Florian Pochlatko

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is an Austrian Filmmaker who lives and works between Graz, Vienna and Berlin.

Zodiacsign: Leo.

His Works as Writer, Director, Editor, Actor or Artistic Assistant have been shown at prestigious international Film Festivals such as the Berlinale IFF, San Sebastián IFF, Viennale IFF, Sarajevo IFF, NewYork IFF, Tribeca IFF...

His First Feature Film „How to be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World“ had it’s Worldpermiere at 75th Berlinale in the „Perspectives“ Competition and was the Opening film of the Diagonale 2025. It is, since then, touring the World. Besides other cool things, he regularly curates for renowned cultural Institutions and designs Musical Companion Programms for Filmfestivals. His music videos have several million views on YouTube.

Studies:

University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, in the Class for Filmdirecting with Michael Haneke

Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, in the Class for Critical Studies with Dietrich Diederichsen.

University of Fine Arts Linz, in the Class for Experimental Art

Curatorial and Creative Works for:

MUMOK Vienna (Prosperous Poison- On the Feminist Appropriation of the Austrian Unconscious 2015), SixpackFilms Austria, Vienna Independent Shorts, Diagonale Graz (Sentimental Fail Club), Austrian Cultural Forum Bucharest and London, Academy of Austrian Film, CineStyria

Visual Art Direction and/or Musicvideos:

for Wanda, Zebra Katz, Leila Arab, Bunny Lake, Yukno, Salo, Lemo, KoenigLeopold, Anton Weil, Fijuka (Ankathie Koi) Gudrun von Laxenburg, Monsterheart

Workshops for:

Academy of Austrian Film (Bildungscampus Sonnwendtviertel), Ars Electronica Linz, Zubrowska Shortfilmfestival Poland, Medienkulturhaus Wels

Awards:

Austrian Film Award 2014 - (Best Short), Diagonale- Best Short Film 2013, VIS - Austrian Music Video Award 2016, Landesjugend Medien Preis Stmk 2001, Youki - Audience Award 2006, Screenwrting Award of the Federal Ministry of Science and Education 2010

START Scholarship of the Federal Ministry for Arts and Culture 2015, Scholarship Bucharest AIR 2013, Berlinale Talents 2019, Scholarship Susan Batson Studio, New York City, 2016.

Selected Filmography

2026

ROSE

Directed by Markus Scheinzer

Actor-Cameo

Worldpremiere at 76th Berlinale IFF, „int Competition“, Opening Film Diagonale 2025

2025

HOW TO BE NORMAL AND THE ODDNESS OF THE OTHER WORLD, Feature Film

Writer, Director, Co-Editor, (Prod: Golden Girls Film)

Worldpremiere at 75th Berlinale IFF, „Perspectives Competition“, Opening Film Diagonale 2025

FOUND&LOST, Short Feature

Directed by Reza Rasouli

Actor-MainCast

Worldpremiere at Sarajevo IFF, Students Competition, Trieste IFF Audience Award, Diagonale FF,

Tribeca FF Shorts Competition,

2018

ANGELO, Feature Film

Directed by Markus Schleinzer, (Prod: Film AG)

Artistic Assistance

Worldpremiere at Toronto IFF, San Sebastian IFF Competion, BFI London, Viennale, New York IFF

2016

GOD OF GHOSTS Music Short

Writer, Director, Editor, Prod

VIS-Vienna Independent Shorts Opening Film, Austrian Music Video Award

2014

CHURCH OF DREAMS AND BROKEN HEARTS, FoundFootage Feature, Currated Programm

Comissioned for the 24th Anniversary of Sixpack Films alongside Valie Export, Mara Mattuschka, Rainer Frimmel/Tizza Covi, Jörg Burger und Siegfried Fruhauf

2013

ERDBEERLAND, Short Feature

Writer, Director, Producer

Worldpremiere at Viennale, Austrian Film Awards: Best Short, Diagonale: Best Short,

2006

RUNNING SUSHI

Writer, Director, Co-Producer

Youki int Youth Filmfestival: Audience Award, Crossing Europe FF Competion

2003

VIS, short

Youki int Youth Filmfestival, Austrian Youth Media Award