Maria Hofstätter

In a suburb of Vienna during some hot summer days: A teacher who is in bondage to a sleazy pimp, a very importunate hitchhiker, a private detective on the run for some car vandals, a couple with a serious marriage problem and an old man, whose wife died long before on the search for some sexual entertainment live their lives while their lifelines cross from time to time. (imdb)

The true story of Germany's most famous anti-Nazi heroine is brought to thrilling life in Germany's official Foreign Language Film selection for the 2005 Academy Awards. Sophie Scholl stars Julia Jentsch in a luminous performance as the young coed-turned-fearless activist. Armed with long-buried historical records of her incarceration, director Marc Rothemund expertly re-creates the last six days of Sophie Scholl's life: a heart-stopping journey from arrest to interrogation, trial and sentence. (Zeitgeist Films)

At the age of three, Ozren only has to watch his mother while she's sleeping to know that she's the most beautiful woman in the world. At the age of nine, he doesn't understand why people swear at him on the street, calling him a whore's son: his mother works as a waitress and that's the only reason she's hardly ever at home in the evening. At the age of 16 Ozren knows. He's learned a lot... (Picture This! Entertainment)

A nurse from the Ukraine searches for a better life in the West, while an unemployed security guard from Austria heads East for the same reason. (imdb)

Two Austrian helath inspector have to travel Austria to inspect restaurants. Starting with many personal conflicts a great friendship develops between the two man which finds its climax in a tragedy.

On the beaches of Kenya they're known as "Sugar Mamas" -- European women who seek out African boys selling love to earn a living. Teresa, a 50-year-old Austrian and mother of a daughter entering puberty, travels to this vacation paradise. She goes from one Beach Boy to the next, from one disappointment to the next and finally she must recognize: On the beaches of Kenya love is a business.

One day, after years of absence, her husband, an Egyptian Muslim confined to a wheelchair, comes home. Hymns and prayers are now joined by fighting. "PARADISE: Faith" recounts the stations of the cross of a marriage and the longing for love. (mubi.com)

To save his town Braunschlag from bankruptcy, the mayor decides to fake a Marian apparition. This black-humored farce revolves around greed, corruption, churchianity and alcohol. (imdb)

When Georg loses his job, he conceals the fact from his younger wife Johanna, who wants a child with him. Instead, he embarks upon a campaign of revenge against his former boss and begins to renovate a roller-coaster an old school friend. (imdb)

18th century Austria. Villages surrounded by deep forests. A woman is sentenced to death after killing a baby. Agnes is marrying her loved one and candidly prepares herself for a spouse life. Soon after, her head and heart start to feel heavy. Day after day, she is increasingly trapped in a murky and lonely path leading to evil thoughts.

A policewoman wants a divorce and city job promotion but after hitting her drunk husband with her car in an accidental collision, she flees the scene, committing a hit-and-run.

When Fuchs starts his new job as a teacher in a prison school, replacing the old and unconventional teacher Berger against her will, he is forced to confront his biggest fear, triggered by the mysterious, withdrawn inmate Samira.

Emergency doctor Judith inherits an Austrian house from her birth family. Her search for answers about her origins spirals into a harrowing confrontation with her past.

Matthias masters impersonating roles for hire: cultured boyfriend, perfect son, sparring partner. Professionally adept at pretending daily, his true challenge lies in being himself. (imdb)

When the snow is gone old secrets see the light of day. (imdb)