Land of Mountains

Drama

SYNOPSIS

Single father Vladimir wants to work so that he can stay in Austria with his daughter and leave the traumas of the past behind him. The dilemma: you can stay if you have regular work – but you can only work if you have the right to stay. Welcome to the land of insurmountable mountains.

Film Participations Awards

1. Diagonale  – Festival des österreichischen Films (Austria, March 2023) – Best up-and-coming film
2. Vienna Shorts (Austria, June 2023) – Social Responsibility Award
3. Shortynale (Austria, August 2023) – Award for Social Commitment
4. Festival of Nations (Austria, September 2023) – Best Fiction Film
5. Cinema Next Tour (Austria, October 2023) – Jury Favourite
6. Linz International Short Film Festival (Austria, October 2023) – Best Austrian Film + Best Screenwriting
7. LJUBLJANA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Slovenia, November 2023) – Best Short Film Award
8. Leuven Short Film Festival (Belgium, November 2023)
9. Max Ophüls Preis 2024 (Germany, January 2024) – Best Medium Length Film & Audience Award for Medium Length Film
10. Trieste Film Festival (Italy, January 2024) – Best Short Film
11. Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival (Germany, March 2024) – Dahome Award
12. International Film Festival ZOOM – ZBLIŻENIA (Poland, March 2024)
13. Martovski Film Festival (Serbia, March 2024)
14. Filmfest Dresden (Germany, April 2024) – Award of the Youth Jury & Audience Award
15. Julien Dubuque International Film Festival (USA, April 2024)
16. Festival International de Cine de Huesca (Spain, June 2024)
17. Bundesfestival junger Film (Germany, June 2024)
18. European Film Festival Palić (Serbia, July 2024)
19. Alpinale (Austria, August 2024)
20. Filmfestival Kitzbühel (Austria, August 2024)
21. FeKK Ljubljana International Short Film Festival (Slovenia, August 2024) – Critics’ Jury Award
22. Fünf Seen Filmfestival (Germany, September 2024) – Short Plus Award
23. KinoFest German Language Film Festival Greece (Greece, September 2024)
24. ELBE DOCK (Czech Republic, September 2024)
25. KO:SH International Short Film Festival (Albania, September 2024)
26. Brno International Short Film Festival (Czech Republic, October 2024)
27. Blue Danube Film Festival (Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, October 2024)
28. Interfilm Berlin (Germany, November 2024)
29. Cottbus Film Festival (Germany, November 2024)
30. Singapore International Film Festival (Singapore, November 2024)
31. Bamberger Kurzfilmtage (Germany, January 2025) – Feature Film Award
32. Accessible Film Festival (Turkey, May 2025)
33. Dortmunder Tresen Filmfestival (Germany, June 2025)
34. Festival der Regionen (Austria, June 2025)

Cast & Team

• Cast: Vladimir Vulević, Filipa Gregec, Julia Edtmeier, Gabriele Roller, Noah Kaufmann, Clemens Berndorff, Birgit Waite, Thomas Mraz, Gerhard Weber, Anton Noori
• Writers: Olga Kosanović
• Producer: Deniz Cooper, Rupert Kasper & Olga Kosanović
• Editor: Sebastian Schreiner
• Sound design: Flora Rajakowitsch
• Sound Mix: Rudi Pototschnig