Wolschlager was a member of the European and Austrian Film Academies and the project commission of the Austrian Film Institute.
Austrian producer, screenwriter and educator Ursula Wolschlager died on September 26 in Vienna at the age of 52, after suffering from an illness.
Wolschlager has collaborated with filmmakers including Barbara Albert, Ruth Beckermann, Nathalie Borgers, Christian Frosch, Michael Glawogger, Bakhtiar Khodoynazarov, Marie Kreutzer, Tina Leisch, Tony Pemberton and Kirill Serebrennikov.
Alongside Robert Buchschwenter, she founded the script development and later also film production company Witcraft Scenario in 2008. She was also a mentor at the Diverse Stories script development programme, a founding member...
Austrian producer, screenwriter and educator Ursula Wolschlager died on September 26 in Vienna at the age of 52, after suffering from an illness.
Wolschlager has collaborated with filmmakers including Barbara Albert, Ruth Beckermann, Nathalie Borgers, Christian Frosch, Michael Glawogger, Bakhtiar Khodoynazarov, Marie Kreutzer, Tina Leisch, Tony Pemberton and Kirill Serebrennikov.
Alongside Robert Buchschwenter, she founded the script development and later also film production company Witcraft Scenario in 2008. She was also a mentor at the Diverse Stories script development programme, a founding member...
- 9/29/2021
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Maria Theresia von Paradis was the daughter of Empress Maria Theresa’s Court Councilor and thus a young woman of standing despite the blindness that took her eyes before the age of five. Her father Joseph Anton and mother Maria Rosalia had the means to therefore teach her the finer things such as piano — a vocation to which she found expertise. The Empress allowed her a disability pension as financial assistance to help offset the strain of raising a daughter in the eighteenth century without prospects for marriage. But the pain in her eyes grew and every doctor hired to alleviate it only made matters worse. Franz Anton Mesmer became their last hope with his laughable method of healing via an invisible, odorless, and weightless magnetic “fluid.” It worked.
Paradis (Maria-Victoria Dragus) would eventually become a touring musician and composer who may have also been an inspiration to Mozart (she...
Paradis (Maria-Victoria Dragus) would eventually become a touring musician and composer who may have also been an inspiration to Mozart (she...
- 9/22/2017
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
The Bradford International Film Festival is typically an underground-friendly fest. This year appears to be no exception with two very special experimental film retrospectives, as well as a few modern underground-type flicks.
The 19th annual Biff will roll on April 11-21 at several locations around Bradford and Leeds in England, including the National Media Museum, Hebden Bridge Picture House, Hyde Park Picture House and other venues.
Biff is hosting a tribute to Stan Brakhage this year by screening the prolific filmmaker’s magnum opus, Dog Star Man, as well as a selection of his short films, from 1963′s legendary Mothlight to 1994′s Black Ice. There’s also going to be an epic-sized tribute/retrospective of experimental films from Austria, a country with a proud avant-garde filmmaking tradition that’s typically overlooked.
From Austria, Biff is, of course, screening two works from one of the experimental film world’s biggest masters,...
The 19th annual Biff will roll on April 11-21 at several locations around Bradford and Leeds in England, including the National Media Museum, Hebden Bridge Picture House, Hyde Park Picture House and other venues.
Biff is hosting a tribute to Stan Brakhage this year by screening the prolific filmmaker’s magnum opus, Dog Star Man, as well as a selection of his short films, from 1963′s legendary Mothlight to 1994′s Black Ice. There’s also going to be an epic-sized tribute/retrospective of experimental films from Austria, a country with a proud avant-garde filmmaking tradition that’s typically overlooked.
From Austria, Biff is, of course, screening two works from one of the experimental film world’s biggest masters,...
- 3/11/2013
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Photo courtesy of Abby Rose Photography.
This year marked the 50th anniversary of the Ann Arbor Film Festival, which would be a milestone for any cinema-related event in the U.S. But for a festival that has carved out a niche in the area of experimental and avant-garde film and video, Aaff's achievement is especially noteworthy. Even within the rarefied realm of cinephilia, the avant-garde tends to be something on the margins, or even in the best of circumstances (e.g., the Rotterdam, New York, or Toronto film festivals) one part of a much larger whole. So the fact that Ann Arbor and its intrepid citizens have continued to support this strange little festival, and all the bizarre films the festival has thrown their way over the years, speaks very highly of both the town and the festival founders and organizers (many of whom were present for an on-stage birthday ceremony,...
This year marked the 50th anniversary of the Ann Arbor Film Festival, which would be a milestone for any cinema-related event in the U.S. But for a festival that has carved out a niche in the area of experimental and avant-garde film and video, Aaff's achievement is especially noteworthy. Even within the rarefied realm of cinephilia, the avant-garde tends to be something on the margins, or even in the best of circumstances (e.g., the Rotterdam, New York, or Toronto film festivals) one part of a much larger whole. So the fact that Ann Arbor and its intrepid citizens have continued to support this strange little festival, and all the bizarre films the festival has thrown their way over the years, speaks very highly of both the town and the festival founders and organizers (many of whom were present for an on-stage birthday ceremony,...
- 5/7/2012
- MUBI
It’s the 50th anniversary of the Ann Arbor Film Festival and they’re preparing an all-out blowout on March 27 to April 1 to celebrate! The fest is crammed to the gills with the latest and greatest in experimental and avant-garde film, in addition to a celebration of classic work from Ann Arbors past.
Filmmaker Bruce Baillie was there at the first Aaff — and numerous times since. He’s back this year with a major retrospective of his entire career that spans three separate programs. Baillie, who’ll be in attendance of course, will present a brand-new restored version of his epic pseudo-Western Quick Billy, plus screenings of his classic short movies such as Castro Street, Yellow Horse, Quixote, To Parsifal and more.
There’s also a program dedicated to the films of the late Robert Nelson, including Bleu Shut and Special Warning, as well as sprinklings of underground classics throughout...
Filmmaker Bruce Baillie was there at the first Aaff — and numerous times since. He’s back this year with a major retrospective of his entire career that spans three separate programs. Baillie, who’ll be in attendance of course, will present a brand-new restored version of his epic pseudo-Western Quick Billy, plus screenings of his classic short movies such as Castro Street, Yellow Horse, Quixote, To Parsifal and more.
There’s also a program dedicated to the films of the late Robert Nelson, including Bleu Shut and Special Warning, as well as sprinklings of underground classics throughout...
- 3/7/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Netflix has revolutionized the home movie experience for fans of film with its instant streaming technology. Netflix Nuggets is my way of spreading the word about independent, classic and foreign films made available by Netflix for instant streaming.
This Week’s New Instant Releases…
Promised Lands (1974)
Streaming Available: 04/19/2011
Cast: Documentary
Director: Susan Sontag
Synopsis: Set in Israel during the final days of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, this powerful documentary — initially barred by Israel authorities — from writer-director Susan Sontag examines divergent perceptions of the enduring Arab-Israeli clash. Weighing in on matters related to socialism, anti-Semitism, nation sovereignty and American materialism are The Last Jew writer Yoram Kaniuk and military physicist Yuval Ne’eman.
Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen (2009)
Streaming Available: 04/19/2011
Cast: Barbara Sukowa, Heino Ferch, Hannah Herzsprung, Gerald Alexander Held, Lena Stolze, Sunnyi Melles
Synopsis: Directed by longtime star of independent German cinema Margarethe von Trotta, this reverent...
This Week’s New Instant Releases…
Promised Lands (1974)
Streaming Available: 04/19/2011
Cast: Documentary
Director: Susan Sontag
Synopsis: Set in Israel during the final days of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, this powerful documentary — initially barred by Israel authorities — from writer-director Susan Sontag examines divergent perceptions of the enduring Arab-Israeli clash. Weighing in on matters related to socialism, anti-Semitism, nation sovereignty and American materialism are The Last Jew writer Yoram Kaniuk and military physicist Yuval Ne’eman.
Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen (2009)
Streaming Available: 04/19/2011
Cast: Barbara Sukowa, Heino Ferch, Hannah Herzsprung, Gerald Alexander Held, Lena Stolze, Sunnyi Melles
Synopsis: Directed by longtime star of independent German cinema Margarethe von Trotta, this reverent...
- 4/20/2011
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
VENICE, Italy -- Austrian writer/director Barbara Albert's "Falling" presents five women in their early 30s who are drawn back to their old high school by the death of one of their teachers.
Pals in school, the five have grown apart.
The film may thrive in its home market due to its earnest theme of women finding their individuality but it's unlikely to travel elsewhere.
The opening scenes of the picture show them becoming reacquainted although Albert withholds key information from the characters and the audience.
It makes for a confusing time as pregnant Nina (Nina Proll), teacher Brigitte (Birgit Minichmayer), unemployment officer Alex (Ursula Strauss), actress Carmen (Kathrin Resetarits) and paroled convict Nicole (Gabriella Hegedius) reveal their characters slowly and not always clearly.
The picture follows the five over the course of one night that involves a funeral service and then an all-night wedding party in which they encounter old friends and lovers.
It's all quite noisy, but there doesn't seem to be very much going on as the shared confidences and female bonding are not especially convincing.
Pals in school, the five have grown apart.
The film may thrive in its home market due to its earnest theme of women finding their individuality but it's unlikely to travel elsewhere.
The opening scenes of the picture show them becoming reacquainted although Albert withholds key information from the characters and the audience.
It makes for a confusing time as pregnant Nina (Nina Proll), teacher Brigitte (Birgit Minichmayer), unemployment officer Alex (Ursula Strauss), actress Carmen (Kathrin Resetarits) and paroled convict Nicole (Gabriella Hegedius) reveal their characters slowly and not always clearly.
The picture follows the five over the course of one night that involves a funeral service and then an all-night wedding party in which they encounter old friends and lovers.
It's all quite noisy, but there doesn't seem to be very much going on as the shared confidences and female bonding are not especially convincing.
Celluloid Dreams
Even if the theory is correct that the flapping of a butterfly's wings could spark a chain of events that ultimately creates a hurricane on the other side of the globe, it does not have to be depicted literally. But depicted it is in this sophomore feature from Austrian director Barbara Albert (1999's "Northern Skirts"). Like so many other recent filmmakers who have fallen into the same trap, Albert attempts to convey nothing less than the consequences of destiny and the connections that underlie everything and everyone around us. "Free Radicals", screening at the New York Film Festival, demonstrates that perhaps such musings are better left to theologians.
As the film begins, said butterfly's wings cause a tornado that precipitates a plane crash in which Manu (Kathrin Resetarits) is the only survivor. Unfortunately, Manu's luck doesn't last forever: She is killed six years later in a car accident, after a night at a disco. The film goes on to depict Manu's friends and relations, including her husband and young daughter, as they go on with their lives, coping with problems trivial and monumental as well as the vagaries of fate.
Despite the melodramatic plot twists, there's little emotional resonance to the proceedings, and the film's attempts to link them in metaphysical fashion prove overly ambitious and pretentious. While the director-screenwriter definitely displays talent -- especially in her handling of the large ensemble cast, who deliver pungently realistic performances -- she should aim to be less godlike in her next project.
Even if the theory is correct that the flapping of a butterfly's wings could spark a chain of events that ultimately creates a hurricane on the other side of the globe, it does not have to be depicted literally. But depicted it is in this sophomore feature from Austrian director Barbara Albert (1999's "Northern Skirts"). Like so many other recent filmmakers who have fallen into the same trap, Albert attempts to convey nothing less than the consequences of destiny and the connections that underlie everything and everyone around us. "Free Radicals", screening at the New York Film Festival, demonstrates that perhaps such musings are better left to theologians.
As the film begins, said butterfly's wings cause a tornado that precipitates a plane crash in which Manu (Kathrin Resetarits) is the only survivor. Unfortunately, Manu's luck doesn't last forever: She is killed six years later in a car accident, after a night at a disco. The film goes on to depict Manu's friends and relations, including her husband and young daughter, as they go on with their lives, coping with problems trivial and monumental as well as the vagaries of fate.
Despite the melodramatic plot twists, there's little emotional resonance to the proceedings, and the film's attempts to link them in metaphysical fashion prove overly ambitious and pretentious. While the director-screenwriter definitely displays talent -- especially in her handling of the large ensemble cast, who deliver pungently realistic performances -- she should aim to be less godlike in her next project.
- 10/13/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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