Angelo

A film by Markus Schleinzer

general Austria | Luxembourg | Feature Film | 2018
Genre Historical Drama
ORIGINAL VERSION French | German
LENGTH 111min

Produced by Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion, Amour Fou Luxembourg and Markus Schleinzer

Produced with financial support of
Film Fund Luxembourg, Austrian Film Institute, FISA – Film Industry Support Austria, Vienna Film Fund, Lower Austria
In collaboration with
ORF Film/Television-Agreement

Synopsis
In early 18th century an African slave boy is chosen by a European Comtesse to be baptized and educated. Reaching adulthood, Angelo achieves prominence and soon becomes the Viennese court mascot until he decides to secretly marry a white woman.

AWARDS
Austrian Film Award 2019 for "Best Costume Design" (Tanja Hausner)
Austrian Film Award 2019 for "Best Make-up" (Anette Keiser)
Austrian Film Award 2019 for "Best Production Design" (Andreas Sobotka & Martin Reiter)
Diagonale Award 2019 for "Best Production Design/ feature film"
Diagonale Award 2019 for "Best Sound Design/ feature film"

CAST

MAKITA SAMBA Angelo 4
ALBA ROHRWACHER Comtesse
LARISA FABER Angelo's Wife
KENNY NZOGANG Angelo 2
LUKAS MIKO Emperor
GERTI DRASSL Nursemaid
MICHAEL ROTSCHOPF Duke
JEAN-BAPTISTE TIÉMÉLÉ Angelo 5
NANCY MENSAH-OFFEI Angelo's Daughter
MARTINE SCHAMBACHER Old Maid
MARISA GROWALDT The last empress
and CHRISTAN FRIEDEL Museum curator

CREW

WRITTEN BY Markus Schleinzer, Alexander Brom
DIRECTED BY Markus Schleinzer
PRODUCED BY Alexander Glehr, Franz Novotny, Bady Minck, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Markus Schleinzer
IN-HOUSE PRODUCER Johanna Scherz
PRODUKTION MANAGER Gottlieb Pallendorf
DOP Gerald Kerkletz
PRODUCTION DESIGN Andreas Sobotka, Martin Reiter
EDITED Pia Dumont
COSTUME DESIGN Tanja Hausner
MAKEUP DESIGN Anette Keiser
SOUND Philippe Kohn
SOUND DESIGN Pia Dumont
SOUND MIXER Loïc Collignon
CASTING Kris Portier De Bellair, Nilton Martins, Judith Charlier, Martine Poel, André della Faille, Anne Jaques, Viorica Capdefier, Lisa Olah, Markus Schleinzer

FESTIVALS

TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Toronto, Canada, 2018
SAN SEBASTIAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL San Sebastián, Spain, 2018
HAIFA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Haifa, Israel, 2018
ZÜRICH FILM FESTIVAL Zurich, Swisserland, 2018
BUSAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Busan, South Korea, 2018
BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL London, UK, 2018
VIENNALE Vienna, Austria 2018
THESSALONIKI FILM FESTIVAL Thessaloniki, Greece, 2018
TORINO FILM FESTIVAL Turin, Italy, 2018
SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL FILMFESTIVAL, Singapur, Singapur, 2018
FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM DE MARRAKECH Marrakech, Marokko, 2018
WASHINGTON FILM FESTIVAL Washington, USA, 2018
LUXEMBOURG CITY FILM FESTIVAL Luxemburg, Luxemburg, 2019
LISBON INTERNATINAL FILM FESTIVAL Lissabon, Portugal, 2019
GÖTEBORG FILM FESTIVAL Göteborg, Sweden, 2019
DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Dublin, Ireland 2019
HONGKONG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Hongkong, China, 2019
PRAGUE INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL Prague, Czech Republic, 2019
VILNIUS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Vilnius, Lithuania, 2019
NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL New York, USA, 2019
ZAGREB JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL Zagreb, Croatia, 2019
ESPOO CINÈ INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Espoo, Finland, 2019

Release Date Austria: 09.11.2018

INTERNATIONAL SALES

PLAYTIME
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DISTRIBUTION

AUSTRIAN DISTRIBUTION
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AUSTRIAN PRESS
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