Christoph Rainer
* 1985 in Klosterneuburg.
Christoph Rainer attended the course for film-making at the Vienna Film School from 2003 to 2004. Since 2004, he is member of Gruppe Umkehrfilm – Association of Young Film-makers. Since 2005, he has made placements with Ruth Mader Filmproduktion. In 2006, he attended the Filmcollege Wien. Since 2006, Christoph Rainer studies directing at the Vienna Film Academy.
Personal website: http://www.zentrage.com/
IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2450758/
FILMS directed by CHRISTOPH RAINER
Foal
Austria 2011, 16 min
director/screenplay: Christoph Rainer | production: Florian Krügel | cinematography: Georg Geutebrück | editing: Fabian Rüdisser | music: Max Richter | cast: Lisa Hagmeister, Thomas Mraz, Barbara Petritsch
Presented by VIS within the context of:
VIS Vienna Independent Shorts 2011, Austrian Competition 1
Catafalque
Austria 2010, 12 min, 35 mm, DV
Director/Screenplay: Christoph Rainer | Producer: Diego Breit | Cinematographer: Felix Striegel | Editing: Fabian Rüdisser | Cast: Vito Baumüller, Sam Baumüller, Doris Baumüller, Thomas Mraz
In the depths of a cellar, where the boundaries between past and present, dream and reality, life and death are blurred, two brothers are on the run from their violent father. Some will spot a reference to Charles Laughton’s The Night of the Hunter, the allusions are diverse and, in the end, shine through Christoph Rainer’s gloomy film like broken snow globes through darkness.
Presented by VIS within the context of:
VIS Vienna Independent Shorts 2010, Austrian Competition 2
Other presentations (selection):
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2010
Chicago International Film Festival 2010
Camerimage Festival 2010
Diagonale 2010
Alpinale 2010
film:riss Festival Salzburg 2010
Awards:
Best Editing, WDR kurzundschön 2010
Best Student Film, Kenya Film Festival 2010
Prix du Jury Jeune, Lille Short Film Festival 2010
Audience Award, Uframe Academic Film Festival 2010
Honorary Mention, Noci Cortin Film Festival 2010
Best Explora Short Film, Curtocircuito Festival 2010
Best Cinematography, Sehsüchte Film Festival 2010
Walrus
Austria 2008, 6 min, language: German
Auf einem Anrufbeantworter wird gestritten. Es wird hin und her telefoniert und dabei weiter gestritten. Währenddessen bricht in einem Lokal eine Prügelei raus. Christoph Rainer hinterlässt mit seiner Ton-Bild-Schere einen tiefen Schnitt in der vermeintlich heiteren Nacht.
Presented by VIS within the context of:
VIS Vienna Independent Shorts 2009, Panorama 1
Other presentations:
Curtocircuito Santiago de Compostela 2008
Filmfestival der Filmakademie Wien 2009
Awards:
Nomination, WDR KurzundSchön Filmpreis
Fawn
Austria 2007, 6 min, language: English
Presented by VIS within the context of:
VIS Vienna Independent Shorts 2008, International Competition 4 (Austrian premiere)
Other presentations:
30th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
34th Seattle International Film Festival
17th Milan Invideo International Experimental Film Festival
4th Sydney Flexiff International Experimental Film Festival
6th Paris Signes de Nuit International Film Festival
Tabakalera - Art and Cinema Landmark San Sebastian
Lost and Found - Teatro Anatomicum Amsterdam
Drake
Austria 2006, 5 min, without dialogue
Presented by VIS within the context of:
VIS Vienna Independent Shorts 2007, International Competition: Freiheitsdrang (Vienna premiere)
VIS on tour: Poolbar Festival Feldkirch 2007
VIS on tour: Siena International Short Film Festival 2007
Other presentations (selection):
36th Rotterdam International Film Festival
33rd Seattle International Film Festival
47th Cracow International Film Festival
51st Valladolid International Film Festival
33rd Flanders International Film Festival Ghent
24th Miami International Film Festival
23rd Festroia International Film Festival
20th Braunschweig International Film Festival
19th Foyle International Film Festival
20th FIPA International Festival of Audiovisual Programs
5th Cape Town World Cinema Festival
12th Milano International Film Festival
36th Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival
29th Denver International Film Festival
13th Barcelona Independent International Film Festival
9th Tokyo Short Shorts International Film Festival
Awards:
ORF shorts on screen - Bundeslandsieger
Fipa d'Or Biarritz
VIS featuriing CHRISTOPH RAINER
Christoph Rainer as well as Markus Oberndorfer, Johanna Moder, Oliver Stotz, SI.SI. Klocker, Peter Patzak, Wolfgang Rupert Muhr, Philipp Kaindl and Judith Zdesar about short film. In German.