“Heller als der Mond/Brighter than the Moon”, Piroska Szekely, 1999

“Heller als der Mond/Brighter than the Moon”, Werner Prinz, Alexander Ebeert, 1999

“Heller als der Mond/Brighter than the Moon”, Gerhard Liebmann, Lars Rudolf, 1999

“Heller als der Mond/Brighter than the Moon”, Piroska Szekely, 1999

“Heller als der Mond/Brighter than the Moon”, Christopher and Horst Buchholz, 1999

“Heller als der Mond/Brighter than the Moon”, Piroska Szekely, Christopher Buchholz, 1999

The shooting of “Heller als der Mond/Brighter than the Moon”, Virgil Widrich, 1999

The shooting of “Heller als der Mond/Brighter than the Moon”, 1999

The shooting of “Heller als der Mond/Brighter than the Moon”, Virgil Widrich, Christopher and Horst Buchholz, 1999

The shooting of “Heller als der Mond/Brighter than the Moon”, Christopher Buchholz, Piroska Szekely, 1999

Story Board “Heller als der Mond/Brighter than the Moon”, 1999

The shooting of “Heller als der Mond/Brighter than the Moon”, Piroska Szekely, 1999

Brighter than the Moon

Virgil Widrich’s first feature film: A comedy about foreigners in Vienna: Italians, Romanians and people from Lower Austrian.

Year: 2000
Type: Film
Screenings: 63
Awards: ★ 3

Europe 2000, feature film, 35 mm, 1:1,85, Dolby Surround
Length: 88 min.

A moonstruck comedy about robbers and lovers. City of Salzburg’s Screenplay Award 1997, award for Lars Rudolph (Festival Angers France), LVT-Subtitling Award (Festival Angers France).
YouTube: trailer
Link to film’s website

Credits

Director and Producer: Virgil Widrich

Screenplay: Virgil Widrich, Enrico Jakob

Camera: Martin Putz

Production Manager: Gabriele Kranzelbinder

Art Direction: Hannes Salat, Alexandra Maringer

Costume: Gerhard Fresacher, Alexandra Burgstaller

Editing: Veronika Mossböck

Sound and sound design: Eric Spitzer

Music: Alexander Zlamal

Make-up: Michaela Maier, Petra Meißl, Martha Ruess

Production manager: Gabriele Kranzelbinder

Cast: Christopher Buchholz, Piroska Szekely, Lars Rudolph, Gerhard Liebmann, Werner Prinz, Alexander Ebeert, Alois Frank, Markus Kupferblum, Günter Franzmeier, Thomas Stolzeti, Patrick McGuire, Andrea Schramek, Nikolaus Hagg, Wolfgang Klivana, Haymon Maria Buttinger, Erhard Pauer, Frank Michael Weber, Alexander Mitterer, Gerhard Roiss, Alexander Lhotzky, Hannes Gastinger, Ren Wei, Gerhard Schramek, Raffael Schuchter, Maria Böhmberger, Inge Altenburger, Gabriele Schmoll, Philipp Mosetter, Eric Spitzer, Christian Widerin and as a guest Horst Buchholz

Production Company: Virgil Widrich Film- und Multimediaproduktions G.m.b.H.

Supported by Vienna Film Fund, City of Salzburg, State of Salzburg

Events, worldwide.

78 events total

November 18, 201618.11.2016

Vienna – Austria
April 12, 201112.04.2011

Vienna – Austria
March 14–24, 200814.–24.03.2008

Austrian Embassy Peking – French Cultural Institute Peking – Beijing – China
November 15–19, 200415.–19.11.2004

Kulturforum Peking “Deutschsprachige Filmtage” – Beijing – China
October 2–13, 200302.–13.10.2003

Warsaw International Film Festival – Warsaw – Poland
March 14–20, 200314.–20.03.2003

Suchitra Bangalore International Film Festival – Bangalore – India
November 19–24, 200219.–24.11.2002

Austrian Film Days – Antalya – Turkey
September 22, 200222.09.2002

“Film special: Virgil Widrich”, Matinèe – Künstlerhaus Kino – Vienna – Austria
September 20–26, 200220.–26.09.2002

BMAA – 1. International Happy Days Film Festival – Istanbul – Turkey
July 4, 200204.07.2002

Vienna – Austria
May 28–29, 200228.–29.05.2002

BMAA – Österreichische Filmwoche Bratislava – Bratislava – Slovakia
May 27–31, 200227.–31.05.2002

Österreichische Filmwoche Pressburg – Bratislava – Slovakia
May 23–31, 200223.–31.05.2002

Festival Culturel Européen 2002 – Algeria
Algeria
May 10–22, 200210.–22.05.2002

EU Filmtage Tunis – Tunis – Tunisia
May 10, 200210.05.2002

Film evening Virgil Widrich – Das Kino – Salzburg – Austria
April 2–15, 200202.–15.04.2002

Filmfestival Kairo – Cairo – Egypt
March 25, 200225.03.2002

Standard-Night for Virgil Widrich – Filmcasino – Vienna – Austria
February 27 – March 31, 200227.02.–31.03.2002

Deutschsprachige Tage an der Universität Assiut – Asyut – Egypt
February 25 – March 2, 200225.02.–02.03.2002

Filmfestival Dakar – Dakar – Senegal
November 22–29, 200122.–29.11.2001

Mumbai Festival – Mumbai – India
November 12–16, 200112.–16.11.2001

UNESCO short film festival, Quito – Quito – Ecuador
November 10–17, 200110.–17.11.2001

Calcutta Film Festival 2001 – Calcutta – India
September 24 – October 24, 200124.09.–24.10.2001

Austrian Filmweek in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo – Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
September 17–30, 200117.–30.09.2001

22nd Durban International Film Festival – Durban – South Africa
August 18, 200118.08.2001

Filmcasino Wien – summer cinema – Vienna – Austria
May 25 – June 3, 200125.05.–03.06.2001

EU Filmfestival Bangkok – Bangkok – Thailand
May 4–13, 200104.–13.05.2001

EU Filmfestival Bukarest – Bucharest – Romania
April 5–9, 200105.–09.04.2001

Filmfestival “Young European Cinema” – Torun – Poland
March 27 – April 3, 200127.03.–03.04.2001

Festival du film de Paris – Paris – France
February 27, 200127.02.2001

New York Anthology Festival – New York – USA
January 19–27, 200119.–27.01.2001

Alpe Adria Cinema – Trieste – Italy
December 1–9, 200001.–09.12.2000

Filmfestival Bratislava – Bratislava – Slovakia
November 20–26, 200020.–26.11.2000

Osaka European Film Festival – Osaka – Japan
November 13, 200013.11.2000

Strasbourg 2000 – Forum du Cinema Européen – Strasbourg – France
November 10, 200010.11.2000

SPECIAL NITE der KLAPPE - salzburger jugendfilm und videofestival-vor und nach-SCHAU – Salzburg – Austria
November 8–14, 200008.–14.11.2000

Nantes – France
November 7–12, 200007.–12.11.2000

14. Filmfest Braunschweig – Brunswick – Germany
November 1–12, 200001.–12.11.2000

Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival – Fort Lauderdale – USA
November 1–20, 200001.–20.11.2000

Hong Kong 2000 Max – Hong Kong – Hong Kong
October 20, 200020.10.2000

Vienna – Austria
October 19–26, 200019.–26.10.2000

AFI – American Film Institute Fest 2000 – Los Angeles – USA
October 10–21, 200010.–21.10.2000

Ghent 2000 – Flanders International Film Festival – Ghent – Belgium
October 8–20, 200008.–20.10.2000

Leeds International Film Festival 2000, GB – Leeds – United Kingdom
October 5–15, 200005.–15.10.2000

Budapest 2000 – 8th Titanic International Filmpresence Festival – Budapest – Hungary
September 23–28, 200023.–28.09.2000

Haifa 2000 – Haifa – Israel
September 21 – October 1, 200021.09.–01.10.2000

Helsinki 2000 – Helsinki – Finland
September 16–24, 200016.–24.09.2000

Riga 2000 – VII. International Film Forum “Arsenal” – Riga – Latvia
September 15, 200015.09.2000

Vienna – Austria
September 15–24, 200015.–24.09.2000

Umeå – Sweden
September 8, 200008.09.2000

Vienna – Austria
August 29, 200029.08.2000

Live broadcasting at Radio Orange, Virgil Widrich in conversation with Thomas Ballhausen. 29.8.2000 from 17:30 to 18:00.
August 25 – September 4, 200025.08.–04.09.2000

Montreal 2000 World Film – Montreal – Canada
August 23, 200023.08.2000

Tibüne Krieau – Open air screening – Vienna – Austria
August 18, 200018.08.2000

Vienna – Austria
August 18, 200018.08.2000

Radio live broadcasting “Papageno”, ORF Landesstudio Salzburg, Virgil Widrich in conversation with Eva Halus. 18.8.2000 from 17:00 to 17:30.
July 14–24, 200014.–24.07.2000

Lissabon 2000 Cinema – Lisbon – Portugal
July 13–21, 200013.–21.07.2000

Puchon 2001 – International Fantastic Film Festival – Bucheon – South Korea
July 5–15, 200005.–15.07.2000

Karlovy Vary 2000 – Prague – Czech Republic
June 21–25, 200021.–25.06.2000

Nantucket – USA
May 10–20, 200010.–20.05.2000

Cannes 2000 – 53e Festival International du Film – 41ème Marché International du Film – Cannes – France
April 27 – May 2, 200027.04.–02.05.2000

Diagonale 2000 – Festival of Austrian Films – Graz – Austria
April 5, 200005.04.2000

3SAT broadcasts a report on “Heller als der Mond/Brighter than the Moon” at 23:50.
March 30, 200030.03.2000

Diagonale discussion: “Stories for the Future – Where is the young Austrian film?” Podium: Barbara Albert (“Nordrand” and coop 99), Mirjam Unger (“Ternitz, Tennessee”), Michael Kreihsl (“Heimkehr der Jäger”), Virgil Widrich (“Heller als der Mond”), Diego Donnhofer (“The Virgin”), Moderation: Stefan Grissemann
February 9–20, 200009.–20.02.2000

Berlin 2000 – European Film Market – Berlin – Germany
January 26 – February 6, 200026.01.–06.02.2000

Rotterdam 2000 – Rotterdam – The Netherlands
January 25–30, 200025.–30.01.2000

Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis Saarbrücken 2000 – Saarbrücken – Germany
January 21–30, 200021.–30.01.2000

Angers 2000 – Angers – France
January 21–30, 200021.–30.01.2000

★ Angers 2000 – Angers
Angers
January 21–30, 200021.–30.01.2000

★ Angers 2000 – Angers
Angers
January 21 – February 6, 200021.01.–06.02.2000

“Heller als der Mond” premieres on 28.1.2000 at the Film Festival Rotterdam, scoops two prizes at the Angers Film Festival and is invited to 30 further film festivals.
October 13, 199913.10.1999

Reshoots with Piroska Szekely at Freyung in 1010 Vienna. Final completion of filming.
August 9 – September 11, 199909.08.–11.09.1999

In the summer the shooting of the first feature film “Heller als der Mond” (“Brighter than the Moon”) starts on a shoestring budget and with a very young team. The movie is produced and directed by Virgil Widrich and stars Piroska Szekely, Christopher Buchholz, Horst Buchholz and Lars Rudolph, among others. The film is finished at the end of the year.
August 7, 199907.08.1999

Reading of the script “Brighter than the Moon” with the actors in Andino, Münzwardeingasse 2, 1060 Vienna from 13 to 15.00.
July 28–29, 199928.–29.07.1999

Test shooting with the real full moon which, however, proves to be too fast.
March 7, 199907.03.1999

Test shooting of a scene in a finished set of the film “Nordrand” by Barbara Albert.
January 21, 199821.01.1998

★ Salzburg
Salzburg
October 1, 199701.10.1997

After this excursion into the world of this interactive medium, renewal of work with linear story-telling: The screenplay “Heller als der Mond” (“Brighter than the Moon”) is completed. The story of aliens – both domestic and foreign – is awarded Salzburg’s screenplay prize 1997.
December 11, 199611.12.1996

Workshop “Screenplay structures based on ‘Brighter than the moon’” for pupils of BRG 13, Wenzgasse 7, room 227, 1130 Vienna, 16:20 to 18:00 p.m.