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Noch bis Mitte September entstehen in der österreichischen Hauptstadt zwei neue Filme aus der „Wien-Krimi“-Reihe mit Philipp Hochmair in der Rolle des blinden Sonderermittlers Alexander Haller.

Philipp Hochmair in „Blind ermittelt: Der Tote im Tiergarten“ (At) (Credit: Ard Degeto Film/Mona Film/Tivoli Film/Fabio Eppensteiner)

Bis zum 16. Dezember entstehen in Wien die Filme zwölf und 13 aus der Reihe „Der Wien-Krimi: Blind ermittelt“ mit den Arbeitstiteln „Der Tote im Tiergarten“ und „Freuds Fehler“ (Regie: Mimi Kezele; Drehbuch: Uli Brée). In den Hauptrollen stehen Philipp Hochmair als der blinde Sonderermittler Alexander Haller und Andreas Guenther als sein Partner Nico Falk sowie Claudia Kottal als Kommissarin Mia Markovic und Michael Edlinger als Kommissar Peter Lassmann vor der Kamera. Episodenrollen haben u.a. Leo Reisinger, Dennenesch Zoudé, Michelle Barthel, Christoph Luser, Nicole Beutler, Julia Koch, Ursula Strauss, Petra Morzé, Liane Forestieri, Lavinia Nowak und Jakob Seeböck übernommen.

In „Der Wien-Krimi: Blind ermittelt...

Julia Jentsch as Ellie in the Austrian/German police procedural “Pagan Peak” (“Der Pass”) Season 2. Courtesy of Topic.

“Pagan Peak” (originally titled “Der Pass”) is a German police procedural, and Season 2 continues the sleuthing of detectives from that country and Austria who teamed up to solve a series of murders with implications for both nations. Ellie (Julia Jentsch) is assigned to liaise with her Austrian counterparts, headed by grizzled Gedeon (Nicholas Ofczarek). In the first season, they faced a ritualistic serial killer that left both protagonists with serious damage from the rigors of nailing him.

As this season opens, Gedeon is in a coma from being shot in retaliation for his work in the first season. Ellie is suffering from nightmares and visions that cause her to freeze at a couple of critical moments. She’s ordered to take personal leave to heal. When a new cross-border crime occurs, she designates an enthusiastic young detective,...

The 14th Annual Sf IndieFest runs February 9th-23rd at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco. Check out the official site for further film details. A man named Gerhard writes and narrates his instructions to a prostitute as to how he wants their time together to go. “Your caresses should be tender and shy,” he says. “I want you to put it in your mouth. It won’t take long.” His preferences continue including how she can yell at him or fall asleep beside him as long as she showers afterwards, sits in his lap soaking wet and lets him call her Lydia. Gerhard returning home to his wife where the two await the arrival of their adult son and daughter. Their son, Bernhard, discovers the note beforehand and doesn’t show. But their daughter Lydia does. “I should have known.” Bernhard (Christoph Luser) had followed his father (Fritz Hörtenhuber) to the prostitute and afterwards retrieved the...

The Panorama section will comprise a total of 50 titles with about a third of those being documentaries and here's the first 21 of the list. Oddly enough Dominic Murphy's White Lightnin' will be playing although it's having it's premier at Sundance. Another film we reported on, Uli Lommel's Absolute Evil starring David Carradine will also be playing, and I'm still wondering how the hell they got that in there.

You can check out the list of all 21 titles after the break.

Absolute Evil by Ulli Lommel, USA (world premiere)

With David Carradine, Carolyn Neff, Ulli Lommel, Chris Kiesa

Ander by Roberto Castón, Spain (directorial debut and world premiere)

With Josean Bengoetxea, Cristhian Esquivel, Mamen Rivera, Pilar Rodríguez, Leire Ucha

At Stake by Iwan Setiawan, Muhammad Ichsan, Lucky Kuswandi, Ucu Agustin, Ani Ema Susanti, Indonesia

Panorama Dokumente

Coyote by Chema Rodríguez, Spain (world premiere)

Panorama Dokumente

Der Knochenmann (The Bone Man) by Wolfgang Murnberger,...