Gerhard Ertl & Sabine Hiebler

Definitely Sanctus (1992)

Sabine Hiebler and Gerhard Ertl have worked together since studying at Linz’s Academy of Artistic and Industrial Design. They have written the screenplays for and produced internationally acclaimed experimental films: SCHÖNBERG, CROSSOVER, CROSSOVER 2, POSITION SIMULTAN, LIVINGROOM, DEFINITELY SANCTUS, GENERAL MOTORS, SPOT-CHECK, PROST, KOMAKINO and TRANSCODER (UNDERSTANDING LYDIA). Their collaborations have also been shown at numerous exhibitions, such as the Ars Electronica, the Theseustempel/Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna and Paris’ Biennale de l’image. In 2002 Hiebler and Ertl made their first fiction feature, Nogo, featuring Jürgen Vogel, Jasmin Tabatabai, Meret Becker, Oliver Korittke, Mavie Hörbiger, et al. This film was invited to film festivals around the world, such as Berlin, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sidney, Rotterdam and London, and it received numerous awards, including the Variety Critics’ Choice and the Diagonale award for Innovative Production. Hiebler and Ertl also received the state of Upper Austria’s culture award for film and the state of Lower Austria’s young artist’s award for media art.