Film Awards

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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.

Grand Diagonale Prize of the Province of Styria (€ 21,000)
Best Feature Film

VERA by Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel

Jury: Bettina Böhler (DE), Jessica Kiang (IE), Ronny Trocker (IT)

Grand Diagonale Prize of the Province of Styria (€ 21,000)
Best Documentary Film

Souls of a River by Chris Krikellis

Jury: Claudia Müller (DE), Serpil Turhan (DE), Chris Wright (GB)

Diagonale Prize Innovative Cinema by the City of Graz (€ 8,500)
Best Innovative, Experimental, or Animation Film

C-TV (Wenn ich Dir sage, ich habe Dich gern …) by Eva Egermann and Cordula Thym

Jury: Jemma Desai (GB), Lisl Ponger (AT), Maja Osojnik (AT/SI)

Diagonale Prize Short Feature (€ 6.500)
Best Short Feature Film

Cornetto im Gras by David Lapuch

Jury: Leni Gruber (AT), Florian Pochlatko (AT), Pia Reiser (AT)

Diagonale Prize Short Documentary Film from the KULTUM (€ 6,000)
Best Short Documentary

Wankostättn by Karin Berger

Jury: Lisa Heuschober (AT), Valérie Pelet (AT), Hans-Walter Ruckenbauer (AT)

Diagonale Prize from the Youth Jury of the Province of Styria (€ 5,500)
Best Young Talent Film

Land der Berge by Olga Kosanović

Jury: Erik Farid, Charlotte Malessardi, Tilman Riegler, Giuliano Santi La Pedalina, Emily Shuttleworth

Diagonale Prizes for Editing from the Verband Filmschnitt aea
(€ 3.000 each, endowed by the VdFS – Verwertungsgesellschaft der Filmschaffenden)

Best Artistic Editing Feature Film
Felix Leitner for MENUETT

Best Artistic Editing Documentary Film
Lisa Zoe Geretschläger for Souls of a River

Jury Feature Film: Bettina Böhler (DE), Jessica Kiang (IE), Ronny Trocker (IT)
Jury Documentary Film: Claudia Müller (DE), Serpil Turhan (DE), Chris Wright (GB)

Diagonale Cinematography Prizes from the Verband Österreichischer Kameraleute AAC
(€ 3,000 each, endowed by the VdFS – Verwertungsgesellschaft der Filmschaffenden)

Best Cinematography Feature Film
Judith Kaufmann for Corsage

Best Cinematography Documentary Film
Klemens Koscher for 27 Storeys

Jury Feature Film: Bettina Böhler (DE), Jessica Kiang (IE), Ronny Trocker (IT)
Jury Documentary Film: Claudia Müller (DE), Serpil Turhan (DE), Chris Wright (GB)

Diagonale Prizes for Sound Design from the Berufsvereinigung der Filmtonschaffenden Österreichs – Filmton Austria
(€ 3,000 each, endowed by the VdFS – Verwertungsgesellschaft der Filmschaffenden)

Best Sound Design Feature Film
Lenja Gathmann for FAMILY DINNER

Best Sound Design Documentary Film
Clemens Endreß for JEDERMANN UND ICH – Ein Porträt in 3 Kapiteln

Jury Feature Film: Bettina Böhler (DE), Jessica Kiang (IE), Ronny Trocker (IT)
Jury Documentary Film: Claudia Müller (DE), Serpil Turhan (DE), Chris Wright (GB)

Diagonale Prizes for Production Design and Costume Design from the Verband Österreichischer Filmausstatter*innen VÖF
(€ 3,000 each, endowed by the VdFS – Verwertungsgesellschaft der Filmschaffenden)

Best Production Design
Martin Reiter for Corsage

Best Costume Design
Claire Dubien for Das Tier im Dschungel

Jury: Bettina Böhler (DE), Jessica Kiang (IE), Ronny Trocker (IT)

Diagonale Acting Prizes in cooperation with the VdFS – Verwertungsgesellschaft der Filmschaffenden
(€ 3,000 each, endowed by the VdFS – Verwertungsgesellschaft der Filmschaffenden)

for a remarkable performance by an Austrian actress as well as an Austrian actor in a Diagonale’22 competition film

Pia Hierzegger for FAMILY DINNER
Gerhard Liebmann for Eismayer

Jury: Ute Baumhackl, Michou Friesz, Christian Konrad, Marvin Kren, Valerie Pachner

VAM Prize for Outstanding Production Services (€ 21,000)
endowed and awarded by the VAM – Verwertungsgesellschaft für Audiovisuelle Medien

The prize has been awarded jointly and goes ex aequo to:
— Samsara Filmproduktion and Graf Filmproduktion for RUBIKON (producers Loredana Rehekampff, Andreas Schmied, and Klaus Graf)
— Aichholzer Filmproduktion for Rotzbub (producers Josef Aichholzer and Ernst Geyer)
— Film AG for Corsage (producers Alexander Glehr and Johanna Scherz)

Diagonale Award Film Composition of the Austrian Composers Association (€ 1.500 each)
endowed and awarded by the Austrian Composers Association

Best Original Score Feature Film
Karwan Marouf for STERNE UNTER DER STADT

Best Original Score Documentary Film
Gil Chéri for Wo ist Ida

Kodak Analog Film Prize (€ 1,800)

Awarded in the context of the Diagonale’23
Ludwig Wüst and Klemens Koscher for I AM HERE!

Diagonale Audience Prize of the Kleine Zeitung (€ 3,000)

Favorite Film of the Diagonale’23
FEMINISM WTF by Katharina Mückstein

Since 2016, all award winners have received a work of art designed and realised by Anna Paul. With the support of legero united – the shoemakers | Initiator of con-tempus.eu.

Photo © Daniel Gebhart de Koekkoek