Oil on Canvas
At a casting in an artist’s studio, young and impulsive Julia meets painter Ms. Freytag, who, to mark the peak of her career, wants to create an abstract portrait for eternity using Julia’s blood. Soon Julia realizes that she has fallen into the hands of an uncompromising narcissist who will not stop taking her blood until the last drop adorns the red painting.
Cast
- Julia Herbig
- Laura Roberta Kuhr
- Frau Freytag
- Ramona Olasz
- Max
- Nikita Buldyrski
Oil on Canvas
Lukas Halder
- Fiction
- Production Country / Year
- Austria 2022
- Language
- de. OF mit en. UT
- Format
- DCP, Color, 81min
1.85:1, Discrete 5.1
- Original Title
- Öl auf Leinwand
Director & Crew
Lukas Halder
Born in 1994 in Tyrol/Austria. Worked as a cinematographer and editor. Studied MultiMediaArt with an emphasis on Film in Salzburg. Active as a director, screenwriter, producer, editor and director’s assistant in the theater.
Filmography
2020 DANCING SUN, Kurzfilm
2921 SIGNALS, Kurzfilm
2022 WÄHREND DER STUNDE, Kurzfilm
2022 2 DOSENBIER, Kurzfilm
2022 SHORT TRIP, Kurzfilm
2022 ÖL AUF LEINWAND, Spielfilm HOF 2023
“What is art allowed to do? This question has accompanied me for quite some time. Since I myself have taken the career path of director and author, it is also a question that concerns me. Especially abstract works and the motivation behind them have always fascinated me. The more I dealt with the topics of art and actionism in recent years, the clearer the motives became. OEL AUF LEINWAND takes up the theme of Actionism and addresses the philosophical questions raised. Ernst Fischer’s quote, ‘Art needn’t do anything. Art is allowed everything’, is the basis of the film and is put to the test by Julia’s and Ms. Freytag’s actions and decisions.”
Lukas Halder
- Director of Photography
- Nikolaus Seidlberger
- Editor
- Oliver Rienzner
- Set Designer
- Felicitas Stecher
- Sophie Thammer
- Sound
- Anna Wirth
- Sound Designer
- Rafael Simmann
- Music Composer
- Thelonious Hamel
- Jakob Vasak
- Make-up
- Katharina von Wechmar
- Producer
- Stella Refle
- Lena Riedler
- Katharina Gaßler