Frankfurter Buchmesse 2011 - Rammerstorfer und Engleitneer

Bernhard Rammerstorfer (born 1968) is an Austrian author and film director. His book Unbroken Will (German: Nein statt Ja und Amen) is a biography of the Austrian Jehovah's Witness and Holocaust survivor Leopold Engleitner. He later made a documentary film with the same title. His 2012 documentary Ladder in the Lions' Den, made with A. Ferenc Gutai, received a special jury mention at the online European International Film Festival in 2016,[1] and took second place in the "Best Festival Film" category and won the "Best Documentary Film Award" at the Switzerland International Film Festival in 2018.[2]

Bernhard Rammerstorfer is an Austrian award-winning filmmaker and author who has produced a number of films and publications relating to National Socialism that have been released in various languages in Austria, Germany, Italy, France, Croatia, Spain, the Russian Federation, and the United States of America. He has given lectures at schools, universities and memorial sites in Europe and the US, including Dresden University, Vienna University, Boston College, Columbia University, Georgetown University, Harvard University, Stanford University, Pepperdine University, University of Connecticut, and UCLA. His meticulous pursuit of historical accuracy has earned the respect of fellow researchers and historians. With several film festival awards, and the acclaim of more than 2,000 news articles, online media, TV and radio stations around the globe, the public has rendered homage to his relentlessly passionate drive to be the calm, ordinary, yet powerful voice of those of underserved persecution. Rammerstorfer is the author of UNBROKEN WILL about concentration camp survivor Leopold Engleitner and is the producer of the documentary film of the same title. He also produced the documentaries UNBROKEN WILL CAPTIVATES THE US, UNBROKEN WILL USA TOUR, and the award-winning documentaries LADDER in the LIONS' DEN and TAKING THE STAND, which received 25 honors and awards from film festivals in the US and internationally (Asia, Canada, Europe, Russia).

In 2012 Bernhard Rammerstorfer produced with A. Ferenc Gutai the multi-award-winning[3] documentary film "LADDER in the LIONS' DEN – Freedom Is a Choice, Nazi Concentration Camp Survivor Leopold Engleitner: A 107-Year-Old Eyewitness Tells His Story." The USA premiere took place at Laemmle's Town Center 5 Theatre in Encino, Los Angeles County, in November 2012 with Leopold Engleitner present. The German version, "LEITER in der LÖWENGRUBE", was released in Austria in March 2013. In April 2013 the film was awarded "Best Documentary Short" by the Fallbrook International Film Festival 2013, of Fallbrook, California, and "Best Short Documentary" by the Rincòn International Film Festival 2013, of Rincòn, Puerto Rico.

Rammerstorfer also produced the documentary Unbroken Will USA Tour, relating to the 2006 US tour, which was premiered in the US at the Laemmle's Sunset 5 Theatre, West Hollywood, in 2009.

The 2016 award-winning[4] documentary "TAKING THE STAND" also features Engleitner.

References

  1. ↑ Winners. European International Film Festival, 2016. Accessed February 2019.
  2. ↑ Award Winners 2018. Switzerland International Film Festival. Accessed February 2019.
  3. ↑ Awards for LADDER in the LIONS‘ DEN:
    • —Winner: Best Documentary Short at the Fallbrook International Film Festival 2013, Fallbrook, California, USA
    • —Winner: Best Short Documentary at the Rincón International Film Festival 2013, Rincón, Puerto Rico
    • —Winner: Audience Choice Award for a Documentary at the Marina del Rey Film Festival 2013, Los Angeles County, California, USA
    • —Winner: Best International Feature Documentary at the Laughlin International Film Festival 2013, Laughlin, Nevada, USA
    • —Official Selection: Festival of Tolerance: 7th Zagreb International Jewish Film Festival 2013, Zagreb, Croatia
    • —Official Selection: Festival of Tolerance: 1st Rijeka International Jewish Film Festival 2013, Rijeka, Croatia
    • —Official Selection: Chagrin Documentary Film Festival 2013, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, USA
    • —Official Selection: Life Fest Film Festival 2014, Hollywood, California, USA
    • —Nomination: Alan Fortunoff Humanitarian Award at the Long Island International Film Expo 2014, Long Island, New York, USA
    • —Nomination: Best Documentary at the Long Island International Film Expo 2014, Long Island, New York, USA
    • —Official Selection: Green Bay Film Festival 2015, Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
    • —Winner: Special Jury Mention at the European International Film Festival 2016, St. Petersburg, Russia
    • —Winner: Best Documentary Short at the Cutting Edge International Film Festival 2016, Florida, USA
    • —Winner: Audience Award at the Cutting Edge International Film Festival 2016, Florida, USA
    • —Winner: Best Religious/Spiritual Film at the Erie International Film Festival 2016, Pennsylvania, USA
    • —Official Selection: GardenCity International Film Festival 2017, Bangalore, India
    • —Winner: Best Documentary Film at the "Switzerland International Film Festival 2018", Schwitzerland, Europe
    • —Semi-Finalist: Best Documentary at the film festival "Film for Peace 2020", Toronto, Canada
  4. ↑ International film awards for the documentary TAKING THE STAND:
    • —Nomination: Best Documentary at the Long Island International Film Expo 2016, Long Island, New York, USA
    • —Winner: Alan Fortunoff Humanitarian Award at the Long Island International Film Expo 2016, Long Island, New York, USA
    • —Winner: Best Short Documentary Film at the Laughlin International Film Festival 2016, Laughlin, Nevada, USA
    • —Finalist: European International Film Festival 2017, St. Petersburg, Russia
    • —Finalist: Golden Hollywood International Film Festival 2019, Hollywood, California, USA

Further reading

  • "107-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Dies", Encino-Tarzana Patch, May 8, 2013,
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