Closed for the Virus Break

Director: Franz Quitt

March 2020: João has no one to spend the lockdown with. Alone in his studio-apartment, an HIV-positive gay Brazilian watches the empty streets of Vienna as his longing for connection clashes with his sense of responsibility. Stigma, sex, and solitude — shot on 16mm.

Details

Duration: 23min.

Country: Austria

Language: English

Year: 2026

Genre: Experimental, Fiction (Drama)

Topic: Adult Relationship, Community, Desire, LGBTQ, Loneliness

Cast & Crew

Director: Franz Quitt

Production company: Filmakademie Wien

Writer: Bruno Kratochvil

Cinematographer: Laura Ettel

Editor: Franz Quitt, Martin Weiss

Music: Manuel Cyrill (A_Phan)

Actors: Luan de Lima , Thomas Höfner, , Tommy Fischnaller-Wachtler , Gisela Salcher

Festivals & Awards

2026

Filmfestival Max-Ophüls-Preis

Diagonale - Festival of Austrian Film Diagonale Award (Best short film) & Kodak Analog Filmpreis

Vienna Shorts

Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival (TISFF)

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