Sebastian Brameshuber

Sebastian Brameshuber is an Austrian director, screenwriter, and filmmaker. Born in Gmunden (Upper Austria) in 1981, he studied stage and film design at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and film at Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains in France. His artistic interest is rooted in the Austrian avant-garde film tradition and repeatedly leads to a cinematic language that moves between documentary and experimental form. Since the early 2000s, his works have shown a consistent preoccupation with human relationships, social realities, and the question of how reality is represented in moving images. After several short and experimental films, Brameshuber made his first feature film, Muezzin (2009). This was followed by Und in der Mitte, da sind wir (2014) and Bewegungen eines nahen Bergs (2019), which received international attention and numerous awards, including the Grand Prix at Cinéma du Réel and several prizes at the Viennale, the Duisburg Film Week, and the Crossing Europe Festival. Brameshuber's films have been regularly screened at major festivals, including the Berlinale, Viennale, Cinéma du Réel, FIDMarseille, BAFICI, the Sarajevo Film Festival, and events in New York, Toronto, and London. They are characterized by an open, often meditative and observational documentary approach in which the boundary between reality and fiction appears fluid. In addition to his film work, Brameshuber is also involved in teaching; he teaches documentary film directing at the Film Academy Vienna and has been a guest lecturer at FAMU in Prague, the University of Vienna, and the University of Art and Design Linz, among others. He is a member of the Austrian Film Academy, a board member of Austrian Films, and the Collecting Society of Film Creators (VdFS). His most important films include Muezzin (2009), Und in der Mitte, da sind wir (2014), Of Stains, Scrap and Tires (2014), Bewegungen eines nahen Bergs (2019), and his current hybrid film London (2026), which p