Directing
Simon Maria Kubiena
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Jeanny - The Fifth Girl · 2022Jeanny - The Fifth Girl
★ 6.12022
MovieThrillerDrama
In Mödling, a small town near Vienna, girls between the ages of 18 and 20 have been disappearing without a trace at ever shorter intervals for the past 13 years. Residents are worried and accuse the police of incompetence. In this environment of fear and mistrust, the 19-year-old schoolgirl Jeanny meets the mysterious but charming tax consultant Johannes, which initially has something threatening about it. But Johannes sees more in Jeanny than just an innocent girl. And he gives Jeanny, who lost her father at a young age, support and recognition. He helps her to pass the Matura, he awakens her self-confidence and gives her the appreciation that she misses. An unusual love grows between the two, which is initially kept secret from everyone. As she is drawn deeper and deeper into the whirl of her feelings, the aggressive climate in the town continues to escalate. A militia is formed. Jeanny is becoming increasingly insecure. Can she really trust Johannes?
Dinner · 2019Dinner
2019
Movie
A son triggers a dispute situation at a family dinner.
Mama · 2020Mama
2020
Movie
Father and daughter drive to his mother's house on the countryside to bring private items to the hospital after her apoplexy. The father gets confronted with the fear of losing his mother. The daughter observes this realization through children's eyes.
Blue Noise · 2022Blue Noise
2022
Movie
A closely observant film about bodies and touching, proximity and distance and the power of attraction. The aloof Alex works in a training workshop for craftsman where he avoids the attempts of his girlfriend to get close to him physically. At the same time, he’s not at all certain about how to deal with other forces of attraction confronting him . In the small space, between working bodies, behavioural patterns are deciphered and the underlying injuries exposed.
Rain Outside Our Window · 2021Rain Outside Our Window
2021
MovieDrama
One last dance leads into a rush of emotions
Catching Birds · 2023Catching Birds
2023
MovieDrama
When Theo awakens her sense of desire, Anouk, the only girl on the wrestling team, starts seeing the sparring sessions in a different light. A quietly intimate film, in which relationships between bodies, gazes and feelings are negotiated anew.
