Nicolas Neuhold
Directing
Biography
Nicolas Neuhold was born in Vienna, Austria and is a filmmaker currently residing in Luxembourg. He obtained a Masters of Arts degree from the University of Bournemouth (UK), and is a graduate of the European Film College in Ebeltoft, Denmark. His short films, documentaries as well as his feature debut Another One Opens (2013) have had over 200 festival screenings worldwide and won several awards. Notably, his documentary short Cannes - Through the Eyes of the Hunter (2001) which won a Royal Television Society Southern Centre Award, as well as his comedy short Würstelstand (2004) which won the Ulrich Schiegg Award. Faleminderit (2020) is his latest film project. (Luxembourg City Film Festival)
Known For
Vienna, Austria, 1910. The young painter Egon Schiele is a rising artist, provocative and free, whose work, characterized by eroticism, shocks as much as it fascinates art lovers.
Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden
In 1921, Charles, a young Luxembourgish cartographer is sent to Albania as part of a border commission to gather information on the topography and the people of the region. The country has recently become independent, but it does not yet have clearly defined borders. Back in Paris, Charles gets to report to the Conference of Ambassadors. At first, he is overwhelmed by the impressive architecture and the intimidating grandeur of the event. However, he soon learns that the party of self-serving diplomats has little interest in the future of the people he has just met. With no representative of Albania even present, Charles feels the need to speak up for the young country. Despite breaking protocol in doing so, Charles shares an observation with the quarrelling diplomats that allows them to find a peaceful solution to the question of where to draw the urgently needed borders.
Falmeniderit
An unemployed Latvian gets a job as an agent finding a house in France.
Monsieur Taurins
When participants at a climate conference in 2033 fail to agree on anything, chief negotiator GERTA (not Greta!) explodes and suggests, "The only thing you could agree on is to go back in time and get the people THEN to fix the problem." The sarcastic outburst is accepted as a rather wonderful idea, only for Gerta to reveal that they actually have access to a time machine.
Thatch to the Future
In the uncharted wild west of our solar system, two young astronauts embark on a mission to claim a newly discovered asteroid for their home country. But the journey holds unexpected surprises, as chaos and comedy ensue in this wild exploration of space mining and environmentalism.
THE WOMAN WHOSE HEAD WAS AN ASTEROID
After a succesful burglary two thieves make a stupid mistake and take refuge in a hot dog cart. Soon people are coming to buy from them.
Hot Dog Stand
Five friends, battered by life, reunite after twenty years for a weekend in a remote guest house. Their hosts and the mysterious manor itself will challenge them all to see the world through new eyes.