| Franz Grabner Award | 2025 |

On behalf of the Franz-Grabner-Board, Diagonale is pleased to announce the nominations for the Franz Grabner Award 2025! The award will be presented for the eighth time as part of Diagonale ‘25 and is endowed with € 5,000 each — donated by AAFP and ORF. The prize money is earmarked for the development of the award winner’s follow-up project.

The nominees in the category TV documentary film / TV series / web format are
Karl Kraus – Die Macht der Worte by Franz Gruber und Susanne Pleisnitzer
Reclaim – Der Kampf um die Demokratie auf Tiktok by Lisa Marie GotscheVerbotenes Begehren – Meilensteine queerer Geschichte by Fritz Kalteis

Nominated in the cinema documentary category are
24 Stunden by Harald Friedl
Favoriten by Ruth Beckermann
Mâine Mă Duc – Tomorrow I Leave by Maria Lisa Pichler and Lukas Schöffel

The jury 2025 consists of Solmaz Khorsand (journalist & author, AT), Catherine Le Goff (ARTE, FR) and Claudia Müller (director, DE).

The award was initiated by the Grabner family, AAFP, Film Austria, ORF and the Diagonale in memory of ORF journalist Franz Grabner (1955-2015). The award recognises an ethically and morally responsible and credible approach by filmmakers to their medium. It serves to support Austrian documentary films and documentaries for cinema and television on topics from culture, society, politics or history. These should deal critically with socially relevant topics.