The Robbers (2023)
Short Film, AT 2023, digital 2k, color, 15 min, 5.1 surround
“Three trans women meet in a country house to plan a robbery. The trick of the heist is that, in order to create a false trail, they disguise themselves as men. While they share everyday life as a well-established team and lovers, they practice speaking in a deep voice, walking manly and behaving in a masculine manner.
In this process, they reach their emotional and physical limits and repeatedly fail to imitate male connoted behavior.
‘Die Räuberinnen’ is a sociological analysis of male- and female-attributed behavior and traits, shaking up binary role models in a swirl of radicalism and activism.”
Director, Screenplay, Producer: Isa Schieche
Cinematographer, Light: Alba Diaz
Sound recording, Sound design: Katharina Pichler
Editor, Graphic: Sybille Bauer-Zierfuss
Light and camera assistant: Franziska Hufnagl
Color correction: Michael Seidl
Title design: Kora
Production assistant: Ines Höckner
Foley artist: Otger Kunert
Subtitles: Wortschatz Produktion, Stefania Schenk Vitale
Set photography: Juliane Schweitzer
Catering: Ines Höckner, Juliane Schweitzer, Marianne Karigl
Music: Lan Rex, Dance Divine, Italo Brutalo
Festivals
1. queertactics Film Festival (Österreich, November 2023) – Goldene Medusa
2. Queer Shorts Vienna (Österreich, Dezember 2023)
3. Max Ophüls Preis 2024 (Deutschland, Jänner 2024) – Bester Kurzfilm
4. Queer Screen’s 30th Mardi Gras Film Festival (Australien, Februar 2024)
5. ENCOURAGE Film Talents (Deutschland, Februar 2024)
6. SXSW – South by Southwest Film Festival (USA, März 2024)
7. Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival (Deutschland, März 2024)
8. BFI Flare (Vereinigtes Königreich, März 2024)
9. Uruguay International Film Festival Cinemateca (Uruguay, März 2024)
10. Wicked Queer: Boston’s LGBT Film Festival (USA, April 2024)