It happened just before
Kurz davor ist es passiert

Fictional Documentary l 72 min l 35mm l stereo l colour

Screenplay and Director: Anja Salomonowitz
Concept Consultants: Nora Sternfeld, Radostina Patulova
Text Consultants: Verein Lefö

Performers: Rainer Halbauer, Otto Pikal, Anna Sparer, Leopold Sobotka,
Mag.Gertrud Tauchhammer

Camera: Jo Molitoris
Lighting: Vladimir Bilic
Sound: Eric Spitzer
Art Director: Yindra Soukup
Editing: Fédéric Fichefet, Gregor Wille
Music: Florian Richling and David Salomonowitz
Production Management: Karin Berghammer
Producers: Gabriele Kranzelbinder, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
Production: AMOUR FOU Filmproduktion

Supported by: Vienna Film Fund, ORF (Film & Television Agreement), IF Innovative Film, Lower Austria

Distribution in Austria: POOOL Filmverleih

Worldpremiere : Viennale 2006
International Premiere: Internationales Forum des Jungen Films 2007

Cinema release Austria: 5th October 2007 - Vienna: GARTENBAUKINO, Graz: KIZ Kino

fotos l web l bio l filmo l press l presskit l trailer l dvd



“It happened just before” is an artistic confrontation with the global phenomenon of trafficking in women. Anja Salomonowitz has chosen an unusual approach to the theme: her film is based on real narratives by women who were the objects of trafficking which were then re-worked into a documentary screenplay by the director. The stories are not retold by actresses but by people who have a direct relationship to events and places in the film: a customs officers, a village inhabitant, a bar-keeper in a bordello, a woman diplomat and a taxi driver. A film about false promises, exploitation and disappointment.

Awards
Viennale 2006 - Vienna Movie Award
Internationales Forum des Jungen Filmes, Berlinale 2007 - Caligari-Movie-Award
Mar del Plata 2007 - Artistic Innovation Award
Diagonale 2007 – Preis für die beste Bildgestaltung
Cinéma du Réel 2007 - Mention vom Comité des Bibliothèques
Alba Film Festival 2007 - New Vision Best Director Award
Filmfest Osnabrück 2007- Friedensfilmpreis der Stadt Osnabrück
Jihlava Int. Documentary Filmfestival - Special Mention
Wiener Filmjournalisten 2007 - Papierener Gustl für den Besten Dokumentarfilm 2007

Festivals
Oslo Eurodok - Dokumentarfilmfestival (5. - 9. 3.2008)
Zagreb - Human Rights Film Festival (8. - 13.2.2008
Helsinki Docpoint - Dokumentarfilmfestival (23. - 27.1.2008)
Festival d'Angers (18. - 27.1.2008)
Warschau International Film Festival - Human Rights in Film (7. - 16.12.2007)
Berlin One World - Filmfestival für Menschenrechte und Medien (14. - 23.11.2007)
Copenhagen CPH:DOX International Documentary Filmfestival (9. - 18. 11. 2007)
Berlin EthnoFilmfest (8. - 11. 2007)
Ljubljana International Film Festival, Slovenia (7. - 21. 11. 2007)
Leeds International Filmfestival (7. - 18. 11. 2007)
Sheffield Doc/Fest (7. - 11. 11. 2007)
Duisburger Filmwoche (5. - 11. 11. 2007)
Paris Feminist Filmfestival (31.10. - 4.11.2007)
Internationales Leipziger Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm (29.10. - 04.11. 2007)
Jihlava International Documentary Filmfestival (23. - 28.10.2007)
Osnabrück Filmfest (17. - 21. 10. 2007)
Filmfestival Münster (17. - 21. 10. 2007)
Flanders International Film Festival Ghent (9. – 20. 10. 2007)
Nürnberger Filmfestival der Menschenrechte (1. - 10. 10. 2007)
Copenhagen International Film Festival (20. - 30. 9. 2007)
Vancouver International Film Festival (27. 09. – 12. 10. 2007)
Nancy Aye Aye Filmfestival (31. 8. - 9. 9. 2007)
Prizren Documentary Filmfestival (6. 8. - 12. 8. 2007)
Motovun International Filmfestival (28. 7. - 1. 8. 2007)
Melbourne International Film Festival (25. 7. - 12. 8. 2007)
Wroclaw ERA NEW HORIZON, Polen (19. – 29. 07. 2007)
Jerusalem International Film Festival (5. – 14. 07. 2007)
Paris Cinema (3. – 14. 07. 2007)
FIDMarseille - Marseille International Documentary Film Festival (4. – 9. 07. 2007)
Oberösterreich Festival der Regionen mit Werkschau Anja Salomonowitz (23. 6. - 8. 7. 2007)
International Film Festival Artfilm Trencin/Trencianske Teplice, Slovak republic (22. – 30. 06. 2007)
Norwegian Short Film Festival - Grimstad (14. – 19. 06. 2007) (parallel program)
Freiburger Filmwoche (15. – 20. 05. 2007)
Festival Internacional de Cinema Feminino, FEMINA 2007, Rio de Janeiro (7. – 13. 05. 2007)
Crossing Europe Filmfestival, Linz (24. - 29. 4. 2007)
Internationales Frauenfilmfestival Dortmund (13. – 23. 04. 2007)
IndieLisboa - Lisbon International Independent Film Festival (19. – 29. 04. 2007)
Alba Film Festival (29. 03. – 04. 04. 2007)
Diagonale 2007 (19. – 25. 03. 2007)
Cinéma du Réel (09. –18. 03. 2007)
Mar del Plata International Film Festival (08. – 18. 03. 2007)
Internationales Forum des Jungen Filmes, Berlinale 2007 (08. – 18. 02. 2007)
Viennale 2006 (13. - 25. 10. 2006)