| Diagonale | Awards |
As part of the 2026 edition of the Diagonale, Austria’s most highly endowed film prizes with a total endowment of € 128,500 were awarded by international jurys, thereby honouring the many achievements associated with the production of a film.
All award winners receive a work of art, designed and realised by artist Anna Paul: the golden diagonal nut, a true-to-scale bronze icon of a nutmeg that fits in every trouser or skirt pocket – a companion for all occasions!
The great film prize
Sculpture designed to be carried in the pocket
Cast bronze 2.4 x 2.8 cm
© Diagonale / Harald Wawrzyniak
| AWARD WINNERS 2026 |
Grand Diagonale Award of the Province of Styria | Best Feature Film
Angela Summereder for B wie Bartleby
Grand Diagonale Award of the Province of Styria | Best Documentary
Tolga Karaaslan for Baba, What’s Your Plan?
Diagonale Award Innovative Cinema by the City of Graz | Best Innovative, Experimental or Animation Film
Georg Petermichl for Amature Enlightenment
Diagonale Award Best Short Fiction Film
Franz Quitt for Closed for the Virus Break
Diagonale Award Best Short Documentary Film
Sophie Bösker for Motherigine
Diagonale Youth Jury Award | Best Young Talent Film
Sebastian Kubelka for 64 km von daheim
Diagonale Award Editing of the Film Editing Association aea | Best Artistic Editing for a Feature Film
Anna Garnarczyk for Teresas Körper
Diagonale Award Editing of the Film Editing Association aea | Best Artistic Editing for a Documentary Film
Bettina Blickwede for Mit Ästen bis zum Himmel
Diagonale Award from the Association of Austrian Cinematographers AAC | Best Cinematography Feature Film
Johannes Hoss for Licht, kein Licht
Diagonale Award from the Association of Austrian Cinematographers AAC | Best Cinematography Documentary Film
Stefan Neuberger for Mit Ästen bis zum Himmel
Diagonale Award Sound Design | Best Sound Design Documentary Film Association – Filmton Austria
Daniel Strube for Licht, kein Licht
Diagonale Award Sound Design | Best Sound Design Documentary Film Association – Filmton Austria
Peter Kutin for Mit Ästen bis zum Himmel
Diagonale Award Film Score Best Score Feature Film by ACOM – Austrian Composers Association
Tara Nome Doyle for Rose
Diagonale Award Film Score Best Score Documentary Film by ACOM – Austrian Composers Association
Yuri Nosenko for A Russian Winter
Diagonale Award for Best Costume Design from the Austrian Filmdesigners Association (VÖF)
Kristine Vitola for White Snail
DDiagonale Award for Best Set Design from the Austrian Filmdesigners Association (VÖF)
Lena Oger for White Snail
Diagonale Acting Awards | Remarkable Performance by Austrian Actors
Valerie Pachner for Vier minus drei
Julia Franz Richter for Welcome Home Baby and Mother’s Baby
Diagonale Awards by VAM for Outstanding Production Services
Gebhardt Productions GmbH for Auputzt is’
April April Filme GbmH for Noch lange keine Lipizzaner