Willi Halb

Actor

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Willi Halb, born in Graz in 1993, is an Austrian filmmaker. He completed his education at the Friedl Kubelka School for Independent Film in Vienna. His short film "Proll!" (2020), which he co-directed with Adrian Jonas Haim, received multiple awards. The work won the Diagonale Prize for Best Short Documentary in 2021 and was also nominated for the Austrian Film Award in 2022. Halb's more recent directorial work, "Sonnenschein" (2024), premiered at the Diagonale'24 festival.

Films on Sooner

  • When I went to visit the boys

    2024

    90 mins

    Documentary, Independent

    Between the tranquility of the countryside and the voices of men, a sense of closeness emerges: as men open up about roles and the burden of silence.