“When will we dance again?” Isolated in his small one-room apartment, João, an HIV-positive Brazilian who does not yet feel at home in Vienna, looks down on the deserted streets of a city silenced by the Covid pandemic. While his partner Tom reaches out sporadically from afar and an online date falls ill with Covid before they can meet, João’s loneliness forces him to confront both his present and his past. A reflection on stigma, sex, and solitude during a time when suddenly everyone is preoccupied with their own status.
João Luan de Lima
Tom Thomas Höfner
Drehbuch // Written by Bruno Kratochvil
Regie / Produzent // Director / Producer Franz Quitt
Co-Producers / Production Managers // Co-Producers / Produktionsleitung Raphael Menne & Paul F. Beck
Bildgestaltung // Director of Photography Laura Ettel
Montage / Sound Design // Editors / Sound Design Franz Quitt & Martin Weiss
Szenenbild // Production Design Uta Wiegele & Julia Christoph
Kostümbild // Costume Design Emily Gruicin
Maskenbild // Hair & Make-Up Emese Torma, Dorothea Kozicz & Gioia Hader
O-Ton // Sound Mixers David Graudenz, Daniel Holzberg, Christopher Büttner, Manuel Cyrill, Fabian Rausch, Lucas Schönwiese & Nikolai Liskutin
Voice-Over Aufnahmen / ADR // Voice-Over Recording / ADR Manuel Cyrill
Tonschnitt // Sound Editing Michael Schuller
Tonmischung // Re-Recording Mixer Ingo Pusswald (Blautöne)
Regieassistenz / Assistant Directors Jirka Cerny, Lukas Haas & Meike Wüstenberg
2. Regieassistenz / 2nd Assistant Directors Bruno Kratochvil & Nicole Stigler
Drehbuch // Written by Bruno Kratochvil
Regie / Produzent // Director / Producer Franz Quitt
Co-Producers / Production Managers // Co-Producers / Produktionsleitung Raphael Menne & Paul F. Beck
Bildgestaltung // Director of Photography Laura Ettel
Montage / Sound Design // Editors / Sound Design Franz Quitt & Martin Weiss
Szenenbild // Production Design Uta Wiegele & Julia Christoph
Kostümbild // Costume Design Emily Gruicin
Maskenbild // Hair & Make-Up Emese Torma, Dorothea Kozicz & Gioia Hader
O-Ton // Sound Mixers David Graudenz, Daniel Holzberg, Christopher Büttner, Manuel Cyrill, Fabian Rausch, Lucas Schönwiese & Nikolai Liskutin
Voice-Over Aufnahmen / ADR // Voice-Over Recording / ADR Manuel Cyrill
Tonschnitt // Sound Editing Michael Schuller
Tonmischung // Re-Recording Mixer Ingo Pusswald (Blautöne)
Regieassistenz / Assistant Directors Jirka Cerny, Lukas Haas & Meike Wüstenberg
2. Regieassistenz / 2nd Assistant Directors Bruno Kratochvil & Nicole Stigler
Obdachlose Frau // Homeless Woman Gisela Salcher
Online Date (Voice-Over) Tommy Fischnaller-Wachtler
Streitendes Paar (Off-Stimmen) // Arguing Neighbours (Off-Screen) Zeynep Alan & Anillo Sürün
Genervte Gäste (Clubgarderobe) // Annoyed Clubbers (Coat Check) Francesca Ghitea & Laura Feitscher
Pärchen (Clubgarderobe) // Couple (Coat Check) Linua Land & Elena Wolff
Verführer (Illegale Party) // Seducer (Illegal Party) Paul Hassler
Traum-Choreografie // Dream-Choreography Evandro Pedroni
Intimacy Coordinator / Intimitätskoordination Bernadette M. Leitner
Hundebegleitung // Dogwalkers Shobha Untersteiner & Florian Feik
Essenslieferant // Delivery Guy Fahim Heydari
Corona-Team // Corona Unit Otmar, Madalena & Tobias Kastner
Tänzerin // Dancer Rosa Drolshagen
Online Date (Voice-Over) Tommy Fischnaller-Wachtler
Streitendes Paar (Off-Stimmen) // Arguing Neighbours (Off-Screen) Zeynep Alan & Anillo Sürün
Genervte Gäste (Clubgarderobe) // Annoyed Clubbers (Coat Check) Francesca Ghitea & Laura Feitscher
Pärchen (Clubgarderobe) // Couple (Coat Check) Linua Land & Elena Wolff
Verführer (Illegale Party) // Seducer (Illegal Party) Paul Hassler
Traum-Choreografie // Dream-Choreography Evandro Pedroni
Intimacy Coordinator / Intimitätskoordination Bernadette M. Leitner
Hundebegleitung // Dogwalkers Shobha Untersteiner & Florian Feik
Essenslieferant // Delivery Guy Fahim Heydari
Corona-Team // Corona Unit Otmar, Madalena & Tobias Kastner
Tänzerin // Dancer Rosa Drolshagen
Oberlicht // Gaffer Andreas Foramitti
Licht // Electricians Michael Bachinger, Florian Steininger, Simon Mück, Pia Möstl, Tim St.-Jalmes, Johannes Arnold, Xaver Haiden, Tobias Wutschek, Markus Stangl, Florian Noever, Daniel Rusegger, Leon Arevalo, Luca Horak, Sophie Gollegger, Anne Hasenhütl, Niklas Strahammer, Leopold Taub, Stella-J. Puelacher, Stefanie Knebel & Jannis Koehling
1. Kameraassistenz // 1st Assistant Camera Jura Branellec, Marian Wagner & Malte Siemers
2. Kameraassistenz // 2nd Assistant Camera Tim Tenter & Peter Roland
Schnittassistenz // Assistant Editor Martin Weiss
Szenenbildassistenz // Production Design Assistance Sabine Müller, Laura Diessl, Hannah Ragl, Flo Berrar, Lynn Pompetzki & Katharina Simunek
Licht // Electricians Michael Bachinger, Florian Steininger, Simon Mück, Pia Möstl, Tim St.-Jalmes, Johannes Arnold, Xaver Haiden, Tobias Wutschek, Markus Stangl, Florian Noever, Daniel Rusegger, Leon Arevalo, Luca Horak, Sophie Gollegger, Anne Hasenhütl, Niklas Strahammer, Leopold Taub, Stella-J. Puelacher, Stefanie Knebel & Jannis Koehling
1. Kameraassistenz // 1st Assistant Camera Jura Branellec, Marian Wagner & Malte Siemers
2. Kameraassistenz // 2nd Assistant Camera Tim Tenter & Peter Roland
Schnittassistenz // Assistant Editor Martin Weiss
Szenenbildassistenz // Production Design Assistance Sabine Müller, Laura Diessl, Hannah Ragl, Flo Berrar, Lynn Pompetzki & Katharina Simunek
Bühnenmeister // Construction Manager Lenz Zeiner / Bühnenmaler // Head Painter Georg Scheibenbauer (AUF EINE REIHE)
“LIVE YOUR BEST FUCKING LIFE”- Graffiti D. Castillo
“LIVE YOUR BEST FUCKING LIFE”- Graffiti D. Castillo
Supervising Producer Julia Zisser
Produktionskoordination // Production Coordinators Leonie Fankhauser, Christopher Büttner & Filip Divic
VFX / Compositing Boris Angelis
Color Grading | ColorCompany | Colorist Bernhard Schlick
Poster / Titel / Abspann // Poster / Title Card / Credits Tim Wikkerink
Kompars:innen // Extras
Produktionskoordination // Production Coordinators Leonie Fankhauser, Christopher Büttner & Filip Divic
VFX / Compositing Boris Angelis
Color Grading | ColorCompany | Colorist Bernhard Schlick
Poster / Titel / Abspann // Poster / Title Card / Credits Tim Wikkerink
Kompars:innen // Extras
Anna Starzinger, Nurkhon Saidasanov, Marko Jovanovic, Mattia Calabrese, Lena Ruziczka, Flo Berrar, Eleni Chioni, Sophie Rabmer, Selina Strommer, Florian Haneder, Elias Markart, Meriç Başak, Rafael Lima, Marlene Sachs, Julia Hamp, Jonathan Gothe, Raul Rus, Viola Heller, Konstantin Danek, Eva Studer, Biko Hamnca, Emil Leschek, Moritz Albrecht, Ahmed Al-Taai, Elias Partoll, Niklas Pollmann, Arianna Bonazza, Rosa Zant, Anna Fenderl, Adria J. Font, Alexia Feick, Julian Lebhaft, Mekhrubon Davlatova, Michele Chmurnov, Thomas Schick, Lennart Weber, Yana Kislykh, Isabella Matschl & Gregor Plaschka
Carolyn Suárez, Evandro Pedroni, Stefan Yazzie, Lukas Lamminger, Felix Moser, Rosa Friedrich, Michael Trittin, Clara Schemmel, Carmen Schrenk, Alexander Hackel, Valentina Stangl, Leah Hochedlinger, Benjamin Kornfeld, Theresa Quitt, Iris Appl, Michael Fischer, Anna Neumüller, Philipp Sohn, Magdalena Reichinger, Coco, Henriette Vohn, Bente Andersen, Sarah S. Bouloc, Eric Hagen, Lara Paul, Lisa Derr & Polina Serova
Carolyn Suárez, Evandro Pedroni, Stefan Yazzie, Lukas Lamminger, Felix Moser, Rosa Friedrich, Michael Trittin, Clara Schemmel, Carmen Schrenk, Alexander Hackel, Valentina Stangl, Leah Hochedlinger, Benjamin Kornfeld, Theresa Quitt, Iris Appl, Michael Fischer, Anna Neumüller, Philipp Sohn, Magdalena Reichinger, Coco, Henriette Vohn, Bente Andersen, Sarah S. Bouloc, Eric Hagen, Lara Paul, Lisa Derr & Polina Serova
ORIGINAL LAPTOP CONTENT
mit/with Lena Ruziczka, Erika Farina, Jonas De Geer, Florian Feik, Karoline & Petra Peneder, “Lights” by Patrick Patrikios
Catering Özgür Bulut & Anillo Sürün
Sponsoring / Sponsors Arri Rental / Lemonpie Film / Ströck
Gefördert von / Funded by BMKÖS / MA7 / Land NÖ / Gender/Queer/Diversity-Förderung (MDW)
Gefördert von / Funded by BMKÖS / MA7 / Land NÖ / Gender/Queer/Diversity-Förderung (MDW)
Besonderen Dank an // Special Thanks to Helma Q.Stern, Franz E. Quitt, Sport- & Akustikbau, Club Celeste, Volksschule Schönngasse, Top Event, Andreas Buchschachner, Spomenka Veghelyi, Michael Boxrucker, Wiener Wohnen, Denis Benjamin Honorato & Hotel Rioca, Alina Chlebecek, Lena List, Angelika Spangel, Shirin Hooshmandi, Johannes Hoss, Dominic Spitaler, Simon Frühwirth, Barbara Seidler, Stefanie Hoffmann, Phillipp Gnan, Johann Romstorfer, Keine Agentur, Faina Jana, Agnieszka Solomon, Shari Hosseini, Gregor Schmalix, Nora M.-Dawid, Albert Car, Florian, Frida, Feodor Brüning, Helen Lanwehr, Matheus Viegas & Ludwig Köb
Götz Spielmann, Wolfgang Murnberger, Hubert Canaval, Barbara Albert, Tizza Covi, Wolfgang Thaler, Ewald Grabenbauer, Oliver Neumann, David Haslinger, Doris Lagler, Horst Pitschuch, Alexander Antes, Thomas Janda, Gerald Heuschmidt, Katja Jäger, Christine A. Maier, Volker Gläser, Danny Krausz, Katja Dor-Helmer, Regine Reiger, Michael Hudacek, Karin Macher, Christina Wintersteiger, Philip Mosser, Sandra Bohle, Thomas Benesch, Gaby Reisinger, Barbara Rubisch, Anneliese Weidinger, Oliver Kunz, Christopher Stallybrass
© 2025 Quitt, Kratochvil, Weiss & Ettel
Festivals
World Premiere: Max Ophüls Preis, 2026