Diagonale
Festival of Austrian Film
March 18 - 23, 2026, Graz
Festival of Austrian Film
March 18 - 23, 2026, Graz
Film Program | Films A-Z | Directors
| Annenhof Kino 5 | Annenhof Kino 6 | KIZ Royal 1 | KIZ Royal 2 | Rechbauer | Schubertkino 1 | Schubertkino 2 |
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Innovatives Kino 1 
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Innovatives Kino Programm 172 min No More Excuses Reteorema (From A Like Auto to B Like Burial) Fata Morgana Diamond & Narcissus – الماس و نرگس On Dates Gleichzeitig Nackt Es wird immer Ärger 72 min
The Village Next to Paradise
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The Village Next to ParadiseMo Harawe Feature Film, AT/FR/DE/SO 2024, 133 min., OmeU Little Cigaal lives with his father and aunt in Paradise Village, a remote village in Somalia. When the school suddenly closes, he has to go to boarding school in the… Details 133 min Mo Harawe
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On the Border 
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On the BorderGerald Igor Hauzenberger, Gabriela Schild Documentary Film, AT/CH/DE 2024, 103 min., 28.3. OmeU, 29.3. OmdU The history of Agadez in northern Niger is complex, and the transformation, rapid. The city of the Tuareg flourished for a long time as a hub of sub-Saharan migration, until… Details 103 min Gerald Igor Hauzenberger, Gabriela Schild
Happy
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HappySandeep Kumar Feature Film, AT 2024, 110 min., OmeU Happy, an Indian refugee, is about to be deported. His dream of a successful life in Austria has not come true. What keeps him in the country, however, is his… Details 110 min Sandeep Kumar
2551.03 – The End
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2551.03 – The EndNorbert Pfaffenbichler Innovative Cinema, AT 2024, 80 min., Kein Dialog The grandiose finale of Norbert Pfaffenbichler’s celebrated 2551 underground trilogy. After The Orgy of the Damned , in his quest, the masked, nameless ape-man traverses a post-apocalyptic universe populated by… Details 80 min Norbert Pfaffenbichler |
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Mond 
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MondKurdwin Ayub Feature Film, AT 2024, 93 min., OmdU “Cool job abroad, training a few chicas,” says Sarah. The foreign country is Jordan, the job is sports lesson, the chicas are three semi-motivated sisters who are kept in a… Details 93 min Kurdwin Ayub
Sugarland
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SugarlandIsabella Brunäcker Feature Film, AT/DE/BE/FR/GB 2025, 86 min., OmdU Iga (Jana McKinnon), who recently broke up with her boyfriend, is driving in her car. Via monotonous highways and cheap accommodations, she travels from her home in Austria to Scotland.… Details 86 min Isabella Brunäcker
Otto Lechner – Der Musikant
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Otto Lechner – Der MusikantBernhard Pötscher Documentary Film, AT 2025, 100 min., OmeU Between the recitation of a Kafka story, which he accompanies on the accordion, and a personal homage to Pink Floyd, what Otto Lechner elicits from his accordion is primal musical… Details 100 min Bernhard Pötscher |
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Kurzspielfilm 1 
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Kurzspielfilm Programm 173 min Baits – Take Me Out Between the Lines: Eine Film-Suade über das Momentum At Home I Feel Like Leaving One Way Ticket to Tbilisi 73 min
Kurzdoku 2
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Kurzdokumentarfilm Programm 286 min Airs Epilogue (Row of Dominoes) The Great Thaw Ruins Talking Back 86 min
Schlendern ist mein Metier
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Schlendern ist mein MetierJohannes Holzhausen Documentary Film, AT 2025, 80 min., dOF Schlendern ist mein Metier not only portrays one of the most outstanding personalities of Austria’s cultural and civil society, but also develops into a farewell to a Europe that perhaps… Details 80 min Johannes Holzhausen
Girls & Gods
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Girls & GodsArash T. Riahi, Verena Soltiz Documentary Film, AT/CH 2025, 104 min., 28.3. OmeU, 30.3. OmdU Are belief in God and fundamental feminist convictions mutually exclusive? In the documentary, the Ukrainian Femen activist Inna Shevchenko confronts various women: believers, theologists, activists, and religious feminists who defend… Details 104 min Arash T. Riahi, Verena Soltiz |
Generationen von Bildern
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Generationen von BildernJohannes Gierlinger Documentary Film, AT 2025, 103 min., OmeU Material from film archives and contemporary footage (on 16mm) are interwoven to a dense essay on the history of Albania, from the times of the communist Hoxha dictatorship to the… Details 103 min Johannes Gierlinger
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Un gran casino 
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Un gran casinoDaniel Hoesl Innovative Cinema, AT 2025, 77 min., 28.3. OmdU, 29.3. OmeU Casino Municipale, in Campione d’Italia, an Italian enclave in Switzerland, was once the largest gambling house in Europe. Today it looks like a monument to a lost empire. Following the… Details 77 min Daniel Hoesl
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È a questo punto che nasce il bisogno di fare storia 
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È a questo punto che nasce il bisogno di fare storiaConstanze Ruhm Innovative Cinema, AT/PT 2024, 96 min., OmeU Constanze Ruhm builds on her work with Italy and expands it to a vision of European female (counter-) history in the form of an echo chamber of archive and reconstruction.… Details 96 min Constanze Ruhm |
Was die Nacht spricht – eine Erzählung
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Was die Nacht spricht – eine ErzählungHans Scheugl Innovative Cinema, AT 2024, 60 min., OmeU “All of the storylines culminate in the night, whereby night is more of a mental state than the time of day,” says Hans Scheugl about his modern classic from 1986,… Details 60 min Hans Scheugl
Der tote Winkel der Wahrnehmung
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Der tote Winkel der WahrnehmungMichael Gülzow Innovative Cinema, AT 2025, 79 min., OmeU Vienna, 1996: a mini-DV tape with footage for a student documentary. Alina and Flora interrogate less than credible witnesses to the appearance of extraterrestrial reptilian beings. Yet soon they slip… Details 79 min Michael Gülzow
Bluish
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BluishLilith Kraxner, Milena Czernovsky Feature Film, AT 2024, 83 min., 28.3. OmeU + VI Two women live their lives, perhaps in the same city. One of them is more familiar with her surroundings, the other less so. What they want, what they stand for,… Details 83 min Lilith Kraxner, Milena Czernovsky |
Heimkehr
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Filmgeschichte Aus dem Giftschrank 1: Heimkehr + Vorfilm101 min Heimkehr. Wien 1941/1996 – Geordnete Leidenschaften VII Heimkehr 101 min
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Attenberg 
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AttenbergAthina Rachel Tsangari Feature Film, GR 2010, 97 min., OmdU Marina harbors a distaste for humans but finds solace in David Attenborough’s documentaries about the animal world. She spends her days accompanying her father to chemotherapy and chauffeuring an engineer.… Details 97 min Athina Rachel Tsangari
Acht
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AchtMarie Kreutzer Feature Film, AT 2024, 90 min., OmeU ORF-Premiere Criminal lower Austria: a single shot from afar and a beloved doctor lies dead in front of his single-family home. A distraught widow and her quiet son cling to… Details 90 min Marie Kreutzer
Unsere Zeit wird kommen
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Unsere Zeit wird kommenIvette Löcker Documentary Film, AT 2025, 105 min., OmeU Siaka doesn’t expect to live past the age of fifty. His life, shaped by escape, fear, and humiliation, has already sapped his energy. His experiences and latent racism characterize the… Details 105 min Ivette Löcker |
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Durch dick und dünn 
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Österreich – Eine Satire 2: Durch dick und dünn + Vorfilm82 min Ein perfektes Paar oder die Unzucht wechselt ihre Haut Durch dick und dünn 82 min
Wenn es blendet, öffne die Augen
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Wenn es blendet, öffne die AugenIvette Löcker Documentary Film, AT 2014, 75 min., OmeU Schanna and Ljoscha live in a small apartment in St. Petersburg. They’ve been trying to kick their drug habit for years, without success. Although they know that their time is… Details 75 min Ivette Löcker
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Kurzdoku 3 66 min
Eine Satire Kurzfilme
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Österreich – Eine Satire 3: Kurzfilme74 min Im Garten der gelben G. Einsvierzig Aderlaß NabelFabel Gezacktes Rinnsal schleicht sich schamlos schenkelnässend an Elfriede Jelinek. News from Home 18.8.88 74 min
Solvent
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SolventJohannes Grenzfurthner Feature Film, AT 2024, 94 min., eOF The area is contaminated, protective suits are essential: in Unterzögersdorf, Ernst Bartholdi aka Johannes Grenzfurthner, together with an American specialist (Jon Gries) and a (camera-)team, investigates his own grandfather’s Nazi… Details 94 min Johannes Grenzfurthner |
