IL MARE FILM Silvia Holzinger and Peter Haas

Il Mare Film is a cooperation for the creation of independent, artistic documentary films, founded by Silvia Holzinger and Peter Haas. In 2004, the first film ROBA FORESTIERA (Foreign Stuff) was presented at various European film festivals. The film was selected for international competition at the 7th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival out of 880 films submitted. WEIZENBAUM. REBEL AT WORK is our first feature-length film, it won the Wolfgang von Kempelen Award for Computer Science History in 2007. Peter Haas was born in Osnabrück, Germany, in 1965. He studied Philosophy and Literature in Cologne, Vienna and Berlin. After dropping out, as a passionate nerd, he could only really get into film with the advent of FireWire and DV. He worked as a Software Developer and founded Weblicon Technologies AG in 2000, a Software company focused on mobile applications. In 2003, he became CEO of the company until the company was acquired in 2005. Roba Forestiera (Foreign Stuff) is his first film. Silvia Holzinger was born in Upper Austria in 1966, she studied Communication Science and Italian in Vienna, Berlin and Rome. She wrote her thesis on the one-man-cinema of the Roman film maker Nanni Moretti and worked in a variety of projects involving films, film festivals, workshops, and a production guide. In 2001 she graduated from the school of digital video work at the Videolab. The documentary film makers Ferdinand Stahl, Karin Berger, Käthe Kratz and Ebba Sinzinger were her mentors. Her first documentaries were the portraits "Kohlgasse 19", 2002, "Silberstreif am Horizont", 2002 and Roba Forestiera. Il Mare Film is supported by:               Il Mare Film Spirit Il Mare Film is an informal cooperation of two complementary film makers, Silvia Holzinger and Peter Haas. We are creating independent documentaries that foster an artistic, personal style and deal with sustainable issues. Our effort is not for profit. Yet, our aim is to make a living from our films. Digital creation, workflow and distribution of film offer new opportunities to reach viewers independently. Today, we have almost no public funding but rely on personal resources, donations, supporters and sponsors. With every DVD shipped you make it even more likely that there will be a new project in the future! Requests from cinemas, distributors, sponsors, TV channels as well as inquiries from alternative screening locations are highly welcome! Films: Schmuckwerkstatt Kohlgasse 19, 2002 Silberstreif am Horizont, 2003 Roba Forestiera, IMDb 2004 Weizenbaum. Rebel at Work IMDb 2007 Publications: DOX Magazine: "Twelve Roadblocks"  DOX/EDN: "Slow-Budget Filmmaking"

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