endowed with

€ 6,000 — donated by the Cultural Department of the City of Graz

and a voucher over
€ 2,000 for dramaturgical advice — donated by Golden Girls Filmproduktion

and a voucher over
€ 2,000 for post-production services at post.haus, including color grading — donated by post.haus & colourist Susi Dollnig, AAC

The prize money will be awarded to the director of the film, the voucher to the film’s production company. All Austrian experimental, animated and innovative short films as well as music videos presented in the Diagonale ’26 competition program will be selected for the Innovative Cinema Award.