EN / DE / FR / PL / ΕΛ / ES / IT / LT / RO
 
EN / DE / FR / PL / ΕΛ / ES / IT / LT / RO
Official Poster | ©FloConvey
©FloConvey

Thumb of the Tiger

  • Return of the Thumb (Working title)
All titles (3)
Independent Feature Film | 2017-2018 | Comedy, Mockumentary, Sport | Austria

Main data

Shooting data

Filming regionsAustria - Vienna

Project data

Length of movie94
Aspect ratio16:9 (1 : 1,78)
Distribution formatDCP
Sound formatDolby surround (4 channels)

Brief synopsis

This is the story of Stefan Drehmeister (Markus Giefing), an old, worn down thumb wrestling coach, who is fondly called „Coach Steve“ by his friends and colleagues.
He dedicated his whole life to the thumb wrestling sport, until he got suspended and had to retreat from public life, because of a dubious doping affair in 2006.
Now 10 years later, his suspension is over and he finally is allowed to come back. Together with his new protege Klaus (pro wrestler Peter White) and with the help of his self invented training methods, he is targeting the Austrian Championship, to compete against the best thumb wrestlers in the country.
At the tournament everything goes as planned, until his eternal rival King Gustl, shows up with his new fighter Cyborg, who defeats Klaus in a devastating and humiliating manner.
Nevertheless Coach Steve bounces back and accepts the challenge by King Gustl for a final „all or nothing“ fight.
Therefore he calls upon his old student and former champion Lukas Niedevsky, to fight for him.
Unfortunately Lukas leads a withdrawn life in the meantime, formed his own yoga school in the countryside and renounces violence in any form...
Will Coach Steve be able to convince Lukas to return to the ring and thumb wrestle the superior Cyborg?

Cast

ActorRole nameVoice actor / SpeakerVoice actor
Florian ConveyLukas Niedevsky [L]
Markus GiefingCoach Steve [L]
Christian RuthnerHerbert [SR]
Wolfgang CiechanowskiHeinrich [SR]
Verena LeitnerHilde [SR]
Alexander LinhardtKing Gustl [SR]
Jörg BergenChina Peppi [BP]

Crew

ActivityNameComment
ColoristDavid Hughes
Costume designerHeidi Holzinger
DirectorFlorian Convey
Hair/makeup designerHeidi Holzinger
CreatorFlorian Convey
Production sound mixerMarkus Ortner

Production companies

CompanyComment
Florian Convey Produktion [at]

Awards

Award winnerYearAwardCategory 
Heidi Holzinger2019South Europe International Film Festival [es]
Best Costume Design
Best Costume DesignNominated
Florian Convey2019Open Window International Film Challenge [in]
Best Sports Feature Film
Best Sports Feature FilmWinner
Florian Convey2019Winter Film Awards [us]
Best Picture
Best PictureNominated

Festivals

YearCountryFestivalComment
2020USAPoppy Jasper International Film Festival
2019USAWinter Film Awards 2019 New York
2019USAHoboken International Film Festival
2019Hong KongHong Kong Film Art Festival
2019GermanyFilmfest Bremen
2019USANewport Beach Film Festival
2019IndiaOpen Window International Film Challenge
2019SpainSouth Europe
2018GermanyHof International Film Festival