Out of a film culture originally starved of funds have emerged rich and
eclectic works by film-makers that are now achieving the international
recognition that they deserve: Barbara Albert, Michael Haneke, Ulrich
Seidl, and Stefan Ruzowitzky, to give four examples. This comprehensive
critical anthology, by leading scholars of Austrian film, is intended to
introduce and make accessible this much under-represented phenomenon.
Although the book covers the full development of the Austrian new wave
it focuses on the period that has brought it global attention: 1998 to
the present. New Austrian Film is the only book currently available on
this topic and will be an essential reference work for academics,
students and filmmakers, interested in modern Austrian film.