Northern Skirts

Northern Skirts (German: Nordrand) is a 1999 German-language film directed by Barbara Albert. It was an international co-production between Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. It was Austria's official Best Foreign Language Film submission at the 72nd Academy Awards, but did not manage to receive a nomination.^[1] The film addresses the marginalisation of the Vienna's migrant and ethnic minority population against the background of rising xenophobia encouraged by Joerg Haider and the so-called Freedom Party.

Northern Skirts
Directed by	Barbara Albert
Written by	Barbara Albert
Starring	Nina Proll
Release date	2 September 1999 (1999-09-02)
Running time	103 minutes
Country	Austria
Language	German

Cast

• Nina Proll as Jasmin Schmid
• Edita Malovcic as Tamara
• Astrit Alihajdaraj as Senad
• Tudor Chirilă as Valentin
• Michael Tanczos as Roman
• Georg Friedrich as Wolfgang
• Martina Stojan as Sonja
• Marta Klubowicz as Jolanta
• Brigitte Kren as Gitti

Reception

David Rooney of Variety wrote "Northern Skirts remains too fragmented in its presentation of characters and plot to bring its themes of family and emotional connection fully into focus".^[2]

See also

• List of submissions to the 72nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Austrian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film