MUTZENBACHER


MUTZENBACHER by Ruth Beckermann
AUT 2022, Encounters
© Ruth Beckermann Filmproduktion

MUTZENBACHER by Ruth Beckermann
AUT 2022, Encounters
© Ruth Beckermann Filmproduktion

MUTZENBACHER by Ruth Beckermann
AUT 2022, Encounters
© Ruth Beckermann Filmproduktion

MUTZENBACHER by Ruth Beckermann
AUT 2022, Encounters
© Ruth Beckermann Filmproduktion

MUTZENBACHER by Ruth Beckermann
AUT 2022, Encounters
© Ruth Beckermann Filmproduktion

MUTZENBACHER by Ruth Beckermann
AUT 2022, Encounters
Crew
Director | Ruth Beckermann |
Screenplay | Ruth Beckermann, Claus Philipp |
Cinematography | Johannes Hammel |
Editing | Dieter Pichler |
Music | VALIE EXPORT, Ingrid/monsti Wiener |
Sound Design | Andreas Hamza |
Sound | Andreas Hamza |
Assistant Director | Rebecca Hirneise |
Production Managers | Rebecca Hirneise, Philipp Diettrich |
Producer | Ruth Beckermann |
Executive Producer | Ruth Beckermann |
Produced by
Ruth Beckermann Filmproduktion

Sergio Fant, Ruth Beckermann
The member of the selection committee with the director during the film talk.
MUTZENBACHER · Encounters · Feb 13, 2022

Valentin Hasler, Navid Vaziri
At the premiere.
MUTZENBACHER · Encounters · Feb 13, 2022

Ruth Beckermann
The director at the Photo Call and at the premiere.
MUTZENBACHER · Encounters · Feb 13, 2022

Navid Vaziri, Valentin Hasler, Stefan Sterzinger
The cast of the documentary film outperform each other in posing for the Photo Call.
MUTZENBACHER · Encounters · Feb 13, 2022

Valentin Hasler, Ruth Beckermann, Stefan Sterzinger, Navid Vaziri
The director (second from left) with protagonists of her documentary film.
MUTZENBACHER · Encounters · Feb 13, 2022

Ruth Beckermann
Die director who won the Award for the Best Film in the section Encounters at the award ceremony.
MUTZENBACHER · Encounters · Encounters Best Film · Feb 16, 2022

Ruth Beckermann
The director who won the Award for the Best Film in the section Encounters on her way to the stage.
MUTZENBACHER · Encounters · Encounters Best Film · Feb 16, 2022

Ruth Beckermann
The director with her award for Best Film in the section.
MUTZENBACHER · Encounters · Encounters Best Film · Feb 16, 2022
Ruth Beckermann
MUTZENBACHER
Encounters · Berlinale Meets | Interview · Feb 04, 2022
Ruth Beckermann

The filmmaker and writer was born in Vienna, Austria. Her films include The Paper Bridge and East of War. Her film Those Who Go Those Who Stay won Best Documentary at the 2014 Diagonale in Graz. Two years later, The Dreamed Ones won Beat Feature Film at the same festival. The Waldheim Waltz received several prizes including the Glashütte Original – Documentary Award at the 2018 Berlinale and was also nominated as Austria’s entry for the Oscars. In 2022, MUTZENBACHER screened in the Encounters section of the Berlinale where it won the award for Best Film.
Filmography
1977 Arena besetzt (Arena Squatted) 1978 Auf amol a Streik (Suddenly, a Strike); short film 1981 Der Hammer steht auf der Wiese da draußen (The Steel Hammer Out There on the Grass); short film 1984 Wien retour (Return to Vienna) 1986 Der Igel; short film 1987 Die papierene Brücke (The Paper Bridge) 1991 Nach Jerusalem (Towards Jerusalem) 1996 Jenseits des Krieges (East of War) 1999 Ein flüchtiger Zug nach dem Orient (A Fleeting Passage to the Orient) 2001 Homemad(e) 2006 Zorros Bar Mizwa (Zorro’s Bar Mizwa) · Mozart Enigma; short film 2011 American Passages 2012 Jackson/Marker 4am; short film 2013 Those Who Go Those Who Stay 2015 The Missing Image; video installation 2016 Die Geträumten (The Dreamed Ones) 2018 Waldheims Walzer (The Waldheim Waltz) 2019 Joyful Joyce; video installation 2022 MUTZENBACHER 2024 Favoriten
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2024