Verena Soltiz
Directing
Biography
Verena Soltiz began her directing career working for Red Bull and the ORF (Austrian Television). Her commercials, music videos, TV visuals, and documentaries were shown at the Resfest, ADC Berlin and have been awarded at the CCA, German Werbefilmpreis, Montreux and at the New York Film Festival. Her first feature documentary „1:1-Thierry Henry“ debuted at the Tribeca Cinema in New York.
Known For
Alexander grows up in a small house with his loving grandmother. In order to avoid his father’s fate, on his tenth birthday, he promises her that he will never fall in love. Every Sunday, Alexander visits his father, who has retreated to live in the Vienna subway system since the death of Alexander’s mother. As a young adult, Alexander wants to be closer to his father and decides to take a job in a lost-and-found office in the underground. It is here that he meets the beautiful and vivacious Caro (Verena Altenberger) in her cute subway hatter store. Although Alexander has successfully resisted love before, now his self-imposed oath becomes a difficult promise to keep.
First Snow of Summer
Global soccer hero Thierry Henry stars in this up-close sports documentary that covers his 2010 move from Barcelona to the New York Red Bulls.
1:1 Thierry Henry
Can feminism and religion coexist? Inna Shevchenko of the Ukrainian FEMEN collective seeks answers to a difficult question in candid conversations with priests, imams, rabbis and other activists.