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 Welcome everybody, thank you so much for joining us tonight to the 9th

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 ILLINTS International Short Film Festival. Thank you so much for being here, thank you for seeing

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 a full room tonight. I would like to call on stage two cooperation members for their welcoming words,

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 so please welcome on stage now Simone Barlian.

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 She's head of artistic projects and exhibition

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 at the University of Arts and Design in Linz.

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 director of the University of Arts and Design in Linz,

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 who is unfortunately ill tonight and can't be with us.

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 But please welcome Simone Barlian

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 Thank you so much. Yeah, first of all, thank you so much, Parisa and Ashkan, and I'm very proud

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 also to be here on behalf of the Art University today, because, because yeah it's kind of a baby also from the

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 art university as you initiated this festival nine years ago as your master thesis and it grew and it

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 grew and it's still also based uh very close to the university and still i think i just talked to

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 to um the politician here of linds and yeah it's a very important pull and filter but also to see it how

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 international Linz is and how to collect and assemble these international voices yeah and

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 this on this behalf I'm just really happy that you combine all these diverse and multitude

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 perspectives on cultures and it's just so incredible. Every year, I read that you

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 watch through 4000 movies. And I have such respect for it. I think I can manage to see a movie once

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 a month, maybe. But it's so important. And it's such a medium, I think, where we really can dive

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 into different perspectives in the global context. And this is something I think we should celebrate a lot.

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 And therefore, I'm so grateful and the whole university is grateful for that,

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 that you hold this up for nine years ongoing on Rally.

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 I think this is deserving of applause, actually, that you're really holding on to it.

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 And also to all the filmmakers and everyone listening to the voices being a voice i think

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 this is really important also these days and these times we are having ahead of us and we are in

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 middle in the middle of it so 60 movies out of 121 countries this is something incredible and i think

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 you really shaped some unique format and we are very grateful to have

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 Thank you so much. Thank you so much for your kind words and now I would like to call on stage

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 representing City Councilor for Culture Doris Langmeierhofer, Mr. Michael Michael Rosenmeier, also Linz City Councilor, for his opening words.

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 I feel deep respect for your free styling because you have all your words written in German.

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 Ladies and gentlemen,

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 dear Parisa, Ashken, and Clara,

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 but all the team that is involved in organizing this,

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 dear filmmakers, artists, guests, and friends, a very warm welcome to Linz.

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 On behalf of the city of Linz, especially our

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 city councillor for culture, Doris Lang-Meierhofer, I am delighted to

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 welcome you all to the 9th Linz International Short Film Festival.

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 Short films are proof that you don't need a lot of time

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 So you master this and I promise to keep my little speech also short.

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 It is wonderful to see Linz bringing together so many creative minds like yours and different cultures.

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 This year over 4,000 films and watching one a month would take a few years to finally get a result

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 like you did in the last month.

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 So 4,000 films from 121 countries

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 submitted to this festival is a great success.

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 It shows what you have founded nine years ago

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 and where this baby grew up to.

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 So congrats to that.

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 It's an incredible number of stories, ideas,

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 and creative visions from all around the world that you brought to this stage or are bringing

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 to this stage. And now some of this creative energy has arrived here inside this cinema,

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 right here in Linz. And for the next four days, our city will be meeting place

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 for filmmakers, emerging talents, and film lovers from near and far. For us in Linz culture is much more than what happens

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 on the stage or on the cinema screen. It is about bringing people together and

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 we talked about that. It's a melting pot and I just got to know that some kind of

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 theme over all this festival is the word love. So probably most

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 of the films will touch your hearts and speak a different language than only words. It is

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 about bringing people together, I said, opening minds and seeing the world through someone's

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 else's eyes. And that is exactly what films can do so beautifully. Short films have a special power.

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 They can make us laugh, move us to tears, challenge our thinking or leave us wondering what on earth

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 we just have seen and you don't need to go to Instagram for that. Sometimes all within a few

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 minutes and that's what makes your art. Your films remind us that although we may speak different languages

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 and come from different places all over the world, we share emotions, dreams, and hopes.

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 I would like to thank the festival directors, the jury and the entire organizing team,

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 all the partners and supporters and of course every filmmaker who has brought a piece of their world to Linz.

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 is take a risk, visit Linz.

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 but I dearly encourage you to take a few risks in the next coming days and enjoy

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 the festival, not only the films, but also the conversation afterwards. Discover something

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 unexpected, make new friends and take a little piece of Linz home with you, at least some

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 business cards. You never know, the person sitting next to you in the cinema today might be your next creative partner tomorrow.

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 So in short films, every second counts.

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 I wish you make the next four days also count for society, for your dreams, for your dreams to come true and for a good time.

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 Thank you so much. I think these were perfect opening words.

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 So I will be your host tonight.

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 And I want to welcome you to the opening night of the 9th Linz International Short Film Festival 2026.

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 A celebration of global storytelling and the power of cinema to bring us closer together.

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 So this year, our festival is guided by one simple but very powerful word, love, as we heard in the opening

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 words. Love takes many forms. It can be an act of courage, a gesture of kindness, a feeling of

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 belonging or the willingness to understand someone different from ourselves. It can connect us, challenge us and remind us of what we share as human beings.

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 And cinema has this unique ability to make us feel these connections, even across languages, borders and cultures.

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 So the film we just watched, No Skate by Gil Sela, is also part of this year's competition.

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 And we chose it to open the festival because it reflects the spirit of the films we have selected this year and invites us into the world of stories that await us.

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 we will discover short films selected from a record of more than 4,000 submissions from 121 countries.

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 That's so much. A big applause for that.

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 So the 57 films in competition offer different perspectives on the world we live in. There will be stories of courage,

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 identity, love, loss and transformation. So for us a film festival of course is not only about watching movies, it's much more. It is about meeting one another, discovering unfamiliar perspectives, and creating

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 a space where different voices can be heard. It is where art can inspire dialogue, where differences

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 can bring us closer, and where cinema reminds us that despite everything that separates us,

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 we have so much in common. And perhaps this is what love is all about, no? The willingness

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 to look beyond ourselves, to listen, to feel and to recognize a part of our own humanity

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 in someone else's story. So tonight we celebrate the filmmakers who share their visions with us,

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 the artists who bring these stories to life, and all of you,

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 the audience, to give these films meaning by watching, feeling, and engaging with them.

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 So may these next four days surprise us, move us, make us think, and perhaps even change the way

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 we see the world a bit. So welcome to the 9th Linz International Short Film Festival.

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 Welcome to four days of cinema, connection and love.

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 And now I would like to welcome on stage the co-founder and festival co-director of the

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 Linz International Short Film Festival, Parisa Ghazemi.

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 work into it to make it a real diverse festival and not just right there that it's about diversity and solidarity but to

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 understand the life without her. And then it gave us a lesson to love more and to spend time more with our loved ones. And then I was playing with the program and I was thinking, I think what could help us to bring this solidarity?

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 Now we would like to welcome our jury here on stage.

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 selecting our winners. Isabel Fowell, who is also a jury member, she can't be with us tonight,

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 I would just like want to give you some background about our jury members. So Isabel Fouvel is an internationally renowned film development expert. After gathering experience as a producer at Flachfilm, she founded Initiative Film in 1993, the first company entirely dedicated to creative project development, working with writers, directors and producers

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 Julia Pühringer, let's say it in Austrian, is an Austrian journalist, curator, moderator and film critic.

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 And Maral Keshavarz is an Iranian-German actress based in Berlin.

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 Born and raised in Teheran, she started acting at the Berlin University of the Arts and was a permanent ensemble member of Münchner Volkstheater from 2021 to 2024.

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 Phantoms of July in English, which premiered in the international competition of Locarno Film Festival 2025.

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 it's it's my first time and it's it's it's really an honor to to do this in this beautiful um

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 festival and um i had my list and to be honest at the end i was really really

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 it was funny because we had like many movies in common it was like um maybe it i it could be also

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 it's like or or if you follow the story it means maybe is a good editing or if you interrupt you, maybe it's like, OK, maybe I want to watch them and so on.

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 I really have to admit we had one big problem

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 And this was truly the magic of cinema.

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 And these are films that fight for something.

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 I think this is what we need when fascism arises.

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 It's a cinema like this. And I can promise you the future of cinema is golden. I can tell you after this jury work.

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 these filmmakers and in a short film program now we have I think 19 filmmakers and in feature lab 14 filmmakers.

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 of the festival of the festival the Cannes and there they will pitch their project there, and then, let's see, I hope they will find some collaborators,

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 to invite you to the stage. Yes, so I will call your names. Please come up front so we

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 can see you and we know who you are. So please welcome Arushi Chodhuri.

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 Agnieszka Bribis, Aginé Isanias, she couldn't come due to visa rejections she had.

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 Alberto Ribeira Teixeira, Hanna Cortus, Paloma Castro, Jasna Safic.

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 so a big applause for them please

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 space so a big applause for them please so these are our talents of the film talent academy so and of course these film festivals are always a way to get together, to get connected.

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 My name is Zere.

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 I am from Kazakhstan, from Almaty, but I am based in New York.

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 I'm a filmmaker and I'm happy to be here.

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 Very nice.

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 Hi, I'm Hannah. I'm from Germany and I'm based in Austria now.

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 Hey, I'm Talat. I'm a filmmaker from Cyprus, based in the UK. I'm very happy to be here and make new connections for the future.

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 from Cyprus, based in the UK.

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 I'm very happy to be here and make new connections for the future.

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 Hi, my name is Shaurya.

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 I'm from India, but I'm based in Prague.

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 I'm very happy to be here.

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 Hi, my name is Beato.

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 I'm from Brazil, but I'm based in Portugal

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 because everyone here is based somewhere else.

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 and I really enjoyed No Skate

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 and I'm so excited to see the rest of the films

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 and getting to know everyone here

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 hi I'm Ibrahim Yari I'm so excited to see the rest of the films and getting to know everyone here.

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 Hi, I'm Ibrahim Yaghi. I'm a Palestinian filmmaker and cinematographer. I'm based now in Zurich,

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 Switzerland. Thank you.

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 Hello everyone. My name is Paloma Castro. I am from Mexico and I am really excited to be here.

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 Hello everyone. I'm a filmmaker from Burundi, but I'm based in Bulgaria and I'm very excited to be here. Hello, everyone. I'm a filmmaker from Burundi, but I'm based in Bulgaria,

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 and I'm very excited to be here.

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 Hello, my name is Robin Mai.

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 I'm from Linz, and I'm also very happy to be here.

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 I'm from Greece, but I'm based in Amsterdam because, of course.

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 I'm really happy to be here. I'm from Greece, but I'm based in Amsterdam because, of course. I'm really happy to be here.

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 I'm Leandros.

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 I'm from Cape Town, South Africa.

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 Hi, my name is Kate.

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 I'm from Kiev, Ukraine, based in Prague, Czech Republic.

459
00:37:23.940 --> 00:37:30.420
 And I want to wish all the pitch participants to enjoy the festival because I know that the stress can take over.

460
00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:35.719
 And I want to wish audience to find love in whatever form you wish here on the festival.

461
00:37:36.820 --> 00:37:40.719
 Hi, my name is Migi. I'm from Albania, but I live in France.

462
00:37:40.920 --> 00:37:46.340
 And I like to say this everywhere I go. I just come from fresh from the Flamingo

463
00:37:46.340 --> 00:37:52.679
 revolution from Albania and I'm very proud of this movement and very happy to be here to

464
00:37:52.679 --> 00:38:00.119
 develop my script hi I'm Lishan I'm from Singapore and it's my first time at Lins I'm very excited to

465
00:38:00.119 --> 00:38:05.539
 be at the festival and meet everybody so thank you very much

466
00:38:05.539 --> 00:38:08.039
 so much wow it's so great to have

467
00:38:08.039 --> 00:38:08.780
 you all here

468
00:38:08.780 --> 00:38:11.340
 remember the faces

469
00:38:11.340 --> 00:38:13.539
 connect then afterwards at

470
00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:15.840
 the after party so just remember

471
00:38:15.840 --> 00:38:18.000
 them hope to see a lot of you

472
00:38:18.760 --> 00:38:19.599
 okay

473
00:38:19.599 --> 00:38:21.920
 so you can go downstairs again

474
00:38:21.920 --> 00:38:22.880
 thank you so much

475
00:38:22.880 --> 00:38:26.019
 so you see I didn't lie.

476
00:38:26.219 --> 00:38:30.780
 We have really, really international filmmakers here.

477
00:38:31.239 --> 00:38:31.480
 Wow.

478
00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:34.059
 And I'm really, really proud of it.

479
00:38:35.079 --> 00:38:39.400
 And if you want to see their great film project,

480
00:38:39.780 --> 00:38:46.320
 please come tomorrow and Thursday at 12 to the Art University.

481
00:38:46.820 --> 00:38:47.820
 It would be one

482
00:38:47.820 --> 00:38:50.019
 hour and afterward there would be

483
00:38:50.019 --> 00:38:51.820
 networking session. You can

484
00:38:51.820 --> 00:38:54.079
 then meet every other

485
00:38:54.079 --> 00:38:55.960
 filmmaker and everyone who

486
00:38:55.960 --> 00:38:57.300
 is there. Thank you.

487
00:38:57.800 --> 00:38:59.920
 So let's go to the first feature

488
00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:02.019
 lab. We would invite

489
00:39:02.019 --> 00:39:03.699
 the first feature lab filmmakers.

490
00:39:04.059 --> 00:39:06.159
 We hope that the filmmakers of the first feature

491
00:39:06.159 --> 00:39:11.440
 lab are also amongst us i will call your names again and please get onto the stage so we can

492
00:39:11.440 --> 00:39:22.639
 see you so there's sesim adiranova sarah govorovska marina chariton maria kavanazkaya rajaras

493
00:39:47.219 --> 00:39:53.019
 Kavanagh sky ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah wow big applause for them thank you so much for being here well i think you know already the procedure what's coming next now

494
00:39:53.019 --> 00:39:58.420
 so we also would like you to introduce yourself a bit just where you're from yeah what you do

495
00:39:58.420 --> 00:40:09.760
 um so you can also remember the faces and get together afterwards. So yeah, hi everyone, my name is Sizem, I'm from Kyrgyzstan and I'm based in Kyrgyzstan

496
00:40:11.199 --> 00:40:16.079
 and it's my first time in Austria and I'm so excited to be here, thank you.

497
00:40:18.480 --> 00:40:31.619
 Hi, my name is Maria Kavanskaya, that's okay, it always gets wrong this the third one um yeah um it's my first feature

498
00:40:31.619 --> 00:40:38.760
 project club and i'm very excited and thank you parisa and the whole team for inviting

499
00:40:38.760 --> 00:40:46.519
 so yeah looking forward for the festival and watching films, meeting wonderful people and make friends.

500
00:40:47.039 --> 00:40:47.440
 Thank you.

501
00:40:49.039 --> 00:40:50.840
 Hi, my name is Sarah.

502
00:40:51.079 --> 00:40:53.059
 I'm from Poland and I'm based in Poland.

503
00:40:53.760 --> 00:40:56.719
 And I'm very excited to be here and see all of you.

504
00:40:59.000 --> 00:41:00.480
 Hi, my name is Ginta.

505
00:41:00.679 --> 00:41:04.699
 I'm from Lithuania and I hope to make friends

506
00:41:04.699 --> 00:41:06.739
 so I can visit them in other countries.

507
00:41:08.420 --> 00:41:13.059
 Hi, I am Ricky. I'm from Brazil. I'm based in Brazil and France

508
00:41:13.059 --> 00:41:18.780
 and I'm happy to be here. Thank you, Parisa, for the invitation and that's it.

509
00:41:19.960 --> 00:41:28.099
 Hi, I'm Ralitza. I'm a writer and director based in Sofia, Bulgaria. I really enjoyed Vienna yesterday. I'm sure it's going to be the same for Lens.

510
00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:29.800
 And I'm really excited to be here.

511
00:41:31.420 --> 00:41:35.380
 Hi, my name is Levente Kolchay. I'm based in Budapest.

512
00:41:36.360 --> 00:41:39.059
 The masterclass was very good in September.

513
00:41:39.820 --> 00:41:42.579
 So thank you for that and to be here.

514
00:41:43.579 --> 00:41:44.800
 Have a nice four days.

515
00:41:46.800 --> 00:41:48.860
 Hello, I'm Jeva Šakalita.

516
00:41:49.119 --> 00:41:52.500
 I'm a filmmaker, director, writer from Vilnius, Lithuania.

517
00:41:52.980 --> 00:41:54.699
 And I'm very happy to be here.

518
00:41:55.019 --> 00:41:56.659
 So thank you for selecting me.

519
00:42:00.239 --> 00:42:01.800
 Hi, my name is Bilal.

520
00:42:01.800 --> 00:42:04.719
 I'm from Syria, from the occupied Golan Heights.

521
00:42:04.940 --> 00:42:09.539
 I'm based in Palestine. And I'm very happy to be here and to meet everyone.

522
00:42:11.880 --> 00:42:20.179
 Hello, my name is Eva-Justine Torkola. I'm from Australia, but I grew up with my grandparents who are Ukrainian, so I grew up speaking Ukrainian in Australia.

523
00:42:21.260 --> 00:42:24.719
 I'm a writer and director, and it's lovely to be here.

524
00:42:25.000 --> 00:42:31.000
 I'm a writer and director and it's lovely to be here. Hello everyone, my name is Ahmet. I'm a Turkish-Sarkasian filmmaker based in Istanbul.

525
00:42:31.000 --> 00:42:34.000
 It's a great honor to be here. Thank you.

526
00:42:34.000 --> 00:42:37.000
 Thank you, big applause for you again.

527
00:42:37.000 --> 00:42:39.000
 Thank you.

528
00:42:39.000 --> 00:42:41.000
 So you can take your seats again.

529
00:42:41.000 --> 00:42:47.539
 You can also go downstairs. take your seats again so their pitch session would be then at on saturday

530
00:42:47.539 --> 00:42:58.440
 at 11 because they are two groups it will start at 11 not not at 12 and 11 till 1 they will have

531
00:42:58.440 --> 00:43:06.940
 their pitch sessions and at 1 is the networking session so So thank you, all of you, for being here with us.

532
00:43:07.699 --> 00:43:10.840
 Let's go to the next part of the program.

533
00:43:10.980 --> 00:43:16.159
 I will a little bit explain about the program that we will have the next days.

534
00:43:19.940 --> 00:43:22.239
 Yeah, what I wanted to...

535
00:43:22.239 --> 00:43:26.400
 I think we talked about many parts of the program.

536
00:43:27.219 --> 00:43:30.800
 Maybe I say a little bit about networking session,

537
00:43:30.980 --> 00:43:32.079
 what is happening there.

538
00:43:33.659 --> 00:43:39.019
 We will have kind of two programs in the networking session.

539
00:43:39.019 --> 00:43:50.119
 One is one-to-one meetings of the filmmakers with the producers in residence which I will now talk a

540
00:43:50.119 --> 00:43:57.659
 little bit about that so they will have a one-to-one meeting with the producers and all other guests

541
00:43:57.659 --> 00:44:06.699
 and the filmmakers are also invited there will be like it would be after the pitch session at one o'clock and there would be

542
00:44:06.699 --> 00:44:13.239
 some snacks drinks and stuff there so you can stay there and talk to all the guests of the festival

543
00:44:13.239 --> 00:44:21.099
 if you want to network together but the filmmaker go also to one-to-one meeting with the producers

544
00:44:21.099 --> 00:44:27.440
 now that we are in this part I would also like to explain a little bit about

545
00:44:27.440 --> 00:44:36.420
 this new initiative which is called Producers in Residence and this is a new part of our program

546
00:44:36.420 --> 00:44:47.139
 and we invited also seven producers from around the world and they are also here with us so I want also to invite

547
00:44:47.139 --> 00:45:19.920
 the producers here on the stage two men they are not here

548
00:45:19.920 --> 00:45:25.179
 where are the men?

549
00:45:29.460 --> 00:45:29.559
 But I'm sure they will arrive maybe today or tomorrow.

550
00:45:31.860 --> 00:45:32.139
 Tomorrow they will have their first session.

551
00:45:34.460 --> 00:45:35.139
 So please, you can also introduce yourself.

552
00:45:36.320 --> 00:45:36.559
 And now you're starting this?

553
00:45:36.739 --> 00:45:38.159
 Okay.

554
00:45:38.619 --> 00:45:40.099
 A surprise.

555
00:45:41.880 --> 00:45:42.420
 Thank you for having us here.

556
00:45:44.460 --> 00:45:45.079
 It's a pleasure to be in the first year.

557
00:45:46.340 --> 00:45:46.639
 My name is Malu Lins.

558
00:45:51.059 --> 00:45:56.380
 I'm originally from Brazil, but as everyone else apparently here, I'm based somewhere else. I'm currently based between Portugal and Estonia, and I have a production company in Estonia called Teomars Films.

559
00:45:56.480 --> 00:46:00.199
 So looking forward to see all the pitches tomorrow and on the upcoming days.

560
00:46:01.780 --> 00:46:07.199
 Hello, this is Vildan Ercan from Turkey, Istanbul, based in Istanbul.

561
00:46:07.559 --> 00:46:11.860
 I have a production company and I'm very glad to be here

562
00:46:11.860 --> 00:46:17.820
 and very looking forward to hear all the pitches tomorrow.

563
00:46:18.000 --> 00:46:18.820
 Thank you very much.

564
00:46:20.320 --> 00:46:21.940
 Hi everybody, my name is Astrid.

565
00:46:22.059 --> 00:46:22.900
 I'm a French producer.

566
00:46:23.420 --> 00:46:27.239
 I'm based in France and my company is called PASMA Films.

567
00:46:29.480 --> 00:46:36.239
 Hello, my name is Maite, I'm from Germany, I'm based in Berlin, I have the company Transparent Films,

568
00:46:36.679 --> 00:46:42.000
 and I'm also looking to get to know everyone of you, but also the group, so I think we will have a good time here.

569
00:46:42.119 --> 00:46:43.179
 Thank you for having us.

570
00:46:44.059 --> 00:46:44.480
 Thank you.

571
00:46:48.699 --> 00:46:52.300
 Thank you. Thank you so much so

572
00:46:52.300 --> 00:46:53.099
 and

573
00:46:53.099 --> 00:46:56.360
 yeah I think

574
00:46:56.360 --> 00:46:58.320
 we can go to the next part

575
00:46:58.320 --> 00:46:59.420
 of the program maybe

576
00:46:59.420 --> 00:47:02.119
 yeah the producers are here

577
00:47:02.119 --> 00:47:03.900
 yeah the two others

578
00:47:03.900 --> 00:47:05.900
 are not here with us still.

579
00:47:06.780 --> 00:47:08.940
 Pa, Prez, and Christian.

580
00:47:09.460 --> 00:47:12.059
 I think they will arrive soon, hopefully.

581
00:47:14.199 --> 00:47:21.039
 So, and about another part of the program

582
00:47:21.039 --> 00:47:26.900
 would be two great masterclass by the two mentors.

583
00:47:27.360 --> 00:47:33.300
 You've heard they had already really great online masterclasses with them,

584
00:47:33.420 --> 00:47:35.940
 also the talent filmmakers.

585
00:47:36.480 --> 00:47:43.360
 But all of you have also the opportunity to attend their masterclass.

586
00:47:43.360 --> 00:47:44.099
 to attend their master class.

587
00:47:50.159 --> 00:47:51.360
 Tomorrow would be the master class by Martina Petrovic.

588
00:47:52.679 --> 00:47:52.780
 She's also here with us.

589
00:47:56.320 --> 00:48:00.679
 I didn't tell her to come to the stage, but maybe if you like, you can come to the stage

590
00:48:00.679 --> 00:48:02.219
 and talk a bit about it.

591
00:48:02.219 --> 00:48:03.239
 It would be great.

592
00:48:03.360 --> 00:48:15.539
 Very good.

593
00:48:17.480 --> 00:48:17.579
 We've known each other for a very long time,

594
00:48:18.980 --> 00:48:19.059
 so she can do this to me.

595
00:48:19.340 --> 00:48:20.179
 Yeah.

596
00:48:20.719 --> 00:48:20.920
 Thank you.

597
00:48:21.820 --> 00:48:24.139
 By accident.

598
00:48:28.980 --> 00:48:30.420
 Yes, I've been part of this journey with Parisa for a very long time.

599
00:48:35.239 --> 00:48:41.579
 And I'm always privileged to be part of the team and to really help all of you who already worked with me,

600
00:48:41.579 --> 00:48:47.860
 but also we're going to explore how your pitch is going to be tonight, tomorrow, and the day after.

601
00:48:48.360 --> 00:48:52.440
 As I really would like to give you this safe space,

602
00:48:53.199 --> 00:48:56.239
 and as Parisa said, to share this love,

603
00:48:56.380 --> 00:48:59.619
 so that you also have opportunity to test your story.

604
00:48:59.780 --> 00:49:03.400
 And you already done great work, so I really give you a big, big applause,

605
00:49:03.480 --> 00:49:11.219
 and I'm looking forward to meeting you all thank you thank you Martina would you tell about the masterclass a little bit what

606
00:49:11.219 --> 00:49:21.539
 would you talk about yes I have a lot of hats so yeah for those who already kind of glanced what

607
00:49:21.539 --> 00:49:30.440
 we've done in September tomorrow I will guide you through the journey of the not only Creative Europe Media,

608
00:49:30.559 --> 00:49:36.000
 but also what is important for you when you're out there at the industry event,

609
00:49:36.059 --> 00:49:38.980
 but also when you meet potential partner.

610
00:49:39.280 --> 00:49:41.460
 We will also have some icebreakers, you know,

611
00:49:41.500 --> 00:49:45.059
 that I like to ask you some questions just to get to know each other

612
00:49:45.059 --> 00:49:51.300
 better but please do come because we will also explore some different funds because for this

613
00:49:51.300 --> 00:49:58.099
 opportunity i kind of scanned where you all come from and i would like them to share also what you

614
00:49:58.099 --> 00:50:02.519
 can do with your film in terms of the financing but also presence of different training initiatives

615
00:50:02.519 --> 00:50:06.599
 and to share this know-how that I have.

616
00:50:06.699 --> 00:50:08.440
 Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you.

617
00:50:11.400 --> 00:50:14.420
 Yeah, I would like a little bit to talk about Martina.

618
00:50:14.599 --> 00:50:22.239
 I think she is now kind of one of the most important part of our program.

619
00:50:22.380 --> 00:50:28.599
 She is with us from the very first year and she put

620
00:50:28.599 --> 00:50:36.579
 so much more than I asked her into every project she's really working with love

621
00:50:36.579 --> 00:50:46.480
 and I I really learned from her how how to be passionate about films and helping filmmakers a lot.

622
00:50:46.579 --> 00:50:47.340
 Thank you, Martina.

623
00:50:50.159 --> 00:50:55.019
 And the other massacres would be the next day.

624
00:50:55.239 --> 00:50:59.019
 Isabel will arrive at night on Thursday

625
00:50:59.019 --> 00:51:01.860
 and in the next morning at 10,

626
00:51:02.619 --> 00:51:05.380
 she will have this master class.

627
00:51:05.619 --> 00:51:08.559
 So it would be great if you participate in it.

628
00:51:08.619 --> 00:51:16.000
 It would be also more about the collaboration in development time,

629
00:51:16.000 --> 00:51:26.800
 how you can collaborate with story editors, with constant who could work on your script mostly is

630
00:51:26.800 --> 00:51:28.699
 about how you can

631
00:51:28.699 --> 00:51:30.239
 find your collaborators

632
00:51:30.239 --> 00:51:32.500
 and how you can co-work

633
00:51:32.500 --> 00:51:34.000
 with them but

634
00:51:34.000 --> 00:51:36.900
 in all it is about the development

635
00:51:36.900 --> 00:51:38.460
 part of filmmaking

636
00:51:38.460 --> 00:51:40.380
 and

637
00:51:40.380 --> 00:51:42.300
 what

638
00:51:42.300 --> 00:51:44.380
 else? I think we

639
00:51:44.380 --> 00:51:48.039
 talked about the whole program that we have

640
00:51:48.039 --> 00:51:49.900
 and the open discussion, I said.

641
00:51:50.559 --> 00:51:53.920
 So now it's my turn again to announce all the partners

642
00:51:53.920 --> 00:51:58.599
 and patrons, of course, that made possible the whole Film Festival.

643
00:51:58.800 --> 00:52:00.539
 So it starts with the partners and patrons.

644
00:52:01.480 --> 00:52:04.360
 Bundesministerium für Wohnen, Kunst, Kultur, Medien und Sport,

645
00:52:04.920 --> 00:52:06.320
 Kunstuniversität Linz,

646
00:52:06.539 --> 00:52:12.000
 Land Oberösterreich Kultur, Stadt Linz Direktförderung, VDFS Verwertungsgesellschaft

647
00:52:12.000 --> 00:52:18.820
 der Filmschaffenden Österreich, Frauenbüro der Stadt Linz, Rainbow City Network, WKÖ Film- und

648
00:52:18.820 --> 00:52:27.239
 Musikwirtschaft, Linz Tourismus. Then our award sponsors are ADA Austrian Directors Association,

649
00:52:27.800 --> 00:52:30.039
 Ambient Recording, VDFS,

650
00:52:30.619 --> 00:52:32.760
 EPD Film, Kolik Film,

651
00:52:33.300 --> 00:52:34.719
 Frauenbüro der Stadt Linz,

652
00:52:35.119 --> 00:52:37.280
 Creative Europe Media Desk Croatia,

653
00:52:37.920 --> 00:52:39.400
 Silence and Conversation.

654
00:52:40.079 --> 00:52:41.780
 Our media partners are

655
00:52:41.780 --> 00:52:43.780
 Creative Austria, Dorf TV,

656
00:52:44.699 --> 00:52:52.760
 EPD Film, InfoScreen, Kolik Film, Dot Magazine, Radiofro, Subtext and Linz Tourism.

657
00:52:54.760 --> 00:53:04.099
 Then we have our program partners, Frauenbüro der Stadt Linz, Rainbow City Network, SFC Rendezvous Industrie of Festival de Cannes.

658
00:53:01.559 --> 00:53:01.780
 Network, SFC,

659
00:53:03.980 --> 00:53:05.059
 Rendezvous Industrie of Festival de Cannes,

660
00:53:06.079 --> 00:53:08.219
 our sponsors Brotsüchtig, Freistädter,

661
00:53:08.719 --> 00:53:09.940
 Frontfood, Macava

662
00:53:09.940 --> 00:53:11.880
 and Pedacola, and our

663
00:53:11.880 --> 00:53:13.679
 event and cooperation partners

664
00:53:13.679 --> 00:53:15.880
 4U Card, City Kino,

665
00:53:16.360 --> 00:53:18.219
 City Hotel, Ark Hotel,

666
00:53:18.340 --> 00:53:20.059
 das Meerhotel, Creative

667
00:53:20.059 --> 00:53:21.519
 Europe Media, das Croatia,

668
00:53:22.179 --> 00:53:23.619
 Silence and Conversation,

669
00:53:24.139 --> 00:53:27.500
 Kupf Oberösterreich, Lights On, Zeitbasierte

670
00:53:27.500 --> 00:53:33.320
 und Interaktive Medienkunst Bachelorstudium, Zeitbasierte Medien Masterstudium, Hunger

671
00:53:33.320 --> 00:53:37.780
 auf Kunst und Kultur, initiiert 2023 vom Schauspielhaus Wien.

672
00:53:38.719 --> 00:53:39.840
 So, thank you very much.

673
00:53:40.059 --> 00:53:41.539
 A big applause for our partners.

674
00:53:41.539 --> 00:53:45.239
 A big applause for our partners.

675
00:53:49.980 --> 00:53:50.800
 I would add something about our application before we go to the end.

676
00:53:53.719 --> 00:53:53.920
 Because it is also something really new.

677
00:53:58.579 --> 00:54:04.679
 We just developed it some weeks ago before the festival. We decided to go with this application and we hope it works well.

678
00:54:05.159 --> 00:54:06.760
 This is our hope.

679
00:54:07.760 --> 00:54:12.639
 And I think you already received a link with the accreditation

680
00:54:12.639 --> 00:54:14.340
 and you should activate it

681
00:54:14.340 --> 00:54:18.539
 and then you can reserve every screening

682
00:54:18.539 --> 00:54:21.119
 and every program there on the application.

683
00:54:22.239 --> 00:54:25.679
 And if there is something that doesn't work or

684
00:54:25.679 --> 00:54:27.719
 some problem you just can

685
00:54:27.719 --> 00:54:29.460
 tell us but

686
00:54:29.460 --> 00:54:32.059
 till now I think it worked

687
00:54:32.059 --> 00:54:33.860
 smoothly and we are really happy

688
00:54:33.860 --> 00:54:35.760
 that we have it and I really want

689
00:54:35.760 --> 00:54:37.800
 also to thank Ashkan

690
00:54:37.800 --> 00:54:39.719
 Ashkan Nemation who did it

691
00:54:39.719 --> 00:54:42.019
 and it is really helpful

692
00:54:42.019 --> 00:54:44.019
 for us now

693
00:54:44.019 --> 00:54:44.980
 I hope it works

694
00:54:44.980 --> 00:54:46.039
 Thank you and it is really helpful for us now. I hope it works.

695
00:54:46.820 --> 00:54:49.219
 Thank you.

696
00:54:53.519 --> 00:54:53.699
 And now we can go on with the award ceremony.

697
00:54:54.860 --> 00:54:55.000
 No, we're not doing it now,

698
00:54:57.079 --> 00:54:58.280
 but we just want to give you a quick insight about the award ceremony.

699
00:54:58.280 --> 00:55:02.300
 This will take place on October 17th at 8.15 p.m.

700
00:55:02.800 --> 00:55:05.340
 Here again, as we celebrate outstanding talent.

701
00:55:05.480 --> 00:55:07.079
 By awarding 12 prizes.

702
00:55:07.420 --> 00:55:08.940
 To filmmakers and their projects.

703
00:55:09.440 --> 00:55:11.219
 In this year's official competition.

704
00:55:11.800 --> 00:55:13.460
 Handpicked by our jury.

705
00:55:14.079 --> 00:55:15.599
 So the awards will be.

706
00:55:15.719 --> 00:55:16.619
 In best fiction.

707
00:55:16.619 --> 00:55:17.860
 Best documentary.

708
00:55:18.360 --> 00:55:19.400
 Best animation.

709
00:55:19.699 --> 00:55:20.440
 Best directing.

710
00:55:20.760 --> 00:55:21.599
 Best screenplay.

711
00:55:22.039 --> 00:55:22.760
 Best editing.

712
00:55:23.340 --> 00:55:24.500
 Best cinematography.

713
00:55:33.619 --> 00:55:34.059
 Best sound design. Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Design, Best Acting, Best Austrian Film, Best Queer Feminist Film, the Masa Jina Amini Award, as we talked beforehand.

714
00:55:37.119 --> 00:55:37.699
 And a new category this year is the Audience Award.

715
00:55:40.840 --> 00:55:46.659
 So you also can vote for your film. So after every film block, you can enter the app um download it on your cell phone

716
00:55:46.659 --> 00:55:54.380
 or maybe online and then you can um vote for your your favorite films after every film block i think

717
00:55:54.380 --> 00:56:00.579
 yeah so how much time do they have i don't know like i don't know if you have time the whole four

718
00:56:00.579 --> 00:56:10.480
 days but if you really like the movie very much just do it directly after film block i think one hour but i should that's the that's the safest thing to do so the audience award will

719
00:56:10.480 --> 00:56:16.599
 also be awarded on the 17th of october so we really hope to see you back all again on saturday

720
00:56:16.599 --> 00:56:25.380
 and now we have come to an end of the official opening um ceremony I would say, we want to say something else?

721
00:56:25.380 --> 00:56:26.440
 Yeah, of course.

722
00:56:26.820 --> 00:56:28.719
 I have one idea.

723
00:56:29.159 --> 00:56:29.440
 Okay.

724
00:56:31.300 --> 00:56:33.280
 Because we actually invited

725
00:56:33.280 --> 00:56:35.739
 all the filmmakers from Talent

726
00:56:35.739 --> 00:56:38.880
 and from the producer in residence

727
00:56:38.880 --> 00:56:40.300
 so everybody knows them.

728
00:56:40.940 --> 00:56:41.940
 I would like also,

729
00:56:42.019 --> 00:56:43.099
 because we don't know

730
00:56:43.099 --> 00:56:44.199
 if every filmmakers

731
00:56:44.199 --> 00:56:46.199
 who have film program is there

732
00:56:46.199 --> 00:56:54.199
 today some of them come next day so we didn't um think about it but i think it would be really

733
00:56:54.199 --> 00:57:02.460
 great if also the filmmakers from the program who are today with us come also to the stage so

734
00:57:02.460 --> 00:57:06.179
 everybody got to know them as well i don't know who is here with us but please join also to the stage so everybody got to know them as well. I don't know who is here

735
00:57:06.179 --> 00:57:07.940
 with us, but please join us

736
00:57:07.940 --> 00:57:08.800
 to the stage.

737
00:57:09.099 --> 00:57:12.119
 So the ones who present the films tonight,

738
00:57:13.159 --> 00:57:14.000
 they won't come

739
00:57:14.000 --> 00:57:15.440
 on stage afterwards as well?

740
00:57:16.340 --> 00:57:18.059
 Yes, some of them will be

741
00:57:18.059 --> 00:57:19.159
 in the next screening.

742
00:57:20.219 --> 00:57:22.340
 Would you like to come?

743
00:57:23.559 --> 00:57:24.619
 I don't know.

744
00:57:24.800 --> 00:57:27.820
 Please join us to the stage come upstairs yes

745
00:57:27.820 --> 00:57:39.320
 i think there are more filmmakers but they don't like to come to the stage maybe

746
00:57:39.320 --> 00:57:45.079
 but you can introduce yourself as well. There are many other filmmakers here,

747
00:57:47.860 --> 00:57:47.980
 but many of them come at night or next day.

748
00:57:50.500 --> 00:57:51.219
 But it would be great to have you also here with us.

749
00:57:52.639 --> 00:57:54.320
 You can tell which film.

750
00:57:55.420 --> 00:57:56.099
 Hello, everyone.

751
00:57:58.099 --> 00:57:58.219
 I'm extremely happy to be here.

752
00:57:58.980 --> 00:57:59.559
 My name is Lilia.

753
00:58:03.440 --> 00:58:04.219
 I'm based between Austria now and Greece.

754
00:58:09.639 --> 00:58:11.780
 But I'm originally from Russia. And I'm here with with my film Centro de Gravita Permanente.

755
00:58:20.539 --> 00:58:20.780
 Hello, I'm Barbara Wolfram. I'm from Vienna. I'm based right now between Zurich and Vienna and I'm here with the film Walter L.

756
00:58:27.659 --> 00:58:29.340
 And it's going to be shown in the program afterwards. So, you know, stick around and we can have a little talk afterwards. I'm very happy to be here.

757
00:58:36.860 --> 00:58:46.239
 Hello my name is Nikolas. I'm here on behalf of my friend Einas. Yao and I are composers for a movie that is in the program but she's a friend from Iran and living in LA now she can't be here so she accessed we live nearby Linz so

758
00:58:46.239 --> 00:58:51.239
 that's why we are here and so we are representing Iranian cinema as Germans

759
00:58:51.239 --> 00:58:56.760
 so this is Yaho and you want to say something well of course hello everybody

760
00:58:56.760 --> 00:59:05.039
 we on behalf of finance and her film is called death of a Seagull.

761
00:59:05.719 --> 00:59:06.880
 Wonderful.

762
00:59:07.960 --> 00:59:08.179
 It's going to, yeah.

763
00:59:10.699 --> 00:59:10.960
 And we're the composers of the music.

764
00:59:14.039 --> 00:59:14.239
 We work like for 30 years together.

765
00:59:15.280 --> 00:59:15.920
 Or maybe 25.

766
00:59:16.900 --> 00:59:17.119
 We're not that old.

767
00:59:17.280 --> 00:59:17.679
 Okay.

768
00:59:20.300 --> 00:59:22.800
 So thank you for having us here.

769
00:59:23.480 --> 00:59:23.699
 Hello.

770
00:59:24.719 --> 00:59:24.860
 I am Norlan Hasanli.

771
00:59:25.940 --> 00:59:27.980
 I am a filmmaker from Azerbaijan. Last year I was

772
00:59:27.980 --> 00:59:29.619
 here with Talent Academy

773
00:59:29.619 --> 00:59:31.099
 with my short film project.

774
00:59:31.719 --> 00:59:34.039
 This year I am presenting

775
00:59:34.039 --> 00:59:35.860
 my short film, Early Feelings.

776
00:59:37.559 --> 00:59:39.300
 Happy to be here.

777
00:59:43.639 --> 00:59:44.420
 Thank you.

778
00:59:44.420 --> 00:59:44.840
 Thank you.

779
00:59:48.659 --> 00:59:50.659
 Sorry for thank you thank you so sorry for any more ideas

780
00:59:50.659 --> 00:59:52.800
 anyone else who wants to come to the stage

781
00:59:52.800 --> 00:59:55.280
 no I think we really came to an end

782
00:59:55.280 --> 00:59:56.780
 now after the official

783
00:59:56.780 --> 00:59:58.079
 opening of this

784
00:59:58.079 --> 01:00:00.860
 film festival afterwards next up

785
01:00:00.860 --> 01:00:02.440
 there will be the screening

786
01:00:02.440 --> 01:00:04.780
 of our first film block here

787
01:00:04.780 --> 01:00:08.739
 and also a Q&A with the filmmakers that are present tonight.

788
01:00:08.739 --> 01:00:16.579
 And then after the first screening here, we would like to join us at the festival lobby at the University of Art and Design Linz,

789
01:00:16.699 --> 01:00:23.719
 where we will continue the evening with a buffet and a meet and greet, a photo call with the filmmakers and the opening party.

790
01:00:24.019 --> 01:00:28.280
 So we can celebrate and start this exciting festival week.

791
01:00:29.420 --> 01:00:33.300
 Just one quick note, at three out of four nights after the screenings,

792
01:00:33.380 --> 01:00:36.579
 the festival lobby always transforms into a festival nightclub

793
01:00:36.579 --> 01:00:40.139
 and we gather there with music and celebrate together.

794
01:00:40.579 --> 01:00:43.239
 But on Thursday night, there will be no nightline

795
01:00:43.239 --> 01:00:46.539
 and the festival lobby will close after the final screening

796
01:00:46.539 --> 01:00:49.619
 but always come together at the festival lobby

797
01:00:49.619 --> 01:00:51.519
 chat, connect and celebrate

798
01:00:51.519 --> 01:00:53.440
 and now I think it's

799
01:00:53.440 --> 01:00:55.300
 I don't know if it's already seven o'clock

800
01:00:55.300 --> 01:00:57.440
 if we can start the film block already

801
01:00:57.440 --> 01:01:00.260
 if not okay just take a sip outside

802
01:01:00.260 --> 01:01:00.780
 I don't know

803
01:01:00.780 --> 01:01:03.280
 but if not just enjoy the films

804
01:01:03.280 --> 01:01:06.199
 and have a good night and see you afterwards.

805
01:01:06.960 --> 01:01:07.579
 Thank you.