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The feature film Mountain Blood tells the story of the young Bavarian Katharina Heimstedt in the year 1809. Following her husband to Tyrol, she has to face the life on a farm in the Tyrolean mountains, experiencing the cruelty of the war of independence led by Andreas Hofer against Bavaria and France.

Principal photography took place on oiginal historical sites in Augsburg (Bavaria) and the Val Passiria (Southern Tyrol). The movie is produced in cooperation with Bayerischer Rundfunk, the University of Television and Film Munich and funded with the support of FFF Bayern and the Government of Southern Tyrol. Mountain Blood reveives its World Premier in Bolzano on April 16th 2010. Afterwards the movie is released in theatres throughout South Tyrol. The German Premier will take place at the Filmfest Munich in summer 2010. "Mountain Blood" will be released in theatres throughout Austria in december 2010.

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August 29th	MOUNTAIN BLOOD wins the audience award and the award of the Province Verona at the Lessinia Film Festival (Italy)!
July 3rd 2010	MOUNTAIN BLOOD wins the audience award at the Munich Filmfestival (Germany)!
June 14th 2010	MOUNTAIN BLOOD at the Shanghai International Film Festival (China).
April 17th 2010	Now playing at theatres in South Tyrol! MOUNTAIN BLOOD is released in cinemas throughout South Tyrol starting on April 17th 2010!
May 31st 2009:	Principal photography has been finished. We wish to thank all the people involved for having such a great time in Val Passiria.
April 20th 2009:	Beginning of shooting the major part in Northern Italy.
February 16th 2009:	Finishing the "winter sequences".
February 7th 2009:	A great start! Principal photography begins in Augsburg.