DER LETZTE GAST

“Der letzte Gast” (The Last Guest)
short fiction film, Austria, 15min, HD, 2011

“Late at night in a Viennese bar: Peter, the bar man, is having a final drink with his only friend and last customer Andi. But what starts as a mundane conversation among friends quickly turns into a situation of life and death.”
Website: www.derletztegast.at

FESTIVAL AWARDS:
* German Independence Award – Best Short Film
18th Oldenburg Film Festival, Oldenburg, Germany
* Winner Audience Award Short Film
38th International Filmweekend Würzburg 2012, Würzburg, Germany
* Austrian Award – Jury Award 2011
Shnit International Shortfilmfestival, Bern, Switzerland

director: Markus Engel
idea and script: Michaela Schwarz
producer: Sandra Schuppach
director of photography: Thomas Kiennast
cast: Simon Schwarz, Werner Brix
additional cast: Magdalena Sojka-Brix, Hans Christian Gnad. Alexander Pschill

art director: Manuela Freigang
costumes: Gina Krauss
make-up: Martina Gaa
sounddesign: Torsten Heinemann_Nikolaus Yvon
set sound: Peter V. Meiselmann
additonal musical arrangements: Wolfgang Schlögl
co-producer: Gabriele Kranzelbinder
production manager: Christian Raberger
1st assistant director: Henrike Grausgruber
1st camera assistent: Maximilian Höllmüller
sound assistant: Christian Widerin
set dresser: Katharina Haring
editor: Patrick Wilfert, Markus Engel
grip: Philipp Hollergschwandtner, Martin Beisteiner, Giuliano Melichar
make-up assistant: Maske Assistenz, Lisa Haugeneder
gaffer: Manuel Nevosad
electricians: Thomas Knötzel
additional electrician: Matthias Ganster
still photo: Oliver Topf
graphic design: Michael Heine
catering: Anna Windisch
telecine: Willi Willinger
sound mastering: Sabine Meier
music: „Sonnenstrand“ by Paradies der Tiere and „Playing The Game“ by Sofasurfers

FESTIVAL ATTENDANCE:
* Max Ophuels Preis 2011, Saarbrücken, Germany
* PiFAN, 15th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival 2011, Seoul, Korea
* Cinefiesta 2011, San Juan, Puerto Rico
* Encounters, 17th Bristol International Film Fest 2012, Bristol, England
* Kinofest Lünen 2011, Lünen, Germany
* FIKE, 10th International Short Film Fest 2012, Évora, Portugal
* 22nd Cinequest Film Fest 2012, San Jose, CA, USA
* CinéGlobe Festival 2012, Cern, Switzerland
* FEC Festival, 14th European Short Film Festival 2012, Reus, Spain
* Ljubljana International Short Film Festival 2012, Ljubliana, Slowenia
* Vienna Independent Shorts Film Festival 2012, Vienna, Austria
* Shortynale Kurzfilmfestival 2012, Klosterneuburg, Austria
* 27th Independent FilmFest Osnabrück 2012, Osnabrück Germany
* La Femme International Film Festival 2012, Los Angeles, USA
* 13th Pamplona Film Festival 2012, Pamplona, Spain
* Kurzfilmfestival der Innkante 2013, Waldkraiburg, Germany