Eklipse
Eklipse
Feature Film
AT/IT, 91 min.
R: Manuel Wetscher
Synopsis: Tomy and his best friend Chris spend the summer of 1999 at an alpine dairy. They help Tomy’s uncle with the milking, build a dam and explore the great outdoors. Whilst the boys are discovering new worlds, Tomy’s mother decides to continue keeping the real reason why his father is in hospital a secret from her son. When Chris learns that Tomy’s father is in hospital with “the gay disease”, he becomes frightened – and Tomy is suddenly confronted with rejection and his own family’s silence.
Funding: Austrian Film Institute, ÖFIplus, ORF Film- Fernsehabkommen, IDM, MIC, CineTirol und Kultur Tirol.
World Sales: Films Boutique
World Premiere: 83rd Venice International Film Festival – Orizzonti (2–12 September 2026)
Credits
Directed by: Manuel Wetscher
Written by: Bernhard Jarosch and Manuel Wetscher
Dramaturgy: Kathrin Resetarits
Director of Photography: Simone Hart
Production Designer: Esther Frommann
Costume Designer: Cinzia Cioffi
Hair & Make Up Artists: Andreas Meixner and Catja Moneteleoni
Editor: Anna Kirst
Composers: Marco Schröder and Johannes Winkler
Sound Mixer: Benedikt Palier
Sound Designer: Isobel Cope
Re-Recording Mixer: Nora Czamler
Colorist: Manuel Portschy
Visual Effects Supervisor: Valerie Wöllner
Production Manager: Jeannette Ziemeck
Production (AT): EUTOPIAFILM
Producers (AT): Bernhard Holzhammer and Victor Kössl
Co-Production (IT): Albolina Film
Co-Producers (IT): Wilfried Gufler and Debora Nischler
Casting: Nicole Schmied, Anna Schmied
Cast: Moritz Hohlrieder, Finley Brown, Hannes Perkmann, Lisa Schützenberger, Lenz Moretti, Barbara Romaner, Lisa-Lena Tritscher, Sebastian von Malfèr and Michael Pascher
