Octopusalarm
A young girl learns at the age of 12 that shes actually a boy. At 26, after years of self-destructive behaviour, she begins to ask herself why she, as a person of indeterminate gender, was forced into the body of a female. Alex Jürgen is an intersexual, a hermaphrodite, a person who fails to conform to the worlds precise division into male and female
- with
- Alex Jürgen
- SCREENPLAY AND DIRECTOR Elisabeth Scharang
- DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Josef Neuper, Elisabeth Scharang, Christian Schneider
- SOUND ENGINEER William Franck, Norbert Becwar
- EDITOR Christine Öllinger
- MUSIC garish
- PRODUCTION MANAGER Peter Thomsen
- PRODUCER Veit Heiduschka
- PRODUCTION COMPANY Wega-Film
- TECHNICAL DATA Blow-up 35mm (Original: DV-Cam, Super 16mm), 1:1.85/25fps, 107 min
- SUPPORT With support from the Austrian Film Institute, the Vienna Film Fund, the television department of the ORF (film-TV agreement). Austrian distribution: Poly Film. World sales: Austrian Film Commission
Festivals
- Berlin, 56. Internationale Filmfestspiele – 20. Panorama
- Turin, 21st International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival – From Sodom to Hollywood
- Rio de Janeiro, 3rd “Femina” – International Women´s Film Festival
- Athen, Berlinale in Athens
- Zürich, “Pink Apple” Schwullesbisches Filmfestival
- Luzern, PinkPanorama LesBiSchwules Festival
- San Francisco, 30th “Frameline” International LGBT Film Festival
- Oslo, 16th Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
- Budapest, 11th LGBT Film Festival
- Barcelona, 11th International Gay & Lesbian Film Exhibition
- Berlin, 4. Ladyfest
- Wuppertal, Talflimmern
- Montreal, 30th World Film Festival
- Lissabon, 10th Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
- Rio de Janeiro, International Film Festival
- London, 14th Raindance Film Festival
- Vancouver, 25th International Film Festival
- Tampa, 17th International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
- Bremen, 13. Queerfilm Festival
- Taipei, 13th Women Make Waves Film Festival
- Hamburg, 17. Lesbisch Schwule Filmtage
- Lodz, “a million different loves!?” queer film & video festival
- Weiterstadt, 10. Schwul-Lesbische Filmwoche
- Hannover, “Perlen” – Lesbisch-schwules Filmfest
- Leipzig, “a million different loves!?” queer film & video festival
- Hong Kong, Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
- Münster, 8. Queerstreifen – lesbisch-schwule Filmtage
- Sao Paulo, 14th “Mix Brasil” – Festival of Sexual Diversity
- Bern, “Queersicht” lesbisch-schwules Filmfestival
- Wiesbaden, Homonale – das schwullesbische Filmfestival
- Bilbao, 4° “Zinegoak” Festival Internacional de Cine Gay/Lesbo/Trans
- Prag, 9th “One World” International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
- Thessaloniki, 9th Documentary Festival – Images of the 21st Century
- London, 21st BFI London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
- Toronto, 17th Inside Out – Lesbian & Gay Film and Video Festival
- Amsterdam, Netherlands Transgender Filmfestival NTGF
- London, 21st BFI London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Tour
- Freiburg, 17. Lesbenfilmtage
- Paris, Festival International du Film Lesbien & Feministe
- Esslingen, 19th QueerFilmFestival Esslingen