The Fruit of Thy Womb

In 1997, Albert won Le Léopard de Demain at the festival of Locarno for The Fruit of Thy Womb. To evade the incomprehensible world of adults seven-year-old Natascha creates her own world, influenced by her impressions of sexuality and religion. It is a world of mainly catholic imaginations and symbols - a world between frightening bogey men and flying Christ childs. (B.A.)

Orig. Title
Die Frucht deines Leibes

Year
1996

Country
Austria

Duration
27 min

Director
Barbara Albert

Category
Short fiction

Orig. Language
German

Subtitles
English

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The Fruit of Thy Womb (Image)

Credits

Director

Barbara Albert

Script

Barbara Albert

Cinematography

Christine A. Maier

Camera Assistant

Marcus Kanter

Editing

Barbara Albert

Sound

Fritz Noltmann, Christian Waldl

Editing Assistant

Niki Mossböck, Gundula Daxecker, Günther Schober

Sound Assistant

Hubert Rinnhofer

Production

Barbara Albert

Actor/Actress

Emilie Zsoldos, Norbert Hintermayer, Claudia Porpaczy, Julia Gaitzenauer, Christoph Schagerl, Stefanie Letofsky

Art Direction

Thomas Keip

Lighting

Nick Albert, Chris Laine, Nino Volpe

Costumes

Rita Laslberger

Props

Marie Jecel, Bettina Pilsel

Make-Up

Karin Dunst

Production Manager

Andreas Kispert, Ursula Wolschlager

Assistant Director

Sandra Bohle, Klaus Pridnig

Available Formats

16 mm (Original Format)

Aspect Ratio

1:1,66

Sound Format

Dolby stereo

Frame Rate

24 fps

16 mm (Distribution Copy)

Aspect Ratio

1:1,66

Sound Format

Dolby stereo

Frame Rate

24 fps

Digital File (prores, h264) (Distribution Copy)

Aspect Ratio

4:3

Sound Format

stereo

Frame Rate

25 fps

Color Format

colour

Festivals (Selection)

1996

Palm Springs - Int. Short Film Festival
Tel Aviv - Int. Studentenfilmfestival
Hof - Internationale Filmtage
Kiew - Molodist Int. Film Festival
Poitiers - Recontres Internationales Henri Langlois
Venezia - Biennale di Venezia
Seattle - Int. Film Festival
Leipzig - Int. Studentenfilmfestival

1997

Strasbourg - Forum du Cinema Européen
Triest - Alpe Adria Cinema - Film Festival
Angers - Premiers Plans
Saarbrücken - Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis
Ankara - Int. Film Festival
Tampere - Film Festival
Seine-St.Denis - Côté court
Valencia - Cinema Jove
Ludwigsburg - Filmfest
Wien - Viennale - Int. Filmfestwochen
Wien - StudentInnenfilmfestival
Locarno - Festival Int. de film
Krakau - Int. Short Film Festival

1998

Humboldt - Int. Film Festival
Brisbane - Int. Film Festival
Austin - Cinetexas - Int. short film&video&new media festival
Stuttgart - Filmwinter, Expanded Media Festival
Praha / Brno - EU-Filmfestival
Onion City - Film Festival Chicago
Olympia - Film Festival

1999

Ann Arbor - Film Festival
Wien - StudentInnenfilmfestival

2000

Toronto - IMAGES - Independent Film & Video Festival
Windsor - Media City