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Katharina Mückstein
Mückstein in 2013
Born1982 (age 41–42)[1]
Vienna, Austria[1]
Alma materUniversity of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
Occupations
Years active2008–present
RelativesWolfgang Mückstein (brother)

Katharina Mückstein (born 1982) is an Austrian film director, screenwriter and producer.[1][2][3][4] Narrative films Mückstein wrote and directed include Talea (2013) and L'Animale (2018).[5] She also wrote and produced the documentaries Three Farmers And A Son (2016) and Animals and Other People (2017). She won the Austrian Film Award for Best Documentary for Three Farmers And A Son in 2017.

Biography

Mückstein was born in Vienna in 1982 and grew up in Bad Vöslau.[1][6] Her mother, Eva Mückstein, is a psychotherapist and politician of the Green Party of Austria.[6] Her older brother, Wolfgang Mückstein,[7] is a physician and politician who served as Minister of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection in Austria from 19 April 2021 until 8 March 2022.[8]

Career

Mückstein has been interested in feminism and queer philosophy since adolescence and studied gender before going to film school.[3][4] From 2000 to 2004 she studied Philosophy and gender studies.[9]

She studied filmmaking at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna until 2010,[9] where Michael Haneke was one of her teachers.[10][11] Mückstein said that a "sexist climate" contributed to her dropping out of college.[12] "I kept bringing up various incidents at the Vienna Film Academy, but I didn't feel like I was being taken seriously."[12]

In 2008, she directed the short film The Reunion (Die Vereinigung).[13] In 2010, she founded the work collective and production company La Banda Film together with Flavio Marchetti, Michael Schindegger and Natalie Schwager.[9][14] Since 2011, she has been a board member of the Association FC Gloria - Women Networking Film (FC Gloria – Frauen Vernetzung Film) for the promotion of female filmmakers in Austria.[15]

In 2013, she directed and wrote the screenplay for her first feature film, Talea, starring Nina Proll and Sophie Stockinger. In 2016, she collaborated again with Sophie Stockinger in a leading role for her second feature film, the coming-of-age drama L'Animale, which premiered at the 2018 Berlin Film Festival in the Panorama section.[16] She also produced the 2016 documentary Three Farmers And A Son (Holz Erde Fleisch),[17] for which she won the Austrian Film Award for Best Documentary,[18] and in 2017 she wrote and produced the documentary Animals and Other People (Tiere und andere Menschen).[19] Mückstein hosted the 2017 Austrian Film Award ceremony along with actor Christoph Dostal.[20]

In 2020, Mückstein directed the TV film Blind ermittelt – Zerstörte Träume.[21] She also directed its two sequels released in 2022: Blind ermittelt – Tod im Prater,[22] and Blind ermittelt – Die nackte Kaiserin.[23]

Mückstein's upcoming documentary on feminism and gender equality, Feminism WTF, will be released on 31 March 2023.[24][25]

Activism

On 18 June 2022, Mückstein shared an Instagram story that read: "Tonight a perpetrator will stand on the stage and will be applauded. And there is nothing we can do to counter that. It's devastating. I wish all those affected good nerves. #MeToo didn't even start in Austria".[26][27] No name was given, but the only event of that kind taking place in Austria that night was the premiere of Corsage in Vienna, which led to speculation that Mückstein was referring to someone who worked in that film.[27][28] Mückstein later said that she couldn't name the man due to legal reasons.[27]

Mückstein's Instagram story inspired several women to share their own experiences with sexual harassment, sexism, racism, homophobia and abuses of power in the Austrian film and theatre community, which Mückstein then shared anonymously on her Instagram account,[29] which generated a lot of debates, media attention and sparked a new wave of the #MeToo Movement in Austria.[30][12][27][31][28] When Corsage's director, Marie Kreutzer, was asked about it, she told Austrian magazine Profil that she learned about the rumors about one of the actors from Corsage "a long time ago", when the project was already underway, but as long as there are only rumors and no court-confirmed evidence, she will never remove or dismiss a staff member from the stage based on rumors, and if there are neither concrete allegations nor a procedure against someone, she would act as a judge if she reacted with consequences.[27] "There were certainly reports about this man, but they only came from people who were neither affected themselves nor had anything to testify directly. One should stick to the facts, because passing on rumors can seriously damage people; I appreciate Katharina Mückstein extremely for her attitude and her commitment to film politics, we are definitely on the same side. But I would definitely have chosen a different path", she said.[27]

Mückstein wrote in reference to the reasons why many of those affected do not want to speak out openly against perpetrators; "What is your feminism worth if it ends on the edge of your comfort zone?".[28] (...) "Yes, they are men with whom we are acquainted or friends, with whom we may have worked great together - that makes everything more difficult than when it happens in Hollywood".[28] Mückstein's proposal to give a speech on the #MeToo debate on the stage of the Austrian Film Awards ceremony at the end of June 2022 was rejected by the Austrian Film Academy,[32][28] which choose to release a statement on the matter on their official website instead.[33]

Filmography

Films

  • 2008: The Reunion (Die Vereinigung) (short film)
  • 2013: Talea (also screenwriter and producer)
  • 2018: L'Animale (also screenwriter and producer)

Documentaries

  • 2016: Three Farmers And A Son (Holz Erde Fleisch) (producer)
  • 2017: Animals and Other People (Tiere und andere Menschen) (screenwriter and producer)
  • 2023: Feminism WTF (also screenwriter and producer)

Television

  • 2020: Blind ermittelt – Zerstörte Träume (TV Film)
  • 2022: Blind ermittelt – Tod im Prater (TV Film)
  • 2022: Blind ermittelt – Die nackte Kaiserin (TV Film)

Awards and nominations

Year Award / Festival Category Work Result
2009 Thomas-Pluch-Drehbuchpreis Best Screenplay The Reunion Won[34]
2013 Max Ophüls Festival Prize of the Minister President of the State of Saarland Talea Won[35]
Zurich Film Festival Golden Eye - Best German Language Feature Film Nominated[36]
2014 Austrian Film Award Best Director Nominated[37]
Best Screenplay Nominated[37]
2017 Best Documentary Three Farmers And A Son Won[18]
2018 AFI Fest Audience Award - New Auteurs L'Animale Nominated[38]
Berlin International Film Festival Teddy Award - Best Feature Film Nominated[39]
Panorama Audience Award - Fiction Film Nominated[16]
Cinema Jove - Valencia International Film Festival Best Film Nominated[40]
Jerusalem Film Festival FIPRESCI Prize - International First Film Nominated[41]
International Women's Film Festival Seoul Best Film Won[40]
Mezipatra Queer Film Festival Grand Jury Prize - Feature Film Competition Nominated[42]
Les Arcs European Film Festival Best Narrative Feature Nominated[43]
Zurich Film Festival Golden Eye - Best Film in Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria Won[44]
2019 Austrian Film Award Best Feature Film Nominated[45]
Palm Springs International Film Festival New Voices/New Visions Grand Jury Prize Nominated[46]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Director Katharina Mückstein". Festival Scope Pro. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Katharina Mückstein • Director - Interview". Cineuropa. August 2013.
  3. ^ a b Schiefer, Karin (November 2017). ""An alliance between reason and sensitivity."". Austrian Films.
  4. ^ a b Lemercier, Fabien (20 December 2018). "Katharina Mückstein • Director of L'Animale". Cineuropa.
  5. ^ Berger, Laura (15 February 2018). "Berlinale 2018 Women Directors: Meet Katharina Mueckstein — "L'animale"". Women and Hollywood.
  6. ^ a b Stockmann, Gabriela (2 October 2013). "Fulminanter Film-Erfolg für junge Vöslauerin Katharina Mückstein" [Brilliant film success for young Vöslauerin Katharina Mückstein]. meinbezirk.at (in German).
  7. ^ "Wolfgang Mückstein: Arzt, Minister - und jetzt Rücktritt" [Wolfgang Mückstein: Doctor, Minister - and now Resignation]. News.at (in German). 3 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Austrian health minister steps down, exhausted by pandemic". Reuters. 13 April 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  9. ^ a b c "Frauen Arbeit Film: Katharina Mückstein". frauenarbeitfilm.at (in German).
  10. ^ "L'ANIMALE | Luxembourg City Film Festival". Luxembourg City Film Festival. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  11. ^ Hausbichler, Beate (12 September 2013). "Katharina Mückstein: "Die Discoszene mit Nina Proll ist natürlich ein Zitat"". Der Standard (in German).
  12. ^ a b c Greuling, Matthias (1 July 2022). ""Schweigekultur muss gebrochen werden"" ["The Culture of Silence Must be Broken"]. Wiener Zeitung (in German).
  13. ^ "The Reunion, Short Film". Crew United.
  14. ^ Schiefer, Karin (September 2017). "«It was a bit like Noah's Ark.»". Austrian Films.
  15. ^ "FC Gloria: Der Verein". fc-gloria.at (in German).
  16. ^ a b "L'Animale - Panorama Special 2018". berlinale.de.
  17. ^ "Holz Erde Fleisch | Three Farmers And A Son". Austrian Films.
  18. ^ a b "Die Gewinner des Österreichischen Filmpreises 2017 - Awards" [The winners of the Austrian Film Awards 2017]. Uncut.at (in German). 3 February 2017.
  19. ^ "Tiere und andere Menschen | Animals and Other People". Austrian Films.
  20. ^ "Abend Der Nominierten Österreichischer Filmpreis 2017". Austrian Film Academy (in German). Archived from the original on 24 August 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  21. ^ "Blind ermittelt - Zerstörte Träume (ORF)". Crew United. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  22. ^ "Der Wien-Krimi - Blind ermittelt. Tod im Prater (ARD)". Crew United. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  23. ^ "Der Wien-Krimi - Blind ermittelt. Die nackte Kaiserin (ARD)". Crew United. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  24. ^ "Feminism WTF". Filmfonds Wien.
  25. ^ "FISA: Feminism WTF". Filmstandort Austria.
  26. ^ "Missbrauchsvorwürfe in der österreichischen Filmbranche #MeToo" [Allegations of abuse in the Austrian film industry #MeToo]. Kosmo.at (in German). 5 July 2022.
  27. ^ a b c d e f Grissemann, Stefan (2 July 2022). "#MeToo in der heimischen Filmbranche: "Diese Schweine stellen"" [#MeToo in the domestic film industry: "These pigs are asking"]. Profil.at (in German).
  28. ^ a b c d e Jasmina Rauch, Bianca (16 August 2022). "Gatekeeper der Glitzerwelt" [Gatekeeper of the Glitter World]. Analyse & kritik (in German).
  29. ^ "Regisseurin Katharina Mückstein über ein halbes Jahr #metoo in Österreich" [Director Katharina Mückstein about half a year of #metoo in Austria]. FM4 (in German). 10 December 2022.
  30. ^ Helene Dallinger, Beate Hausbichler, Anna Wielander (21 June 2022). "Zahllose Berichte zu Sexismus: #MeToo, die deutschsprachige Fortsetzung" [Countless reports on sexism: #MeToo, the German-language sequel]. Der Standard (in German). Archived from the original on 21 December 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  31. ^ ""#MeToo" erreicht auch Österreich" ["#MeToo" also reaches Austria]. ORF.at (in German). 24 June 2022.
  32. ^ Stockinger, Xavier (7 July 2022). "Der österreichische Filmpreis im Schatten der MeToo-Debatte" [The Austrian Film Awards in the Shadow of MeToo Debate]. FM4 (in German).
  33. ^ "#MeToo | Österreichische Filmakademie". Austrian Film Academy (in German). Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  34. ^ "Bundeskanzleramt Kultur und Kunst: Thomas-Pluch-Drehbuchpreis". kunstkultur.bka.gv.at (in German). Archived from the original on 18 March 2017.
  35. ^ Blaney, Martin (28 January 2013). "Berlin unveils competition jury". Screen Daily}. Archived from the original on 24 December 2022. And Austria scored another success with Katharina Mückstein receiving the Saarland Prime-Minister's Film Prize for her debut Talea.
  36. ^ "TALEA by Katharina Mückstein | German Language Feature Film / Competition". Zurich Film Festival.
  37. ^ a b "Österreichischer Filmpreis 2014: Alle Nominierungen auf einen Blick" [Austrian Film Awards 2014: All nominations at a glance]. Vienna.at (in German). 19 December 2013.
  38. ^ "AFI Fest Presented by Audi Announces New Auteurs and Independents Lineups". afi.com. 4 October 2018.
  39. ^ "L'Animale | Teddy Award - The official queer award at the Berlin International Film Festival". teddyaward.tv.
  40. ^ a b "L'Animale". Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion.
  41. ^ "2018 Jerusalem Film Festival | Debuts". Jerusalem Film Festival.
  42. ^ "L'Animale | International Feature Film Competition". Mezipatra Queer Film Festival.
  43. ^ Lemercier, Fabien (7 November 2018). "120 European films to be showcased at Les Arcs". Cineuropa.
  44. ^ "L'Animale, Feature Film, 2016-2018". Crew United.
  45. ^ "Nominierungen 2019 | Österreichische Filmakademie". Österreichische Filmakademie (in German).
  46. ^ "30th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Announces Festival Line-Up". Palm Springs International Film Society. 14 December 2018.
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