Diagonale
Diagonale
Diagonale
Diagonale
Festival of Austrian Film
March 18 – 23, 2026, Graz

endowed with

€ 15,000 – donated by the Province of Styria/Culture

€ 1,000 – donated by the streaming platform watchAUT plus a promotional credit on watchAut over € 3.000

and a voucher for
€ 4,000 – donated by The Grand Post – Post Production Houses

The prize money will be awarded to the director of the film, the voucher to the film’s production company. All Austrian feature films presented in the Diagonale ’26 competition program will be considered for the Grand Diagonale Feature Film Award.

 

| Grand Diagonale Award 2026 |
| of the Province of Styria |

| FOR BEST FEATURE FILM |

The Diagonale Awards ceremony will take place on March 23 at 6 p.m. at the Annenhof Cinema. The announcement of the award winners on the website will follow with a delay.

Jury Feature:
Ulrike Müller (Casting Director, DE)
Ivan Salatić (Director & Screenwriter, ME)
Cyril Schäublein (Director & Screenwriter, CH)*

 

 

 

*Cyril Schäublein stepped in at short notice for Faraz Fesharaki (director & cinematographer, DE/IR), who unfortunately cannot attend the Diagonale due to the current situation in Iran.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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