Sleeping with a Tiger

Anja Salomonowitz is a poetic

portrait of the Austrian painter Maria Lassnig (Birgit

Minichmayr.) Gifted child, abandoned daughter, determined

woman, lonely artist, explorer of inner worlds, celebrated

painter - throughout her life Maria Lassnig searches for

her own personal artistic expression. The search is always a

struggle, as she collides with the male dominated art world

and devotes her entire being to bringing her experience

and pain to the canvas. When she finds success and finally

becomes a celebrated artist, she’ll do that her own way too.

Anja Salomonowitz studied film in Vienna and Berlin and worked as an assistant to director Ulrich Seidl. She works with students on their films at universities, such as at Aalto University Helsinki, in the Department of Film and Television, and at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. She is a tutor at the Documentary Academy of the Jihlava International Film Festival, together with the Filipino filmmaker Khavn de la Cruz. She was chairwoman of the Austrian Documentary Film Association and the Austrian Film Directors' Association. From 2014 to 2017 she served in the supervisory board of the Austrian Film Fund. Anja Salomonowitz works as a dramaturge for the Austrian Screenwriters' Association. She holds master classes on artistic approaches to cinema.

With the collaboration of Foro Cultural de Austria en Madrid.

Year of production: 2024

Running time: 1 hour 47 minutes

Country: Austria

Language: German, English and French. Original version with Spanish subtitles

Director: Anja Salomonowitz

Cast: Birgit Minichmayr, Johanna Orsini, Oskar Haag, Lukas Watzl

Producer: Antonín Svoboda

Screenwriter: Anja Salmonwitz

Cinematography: Jo Molitoris AAC

Production companies: coop99 Filmproduktion

International sales: Stadtkino Filmverleih

Selected at ... (Festivals)

Premiere in Spain.