“For us the reaction of the audience and recognition by the jury at the international film festival is very important because the movie has been very well received, and not just by German speaking audiences,” said producer Wolfgang Ritzberger. “Adrian’s story about his childhood, the film about the love between mother and son, are clearly understood everywhere. This is huge reward for having had the courage to shoot this film in the Salzburg dialect.”

The film was shown in competition at the MIFF, for which 13 movies had been chosen from all over the world. A total of around 400 movies were shown in Moscow over the past 10 days. The film festival in Moscow was accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers Association (FIAPF) in 1972 as a festival which runs a competition. This year’s jury included Italian actress Ornella Muti, German Brigitte Manthey from the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, the Finnish filmmaker and former director of the Swedish Film Institute Jörn Donner, the Spanish director Albert Serra, and the Russian actor Alexander Adabashayan. The chairman of the jury was director Reza Mirkarimi from Iran who himself was awarded the Golden St. George for the best movie at the MIFF 2008.

Movie release in Austria on 8 September, and 28 September in Germany.