Documentary A 2006, 72 min., 35mm Script: Anja Salomonowitz Director of Photography: Jo Molitoris Editing: Gregor Wille, Frederic Fichefet Specialist counseling: LEFÖ Producers: Gabriele Kranzelbinder, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
with Rainer Halbauer, Otto Pikal, Anna Sparer, Leopold Sobotka, Gertrud Tauchhammer
"It happened just before" is an artistic confrontation with the global phenomenon of trafficking in women. Anja Salomonowitz has chosen an unusual approach to the theme: her film is based on real narratives by women who were the objects of trafficking which were then re-worked into a documentary screenplay by the director. The stories are not retold by actresses but by people who have a direct relationship to events and places in the film: a customs officers, a village inhabitant, a bar-keeper in a bordello, a woman diplomat and a taxi driver. A film about false promises, exploitation and disappointment.
