Night of a 1000 Hours
a film by Virgil Widrich
World Premiere: Busan International Film Festival 2016
Luxembourg/Austria/Netherlands // 2016 / 92 min / Colour / Digital
Synopsis
One night, one murder - A forbidden passion and a big family secret.
As the members of the Ullich family gather at their palace in Vienna, their deceased ancestors suddenly appear and usher in a series of unforeseen events. Not only does the past unexpectedly become the present, criminal machinations are also revealed to be at work in a world in which ethics have been discarded and profit seems to be the main goal. On this journey through different eras, the young entrepreneur Philip Ullich and his newly alive great-aunt Renate fall for each other. While Philip battles his cousin for control of the family business, the ancestors reveal the true origins of the Ullich fortune. In this struggle it all comes down to who can be trusted in this web of lies, secrets and love affairs. It's a world where even death doesn't mean the end.
| Written & Directed by | Virgil Widrich |
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| Camera | Christian Berger |
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| Production Design | Christina Schaffer |
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| Costume Design | Alette Kraan |
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| Make Up | Katja Reinert |
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| Editing | Pia Dumont |
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| Music | Siegfried Friedrich |
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| Sound Recordist | Carlo Thoss |
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| Sound Editing | Nicolas Tran Trong |
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| Sound Mixing | Michel Schillings |
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| Supervising digital art director | Oleg Prodeus |
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| VFX Supervisors | Hans van Helden, Rick Sander |
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| Color grading | Kurt Hennrich |
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| Casting | Lisa Oláh |
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| Dramaturgical consultant | Jean-Claude Carrière, Louise Gough |
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| Production manager | Joe Kotroczo |
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| Postproduction manager | Martin Repka |
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| Executive Producers | André Fetzer, Sabine Gruber |
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| With | Laurence Rupp, Amira Casar, Barbara Petritsch, Elisabeth Rath, Linde Prelog, Johann Adam Oest, Lukas Miko, Luc Feit, Josiane Peiffer, Claire Johnston, Udo Samel, Brigitte Urhausen, Pierre Bodry, Al Ginter, Gilles Soeder, Frederic Frenay, Jean-Paul Raths |
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| Project development in cooperation with | Virgil Widrich Film |
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| Supported by | Film Fund Luxembourg, Österreischisches Film Institut, FISA, ORF, FFW, Land Salzburg, Stadt Salzburg, Netherlands Film Fund, Netherlands Film-Production Incentive, Business Location Südtirol, MIBAC Roma, Eurimages, Media, ALGOA Slate Fund, Sources |
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| Producers | Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bady Minck |
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| Co-Producers | Hanneke Niens, Hans de Wolf, Arash T. Riahi, Raphael Barth |
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| Co-Production | Key Film, Golden Girls Filmproduktion |
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| Production | AMOUR FOU Luxembourg, AMOUR FOU Vienna |
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| Distribution Belgium & Niederlande | September Film |
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| Distribution Austria | Thim Film |
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| World sales | Picture Tree International |
Awards & Nominations
Nomination for Best Feature Film from a Coproduction @ Letzebuerger Filmpräis 2018
Nomination for Best Creative Contribution Feature Film or Documentary - Editing by Pia Dumont @ Letzebuerger Filmpräis 2018
Nomination for Best Creative Contribution Feature Film or Documentary - Production Design by Christina Schaffer @ Letzebuerger Filmpräis 2018
Flash Forward Audience Award @ Busan International Film Festival
Nomination for Best Screenplay @ Austrian Film Awards
Nomination Best Costumes @ Austrian Film Awards
Nomination for Tiantan Award @ Beijing International Film Festival
Festivals
Busan International Film Festival, South Korea - October 2016
Warsaw International Film Festival, Poland - October 2016
Chicago International Film Festival, USA - October 2016
Ventara Sur, Argentinia - November 2016
Max Ophüls Preis Saarbrücken / opening film, Germany - January 2017
International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands - January 2017
Internationales Filmwochenende Würzburg, Germany - January 2017
Fantasporto - Oporto International Filmfestival, Portugal - February 2017
Luxembourg City Film Festival, Luxembourg - March 2017
LET'S CEE Film Festival Wien, Austria - March 2017
Diagonale - Festival of Austrian Film, Austria - March/April 2017
Esslinger Krimitage, Germany - April 2017
Curaçao International Film Festival, Curaçao - April 2017
Bolzano Film Festival, Italy - April 2017
Taipei Golden Horse Fantastic Film Festival, Taiwan - April 2017
Beijing International Film Festival, China - April 2017
Austrian Film Festival, Russia - April 2017
Bari International Film Festival, Italy - April 2017
European Film Festival, Serbia - May/June 2017
Transilvania International Film Festival, Transylvania - June 2017
Shanghai International Film Festival, China - June 2017
Sotto le stelle dell'Austria Film Festival (Austrian Cultural Forum Rome), Italy - July 2017
Bucheon International Film Festival, South Korea - July 2017
Split Film Festival, Croatia - September 2017
Manaki Brothers Film Festival, USA - September 2017
Film|Neu Film Festival Washington, USA - November 2017
European Union Film Festival, Canada - December 2017
Clair Obscur Travelling Film Festival Rennes, France - February 2018