Virgil Widrich
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Virgil Widrich is an Austrian director, screenwriter, filmmaker and multimedia artist.
Virgil Widrich (2025)
Still from the Academy Award–nominated short film Copy Shop (2001) by Virgil Widrich.
Amira Casar and Laurence Rupp in Night of a 1000 Hours (2016).
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A short film is a film with a low running time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of not more than 40 minutes
Virgil Widrich
…Widrich works on a large number of films and multimedia projects, which have received a total of 290 film awards. He is known especially for his numerous short films and multimedia works. Virgil Widrich was born in Salzburg, the son of physician and politician Gerheid Widrich and journalist Hans Widrich, who served…
Salah Zulfikar (left) and Geraldine Chaplin in Nefertiti y Aquenatos (1973), a film with a 30-minute running time