SERVUS KARL
A short film by Thomas Bischof
AT, 22 minutes
A night with Karl in Vienna's old Strizzi and Beisl milieu offers a glimpse of a fading world whose characters cannot escape their misfortune.
CAST & CREW
Cast: Erwin Steinhauer, Isabella Jeschke, Robert Slivovsky, May Garzon & Gerald Walsberger
Director & script: Thomas Bischof
DOP: Judith Stehlik
Editing: Sara Schober
Music: Clemens Salesny
Sound: Mariusz Orchel
Costume: Heike Mirbach
Gaffer: Aram Baroiam, Paul Anthony Gibbons
Make Up: Natasa Hudecek, Stefanie Garaus, Petra Moser
Color Grading: Tobias Aschermann
Sounddesign & Mastering: Mariusz Orchel
AWARDS
Austrian Film Festival 2022
Audience Award
Short to the Point ISFF AWARD 2021
best film
Bucharest ShortCut CineFest 2021
best short film, best actor, best director, best screenplay
Bucharest Film Awards 2021
best screenplay
L’Age d’Or International Arthouse Film Festival 2021
best cinematography, best short film, best original score
Long Story Short International Film Festival 2021
best short film, best director, best screenplay, best editor, best cinematography
Golden Short Film Festival 2021
best director
Film in Focus 2021
best short film, best director best screenplay
Royal Society of Television & Motion Pictures
Crown of Honor
Giallo International Filmfestival 2021
best soundtrack
FESTIVALS
Festival of Nations 2024, Austrian Film Festival 2022, Snowdance 2022, Torino Underground Cinefest 2021, Bastalavista 2021, Giallo International Film Festival 2021, San Francisco, IndieFest 2021, Another hole in the Head 2021, Incorto 2021, Next Generation Indie Film Awards 202, Short to the Point ISFF AWARD 2021, Bucharest ShortCut CineFest 2021, Bucharest Film Awards 2021, New Creators Award 2021, Rome Independent Prisma Awards 2021, Europe Film Festival U.K. 2021 (EFFUK), Montreal Independent Film Festival 2021, L’Age d’Or International Arthouse Film Festival 2021 (LIAFF), Toronto Independent Festival of CIFT 2021, Long Story Short International Film Festival 2021, Golden Short Film Festival 2021, South America Awards 2021, BARCIFF Barcelona Indie Filmmakers Festival 2021, Vancouver Independent Film Festival 2021, Miami Indie Film Awards 2021, PARIS FILM ART FESTIVAL 2021, Film in Focus 2021, LIFT-OFF BERLIN 2022, Go Debut 2021, CLIMAX 2023, Berlin Filmhaus
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"an extended short film in the modern noir mode"
Another hole in the Head
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"This is a Wes Anderson's dark noir twin"
Berlin Lift Off Festival
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"Servus Karl" is a poetic, philosophical exploration of a man and a society in the throes of existential dread. It's a challenging, thought-provoking film that demands the viewer's attention and engagement. It's an impressive addition to Bischof's filmography, cementing his place among the contemporary auteurs of world cinema. This is a film that refuses to fade into the oblivion it so vividly portrays, a film that, like its protagonist, insists on its relevance in a world teetering on the precipice of forgetfulness."
CLIMAX
Trailer - Servus Karl