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"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", 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
"Heller als der Mond/Brighter than the Moon", Piroska Szekely, 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

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
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, film screenings: 63

18. November 2016
Broadcasting in ORF III on 18.11.2016 at 21:45
12. April 2011
Broadcast on "Okto", the Viennese community television channel. Repetition on 17.4.2011
14. March 2008 – 24. March 2008
Austrian Embassy Peking – Austrian Films 14. to 24.3.2008 – Woche der Francophonie – French Cultural Institute Peking
15. November 2004 – 19. November 2004
Kulturforum Peking "Deutschsprachige Filmtage"
02. October 2003 – 13. October 2003
Warsaw International Film Festival
14. March 2003 – 20. March 2003
Suchitra Bangalore International Film Festival
19. November 2002 – 24. November 2002
Österreich Filmtage in Antalya, Türkei
22. September 2002
Wien – Künstlerhaus Kino – "Film special: Virgil Widrich", Matinèe
20. September 2002 – 26. September 2002
BMAA – 1. International Happy Days Film Festival – Istanbul
04. July 2002
"Brighter than the Moon/Heller als der Mond" at "ORF/Kunststücke", 2.7.2002 at 00:00, FS 1
28. May 2002 – 29. May 2002
BMAA – Österreichische Filmwoche Bratislava
27. May 2002 – 31. May 2002
Österreichische Filmwoche Pressburg
23. May 2002 – 31. May 2002
Festival Culturel Européen 2002, Algerien
10. May 2002
Salzburg – Das Kino – Film evening Virgil Widrich
10. May 2002 – 22. May 2002
EU Filmtage Tunis
02. April 2002 – 15. April 2002
Filmfestival Kairo
25. March 2002
Wien – Filmcasino – Standard-Night for Virgil Widrich
27. February 2002 – 31. March 2002
Deutschsprachige Tage an der Universität Assiut
25. February 2002 – 02. March 2002
Filmfestival Dakar
22. November 2001 – 29. November 2001
Mumbai Festival, India
12. November 2001 – 16. November 2001
UNESCO short film festival, Quito, Ecuador
10. November 2001 – 17. November 2001
Calcutta Film Festival 2001
24. September 2001 – 24. October 2001
Austrian Filmweek in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo
17. September 2001 – 30. September 2001
22nd Durban International Film Festival
18. August 2001
Filmcasino Wien – summer cinema
25. May 2001 – 03. June 2001
EU Filmfestival Bangkok, Thailand
04. May 2001 – 13. May 2001
EU Filmfestival Bukarest
05. April 2001 – 09. April 2001
Filmfestival "Young European Cinema" – Torun, Poland
27. March 2001 – 03. April 2001
Festival du film de Paris
27. February 2001
New York Anthology Festival, USA
19. January 2001 – 27. January 2001
Alpe Adria Cinema, Triest
01. December 2000 – 09. December 2000
Filmfestival Bratislava
20. November 2000 – 26. November 2000
Osaka European Film Festival, Japan
13. November 2000
Strasbourg 2000 – Forum du Cinema Européen
10. November 2000
SPECIAL NITE der KLAPPE - salzburger jugendfilm und videofestival-vor und nach-SCHAU
08. November 2000 – 14. November 2000
Nantes, 3e Festival du Cinéma Allemand
07. November 2000 – 12. November 2000
14. Filmfest Braunschweig
01. November 2000 – 12. November 2000
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival – Fort Lauderdale – USA
01. November 2000 – 20. November 2000
Hong Kong 2000 Max
20. October 2000
Theatrical release at Moviemento Linz
19. October 2000 – 26. October 2000
AFI – American Film Institute Fest 2000, USA
10. October 2000 – 21. October 2000
Ghent 2000 – Flanders International Film Festival
08. October 2000 – 20. October 2000
Leeds International Film Festival 2000, GB
05. October 2000 – 15. October 2000
Budapest 2000 – 8th Titanic International Filmpresence Festival
23. September 2000 – 28. September 2000
Haifa 2000, Israel
21. September 2000 – 01. October 2000
Helsinki 2000
16. September 2000 – 24. September 2000
Riga 2000 – VII. International Film Forum "Arsenal"
15. September 2000 – 24. September 2000
Umea 2000, Sweden
15. September 2000
Theatrical release at Cinematograph Innsbruck
08. September 2000
Theatrical release in Vienna at Votiv Kino, Cine Center and Flotten Kino
29. August 2000
Live broadcasting at Radio Orange, Virgil Widrich in conversation with Thomas Ballhausen. 29.8.2000 from 17:30 to 18:00.
25. August 2000 – 04. September 2000
Montreal 2000 World Film
23. August 2000
Open air screening – Tibüne Krieau
18. August 2000
Radio live broadcasting "Papageno", ORF Landesstudio Salzburg, Virgil Widrich in conversation with Eva Halus. 18.8.2000 from 17:00 to 17:30.
18. August 2000
Theatrical release at "Das Kino" Salzburg
14. July 2000 – 24. July 2000
Lissabon 2000 Cinema
13. July 2000 – 21. July 2000
Puchon 2001 – International Fantastic Film Festival
05. July 2000 – 15. July 2000
Karlovy Vary 2000, Prague
21. June 2000 – 25. June 2000
Nantucket 2000, USA
10. May 2000 – 20. May 2000
Cannes 2000 – 53e Festival International du Film – 41ème Marché International du Film
27. April 2000 – 02. May 2000
Diagonale 2000 – Festival of Austrian Films
05. April 2000
3SAT broadcasts a report on "Heller als der Mond/Brighter than the Moon" at 23:50.
30. March 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
09. February 2000 – 20. February 2000
Berlin 2000 – European Film Market
26. January 2000 – 06. February 2000
Rotterdam 2000 – competition
25. January 2000 – 30. January 2000
Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis Saarbrücken 2000 – competition
21. January 2000 – 30. January 2000
Angers 2000 – Competition – LVT-Subtitling Award ★
21. January 2000 – 30. January 2000
Angers 2000 – Competition – Best actor: Award for Lars Rudolph (Prix Jean Carmet du Conseil Général de Maine-et-Loire) ★
21. January 2000 – 06. February 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.
21. January 2000 – 30. January 2000
Angers 2000 – competition
13. October 1999
Reshoots with Piroska Szekely at Freyung in 1010 Vienna. Final completion of filming.
09. August 1999 – 11. September 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.
07. August 1999
Reading of the script "Brighter than the Moon" with the actors in Andino, Münzwardeingasse 2, 1060 Vienna from 13 to 15.00.
28. July 1999 – 29. July 1999
Test shooting with the real full moon which, however, proves to be too fast.
07. March 1999
Test shooting of a scene in a finished set of the film "Nordrand" by Barbara Albert.
21. January 1998
Salzburg’s screenplay prize 1997 for "Heller als der Mond/Brighter than the Moon" ★
01. October 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.