“Kurz – The Film” premiered in Austrian cinemas on Friday, September 8. The interest in the first evening performances was manageable: in any case, only a few reserved tickets were visible on the websites of the cinema operators.
At Cineplexx Millennium City in Vienna, there were nine tickets for approximately 140 seats for the 6:15 PM performance (from 5:50 PM on September 8). At least 15 tickets have been reserved for the later performance at 8:15 PM (from September 8, 5:51 PM). The audience was relatively larger at the Apollo cinema in Vienna (7:30 p.m.): approximately 30 cinema tickets had been reserved here (as of 5:56 p.m.).
The situation is similar in Lower and Upper Austria: at least 23 people wanted to see the new short film at the Linz Cineplexx on Friday evening (screenings at 6:15 PM and 8:15 PM). In Wiener Neustadt there were eleven people who wanted to go to the cinema at 8:15 PM (from 6:07 PM). In Graz, 24 reservations had been counted on Friday evening (as of 6:09 PM). For the first showing at 6:15 p.m., there was only one purchase on site.
Single digits in small movie theaters
In smaller cinemas, fewer than ten tickets per performance were reserved as of Friday evening: in Wörgl in Tyrol, for example, there were four (from 6:12 p.m.), and two in Cineplexx Mattersburg (Burgenland). According to “Tagespresse”, a total of 429 people across Austria bought a cinema ticket for the short film this weekend. On average there are only 3.2 tickets per performance. An opinion poll by krone.tv also showed little interest among the population (see video above).
High production costs
On the other hand, the film’s high production costs are reported to be around 500,000 euros. Whether these will actually be collected again depends not only on ticket sales in the coming weeks, but also on sponsorship. Another challenge to cover costs could also lie in the second short film – “Project Ballhausplatz – The Rise and Fall of Sebastian Kurz” (director: Kurt Langbein), which will be released in Austrian cinemas on September 21.
As reported, “Kurz – The Film” by director Sascha Köllnreitner is accused of being close to the ÖVP and taking too uncritical an approach. Current young entrepreneur Sebastian Kurz looks back on his own career in politics together with his supporters. It looks back on campaigns, the beginnings of the party and his time as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chancellor. ‘Project Ballhausplatz’ is a documentary that comments on the events using archive material and critical voices from politics and the media.
Source: Krone
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