Directed by: Thomas Woschitz Script: Thomas Woschitz Produced by: Gabriele Kranzelbinder, Jeanne Geiben, Pol Cruchten, Miroslav Mogorovic Cast: Dušan Aškovic, Anica Dobra, Dan Burkarth, Rachel Dorfman, Sascha Migge, Daniel Plier, Liza Machover, Samir „RPZ“ Menouar, Erom Cordeiro, Magda Gomes, Makiko Kawai, Kyoichi Komoto Sinopsys: UNIVERSALOVE is a global love story. In Marseille, Julie's heart beats wildly when thinking of Rashid. In Tokyo, Satoshi dreams about his adored one who works in a soup restaurant but who doesn't even know who he is. In Rio de Janeiro, Maria falls for a Telenovela star. In Belgrade, a couple fight for their very existence. In Brooklyn, Mona and Greg know that their life will soon be beautiful. In Luxembourg, a well-settled gentleman finally comes around to showing his true feelings for a young man... Love happens. Love takes place. Strange love. True love. Crazy love. Desperate Love. Everywhere, every moment. „Universalove is a love story. It's a journey around the world with all kinds of people, sharing the same feelings. Everything is possible everywhere at the same moment. But, after all, it’s a musical for people who would never watch a musical.“ Thomas Woschitz

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Thomas Woschitz Born in Klagenfurt, Thomas Woschitz studied at the “Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia” in Rome, Italy. He directed several short films, e.g. “People’s Pockets and Bleeding Noses” (1995) and “Blindgänger - Duds” (1996) and the medium length film “Girls and Cars (2004), which have all been shown at numerous festivals, such as Venice, Locarno and the Cannes Film Festival. He also realized experimental film installations like “Oil Film” (1994) and “Loop’s End” (2003), or the imaginative sound film “moving landscape©“ (2002). In 2005, he created together with the music band “Naked Lunch”, the music film “Closing Time”. Woschitz has also worked as a film editor on “La Capa Gira” and „Mio Cognato“, both by Alessandro Piva. After “Universalove”, he is now working on the feature film „The Robbers – Reloaded“.
Selected director’s filmography: “People’s Pockets and Bleeding Noses” – Short, 1995 (Honorable Award at the Diagonale 95) “Blindgänger - Duds” – Short, 1996 (Int. Film Festival Venezia, Clermont Ferrand, Locarno, Cork, Montreal, Hamburg etc., Jury Award Trento Film Festival) “La Capa Gira” - Editor/Feature film - (Donatello Award, Int. Filmfestival Berlin 2000, Nominated for the “Silver Ribbon” in Best Editing, Italy ) “The dream of fame”- Docu Short, 1999 “A little girl is dreaming of taking the veil” – Short, 2001 „Mio Cognato“ - Editor/Feature film (Int. Festival Locarno 2003) „Girls and Cars“ – Short, 2004 (Cannes 04, Brest 04, Trieste 05) „Josef Trilogy“ - 3 Shorts (Locarno 04) „Closing Time “ – Music Film, 2005 (donaufestival. at 05)