Documentary, 75min., AT 2024
Mâine Mă Duc - Tomorrow I Leave portrays the life of a woman who always has to leave someone behind. Maria is a 24 hour caregiver. Once every 4 weeks, Maria leaves behind her Romanian village and embarks on a journey of over 1000 kilometres in order to care for elderly people in Austria.
In the meantime, her own aging parents are left to their own device. Her husband Daniel also looks back on many years of hard labour abroad. He now takes charge of the household. Their two sons, however, envisage a completely different future. After four weeks Maria returns, yet she is not to stay. One day, she would like to use the money she has earned abroad to open a small bed and breakfast in order to be able to quit traveling.
Mâine Mă Duc - Tomorrow I Leave is a documentary about the hopes and dreams of those who leave and those who remain. It highlights the balancing act between upward social mobility and close family bonds among the backdrop of a torn
Europe. How much sacrifice does it take to live a comfortable life? Mâine Mă Duc - Tomorrow I Leave is a portrait of a family which is never complete.
Mâine mă duc - Tomorrow I Leave
Director: Maria Lisa Pichler, Lukas Schöffel
Editor and Original Sound: Maria Lisa Pichler
Sound Design: Johannes Schmelzer-Ziringer
Dramaturgical Advisor: Tizza Covi
Supported by: BMKÖS, Wien Kultur MA 7, Cine Art Styria
Distribution: Sixpackfilm
Durchgangsland
Documentary, 75min., AT 2024
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Director: Daniel Fill
Camera: Samira Fux
Editor: Maria Lisa Pichler
Short Documentary, 19min., DE 2022
A classroom becomes a little assembly hall: students practice joint decision making, discuss actively, vote on self-interest and solidarity in the pandemic. Meanwhile, the Austrian parliamentary building is being renovated and its substance renewed. A lively exercise in democracy alongside its derelict site.
Ich kann jeder sagen, aber wer sagt wir?
Director, Script: Katharina Rabl
Camera: Caroline Spreitzenbart
Editor: Maria Lisa Pichler
Original Sound: David Almeida Ribeiro
Sounddesign: Cornelia Böhm
Producers: Katharina Rabl, Fanny Rösch
Production: taro films GbR
Middle Length Documentary, 60 min., AT 2022
Während im Morgenlicht am Ufer der Elbe die Industrielandschaf des Hamburger Hafens vorbeizieht, erzählt Dariush vom Mittelmeer. Dariush hat als Kapitän auf Seenotrettungsmissionen gearbeitet, seine Partnerin Antje als Sanitäterin. Antje beschreibt die Verletzungen und Narben der geretteten Menschen. Neben ihr auf dem Sofa schläft ihr kleiner Hund. Der Film beginnt als Porträt von Antje und Dariush. Ihre Geschichte führt über Europas Außengrenzen hinaus, während die Bilder in der norddeutschen Hafenstadt verbleiben. „Nördlich von Libyen“ ist ein Film über das Nebeneinander zweier Welten.
Nördlich von Libyen (North of Libya)
Concept: Luise Müller & Maria Lisa Pichler
Direction: Luise Müller
Production: Maria Lisa Pichler, Catrin Freundlinger
Camera: Lukas Schöffel
Original Sound: Maria Lisa Pichler
Editing: Daniel Fill
Audio Post Production: Klangkulisse Graz
Supported by: BMKÖS, MA7 Wien Kultur, Cine Art Styria
Einblick (Insight)
Short Documentary, 20 min., AT 2022
„Sophie works as a chimney sweep in Austria. This is no ordinary profession for a woman, as this atmospheric black-and-white documentary shows. In voice-over, Sophie calmly talks about her experiences in a normal working day. At the same time, we follow her through one such day—leaving the house, taking the bus, changing out of heels into working boots and proficiently wielding the chimney brush in a variety of environments.
The shots are carefully composed and framed, sometimes becoming a virtually abstract interplay of lines. The calmness of the film and Sophie’s almost-laconic narrative style make a stark contrast with the issues she encounters on a daily basis, from the unconscious everyday sexism of male colleagues and customers to downright threatening situations. Yet she doesn’t see this as a reason to give up her job for a more conventional one. She finds an inventive solution to every problem, and enjoys the conversations and deep connections she can make with her clients.“ © IDFA Catalogue Text; www.idfa.nl/en
Director, Camera, Script, Editor: Emma Braun
Producer: Emma Braun, Sophie Szönyi
Original sound, Sound concept: Maria Lisa Pichler
Sound design: Lenard Lars Fuchs
Distribution: Lemonade Films
Short Documentary, 26 min., AT 2021
Viennese Café Girardi’s golden era has clearly passed. Owner Franz, a wind ranch operator, and his waiter Hans nonetheless continue to run the establishment with great care and sense of responsibility, in the steadfast belief that commitment and reliability will pay off in the end. Daniel Fill and Maria Lisa Pichler are guests there with their camera around New Year 2019/20.
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Die schönste Zeit (The Best Days)
Concept, Script: Daniel Fill & Maria Lisa Pichler
Director: Daniel Fill
Camera: Daniel Fill, Lukas Schöffel
Editor, Original Sound: Maria Lisa Pichler
Music: Sarah Maria Dragović
Sounddesign: Ulrich Dallinger