The Standstill

A film by Nikolaus Geyrhalter
A 2023, 137 min.
Fertiggestellt

Synopsis

 
Empty spaces, rescue efforts, explanatory models, learning processes – and above all, people working tirelessly to ensure the provision of basic services for all. In the spring of 2020, a global pandemic hit humanity with unprecedented force, challenging all of its supposed securities and seemingly perfect routines. Set against the backdrop of the city of Vienna with its roughly two million inhabitants, THE STANDSTILL documents the Covid-19 crisis over a period of two years.

Credits

 

Director, Cinematographer:

Nikolaus Geyrhalter


Editing:
Gernot Grassl

Assistant Director, Research:
Sophia Laggner

Sound:
Sergey Martynyuk
Lenka Mikulova
 
2nd Camera, Camera Assistant:
Sebastian Arlamovsky
Alfred Zacharias
 
Dramaturgical Advisor:
Claus Philipp
 
Colour Grading:
Lukas Lerperger
 
VFX:
Sebastian Arlamovsky
 
Sound Design:
Nora Czamler
Manuel Meichsner

Sound Mixing:
Alexander Koller

Production Manager, Research:
Antonia Bernkopf

Producers:
Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Michael Kitzberger
Wolfgang Widerhofer
Markus Glaser
               
Production:

NGF - Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion GmbH

 

With support of:

Österreichisches Filminstitut
Filmfonds Wien

ORF Film/Fernsehabkommen
Filmstandort Austria
 
World Sales:
Autlook Filmsales
 

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Awards

Marek Nowicki Prize, Watch Docs Festival, Warsaw (2023)
Nomination for the Editing Prize for Documentary Film, Edimotion, Festival for Editing and Montage Arts, Cologne (2024)

Festivals

DOK Leipzig – International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, International Competition, 2023
Viennale, Vienna International Film Festival, 2023
Duisburg Film Festival, 2023
Watch Docs Festival, Warsaw, 2023
Diagonale, Festival of Austrian Film, Graz, 2024
ZagrebDox, International Documentary Film Festival Zagreb, 2024
DMZ International Documentary Film Festival, Goyang, South Korea, 2024
Edimotion, Festival for Editing and Montage Arts, Cologne, 2024
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