RIAFN is a cinematic journey into the soundscape of the Alps. Idiom, song, as well as calls and commands of farmers and shepherds are condensed to create a motion picture driven by local character and rhythm. Between artistic ideal and documentarian realism, the musical portrays a utopian site detached from the compulsive speed and accessibility of communication technology saturating modern life.

The 30-minute piece is co-produced by the French-German broadcaster ZDF / Arte and was filmed over the course of the summer in different parts of the Alps. Director Hannes Lang was joined by cinematographer Jakob Stark and sound engineer Peter Roesner, the script was written by Mareike Wegener.

RIAFN is produced with the support of IDM South Tyrol, Film and Media Fund NRW, German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media, and Office for Film and Media of the State Government of South Tyrol.

The shooting of Carmen Losmann's new cinema-destined documentary OECONOMIA has been completed. The film uses an episodic narrative structure to describe the fundamental connections between our monetary and economic system. After WORK HARD PLAY HARD, the film is both Carmen Losmann's second feature documentary as writer and director and PETROLIO's second production, following Hannes Lang's I WANT TO SEE THE MANAGER.

The film was awarded the Gerd Ruge Grant by the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW in 2012 and is being produced in co-production with 3Sat. The proven collaboration with cinematographer Dirk Lütter and editor Henk Drees, which led to two Grimme awards for WORK HARD PLAY HARD, will also be continued for OECONOMIA.

OECONOMIA is a Petrolio production in co-production with ZDF/ 3Sat and is supported by the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, the Kuratorium junger deutscher Film, the BKM and the DFFF.

The German theatrical release date for Hannes Lang’s I WANT TO SEE THE MANAGER is set for September 3rd.  The 93 minute documentary premiered last winter at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen and then opened the Kassel Doc Festival as its German premiere. In its country of coproduction, Italy, it first screened at the Festival dei Popoli in Florence, where it was awarded the „Gli Imperdibili“ prize. Numerous festival participations followed, including at Hong Kong International Film Festival, Dok.fest Munich, Docs Against Gravity Film Festival in Warsaw and many more.

In attendance of the director, the Cologne premiere will take place on August 30th at 4.30 pm at the Odeon Cinema. As part of Berlin’s Documentary Film Week Kreuzberg Hannes Lang and his team will present the film at FSK Cinema on September 1st at 8 pm. Lang will also take part in discussions and a Q&A at Munich’s Monopol Cinema, where the film will screen September 2nd at 7 pm as part of the Mitt-Doks series. Another screening in attendance of the director is scheduled for September 3rd at 7 pm at Hamburg’s 3001 Cinema.

The first two screenings of Hannes Lang's new film and PETROLIO's first production I WANT TO SEE THE MANAGER are behind us! On November 10, the world premiere took place in the main competition of the CPH:DOX in Copenhagen in a movie theater called "Dagmar". One day later, the Kassel Dokfest screened the documentary as the opening film of the festival in a movie theater called "Gloria".

In view of the ongoing restructuring within the global power imbalance, I WANT TO SEE THE MANAGER traces the fragile alliance between economic decline and rise. In seven paradigmatic episodes set in India, Bolivia, China, USA, Italy, Thailand and Venezuela, each place contains fragments of another and each episode bears witness to the hopes and needs of its protagonists. By juxtaposing the local experience of the people with the reality of a global economy, I WANT TO SEE THE MANAGER questions our understanding of boom and bust.

I WANT TO SEE THE MANAGER is a production of PETROLIO in co-production with Miramonte Film from South Tyrol and ZDF/ Arte. The research was supported by the Gerd Ruge grant from the Film and Media Fund NRW, an A38 production grant, and an artist grant from the Office for Culture, Bolzano. The production was supported by Film and Media Fund NRW, DFFF, IDM South Tyrol and Office for Culture, Bozen.

The shooting of Petrolio’s production debut I WANT TO SEE THE MANAGER is completed. The feature-length documentary film, which is co-produced by Miramonte Film from South Tyrol and the French-German broadcaster ZDF / Arte, was filmed over the past six months in seven countries on three continents. The final shooting period took place in Asia with shooting days in China, Thailand and finally India. Director Hannes Lang worked again with cinematographer Thilo Schmidt and sound engineer Peter Roesner, with whom he had already teamed up for his award-winning debut film PEAK. The film will be edited by Stefan Stabenow.The theatrical release of the episodic documentary, which surveys the current shift within the geopolitical power structure, is scheduled for late summer 2014.

The production is supported by Film and Media Fund NRW, DFFF, IDM South Tyrol and Office for Culture, Bozen.

Following extensive research and preparations, which were supported by the Gerd Ruge grant from the Film and Media Fund NRW, an A38 production grant, and an artist grant from the Office for Culture, Bolzano, shooting has now begun for PETROLIO's first own production I WANT TO SEE THE MANAGER. The feature-length documentary by Hannes Lang is destined for theatrical release and co-produced by Miramonte Film from South Tyrol and ZDF/ Arte. The film will be shot in seven different countries on three continents over the course of the year, to be completed early 2014. Hannes Lang will be accompanied by Thilo Schmidt (cinematography), Peter Rösner (sound), Johannes Klais (2nd camera) and Manuela Wilpernig (production manager). The film will be shot in Mumbai in India, Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia, Beijing in China, Detroit in the US, Pompei in Italy, Chiang Mai in Thailand and Caracas in Venezuela.

The production is supported by Film and Media Fund NRW, DFFF, IDM South Tyrol and Office for Culture, Bozen.