About

“My ambition is to entertain the audience. And to create films, which unite fantastic stories, a different point of view and subtle social criticism. Always with a fine dose of black humor.”

Werner Fiedler

Biography

Werner Fiedler was born in 1976 and lives with his family near Klagenfurt in the south of Austria. Because he had not learned a meaningful profession, he started a career as an freelance editor, cameraman and producer for international television productions in the 90’s. In order to still contribute to rescuing the world, Fiedler now works increasingly on his own socially critical (and funny) films. His latest refugee drama HALIM won several awards at international film festivals.

Awards

  • 2018 – Golden Unicorn – Alpinale Short Film Festival, Nenzing, Austria
  • 2018 – Best Actor for Massud Rahnama – Meraki Film Festival, Madrid, Spain
  • 2018 – Dr. Jagdish Gandhi & Dr. Bharti Ghandi Special Jury Award – 10th CMS Int’l Children’s Film Festival, Lucknow, India
  • 2017 – People’s Choice Award – TIFF Kids Int’l Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
  • 2017 – Special Jury Award – Short to the Point, Bukarest, Romania
  • 2017 – Best Film & Best Actor – Bangalore Shorts Film Festival, India
  • 2017 – Best Actor for Massud Rahnama – Mednarodni Film Fest, Kranjska Gora, Slovenia
  • 2017 – Official Selection – Academy Awards® qualifying Rhode Island Int’l Film Festival
  • 2017 – Jury Diploma – Int’l Motivational Film Festival Bridge of Arts, Rostov, Russia
  • 2017 – Best Director – Indian Cine Film Festival, Mumbai, India
  • 2017 – Best Short Film – 13th Rolan Int’l Film Festival for Children and Youth, Yerevan, Armenia
  • 2017 – Audience Award – 11th Red Rock Film Festival, Cedar City, USA
  • 2017 – Audience Award & Special Mention for Interpretation – K3 Film Festival, Villach, Austria
  • 2016 – People’s Choice Award – Austrian Independent Film Festival, Vienna