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Project type: TV Romantic Comedy

Production companies: JewelLabs Pictures GmbH, Graf Filmproduktion GmbH

TV company: ORF

Synopsis: Singer Melanie loves the stage, and the audience loves her. But doubts are increasingly creeping in—does she really want to live this life? When her boyfriend and creative partner cheats on her on top of everything else, one thing becomes clear: Melanie needs to get away from her everyday routine!

As her grandmother urgently needs help running the alpine farm, she finds an excuse to escape her reality. As Melanie gradually finds herself again and sparks begin to fly between her and a local national park ranger, she has to decide: Between romantic feelings, her musical dreams, and the idyllic mountain life. Should she return into the spotlight—or will she find happiness in her old yet newfound life?

Cast: Melissa Naschenweng, Ferdinand Seebacher, Katharina Pichler, Michael Steinocher, Christina Cervenka, Martin Muliar, Elfriede Schüsseleder, Rainer Wöss, Florentin Groll

Director: Patricia Frey

Writer: Harald Haller, Marc Brugger
Basend on an idea by: Viktor Perdula, Mathias Hammer

DoP: Mike Clayton

Executive Producers: Viktor Perdula, Livia Graf-Bechler, Klaus Graf

Producers: Mathias Hammer, Daniela Perdula,  Annemarie Pilgram

Editorial ORF: Sabine Renner-Lehner, Katharina Schenk

Length: 90min

Release Year: 2026

Status: in post-production

This project was carried out in accordance with the UZ76 criteria of the Austrian Ecolabel (Österreichisches Umweltzeichen). Measures implemented included, among others:
Around 50% of the costumes were sourced from various costume stocks, with a total of 11 characters dressed exclusively from the existing inventory.
Thanks to careful location scouting, filming in a nature reserve could be avoided.
The power consumption of the lighting department was impressively low. Over all shooting days, only 292 kWh were used in total.
The topic of planet placement stood out particularly positively—through the solar system installed on the alpine farm, the ranger’s electric car, the national park setting, and the characters’ discussions in the film about climate change.