screening format
DCP
aspect ratio
1.85:1
sound format
Dolby Digital
languages
Deutsch
Subtitles
Englisch, Französisch
screening format
Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov)
aspect ratio
1.85:1
sound format
Stereo
languages
Deutsch
Subtitles
Englisch, Französisch
After falling out with her mother, rebellious Sofia wants to hitchhike to Italy in search of her biological father. When she meets middle-aged Michael, who reluctantly agrees to give her a lift, the two strangers develop an unlikely friendship on their shared journey through the Austrian south.
director
Martin Monk
Cast
Christian Dolezal, Lia Wilfing
Szenenbild / Production Design
Oksana Melnychuk
Editing
Felix Kalaivanan
DOP
Johannes Höß
Production
Michaela Finis
Script
Martin Monk
Sound Design
Bernhard Maisch, Julia Willi
film school
Institut für Film und Fernsehen – Filmakademie Wien
Festivals
2019
Festival de Cannes - Internationale Filmfestspiele von Cannes, France
2019
Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2019
Raindance Film Festival, London, United Kingdom
2019
Leeds International Film Festival, United Kingdom
2019
AISFF Asiana International Short Film Festival, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
Production
- Filmakademie Wien
- Katja Jäger
- Metternichgasse 12
- 1030 Wien
- +43 1711 552902
- http://www.filmakademie.wien
Distribution
- Filmakademie Wien
- Katja Jäger
- Metternichgasse 12
- 1030 Wien
- +43 1711 552902
- http://www.filmakademie.wien
Sales
- Premium Films
- Martina Fiorellino
- 6 Rue Desargues
- 75011 Paris
- +33 1 55286308
- https://www.premium-films.com/
School
- Institut für Film und Fernsehen – Filmakademie Wien
- Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1
- 1030 Wien
- Austria
- +43 1 711552902
- http://www.filmakademie.wien
Martin Monk
Is a German film director. After studying history and philosophy he turned to fictional filmmaking, directing several self-produced short films, before being selected by Michael Haneke as an MA directing student at the Film Academy Vienna.
Filmography
2013 Happy Tears
2017 Alphamädchen
2019 Favoriten
2025 Drop
