| Press |

Welcome to our press section!

The Diagonale – Festival of Austrian Film will take place for the 29th time in Graz from March 18 to 23, 2026. The Diagonale press office is available all year round for enquiries from media representatives. We look forward to your coverage of the festival and are available for further details and interview requests at presse(at)diagonale.at!

| PRESS RELEASES & DOWNLOADS |
Image material, logos and press releases are available under
→ diagonale.at/en/presse/pressedownloads

| PRESSE DATES 2026 |
The complete program of the Festival of Austrian Film will be available online from March 5, 2025, at 1 p.m., ticket presales will start on March, 14.D

Program Presentation Graz
Wednesday, March 4, 2026 | 10:30 a.m.
Steiermärkische Sparkasse, Schlossbergsaal | Sparkassenplatz 4, 8010 Graz
(Press embargo until March 5, 11 a.am.)

Program Presentation Vienna
Thursday, March 5, 2026 | 9:30 a.m.
Metro Kinokulturhaus | Johannesgasse 4, 1010 Vienna

| PRESSE ACCREDITATION 2026 |
Applications for press accreditation for the upcoming Diagonale can be submitted by email to presse(at)diagonale.at from the beginning of January 2026 until February 10, 2026. Representatives of all media (print, radio, TV, press agencies, press photographers, online) reporting on the Diagonale can apply for press accreditation. Please contact us at the press department via e-mail stating your name, full editorial address and an editorial confirmation. We will get in touch with you after reviewing your documents.

Please note that there will be a € 25 fee for your confirmed press accreditation, which can be payed online via your personalized accreditation link (payment options are VISA, Mastercard, Paypal or immediate transfer – “Sofortüberweisung”) and is non-refundable.

The press accreditation includes, among other things
→ free admission to all films in the festival program (except the opening film at Helmut List Halle)
→ a free festival bag
→ a free copy of the booklet Diagonale Edition
→ Access to the online viewing platform (VOD) by arrangement and subject to reservation
→ free access to the current exhibitions at Kunsthaus Graz

We kindly ask all press accredited persons to send links or printed or audio-visual proof of their Diagonale coverage after publication as soon as possible to the press deparment of the festival.

| PRESS MAILING LIST |
If you wish to be added to our press mailing list, please send us ashort e-mail to presse(at)diagonale.at.