Robert Hofferer

Robert Hofferer is an Austrian film and theatre producer. He was cultural manager and a sponsor of the Let's CEE Film Festival, a film festival focused on Central and Eastern European films, held in Vienna between 2012 and 2018. He is the founder and CEO of film production company Artdeluxe.

Early life and education Robert Hofferer was born in Austria.

He received earned a Master of Arts degree at the University of Vienna in 1985.

Career From 1985 to 1990 Hofferer worked as a journalist for TV, radio, and print publications, after which he worked as a producer of independent theatre until 1998. He was a founder of the Urania Award in the categories Best Feature Film and Best Documentary, as well as the Star of the Urania, a lifetime achievement award.

His 2023 documentary feature, Verity Circle (Kreis der Wahrheit), premiered at the K3 Film Festival in Villach, Austria, and was also selected for screening at the Miami Jewish Film Festival in Miami, United States. The film tells the story of two Viennese sisters, Helga and Elisabeth, daughters of a Jewish mother and Catholic father, who, after the Anschluss (annexation of Austria by Germany) in 1938, have to live stigmatised at home, wearing the Jewish star. They are then deported, with their mother, to Theresienstadt, while their father is first imprisoned in fascist Italy before being deported to Auschwitz.

Artdeluxe Hofferer founded a film production company, Artdeluxe, in 2006. he remains CEO of the company, which is located in Vienna.

Filmography 2007: Shortcut to Hollywood 2009: Sevdah for Karim 2012: Body Complete (co-producer) 2014: V & Me (short; producer) 2022: Angelus Novus Reloaded (short; director, writer & producer)