Wega movie
| WEGA Filmproduktionsges.mbh
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1980 |
| Seat | Vienna , Austria |
| management | Veit Heiduschka ( managing director ) |
| Branch | Film production |
| Website | wega-film.at |
The Wega film is an Austrian film production company . The company founded in 1980 by Veit Heiduschka in Vienna is responsible for a number of successful feature and documentary film productions.
history
The first major success came in 1985 with Müller's office directed by Niki List , which had the highest number of visitors to any Austrian film since the 1950s. In the 1980s, he began working with the internationally renowned director Michael Haneke .
The directors of the 40 or so feature films produced up to 2006 include Andreas Gruber , Michael Kreihsl , Wolfgang Glück , Paulus Manker , Michael Verhoeven , Xaver Schwarzenberger , Barna Kabay , Andreas Prochaska , Jack Gold , Jean-Michel Ribes and Stefan Ruzowitzky . In the television feature film sector, productions were made with directors Michael Haneke, Peter Patzak , Johannes Fabrick , Gernot Friedel and Michael Cencig, among others . In the documentary film sector, productions with Elisabeth Scharang , Manfred Corinne , Pierre Colibeuf and Ulrich Seidl have already been made .
In 2006 Wega Film left the association of Austrian film producers (AAFP) , the association of Austrian film producers, in order to establish a new association, Film Austria , together with other production companies.
Productions
cinemamovies
- 1983: Paradis Ges.mbH - Director: Nikolaus Leytner
- 1986: Müller's office - director: Niki List
- 1988: Sternberg - Shooting Star - Director: Niki List
- 1989: The Seventh Continent - Director: Michael Haneke
- 1990: Weiningers Nacht - Director: Paulus Manker
- 1990: Ach, Boris - Director: Niki List
- 1991: Ilona and Kurti - Director: Reinhard Schwabenitzky
- 1992: Benny's Video - Director: Michael Haneke
- 1992: Tafelspitz - Director: Xaver Schwarzenberger
- 1993: The Lucona Case - Directed by Jack Gold
- 1995: The Moor's Head - Director: Paulus Manker
- 1996: Charms Incidents - Michael Kreihsl
- 1998: The 3 Mail Robbers - Director: Andreas Prochaska
- 1997: Funny Games - Director: Michael Haneke
- 2001: The Piano Player - Director: Michael Haneke
- 2003: Wolfzeit - Director: Michael Haneke
- 2005: Caché - Director: Michael Haneke
- 2006: Meine liebe Republik - Direction: Elisabeth Scharang
- 2008: A Moment of Freedom - Director: Arash T. Riahi
- 2009: The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story - Director: Michael Haneke
- 2010: Henri 4 - Directed by Jo Baier
- 2012: Kuma - Director: Umut Dağ
- 2012: Love - Director: Michael Haneke
- 2014: The Beloved Sisters - Director: Dominik Graf
- 2014: Cracks in Concrete - Director: Umut Dağ
- 2016: Love Possibly - Director: Michael Kreihsl
- 2017: Wilde Maus - Director: Josef Hader
- 2017: Happy End - Director: Michael Haneke
- 2019: Once upon a time revolutionaries - Director: Johanna Moder
- 2020: We'll stay a little longer - Director: Arash T. Riahi
Television films
- 1991: Black days
- 1997: Das Schloss - Director: Michael Haneke
- 2004/2005: The Country Doctor (TV series)
- 2005: My Murderer - Director: Elisabeth Scharang
Awards
- 1988: Austrian Ticket for Sternberg - Shooting Star
- 2010: Diagonale : Prize for innovative production for The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story
- 2013: Diagonale: Prize for innovative production for love
- 2017: Diagonale: Prize for innovative production for Wilde Maus
Web links
- Official website of the company at wega-film.at
- Wega movie in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brief company presentation ( MS Word ; 1.5 MB) in the press kit for the Wega film production Mein Mörder