'' Import/Export '' is an Austrian drama film by the director Ulrich Seidl from 2007 . It was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and won the Grand Prix - Golden Apricot reward at the Yerevan International Film Festival . The film was shot in Vienna , Ukraine , Romania , the Czech Republic and Slovakia from 2005 until May 2007 on 16 mm film . Simultaneously , the film follows a nurse from Ukraine searching for a better life in the West and an unemployed security guard from Austria heading East for the same reason
Yerevan International Film Festival
Yerevan International Film Festival
Import/Export