July 19, 2017
Born in Bolzano, Italy in 1971, Tizza Covi lived in Paris and Berlin before studying photography in Vienna. Rainer Frimmel, born in Vienna in 1971, also studied photography in Vienna. Since 1996 they work together on films, theatre, photography. In 2002 they founded their own film production company Vento Film. They won several awards for their documentaries, including the Wolfgang Staudte Award at the Berlinale for Babooska. La Pivellina, their first feature, was awarded the Europa Cinemas Label at the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs in Cannes and was Austria`s offical entry for the Oscars 2011. Their second feature film The Shine of Day premiered in the international competition in Locarno 2012 and won the Silver Leopard for Best Actor. Their third feature film Mister Universo was also premiered in Locarno in 2016 and won several prices, among others the Europa Cinema Label and the Fipresci Award. Currently, they are working on a documentary movie.
For information on the screening event of Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel's film Mister Universo, please click here.