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Nikolaus Geyrhalter
AT 2023 137'
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Dystopia became reality. Art has been a necessary tool to digest global crises and Nikolaus Geyrhalter‘s distinct style offers a unique view of the Covid-19 pandemic that shook the world. THE STANDSTILL quietly observes, capturing a society facing unforeseeable, long-term economic, social, and political impacts. Geyrhalter brings beauty into the extreme.
"This is real-life slow-motion disaster movie on an epic scale, a panoramic city symphony filled with sumptuous vistas and rich human detail." - The Film Verdict
"elegant and insightful" - Business Doc Europe
"a timeless film" - Modern Times Review
Director | Nikolaus Geyrhalter |
Assistant Director & Research | Sophia Laggner |
Producers | Michael Kitzberger, Markus Glaser, Wolfgang Widerhofer, Nikolaus Geyrhalter |
Production Manager & Research | Antonia Bernkopf |
Production Company | NGF Geyrhalterfilm |
Cinematography | Nikolaus Geyrhalter |
Editor | Gernot Grassl |
Sound | Sergey Martynyuk, Lenka Mikulova |
DOK Leipzig 2023 |
| Runtime | 137' |
| Production Countries | Austria |
| Spoken Languages | German |
Nikolaus Geyrhalter was born in Vienna, Austria in 1972. Twenty-two years later he formed his own production company: Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion. He made his first film, EISENERZ, in 1992. Two years later, he shot his first documentary, WASHED ASHORE (1994) it is telling a story about the river Danube and often strange idiosyncrasies of the people who live along its banks. Geyrhalter’s static-camera, well-paced observational films tackle their subjects head-on, whether it’s exploring the terrain in Chernobyl, Ukraine (PRIPYAT - 1998), tracing the route of the Dakar Rally (7915 KM - 2008), or investigating the production of processed foods (OUR DAILY BREAD - 2005). In 2003 he received Austrian State Award for Film Art and in 2008 his film OUR DAILY BREAD won the Grimme Prize.
