OPENING FILM 2025: WELCOME HOME BABY Austrian premiere of Andreas Prochaska's psychological thriller

The 16th SLASH Film Festival opens on September 18, 2025, with the Austrian premiere of Andreas Prochaska’s
WELCOME HOME BABY.

Having long since established himself as a cult director of dark Austrian films with DEAD IN 3 DAYS Parts 1 and 2 and THE DARK VALLEY, Prochaska delivers an atmospheric psychological thriller with his new work, sending lead actress Julia Franz Richter on a nightmarish journey of the soul:

Berlin emergency doctor Judith (Richter) inherits a house in Austria she has never heard of from a family she knew nothing about, who never wanted her and gave her away as a child. In search of the secret of her past, she unleashes forces beyond her imagination, losing control over space and time – and over her own will.

WELCOME HOME BABY is a visually stunning frenzy on the brink of the abyss, featuring Julia Franz Richter alongside a star-studded cast including Gerti Drassl and Maria Hofstätter. The Austrian premiere will be presented in the presence of the cast and crew at the festive festival opening in the Gartenbaukino.