FELIXaustria!
Felix Austria!
Director: Christine Beebe
Writers: Felix Pfeifle and Christine Beebe
Cinematography: Christine Beebe
Editor: Amy Cargill
Second Unit Photography: Sybille Grunze
Assistant Camera: Katrin Knigge
Still Photography: Philipp Kreidl
Animation Sequences: Lynn Sung Hae Baik, Gudrun Cram-Drach
Producers: Felix Pfeifle, Christine Beebe
Co-Producers: Robert Dassanowsky, Elfi von Dassanowsky
Cast: Felix Pfeifle, Otto von Habsburg, Tatyana Yassukovich, Robert Dassanowsky, Felipe Propper, Elena Bonham Carter, Marc Teran d'Antin, Christine Pfeifle, Steven Pfeifle, Carol Benak, Emily Bills, Melanie Branstad, Richard Branstad, Matt Emersian, Michelle Fox, Michael Pariser, Shelli Richards, Terry Tempkin, Delta Wright
An emperor without a throne, a Costco greeter outlived by his obsession, and a young American custodian of a cache of "imperial" letters who embarks on a journey to distance himself from possible hereditary illness and bring the human threads together. Three marginalized men who have dared to dream. This psychologically and aesthetically rich story is a “Quixotic Quest” like none other ever filmed.
Felix Pfeifle, the charming and erudite archivist of Herbert Hinkel's 60+ years of correspondences with Austro-Hungarian heir and Euro-politician the late Archduke Otto von Habsburg, takes us on a journey that pushes the boundaries of documentary filmmaking into a creative arena of fact mixing with fantasy, reality with animation -- and making history as it brushes against impulsivity, absurdity and obsession.
Prinicpal Photography: Los Angeles, New York, Florida, Vienna, Munich, Sarajevo and Jerusalem
Production Country: USA
La Turista Films Production
An international release for Fall 2011
The Retreat
A Short Film by Chelsea Marino
Unaware of each others’ faltering lives, three women are brought back together when their fourth childhood friend, Onya, restarts her mother’s restorative retreat in their hometown and reaches out for their help. During their week at home, the four friends find it hard to keep recent secrets in their lives from each other and are forced to honestly view the power of their life choices.
Director: Chelsea Marino
Writer: Emi Soekawa
Cinematographer: Jeff Melanson
Assistant Director/Line Producer: John Bruno
Executive Producer: Robert Dassanowsky
Producers: Chelsea Marino, Emi Soekawa, Oneca Hitchman
Cast: Chelsea Marino, Emi Soekawa, Oneca Hitchman, Jessica Cohen
Production Country: USA
The Retreat Film LLC in association with Bevedere Film LLC
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Released August 2010, The Retreat has been an official selection of the 2010 NYC Downtown Shorts Film Festival, the 2010 Big Apple Film Festival, the 2011 Staten Island Film Festival, the 2011 Hoboken International Film Festival, New Filmmakers NY Summer Fest 2011, and the Boston International Film Festival 2011, where it received the BIFF Indie Soul Special Recognition Award.
