Ulrich Seidl

A nurse from Ukraine searches for a better life in the West, while an unemployed security guard from Austria heads East for the same reason. Both are looking for work, a new beginning, an existence, struggling to believe in themselves, to find a meaning in life...

Dir. Ulrich Seidl · With Ekateryna Rak, Paul Hofmann, Michael Thomas

On the beaches of Kenya they’re known as "Sugar Mamas" —European women who seek out African boys selling love to earn a living. Teresa, a 50-year-old Austrian and mother of a daughter entering puberty, travels to this vacation paradise, moving from beach to beach.

Dir. Ulrich Seidl · With Margarethe Tiesel, Peter Kazungu, Inge Maux

Vignettes of the lives of several residents of a Vienna suburb during a heat wave.

Dir. Ulrich Seidl · With Maria Hofstätter, Alfred Mrva, Franziska Weisz

For Anna Maria, paradise lies with Jesus, and she devotes her time to door-to-door missionary work. One day after years of absence, her husband, an Egyptian Muslim confined to a wheelchair, comes home—and soon prayers are replaced by fighting.

Dir. Ulrich Seidl · With Maria Hofstätter, Nabil Saleh, Natalija Baranova

Her mother in Kenya, 13-year-old Melanie spends her summer vacation at a strict diet camp set in the Austrian countryside. Between workouts and nutrition classes, pillow fights and first cigarettes, she falls in love with a doctor 40 years her senior.

Dir. Ulrich Seidl · With Melanie Lenz, Joseph Lorenz, Verena Lehbauer