Invisible Border
INSTITUTE: Filmakademie Wien
YEAR: 2022
LANGUAGE: German/Albanian
SYNOPSIS: A deportation in Vienna in the middle of the night. Police officer Nancy and her colleague Albert have the task of evicting a family. Together with a police unit, they ambush an Albanian family without a valid residence permit. The situation escalates and the events of the night leave everyone involved traumatized.
PROFILE: Mark Gerstorfer studied photography at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna before taking up his directing studies at the Vienna Film Academy with Michael Haneke. He received the START scholarship of the Federal Chancellery as well as the annual scholarship of the province of Salzburg. He completed his directing studies at the Vienna Film Academy in the master class with Prof. Michael Haneke with distinction.