Vista Mare

Julia Gutweniger and Florian Kofler set out 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 even noticing them—a look into the lives and working worlds of those who are on the job while we enjoy our time off.

Cinema release in Austria: 5 April 2024

Awards
Best Italian Documentary Film – 64th Festival dei Popoli, Florence
Audience Award – 47th Duisburg Film Week
Best Cinematography in a Documentary Film – 27th Diagonale, Austrian Film Festival
Best Sound Design in a Documentary Film – 27th Diagonale, Austrian Film Festival
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 Duisburg Film Week
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 und 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.