Still from “There is exactly enough time”, drawn by Oskar Salomonowitz, July 2020
Title from “There is exactly enough time” in the handwriting of Oskar Salomonowitz, 2018/2021
Still from “There is exactly enough time”, drawn by Oskar Salomonowitz, July 2020
Still from “There is exactly enough time”, drawn by Oskar Salomonowitz, July 2020
Last still from “There is exactly enough time” drawn by Oskar Salomonowitz, July 2020
Still from “There is exactly enough time”, drawn by Virgil Widrich, February 2021
Still from “There is exactly enough time”, drawn by Virgil Widrich, February 2021
Still from “There is exactly enough time”, drawn by Virgil Widrich, February 2021
Still from “There is exactly enough time”, drawn by Virgil Widrich, February 2021
Poster “There is exactly enough time”, 2021
Oskar Salomonowitz on his 11th birthday, 20.7.2019
Oskar Salomonowitz at work on his flip book, Kritzendorf, 30.7.2020
Stack of individual frames from “There is exactly enough time”, drawn by Virgil Widrich, February 2021
Oskar’s pencil, with which he drew pictures for “There is exactly enough time” in the summer of 2020.
There is exactly enough time
Oskar Salomonowitz, the 12-year-old son of filmmakers Anja Salomonowitz and Virgil Widrich, had drawn 206 frames of a flip book when he died in an accident. Using the remaining blank sheets, his father continued drawing the film. Winner of 86 international film awards!
Year
2021
Type
Film
Screenings
301
Awards
★ 85
A 2021, short film, DCP, 4K/2K, color, 1:1.85, stereo
length: 2 min.
Oskar Salomonowitz, the 12-year-old son of filmmakers Anja Salomonowitz and Virgil Widrich, had drawn 206 frames of a flip book when he died in an accident. Using the remaining blank sheets, his father continued drawing the film.
“Oskar never showed me his drawings in detail because he did not want to showcase an unfinished film. At first, I had no idea whatsoever how the story should continue, and the beginning was very difficult for me. I practiced Oskar’s stroke for a long time for fear of doing something wrong, but that’s what definitely would have made my style be different from his, because he wasn’t afraid at all. Oskar conceived his project as a flip book and not necessarily as a film, but his stack would have been far too thick to flip through evenly. In the end, I would have suggested to him that we photograph his drawings and then turn them into an animated film with sound. I am sure he would have liked this format very much and it being screened in the cinema.” (Virgil Widrich)
Winner of 86 international film awards!
Events, worldwide.
321
events total
July 3, 202603.07.2026 – July 12, 202612.07.2026
Werkleitz Festival – Short film programme „Früher oder Später“ – Halle – Germany Halle, Germany
January 21, 202521.01.2025
Stadtkino im Künstlerhaus – Vienna – Austria Vienna, Austria
November 17, 202417.11.2024
Stadtkino im Künstlerhaus – Vienna – Austria Vienna, Austria
April 24, 202424.04.2024
Black Owl Festival – Bodrum – Turkey Bodrum, Turkey
April 22, 202422.04.2024
Stadtkino im Künstlerhaus – Vienna – Austria Vienna, Austria
January 14, 202414.01.2024★
Blow-Up Arthouse Filmfest – Chicago – USA Chicago, USA
December 19, 202319.12.2023
British Indie Festival Film & Music – London – United Kingdom London, United Kingdom
December 2, 202302.12.2023
Pegasus Film Awards – London – United Kingdom London, United Kingdom
November 27, 202327.11.2023 – December 3, 202303.12.2023
Animateka International Animated Film Festival – Ljubljana – Slovenia Ljubljana, Slovenia
November 19, 202319.11.2023
Experimental Brazil – Rio de Janeiro – Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
November 8, 202308.11.2023
Dialog Film Festival – Cologne – Germany Cologne, Germany
November 8, 202308.11.2023
Short film programme on grief – CC De Grote Post – Ostend – Ostende – Belgium Ostende, Belgium
October 27, 202327.10.2023 – November 2, 202302.11.2023
Stockholm REX 2023 – Animation Film Festival – Stockholm – Sweden Stockholm, Sweden
October 22, 202322.10.2023 – October 28, 202328.10.2023
ReAnimania Int. Animation Films and Comics Art Festival of Yerevan – Yerevan – Armenia Yerevan, Armenia
October 12, 202312.10.2023
Salto Independent Film Festival – Salto – Uruguay Salto, Uruguay
Sundarban International Film Festival – West Bengal – India India
March 30, 202230.03.2022 – March 31, 202231.03.2022
Demetera International Short Film Festival – Paris – France Paris, France
March 25, 202225.03.2022
8th Logcinema Art Films – Los Angeles – USA Los Angeles, USA
March 25, 202225.03.2022
Paris Film Awards – Paris – France Paris, France
March 24, 202224.03.2022
Palm Springs International Animation Festival – Palm Springs – USA Palm Springs, USA
March 23, 202223.03.2022 – March 27, 202227.03.2022
Glasgow Short Film Festival – Glasgow – United Kingdom Glasgow, United Kingdom
March 20, 202220.03.2022★
LOGIHQ International Happiness Film Festival Exhibition, liHfe-2021 – New Delhi – India New Delhi, India
March 20, 202220.03.2022
London Movie Awards – London – United Kingdom London, United Kingdom
March 12, 202212.03.2022
Mumbai International Film Festival – Mumbai – India Mumbai, India
March 12, 202212.03.2022★
Rome Film Awards – Rome – Italy Rome, Italy
March 11, 202211.03.2022 – March 22, 202222.03.2022
MAX3MIN – Very Short Film Festival – Milan – Italy Milan, Italy
March 10, 202210.03.2022
Niagara Falls International Short Festival – Niagara Falls – New York – USA New York, USA
March 10, 202210.03.2022
Omaha Film Festival – Omaha – USA Omaha, USA
March 7, 202207.03.2022★
Grand New York Film Awards – New York – USA New York, USA
March 7, 202207.03.2022★
MGA - Moscow Gold Awards – Moscow – Russia Moscow, Russia
March 7, 202207.03.2022 – March 10, 202210.03.2022
South Italy International Film Festival – Barletta – Italy Barletta, Italy
March 7, 202207.03.2022
The Great Indian Film Festival – Gurgaon – India Gurgaon, India
March 3, 202203.03.2022 – May 28, 202228.05.2022★
Arvali International Film Festival – Gujarat – India Gujarat, India
March 2, 202202.03.2022 – March 6, 202206.03.2022
17th Annual Durango Independent Film Festival – Durango – USA Durango, USA
February 27, 202227.02.2022
Indiefilmopolis – Birmingham – United Kingdom Birmingham, United Kingdom
February 27, 202227.02.2022
New Creators Film Awards – Paris – France Paris, France
February 27, 202227.02.2022★
Reels International Film Festival – Aurangabad – India Aurangabad, India
February 26, 202226.02.2022
Moving Pictures Festival – Antwerp – Belgium Antwerp, Belgium
February 24, 202224.02.2022
Moody Crab Film Fest – online
February 24, 202224.02.2022
Symbiotic Film Festival – Kyiv – Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine
February 18, 202218.02.2022
MyMrsTimeless – Beaverton – USA Beaverton, USA
February 18, 202218.02.2022
Sochi Film Festival – Russian Federation – Sochi – Russia Sochi, Russia
February 15, 202215.02.2022★
Bizarrya Short Film Festival – Porto – Portugal Porto, Portugal
February 13, 202213.02.2022 – February 25, 202225.02.2022
Berlin Shorts Award – Berlin – Germany Berlin, Germany
February 10, 202210.02.2022★
Cosmic Film Festival – Florida – USA USA
February 6, 202206.02.2022
World Cine Fest – Porto – Portugal Porto, Portugal
February 1, 202201.02.2022★
The IndieFEST Film Awards – San Diego – USA San Diego, USA
January 31, 202231.01.2022
Beachfront Film Festival – Malibu – USA Malibu, USA
January 31, 202231.01.2022
LA Shorts Awards – Los Angeles – USA Los Angeles, USA
January 31, 202231.01.2022
Scorpiusfest – Holladay – USA Holladay, USA
January 30, 202230.01.2022
Golden Bridge Istanbul Short Film Festival – Istanbul – Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
January 30, 202230.01.2022
Hollywood Gold Awards – Los Angeles – USA Los Angeles, USA
January 30, 202230.01.2022
New York Movie Awards – New York – USA New York, USA
January 29, 202229.01.2022
Eurasia International Monthly Film Festival – Moscow – Russia Moscow, Russia
January 29, 202229.01.2022 – December 10, 202110.12.2021
Snowdance Independent Film Festival – Landsberg am Lech – Germany Landsberg am Lech, Germany
January 26, 202226.01.2022
International Alexandria Short Film Festival – Alexandria – Egypt Alexandria, Egypt
January 25, 202225.01.2022
Alibag Short Film Festival – Alibag – India Alibag, India
January 21, 202221.01.2022★
Chambal International Film Festival - Season 4 – Mumbai – India Mumbai, India
January 14, 202214.01.2022
Indie Shorts Awards Cannes – Cannes – France Cannes, France
January 11, 202211.01.2022 – January 16, 202216.01.2022
Minimalen 34 Short Film Festival – Trondheim – Norway Trondheim, Norway
January 9, 202209.01.2022
5th Amazing Shorts and Movies! Film Festival – Madrid – Spain Madrid, Spain
January 7, 202207.01.2022
Distribution Festival – New York – USA New York, USA
January 1, 202201.01.2022★
Global Film Festival Awards – Los Angeles – USA Los Angeles, USA
December 30, 202130.12.2021★
Krimson Horyzon International Film Festival – Kolkata – India Kolkata, India
December 22, 202122.12.2021
Le Prince International Film Festival – Caracas – Venezuela Caracas, Venezuela
December 19, 202119.12.2021★
52 Weeks Film Festival – Thousand Oaks – USA Thousand Oaks, USA
December 19, 202119.12.2021★
Best Shorts Competition – San Diego – USA San Diego, USA
December 18, 202118.12.2021★
Canada Shorts (Canadian International Short Film Fest) – Canada Canada
December 16, 202116.12.2021
Tampa Bay Motion Picture Industry Professionals’ Independent Film Festival – Oldsmar – USA Oldsmar, USA
December 16, 202116.12.2021★
White Unicorn International Film Festival – Kolkata – India Kolkata, India
December 14, 202114.12.2021
Cine Fern Online Film Festival – India India
December 12, 202112.12.2021
1st Monthly Film Festival – Belgrade – Serbia Belgrade, Serbia
December 10, 202110.12.2021★
Cooper Awards – Limassol – Cyprus Limassol, Cyprus
December 9, 202109.12.2021★
Dreamz Catcher International Film Festival – West Bengal – Kolkata – India Kolkata, India
December 9, 202109.12.2021
SHORT to the Point – Bucharest – Romania Bucharest, Romania
December 9, 202109.12.2021
The Santa Clarita International Film Festival – Santa Clarita – USA Santa Clarita, USA
December 7, 202107.12.2021
Unitaly International Film Festival – Castellabate – Italy Castellabate, Italy
December 6, 202106.12.2021★
Europe Independent Movie Festival – Izmir – Turkey Izmir, Turkey
December 6, 202106.12.2021★
Europe Independent Movie Festival
December 6, 202106.12.2021 – December 11, 202111.12.2021
International Shorts Film Festival – Melbourne – Australia Melbourne, Australia
December 5, 202105.12.2021★
Beyond Earth Film Festival – Tamil Nadu – India India
December 5, 202105.12.2021★
“There is exactly enough time”: Near Nazareth Festival (NNF) – Afula – Nazareth – Israel Nazareth, Israel
December 4, 202104.12.2021
Out of the can international film festival – Derbyshire – United Kingdom Derbyshire, United Kingdom
December 3, 202103.12.2021
American Golden Picture International Film Festival – Jacksonville – USA Jacksonville, USA
December 3, 202103.12.2021 – September 3, 202003.09.2020★
FICOCC Five Continents International Film Festival – Puerto la Cruz – Spain Puerto la Cruz, Spain
December 3, 202103.12.2021
Masters of Cinema – Moscow – Russia Moscow, Russia
December 2, 202102.12.2021 – December 5, 202105.12.2021
Mesa International Film Festival – Arizona – USA Arizona, USA
December 2, 202102.12.2021
Onyko Films Awards – Kyiv – Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine
December 2, 202102.12.2021
Silver Mask Live Festival – Los Angeles – USA Los Angeles, USA
December 1, 202101.12.2021★
Direct Monthly Online Film Festival – Michigan USA – Los Angeles – USA Los Angeles, USA
November 30, 202130.11.2021★
Accolade Global Film Competition – November Season – La Jolla – USA La Jolla, USA
November 30, 202130.11.2021★
CKF International Film Festival – Swindon – United Kingdom Swindon, United Kingdom
November 29, 202129.11.2021 – December 5, 202105.12.2021
Animateka International Animated Film Festival – Ljubljana – Slovenia Ljubljana, Slovenia
November 29, 202129.11.2021
Sipontum Arthouse International Film Festival – Italiy – Puglia – Italy Puglia, Italy
November 27, 202127.11.2021
Crown Wood International Film Festival – West Bengal – India India
November 26, 202126.11.2021
Qld XR Festival – Brisbane – Australia Brisbane, Australia
November 23, 202123.11.2021
Anatolia International Film Festival – Istanbul – Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
November 23, 202123.11.2021
ReAnimania International Animation Film Festival of Yerevan – Yerevan – Armenia Yerevan, Armenia
November 22, 202122.11.2021
SIFF - Switzerland International Film Festival – Switzerland Switzerland
November 19, 202119.11.2021
The Film Contest – Pune – India Pune, India
November 18, 202118.11.2021
Germany International Film Festival – Berlin – Germany Berlin, Germany
November 16, 202116.11.2021 – November 24, 202124.11.2021
PÖFF – International short film and animation festival – Tallinn – Estonia Tallinn, Estonia
November 15, 202115.11.2021★
Birsamunda International Film Awards – Tamil Nadu – India India
November 4, 202104.11.2021 – November 14, 202114.11.2021
Cork 2001 – 66th International Film Festival – Cork – Ireland Cork, Ireland
October 29, 202129.10.2021 – November 7, 202107.11.2021
Stockholm REX 2021 – Stockholm – Sweden Stockholm, Sweden
October 28, 202128.10.2021 – November 7, 202107.11.2021
Spark Animation 2021 – Vancouver – Canada Vancouver, Canada
October 25, 202125.10.2021 – October 31, 202131.10.2021
DOK Leipzig – International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film – Leipzig – Germany Leipzig, Germany
October 11, 202111.10.2021★
Mabig Film Festival – Augsburg – Germany Augsburg, Germany
October 1, 202101.10.2021
Release on DVD by Hoanzl as pre-film to Anja Salomonowitz’s “This movie is a gift” – Vienna – Austria Vienna, Austria
September 8, 202108.09.2021★
Mannheim Arts and Film Festival – Mannheim – Germany Mannheim, Germany
September 7, 202107.09.2021 – September 12, 202112.09.2021
International Festival für Animationsfilm – Baden – Switzerland Baden, Switzerland
August 26, 202126.08.2021★
Mindfield Film Festival – Albuquerque – USA Albuquerque, USA
July 8, 202108.07.2021
11th Austrian Film Award – Vienna – Austria Vienna, Austria
June 20, 202120.06.2021
Freies Kino – Stadtkino im Künstlerhaus – Vienna – Austria Vienna, Austria
June 9, 202109.06.2021
Graz – Austria Graz, Austria
March 10, 202110.03.2021
10.03.2021: Completion of the animated film “There is exactly enough time” by Oskar Salomonowitz and Virgil Widrich with music and sound design by Siegfried Friedrich.
February 2, 202102.02.2021
Virgil Widrich has the idea of completing the animated film of Oskar himself, but since there is no title and Oskar had never told how his story would continue, he does not know how. On 2.2.2021 at 6:45 Virgil Widrich wakes up from a dream, which revealed to him that the film’s title would be “There is exactly enough time” – and from then on the further course of the story was clear before him in that very second.
January 17, 202117.01.2021
17.1.2021: Virgil Widrich finds a calculation by Oskar in the book “The Book of Perfectly Perilous Math” by Sean Connolly, which ends with the sentence Oskar wrote by hand: “There is exactly enough time”.
December 5, 202005.12.2020
At the beginning of December 2020, Virgil Widrich photographs the 206 images of Oskar’s flip book and assembles them in an editing software. Only now does it become visible what is hidden in Oskar’s animation.
October 27, 202027.10.2020
Death of 12-year-old son Oskar Salomonowitz (20.7.2008 - 27.10.2020) in an accident.
July 1, 202001.07.2020 – July 31, 202031.07.2020
In July 2020, Oskar Salomonowitz draws 206 pictures of a flip book on his light pad in Kritzendorf near Vienna. Due to other summer activities, the animation is not completed.
November 27, 201827.11.2018
27.11.2018: Oskar Salomonowitz wants to draw flip books (again) and asks his father Virgil Widrich to order a light pad and pre-punched animation paper.