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Austrian films at festivals in May 2026 (1/2)
Find an overview where on this globe Austrian films met their audience this month.

DAYS YET UNKNOWN | produced by Fahrenheit Films
DYING FOR BEGINNERS | produced by Langbein & Partner Media
ELEMENTS OFF BALANCE | produced by Othmar Schmiderer Filmproduktion
EVERYTIME | produced by Panama Film
FOUR MINUS THREE | produced by 2010 Entertainment
GENTLE MONSTER | produced by Film AG
GIRLS & GODS | produced by Golden Girls Film
GREEN LIGHT | produced by Pavel Cuzuioc Filmproduktion
IT’S ALL GOING SOUTH | produced by Film AG
LACE RELATIONS | produced by pooldoks Filmproduktion

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Austrian films at festivals in May 2026 (2/2)
Find an overview where on this globe Austrian films met their audience this month.

LONDON | produced by Panama Film
MELT | produced by Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion
MILITANTROPOS | produced by Mischief Films
MOTHER’S BABY | produced by FreibeuterFilm
ROSE | produced by Schubert
THE BLOOD COUNTESS| produced by Amour Fou Vienna
THE LONELIEST MAN IN TOWN | produced by Vento Film
THE RACE | produced by Navigator Film
THE STORIES | produced by Film AG
WAX & GOLD | produced by Ruth Beckermann Filmproduktion

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While looking ahead after a phantastic Cannes festival, let’s not forget that 2025 was also an outstanding year for Austrian filmmaking.

We
•accompanied 80 films,
•recorded 19 participations at the world’s key festivals and around 500 festival participations in total, and
•counted more than 50 awards.

Find out more about films, premieres, awards and Austrian spotlights in our Annual Report 2025, available in German at: https://www.austrianfilms.com/publications (link in bio)

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Congrats to Marie Kreutzer and Austrian producer Film AG!
The Austrian Palme d’Or contender GENTLE MONSTER, starring Léa Seydoux, Catherine Deneuve and Laurence Rupp has emerged as a big commercial success at the Cannes Market:

GENTLE MONSTER has secured a major multi-territory deal with Netflix for North America, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand.

GENTLE MONSTER was produced by Vienna-based Film AG with DE, FR
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A shining finale to a fantastic Cannes Film Festival:
Sandra Wollner wins the Un Certain Regard Prize for her enthusiastically acclaimed third feature film EVERYTIME.

«This is cinema at its most necessary: unresolved, uncompromising, and fully alive.»
International Cinephile Society

Our very warm congrats to Sandra Wollner, author and director of EVERYTIME, and the whole team for the wonderful success!!

EVERYTIME, starring Birgit Minichmayr, was produced by Vienna-based Panama Film with DE
World Sales: Charades

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Congrats to Panama Film and their team!

We’re delighted to share that THE DREAMED ADVENTURE by Valeska Grisebach, a minority co-production with Germany, France and Bulgaria, will be celebrating its world premiere as a contender of this year’s Cannes Palme d’or Competition.

World Premiere: May 22 | 15:00 | Grand Théâtre Lumière

Additional screening
May 22 | 08:30 | Bazin (press)
May 22 | 21:00 | Bazin (press)
May 23 | 11:45 | Le Cineum IMAX

THE DREAMED ADVENTURE was coproduced by Vienna-based Panama Film
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Sandra Wollner’s EVERYTIME,a contender of the Un Certain Regard selection of the 79th Cannes festival, celebrated its world premiere on May 18 at the Salle Debussy and was enthusiastically received by the audience and critics alike. Congratulations to the entire team!

«An exceptionally well-calibrated study of an untimely death and its aftermath.»
Screen Daily
«Brilliantly directed, highly enigmatic»
Cineuropa
«One of the undisputed highlights of this year's Cannes Film Festival»
profil
«A deeply unsettling meditation on grief»
Filmuforia
«Profoundly humanistic»
Der Standard

EVERYTIME, starring Birgit Minichmayr, was produced by Vienna-based Panama Film with DE.
World Sales: Charades Films


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We talked with Sandra Wollner about EVERYTIME.
Sandra Wollner’s highly anticipated third feature film is celebrating its world premiere as a contender of the Un Certain Regard selection at the 79th Cannes festival (May 12-23, 2026).

EVERYTIME, starring Birgit Minichmayr, was produced by Vienna-based Panama Film with DE.
World Sales: Charades Films

Read our interview: urlr.me/D28aqH

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We’re delighted to share that EVERYTIME by Sandra Wollner will be celebrating its world premiere as a contender of the UN CERTAIN REGARD selection.

World Premiere: May 18 | 11:30 | Salle Debussy

Additional screenings:
May 19 | 13:15 | Le Cineum Salle 3�
May 19 | 20:30 | Salle Bazin�
May 20 | 09:15 | Le Cineum Screen X
May 22 | 13:25 | Arcades 3

EVERYTIME, starring Birgit Minichmayr, was produced by Vienna-based Panama Film with DE
World Sales: Charades

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Marie Kreutzer’s GENTLE MONSTER, a contender for the Palme d’Or at the 79th Cannes festival, celebrated its acclaimed world premiere on May 15 at the Grand Théâtre Lumière in the presence of Léa Seydoux, Catherine Deneuve, Laurence Rupp, and Jella Haase. Congratulations to the entire team!

«A tough and unflinching social drama about the predators among us.»
Indiewire

«Kreutzer’s craftsmanship is once again much in evidence.»
The Hollywood Reporter

«Marie Kreutzer's grimly persuasive follow-up to the superb Corsage.»
Variety

«Léa Seydoux gives a brilliant performance as Lucy.»
Libération

«Kreutzer approaches her core theme—the consequences of patriarchal acts of abuse— in great depth.»
Profil



GENTLE MONSTER was produced by Vienna-based Film AG with DE, FR
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We’re delighted to share that GENTLE MONSTER by Marie Kreutzer will be celebrating its world premiere as a contender of this year’s Cannes Palme d’or Competition.

World Premiere: May 15 | 22:00 | Grand Théâtre Lumière

Additional screenings
May 16 | 08:45 | Le Cineum IMAX
May 16 | 12:00 | Grand Théâtre Lumière
May 16 | 21:30 | Salle Agnès Varda
May 17 | 08:45 | Le Cineum Aurore
May 18 | 17:15 | Le Cineum Salle 3


GENTLE MONSTER, starring Léa Seydoux, Catherine Deneuve and Laurence Rupp, was produced by Vienna-based Film AG with DE, FR
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Congrats to Abu Bakr Shawky and his team!

THE STORIES wins the NDR Director’s Award at the 35th Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg Vorpommern at Schwerin (May 5 to 10).

“This sparkling, loud, dazzling, and moving work was unique in this year’s lineup for its exuberant wealth of ideas”, stated the Filmkunstfest-jury

THE STORIES was produced by Vienna-based Film AG with FR, EG, SE, BE
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