrisi with “Que Sera”, Francine Jordi with „Alles steht und fällt

mir Dir“, Stefanie Hertel with „Mut zum Mut“, Marc Pircher & Freunde with „A bissl was

geht alleweil“, Die jungen Zillertaler with „So a schöner Tag“, Karel Gott with „Der ewige

Kreis“, Peter Kraus with „The Wanderer“, Helene Fischer with „Lass mich in dein Leben“,

Chico & die Gypsies with „Fiesta Loca“ Kastelruther Spatzen with „Dreimal am Tag“ Micha-

el Hirte with „What a wonderful world“ and the group Seer & Ziamwiam with „Hob di stad“.

Hansi Hinterseer sang the songs „Amore mio“, „Tirol Medley“, „Ich lieb dieses Land“, „Die

Liebe zu den Bergen“, „Du hast wunderschöne Augen“, „Zwischen schwindelnden Höh‘n“

and the song „Kitzbühel-Lied“.


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Hinterseer – Music and Nature: Discovering the GrossglocknerHinterseer – Musik und Natur: Rund um den Großglockner

Music, nature and great entertainment. Accompanied by other pop stars, Hansi Hinterseer presents the most beautiful landscapes the Alps have to offer. In this episode, the scenic highlights “Around the Glossglocker” are the main attraction. Protecting nature and the environment, the preservati-on of culture and traditions and respect for all living things is Hansi Hinterseer’s way of life. The Tyrolean promotes his values with liveliness and a touch of humor. Protecting the environment is a top priority for Hansi Hinterseer, as well as the environmental organization WWF, who supports this program. Along with other pop stars, Hansi Hinterseer is accompanied by his loving dog Bella.


Directed by Andrea Albrecht

Produced by Interspot Film for ORF


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7 Wonders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Across Borders – Music from the Balkans . . . . . . . . . 28

The Admirers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

The Amber Road. From the Danube to the Adriatic . . 34

App World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Ballet in White – The Spanish Riding School. . . . . . . 30

Beirut Art Scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

BioArt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Bodyguard und Brevier – Don Erwin Kräutler . . . . . . 47

Built in the Name of Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Camera Murderer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Cathedrals of Volatileness – Stories and Histories

of Famous Train Stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Charity Concert for Japan – 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Christmas in Vienna 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

The Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Country No. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

A Culinary Journey with Wini Brugger . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Darkhead. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Dining with Religion – Pork? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Everywhere Alone – The Painter Soshana . . . . . . . . . 28

Explorer Express. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Eyewitness to History –

Vienna’s St. Stephen’s Cathedral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Farewell Convent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Fast Forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Father’s Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Forgiven and Forgotten? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Four Woman and a Funeral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Free Crib . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Gas Monopoly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

The Gypsy Baron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Hans Makart – The King of Vienna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Hansi Hinterseer – Beautiful Moments . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Hansi Hinterseer – Music and Nature:

Discovering the Grossglockner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Hansi Hinterseer Open Air 2011. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Hawaii – Inside Paradise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Holy, Pure and Clean – The Triad of Water,

Spirit and Body. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

House Boating in Europe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

How Franz became LISZT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

The Ice Cream Maker‘s Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

In Memory of my father . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Inside America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Jochen Rindt Lives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Julian Rachlin & Friends. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

The Kebab Incident. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

K-Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Kingdom of the Rainbow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Ladies of the Desert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

The Last Real Iceman of the Chimborazo. . . . . . . . . . 36

Life on a Volcano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Living in a Selfish World? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

The Lust for Lust – Of Mandrakes, Chilli and Viagra. . 42

Masdar City – The Green City in the Desert . . . . . . . . 43

Meter by Meter – an Autumn with Martin Kus̆ej . . . 29

Miniversum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Miracle healer of Charlatan? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Molly & Mops – 100 Kilos of Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Molly & Mops – Café Mops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Molly & Mops – Life is Not a Piece of Cake . . . . . . . . 11

The Mysters of the Mother of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

No Way Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Operation Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Ötzi, an archeological detective story . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Quiz Castle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Retribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Silent Cooking with Patrick Mueller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Silent Cooking with Simon Xie Hong . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Silent Valley – Nature Trails to Lake Hubertus . . . . . 34

Striving for Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Summer Gala Concert – Grafenegg 2011. . . . . . . . . . 52

Ten Tips for Stopping Doing the Dishes and Making

a Start on Icelandic Literature – Insights Into the

World by Hallgrimur Helgason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Topless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Trick Factory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Vive Le Roi! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

White Beauty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Wild Water, Steep Ridges –

Out and About in the Reisseck Range . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Wiped Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Wonder Wood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

The World in a Ball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Worlds apart – Easter in Greece . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Zweigelt – A Wine with a Twist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Publisher: ORF-Enterprise GmbH & Co KG, Content Sales International, Wuerzburggasse 30, 1136 Vienna, Austria, E-Mail: [email protected], contentsales.ORF.at, A subsidiary of the AUSTRIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, ORF; Graphic Design: vektorama.; Print: W&H Media Druck+Verlag GmbH

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