Ulrich Seidl

Ulrich Seidl started his career with award-winning documentaries such as _Good News_ (1990), _Animal Love_ (1995) and _Models_ (1998). Seidl’s first feature fiction film _Dog Days_ (2001) won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival in 2001. _Import Export_ (2007) was the first film Seidl produced through his own production company, formed in 2003 with his long-term co-author Veronika Franz. It was followed by his prize-winning _PARADISE Trilogy_ (2012). All three films were premiered in competition in Cannes, Venice and Berlin. The trilogy was followed by In the _Basement_ (2014) and _Safari_ (2016). _Sparta_ (world premiere in competition at the 2022 San Sebastian International Film Festival) is the brother film to _Rimini_ (world premiere in competition at the 2022 Berlinale), and the conclusion of Ulrich Seidl’s diptych about the inescapability of the past and the pain of finding yourself.