Jasmin Baumgartner
Directing
Biography
During her studies in screenwriting and directing at the Film Academy Vienna in the class of Michael Haneke, Jasmin made her first feature documentary, Robin's Hood, which won an award at Dok Leipzig. She works passionately with music in developing her feature film projects. Her work focuses on socially critical romance. In 2018 she founded the Sentimental Fail Club.
Known For

Luna rebels against the indifference of her artsy friends by writing a punk song about Laugo, the construction worker from across the street. Will the clashing worlds of affluent neglect and working life lead to the collapse of their romance?
Bye Bye, Bowser

"I'm not a bad person, really. I buy fair trade vegetables and hate HC Strache." Excerpt from the play Jasper is rehearsing with his theater group. The young actor is inspired and wants to increase the energy of the text by bringing a gun on stage. The director finds this neither bold nor fresh, but simply stupid. Together with his fellow actress Dany, Jasper wants to convince a real person outside in the real world. Whoever cries at the end will be celebrated.
Unmensch

Fluctuation at the Vienna football club RSV is high. Coach Robin, who once hosted parties at the Prater sauna, sees his club as a political project, too: Players from various birth nations come together in his “dirty rotten bunch”. Athletic highlights are quite often followed by relegation, discipline and excess are cheek by jowl at RSV. Director Jasmin Baumgartner has followed Robin and his team over several years.
Robin's Hood

To save their relationship, Marisa dives into an odyssey through the vibrant NYC nightlife, dead set on tracking down an ‘I Love New York’ shirt for Rafael at any cost. She soon discovers that in the metropolis of capitalism, even on Christmas, nothing comes for free—except, perhaps, from those who have nothing.