STRANGERS LIKE US

DIRECTED BY FELIX KRISAI &
PIPI FRÖSTL

Drama

Austria

22′

2024
SYNOPSYS
IN THEIR EARLY 30S, LAURA AND ELIAS SETTLE INTO A NEW SUBURBIAN LIFE BY INVITING ANOTHER COUPLE OVER FOR DINNER. WHEN THE NIGHT GRADUALLY TURNS INTO AN EVENING FULL OF MYSTERIOUSLY SURREAL EVENTS, LAURA FEELS LIKE A STRANGER IN HER OWN LIFE…
DIRECTED BY FELIX KRISAI AND PIPI FRÖSTL WRITTEN BY FELIX KRISAI AND PIPI FRÖSTL PRODUCED BY FELIX KRISAI CINEMATOGRAPHER MAXIMILIAN SMOLINER WITH HENRIETTA RAUTH SEBASTIAN WENDELIN ANNA ROT ACHMED ABDEL-SALAM KLAUS TAUBER JOHANNA ORSINI AND FRANZISKA STÜCKLER COSTUME DESIGN ELENA KREUZBERGER SOUND CHUQI LU

AWARDS AND SELECTIONS

27. Diagonale Festival of Austrian Film
BEST SCREENPLAY
2024
21. Vienna Shorts
OFFICIAL SELECTION
2024 - OSCAR ® QUALIFYING 2024 | EFA ® QUALIFYING 2024 | BAFTA ® QUALIFYING 2024
18. Motel X International Horror Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION
2024 - MÉLIÈS D'ARGENT COMPETITION
12. Festival of Nations
OFFICIAL SELECTION
2024
7. Not Film Fest
OFFICIAL SELECTION
2024
38. Edmonton International Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION
2024 - OSCAR ® QUALIFYING 2024
3. Corrosivo Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION
2024
16. Shortynale Film Festival KLBG
BEST AUSTRIAN FILM
2024
24. SCREAM FEST HORROR FILM FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL SELECTION
2024

FELIX KRISAI
BIO

 

FELIX KRISAI WAS BORN IN 1991 IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA. HE DISCOVERED HIS PASSION FOR FILMMAKING AS A TEENAGER WHERE HE SPENT ALL HIS FREE TIME BOTH SHOOTING AND WATCHING FILMS. AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL HE FIRST STUDIED CINEMATOGRAPHY AT THE FILM ACADEMY VIENNA BEFORE STARTING HIS DIRECTING STUDIES. HE IS CURRENTLY WORKING AS A FREELANCE-DIRECTOR IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA.
2024
STRANGERS LIKE US (Thriller, 22', AT)
2018
FROM ABOVE
2014
EUPHORIA

PIPI FRÖSTL
BIO

 

PIPI FRÖSTL WAS BORN IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA IN 1992. SHE STUDIED SCREENWRITING AND DRAMATURGY AT THE FILM ACADEMY VIENNA, WHERE SHE IS CURRENTLY DOING HER MASTER’S DEGREE. IN 2021 SHE WAS AWARDED THE SCREENWRITING PRIZE „CARL MAYER DREHBUCHPREIS“ IN GRAZ, IN 2022 SHE WON „BEST SCREENPLAY“ AT THE „FIRST STEPS AWARD“ IN BERLIN. SHE ALSO RECEIVED SEVERAL GRANTS FOR HER WRITING-PROJECTS. PIPI LIVES AND WORKS IN VIENNA.
2024
SKY IS THE LIMIT
2024
STRANGERS LIKE US (Thriller, 22', AT)
2023
VERBUNDENE RÄUME (EXPERIMENTAL)
2018
FARCO&ORHAN (DOC)
2018
ROBERT (DOC)