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Still frame from "back track", anaglyph
Still frame from "back track", anaglyph
Still frame from "back track", anaglyph
Still frame from "back track", anaglyph
Still frame from "back track", anaglyph
Still frame from "back track", anaglyph
Still frame from "back track", anaglyph
Making of "back track", Summer 2014, Bernhard Schlick (DOP)
Making of "back track", Summer 2014
Making of "back track", Summer 2014
Making of "back track", Summer 2014
Creation of the animatic for "back track", 2014
Early test shot of "back track", 2014
First tests "back track", 4.4.2014
Leo Coster and Martin Putz viewing 3D test footage, 17.2.2014
Test shot "back track", 2014
Story Board "back track", 2015
Poster of "back track", graphic design: Tom Pohnert

back track

A 2015, short film, Stereo DCP, black/white, 1:2,39
Length: 7 min.

Virgil Widrich's short film is a 7-minute 3D-remix of feature films from the 1950s and 60s which were projected on glass and photographed in 3D. The World premiere at the 61st International Short Film Festival Oberhausen. Additional festivals: Diagonale, Zagreb Animafest, Karlovy Vary, Vila do Conde, Wroclaw, Bristol, Sevilla, Cambridge, Milano, and Wiesbaden. Winner of 15 international film awards!

Link to making of; download press kit

"'back track' presents itself as yet another work of bravura by one of Austria’s most inventive filmmakers, his ingeniously intricate ideas ever a source of newfound pleasure."
Peter Tscherkassky

Concept, direction and production: Virgil Widrich
Film research: Iulian Moise, Oleg Prodeus, Martin Reinhart
Director of photography: Bernhard Schlick
Technical consulting: Martin Reinhart
Technical assistance: Alexandra Popp
Previsualization: Iulian Moise
Studio setup and motion control: Martin Putz
Stereography, compositing: Bernhard Schlick
Retouching, compositing, graphic design: Dominic Spitaler
Stereoscopic design and workflow: Leo Coster
3D-Consulting: Marlene Wolfmair
Technical consulting: Martin Reinhart
Automation interface design: Václav Pelousek
Sound design: Frédéric Fichefet
Sound mix: Emmanuel de Boissieau
Production: Virgil Widrich Film- und Multimediaproduktions G.m.b.H.
Supported by Federal Chancellery Departement for the Arts, City of Vienna, City of Salzburg, State of Salzburg
Distributor: Sixpack Film

Events, film screenings: 106

16. August 2024 – 23. August 2024
10th Bogotá experimental film festival – Bogotá – Colombia
15. March 2024
Greece Film Festival Awards – Athens – Greece
25. January 2022
Alibag Short Film Festival – Alibag – India
21. January 2022
Chambal International Film Festival - Season 4 – Mumbai – India – Award winner ★
13. November 2021
Kerala Short Film Festival – Pune – India
02. October 2021
1st Himachal short film festival 2021 – Himachal Pradesh – India – official selection
11. March 2020 – 17. March 2020
Bratislava 2020 – Febiofest
07. January 2020
Southern States Indie FanFilmFest – Biloxi – USA – Finalist
15. December 2019 – 30. December 2019
4th International Short Film Festival Pune 2019 – Pune – India – Semi finalist
29. November 2019
Rome Film Awards – Italy – Award winner ★
03. September 2019
Tehran International Cinefest – Tehran – Iran
03. September 2019
Azadi International Film Festival – Tehran – Iran
22. August 2019 – 01. September 2019
VOB Film Festival – Putnam County – USA
06. August 2019
Vegas Movie Awards – Las Vegas – USA – Best experimental film – Honorable Mention
28. July 2019
Social World Film Festival – Neapel – Italien – Semi Finalist
11. July 2019
Festival ECRÃ – Rio de Janeiro
15. June 2019
Thinking Hat Fiction Challenge – West Bengal – India
28. May 2019 – 02. June 2019
VIS 2019 – Vienna Independent Shorts
05. April 2019 – 07. April 2019
Shahu International Short Film Festival (SISFF) 2019 – Pune – India
24. March 2019
Eurasia International Monthly Film Festival – Moskau – Best Experimental Film ★
15. March 2019
Independent Shorts Awards – Los Angeles – USA
02. March 2019
Aphrodite Film Awards – New York – USA
28. February 2019
Independent Talents International Film Festival – Bloomington – USA – Best experimental film ★
23. February 2019
Eurocinema Film Festival – Humanity House – The Hague – The Netherlands
15. December 2018
ORION IFF International Film Festival – Dalveen – Australia – Finalist: Best Experimental Film
15. December 2018
ORION IFF International Film Festival – Dalveen – Australia – Winner: Best International Film ★
15. December 2018
ORION IFF International Film Festival – Dalveen – Australia – Winner: Best Editing ★
22. November 2018
Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow – "Between the media – Virgil Widrich"
27. October 2018
Eurocinema Film Festival – Geneva – Switzerland
25. October 2018
Moondance International Film Festival – Boulder – USA
14. September 2018 – 16. September 2018
Nadym International Film Festival – Russia
18. August 2018
INCORTO Film Festival – Mexico City
14. July 2018 – 20. January 2019
Film contribution to the exhibition "Art in Motion. 100 masterpieces with and through media – An Operative Canon" at the ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe
22. April 2018
Volgograd International Independent Film Festival – Russia
06. April 2018 – 07. April 2018
Shutter Speed Film Festival – Arlington – Texas – Semi Finalist
17. March 2018 – 18. March 2018
Corto Nero Short Film Festival – Napoli – Italy
23. February 2018
Master class Virgil Widrich at the Universitè Rennes 2
20. February 2018 – 27. February 2018
Travelling – Clair Obscur – Festival de cinéma de Rennes Métropole – France
22. January 2018 – 28. January 2018
2nd IbizaCinefest – Ibiza – Selection
23. December 2017
EIFA – European Independent Film Award – Paris – Best Experimental: Silver Award ★
13. December 2017
"Spaced out! Film Spaces in the Digital Age" – An event organised by frame (o)ut, dotdotdot and the Filmarchiv Austria – METRO Kinokulturhaus Wien
02. December 2017
Berlin Motion Picture Festival
09. November 2017 – 15. November 2017
KAPOW Intergalactic Film Festival – Hollywood – USA – Nomination: Best Foreign Film
09. November 2017 – 15. November 2017
KAPOW Intergalactic Film Festival – Hollywood – USA – Nomination: Best Experimental Film
04. November 2017 – 04. December 2017
Blue Danube Film Festival – Hungary
04. November 2017 – 05. November 2017
Plebeian Film Festival – San Diego – USA
01. November 2017 – 30. November 2017
St. Lawrence International Film Festival – SLIFF Online – USA
29. October 2017 – 31. October 2017
FEDAXV – Festival de Diseno Audiovisual Experimental – Chile
28. October 2017 – 29. October 2017
4th Goa Short Film Festival 2017 – Maharashtra – India
09. October 2017
New York City Indie Film Awards – USA – Best Experimental: Gold Award ★
26. September 2017 – 01. October 2017
The International Short Film Festival SHORT FORM – Gornji Milanovac – Serbia
24. September 2017
Hope Film Awards – Las Vegas – USA – official selection
12. September 2017
Salzburger Kunstverein, Cinema Vertigo, Künstlerhaus – Rooms of our Time
08. September 2017 – 16. September 2017
Filmquest – Utah – USA
10. August 2017
dotdotdot – Open Air Kurzfilmfestival, Gartenpalais Schönborn, Vienna, open air screening
01. June 2017 – 10. June 2017
Underground Film Fest – Ancona, Italien
29. May 2017
FICOCC Five Continents International Film Festival – Puerto la Cruz, Teneriffa – Spain – Best Experimental Short Film ★
26. May 2017 – 28. May 2017
Pune Short Film Festival – Maharashtra – India
23. May 2017 – 29. May 2017
Near Nazareth Festival (NNF) – Israel
15. May 2017 – 17. May 2017
Polish International Film Festival – online Festival – Best Experimental Film ★
13. May 2017
End of Days Film Festival – Orlando, Florida – USA
08. May 2017
Colortape International Film Festival – Brisbane – Australia
02. May 2017 – 09. May 2017
CineAutopsia – Bogotá Experimental Film Festival – Colombia
08. April 2017
Washington Film Festival – Washington – USA – Finalist
01. April 2017 – 02. April 2017
FROSTBITE International Film Festival – Colorado Springs, USA – Special Jury Award ★
24. March 2017 – 02. April 2017
Atlanta Film Festival – Atlanta – USA – Experimental Shorts Program
07. February 2017 – 28. February 2017
CineArtistry – Sherman Oaks, CA, USA
25. January 2017 – 29. January 2017
Trondheim – Minimalen 29 Short Film Festival
21. January 2017
UFO - Kurzfilmfestival – Leipzig
16. December 2016 – 18. December 2016
International Online Web Fest 2016 – Semi-Finalist
15. December 2016 – 18. December 2016
FreeNetWorld – Nis – Serbia
08. December 2016
I Filmmaker International Film Festival – Marbella, Spanien – Finalist/Special Mention
01. December 2016
Genre Celebration Festival – Tokyo  – Award for "Best Editing" ★
01. December 2016 – 03. December 2016
Videodrunk Film Festival – Social Capital Theatre in Toronto – Ontario – Kanada
10. November 2016
Largo Film Awards – online festival – Best Experimental Film ★
10. November 2016 – 30. November 2016
Direct Monthly Online Film Festival – Michigan,  USA
04. November 2016 – 06. November 2016
Crossing the Screen – Eastbourne, East Sussex – Best Experimental Film ★
25. October 2016 – 29. October 2016
Post Mortem – International Horror & Bizarre Short Film Fest – Aguascalientes, Mexico
29. September 2016
PRINDIE: Curated Collection – Princeton – USA
29. September 2016 – 01. October 2016
Princeton Independent Film Festival – USA
22. September 2016
Sydney World Film Festival 2016 – online film festival – official selection
22. September 2016
Lisbon Film Festival –  Portugal
22. September 2016
Official Selection of the Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival 2016 – online film festival – official selection
22. September 2016
Martinique International Film Festival 2016 – Online Film Festival – Best Experimental Film ★
25. June 2016
Close-Up Film Centre – London
22. April 2016 – 26. April 2016
Busan International Short Film Festival 2016 – Korea
20. April 2016 – 01. May 2016
Lissabon 16 – Indielisboa – Portugal
13. April 2016 – 24. April 2016
Buenos Aires 16 – BAFICI International Independent Film Festival
12. April 2016 – 17. April 2016
Dresden 2016 – Filmfest
17. March 2016 – 23. March 2016
Bratislava 2016 – Febiofest
15. March 2016 – 20. March 2016
Ann Arbor 2016 – Film Festival – USA
20. January 2016
City 46 – Bremen
15. December 2015
TIFF Bell Lightbox – Toronto
13. November 2015 – 22. November 2015
Wiesbaden 15 – exground filmfest
06. November 2015 – 14. November 2015
Sevilla 2015 – Festival de Cine Europeo in Spain
28. October 2015 – 01. November 2015
Mailand 15 – Invideo
17. October 2015 – 23. October 2015
Limassol 2015 – Cyprus Short Film Festival
15. October 2015 – 18. October 2015
Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe – 3D Festival "Beyond 2015"
27. September 2015
Gartenbaukino Wien: 3D-Kurzfilmprogramm "Perspektiven"
24. September 2015 – 26. September 2015
Cambridge 15 – European Short Film Festival at MIT
18. September 2015 – 27. September 2015
Belo Horizonte 2015 – International Short Film Festival
15. September 2015 – 20. September 2015
Bristol 15 – Encounters Shorts and Animation Festival
23. July 2015 – 02. August 2015
Wroclaw 15 – New Horizons Festival
04. July 2015 – 12. July 2015
Vila do Conde 15 – 23. Festival International de Curtas-Metragens
03. July 2015 – 11. July 2015
Karlovy Vary 15 – International Film Festival
09. June 2015 – 14. June 2015
Animafest Zagreb
26. May 2015 – 31. May 2015
VIS 2015 – Vienna Independent Shorts
03. May 2015
3.5.2015: international premiere of "back track" at the 61. International Short Film Festival Oberhausen. Additional festivals: Diagonale, Zagreb Animafest, Karlovy Vary, Vila do Conde, Wroslaw, Bristol, Sevilla, Cambridge, Milano and Wiesbaden.
30. April 2015 – 05. May 2015
Oberhausen 2015 – 61. Internationale Kurzfilmtage – International Premiere
17. March 2015 – 22. March 2015
Diagonale 2015 – Festival of Austrian Films, – Austrian premiere
14. December 2014
Sound mix with Frédéric Fichefet and Emmanuel de Boissieu at Alea Jacta-Post-Production in Brussels.
28. September 2014
Colour grading with Bernhard Schlick.
01. September 2014
Peter Tscherkassky visits the set of "back track".
11. August 2014 – 07. September 2014
Concept and production of the stereoscopic short film "back track". Stop motion shooting takes place between 11 August and 7 September 2014.
04. April 2014
First tests with stereoscopic recordings with Martin Putz.
09. April 2013 – 30. October 2013
Film research and work on the animatic of "back track".
31. July 2012
With the commitment of the Federal Chancellery Department for the Arts the main part of the financing of "back track" is secured.
01. March 2012 – 31. May 2012
Conception of the short film "back track".
12. May 2004
Test shooting with rear projections on different glass sheets with Martin Putz. Excerpts from "Brighter than the Moon" were used as a material. Preliminary investigations with a film technique that will be used 10 years later in "back track".