Hans Weingartner
Directing
Biography
Hans Weingartner is an Austrian filmmaker known for his work as a director, screenwriter, and producer. He studied neuroscience at the University of Vienna and graduated from the neurosurgical department at the Free University of Berlin's Steglitz Clinic. Later, he pursued film studies at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne, Germany. Weingartner's notable films include The White Sound (Das weiße Rauschen, 2001), The Edukators (Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei, 2004), and 303 (2018). His work often explores social and political themes, earning critical acclaim and several awards, including a nomination for the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival for The Edukators.
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German Film Award
An unexpected meeting on a train leads two travelers to spend an evening wandering through Vienna. As the night unfolds, they share stories and conversations about life and love, exploring new ideas while a quiet intimacy grows between them, knowing it may be their only night together.
Before Sunrise
A man tours clubs around the globe with his manager and girlfriend. On the eve of their largest album release he is admitted to a psychiatric clinic after overdosing at a gig.
Berlin Calling
Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.
The Edukators
Thirteen German directors present short films exploring the state of their country.
Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation
Two university students gain insight into life and love as they get to know each other during a road trip across Europe.
303
Frustrated, because he is forced to produce bad TV-shows, a manager of a TV-station, enters the station and manipulates the ratings, to initiate a TV-revolution.
Reclaim Your Brain
Two misfit males, one man-child, one boy, find each other, building a small cabin in the woods to create a new life. Their daily struggle for survival creates a strong bond between them until the hut is destroyed and one of the boys carted off. The former psychiatric patient is told that his friend was just a figment of his imagination, but this provokes him to fight back and prove the boy's existence.
Hut in the Woods
Lukas, a young schizophrenic man, has to deal with a new town, a new relationship, and the paranoia in his head.
The White Sound
303 tells the love story of Jule and Jan, who travel from Berlin to Portugal in an old camper. A moving road trip marked by wanderlust and the desire to arrive somewhere.
303 – The Series
Ever had an idea for a film? Ever actually visualised this film in your mind? Or even sketched out scenes and camera angles? Plenty of film buffs have. Michael Glawogger invited 12 people to talk about their ideas for a film and then shot short fragments for them. The result is a crime-story-erotic-lyrical-experimental-vampire-fantasy-horror-soap-opera-splatter-trash-road-movie-melodrama posing as a documentary!
Kino im Kopf
Daniel no longer wants to know anything about his job at the Office for the Protection of the Constitution. After a tragic accident during a surveillance operation in the neo-Nazi scene, he tries to resign. Instead of pursuing his request, he is housed in a run-down apartment in Berlin's Neukölln district for his own protection. To his own surprise, Daniel quickly makes friends not only with his new, unfamiliar surroundings, but also with the Arab second-hand goods dealer Abbas. But just as Daniel begins to take heart, his boss from the Office for the Protection of the Constitution turns up on Daniel's doorstep. He has anything but good news in his luggage...