“You are insanely alive.” A refrain from a song by the Pet Shop Boys becomes the credo of a pandemic film in which a man in isolation tries not to go mad—out of desire, out of boredom. From his balcony, he observes the insane normality around him.
Director: Franz Quitt
Script: Bruno Kratochvil
Cast: Luan de Lima, Thomas Höfner, Tommy Fischnaller-Wachtler, Gisela Salcher
Camera: Laura Ettel
Editor: Franz Quitt, Martin Weiss
Location Sound: David Graudenz, Daniel Holzberg, Christopher Büttner, Manuel Cyrill, Fabian Rausch, Lucas Schönwiese, Nikolai Liskutin
Music: Manuel Cyrill (A_Phan)
Sounddesign: Franz Quitt, Martin Weiss
Production Design: Uta Wiegele, Julia Christoph
Costumes: Emily Gruicin
Producers: Franz Quitt, Co-Produzenten: Raphael Menne, Paul F. Beck
Funded by: Land Niederösterreich Kultur
BMWKMS – Kunst und Kultur
Stadt Wien MA 7
MDW – Gender/Diversity/Queer
World Premiere: Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis 2026
Austrian Premiere: Diagonale '26
Production format: analog - 16mm
Script: Bruno Kratochvil
Cast: Luan de Lima, Thomas Höfner, Tommy Fischnaller-Wachtler, Gisela Salcher
Camera: Laura Ettel
Editor: Franz Quitt, Martin Weiss
Location Sound: David Graudenz, Daniel Holzberg, Christopher Büttner, Manuel Cyrill, Fabian Rausch, Lucas Schönwiese, Nikolai Liskutin
Music: Manuel Cyrill (A_Phan)
Sounddesign: Franz Quitt, Martin Weiss
Production Design: Uta Wiegele, Julia Christoph
Costumes: Emily Gruicin
Producers: Franz Quitt, Co-Produzenten: Raphael Menne, Paul F. Beck
Funded by: Land Niederösterreich Kultur
BMWKMS – Kunst und Kultur
Stadt Wien MA 7
MDW – Gender/Diversity/Queer
World Premiere: Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis 2026
Austrian Premiere: Diagonale '26
Production format: analog - 16mm
