ABOUT
Originally founded as a film collective, funfairfilms is now an innovative and award winning film production company based in Austria and Germany. The managing director is Austrian author, director and producer Philipp Fussenegger.
At funfairfilms, we aim to establish ourselves as internationally renowned unconventional filmmakers who seek to preserve our creative and artistic freedoms, as well as enriching the global film market with innovative, relevant and universally told stories. In tandem with our international partners, our work is characterised above all by a fearless and unbiased approach.
To maintain this vision, we have an internationally diverse team with extensive professional backgrounds coupled with the unified goal to create radical cinematic worlds of expression. We benefit from strong and experienced partners who ideally support funfairfilms in the areas of script development, production, post-production, marketing and distribution.
funfairfilms has already proven itself to be a dynamic presence:
In 2016, our production ‘Henry’ received the First Steps Award in the category Best Medium Length Film. The film was nominated for the Austrian Film Award 2017 as Best Short Film and has continued on as a part of the Goethe-Institute’s tour in South America. The film can be seen on Amazon Prime.
In Spring 2016, we also shot the pilot ‘Geld spielt keine Rolex’ for the concept comedy series ‘Die Schilehrer’ (‘The Ski Teachers’). It premiered in October 2017 at the Hof International Film Festival where it was received as an audience favourite and can now also be seen on Amazon Prime.
In 2018, our film ‘Main Man’, a co-production with the Academy of Media Arts Cologne, celebrated a brilliant premiere at the 39th Max Ophüls Prize Festival where it won the the Jury Prize in the category Best Medium Length Film. ‘Main Man’ was nominated for the Austrian Film Award 2019 as Best Short Film and is currently on a worldwide festival tour.
In 2020, the feature length documentary ‘I Am The Tigress’ will be completed. Directed by Philipp Fussenegger and co-directed by cinematographer Dino Osmanovic, the project has already been supported by the BKM and the state of Vorarlberg (Austria).
In 2021, the renowned Jets Programme awarded and granted project funding from the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg for Fussenegger’s international narrative feature-length film debut, ‘The Tigress,’ which is currently seeking funding.
In 2024, the latest work by Philipp Fussenegger (Director) and Judy Landkammer (Editor), “Teaches Of Peaches,” will premiere. They are now making their debut as a creative directing duo. However, the film is much more than just a documentary; it is a loving homage to an outstanding artist and personality. The film tells the story of how Merrill Nisker became the queer icon Peaches and how she has remained true to herself on her journey to this day. “Teaches of Peaches” will have its world premiere at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival in the Panorama section.
Currently, Fussenegger is working on his documentary about the “KitKatClub Berlin,” offering insights into the vibrant nightlife of Berlin.