Foreign producers who choose Austria as a film location benefit not only from the sophisticated technical infrastructure and comparatively low prices but, above all, they benefit from Austria’s greatest asset, the technical know-how and creative potential of its film industry workforce.
Austria’s directors, actors, cinematographers, film and sound editors, sound technicians, lighting designers and music composers have repeatedly been the recipients of international awards for their work in movies, television, animation, advertising and multimedia. The same professionalism and experience distinguishes Austria’s set designers, costume designers, make-up artists, prop masters, production designers, casting agents, still photographers and publicists.
Austrian feature films have been very successful in top international film festivals and the number of international co-productions with European or American partners is ever increasing. Expert Austrian filmmakers with solid education and training generate award-winning features like Ruth Mader’s STRUGGLE, Barbara Albert’s FREE RADICALS, or Ulrich Seidl’s DOG DAYS, winner of the Grand Jury Prize in Venice.
Schools and Training Places
Vienna Film Academy, Department of Film and Television at the University for Music and Performing Arts
Script Forum Vienna
Vienna Film School
Vienna Film College Wien (starts February 2006)
Graduate Class of MultiMediaArt at the Techno-Z College in Salzburg.
Training Research Institute of Graphic Arts in Vienna