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Still from "Night of a 1000 Hours", Amira Casar. Camera: Christian Berger
Still from "Night of a 1000 Hours". Camera: Christian Berger
Still from "Night of a 1000 Hours", Amira Casar. Camera: Christian Berger
Still from "Night of a 1000 Hours", Amira Casar, Laurence Rupp. Camera: Christian Berger
Still from "Night of a 1000 Hours", Lukas Miko. Camera: Christian Berger
Still from "Night of a 1000 Hours", Laurence Rupp. Camera: Christian Berger
Still from "Night of a 1000 Hours", Lukas Miko, Laurence Rupp. Camera: Christian Berger
Virgil Widrich on the set of "Night of a 1000 Hours", 2015. Photo: Ricardo Vaz Palma
"Night of a 1000 Hours", test shooting in November 2014 in Utrecht.
"Night of a 1000 Hours": Shooting in front of rear projections, 2015. Photo: Riccardo Vaz Palma
"Night of a 1000 Hours", test shooting in October 2014 in Utrecht.
"Night of a 1000 Hours", Jean-Claude Carrière and Virgil Widrich in Paris, October 2011.
"Night of a 1000 Hours": scene composition by Virgil Widrich, 2014
"Night of a 1000 Hours": first tests with Christian Berger, October 2013
"Night of a 1000 Hours": concept by Christina Schaffer, 2015
"Night of a 1000 Hours": concept by Christina Schaffer, 2015
"Night of a 1000 Hours": concept by Christina Schaffer, 2015
"Night of a 1000 Hours": corrections by Christina Schaffer, 2015
"Night of a 1000 Hours": Shooting in front of rear projections, 2015. Photo: Riccardo Vaz Palma
"Night of a 1000 Hours": Shooting in front of rear projections, 2015. Photo: Riccardo Vaz Palma
"Night of a 1000 Hours", first shooting day on 15.1.2015 at the site of Vienna's flee market.
"Night of a 1000 Hours": panoramic photo of the surroundings of the house, 2015
Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu and Virgil Widrich at Busan International Film Festival on October 9th, 2016, photo: Anuj Madan

Night of a 1000 Hours

Lux/A/NL 2016, feature film, DCP, 1:2,39, Dolby Digital
Length: 92 min.

When the ambitious Philip takes over the running of the family business from his father, he finds himself confronted by the mysterious reappearance of his dead ancestors. In the course of a long night, during which there are a murder, an illicit love affair and a game with false identities, Philip uncovers a closely guarded family secret.

Winner of "Flash Forward Audience Award" at Busan International Film Festival 2016!

Link to Trailer and "Making-of"
Writer & director: Virgil Widrich
Producers: Bady Minck, Alexander Ivanceanu, Hanneke Niens, Hans de Wolf, Arash T. Riahi, Raphael Barth
Script consultant: Jean-Claude Carrière
DOP: Christian Berger
Production Design: Christina Schaffer
Editing: Pia Dumont
Music: Siegfried Friedrich
Costume design: Alette Kraan
Cast: Laurence Rupp, Amira Casar, Udo Samel, Johann Adam Oest, Elisabeth Rath, Luc Feit, Josiane Peiffer, Linde Prelog, Barbara Petritsch, Claire Johnston, Lukas Miko, Brigitte Urhausen
Project development in cooperation with Virgil Widrich Film
Production: Amour Fou Vienna/Luxembourg, KeyFilm Amsterdam, Golden Girls
Supported by Film Fund Luxembourg, Österreichisches Filminstitut, Filmstandort Austria, ORF Film/Fernseh-Abkommen, Filmfonds Wien, Land Salzburg, Stadt Salzburg, Netherlands Film Fund, Netherlands Film Production Incentive, IDM Südtirol, MIBAC Roma, Eurimages, Media, ALGOA, Sources
World sales: Picture Tree International

Events, film screenings: 51

11. November 2020
Metro Kinokulturhaus – Filmarchiv Austria – Vienna
27. September 2019
Cinéma Les Variétés – Marseille – France
07. February 2019
Ateliers Varan – 6. Impasse de Mont-Louis – Paris
13. December 2018
Festival Droits des Femmes et Cinéma – Institut Universitaire Elie Wiesel – Paris
28. November 2018
First TV broadcast of "Night of a 1000 Hours" on 28.11.2018, on ORF2 at 23:50 hrs
22. September 2018
Lëtzebuerger Filmpräis – Nomination "Best Coproduction Feature Film"
22. September 2018
Lëtzebuerger Filmpräis – Nomination "Best Editing: Pia Dumont"
22. September 2018
Lëtzebuerger Filmpräis – Nomination "Best production design: Christina Schaffer"
23. February 2018
Travelling – Clair Obscur – Festival de cinéma de Rennes Métropole – France
23. February 2018
Master class Virgil Widrich at the Universitè Rennes 2:
In collaboration with Clair obscur - Festival Travelling and a revue Répliques.
Presented by Erwan Floch' lay and Nicolas Thévenin from a revue Répliques.
In the presence of Virgil Widrich, director.
Presentation of three short films:
Copy Shop (2001,12', black-and-white), Fast Film (2003,14', colour), Back Track (2015,7', colour, 3D).

23.2.2018,14:00 to 18:00 o' clock
Université Rennes 2 - Auditorium du Tambour
Place du recteur Henri Le Moal
CS 24307 - 35043 Rennes cedex
Admission free
20. February 2018
"Virgil Widrich - Work and Method": Lecture at the Luxembourg City Film Festival, Casino Luxembourg, 41, Rue Notre Dame, 2240 Luxembourg, 20.02.2018 at 6:30 pm.
23. January 2018
EU Info Center – Kralja Milana 7 – Belgrade
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
European Union Film Festival – National Gallery of Canada – Ottawa
29. November 2017
European Union Film Festival – Cinematheque Vancouver
17. November 2017
European Film Festival – Ottawa – Canada
17. November 2017
European Union Film Festival – "The Royal" – Toronto
02. November 2017 – 05. November 2017
Goethe Institut, Film Neu Fim Festival – Washington – USA
23. September 2017 – 30. September 2017
Manaki Brothers Fim Festival – Macedonia
09. September 2017 – 16. September 2017
Split Fim Festival – Croatia
11. July 2017
Sotto le stelle dell'Austria 2017 – Forum austriaco di cultura – Austrian Cultural Forum Rome
17. June 2017 – 26. June 2017
20th Shanghai International Film Festival – China
12. June 2017 – 17. June 2017
European Film Festival – Kulturni centar Sabac – Serbia
11. June 2017
Summary of the c-tv conference "Exploring Visionary Media Technologies" at the Fachhochschule St. Pölten with a contribution by Virgil Widrich, "The film set as cinema: digital live projections in the feature film production": 11.6.2017, 8:35 on ORF III.
06. June 2017 – 12. June 2017
European Film Festival – Dom kulture Stevan Mokranjac – Negotinu, Serbia
02. June 2017 – 11. June 2017
TIFF 16 – Transilvania International Film Festival – Focus on Young Austrian Cinema – Romania
26. May 2017 – 01. June 2017
European Film Festival – Leskovacki kulturni centar – Serbia
11. May 2017 – 16. May 2017
European Film Festival – Kupina, Niski kulturni centar – Nis, Serbia
11. May 2017
Theatrical release in the Netherlands – Bioscoop Ketelhuis Amsterdam
*** Het Parool
***1/2 De Filmkrant
"De manier waarop Wildrich dit huis samen met Das weisse Band-cameraman Christian Berger in beeld heeft gebracht is bewonderingswaardig."
09. May 2017
Speaker at the c-tv conference "Exploring Visionary Media Technologies" at the Fachhochschule St. Pölten: "The film set as cinema: digital live projections in the feature film production". Fachhochschule St. Pölten, Großer Festsaal, Matthias Corvinus-Straße 15, 3100 St. Pölten, 9.5.2017, 10 am to 5 pm.
08. May 2017 – 15. May 2017
European Film Festival – Kulturni centar grada Novog Sada – Novi Sad, Serbia
22. April 2017 – 29. April 2017
Bari International Film Festival – International Panorama Competition – Italy
19. April 2017 – 23. April 2017
Moskow Austrian Film Festival – New Austrian Cinema – Russia
16. April 2017 – 23. April 2017
"Die Nacht der 1000 Stunden" – Beijing International Film Festival – Nomination for Tiantan Award – China
07. April 2017 – 16. April 2017
Taipei Golden Horse Fantastic Film Festival 2017 – Taiwan
05. April 2017 – 09. April 2017
Bolzano Filmfestival – Bozen
05. April 2017 – 09. April 2017
Curaçao International Film Festival Rotterdam – Willemstad, Curaçao
04. April 2017
Presentation of a case study for the screenplay development of "Night of a 1000 Hours" which was carried out partly within Sources2. Hotel Ecluse, Luxembourg, 4.4.2017 at 18:00.
01. April 2017 – 09. April 2017
Krimitage – Kommunales Kino Esslingen – Germany
01. April 2017
Lecture at "Diagonale im Dialog": Virgil Widrich (filmmaker) and Christian Berger (camera) present film excerpts and unpublished material from the spectacular making of Night of the 1000 Hours. Gaming and VR meets cinema. Free entrance, counting tickets at the box office. Sat 1 April 2017, 2 pm, Schubertkino 3, Graz
29. March 2017
Lecture: "The smallest common denominator in the largest machine in the world – Explorations in the 'Large Hadron Collider' of CERN", 29.3.2017, 13:00.
Rotary Wien-Süd, Hotel Bristol, Kärntner Ring 1, 1010 Vienna
29. March 2017
Theatrical release in Luxembourg at Ciné Utopia
28. March 2017 – 02. April 2017
Diagonale 2017 – Festival of Austrian Films
24. March 2017
An evening with Virgil Widrich in conversation with Festival Curator Stephanie Falkeis. Austrian Cultural Forum New York, 11 E 52nd St, New York, NY 10022, USA. 24.3.2017, 8 p.m.
21. March 2017 – 27. March 2017
LET'S CEE Film Festival – Austria Exhibition – Vienna
02. March 2017 – 12. March 2017
7th Luxembourg City Film Festival
24. February 2017 – 04. March 2017
37th Oporto International Film Festival – Fantasporto 2017, Portugal – Official Selection – Fantasy Films in Competition
12. February 2017
Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin – European Film Market, CinemaxX 17 – 12.2.2017 at 17:30.
26. January 2017 – 29. January 2017
43. Internationales Filmwochenende Würzburg
25. January 2017 – 05. February 2017
International Film Festival Rotterdam – IFFR
23. January 2017
38. Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis Saarbrücken 2017 – "Night of a 1000 Hours" – Opening film
19. January 2017
Let's talk about scripts!
Robert Buchschwenter in a discussion with Virgil Widrich about the intensive work on the screenplay and its implementation, but also about the exciting collaboration with screenwriting legend Jean-Claude Carrière. Organized by drehbuchFORUM Wien.

Moderation: Robert Buchschwenter
Admiral Kino, Burggasse 119, 1070 Vienna
19.1.2017, film: 7.15 pm, discussion: 8.45 pm
Audio recording of the talk is here.
14. December 2016
Nomination "Best Screenplay" – Austrian Film Academy 2017
14. December 2016
Nomination "Best Costume Design" – Austrian Film Academy 2017
07. December 2016
Lecture: Projection and Reality – a look behind the projected scenes of the film production "Night of a 1000 Hours", 7.12.2016, 19:00.
AIL – Angewandte Innovation Laboratory, Franz Josefs Kai 3, 1010 Vienna
26. November 2016 – 15. December 2016
Theatrical release of "Night of a 1000 Hours" on November 26th, 2016 at Programmkino (Wels) in starting December at Moviemento (Linz)
18. November 2016 – 15. December 2016
Theatrical release of "Night of a 1000 Hours" in Austria on 18.11.2016:
Vienna: Admiral Kino, Apollo Kino, CineCenter, Burg Kino Wien (German version with english subtitles), Salzburg: Mozartkino, Graz: Schubert Kino, Innsbruck: Cinematograph, Wulfenia Kino (Klagenfurt) and City Kino (Steyr).
18. November 2016
Innsbruck premiere "Night of a 1000 Hours" at Leokino on 18.11.2016 at 20:00 in the presence of Christian Berger and Virgil Widrich.
17. November 2016
Graz premiere "Night of a 1000 Hours" at Schubert Kino on 17.11.2016 at 20:00 in the presence of Virgil Widrich.
16. November 2016
Salzburg premiere "Night of a 1000 Hours" at Mozartkino on 16.11.2016 at 20:00 in the presence of Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu (producer) and Virgil Widrich.
15. November 2016
Vienna premiere "Night of a 1000 Hours" at Gartenbaukino on 15.11.2016 at 20:30 in the presence of Virgil Widrich and Christian Berger, and members of the cast, Laurence Rupp, Amira Casar, Barbara Petritsch, Elisabeth Rath, Linde Prelog, Johann Adam Oest, Lukas Miko and Udo Samel.
21. October 2016
Lecture: Making of "Night of a 1000 Hours", University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Germanic Studies, 601 S. Morgan St. 1502 University Hall, Chicago, IL 60607, 21.10.2016 at 14:00 p.m.
15. October 2016
Busan International Film Festival 2016 – Korea – Winner of "Flash Forward Audience Award" ★
13. October 2016 – 27. October 2016
USA Premiere at 52nd Chicago International Film Festival 2016 – World Cinema Program on 21.10.2016.
07. October 2016 – 16. October 2016
European premiere of "Night of a 1000 Hours" at 32. Warsaw International Film Festival 2016 on 13.10.2016
06. October 2016 – 15. October 2016
World premiere of "Night of a 1000 Hours" on 10.10.2016 at Busan International Film Festival 2016 – Korea – Category "Flash Forward Audience Award"
13. June 2016
Lecture: Projection and Reality – a look behind the projected scenes of the film production "Night of a 1000 Hours", 13.06.2016, 19:00.
RC Wien-Oper, Hotel Bristol, Kärntner Ring 1, 1010 Vienna
01. June 2016
Lecture: Projection and Reality – a look behind the projected scenes of the film production "Night of a 1000 Hours". 01.06.2016, 18:30.
agpro Lounge, Hotel Kummer, Mariahilfer Straße 71a, 1060 Vienna
25. May 2016
Completion of "Night of a 1000 Hours" after a total of 9 years work on 25.5.2016.
04. April 2016 – 29. April 2016
Pre mix and main mix of "Night of a 1000 Hours" at Philophon Studios Luxembourg.
01. November 2015
Additional sound recordings in the parental home of Virgil Widrich, Mönchsberg 17, 5020 Salzburg.
05. October 2015
Beginning of the musical composition by Siegfried Friedrich.
11. September 2015
Reshoot of the shadows at Juraczka, Eyzinggasse 23, 1110 Vienna.
02. September 2015
Lecture: Projection and Reality – a look behind the projected scenes of the film production "Night of a 1000 Hours", 2.9.2015, 13:00.
Rotary Wien-Süd, Hotel Bristol, Kärntner Ring 1, 1010 Vienna
18. August 2015
Colour correction starts with Christian Berger and Kurt Hennrich on a first rough cut.
17. March 2015
Pia Dumont starts with the editing which will last over a year in Luxembourg and Vienna.
16. January 2015 – 28. May 2015
January to March: preproduction, 17.3.2015 to 28.5.2015: main shooting of the feature film "Night of a 1000 Hours" in Vienna, Luxembourg and Italy.
15. January 2015
First day of filming "Night of a 1000 Hours" in Vienna. On the Naschmarkt facades of houses are picked up from a crane for 24 hours in changing light.
10. January 2015 – 06. March 2015
Rehersals with the actors in Vienna.
26. November 2014 – 27. November 2014
A second technical test involving rear projections takes place from 26. to 27.11.2014 in Utrecht.
06. October 2014
Pre-production of the feature film "Night of a 1000 Hours". A first technical test involving rear projections takes place on 6.10.2014 in Utrecht.
10. October 2013
Test shooting with Christian Berger for "Night of a 1000 Hours", company Juraczka, Eyzinggasse 23, 1110 Vienna.
02. June 2013 – 09. June 2013
June 2nd to 9th, participation in the workshop "Light Days/Light Nights" by DOP Christian Berger in Ilovic, Croatia.
10. January 2013 – 15. March 2013
Pre-production of the film "Night of a 1000 Hours" in Vienna and Luxembourg.
26. November 2011 – 11. March 2012
Working with Jean-Claude Carrière as dramaturgical consultant in Paris on the revision of the screenplay for "Night of a 1000 Hours".
23. June 2011
First meeting with Jean-Claude Carrière on the drive from Vienna to Teplice. Beginning of his work as dramaturgical consultant for "Night of a 1000 Hours".
30. January 2011 – 02. February 2011
Selected from around 400 submitted projects, in January "Night of a 1000 Hours",  is presented at CineMart 2011 in Rotterdam.
05. August 2009 – 09. August 2009
Participation in the second part of the screenplay seminar "Sources 2" in Vienna with "Night of a 1000 Hours" (working title: "The Revolution").
31. March 2009 – 08. April 2009
Participation in the screenplay seminar "Sources 2" in Girona with "Night of a 1000 Hours" (working title: "The Revolution").
01. October 2008
Filmfonds Wien, Österreichisches Filminstitut and Filmfund Luxembourg fund the project development of "Die Nacht der 1000 Stunden" ("Night of a 1000 Hours").
15. January 2007
After many years of collecting ideas, work starts on the feature-film screenplay with the title "Die Nacht der 1000 Stunden" ("Night of a 1000 Hours"). Working title: "The Revolution".