Northern Skirts Explained

Northern Skirts
Director:	Barbara Albert
Starring:	Nina Proll
Runtime:	103 minutes
Country:	Austria
Language:	German

Northern Skirts is a 1999 German-language film directed by Barbara Albert. It was an international co-production between Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. It was Austria's official Best Foreign Language Film submission at the 72nd Academy Awards, but did not manage to receive a nomination.^[1] The film addresses the marginalisation of the Vienna's migrant and ethnic minority population against the background of rising xenophobia encouraged by Joerg Haider and the so-called Freedom Party.

Cast

• Nina Proll as Jasmin Schmid
• Edita Malovcic as Tamara
• Astrit Alihajdaraj as Senad
• Tudor Chirilă as Valentin
• Michael Tanczos as Roman
• Georg Friedrich as Wolfgang
• Martina Stojan as Sonja
• Marta Klubowicz as Jolanta
• Brigitte Kren as Gitti

Reception

David Rooney of Variety wrote "Northern Skirts remains too fragmented in its presentation of characters and plot to bring its themes of family and emotional connection fully into focus".^[2]

See also

• List of submissions to the 72nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Austrian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Notes and References

1. Record 47 Countries In Oscar Contention. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 22 November 1999. 20 August 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081004223328/http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/1999/99.11.22.html. 4 October 2008. dead.
2. Northern Skirts. Rooney. David. Variety. 20 September 1999.