Still from “Night of a 1000 Hours”, Amira Casar. Camera: Christian Berger
Still from “Night of a 1000 Hours”, Amira Casar. Camera: Christian Berger
Still from “Night of a 1000 Hours”, Amira Casar, Laurence Rupp. Camera: Christian Berger
Still from “Night of a 1000 Hours”. Camera: Christian Berger
Still from “Night of a 1000 Hours”, Amira Casar. Camera: Christian Berger
Still from “Night of a 1000 Hours”, Amira Casar. Camera: Christian Berger
Still from “Night of a 1000 Hours”, Amira Casar, Laurence Rupp. Camera: Christian Berger
Still from “Night of a 1000 Hours”, Lukas Miko. Camera: Christian Berger
Still from “Night of a 1000 Hours”, Laurence Rupp. Camera: Christian Berger
Still from “Night of a 1000 Hours”, Lukas Miko, Laurence Rupp. Camera: Christian Berger
Virgil Widrich on the set of “Night of a 1000 Hours”, 2015. Photo: Ricardo Vaz Palma
“Night of a 1000 Hours”, test shooting in November 2014 in Utrecht.
“Night of a 1000 Hours”: Shooting in front of rear projections, 2015. Photo: Riccardo Vaz Palma
“Night of a 1000 Hours”, test shooting in October 2014 in Utrecht.
“Night of a 1000 Hours”, Jean-Claude Carrière and Virgil Widrich in Paris, October 2011.
Film poster “Night of a 1000 Hours”, 2016
Chinese film poster “Night of a 1000 Hours”, 2016
“Night of a 1000 Hours”: scene composition by Virgil Widrich, 2014
“Night of a 1000 Hours”: first tests with Christian Berger, October 2013
“Night of a 1000 Hours”: concept by Christina Schaffer, 2015
“Night of a 1000 Hours”: concept by Christina Schaffer, 2015
“Night of a 1000 Hours”: concept by Christina Schaffer, 2015
“Night of a 1000 Hours”: corrections by Christina Schaffer, 2015
“Night of a 1000 Hours”: Shooting in front of rear projections, 2015. Photo: Riccardo Vaz Palma
“Night of a 1000 Hours”: Shooting in front of rear projections, 2015. Photo: Riccardo Vaz Palma
“Night of a 1000 Hours”, first shooting day on 15.1.2015 at the site of Vienna’s flee market.
“Night of a 1000 Hours”: panoramic photo of the surroundings of the house, 2015
Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu and Virgil Widrich at Busan International Film Festival on October 9th, 2016, photo: Anuj Madan
Night of a 1000 Hours
A family, a night, a murder and a forbidden passion: When the Ullich family meets and their deceased ancestors appear, the events in their Viennese palace turn over.
Year
2016
Type
Film · Screenplay
Screenings
51
Awards
★ 1
Lux/A/NL 2016, feature film, DCP, 1:2,39, Dolby Digital
Length: 92 min.
When the ambitious Philip takes over the running of the family business from his father, he finds himself confronted by the mysterious reappearance of his dead ancestors. In the course of a long night, during which there are a murder, an illicit love affair and a game with false identities, Philip uncovers a closely guarded family secret.
Winner of “Flash Forward Audience Award” at Busan International Film Festival 2016!
Metro Kinokulturhaus – Filmarchiv Austria – Vienna – Austria Vienna, Austria
September 27, 201927.09.2019
Cinéma Les Variétés – Marseille – France Marseille, France
February 7, 201907.02.2019
Ateliers Varan – 6. Impasse de Mont-Louis – Paris – France Paris, France
December 13, 201813.12.2018
Festival Droits des Femmes et Cinéma – Institut Universitaire Elie Wiesel – Paris – France Paris, France
November 28, 201828.11.2018
Vienna – Austria Vienna, Austria
September 22, 201822.09.2018
Luxembourg – Luxembourg Luxembourg, Luxembourg
September 22, 201822.09.2018
Lëtzebuerger Filmpräis – Luxembourg – Luxembourg Luxembourg, Luxembourg
September 22, 201822.09.2018
Lëtzebuerger Filmpräis – Luxembourg – Luxembourg Luxembourg, Luxembourg
February 23, 201823.02.2018
Master class Virgil Widrich at the Université Rennes 2: In collaboration with *Clair obscur - Festival Travelling* and *la revue Répliques*. Presented by Erwan Floch’ lay and Nicolas Thévenin from *la revue Répliques*. In the presence of Virgil Widrich, director. Presentation of three short films: Copy Shop (2001,12', black-and-white), Fast Film (2003,14', colour), Back Track (2015,7', colour, 3D). 23.2.2018,14:00 to 18:00 o’ clock Université Rennes 2 - Auditorium du Tambour Place du recteur Henri Le Moal CS 24307 - 35043 Rennes cedex Admission free
February 23, 201823.02.2018
Travelling – Clair Obscur – Festival de cinéma de Rennes Métropole – Rennes – France Rennes, France
February 20, 201820.02.2018
“Virgil Widrich - Work and Method”: Lecture at the Luxembourg City Film Festival, Casino Luxembourg, 41, Rue Notre Dame, 2240 Luxembourg, 20.02.2018 at 6:30 pm.
January 23, 201823.01.2018
Kralja Milana 7 – EU Info Center – Belgrade – Serbia Belgrade, Serbia
December 13, 201713.12.2017
“Spaced out! Film Spaces in the Digital Age” – An event organised by frame (o)ut, dotdotdot and the Filmarchiv Austria – Vienna – Austria Vienna, Austria
December 2, 201702.12.2017
European Union Film Festival – National Gallery of Canada – Ottawa – Canada Ottawa, Canada
November 29, 201729.11.2017
European Union Film Festival – Cinematheque Vancouver – Vancouver – Canada Vancouver, Canada
November 17, 201717.11.2017
European Film Festival – Ottawa – Canada Ottawa, Canada
November 17, 201717.11.2017
European Union Film Festival – “The Royal” – Toronto – Canada Toronto, Canada
November 2, 201702.11.2017 – November 5, 201705.11.2017
Goethe Institut, Film Neu Film Festival – Washington – USA Washington, USA
September 23, 201723.09.2017 – September 30, 201730.09.2017
Manaki Brothers Film Festival – Bitola – North Macedonia Bitola, North Macedonia
September 9, 201709.09.2017 – September 16, 201716.09.2017
Split Film Festival – Split – Croatia Split, Croatia
July 11, 201711.07.2017
Sotto le stelle dell’Austria 2017 – Forum austriaco di cultura – Austrian Cultural Forum Rome
June 17, 201717.06.2017 – June 26, 201726.06.2017
20th Shanghai International Film Festival – Shanghai – China Shanghai, China
June 12, 201712.06.2017 – June 17, 201717.06.2017
European Film Festival – Šabac – Serbia Šabac, Serbia
June 11, 201711.06.2017
Summary of the c-tv conference “Exploring Visionary Media Technologies” at the Fachhochschule St. Pölten with a contribution by Virgil Widrich, “The film set as cinema: digital live projections in the feature film production”: 11.6.2017, 8:35 on ORF III.
June 6, 201706.06.2017 – June 12, 201712.06.2017
European Film Festival – Dom kulture Stevan Mokranjac – Negotinu – Serbia Negotinu, Serbia
June 2, 201702.06.2017 – June 11, 201711.06.2017
TIFF 16 – Transilvania International Film Festival – Focus on Young Austrian Cinema – Cluj-Napoca – Romania Cluj-Napoca, Romania
May 26, 201726.05.2017 – June 1, 201701.06.2017
European Film Festival – Leskovac – Serbia Leskovac, Serbia
May 11, 201711.05.2017 – May 16, 201716.05.2017
European Film Festival – Kupina, Niski kulturni centar – Nis – Serbia Nis, Serbia
May 11, 201711.05.2017
Amsterdam – The Netherlands Amsterdam, The Netherlands
May 9, 201709.05.2017
Speaker at the c-tv conference “Exploring Visionary Media Technologies” at the Fachhochschule St. Pölten: “The film set as cinema: digital live projections in the feature film production”. Fachhochschule St. Pölten, Großer Festsaal, Matthias Corvinus-Straße 15, 3100 St. Pölten, 9.5.2017, 10 am to 5 pm.
May 8, 201708.05.2017 – May 15, 201715.05.2017
European Film Festival – Kulturni centar grada Novog Sada – Novi Sad – Serbia Novi Sad, Serbia
April 22, 201722.04.2017 – April 29, 201729.04.2017
Bari International Film Festival – Bari – Italy Bari, Italy
April 19, 201719.04.2017 – April 23, 201723.04.2017
Moskow Austrian Film Festival – New Austrian Cinema – Moscow – Russia Moscow, Russia
April 16, 201716.04.2017 – April 23, 201723.04.2017
“Die Nacht der 1000 Stunden” – Beijing – China Beijing, China
April 7, 201707.04.2017 – April 16, 201716.04.2017
Taipei Golden Horse Fantastic Film Festival 2017 – Taipei – Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan
Curaçao International Film Festival Rotterdam – Rotterdam – The Netherlands Rotterdam, The Netherlands
April 4, 201704.04.2017
Presentation of a case study for the screenplay development of “Night of a 1000 Hours” which was carried out partly within Sources2. Hotel Ecluse, Luxembourg, 4.4.2017 at 18:00.
Lecture at “Diagonale im Dialog”: Virgil Widrich (filmmaker) and Christian Berger (camera) present film excerpts and unpublished material from the spectacular making of *Night of the 1000 Hours*. Gaming and VR meets cinema. Free entrance, counting tickets at the box office. Sat 1 April 2017, 2 pm, Schubertkino 3, Graz
March 29, 201729.03.2017
Luxembourg – Luxembourg Luxembourg, Luxembourg
March 29, 201729.03.2017
Lecture: “The smallest common denominator in the largest machine in the world – Explorations in the ‘Large Hadron Collider’ of CERN”, 29.3.2017, 13:00. Rotary Wien-Süd, Hotel Bristol, Kärntner Ring 1, 1010 Vienna
March 28, 201728.03.2017 – April 2, 201702.04.2017
Diagonale 2017 – Festival of Austrian Films – Graz – Austria Graz, Austria
March 24, 201724.03.2017
An evening with Virgil Widrich in conversation with Festival Curator Stephanie Falkeis. Austrian Cultural Forum New York, 11 E 52nd St, New York, NY 10022, USA. 24.3.2017, 8 p.m.
March 21, 201721.03.2017 – March 27, 201727.03.2017
LET’S CEE Film Festival – Austria Exhibition – Vienna – Austria Vienna, Austria
March 2, 201702.03.2017 – March 12, 201712.03.2017
7th Luxembourg City Film Festival – Luxembourg – Luxembourg Luxembourg, Luxembourg
February 24, 201724.02.2017 – March 4, 201704.03.2017
37th Oporto International Film Festival – Porto – Portugal Porto, Portugal
February 12, 201712.02.2017
Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin – Berlin – Germany Berlin, Germany
January 26, 201726.01.2017 – January 29, 201729.01.2017
January 25, 201725.01.2017 – February 5, 201705.02.2017
International Film Festival Rotterdam – IFFR – Rotterdam – The Netherlands Rotterdam, The Netherlands
January 23, 201723.01.2017
38. Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis Saarbrücken 2017 – “Night of a 1000 Hours” – Opening film – Saarbrücken – Germany Saarbrücken, Germany
January 19, 201719.01.2017
Let’s talk about scripts! Robert Buchschwenter in a discussion with Virgil Widrich about the intensive work on the scree – Vienna – Austria Vienna, Austria
December 14, 201614.12.2016
Nomination “Best Screenplay” – Austrian Film Academy 2017 – Vienna – Austria Vienna, Austria
December 14, 201614.12.2016
Nomination “Best Costume Design” – Austrian Film Academy 2017 – Austria Austria
December 7, 201607.12.2016
Lecture: Projection and Reality – a look behind the projected scenes of the film production “Night of a 1000 Hours”, 7.12.2016, 19:00. AIL – Angewandte Innovation Laboratory, Franz Josefs Kai 3, 1010 Vienna
November 26, 201626.11.2016 – December 15, 201615.12.2016
Vienna – Austria Vienna, Austria
November 18, 201618.11.2016
Innsbruck – Austria Innsbruck, Austria
November 18, 201618.11.2016 – December 15, 201615.12.2016
Vienna – Austria Vienna, Austria
November 17, 201617.11.2016
Graz – Austria Graz, Austria
November 16, 201616.11.2016
Salzburg – Austria Salzburg, Austria
November 15, 201615.11.2016
Vienna – Austria Vienna, Austria
October 21, 201621.10.2016
Lecture: Making of “Night of a 1000 Hours”, University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Germanic Studies, 601 S. Morgan St. 1502 University Hall, Chicago, IL 60607, 21.10.2016 at 14:00 p.m.
October 15, 201615.10.2016★
Busan International Film Festival 2016
October 13, 201613.10.2016 – October 27, 201627.10.2016
USA Premiere at 52nd Chicago International Film Festival 2016 – Chicago – USA Chicago, USA
October 7, 201607.10.2016 – October 16, 201616.10.2016
32nd Warsaw International Film Festival 2016 – Warsaw – Poland Warsaw, Poland
October 6, 201606.10.2016 – October 15, 201615.10.2016
Category “Flash – Busan – South Korea Busan, South Korea
June 13, 201613.06.2016
Lecture: Projection and Reality – a look behind the projected scenes of the film production “Night of a 1000 Hours”, 13.06.2016, 19:00. RC Wien-Oper, Hotel Bristol, Kärntner Ring 1, 1010 Vienna
June 1, 201601.06.2016
Lecture: Projection and Reality – a look behind the projected scenes of the film production “Night of a 1000 Hours”. 01.06.2016, 18:30. agpro Lounge, Hotel Kummer, Mariahilfer Straße 71a, 1060 Vienna
May 25, 201625.05.2016
Completion of “Night of a 1000 Hours” after a total of 9 years work on 25.5.2016.
April 4, 201604.04.2016 – April 29, 201629.04.2016
Pre mix and main mix of “Night of a 1000 Hours” at Philophon Studios Luxembourg.
November 1, 201501.11.2015
Additional sound recordings in the parental home of Virgil Widrich, Mönchsberg 17, 5020 Salzburg.
October 5, 201505.10.2015
Beginning of the musical composition by Siegfried Friedrich.
September 11, 201511.09.2015
Reshoot of the shadows at Juraczka, Eyzinggasse 23, 1110 Vienna.
September 2, 201502.09.2015
Lecture: Projection and Reality – a look behind the projected scenes of the film production “Night of a 1000 Hours”, 2.9.2015, 13:00. Rotary Wien-Süd, Hotel Bristol, Kärntner Ring 1, 1010 Vienna
August 18, 201518.08.2015
Colour correction starts with Christian Berger and Kurt Hennrich on a first rough cut.
March 17, 201517.03.2015
Pia Dumont starts with the editing which will last over a year in Luxembourg and Vienna.
January 16, 201516.01.2015 – May 28, 201528.05.2015
January to March: preproduction, 17.3.2015 to 28.5.2015: main shooting of the feature film “Night of a 1000 Hours” in Vienna, Luxembourg and Italy.
January 15, 201515.01.2015
First day of filming “Night of a 1000 Hours” in Vienna. On the Naschmarkt facades of houses are picked up from a crane for 24 hours in changing light.
January 10, 201510.01.2015 – March 6, 201506.03.2015
Rehersals with the actors in Vienna.
November 26, 201426.11.2014 – November 27, 201427.11.2014
A second technical test involving rear projections takes place from 26. to 27.11.2014 in Utrecht.
October 6, 201406.10.2014
Pre-production of the feature film “Night of a 1000 Hours”. A first technical test involving rear projections takes place on 6.10.2014 in Utrecht.
October 10, 201310.10.2013
Test shooting with Christian Berger for “Night of a 1000 Hours”, company Juraczka, Eyzinggasse 23, 1110 Vienna.
June 2, 201302.06.2013 – June 9, 201309.06.2013
June 2 to 9, 2013, with Oleg Prodeus, participation in the workshop “Light Days/Light Nights” with DOP Christian Berger in Ilovic, Croatia.
January 10, 201310.01.2013 – March 15, 201315.03.2013
Pre-production of the film “Night of a 1000 Hours” in Vienna and Luxembourg.
November 26, 201126.11.2011 – March 11, 201211.03.2012
Working with Jean-Claude Carrière as dramaturgical consultant in Paris on the revision of the screenplay for “Night of a 1000 Hours”.
June 23, 201123.06.2011
First meeting with Jean-Claude Carrière on the drive from Vienna to Teplice. Beginning of his work as dramaturgical consultant for “Night of a 1000 Hours”.
January 30, 201130.01.2011 – February 2, 201102.02.2011
Selected from around 400 submitted projects, in January “Night of a 1000 Hours”, is presented at CineMart 2011 in Rotterdam.
August 5, 200905.08.2009 – August 9, 200909.08.2009
Participation in the second part of the screenplay seminar “Sources 2" in Vienna with “Night of a 1000 Hours” (working title: “The Revolution”).
March 31, 200931.03.2009 – April 8, 200908.04.2009
Participation in the screenplay seminar “Sources 2" in Girona with “Night of a 1000 Hours” (working title: “The Revolution”).
October 1, 200801.10.2008
Filmfonds Wien, Österreichisches Filminstitut and Filmfund Luxembourg fund the project development of “Die Nacht der 1000 Stunden” (“Night of a 1000 Hours”).
January 15, 200715.01.2007
After many years of collecting ideas, work starts on the feature-film screenplay with the title “Die Nacht der 1000 Stunden” (“Night of a 1000 Hours”). Working title: “The Revolution”.
