Flight Attempt

Suzanna is in her mid-fifties and single. To escape her daily grind, she records amateur pop songs and shares her longings on YouTube. In the virtual world of the Internet, she looks for the satisfaction missing in her "real" life. A film about loneliness and the desire for human interaction.

  • Thomas Hajnik
    Director
  • Thomas Hajnik
    Writer
  • Lukas Wesely
    Producer
  • Thomas Hajnik
    Producer
  • Claudia Martini
    Key Cast
  • Theresa Martini
    Key Cast
  • Rosa Schmidl
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Flugversuch
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    37 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    February 15, 2015
  • Country of Origin:
    Austria
  • Country of Filming:
    Austria
  • Language:
    German
  • Shooting Format:
    RED 4k
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1,85:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Diagonale - Austrian Film Festival
    Graz
    March 18, 2015
    National Premiere
  • dotdotdot Short Film Festival
    Vienna
    July 16, 2015
Director Biography - Thomas Hajnik

From 2008 - 2013 Thomas Hajnik studied Theatre-, Film- and Media Science at the University of Vienna. During his studies he realized his first short films. Since 2013 he is working as assistant director to avant-garde filmmaker Ludwig Wüst.

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Director Statement

In a time of endless communication, questions appear. What are the boundaries of this new technologies? Relevant information can be passed on through the internet, but what about the human touch? Can these connecting technologies really break the circle of individual isolation in our modern societies? Or on the contrary, will they segregate us even more? This film tries to anatomize family ties, self-expression and loneliness in the 21st century.