About
Red Monster Film
Red Monster is a documentary 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.
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 and Price of Poverty by Sandra Rak. Red Monster is currently developing cinema projects with Anna Hirschmann, Stephan Eigenmann, Linda Osusky and Sofia Afonasina. Red Monster is continually looking for material and for directors.
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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. Further cinema projects are in development.
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. Works such as The Sleep, Dying 2.0, Beyond Binaries and Is everything ok? have been broadcast from Tokyo to Mexico City.
Stefan Wolner
Producer with roots in directing and at the ORF, the Austrian public broadcaster. Since 2023 he has mainly accompanied the work of other filmmakers as a producer.
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. Since 2026 the prize has been presented at the Diagonale and commemorates the inclusion activist Martin Habacher.
Green Producing and Code of Ethics
Sustainable production is a matter of course for Red Monster, in the office as well as on set. We follow the standards of the Austrian Ecolabel for Green Producing, UZ 76, and are committed to the Code of Ethics.
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