The Loneliest Man in Town
Austrian Special

Austria / 2026 / 86'
In German, English with English subtitles

Directors: Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel
Cast: Alois Koch

Blues musician Al Cook lives surrounded by memories: his Viennese apartment crammed with vinyl records, videotapes, and a lifetime of devotion to a music he loves from an ocean away. When a ruthless real estate company targets his home for demolition, he must let go of his treasures one by one and face a radical new beginning. From award-winning Austrian duo Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel, this quietly moving and unexpectedly funny portrait of loss and passion blurs the line between reality and fiction, bringing a real-life bluesman to the screen through non-professional performance and the warm, grainy textures of Super 16mm film. Premiered in competition at the Berlinale 2026.