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.”

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

FESTIVAL ATTENDENCE:

  • 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

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