The Fruit of Thy Womb

In 1997, Albert won Le Léopard de Demain at the festival of Locarno for The Fruit of Thy Womb. To evade the incomprehensible world of adults seven-year-old Natascha creates her own world, influenced by her impressions of sexuality and religion. It is a world of mainly catholic imaginations and symbols - a world between frightening bogey men and flying Christ childs. (B.A.)

Orig. Title
Die Frucht deines Leibes
Year
1996
Country
Austria
Duration
27 min
Director
Barbara Albert
Category
Short fiction
Orig. Language
German
Subtitles
English
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Credits
Director
Barbara Albert
Script
Barbara Albert
Cinematography
Christine A. Maier
Camera Assistant
Marcus Kanter
Editing
Barbara Albert
Sound
Fritz Noltmann, Christian Waldl
Editing Assistant
Niki Mossböck, Gundula Daxecker, Günther Schober
Sound Assistant
Hubert Rinnhofer
Actor/Actress
Stefanie Letofsky, Emilie Zsoldos, Christoph Schagerl, Claudia Porpaczy, Julia Gaitzenauer, Norbert Hintermayer
Art Direction
Thomas Keip
Lighting
Nick Albert, Chris Laine, Nino Volpe
Costumes
Rita Laslberger
Props
Marie Jecel, Bettina Pilsel
Make-Up
Karin Dunst
Production
Barbara Albert
Production Manager
Ursula Wolschlager, Andreas Kispert
Assistant Director
Klaus Pridnig, Sandra Bohle
Available Formats
16 mm (Original Format)
Aspect Ratio
1:1,66
Sound Format
Dolby stereo
Frame Rate
24 fps
16 mm (Distribution Copy)
Aspect Ratio
1:1,66
Sound Format
Dolby stereo
Frame Rate
24 fps
Digital File (prores, h264) (Distribution Copy)
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Sound Format
stereo
Frame Rate
25 fps
Color Format
colour
Festivals (Selection)
1996
Palm Springs - Int. Short Film Festival
Tel Aviv - Int. Studentenfilmfestival
Hof - Internationale Filmtage
Kiew - Molodist Int. Film Festival
Poitiers - Recontres Internationales Henri Langlois
Venezia - Biennale di Venezia
Seattle - Int. Film Festival
Leipzig - Int. Studentenfilmfestival
1997
Strasbourg - Forum du Cinema Européen
Triest - Alpe Adria Cinema - Film Festival
Angers - Premiers Plans
Saarbrücken - Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis
Ankara - Int. Film Festival
Tampere - Film Festival
Seine-St.Denis - Côté court
Valencia - Cinema Jove
Ludwigsburg - Filmfest
Wien - Viennale - Int. Filmfestwochen
Wien - StudentInnenfilmfestival
Locarno - Festival Int. de film
Krakau - Int. Short Film Festival
1998
Humboldt - Int. Film Festival
Brisbane - Int. Film Festival
Austin - Cinetexas - Int. short film&video&new media festival
Stuttgart - Filmwinter, Expanded Media Festival
Praha / Brno - EU-Filmfestival
Onion City - Film Festival Chicago
Olympia - Film Festival
1999
Ann Arbor - Film Festival
Wien - StudentInnenfilmfestival
2000
Toronto - IMAGES - Independent Film & Video Festival
Windsor - Media City