The Visit

A film by Michael Madsen

DK/A/IRL/FIN/NOR 2015, 83 Min.
RED 4K / DCP, Cinemascope (1:2,66)

Fertiggestellt

Synopsis

A Documentary from Outer Space

THE VISIT is a documentary with comedy elements, and a philosophical exploration of our fear of strangers through the ultimate threat to our self-image: The discovery of Alien Intelligent Life.

In Vienna lies the UN-city, with its late 1970’s architecture and its extra-territorial status not unlike a giant spacecraft that has landed in the middle of the civilized world. Inside this impressive institution representing our belief in humanity, resides the UN Office of Outer Space Affairs – the OOSA.

THE VISIT opens with a close-up of an animal. It instinctively reacts to something unknown. Inside the OOSA, a phone rings. Deputy Director-General, astro-physicist, Dr. Mazlan Othman, is informed that an alien has arrived...

Credits

Director and Script:

Michael Madsen

Photography:

Heikki Färm

Editing:

Stefan Sundlöf

Nathan Nugent

Sound design:

Peter Albrechtsen

Sound Artist:

Øivind Weingaarde

Phantom Camera Operator:

Stefan Maitz

Eva Mittermüller

Production Manager:

Flavio Marchetti

Producer:

Lise Lense-Møller

Coproducers:

Michael Kitzberger

Wolfgang Widerhofer

Nikolaus Geyrhalter

Markus Glaser

Andrew Freedman

Sami Jahnukainen

Carsten Aanonsen

Production:

Magic Hour Films, Denmark

NGF - Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion GmbH, Austria

Venom Films, Ireland

Mouka Filmi, Finland

Indie Film, Norway

With support of:

Österreichisches Filminstitut

Filmfonds Wien

FISA - Filmstandort Austria

Land Niederösterreich

Danish Film Institute

Nordisk Film & TV Fond

The Irish Film Board

Section 481

Screen Scene

The Finnish Film Foundation

Norwegian Film Institute

MEDIA – slate funding

TV-Sender:

DR3

VPRO

SVT

YLE

World Sales:
Autlook Filmsales

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THE VISIT poster German

THE VISIT poster English

THE VISIT press kit German

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