Vista Mare

Julia Gutweniger and Florian Kofler embarked on a journey into the engine room of Adriatic tourism. VISTA MARE will be a film about the people we spend our holidays with year after year without realising it – a look into the lives and work of those who work while we enjoy our holidays.

Austrian cinema release: 5th of April 2024

Current awards
Best Italian documentary – 64th Festival dei Popoli, Florence
Audience award for the most popular film – 47th Duisburger Filmwoche
Best Cinematography Documentary Film – 27th Diagonale, Festival of Austrian Film
Best Sounddesign Documentary Film – 27th Diagonale, Festival of Austrian Film
AC Ibizacinefest Special Prize – 9th Ibiza CineFest
Best Feature Film and Young Jury Award – Pianeta Mare Film Festival Napoli

Festivals
World premiere: 76th Locarno Film Festival – Semaine de la Critique
International premiere: 66th DOK Leipzig – Audience Competition
Austrian premiere: 61st Viennale, Vienna
Italian premiere: 64th Festival dei Popoli, Florence
German premiere: 47th Duisburger Filmwoche
Scandinavian premiere: 34th Stockholm International Film Festival
Asian premiere: 54th International Film Festival of India, Goa

Written & Directed by Julia Gutweniger and Florian Kofler
Cinematographer: Julia Gutweniger
Sound: Florian Kofler
Music: Gabriela Gordillo
Additional Music: Paul Eckschlager
Dramaturgical Advice: Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel
Production: EUTOPIAFILM & Albolina Film
Producers: Bernhard Holzhammer, Victor Kössl, Debora Nischler, Wilfried Gufler
Austrian distributor: Filmladen
World Sales: Filmotor

Funded by the ÖFI – Austrian Film Institute, the ORF – Film/Television Agreement, the FISA – Film Location Austria, the IDM – Film Comission South Tyrol and the Office for Film and Media of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano – South Tyrol.