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IF YOU ARE AFRAID YOU PUT YOUR HEART INTO YOUR MOUTH AND SMILE
IF YOU ARE AFRAID YOU PUT YOUR HEART INTO YOUR MOUTH AND SMILE
IF YOU ARE AFRAID YOU PUT YOUR HEART INTO YOUR MOUTH AND SMILE
Teen Competition

IF YOU ARE AFRAID YOU PUT YOUR HEART INTO YOUR MOUTH AND SMILE Austria, 2025, 87 min, color

Slowly, 12-year-old Anna and her deaf mum are starting to feel a bit cramped in their flat. It’s not just the lack of privacy that’s causing friction – Anna has just started secondary school and quickly realises what’s important now: brand-name clothes and a sense of belonging. She quickly gets hold of a fake Ralph Lauren jumper, but money’s still tight. In her debut, director and author Marie Luise Lehner stages a confrontation with classist structures, which Anna tackles with a mixture of shame and grit. She finds an ally in Mara, who challenges others with feminist issues and who also lives alone with her queer father. Lehner flies the flag of solidarity, quite naturally and with plenty of references to pop culture. And closes with a liberating “Fuck you, Vienna”, high above the city’s rooftops.

 

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

Berlin ’25 – Teddy Jury Award, C.I.C.A.E. Award Forum

Marie Luise Lehner

Marie Luise Lehner

Marie Luise Lehner, born in 1995, lives in Vienna. She is a filmmaker, author, and punk musician. She studied at the Institute for Language Arts at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, followed by screenwriting and dramaturgy at the Vienna Film Academy. She writes screenplays and prose and has published two novels. Lehner's short films have been screened at various international film festivals, and her literary works have received numerous awards. Since 2012, she has been making waves with the feminist punk band Schapka.

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

2019 Sexual Intercourse / short

2025 If You Are Afraid You Put Your Heart into Your Mouth and Smile

DIRECTOR
Marie Luise Lehner
SCRIPT
Marie Luise Lehner
CAMERA
Simone Hart
CAST
Siena Popović, Mariya Menner, Jessica Paar
PRODUCERS
Katharina Posch, Michael Kitzberger, Wolfgang Widerhofer, Markus Glaser
PRODUCTION
Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion
Teen Competition

IF YOU ARE AFRAID YOU PUT YOUR HEART INTO YOUR MOUTH AND SMILE Austria, 2025, 87 min, color

PROGRAM

Euro Cinema
18:00 h
BUY TICKET
Cultural Center G8
18:15 h
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