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
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Feature Film
Position Hlynur Pálmason
Supporting Programme
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Documentary Film
Film History New Uncertainties
Award-winning Films
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Innovative Cinema
Film History Girls Will Be Boys
Children's Cinema
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Audience Award
Special Duisburg Film Week
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Position Billy Roisz
And in the Middle: A Wirtshaus
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| Annenhof Kino 2 | Annenhof Kino 5 | Annenhof Kino 6 | KIZ Royal 1 | Rechbauer | Schubertkino 1 | Schubertkino 2 |
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AMS – Arbeit Muss Sein
17:30
AMS – Arbeit Muss SeinSebastian Brauneis Feature Film, AT 2026, 100 min., 21.3. OmeU + AD, 23.3. OmdU (CC) At the age of 58, Marie (Margarethe Tiesel) can no longer find a job in today’s labor market and can barely manage to keep her footing. A woman with a… Details 100 min Sebastian Brauneis
Die noch unbekannten Tage
20:30
Die noch unbekannten TageJola Wieczorek Documentary Film, AT 2026, 81 min., 21.3. OmeU + AD, 22.3. OmdU (CC) When her mother’s progressing dementia causes her memories to fade, Jola Wieczorek, herself an expectant mother, tries to capture the remaining images of her family’s escape from Poland and their… Details 81 min Jola Wieczorek |
Innovatives Kino 4
10:30
Innovatives Kino Programm 473 min Metameat Perseidas Planetenwerk From Something To Nothing A Flock of Rotations 73 min
13:15
Meeting Götz 
13:15
Meeting GötzGregor Centner, Birgit Bergmann Documentary Film, AT/DE 2026, 77 min., OmeU Is it permissible to engage in dialogue with a self-professed right-wing extremist and AfD mastermind? Filmmaker Gregor Centner believes it is —and embarks on a polarizing project. For six years,… Details 77 min Gregor Centner, Birgit Bergmann
Friendly Fire
16:00
Friendly FireKlaus Fried, Julia Albrecht Documentary Film, AT/DE 2025, 112 min., OmdU Erich Fried (1921–1988) wrote famous love poems, but the heart of his career was political discourse: he was concerned with the Holocaust, left-wing protest, pacifism, the Middle East conflict, and… Details 112 min Klaus Fried, Julia Albrecht
Vier minus drei
19:30
Vier minus dreiAdrian Goiginger Feature Film, AT/DE 2025, 121 min., OmeU After the sudden accidental death of her husband and two young children, Barbara is left with nothing. Both parents had worked as clowns and led a happy family life. Now… Details 121 min Adrian Goiginger |
Mit Ästen bis zum Himmel
11:00
Mit Ästen bis zum HimmelKatharina Copony Documentary Film, AT 2026, 86 min., 19.3. OmeU + AD, 21.3. OmdU (CC) + AD At a school in Vienna, blind and visually impaired children and teens learn through hearing and touch. With particular attention to sound, Katharina Copony explores its world in her last… Details 86 min Katharina Copony
Kurzdoku 3
14:00
Kurzdokumentarfilm Programm 377 min Letters from Home 64 km von daheim Motherigine Rumkugeln Roll Around 77 min
Innovatives Kino 5
17:00
Innovatives Kino Programm 567 min Challenges of a Solitary Mind Amature Enlightenment Dark Times Nursery Rhymes. (Holy) Water 7 Butterflies and We Dance. And It Will Be Our Revolution 67 min
21:15
The Stories 
21:15
The StoriesAbu Bakr Shawky Feature Film, AT/FR/EG/SE/BE 2025, 120 min., 21.3. OmeU, 23.3. OmdU Egypt, 1967. As the threat of war looms over the country, Ahmed receives a message from Austria—Liz has responded to his search for a pen pal. Ahmed’s dream of becoming… Details 120 min Abu Bakr Shawky |
All My Sisters
14:00
All My SistersMassoud Bakhshi Documentary Film, AT/FR/GE/IR 2025, 78 min., 21.3. OmeU, 22.3. OmdU For eighteen years, Massoud Bakhshi accompanied his two nieces with his camera. The children grow into teenagers whose everyday lives are increasingly determined by rules, prohibitions, and questions of freedom.… Details 78 min Massoud Bakhshi
Pilije
17:00
PilijeSamira Fux Documentary Film, AT 2026, 77 min., 21.3 OmeU, 22.3. OmdU Ferlach in Carinthia is known for the traditional craft of gunsmithing. This history has left deep marks on the small town near the Slovenian border. Where the Wehrmacht and partisans… Details 77 min Samira Fux
The Love That Remains / Ástin sem eftir er
19:30
The Love That Remains / Ástin sem eftir erHlynur Pálmason Feature Film, IS/DK/SE/FR 2025, 110 min., OmeU After their divorce, Anna and Magnus go their separate ways, but their paths still frequently cross. The three children are unbothered by the end of their parents’ relationship, after all,… Details 110 min Hlynur Pálmason
22:15
2Hot2Drive 
22:15
2Hot2DriveKurdwin Ayub Feature Film, AT 2026, 53 min., dOF Driving school instructor Florian (cabaret artist Christoph Fritz) has to endure a lot when his vivacious student (Elif Duygu) takes her place behind the wheel. And brings along her two… Details 53 min Kurdwin Ayub |
11:15
Viktor und Viktoria 
11:15
Viktor und ViktoriaReinhold Schünzel Feature Film, DE 1933, 99 min., dOF The unemployed actor Susanne jumps in for the hoarse comedian Viktor, who fancies himself a Hamlet, but has only made it as a singing female impersonator. Appearing on stage in… Details 99 min Reinhold Schünzel
Vorwärts
14:00
VorwärtsSusanne Freund Documentary Film, AT 1995, 82 min., dOF An inside view of a Vienna section of the SPÖ. This smallest unit of the party structure, which has remained unchanged for decades, reflects the state of the superstructure and… Details 82 min Susanne Freund
17:15
Beautiful and Neat Room 
17:15
Beautiful and Neat RoomMaria Petschnig Feature Film, AT/US 2025, 118 min., OmdU Der episodisch angelegte Spielfilm erzählt von einer eigenwilligen jungen Frau die, um als Künstlerin in New York (über)leben und sich ihre Wohnung leisten zu können – ihr Gästezimmer untervermietet. Mit… Details 118 min Maria Petschnig
Mein halber Vater
20:00
Mein halber VaterViki Kühn Documentary Film, AT 2026, 92 min., OmeU When Viki Kühn’s father suffers a stroke, her mother suddenly becomes the new head of the family. With the hand camera, the director accompanies her parents for the next eight… Details 92 min Viki Kühn |
WAX & GOLD
11:30
WAX & GOLDRuth Beckermann Documentary Film, AT/IT 2026, 97 min., 20.3. OmeU, 21.3. OmdU In her latest documentary, Ruth Beckermann takes a hotel in Addis Ababa built by Ethiopian ruler Haile Selassie as a starting point for exploring the African country. WAX & GOLD… Details 97 min Ruth Beckermann
17:45
Innovatives Kino 3 75 min
Wahlkampf
20:00
WahlkampfHarald Friedl Documentary Film, AT 2026, 97 min., dOF How do you gain the most votes or lose the fewest? How do you cast your lead candidate in the best possible light? In his long-term observation Wahlkampf , Harald… Details 97 min Harald Friedl
Kurzspielfilm 3
22:30
Kurzspielfilm Programm 367 min Die fruchtbare Phase endet gleich Taschengeld Bleifrei 95 Gay by Nature 67 min |
Kurzdoku 2
10:30
Kurzdokumentarfilm Programm 277 min All Buildings Are Beautiful Am Rande der Landebahn Follow Back An Afternoon in LA 77 min
Das Block
14:00
Das BlockStefan Kolbe, Chris Wright Documentary Film, DE 2007, 75 min., OmeU Four people living on the margins of society in a residential complex in Saxony-Anhalt. The camera keeps almost no distance, throwing itself into the protagonists’ faces and open mouths from… Details 75 min Stefan Kolbe, Chris Wright
When Fire Turns to Ash
17:00
When Fire Turns to AshMichaela Grill Documentary Film, AT/CAN 2025, 95 min., OmeU Michaela Grill’s most recent essay film tells the story of Tierra del Feugo’s vanished indigenous population. With the help of nature footage, historical photos, texts, and drawings, a dialogue emerges… Details 95 min Michaela Grill
19:15
B wie Bartleby 
19:15
B wie BartlebyAngela Summereder Feature Film, AT 2025, 72 min., OmeU In her film loosely woven with a firm hand, Summereder gets to the bottom of the now proverbial “I would prefer not to” of Herman Melville’s iconic fictional holdout Bartleby.… Details 72 min Angela Summereder |
