Χήρα & Ορφανό

Widow & Orphan / Hurenkind & Schusterjunge

Austria-Germany-United Kingdom, 15', 2021

age recommendation: 14+

A cinematic poem in episodic verses; two complementary spheres of perception, created through the efforts of two different, independently working cinematographers and editors, each with their own visual language. As a co-production of the Vienna Film Academy and the German Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, shot in London with a crew from a total of five different countries, this film about loneliness has an anything but lonely genesis.

Niklas Pollmann

He studies screenwriting under Götz Spielmann at the Vienna Film Academy. "Widow & Orphan " is his directorial debut. Coming from a background in film critics and media studies, he works at the interface between cinematic theory and practice.


Cast & Crew

  • direction: Niklas Pollmann
  • screenplay: Niklas Pollmann
  • cinematography: Christian Neuberger, Simone Hart
  • editing: Lea Sorgo, Benjamin Pieber
  • music: Christoph Punzmann
  • sound: Lisa-Maria Hollaus
  • cast: Nava Hemyari, Levin Henning
  • producer: Dominic Spitaler
  • original language: German, Farsi, English
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