| Franz Grabner Award | 2026 |

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.

The award will be presented for the 9th time as part of Diagonale ‘26 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.

Information about the nominations and the jury will be available soon.