The prize money is given to the director of the film, the non-cash prize goes to the film’s production company.
All Austrian feature films* presented in the Diagonale 2013 program and with a length of more than 60 minutes are eligible for the Great Diagonale Prize / Feature Film.

* An Austrian film is defined according to the Diagonale rules as one where the director is an Austrian citizen and/or lives in Austria and/or one produced by an Austrian production company (majority Austrian financing, in the case of co-productions). Only films produced with minority Austrian financing by directors who do not live in Austria and/or are not Austrian citizens, as well as television productions which are not intended for commercial cinema release are excluded from competition.