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VIENNALE 2017

17th Viennale programme unveiled

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- The organisers of the great Vienna International Film Festival have produced yet another rich and varied programme of events

17th Viennale programme unveiled
Bright Nights by Thomas Arslan

With just a week to go before the festivities begin, the programme for the 17th Viennale (running from 19 October-2 November) has just been announced and is expected to attract an audience composed of nigh on 95,000 young and cosmopolitan visitors to the five participating cinemas in the Austrian capital.

Among the feature films on the agenda are a number of European films that have had previous outings at other big festivals, such as the Berlin Film Festival movies Félicité [+see also:
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interview: Alain Gomis
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by Alain Gomis, Bright Nights [+see also:
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Q&A: Thomas Arslan
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by Thomas Arslan (Germany/Norway) and Casting [+see also:
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interview: Nicolas Wackerbarth
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by Nicolas Wackerbarth. There are also films previously unveiled at Cannes, such as BPM (Beats Per Minute) [+see also:
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interview: Arnaud Valois
interview: Robin Campillo
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by Robin Campillo, The Workshop [+see also:
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interview: Laurent Cantet
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by Laurent Cantet, The Nothing Factory [+see also:
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interview: Pedro Pinho
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by Portugese filmmaker Pedro Pinho, Raw [+see also:
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interview: Julia Ducournau
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by Julia Ducournau, Ismael’s Ghosts [+see also:
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Q&A: Arnaud Desplechin
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by Arnaud Desplechin, Barbara [+see also:
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directed by its devoted male lead Mathieu Amalric, Loveless [+see also:
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interview: Andrey Zvyagintsev
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by Andreï Zviagintsev, Bright Sunshine In [+see also:
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by Claire Denis, Montparnasse Bienvenue [+see also:
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interview: Léonor Serraille
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by Léonor Sérraille, Jeannette, the Childhood of Joan of Arc [+see also:
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interview: Bruno Dumont
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by Bruno Dumont and Lover for a Day [+see also:
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by Philippe Garrel. Venetian selections, meanwhile, include The House by the Sea [+see also:
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interview: Robert Guédiguian
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by Robert Guédiguian, The Insult [+see also:
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interview: Ziad Doueiri
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by Ziad Doueiri (France/Lebanon), Hannah [+see also:
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by Andrea Pallaoro (Italy/Belgium/France), starring Charlotte Rampling, and The Night I Swam [+see also:
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interview: Damien Manivel, Kohei Igara…
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by Damien Manivel and Kohei Igarashi. There is also Mademoiselle Paradis [+see also:
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interview: Barbara Albert
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by Austrian filmmaker Barbara Albert, which was presented at Toronto, Daphne [+see also:
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by Peter Mackie Burns (UK), Making Judith [+see also:
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by Klaus Lemke, Reinventing Marvin [+see also:
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by Anne Fontaine and with Isabelle Huppert playing herself, Milla [+see also:
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by Valérie Massadian (France/Portugal), The Nile Hilton Incident [+see also:
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interview: Tarik Saleh
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by Tarik Saleh (Sweden/Denmark/Germany), 3/4 [+see also:
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interview: Ilian Metev
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by Bulgarian filmmaker Ilian Metev, Summer 1993 [+see also:
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interview: Carla Simón
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by Carla Simon (Spain), and Before Summer Ends [+see also:
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interview: Maryam Goormaghtigh
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by Maryam Goormaghtigh (France/Switzerland).

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The pickings are just as rich in the Documentaries section, with films such as West of the Jordan River [+see also:
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by Amos Gitaï, the film series Four Sisters by Claude Lanzmann, Cry Baby, Cry [+see also:
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interview: Antonin Svoboda
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by Austrian filmmaker Antonin Svoboda, The Prince of Nothingwood [+see also:
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by Sonia Kronlund (France/Germany), Mama Colonel [+see also:
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by Dieudo Hamadi (France/Congo) and Sea Sorrow [+see also:
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interview: Vanessa Redgrave
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by Vanessa Redgrave (UK) to name just a few.

Special programmes will be shown in homage to early 20th-century Austrian actress Carmen Cartellieri, German director-screenwriter-teacher-actor Heinz Emigholz, Raymond Depardon and German director Valeska Grisebach, whose latest film, Western [+see also:
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interview: Jonas Dornbach
interview: Valeska Grisebach
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, unveiled in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes, is a finalist for the LUX Prize 2017. The work of the wonderful, internationally renowned Viennese actor Christoph Waltz is celebrated in the Tribute section of the festival, and the annual Homage will of course be dedicated to the long-standing director of the Viennale, Hans Hurch, who sadly passed away this year, having channelled years of passion and commitment into creating a genuine celebration of cinema, with no golden statues, no attendee hierarchies, no sponsor logos appearing on screens, no red carpets or photo calls, but which never fails to attract a great number of stars, such as those above, and many, many more.

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(Translated from French)

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