The Diagonale (Festival of Austrian Film) is a film festival that takes place every March in Graz, Austria.

Diagonale
LocationGraz, Austria
Established1998
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Diagonale'17 in Graz

The festival was initially held under the auspices of the Austrian Film Commission in Salzburg from 1993 to 1995 but moved to Graz in 1998. Traditional cinema venues are Annenhof Kino, Schubertkino, KIZ RoyalKino, and the Filmzentrum im Rechbauerkino. At the end of the festival, expert juries award Austria's most highly endowed film prizes.

The Festival of Austrian Film has consolidated its position as a regionally based festival for film buffs that brings the industry and audience together, strengthens Austrian film, and attracts international attention.

History edit

First Years edit

The first three Diagonale festivals were organized by the Austrian Film Commission in early December each year in cooperation with the Salzburg Festival in Salzburg. The festival was directed by filmmaker Peter Tscherkassky in 1993 and 1994, and Heinrich Mis (then director of the ORF program kunst-stücke) in 1995.

After a break, the festival moved to Graz. Its own supporting association "Forum österreichischer Film" was founded in 1998 under the leadership of Christine Dollhofer and Constantin Wulff, who presided over the association until 2003. In addition to film screenings, the program also includes discussions, audience talks, and exhibitions. In the first year in Graz, one hundred films were screened and prizes were awarded in three categories: a main prize, a prize for innovative cinema and a prize for newcomers. Later, a number of other prizes were added. In 1999, a prize for the best actor and actress was also awarded for the first time, although this was not the case again until 2008.

Since 2000 edit

The planning for the Diagonale 2004 initially began with a scandal, as Franz Morak, the State Secretary for the Arts responsible for the event, dismissed the previous program directors without explanation, despite their excellent performance, and replaced them with a new team without seeking consensus with the filmmakers concerned. Since this personnel selection met with opposition from nearly all filmmakers, it initially looked as if there might be two events with the same name: Morak's "official" Diagonale and an "unofficial" event set up by the media professionals themselves. Eventually, however, Morak relented and abandoned his event. After a restructuring of the sponsoring association and the willingness of numerous participants to volunteer, the Diagonale 2004 was able to take place in its usual form despite time pressure.

The background to Morak's intervention in the directorship is thought to be an attempt to make a more commercially oriented readjustment of the festival as well as a politically motivated "act of retaliation" against the film scene and the festival management, because the Diagonale positioned itself as a forum for anti-government protests and video works a few weeks after the controversial formation of the coalition between FPÖ and ÖVP in 2000. In the course of the controversy at the time over a petition printed in the festival catalog by numerous well-known filmmakers demanding the resignation of the government, the then Styrian regional councilor Hirschmann (ÖVP) even temporarily withheld the promised prize money from the state of Styria.

In the course of a restructuring by the supporting association "Forum österreichischer Film", the general assembly of the Diagonale appointed the three-person team Birgit Flos (artistic director), Robert Buchschwenter (production manager) and Georg Tillner (finance manager) as the new Diagonale management at the end of April 2004 on the suggestion of the Diagonale advisory board. After Buchschwenter and Tillner left, Oliver Testor took over the management of the festival in May 2005 until 2009.

The Diagonale 2006 took place from March 21 to 26 in Graz under the directorship of Birgit Flos. The festival center was set up in the Kunsthaus Graz for the first time in 2006. The UCI Annenhofkino, Schubertkino, KIZ RoyalKino, and the Filmzentrum im Rechbauerkino were the festival cinemas. In cooperation with the Kunsthaus Graz, the Diagonale also organized a highlight of the festival: In a tribute to the artist Maria Lassnig, her complete cinematic oeuvre was shown in newly restored copies.

In December 2006, Birgit Flos' contract was extended until the Diagonale 2008.

Also since 2006, there have been two equally endowed Grand Diagonale Prizes, for the best feature film and for the best documentary film.

Director Barbara Pichler (2009 to 2015) edit

From 2009 to 2015, the festival was directed by curator, publicist, and film mediator Barbara Pichler, who established the festival as a mediation and discussion platform for Austrian cinema with a more streamlined programming and increased focus on international industry networking. Her original three-year contract was initially extended by the Diagonale's sponsoring association until 2014[1] and later, at Pichler's own request, for only one more year until 2015.[2] The directorship of the Diagonale from the 2016 festival onwards was put out to tender again at the beginning of April 2014.[3] In November 2014, it was announced that the festival would be directed by the two Upper Austrians Sebastian Höglinger and Peter Schernhuber from 2016 onwards. Starting in 2009, the two had already co-directed the YOUKI International Youth Media Festival.[4]

The Diagonale 2009 took place from March 17 to 22 and attracted 23,876 visitors. A "Personale" was dedicated to filmmaker Mara Mattuschka, while the international Tribute brought German filmmaker Stefan Krohmer to Graz. The special historical programs were devoted to the history of Austrian animated film, film restoration or focused on the almost forgotten work of the Viennese screenwriter Anna Gmeyner, who was driven into exile. In 2009, acting prizes were awarded for the third time since 1999. One was the Grand Diagonale Acting Prize to Josef Hader for his achievements in Austrian film, and the other was the Diagonale Special Jury Prize for the remarkable performance by an Austrian actress/actor in a 2008 Diagonale film to Birgit Minichmayr, who stars alongside Hader in Der Knochenmann.[5]

With around 24,800 visitors, the Diagonale 2010 (March 16 to 21) was able to draw a positive conclusion after six festival days and 147 films and videos shown. One of the highlights of the festival was the internationally acclaimed Peter Schreiner "Personale", which presented and honored the documentary work of the Austrian filmmaker in a concentrated form. In addition, Romuald Karmakar, one of the most important voices of German cinema at the time, was a guest in Graz with his films. Special historical programs focused on the almost forgotten work of auteur filmmaker Mansur Madavi and on that of cinematographer Günther Krampf, who was forced into exile. The industry meeting was dedicated to the funding model "Film Location Austria". Two exhibitions also took place as part of the Diagonale 2010 program: "SILENT ALIEN GHOST MACHINE MUSEUM" by Norbert Pfaffenbichler at Kunstverein Medienturm and "brRRMMMWHee – extended version" by Billy Roisz at Kunsthaus Graz.

In 2011, the Diagonale took place from March 22 to 27 and was opened by Nikolaus Geyrhalter's documentary essay film Abendland. The "Personale" was dedicated to the renowned avant-garde filmmaker Peter Tscherkassky. Director and cinematographer Elfi Mikesch, a representative of European auteur cinema with Austrian roots, presented her two most recent works at the festival. The special historical program "Shooting Women. Female Pioneers of Austrian Film" with films by Valie Export, Margareta Heinrich, and others. Other specials were devoted to the Viennese animation film festival "Tricky Women" and filmmaker Linda Christanell. A wide-ranging discussion of female filmmaking took place at the Diagonale 2011 not only in the film and supporting program, but also at the level of film policy. Representatives of the film industry demanded more visibility for women in the film business as well as a quota for women in film committees and in the university sector. At the Kunstverein Medienturm, Nadim Vardag showed his exhibition "∆" at the end of the "Concept Film" series, while Sabine Marte, creator of the 2011 festival trailer, exhibited together with Clemens Hollerer under the title "Do we need to have an accident?" at Kunsthaus Graz. The trilateral industry meeting focused on the "Digital Revolution" in sales and marketing. Finally, 2011 saw the launch of "Diagonale GOES GREEN," a long-term strategy of social responsibility for the environment and sustainability.

The 15th Diagonale in Graz took place from March 20 to 25, 2012. Despite a slightly lower number of screenings and events compared to 2011, the occupancy rate rose to almost 74 percent. The Diagonale 2012 program reflected the high quality of current Austrian filmmaking in a focused selection. As always, the festival functioned as a place of encounter and exchange between the film industry and the public. In addition to many established names, numerous young filmmakers also presented their works. The Diagonale 2012 opened with a feature film debut: Spain by Anja Salomonowitz. As part of the opening, Johannes Silberschneider received the Grand Diagonale Acting Prize for his services to Austrian film culture. The highlights of the festival also included a "Personale" dedicated to the legendary avant-garde filmmaker Ferry Radax, which made his groundbreaking work accessible to a wider audience once again with a concentrated selection of films. The Israeli documentary filmmaker Avi Mograbi, was represented not only by a comprehensive film retrospective but also by the video installation "Details". The special program Carl Mayer Screenwriting Prize 2017 "Shooting Women II" on female forms of documentary, the historical special on US actor and cinematographer Charles Korvin in the series "FilmExil" as well as the eagerly awaited revival of Michael Synek's Die toten Fische from 1989 were also well received by the audience. The discussion track focused in several program points on the status quo of film criticism and different positions of film discourse. At the Kunsthaus Graz, Sofie Thorsen showed the exhibition "Schnitt A-A". As part of the industry meeting "Discussing Diversity in Independent Cinema," numerous internationally staffed panels and case studies discussed different perspectives and strategies of film promotion and exploitation against the backdrop of practical experience and initiated further activities in Austria.

In 2013, the 16th edition of the festival took place from March 12 to 17 and was opened by Ulrich Seidl's Paradies: Hoffnung. A total of 156 films were shown in 136 screenings, 98 of which were in competition. Compared to the previous year, the Diagonale had 25,051 visitors (about 18,900 cinema admissions and about 6,000 people at the supporting programs), an increase of 1,300 visitors, while the occupancy rate dropped from 74 to 72 percent. The prizes awarded were worth about 155,000 euros.[6] After a cinematic year marked by major international successes for Austrian film, attention at the 2013 Diagonale focused on the numerous promising productions by young filmmakers, whose individual approaches provided a breath of fresh air. Highlights also included the presentation of Ulrich Seidl's Paradise Trilogy as a complete work and two "Personale" dedicated to Josef Dabernig and Michaela Grill. With Dominik Graf there was an exceptional figure of the German-language production landscape in Graz. The continuation of the "FilmExil" series focused on the film work of Viennese director, screenwriter, and producer Paul Czinner. The special program "Austrian Pulp" presented subversive Austrian underground cinema between genres. The industry meeting was devoted to "Models of Substance and Project Development" with the participation of numerous international experts.

The 17th edition of the Diagonale opened in Graz with the Austrian premiere of Johannes Holzhausen's documentary Das große Museum. While in 2013 the focus was on numerous feature film premieres, this time, in line with the trend of the production year, the documentary film moved into the spotlight with 23 productions in competition. In total, the festival screened 192 films from March 18 to 23, 2014, 106 of which were in competition. Despite bright spring weather, a slight increase in audience attendance could again be reported after six days with around 25,500 visitors. The value of the film prizes awarded amounted to around 165,000 euros.[7] The "Personale" was dedicated to the film artist Manfred Neuwirth. The renowned French cinematographer Agnès Godard was honored with a retrospective. The special programs on James Benning, Peter Lorre, the continuation of "Austrian Pulp" and the show "Another Country" on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Austrian Film Museum were well received by the public. The motto of the industry gathering was "Digital Revolution Meets Reality." As always, the festival positioned itself as an indispensable place of encounter and exchange between the film industry and the public. Ten years after the "resistance" Diagonale, protest was once again stirring. In a petition addressed to the governing parties and the management of the ORF, numerous representatives of the film industry warned of the immediate effects of impending funding cuts.

The Diagonale 2015 took place from March 17 to 22. The festival was held for the last time under the direction of Barbara Pichler, who retired from this position after seven years. Around 27,000 visitors were registered and 50 world premieres and 25 Austrian premieres were shown. In the competition 97 films were screened, a total of 157 films were shown. The festival was opened by Karl Markovics' feature film Superwelt. A highlight was the "Personale" dedicated to documentary filmmaker Nikolaus Geyrhalter. The international tribute guest was French director and author Mia Hansen-Løve. The special film history programs were devoted to the expelled avant-garde, the work of Alfred Kaiser and the tense relationship between film and history. Other specials were devoted to the rediscovered TV series Draußen in der Stadt, written by Günter Brödl, and to the two filmmakers Florian Flicker and Michael Glawogger, who had died the year before. The industry meeting addressed issues of film financing and film funding.[8][9]

Directors Sebastian Höglinger and Peter Schernhuber (since 2016) edit

The Diagonale 2016 took place from March 8 to 13 and was directed for the first time by Sebastian Höglinger and Peter Schernhuber.[4] The two relied on a balance between continuity and new impulses and set a new record with 30,200 visitors. Two new program tracks, a new image, increased cooperation with local initiatives and institutions, and a newly established festival district contributed to the renewal. A total of 158 films were screened, 107 of them in competition. The festival opened with the world premiere of Mirjam Unger's Maikäfer flieg, based on the novel by Christine Nöstlinger. The new series "Spotlight on" focused on producer Gabriele Kranzelbinder. The provocatively titled historical special program "Austria: Forget it" was dedicated to a central phase of Austrian film and contemporary history: the Waldheim years. The new festival program "In Reference", in which U.S. indie director Matt Porterfield was a guest, opened up a wide range of references within the program. The Diagonale Film Meeting developed strategies for more equality and social diversity in film and television.

In 2017, the Diagonale took place for the twentieth time in Graz from March 28 to April 2.[10] The festival was opened by Michael Glawogger's documentary Untitled, which film editor Monika Willi completed after Glawogger's unexpected death in 2014. A total of 191 films were shown, 106 of which competed in the competition for the Diagonale awards. These had a total value of around 195,000 euros. For the first time, the Franz Grabner Prize was awarded in the categories of cinema and television documentaries as part of the Diagonale. In the programming, cross-genre short film programs, and supporting films took account of the trend toward the merging of film genres. Thus, experimental works, music videos, feature films, and documentaries were positioned in relation to each other in the competition. With 31,200 visitors, the Diagonale was able to once again increase the audience response from the previous year (2016: 30,200).[11] There was much positive feedback on the special historical program "1000 Beat Film", which looked for influences of pop culture on Austrian film and vice versa. The series "Spotlight on" focused on the integration figure Andi Winter, a filmmaker from the supposed second tier. U.S. director Ana Lily Amirpour presented her latest work The Bad Batch in Graz and held a master class. At the Diagonale Film Meeting, industry representatives from various sectors and functions shed light on the popularity and potential of Austrian film at home. The new discussion format "Diagonale im Dialog" brought illustrious personalities of the film world to the festival cinemas for extended talks.

In 2018, the Diagonale took place from March 13 to 18, with the opening film being Murer – Anatomy of a Trial by Christian Frosch.

The 2019 Diagonale, from March 19 to 24, opened with Der Boden unter den Füßen by Marie Kreutzer.[12]

In 2020, the Diagonale, originally scheduled for March 24 to 29, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[13] The award winners were announced on June 30, 2020.[14] Films from the program of the cancelled Festival of Austrian Film were presented in spring, summer, and fall as part of the series "Diagonale'20 – 'Die Unvollendete' on Tour" at various stations across Austria and on the web.

In April 2020, the contracts of Sebastian Höglinger and Peter Schernhuber as festival directors were extended until 2022. The dual leadership will thus preside over the Festival of Austrian Film up to and including Diagonale'22. The position of artistic director will be advertised in summer 2021.

The 2021 edition, originally scheduled for March 16 to 21, was to open with the feature film Fuchs im Bau by Arman T. Riahi.[15] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the edition was postponed to June 8 to 13, 2021.[16]

Awards edit

The Festival of Austrian Film offers the film awards in various categories totalling over €170,000.-.[17]

Jury awards of the Diagonale
Category donated by since Endowment

(in Euro, 2020)

Grand Diagonale Prize of the Province of Styria

Best Feature Film

Province of Styria/Culture, The Grand Post, Mischief Films 2006 21.000
Grand Diagonale Prize of the Province of Styria

Best Documentary Film

Province of Styria/Culture, The Grand Post, Mischief Films 2006 21.000
Diagonale Prize for Innovative Cinema by the City of Graz

Best Innovative, Experimental, or Animated Film

City of Graz/Culture, Golden Girls Filmproduktion 1998 8.500
Diagonale Prize for Short Feature

Best Short Feature Film

Muchar Upcycles, The Grand Post 2011 5.500
Diagonale Prize for Short Documentary from the Diocese Graz-Seckau

Best Short Documentary Film

Diözese Graz-Seckau 2001 4.000
Diagonale Prize from the Youth Jury of the Province of Styria

Best Young Talent Film

Province of Styria/Youth, Stöger Kameras 1998 5.500
Grand Diagonale Prize for Acting Verwertungsgesellschaft der Filmschaffenden 2008 Artwork
Diagonale Acting Prizes for remarkable acting by an Austrian actor in a Diagonale competition film Verwertungsgesellschaft der Filmschaffenden 2008 3.000
Diagonale Acting Prizes for remarkable acting by an Austrian actress in a Diagonale competition film Verwertungsgesellschaft der Filmschaffenden 2011 3.000
Awards of the professional associations
Category donated by since Endowment
Diagonale Prize for Editing (Austrian Editors Association aea)

Best Artistic Editing of a Feature Film

Verwertungsgesellschaft der Filmschaffenden 2007 3.000
Diagonale Prize for Editing (Austrian Editors Association aea)

Best Artistic Editing of a Documentary Film

Verwertungsgesellschaft der Filmschaffenden 2007 3.000
Diagonale Cinematographers Prize (Austrian Association of Cinematographers AAC)

Best Cinematography of a Feature Film

Verwertungsgesellschaft der Filmschaffenden 2006 3.000
Diagonale Cinematographers Prize (Austrian Association of Cinematographers AAC)

Best Cinematography of a Documentary Film

Verwertungsgesellschaft der Filmschaffenden 2006 3.000
Diagonale Prize for Production Design and Costume Design (Austrian Filmdesigners Association VÖF)

Best Production Design

Verwertungsgesellschaft der Filmschaffenden 2011 3.000
Diagonale Prize for Production Design and Costume Design (Austrian Filmdesigners Association VÖF)

Best Costume Design

Verwertungsgesellschaft der Filmschaffenden 2011 3.000
Diagonale Prize for Sound Design (Verband österreichischer Filmtonschaffender Filmton Austria)

Best Sound Design of a Feature Film

Verwertungsgesellschaft der Filmschaffenden 2013 3.000
Diagonale Prize for Sound Design (Verband österreichischer Filmtonschaffender Filmton Austria)

Best Sound Design of a Documentary Film

Verwertungsgesellschaft der Filmschaffenden 2013 3.000
Other award ceremonies within the framework of the Diagonale
Category donated by since Endowment
Prize for Outstanding Production Services from the VAM – Verwertungsgesellschaft für Audiovisuelle Medien for outstanding production services in the area of film Verwertungsgesellschaft für audiovisuelle Medien (VAM) 2002 20.000
Audience Prize

Most Popular Diagonale Film of the Year

Kleine Zeitung 2007 3.000
Carl Mayer Screenwriting Prize City of Graz/Culture 1990 (*) 15.000
Carl Mayer Screenwriting Prize for New Authors City of Graz/Culture 1994 (*) 7.500
Thomas Pluch Screenwriting Prize Bundeskanzleramt 1993 12.000
Thomas Pluch Screenwriting Prize Special Prize by the Jury Bundeskanzleramt 2014 7.000
Thomas Pluch Screenwriting Prize for Short or Medium Length Feature Films Bundeskanzleramt 2014 3.000
Franz Grabner Prize Cinema Documentary Franz-Grabner-Board 2017 5.000
Franz Grabner Prize Television Documentary Franz-Grabner-Board 2017 5.000
(*) since 2000 the award ceremony has been held as part of the Diagonale

Award winners edit

In the context of the Diagonale, expert juries award Austria's most highly endowed film prizes, including the two Grand Diagonale Prizes of the province of Styria (€21,000 each).

Grand Diagonale Prize edit

Grand Diagonale Prize[18]
Year Director Best Austrian Cinema film
1998 Florian Flicker Suzie Washington
1999 Nikolaus Geyrhalter Pripyat
2000 Barbara Albert,

Goran Rebić

Northern Skirts, The Punishment
2001 Florian Flicker Hold-Up
2002 Fritz Lehner Everyman's Feast
2003 Andrea Maria Dusl Blue Moon
2004 Martin Bruch handbikemovie
2005 Jessica Hausner Hotel
Year Director Best Documentary Film Director Best Feature Film
2006 Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel,

Arash T. Riahi

Babooska, Exile Family Movie Michael Haneke Caché
2007 Peter Schreiner Bellavista Jakob M. Erwa Heile Welt
2008 Marko Doringer Mein halbes Leben Götz Spielmann Revanche
2009 Constantin Wulff In die Welt Michael Glawogger Das Vaterspiel
2010 Brigitte Weich

Karin Macher

Hana, dul, sed … Tizza Covi

Rainer Frimmel

La Pivellina
2011 Ivette Löcker Nachtschichten Marie Kreutzer The Fatherless
2012 Dariusz Kowalski Richtung Nowa Huta Sebastian Meise Stillleben
2013 Bernadette Weigel Fahrtwind – Aufzeichnungen einer Reisenden Tizza CoviRainer Frimmel Der Glanz des Tages
2014 Ruth Beckermann Those Who Go Those Who Stay Houchang Allahyari Der letzte Tanz
2015[19] Nikolaus Geyrhalter Über die Jahre Veronika Franz

Severin Fiala

Goodnight Mommy
2016[20] Sigmund Steiner Holz Erde Fleisch Ruth Beckermann Die Geträumten
2017[21] Ivette Löcker Was uns bindet Lukas Valenta Rinner Die Liebhaberin
2018[22] Nikolaus Geyrhalter Die bauliche Maßnahme Christian Frosch Murer – Anatomie eines Prozesses
2019 Nathalie Borgers The Remains – Nach der Odyssee Sara Fattahi Chaos
2020 Sabine Derflinger[23] DIE DOHNAL Frauenministerin / Feministin / Visionärin Sandra Wollner The Trouble With Being Born

Diagonale Prize for Innovative Cinema edit

Diagonale Prize for Innovative Cinema by the City of Graz

Best Innovative, Experimental, or Animated Film

Year Director Title
1998 Kathrin ResetaritsMartin Arnold ÄgyptenAlone – Life Wastes Andy Hardy
1999 Peter Tscherkassky Outer Space
2000 Fiona RukschcioElke Groen, Wolfgang Widerhofer, Ralph Wieser Die Kunst der Stunde ist Widerstand
2001 Kollektiv "Die Kunst der Stunde ist Widerstand"

Verein "Echo"

für ihre Medienarbeit
2002 Michael Palm Sea Concrete Human – Malfunctions #1
2003 Mara Mattuschka id
2004 Brigitta BödenauerDidi Bruckmayr, Michael Strohmann don't touch me when I start to feel saveich bin traurig
2005 Gerhard Friedl Hat Wolff von Amerongen Konkursdelikte begangen?
2006 Tina Frank"lia"

Gabriele Mathes

Chronomopsint.16/45//son01/30x1Eine Million Kredit ist normal, sagt mein Großvater
2007 Jan Machacek, Martin Siewert

Manuel Knapp

erase remakevisibility of interim
2008 Mara Mattuschka,

Johann Lurf

Running Sushi, Vertigo Rush
2009 Michael Palm Laws of Physics
2010 Sabine Marte B-star, untötbar! reloaded
2011 Billy Roisz Chiles en Nogada
2012 Josef Dabernig Hypercrisis
2013 Michaela Grill FORÊT D'EXPÉRIMENTATION
2014 Lukas Marxt High Tide
2015 Sasha Pirker und Lotte Schreiber Exhibition Talks
2016 Antoinette Zwirchmayr Josef – Täterprofil meines Vaters
2017 Katrina Daschner Pferdebusen
2018 Johann Lurf
2019 Jennifer Mattes Wreckage takes a holiday
2020 Constanze Ruhm[23] GLI APPUNTI DI ANNA AZZORI – Uno specchio che viaggia nel tempo

Diagonale Prize from the Youth Jury edit

Diagonale Prize from the Youth Jury of the Province of Styria

Best Young Talent Film

Year Director Title
1998 Nana Swiczinsky Wieder Hohlung
1999 Georg Wasner Postwendend keine Kugel ins Herz
2000 Siegfried A. Fruhauf Höhenrausch
2001 Kerstin Cmelka Mit mir
2002 Birgit Foerster Au clair de la lune
2003 Sebastian Meise Prises de vues
2004 Karl Bretschneider Grauzone
2005 Michael Ramsauer Echos
2006 Anna Martinetz Stadtutopien oder die Legende von Synia
2007 Andrina Mračnikar Der Kärntner spricht Deutsch
2008 Carola Schmidt, Jakob M. Erwa Wir bitten Dich, verführe uns!, Lobende Erwähnung: Tschuschen:power
2009 Marvin Kren Schautag
2010 Hüseyin Tabak Kick Off
2011 Max Liebich You're Out
2012 Conrad Tambour Der Besuch
2013 Matthias Zuder Erbgut
2014 Britta Schoening, Michaela Taschek und Sandra Wollner Uns geht es gut
2015 Lukas Valenta Rinner Parabellum
2016 Jasmin Baumgartner Unmensch
2017 Santiago Rodriguez Duran Revolución Solar
2018 Bernhard Wenger Entschuldigung, ich suche den Tischtennisraum und meine Freundin
2019 Nicolas Pindeus Zufall & Notwendigkeit
2020 Özgür Anil Das Urteil im Fall K.[23]

Diagonale Prize for Short Feature and Short Documentary Film edit

Diagonale Prize for Short Feature Film

and Short Documentary Film from the Diocese Graz-Seckau

Year Director Title
2001 Joerg Burger Moscouw
2002 Egon Humer Amos Vogel. Mosaik im Vertrauen
2003 Andrina Mračnikar Andri 1924 – 1944
2004 Gerald Harringer MA
2005 Ascan Breuer, Ursula Hansbauer, Wolfgang Konrad Forst
2006 Sepp Dreissinger artgenossen. 35minutenporträts
2007 Judith Zdesar Bilder aus dem Tagebuch eines Wartenden
2008 Emanuel Danesch livesafelyineurope
2009 Bernhard Braunstein

David Gross

Pharao Bipolar
2010 Juliane Großheim Die Kinder vom Friedrichshof
2011 Umut Dağ, Karl-Heinz Klopf Papa (Short Feature)

They (Short Documentary)

2012 Catalina Molina, Houchang Allahyari Unser Lied (Short Feature)

Das persische Krokodil (Short Documentary)

2013 Florian Pochlatko, Friedemann Derschmidt Erdbeerland (Short Feature)

Das Phantom der Erinnerung (Short Documentary)

2014 Stefan Bohun, Antoinette Zwirchmayr Musik (Short Feature)

Der Zuhälter und seine Trophäen (Short Documentary)

2015 Jannis Lenz, Lisbeth Kovacic Schattenboxer (Short Feature)

minor border (Short Documentary)

2016 Maria Luz Olivares Capelle, Clara Trischler Wald der Echos (Short Feature)

Zuhause ist kein Ort (Short Documentary)

2017 Clara Stern, Kristina Schranz Mathias (Short Feature)

Spielfeld (Short Documentary)

2018 Bernhard Wenger, Kristina Schranz Entschuldigung, ich suche den Tischtennisraum und meine Freundin (Short Feature)

Ars Moriendi oder die Kunst des Lebens (Short Documentary)

2019 Raphaela Schmid, Johannes Gierlinger ENE MENE (Short Feature)

Remapping the origins (Short Documentary)

2020 Raphaela Schmid,[23]

Total Refusal (Robin Klengel, Leonhard Müllner, Michael Stumpf)

Fische (Short Feature)

How to Disappear (Short Documentary)

Diagonale Acting Prizes edit

On the initiative of the Verwertungsgesellschaft der Filmschaffenden VdFS, the Diagonale Acting Prizes have been awarded since 2008. The Grand Diagonale Acting Prize is awarded for services to Austrian film culture, whereas the Diagonale Acting Prize is awarded for a remarkable performance in a film of the respective Diagonale year. The trophy for the Grand Diagonale Acting Award is designed each year by an Austrian artist. 2008: Erwin Wurm, 2009: Elke Krystufek, 2010: Brigitte Kowanz, 2011: Peter Kogler, 2012: Elfie Semotan, 2013: Herbert Brandl, 2014: Eva Schlegel, 2015: Heimo Zobernig, 2016: Anna Paul, 2017: Stefanie Moshammer, 2018: Toni Schmale, 2019: Ashley Hans Scheirl, 2020: Daniel Spoerri.

Since 2010, the Diagonale Acting Prize has been awarded to both an actor and an actress.

Diagonale Acting Prizes
Year Diagonale Acting Prize Diagonale Acting Prize
1999 Roland Düringer for Hinterholz 8 Sabrina Riedel for Beastie Girl
Year Grand Diagonale Acting Prize Diagonale Acting Prize
2008 Karl Markovics for The Counterfeiters Ursula Strauss for Revanche
2009 Josef Hader among others for The Bone Man Birgit Minichmayr for The Bone Man
2010 Klaus Maria Brandauer for his lifetime achievement Franziska Weisz for The Robber

Andreas Lust for Der Räuber

2011 Senta Berger for her lifetime achievement Marion Mitterhammer for The Fatherless

Johannes Krisch for The Fatherless, Vielleicht in einem anderen Leben, Kottan ermittelt: Rien ne va plus

2012 Johannes Silberschneider Christine Ostermayer for Anfang 80

Michael Fuith for Michael

2013 Maria Hofstätter Johanna Orsini-Rosenberg for Soldate Jeannette

Johannes Nussbaum for Diamantenfieber oder Kauf dir einen bunten Luftballon

2014 Georg Friedrich Erni Mangold for Der letzte Tanz

Gerhard Liebmann for Blood Glacier, The Dark Valley and Bad Fucking

2015 Tobias Moretti Ulrike Beimpold for Superwelt

Murathan Muslu for Risse im Beton

2016 Erni Mangold[24] Ursula Strauss for Fly Away Home

Erwin Steinhauer for Thank You for Bombing

2017 Johannes Krisch[25] Verena Altenberger for Die beste aller Welten

Philipp Hochmair for Tomcat[21]

2018 Ingrid Burkhard The entire acting ensembles of L'Animale and Cops[22]
2019 Birgit Minichmayr[26] Joy Alphonsus for Joy

Simon Frühwirth for Nevrland

2020 Ursula Strauss[27] Julia Franz Richter for Der Taucher

Dominik Warta for The Trouble with Being Born[23]

Diagonale Cinematographers Prize edit

The Association of Austrian Cinematographers awarded the AAC Prize for the best camera work of the year at the Diagonale in 2004 and 2005. For the association's thirtieth anniversary in 2006, two prizes were awarded for the first time, in the categories Best Cinematography Feature Film and Documentary Film, as the Diagonale Prize Cinematography. Since 2014 they have been endowed with 3,000 euros each.

Diagonale Cinematographers Prize (Austrian Association of Cinematographers AAC)
Year AAC Award Best Cinematography
2004 Bernhard Keller Struggle
2005 Johannes Hammel, Rafael Ortega Volver la Vista
Year Best Cinematography of a Feature Film Best Cinematography of a Documentary
2006 Martin Gschlacht Spiele Leben Wolfgang Thaler Workingman's Death
2007 Bernhard Keller Fallen Jo Molitoris Kurz davor ist es passiert
2008 Martin Gschlacht Revanche Joerg Burger Der Weg nach Mekka
2009 Enzo Brandner Universalove Nikolaus Geyrhalter 7915 km
2010 Christian Berger The White Ribbon Peter Schreiner Totó
2011 Leena Koppe The Fatherless Elfi Mikesch MONDO LUX – Die Bilderwelten des Werner Schroeter
2012 Gerald Kerkletz Stillleben and Michael Joerg Burger The Future's Past – Creating Cambodia
2013 Wolfgang Thaler and Ed Lachman Paradise: Love Bernadette Weigel Fahrtwind – Aufzeichnungen einer Reisenden
2014 Thomas Kiennast The Dark Valley Joerg Burger and Attila Boa Das große Museum
2015 Michael Bindlechner Superwelt Manfred Neuwirth Aus einem nahen Land
2016 Gerald Kerkletz WINWIN Kurdwin Ayub Paradies! Paradies!
2017 Wolfgang Thaler

Sebastian Thaler

Ugly Attila Boa Untitled
2018 Mariel Baqueiro Hagazussa Serafin Spitzer Gwendolyn
2019 Klemens Hufnagl Bewegungen eines nahen Bergs Christiana Perschon Sie ist der andere Blick
2020 Thimios Bakatakis The Lodge Yunus Roy Imer Space Dogs

Diagonale Prize for Editing edit

Since 2005, the Austrian Editors Association (aea) has awarded a prize for the best artistic montage in a Diagonale competition film. In 2006, two editing prizes were awarded for the first time, in the categories Feature Film and Documentary Film. Since 2014, these prizes have been endowed with 3,000 euros each and are awarded by the jury of the Grand Diagonale Prize Best Feature Film and the Grand Diagonale Prize Best Documentary Film, respectively.

Diagonale Prize for Editing Austrian Editors Association aea
Year Best Artistic Editing
2005 Denise Vindevogel Darwin's Nightmare
Year Best Artistic Editing of a Feature Film Best Artistic Editing of a Documentary
2006 Nina Kusturica

Bernhard Schmid

Kotsch Dieter Pichler No Name City
2007 Oliver Neumann Immer nie am Meer Alarich Lenz Meine liebe Republik
2008 Christoph Schertenleib Import/Export Martin Hasenöhrl drent und herent
2009 Anja Schürenberg Rimini Michèle Barbin Pianomania
2010 Gerhard Fillei

Joachim Krenn

New York: November (South) Michael Palm Jobcenter
2011 Evi Romen My Best Enemy Wolfgang Widerhofer Abendland
2012 Wolfgang Widerhofer Michael Dieter Pichler American Passages
2013 Peter Brunner Mein blindes Herz Alexandra Schneider Fahrtwind – Aufzeichnungen einer Reisenden
2014 Karina Ressler October November Dieter Pichler Das große Museum
2015 Karin Hammer Von jetzt an kein Zurück Wolfgang Widerhofer Über die Jahre
2016 Dieter Pichler Die Geträumten Andreas Horvath Helmut Berger, Actor
2017 Ulrike Kofler, Monika Willi, Christoph Brunner Wild Mouse Christin VeithCordula Thym Relativ eigenständig
2018 Niki Mossböck Licht and Life Guidance Joana Scrinzi Gwendolyn and Nicht von schlechten Eltern
2019 Peter Schreiner Garten Arthur Summereder DIE TAGE WIE DAS JAHR
2020 Hannes Bruun The Trouble With Being Born Friederike Berat WE DID WHAT HAD TO BE DONE

Diagonale Prize for Production Design and Costume Design edit

On the initiative of the Austrian Filmdesigners Association VÖF, prizes for film design were awarded for the first time at the Diagonale in 2011 for Best Production Design and Best Costume Design. The prizes each consist of a cash prize, 3,000 euros, donated by the Verwertungsgesellschaft der Filmschaffenden VdFS, and a bronze sculpture by the artist Lotte Schegsch.[28]

Diagonale Prize for Production Design and Costume Design (Austrian Filmdesigners Association VÖF)
Year Best Production Design Best Costume Design
2011 Andrea Schratzberger Folge mir Veronika Albert Tag und Nacht
2012 Katrin Huber

Gerhard Dohr

Michael Katharina Wöppermann Stillleben
2013 Renate Martin

Andreas Donhauser

Paradise: Love Monika Buttinger Talea
2014 Christina Schaffer Fieber Theresa Ebner-Lazek Die Werkstürmer
2015 Isidor Wimmer Superwelt Martina List Life Eternal
2016 Laura Weiss WINWIN Alexandra Trummer Jack
2017 Veronika Merlin Die beste aller Welten Monika Buttinger Die Migrantigen
2018 Paul Horn Phaidros Peter ParadiesMoritz M. Polansky Phaidros
2019 Andreas Sobotka und Martin Reiter Angelo Carola Pizzini Joy
2020 Katharina Wöppermann Little Joe Monika Buttinger Ein bisschen bleiben wir noch

Diagonale Prize for Sound Design edit

On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the former Association of Austrian Sound Designers (VOESD), prizes were awarded for the first time at Diagonale 2013 for the best Sound Design in the Feature and Documentary Film categories. The prize consists of a cash prize, 3,000 euros each, donated by Verwertungsgesellschaft der Filmschaffenden VdFS.

Diagonale Prize for Sound Design (Verband österreichischer Filmtonschaffender Filmton Austria)
Year Best Sound Design of a Feature Film Best Sound Design of a Documentary
2013 Gerhard Daurer

Peter Kutin

Andreas Pils

Soldate Jeannette Max Liebich Fahrtwind – Aufzeichnungen einer Reisenden
2014 Christoph Amann Shirley – Visionen der Realität José Miguel Enriquez

Alejandro de Icaza

Calle López
2015 Stefan Deisenberger Bad Luck Manfred Neuwirth

Christian Fennesz

Aus einem nahen Land
2016 Charlie Campagna Los Feliz Selma Doborac Those Shocking Shaking Days
2017 Nahuel Palenque Die Liebhaberin Peter Kutin

Florian Kindlinger

Homo Sapiens
2018 Niklas Kammertöns Hagazussa Sergey Martynyuk Zu ebener Erde
2019 Pia Dumont Angelo Florian Kindlinger Erde
2020 Peter Kutin The Trouble With Being Born Florian Kofler Sicherheit123

Diagonale Audience Prize edit

Diagonale Audience Prize Kleine Zeitung

Most Popular Diagonale Film of the Year

Year Director Title
1993 Robert Adrian Pejo Lipstick
1994 Andreas Gruber The Quality of Mercy
1995 Egon Humer Emigration N.Y.
2007 Mirjam Unger Vienna's Lost Daughters
2009 Marco Antoniazzi Kleine Fische
2010 Hüseyin Tabak Kick Off
2011 Arman T. Riahi Schwarzkopf
2012 Bernd Liepold-Mosser Griffen – auf den Spuren von Peter Handke
2013 Marco Antoniazzi

Gregor Stadlober

Schlagerstar
2014 Gloria Dürnberger Das Kind in der Schachtel
2015 Christian Frosch Von jetzt an kein Zurück
2016 Arash T. Riahi

Arman T. Riahi

Kinders
2017 Adrian Goiginger Die beste aller Welten
2018 Stefan A. Lukacs Cops
2019 Jakob Brossmann

David Paede

GEHÖRT, GESEHEN – Ein Radiofilm
2020 Not awarded. Not awarded. The Diagonale'20 was cancelled by official decree due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[29]
2021 Fabian Eder Der schönste Tag[30]
2022 Andrina Mračnikar Verschwinden / Izginjanje[31]
2023 Katharina Mückstein Feminism WTF[32]

Prize for Outstanding Production Services edit

The prize, worth 22,000 euros, has been awarded since 2002 by the Verwertungsgesellschaft für audiovisuelle Medien (VAM) to an Austrian film production company or film producer for outstanding production services in the area of film. Either a specific film or the annual production of a film company is honored.

Prize for Outstanding Production Services from the VAM – Verwertungsgesellschaft für Audiovisuelle Medien
Year awarded for Production company Producers
2002 Nogo Dor Film Danny Krausz

Kurt Stocker

2003 Elsewhere, Am anderen Ende der Brücke Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion,

SK Film- und Fernsehproduktion

Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Josef Koschier
2004 Not awarded
2005 Annual production output coop99
2006 Representative for the annual production output:
We Feed the World,
Workingman's Death
Allegro Film,
Lotus Film
2007 Dead in 3 Days Allegro Film
2008 Wulf Flemming

Florian Gebhardt

2009 Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book,
Echte Wiener
Dor Film,
Bonus Film
2010 Plastic Planet,
The Bone Man, Desert Flower,
The White Ribbon
Neue Sentimental Film,
Dor Film,
Wega Film
2011 The Unintentional Kidnapping of Mrs. Elfriede Ott,
The Robber
Dor Film,
Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion
2012 Breathing Epo-Film
2013 Amour Wega Film
2014 Alphabet,
The Last of the Unjust
Prisma Film,
Dor Film
2015 The Dark Valley,
Macondo
Allegro Film
FreibeuterFilm
2016 Thank You for Bombing,

Einer von uns

Lotus Film,

Golden Girls Filmproduktion

2017 Bauer unser,

Mister Universo,

Wilde Maus

Allegro Film,

Vento Film,

Wega Film

2018 Die beste aller Welten,

Hilfe, ich hab meine Eltern geschrumpft

RitzlFilm,

Minifilm

2019 Womit haben wir das verdient?,

Manaslu – Berg der Seelen

Mona Film,

Planet Watch Film and Video Productions

2020 Little Joe[33],

DIE DOHNAL Frauenministerin / Feministin / Visionärin

coop99,

Plan C Filmproduktion and Derflinger Film

Carl Mayer Screenwriting Prizes edit

The Carl Mayer Screenwriting Prizes have been awarded biennially since 1990 and annually since 1998. Since 2000, the award ceremony has been held as part of the Diagonale. It goes back to an initiative by Bernhard Frankfurter and is the most highly endowed screenwriting prize in Austria with 15,000 euros (since 1999, when it was increased to 200,000 schillings). Each competition has a new theme to which the anonymously submitted, not yet filmed screenplays must relate. In addition, the fictional or documentary material must be elaborated in a way suitable for cinema, the story must be true to life, well researched and well thought out, and the cinematographic potential must be exploited in all its facets, including formally.

In the first two competitions, only the Carl Mayer Screenwriting Prize was awarded. Since 1994, a prize of 7,500 euros for new authors has also been awarded. Both prizes are donated by the City of Graz. From 2000 to 2007, the ORF prize for material suitable for television, worth 4,000 euros, was also awarded as part of the Carl Mayer Screenwriting Prizes. Prior to that, material suitable for television was merely mentioned with praise in the jury's announcement. The prizes are only awarded if the jury can identify a script from the submitted scripts that meets the criteria. For this purpose, the jury may award several prizes in some years, or two prizes for new authors instead of one main prize (as happened in 2002).

Carl Mayer Screenwriting Prize

since 2000 the award ceremony has been held as part of the Diagonale

Year Theme Carl Mayer Screenwriting Prize Carl Mayer Screenwriting Prize for New Authors
Director Title Director Title
1990 Exil Reinhard Jud

Martina Kudláček

Mond in Cyan
1992 Geld Ernst Josef Lauscher

Nikolaus Leytner Axel Traun

Alaska brennt,

Schatz im Silbersee,

Sticky Rice

1994 Krieg, Gewalt

und Widerstand

Maximilian Gruber Der eiserne Besen Christian Frosch Die totale Therapie
1996 Österreich Norbert Prettenthaler, Jeanette Rosenmaier

Florian Flicker, Michael Sturminger Barbara Albert

CordobaIm Herzen Europas,

Northern Skirts

(not awarded)
1998 Sucht Gebhard Rein Das Wurmsterben Sabine Derflinger Troubles
1999 Eros Franz Berner Venus ohne Pelz und Maske Zuzana Brejcha Karla's Lover
2000 Erinnern versus

Vergessen

Gabriele Neudecker Namenlos Peter Stastny

Helmut Wimmer

TikkunAkt
2001 Pfusch Gregor Stadlober Kotsch Richard Stradner

Arno Geiger, Tobias Albrecht

Böhmische ElefantenSteinwald und Atamanov
2002 Wir denken.Wir sind.

Wir handeln.

(not awarded) Ursula WolschlagerThomas Klein TransitPolterabend
2003 Feigheit (not awarded) Barbara Grascher

Richard Schuberth

Gehen rückwärts stummNicht einmal am Mond
2004 Gier Richard Schuberth Handy-Geschichten Simone Schönett, Harald Schwinger Innere Liebe
2005 Angst Andrina MračnikarMartin Leidenfrost, Ruth Mader Ma Folie,

Serviam – Ich will dienen

Christian Frosch Vanitas
2006 Verführung Thomas Weingartner Immer nie am Meer Lilly Jäckl Ildiko
2007 Bewegung Thomas Reider Stillleben Christoph Hochenbichler, Josef Pallwein-Prettner Fünf Leben
2008 Sexappeal Markus Mörth Pony (not awarded)
2009 Neid Richard Schuberth Claudia schafft das schon Albert Meisl Nur ein Spiel
2010 Arm und reich Wolfgang Rupert Muhr Grossmattglocknerhorn Henning Backhaus Kinderszenen
2011 Aufbruch Jakob Pretterhofer Überleben Markus Mörth Geschwister
2012 Empörung Christoph Brunner Kevin Lutz Constantin Nikolaus Bickermann Hüseyin Tabak Es war einmal in Wien
2013 Game Over Monja Art Siebzehn Achmed Abdel-Salam Der Rand
2014 Verrat (not awarded) Tina LeischWolfgang Rupert MuhrRainer Weidlinger Vom Anblick der Waffen versprach ich mir HändeMehr als alleinReise nach Mond
2015 Täuschung Siegmund Skalar Die Stille Matthias WritzeMichael Podogil The Power of Love
2016 Gnadenlos Clara Stern Training Franziska PflaumRoman Gielke Schneegestöber
2017 Anders Evi Romen Hochwald Nikolaus Müller Rote Wand
2018 Loyalität Johannes Höß

Clara Stern

Hacklerstreich Tizza Covi Artikel 640
2019 Infam Jessica Lind Der Tag, an dem der Regen kam Ulrike Kofler Full House
2020 Reiberei Josef Kleindienst[34][35] Die Verkündung Jan Prazak Flat Mates
Carl Mayer Screenwriting Prize: ORF prize for material suitable for TV
Year Theme Director Title
2000 Erinnern versus Vergessen Uwe Neuhold, Thomas Klein Memorex
2001 Pfusch (not awarded)
2002 Wir denken.Wir sind.Wir handeln. Daniela Egger World Wide Violence
2003 Feigheit Ulla Neuwirther Lisa, Lena und Laura
2004 Gier Bernd Schneider Abidjan
2005 Angst (not awarded)
2006 Verführung Susanne Rendl Magda's Dilemma
2007 Bewegung Ulla Neuwirther Running Sushi

Franz Grabner Award edit

Since 2017 the Franz Grabner Award ceremony has been held as part of the festival.

Franz Grabner Award
Year Franz Grabner Award Cinema Documentary Franz Grabner Award TV Documentary
2017 Djordje Čenić

Hermann Peseckas

Unten Andreas Pfeifer

Andreas Novak

Menschen & Mächte – Flucht in die Freiheit
2018 Ruth Kaaserer Gwendolyn Fritz Ofner Die Weltherrschaft
2019 Ruth Beckermann The Waldheim Waltz Karin Berghammer

Krisztina Kerekes

Leben für den Tod – Menschen am Zentralfriedhof

Thomas Pluch Screenwriting Prizes edit

Since the beginning of the Diagonale, the Thomas Pluch Screenwriting Prize ceremony has been held as part of the festival.

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Literature edit

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