Heinrich, a 93-year-old cranky Viennese pensioner, wants to dig a hole to bury his recently deceased dog. When he comes across Adib, a young Afghan refugee begging for a job and willing to work for a pittance, Heinrich begrudgingly hires him to perform the task. At first, Adib manages to appease the high-tempered old man, but fear, prejudice and misunderstandings lurk around the corner. Nevertheless, the two men, representing two different and supposedly conflicting worlds, are about to bond in unimaginable ways, in the course of an out-of-tune and dramatic night of inner revelation and bold confessions.
Nobadi
Nobadi
60th TIFF: Greek Premiere

Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Karl Markovics
- Script: Karl Markovics
- Cinematography: Serafin Spitzer
- Editing: Alarich Lenz
- Sound: William Eduard Franck, Philipp Mosser, Reinhard Schweiger, Bernhard Maisch
- Music: Matthias Loibner
- Production: EPO-Film Vienna
- Producers: Dieter Pochlatko, Jakob Pochlatko
- Costumes: Caterina Czepek
- Sets: Andreas Sobotka
- Make Up: Martha Ruess, Michaela Sommer
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Austria
- Production Year: 2019
- Duration: 89´
- Contact: Beta Cinema, beta@betacinema.com
Karl Markovics
Austrian actor and director Karl Markovics gained worldwide attention through his lead role in the film The Counterfeiters, which was awarded the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. His directorial debut Breathing premiered at the Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight and won the Europa Cinemas Label Award. His sophomore feature Superwelt was screened at the Berlinale and the Karlovy Vary Festival. Nobadi is his third feature as a director.
Filmography
2011 Atmen | Breathing
2015 Superwelt
2019 Nobadi
2015 Superwelt
2019 Nobadi