Cast: Franz Rogowski, Georg Friedrich, Anton von Lucke, Thomas Prenn
DOP: Crystel Fournier, afc
Production design: Michael Randel
Costume design: Tanja Hausner, Andrea Hölzl
Make up & Hair: Heiko Schmidt, Roman Braunhofer, Kerstin Gaecklein
Casting: Eva Roth, Benjamin Roth
Sound: Jörg Theil, Atanas Tcholakov, Manuel Meichsner
Editing: Joana Scrinzi, aea
Music: Nils Petter Molvaer, Peter Brötzmann
Producers: Sabine Moser, Oliver Neumann, Benny Drechsel
Production: FreibeuterFilm & Rohfilm Productions
Screenplay: Thomas Reider, Sebastian Meise
Director: Sebastian Meise

Supported by: Austrian Film Institute (ÖFI), Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM), Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM), German Federal Film Fund (DFFF), ORF Film/Fernseh-Abkommen, Film Industry Support Austria (FISA), Vienna Film Fund (FFW), Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (MBB) and ZDF

Distributor: Piffl Medien (DE), Filmladen (AU)

 

World Sales: The Match Factory

74th Festival de Cannes – Jury Prize (Un Certain Regard)

Shortlist Academy Awards 2022 Best International Feature Film

Sarajevo Film Festival 2021 – Best Film, Best Actor Georg Friedrich, CICAE Arthouse cinema Award

Deutscher Filmpreis-Bestes Maskenbild, Bester Spielfilm Bronze

ÖsterreichsicherFilmpreis – Bester Spielfilm, Beste männliche Hauptrolle, Beste männliche Nebenrolle, Beste Regie, Bestes Drehbuch, Beste Kamera, Beste Maske, Bester Schnitt

Europäischer Filmpreis 2021 – Excellent Award European Cinematography, European Original Score

LUX 2022 Audience Award

Viennale IF 2021 – Wiener Filmpreis für den besten österreichischen Film

 

Odesa International Film Festival 2021/ Melbourne International Film Festival 2021/ Jerusalem Film Festival 2021/ Valenciennes Film Festivals 2021 – Best Film, Best Actor Franz Rogowski, Special Mention of the Jury/ Zürich, Frauenfeld Pink Apple Film Festival 2021 Athens IFF 2021 – Prize of the Greek Film Critics Union Association,Fisher Audience Award/ Zürich IFF 2021/Erste Bank MehrWERT Preis/Constance, Queergestreift Film Festival 2021/Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival 2021/ Filmfest Hamburg 2021/ Reykjavik IFF 2021/ Bratislava Slovak Queer Film Festival 2021/ Busan IFF 2021/ Montreal Festival du nouveau cinema 2021 – Louve d’Or Award/ BFI London 2021/ Hamptons IFF 2021 – Special Jury Prize for Exceptional Performances/ Bogota IFF 2021/ Istanbul Autumn Film Week 2021/ Film Fest Gent 2021/ Queer Film Festival Munich 2021/ Chicago IFF 2021 – Gold Q-Hugo Award/ Waterloo Festival International du Film Historique 2021 – Best Actor: Franz Rogowski/ Riga IFF 2021/ Philadelphia Film Festival 2021/ Weiterstadt Queer Filmfest 2021/ Regensburg Queer-Streifen Film Festival 2021 – Publikumspreis für Bester Langfilm/ Montclair Film Festival 2021 – Special Jury Prize for Directing/ Brisbane IFF 2021/ Sao Paulo IFF 2021/ New Zealand IFF 2021/ Brunswick IFF 2021/ Biberbach Festspiele 2021 – Publikumspreis/ Denver Film Festival 2021/ Leeds IFF 2021/ Sydney IFF 2021/ Miami Film Festival 2021/ Münster Queer-Streufen – Queere Filmtage 2021/ Bern Queersicht LGBTQI-Filmfestival 2021/ St.Louis Whitaker IFF 2021/ Iverness Film Festival 2021/ Sevilla IFF 2021 – Golden Giraldillo Award Best Actor, Asecan Jury Award/ Cork IFF 2021/ Los Angeles AFI Fest 2021/ Ljubljana IFF “Liffe” 2021/ Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival 2021/ Brussels Pink Screens – Queer Film Festival 2021/ Wiesbaden Exground Filmfest 2021/ Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2021/ Energa Camerimage IFF 2021/ Zagreb Film Festival 2021 – Golden Pram for Best Feature Film/ Cambridge Film Festival 2021/ Melbourne Queer Film Festival 2021/ Singapore IFF 2021/ Belgrade Festival of Auteur Films 2021/ Torino Film Festival 2021 – Award Best Actor – Franz Rogowski/ QCinema IFF 2021/ Transatlantyk Festival 2021/ AFI European Film Showcase 2021/ Ljubljana LGBT Film Festival 2021/ Les Arcs Film Festival 2021/ Palm Springs IFF 2022/ Festival International du film politiquede Carccassonne – Best Director Award/ Göteborg Film Festival/ KINO-Mostra de Cinema de Expressão Alemã/ Queer Screen’s MardiGras FF/ Open Air Filmreihe Bangkok/ Kosmorama IFF/ Roze Filmdagen – LGBTQFF/ Sofia IFF/ German Film Days Reykjavik/ BFI Flare:London LGBTQIA+FF/ Keswick FF/ Milwaukee FF/ SWIFF Screenwave International FF/ Bergamo Oraldno Festival/ Diagonale- Drehbuchpreis, Beste künstlerische Montage Spielfilm, Beste Bildgestaltung Spielfilm, Schauspielpreis, VAM-Preis für außergewöhnliche Produktionsleistung/ Prague International Film Festival FEBIOFEST/ European Film Award-Beste Kamera, Beste Filmmusik/ DeutscherKamerapreis-Schnitt/ MidnightSunFF/ TransilvaniaIFF/ MidnightSunFF/ Festival Timisoara – Great Prize/

Sebastian Meise is an Austrian director and screenwriter. His acclaimed debut feature film STILL LIFE premiered at San Sebastian IFF and won several awards such as Best Feature Film at Diagonale Film Festival. His documentary film OUTING was presented at the Hot Docs Festival in Toronto.
His latest feature film GREAT FREEDOM with German shooting star Franz Rogowski and Berlinale Silver bear awardee Georg Friedrich in the leading roles had its world premiere in the Official Selection Un Certain Regard of the Cannes Film Festival 2021 where it won the Prix du Jury.
The film was also awarded with the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Feature Film and for Best Actor Georg Friedrich, as well as with the CICAE Arthouse Award.
He co-founded the Vienna based production company FreibeuterFilm.

 

FILMOGRAPHY (selection)

2021 – GROSSE FREIHEIT – Spielfilm
Offical Selection Un Certain Regards 2021, Prix du Jury Un Certain Regard, Heart of Sarajevo für Besten Spielfilm, Besten Darsteller Georg Friedrich und CICAE Arthouse Award

2012 – OUTING – Kinodokumentarfilm
Hot Docs Toronto

2011 – STILL LEBEN – Spielfilm
Preise (Auswahl): Großer Diagonale-Preis Spielfilm 2012, Thomas Pluch Würdigungspreis

2006 – DAEMONEN – Kurzfilm – Basierend auf dem Theaterstück von Lars Norén

2005 – RANDOM – Kurzfilm
Festivals (Auswahl): DokumentART Neubrandenburg 05 und Cork Filmfestival 06

2003 – PRISES DE VUES – Kurzfilm
Festivals & Preise (Auswahl): Internationale Filmfestspiele Venedig 03 Bester Nachwuchsfilm Diagonale 2003

Thomas Reider is an Austrian screenwriter, script consultant and filmmaker. He is a close collaborator of Sebastian Meise (STILL LIFE, OUTING, GREAT FREEDOM). Further credits include the script for the TV miniseries (TSCHUSCHEN: POWER) and he also directed the documentaries ZORN, OUTING and DER GELDMACHER.
He wrote the screenplay for the award-winning TV movie SCHILLINGS FROM HEAVEN (dir. Urs Egger) that won amongst others the Golden Romy for best TV film. His cinematic work has been presented at renown festivals such as Cannes, Venice and San Sebastian.

FILMOGRAPHY (selection)
2021 – GREAT FREEDOM – Fiction Feature Film (dir: Sebastian Meise)
Festival & Prizes Selection: Offical Selection Un Certain RegardPrix du Jury Un Certain Regard, Heart of Sarajevo for Best Feature Film, Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actor Georg Friedrich, CICAE Arthouse Award

2019 – DER GELDMACHER – TV Documentary (dir: Thomas Reider)

2018 – SHILLINGS FROM HEAVEN – TV Film(dir: Urs Egger)
Golden Romy Best TV Film

2012 – OUTING – Documentary  (dir: Sebastian Meise & Thomas Reider)
Hot Docs Toronto

2011 – STILL LIFE – Fiction Feature Film (dir: Sebastian Meise)
Diagonale 2012 – Grand prize feature, Thomas Pluch appreciation award

2008 – TSCHUSCHEN:POWER – TV Show  (dir: Jakob M. Erwa)

2004 – ZORN – TV Documentary (dir: Thomas Reider)