Georg Tiller
Georg TILLER (1982, Austria) studied philosophy and theatre before he transferred to the Film Academy of Vienna, where Michael Haneke was his teacher, and then Berlin. Since then he has been working as a freelance filmmaker and artist. His work was exhibited in the Centre George Pompidou and the Biennale of São Paulo. Tiller's films have been screened and awarded at world-renowned film festivals among which are the Berlinale, International Film Festival Rotterdam and Viennale Film Festival.
Filmography
km 43.3 Der Transsylvanische Holzfall/km 43,3 Transylvanian Timber (2007, short doc), Der Turm des Ornithologen/The Tower of Birds (2008, short doc), Vargtimmen - nach einer Szene von Ingmar Bergman/Vargtimmen - After a Scene by Ingmar Bergman (2010, short doc), Persona Beach (2011), DMD KIU LIDT (2014), White Coal (2015), Overnight Flies (2016), Zaho Zay (2020, co-dir)
Georg Tiller at IFFR
White Coal
70'
Austria
IFFR 2015
Godsterminal
Edward Weki is visited by Nurse Alma (Bergman’s Persona) and a female version of Death (from The Seventh Seal).
90'
Austria
IFFR 2024
Mário
Billy Woodberry’s superb biography of Mário Pinto de Andrade, a luminary in pan-African independence movements.
120'
Portugal
IFFR 2024
Overnight Flies
An essay on time passing through spaces and the beauty found in its contemplation.
97'
Austria
IFFR 2024
Persona Beach
Georg Tiller visits Fårö in search of the spiritual residue of Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman.
138'
Austria
IFFR 2024