VOLVER LA VISTA - THE GAZE BACK

Documentary l Austria/Mexico l 90 min l 35 mm l Dolby Digital l German, Spanish (with English subtitles)

World Premiere: Diagonale 2005

International Premiere: International Filmfestival Locarno 2005

Austrian Release: 19th of January 2006
Release Innsbruck: 4th of May 2006

Director, Screenplay & Concept: Fridolin Schönwiese
Camera: Johannes Hammel, Rafael Ortega
Editing: Karina Ressler
Music: Michael Palm, Antonio Fernandez Ros
Sound: Rogelio Villanueva
with: Ruth Deutsch de Lechuga, Aurora Nicolau de Niederl, Friedrich Koblizek, Verónica Márquez de Kloyber and others
Producers: Gabriele Kranzelbinder, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
Co-Producers: Rafael Ortega, Fridolin Schönwiese
Line Producer: Zepp Berensmeier
Production: Amour Fou Filmproduktion, Producciones Sincronía (MEX)

with the financial support of:
BKA, Filmfonds Wien, ORF Innovationsfonds
Economic Supports: Cine Culture Carinthia, Cine Styria, Cine Tirol, Salzburg Agentur
Provinces: Steiermark, Oberösterreich, Niederösterreich, Vorarlberg, Salzburg, Tirol, Wien
Cities: Salzburg, Innsbruck
National Supports: BMAA, BMBWK, CONACULTA (MEX)

trailer l photos l press l text l directors statement l bio l filmo l web

The film Volver la Vista - The Gaze Back artificially puts the viewer in the role of a foreigner. It portraits twentysix Mexicans who live in Austria and Austrians spending their lives in Mexico. Employing clichés, desires, dreams and personal experiences, they depict their ideas of home while at the same time attempting to localize their personal identities. They are accompanied by two cameramen who themselves cross borders. Their gazes follow the narrators and their stories to the other country.

Awards
AAC-Preis 2005 for best Cinematographers (Diagonale 2005)

Cinema
KIZ Graz (Eröffnungsfilm Lateinamerikafilmwochen) 3.-7.5.
Leokino Innsbruck (Eröffnungsfilm Lateinamerikafilmwochen) 4.5., 12.-17.5.2006
Moviemento Linz (Eröffnungsfilm Lateinamerikafilmwochen) 5.5., 12.-25.5.2006
Lokalbühne Freistadt 6.5.2006
Programmkino Wels 7.5.2006
Das Kino Salzburg (Eröffnungsfilm Lateinamerikafilmwochen) 11.5.-24.5.
Metro Kino Bregenz 18.5.2006


Festivals
Firenze 05 - Festival dei Popoli (2.12. - 8.12.2006)
Mexico City - EU Filmfestival CINETECA National
Morelia - 2005 Int. Film Festival
Saarbrücken 06 - 27. Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis (23.1. - 29.1.2006)
Dissolvenze Film Festival Gradisca Sonderprogramm "Amour Fou Pour Vous" (30.11. - 4.12.2005)
International Filmfestival Locarno 2005- Video Wettbewerb (3.8. - 13.8.2005)
International Filmfestival Innsbruck 2005 (1.6. - 5.6.2006)
Festival Cultural de Mayo - Cine Austriaco, Jalisco, Mexiko 2005
Diagonale 2005 (14.3. - 20.3.2006)