Adrian Goiginger was born in Salzburg in 1991. In 2012, he founded the production company 2010 Entertainment here with colleagues. Those two dates make the local frame verifiable.
His films lead to a demanding question: who may tell a real story, and what responsibility comes with that choice? The Best of All Worlds draws on Goiginger's childhood. Four Minus Three from 2026 is based on Barbara Pachl-Eberhart's life.
For young people aged 10 to 15, this is a concrete entry into directing, screenwriting and source work. Addiction, a fatal accident and grief can be difficult themes. Age guidance, personal readiness and a trusted adult belong in the decision before a cinema visit.
Where the work becomes concrete in Salzburg
The Salzburg start
The official Athanor biography gives Salzburg as Goiginger's birthplace and 1991 as his year of birth. It also states that he founded 2010 Entertainment with colleagues in Salzburg in 2012.
The current Austrian Films director page lists his feature films: The Best of All Worlds from 2017, Above the World and The Fox from 2022, Rickerl from 2023 and Four Minus Three from 2026. The list documents a working path across several productions and types of story.
Four Minus Three in 2026
The official Four Minus Three film page gives 2026 as the production year and 121 minutes as the running time. Adrian Goiginger directs, while Senad Halilbašić wrote the screenplay. The Austrian production company is listed as 2010 Entertainment GmbH, Rupertgasse 21, 5020 Salzburg.
In the Four Minus Three interview, Goiginger explains that this is the first film he directed from another person's screenplay. According to the interview, Barbara Pachl-Eberhart took part in conversations, screenplay work, casting and a set visit. That collaboration matters because the film handles a real loss.
Why this can matter to teens
Directing is a chain of decisions
Directing here means understanding a story, working with writers and actors, choosing scenes and deciding what an audience learns. A real-life story adds another task. The people involved need to understand how their lives are being fictionalised.
Two films make the difference visible. In the interview about The Best of All Worlds, Goiginger discusses memories of his childhood and his decision to turn them into a film. With Four Minus Three, he directs another real person's story. Sources, conversations and consent carry a different weight.
Try a small film exercise. Write six sentences about one memory. Then mark which sentence observes, which remembers and which adds something. Even this short task shows where a story starts to move away from a record of events.
Parent and school lens
For a school presentation, the profile offers concrete checks: birthplace, founding year, filmography, production address, running time, directing and screenwriting. Each fact can be checked on an official page.
Parents also need the subject matter. The Best of All Worlds touches on addiction and a difficult childhood. Four Minus Three deals with a fatal accident and grief. A number alone cannot decide age fit. Current guidance, maturity, personal readiness and possible need for a conversation work together.
What you can check concretely
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Compare the film page and the interview. Which details are production facts, and which statements come directly from the director?
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Open the filmography and choose two years. What changes in the story, role and team?
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Check age guidance, start time, end time, ticket cost and route home in a current cinema programme. Those five details decide whether the visit works in practice.
How to connect with this path
For a culture route with DAS KINO and clear south Salzburg logic, use Using Nonntal creatively. For a specific evening, What can a teen do in Salzburg tonight? covers programme, age fit and the trip home.
For research, start with the director page and then open the film interview. Write down no more than five facts and place the source beside each one. This keeps the evidence visible.
If you make films yourself, record the same scene twice: once from the viewpoint of the person acting and once from the viewpoint of an observer. The comparison makes the effect of perspective immediate.
What matters so this profile stays honest
As of July 16, 2026 the biographical and film details come from Athanor and Austrian Films. The sources document public work, film roles, production data and statements from interviews.
The text leaves Goiginger's private family and the real people behind the films outside its judgement. Details without a clear role in understanding the work stay out. Addiction, accidents and grief are described briefly.
Film pages and interviews serve different purposes. A film page provides credits and technical data. An interview gives the director's perspective. Each source needs its own reading.
Conclusion
Adrian Goiginger's Salzburg connection is concrete: born in the city in 1991, production company founded in 2012 and a current 2026 film with a Salzburg production address. Young people can use that trail to examine how directing handles memory, real lives and responsibility. The next useful step is small: read one official film page beside one interview.