There is Exactly Enough Time
TITLE
There is Exactly Enough Time
DIRECTOR
Oskar Salomonowitz, Virgil Widrich
COUNTRY
Austria
YEAR
2021
DURATION
2′
GENRE
Animation
Overview
There is Exactly Enough Time
Oskar Salomonowitz, the 12-year-old son of filmmakers Anja Salomonowitz and Virgil Widrich, had drawn 206 frames of a flip book when he died in an accident. Using the remaining blank sheets, his father continued drawing the film.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Oskar Salomonowitz, Virgil Widrich
Oskar Salomonowitz was born in Vienna in 2008. At the age of three he was an actor in the feature film "Spain" (2012), and at 6 he drew his first animated film. In 2016, he played one of the main roles in his mother Anja Salomonowitz's play titled "The Boy will be Circumcised" at the Volkstheater in Vienna, and in 2019 he starred alongside Daniel Spoerri in "This Film is a Gift." In between, he wrote texts, drew, made music, and programmed over 50 computer games. On 27.10.2020, at the age of 12, he died in an accident. He is buried at the Jewish section of Vienna Central Cemetery. Virgil Widrich, born 1967 in Salzburg, winner of over 200 international film awards including an Oscar-nomination for his short "Copy Shop". His most recent feature film is "Night of a 1000 Hours" (2016). In 2018 he directed his first music video "Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel" and produced the experimental short "Light Matter". Virgil Widrich lives in Vienna, Austria.
Credits
- Director Oskar Salomonowitz, Virgil Widrich
- Screenplay Virgil Widrich
- Cinematography Virgil Widrich
- Editing Virgil Widrich
- Cast
- Producer/s Virgil Widrich
- Production Company Virgil Widrich Filmproduktion
- Distributor/s Sixpack Film
Specifications
- Project Title There is Exactly Enough Time
- Project Type Animation
- Completion Date March 10, 2021
- Country of origin Austria
- Country of filming Austria
- Language No Dialogue
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student Project No
Oskar Salomonowitz, Virgil Widrich
Oskar Salomonowitz was born in Vienna in 2008. At the age of three he was an actor in the feature film "Spain" (2012), and at 6 he drew his first animated film. In 2016, he played one of the main roles in his mother Anja Salomonowitz's play titled "The Boy will be Circumcised" at the Volkstheater in Vienna, and in 2019 he starred alongside Daniel Spoerri in "This Film is a Gift." In between, he wrote texts, drew, made music, and programmed over 50 computer games. On 27.10.2020, at the age of 12, he died in an accident. He is buried at the Jewish section of Vienna Central Cemetery. Virgil Widrich, born 1967 in Salzburg, winner of over 200 international film awards including an Oscar-nomination for his short "Copy Shop". His most recent feature film is "Night of a 1000 Hours" (2016). In 2018 he directed his first music video "Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel" and produced the experimental short "Light Matter". Virgil Widrich lives in Vienna, Austria.
SELECTIONS & AWARDS
Tirana International Film Festival
KIDs -10, Panorama Competition, 2022