About
Red Monster Film
Red Monster is a film production company in Vienna, founded in 2007 by Stefan Wolner. Around fifty television and cinema documentaries have been made since. Twenty four awards, six nominations, more than sixty festival selections.
It all began in 2005 with the short film trilogy TRIANGLE. Its second part, Balls, won the audience award at Vienna Independent Shorts. It was the first award this festival ever presented.
Cinema
#Unbroken – Mabacher’s Way portrays the inclusion activist Martin Habacher. The feature documentary Late Blossom Blues tells the story of blues musician Leo “Bud” Welch, who began his international career only at the age of 81. Red Monster works have screened internationally, among others at Hof International Film Festival, Max Ophüls Preis, Montreal World Film Festival, Crossing Europe, Diagonale and ethnocineca.
We produce
Since 2023 the focus has been shifting from directing in house to producing films by other directors: Female Poverty, A Circle of Friends and Not Young – Not Silent by Anna K. Wohlgenannt; Under Pressure by Florian Riedelsperger. For cinema, Red Monster is developing several projects. In production is Where the Pigeons Fly at Noon Time by Sofia Afonasina. Red Monster is continually looking for material and for directors. → CONTACT
Television and International Distribution
Red Monster productions have been distributed and sold worldwide: they have screened on more than thirty broadcasters and partners, among them NHK Japan, Al Jazeera, ZDF, arte, 3sat, France Télévisions, RAI, SVT, DR, YLE, SRF, Deutsche Welle, RTVE and ORF. Titles sold internationally include The Sleep, Dying 2.0, Beyond Binaries and Is everything ok?
Stefan Wolner
Producer with roots in directing and at the ORF, the Austrian public broadcaster. Previously production manager at KidsTV and Makido Film. Born in Vienna in 1975. Diplomingenieur in Telecommunications and Media (FH St. Pölten), Master of Arts in TV and Film Production (Danube University Krems). His documentary work was shaped above all by working with the filmmaker and journalist Kurt Langbein. Wolner is an alumnus of Berlinale Talents.
MABACHER AWARD
Together with the journalist Hannah Wahl, Stefan Wolner founded the MABACHER AWARD, the first Austrian film prize for inclusion. The filmmaker Conny Ohnmacht later joined the organising team. The first edition took place in 2024. After a year’s break, the prize has been presented at the Diagonale since 2026. It goes back to the feature documentary #Unbroken – Mabacher’s Way. Martin Habacher died shortly before the cinema release. The prize commemorates his work.
Green Producing and Code of Ethics
Red Monster is committed to the Code of Ethics of the Austrian Film Institute. The green producing requirements of funding bodies and broadcasters are the benchmark for every production.
Partners and Funding Bodies
Austrian Film Institute · Vienna Film Fund · BMWKMS · City of Vienna Culture · Fernsehfonds Austria · ORF · 3sat · ORF-Enterprise · dok.at · Austrian Film Academy · VdFS · VAM