Benny´s Video

Benny is a young adolescent from a wealthy family. His parents leave him largely to his own devices, and he finds an emotional substitute in the world of video films. Gradually, without the people around him noticing, his values and his sense of reality begin to change. He meets a girl of about his own age and takes her home with him one weekend. The apartment is empty - his parents have gone to the country. What begins as a shy love story ends in a catastrophe: the life of the family can never be the same again.
  • SCREENPLAY AND DIRECTOR Michael Haneke
  • DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Christian Berger
  • PRODUCTION DESIGNER Christoph Kanter
  • COSTUME DESIGNER Erika Navas
  • SOUND ENGINEER Karl Schlifelner
  • EDITOR Marie Homolkova
  • PRODUCTION SEKRETARY Ulrike Lässer
  • PRODUCTION MANAGER Michael Katz, Gebhard Zupan
  • PRODUCERS Veit Heiduschka, Bernard Lang
  • PRODUCTION COMPANY WEGA-Filmproduktion / Bernard Lang (CH)
Festivals

  • La Quinzaine des Réalisateurs, Festival International du Film Cannes 1992
  • Festival de L’Image de Film, Chalon sur Saone
  • Cinemathéque Festival Ontario, Toronto
  • Filmfest München
  • 30th New York Film Festival
  • Vancouver International Film Festival
  • Chicago International Film Festival
  • International Film Festival San Sebastian
  • London International Film Festival
  • Sao Paulo International Film Festival
  • International Thessaloniki Film Festival
  • Flanders International Film Festival
  • Festival International Nouveau Cinema de Montreal
  • Filmfestival Genf
  • Film Art Fest, Ljubljana
  • Wellington Film Festival, New Zealand
  • Jerusalem Film Festival
  • Hong Kong International Film Festival
  • Festival of Festivals Ontario
  • Melbourne International Film Festival
  • Festival Cinema d’Alès
  • Fajr International Film Festival Tehran
  • Film Festival Rotterdam
  • Cape Town International Film Festival
  • Jerusalem Film Festival

Auszeichnungen

  • Directors’ Fortnight, Cannes 1992
  • Fipresci Award, Thessaloniki 1992
  • Vienna Film Prize, 1992
  • Jury Prize for the best Lightning Work, Festival de L’ Images de Film, Chalon sur Saone 1992
  • European Film Prize – Felix Critics´ Prize, Berlin, 1993
  • Goldener Kader for best Cinema Film, Vienna 1994