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Lena Isabella Deisenberger (AT), Francisca Friedrich (AT)

Lena is an Austrian director studying at the University of Arts Linz. Working on various film sets as a kids acting coach she had the chance to gain lots of experience in the industry. 2018 Lena created the video design for the opera SIMON at Musiktheater Linz. She has been part of the Innsbruck Film Campus 2023, was scholarship winner of the shortfilmlab LISFF and participant of the Talent Days VIS 2025. Currently she is working on two fiction short films in post production.

Francisca Friedrich is an Austrian cinematographer and artist studying at the University of Arts Linz. She is scholarship winner of the Talent Academy Linz 2024 and a merit-based scholarship winner at the University of Arts Linz 2024. Since 2023, she has been taking part at the Talents Days at the Filmacademy Vienna. As a director, her films have been shown at the Cannes Short Film Corner, Prix Ars Electronica and the Vienna Shorts filmfestival.

A portrait of Austria captured with a broken camera, accompanied by an enhanced and AI-generated version of the national anthem.

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