A list of films produced in the Cinema of Austria in the 2000s decade ordered by year of release. For an alphabetical list of articles on Austrian films see .
In cases of international co-productions, films in the making of which an Austrian studio was the majority partner (with a foreign film studio as a co-producer with a minority interest) are indicated by "(maj.)" in the "Notes" column. Films in the making of which an Austrian studio was the minority partner (with a foreign film studio as a co-producer with a majority interest) are indicated by "(min.)" in the "Notes" column.
The dates in parentheses are the start dates of film runs in Austrian cinemas.
| width=21% | Title | width=16% | Director | width=22% | Cast | width=13% | Genre | width=28% | Studio/Notes |
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| 2000 | |||||||||
| Hold-Up | |||||||||
| 2001 | |||||||||
| Dog Days | |||||||||
| Copy Shop | Virgil Widrich Film- und Multimediaproduktion | ||||||||
| Elsewhere | align=center | – | documentary | Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion (May 31) | |||||
| The Piano Teacher | feature film | Won 3 awards at Cannes | |||||||
| Lovely Rita | Screened at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival | ||||||||
| 2002 | |||||||||
| Blue Moon | |||||||||
| Everyman's Feast (Jedermanns Fest) | Wega Film, entered into the 24th Moscow International Film Festival | ||||||||
| Foreigners out! Schlingensiefs Container (Ausländer raus!) | documentary | Bonus Film | |||||||
| Gebürtig | Robert Schindel, | feature | |||||||
| Nogo | feature film | Dor Film | |||||||
| She, Me & Her | feature | George Linder | |||||||
| 2003 | |||||||||
| Dead Man's Memories (Der gläserne Blick) | Markus Heltschl | ||||||||
| Free Radicals (Böse Zellen) | coop99 | ||||||||
| Fast Film | Virgil Widrich | short | Virgil Widrich FIlm- und Multimediaproduktion | ||||||
| Struggle | Screened at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival | ||||||||
| Yu | Entered into the 25th Moscow International Film Festival | ||||||||
In 2004, 24 Austrian films were produced either as solely Austrian productions, or with an Austrian majority interest and opened in the cinemas. 16 were feature films and 8 were documentary films. A further 8 films were produced with an Austrian minority production interest, 7 of them feature films: for example Michael Haneke's Wolfzeit, which is a predominantly French production.[1] [2]
| width=21% | Title | width=16% | Director | width=22% | Cast | width=13% | Genre | width=28% | Studio/Notes |
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| Time of the Wolf (Wolfzeit) | feature film | Wega Film (min.), screened at Cannes | |||||||
| The Edukators (Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei) | coop99 (min.), Y3 Film (Germany, Hans Weingartner's film company in Berlin). Screened at Cannes. | ||||||||
| Darwin's Nightmare | documentary | coop99 | |||||||
| Villa Henriette | |||||||||
| Nacktschnecken | comedy | Dor Film | |||||||
| handbikemovie | Martin Bruch | documentary | Satel Film | ||||||
| Das wirst du nie verstehen | documentary | Wiener Filmakademie | |||||||
| Info Wars | Sebastian J. F. | documentary | Parallel Universe | ||||||
| C(r)ook | Henry Hübchen, Moritz Bleibtreu, Roland Düringer | feature | Dor Film (maj.) | ||||||
| Antares | feature | Lotus Film | |||||||
| No Rest for the Brave | feature | ||||||||
| Hotel | Screened at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival | ||||||||
| Silentium | |||||||||
In 2005, 24 Austrian films were produced either as solely Austrian productions, or with an Austrian majority interest and opened in the cinemas. 15 of them were documentary films, and nine were feature films. A further six films (three documentary films and three feature films) were produced with an Austrian minority interest co-production partner – for example, the award-winning documentary Darwin's Nightmare, a production with a majority French interest.[2] [3]
| width=21% | Title | width=16% | Director | width=22% | Cast | width=13% | Genre | width=28% | Studio/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Die Geierwally) | Wega Film (premiere: January 7) | ||||||||
| Erik(A) | align=center | – | documentary | Kurt Mayer Film (January 14) | |||||
| Things – Places – Years | Klub Zwei (Simone Bader & Jo Schneiser) | align=center | – | documentary | Amour Fou Filmproduktion (January 20) | ||||
| Der Wadenmesser | align=center | – | documentary | Fischer Film (January 28) | |||||
| Küss mich, Prinzessin | Josef Aichholzer Film (February 24) | ||||||||
| Die Viertelliterklasse | Florian Kehrer, Roland Düringer | Luna Film (March 4) | |||||||
| Accordion Tribe | about the group Accordion Tribe | documentary | Fischer Film (min.) (March 4) | ||||||
| Welcome Home | feature | Wega Film (maj.) (March 18), entered into the 27th Moscow International Film Festival | |||||||
| Welt Spiegel Kino | align=center | – | documentary | Loop Media (April 1) | |||||
| Blackout Journey | feature | Epo Film (maj.)) (April 14) | |||||||
| Dallas Pashamende | align=center | – | documentary | Allegro Film (min.) (April 15) | |||||
| I am from Nowhere | align=center | – | documentary | Navigator Film (maj.) (May 18) | |||||
| Augenleuchten | feature | (May 19) | |||||||
| Über die Grenze | documentary | Geyrhalter Film (May 20) | |||||||
| Schläfer | feature | coop99 (min.) (June 3), screened at Cannes | |||||||
| F.A.Q – Frequently Asked Questions | align=center | – | documentary | Meter Film (June 24) | |||||
| Backstage 1955 | align=center | – | documentary | Power of Earth (September 12) | |||||
| Ragin | feature | Dor Film (min.) (September 23), Russian film | |||||||
| Operation Spring | align=center | – | documentary | Schnittpunkt Film (September 23) | |||||
| We Feed the World | align=center | – | documentary | Allegro Film (September 30) | |||||
| Artikel 7 – Unser Recht | align=center | – | documentary | Navigator Film (maj.) (September 30) | |||||
| Die Jungen von der Paulstrasse | feature | Lisa Film (July 10), originally produced for broadcasting in Italian TV in 2003 | |||||||
| Unterwegs nach Heimat | align=center | – | documentary | Bonus Film, zeggl Film (November 11) | |||||
| Crash Test Dummies | feature | Amour Fou Filmproduktion (maj.) (November 11) | |||||||
| Donauleichen | Christian Blümel, Hilde Dalik | feature | Alma Donau Film (November 18) | ||||||
| Caché (UK: Hidden) | Thriller | Wega Film (min.) (November 18) Best Director at Cannes | |||||||
| Schnelles Geld | align=center | – | documentary | Bernhard Pötscher Film (November 18) | |||||
| Workingman's Death | align=center | – | documentary | Lotus Film (maj.) (November 25) | |||||
| Tibet Revisited | align=center | – | documentary | Loop Media (December 2) |
In 2006, 34 Austrian films were produced and opened in the cinemas. All of them were either solely Austrian productions, or had an Austrian majority interest. 17 of them were documentary films and 16 were feature films.[2] [4]
| width=21% | Title | width=16% | Director | width=22% | Cast | width=13% | Genre | width=28% | Studio/Notes |
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| The Headsman (Henker) | Allegro Film (maj.) (Austrian cinema premiere: January 20) | ||||||||
| You Bet Your Life (Spiele Leben) | coop99 (maj.) (January 20) | ||||||||
| Volver la Vista – der umgekehrte Blick | – | documentary | Amour Fou Filmproduktion (maj.) (January 20) | ||||||
| Jenseits | Verein Loom (January 21), digital movie | ||||||||
| New World (Neue Welt) | – | documentary | Paul Rosdy Film (January 27) | ||||||
| Grbavica | feature | coop99 (maj.) (March 3rd) | |||||||
| Klimt | feature | Epo Film (maj.) (March 3rd) | |||||||
| Meisterschaft | – | documentary | Friedemann Derschmidt (March 31), Video production with cinema premiere | ||||||
| Octopusalarm (Tintenfischalarm) | Alex Jurgen | documentary | Wega Film (April 7) | ||||||
| No Name City | – | documentary | Mischief Films (April 21) | ||||||
| Our Daily Bread (Unser täglich Brot) | – | documentary | Geyrhalter Film (April 21) | ||||||
| Feine Dame | MR Film (April 23) | ||||||||
| Kotsch | Christoph Theußl, Andreas Kiendl, Michael Ostrowski | feature | Lotus Film (April 28) | ||||||
| The Crown Prince | MR Film (April 30) | ||||||||
| Calling Hedy Lamarr | Georg Misch | – | documentary | Mischief Films (maj.) (May 12) | |||||
| Nitro | comedy | Dor Film (May 19) | |||||||
| Out of Hand (Keller – Teenage Wasteland) | drama | Novotny und Novotny Film (maj.) (June 9) | |||||||
| Silent Bloodnight | Tigerline Film (July 7) | ||||||||
| Snow White | feature | Filmhaus (maj.) (September 1) | |||||||
| (Fallen) | drama | coop99 (September 8) | |||||||
| Friendship (Freundschaft) | comedy | Dor Film (September 15) | |||||||
| Dead in 3 Days (In 3 Tagen bist du tot) | horror | Allegro Film (September 22) | |||||||
| Notes on Marie Menken | – | documentary | Mina Film (September 22) | ||||||
| Romane Apsa – Zigeunertränen | – | documentary | Fischer Film (September 27), digital film | ||||||
| Exile Family Movie | – | documentary | Golden Girls Film (September 29) | ||||||
| Ich erzähle dir von mir | – | documentary | Studio West (September 29) | ||||||
| Lapislauzi | Dor Film (maj.) (October 6) | ||||||||
| AINOA | Cinevista Film (October 19) | ||||||||
| Karo and the Lord (Karo und der liebe Gott) | children's film | Mini Film (November 2) | |||||||
| Zeit zu gehen | – | documentary | Navigator Film (November 17) | ||||||
| Aufzeichnungen zum Widerstand | – | documentary | Amour Fou Filmproduktion (November 24) | ||||||
| Slumming | feature | Lotus Film (maj.) (November 24) | |||||||
| Freuds verschwundene Nachbarn | – | documentary | Kurt Mayer Film (December 1) | ||||||
| Babooska | – | documentary | Vento Film (maj.) (December 6) | ||||||
| Zorros Bar Mizwa | – | documentary | Ruth Beckermann Film (December 15) | ||||||
| Zen and Zero (Zen & Zero – An Austrian Surfextravaganza) | – | documentary | Philipp Manderla Film (December 29) |
In 2007, 34 Austrian films (19 documentary films and 15 feature films, including the two feature films Winterreise and Deepfrozen, which are mentioned on the website of the Film Institute, but not in the Film Report) were first screened in Austrian cinemas, 25 of them either solely Austrian productions, or with an Austrian majority interest (the latter including 7 feature films). 9 films were produced with an Austrian studio as the minority co-production partner, 8 of them feature films – for example Hans Weingartner's Reclaim Your Brain, which is a production with a majority German interest.[5]
| width=21% | Title | width=16% | Director | width=22% | Cast | width=13% | Genre | width=28% | Studio/Notes |
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| 5 Fabriken - Arbeiterkontrolle in Venezuela | – | documentary | Sixpack Film (maj.) (January 19) | ||||||
| Ich muss dir was sagen | Martin Nguyen | – | documentary | Mischief Films (January 19) | |||||
| Rule of Law | – | documentary | Josef Aichholzer Film (January 26) | ||||||
| Taxidermia | Amour Fou Filmproduktion (min.) (February 9) | ||||||||
| Winterreise | feature | Wega Film (February 23)[6] | |||||||
| Über Wasser | – | documentary | Lotus Film (maj.) (February 23) | ||||||
| Forever Never Anywhere (Immer nie am Meer) | coop99 (March 9) | ||||||||
| To the Limit (Am Limit) | – | documentary | Lotus Film (min.) (March 16) | ||||||
| Vienna's Lost Daughters (Wiens verlorene Töchter) | – | documentary | Mobile Film (March 23) | ||||||
| The Counterfeiters (Die Fälscher) | Josef Aichholzer Film (maj.) (March 23), won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film 2008 | ||||||||
| Heile Welt | feature | Novotny & Novotny Film (March 30) | |||||||
| 42 Plus | feature | Dor Film (April 13) | |||||||
| Life in Loops (A Megacities Remix) | – | Orbrock Film, Film in Loops (April 20) | |||||||
| Out of Time (Aus der Zeit) | – | documentary | Harald Friedl (May 4) | ||||||
| Almfilm | – | documentary | Geyrhalter Film (May 4) | ||||||
| Rumi – Poesi des Islam | – | documentary | Houchang Allahyari Film (May 10) | ||||||
| Children of the Prophet | – | documentary | Freibeuter Film (May 25) | ||||||
| Ma Mère | Amour Fou Filmproduktion (min.) (July 20) | ||||||||
| Gucha – Distant Trumpet (Guca!) | comedy | Josef Aichholzer Film (min.) (August 24) | |||||||
| (Der geköpfte Hahn) | drama | Epo Film (min.) (August 31) | |||||||
| Meine liebe Republik | – | documentary | Wega Film (September 21) | ||||||
| Prater | – | documentary | Kurt Mayer Film (maj.) (September 21) | ||||||
| (Keine Insel – Die Palmers-Entführung) | – | documentary | Enkidu Film (September 28) | ||||||
| Kurz davor ist es passiert | – | documentary | Amour Fou Filmproduktion (October 5) | ||||||
| Midsummer Madness | Maria de Medeiros, Dominique Pinon, Chulpan Khamatova, Tobias Moretti | comedy | Fischer Film (min.) (October 12) | ||||||
| Zurück zu einem unbekannten Anfang | – | documentary | Österreichisches Institut für Validation (October 12) | ||||||
| The War on Drugs | – | documentary | Parallel Universe (October 12) | ||||||
| Import Export | drama | Ulrich Seidl Film (November 9). Entered into the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. | |||||||
| Jeder siebte Mensch | – | documentary | Virgil Widrich Film (November 16) | ||||||
| Reclaim Your Brain | comedy | coop99 (min.) (November 23) | |||||||
| Rumpelstilzchen | feature | SK Film (min.) (December 6) | |||||||
| Der Kärntner spricht deutsch | – | documentary | Sixpack Film (December 7) | ||||||
| Hermes Phettberg – Elender | – | documentary | Fischer Film (December 7) | ||||||
| Deepfrozen | comedy | Wega Film (min.) (December 27) |
In 2008, 33 Austrian films were first screened in Austrian cinemas (20 feature films, 13 documentary films), 28 of them either solely Austrian productions, or with an Austrian majority interest (source: Austrian Film Institute[7])
| width=21% | Title | width=16% | Director | width=22% | Cast | width=13% | Genre | width=28% | Studio/Notes |
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| Bye Bye Blackbird | Dor Film (min.) (January 4) | ||||||||
| Hafner's Paradise (Hafners Paradies) | documentary | Günter Schwaiger Film Produktion (maj.) (January 11), about the old Nazi Hafner in his exile in Spain | |||||||
| The End of the Neubacher Project | – | documentary | Extra Film (January 18) | ||||||
| Free to Leave (Freigesprochen) | drama | Lotus Film (maj.) (January 18), based on a novel by Ödön von Horváth | |||||||
| Falco – Verdammt, wir leben noch! | MR Film (maj.) (February 7), about the Austrian Popstar Falco | ||||||||
| Mozart in China | Extra Film (maj.) (February 29) | ||||||||
| Einst süße Heimat | – | documentary | Golden Girls Film (March 7) | ||||||
| Mister Karl. Karlheinz Böhm – Wut und Liebe | – | documentary | Epo Film (maj.) (March 14) | ||||||
| Schindler's Houses (Schindlers Häuser) | – | documentary | Amour Fou Filmproduktion (April 4) | ||||||
| The Reason Why (Darum) | drama | Allegro Film (April 4) | |||||||
| TV film thriller | Lisa Film (April 13) | ||||||||
| Back to Africa | – | documentary | Langbein & Skalnik Media (maj.) (April 25) | ||||||
| Grenzgängerinnen | Ülkü Akbaba (April 25) | ||||||||
| Jump! | drama, biographical film | LWB Media (maj.) (May 1) | |||||||
| Weltrevolution | – | documentary | Klaus Hundsbichler (May 9) | ||||||
| Revanche | Prisma Film, Spielmann Film (May 16) | ||||||||
| Nur kein Mitleid | Kulturfabrik Austria (May 23) | ||||||||
| Herzausreisser (Nua ka Schmoez!) | documentary | Navigator Film (May 30) | |||||||
| Kleine Geheimnisse | Amour Fou Filmproduktion (min.) (June 6) | ||||||||
| Ein Rucksack voller Lügen | SK Film (June 6) | ||||||||
| Spanking Devils | feature | Tigerline Film (July 20) | |||||||
| Übermorgen Nirgendwo | Lotus Film (min.) (August 1) | ||||||||
| Silent Resident (Weisse Lilien) | Amour Fou Film, KGP Production (maj.) (August 29) | ||||||||
| Herrn Kukas Empfehlungen | feature | Prisma Film (maj.) (September 5) | |||||||
| Kairo All Inclusive | documentary | Fortuna Media (September 18) | |||||||
| La Bohème | MR Film (maj.) (October 10) | ||||||||
| Schlimmer geht's nimmer | David Unger Film (October 17) | ||||||||
| North Face | Dor Film (min.) (October 24) | ||||||||
| Let's Make Money | documentary | Allegro Film (October 31) | |||||||
| Tag der Teufel | n/a | feature | Tigerline Film (November 20) | ||||||
| In die Welt | documentary | Navigator Film (November 21) | |||||||
| Loos Ornamental | documentary | Amour Fou / KGP Filmproduktion (November 21) | |||||||
| Echte Wiener | comedy | Bonus Film (December 19) | |||||||
| Love Comes Lately | comedy | Dor Film (min.) (December 19) | |||||||
| In 3 Tagen bist du tot 2 | horror film | Allegro Film (December 26) |
In 2009, 34 Austrian films were first screened in Austrian cinemas (17 feature films, 17 documentary films), 28 of them either solely Austrian productions, or with an Austrian majority interest (source: Austrian Film Institute[8]
| width=21% | Title | width=16% | Director | width=22% | Cast | width=13% | Genre | width=28% | Studio/Notes |
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| Mein halbes Leben | – | documentary | Marko Doringer / Geyrhalter Film (maj.) (January 1) | ||||||
| For A Moment Freedom (Ein Augenblick Freiheit) | drama | Wega Film (maj.) (January 9) | |||||||
| Sneaker Stories | – | documentary | Pooldoks (January 16) | ||||||
| (Hexe Lilli) | animation | Dor Film (min.) (February 19) | |||||||
| Film ist. a girl & a gun | – | documentary | Loop Media (maj.) (February 27) | ||||||
| Der Knochenmann | crime, comedy | Dor Film (March 6) | |||||||
| 7915 km | – | documentary | Geyrhalter Film (March 20) | ||||||
| Kleine Fische | comedy | Novotny & Novotny (March 20) | |||||||
| Gangster Girls | – | documentary | kinoki, witcraft (March 27) | ||||||
| Universalove | KGP (maj.) (April 17) | ||||||||
| Contact High | comedy | Lotus Film, Novotny & Novotny (maj.) (April 17) | |||||||
| Gibellina – Il Terremoto | – | documentary | Joerg Burger Filmproduktion (maj.) (April 17) | ||||||
| Sturmfrei | comedy | Hans Selikovsky Film (April 24) | |||||||
| Feuerherz | drama, biography | Josef Aichholzer Filmproduktion (min.) (May 15) | |||||||
| Flieger über Amazonien | – | documentary | Geyrhalter Film (June 5) | ||||||
| Coma | drama | Film Pla.net (June 26) | |||||||
| – | documentary | Neue Sentimental Film (min.) (September 18) | |||||||
| Der Weg nach Mekka – Die Reise des Muhammad Asad | – | documentary | Mischief Films (September 18) | ||||||
| Rimini | – | documentary | Filmakademie (September 25) | ||||||
| The White Ribbon (Das weisse Band) | drama | Wega Film (min.) (September 25) | |||||||
| Gurbet in der Fremde | Kilic Film (October 2) | ||||||||
| Der Fall des Lemming | crime, comedy | Allegro Film (October 2) | |||||||
| Tortuga – Die unglaubliche Reise der Meeresschildkröte | – | documentary | Allegro Film (min.) (October 2) | ||||||
| Desert Flower (Wüstenblume) | drama | Dor Film (min.) (October 9) | |||||||
| Little Alien | – | documentary | Mobilefilm (October 9) | ||||||
| Eine von 8 | – | documentary | gegenfilm (October 16) | ||||||
| , | thriller | Mona (October 23) | |||||||
| Hogi's Family | animation | Power of Earth Film (October 23) | |||||||
| Blutsfreundschaft | Novotny & Novotny (November 5) | ||||||||
| Josef Winkler − Der Kinoleinwandgeher | Focus Film (November 5) | ||||||||
| La Pivellina | Vento Film (maj.) (November 13) | ||||||||
| Die kleinen Bankräuber | Mini Film (min.) (November 20) | ||||||||
| Mount St. Elias | Planet Watch (November 26) | ||||||||
| Das Vaterspiel | feature | Lotus Film (min.) (November 27) | |||||||
| So schaut's aus – G'schichten vom Willi Resetarits | documentary, biography | Kurt Mayer Film (November 27) | |||||||
| biography | (December 30) | ||||||||
| Lourdes | feature | coop99 (maj.) (September 1)[9] |