MAX
The shortfilm "MAX" is about a boy who tries to overcome a childhood trauma. He suffered from domestic violence, and this film guides him on his way through therapy, conversations with his friends and his attempt to free himself from the past.
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Juri ZangerDirector
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Juri ZangerWriter
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Juri ZangerProducer
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Julia PlachAssistant Director
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Raphael PribernigCamera & Cinematography
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Georg WiblingerSound & Boompoleoperator
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Sebastian SchmiedhoferLighting
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Joseph Cyril StoisitsUnit Manager
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Juliana HandlerAssistant Unit Manager
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Emma SchaubCostume, Make-Up & Props
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Pia Fischer-WindsteigAssistant in Costume, Make-Up & Props
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Juliana HandlerCatering
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Julia PlachCatering
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Georg WiblingerEditing
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Juri ZangerEditing
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Raphael PribernigColor Correction
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Georg WiblingerSound Editing & Subtitles
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Simon Maria KubienaKey Cast“Max”
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Silvia SchwingerKey Cast“Lina”
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Hemma ClementiKey Cast“Mother”
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Phillip BauerKey Cast“Young Max”
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Emil De CilliaKey Cast“Psychotherapist”
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Kilian BergerKey Cast“Tim”
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Project Title (Original Language):MAX
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Project Type:Short, Student
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Runtime:12 minutes 3 seconds
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Completion Date:September 10, 2018
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Production Budget:1,000 EUR
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Country of Origin:Austria
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Country of Filming:Austria
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Language:German
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:2:35:1
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:Yes
I first stepped onto a stage when I was ten years old, and I was absolutely stunned of the possibility to be playing in a theatre. In the following years, I started as an actor in a children’s ensemble called „Gutgebrüllt“ in Vienna. After that, I joined the „Junges Ensemble Hörbiger“. Through these years, I played several classical pieces - from "The Talisman" (Nestroy) and "Jedermann" (von Hofmannsthal) to "Romeo and Juliet" (Shakespeare) and "Merlin or The waste land" (Dorst). In the meantime, I started to shoot series and films for TV (e.g. „SOKO Donau“, „Die Detektive“, „Die Kinder der Villa Emma“) as well as commercials and music videos (e.g. commercial for Puls4-TV and Sofasessions, music video for the rapper NAZAR and the pop-singer Rian).
Recently, I played at „Schauspielhaus Wien“ in 2016, in a 504-hours-installation by the swedish artist Thomas Bo Nilsson, and in 2017, in a piece written and directed by Thomas Köck. I also played as part of a guest performance in the DT Berlin (Deutsches Theater Berlin).
Besides my practical stage and set experience as an actor, I started to write my own scripts. In summer 2018, I had finally finished the script to "MAX". After a period of time, our film crew was complete and we started to work on this shortfilm together - which was an incredibly challenging but at the same time wonderful project.
This film is especially dedicated to all those children, girls and boys, women and men, who suffered - or are still suffering - from violent behavior of their parents. "MAX" is the story of a boy who tries to get over his childhood and the memories that come with it. He got abused and beaten by his mother, and now, years later, as a teenage boy of 19 years, he is in therapy because he can't handle the past on his own. Domestic Violence is a vicious circle, but there is a way for everybody to get out of it. Even for Max, and thats what I try to express through this shortfilm: hope.