Paradise is an upcoming film directed by Ulrich Seidl

Ulrich Seidl

Ulrich Seidl is an Austrian film director, writer and producer.-Selected filmography:* 1990 Good News* 1992 Loss Is to Be Expected * 1995 Animal Love ...

. It will focus of three women, one who travels to Kenya as a sex tourist, one who has to spend time at a weight-loss camp, and one who tries to propagate Catholicism. The film is an Austrian majority production with co-producers in Germany and France.

Cast

• Maria Hofstätter as Anna Maria
• Nabil Saleh as Nabil
• Margarete Tiesel as Klara
• Inge Maux as Klara's friend
• Gabriel Mwarua
• Peter Kazungu
• Carlos Mkutano

Production

The majority producer of the film was the director's Austrian company Ulrich Seidl Film, with Germany's Tat Film and France's Société Parisienne as co-producers. Further co-production support came from the broadcasters ORF, Arte

Arte

Arte is a Franco-German TV network. It is a European culture channel and aims to promote quality programming especially in areas of culture and the arts...

 and Degeto. The project received funding from the Austrian Film Institute, Filmfonds Wien, Land Niederösterreich, Eurimages

Eurimages

Eurimages is the Council of Europe fund for the co-production, distribution, exhibition and digitisation of European cinematographic works. It aims to promote the European film industry by encouraging the production and distribution of films and fostering co-operation between professionals....

, the French National Center of Cinematography and Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg. Filming took place between 22 October 2009 and 14 September 2010 in Kenya and Vienna.