Director, Script, Editor: Julia Reiter
Cast: Luis Rio Aue, Theo Izmir Haas, Lukas Schwarz, Elias Schwarz, Maya Wopienka, Lia Wilfing
Camera: Jaakko Taavila
Location Sound: Joseph Nikolussi
Sounddesign: Nikolaus Gehrer, Lennard Fuchs
Production Design: Eunike Koscher
Costumes: Ruth Erharter
Additional Credits: Tonmischung: Moritz Heidegger, Farbkorrektur: Dimitri Aschwanden
Producers: Julia Reiter
Production: Filmakademie Wien

Luis is seventeen years old and lonely. He wants to be seen and heard, to belong. On an evening with his newfound friend Jakob and the twin brothers, the extent of Luis’s demand for recognition becomes clear. Applaus is the story of a teenager, told in finely nuanced, granular, black-and-white images; between loneliness and the need for recognition, private life, and YouTube publicity.