| Thomas Pluch Screenwriting Award | 2026 |

of the drehbuchVERBAND Austria in co-operation with the Diagonale

Main prize for the best screenplay for a feature-length cinema or television film | endowed with € 12,000

Special jury prize for the best screenplay of a feature-length cinema or television film with particularly outstandingly treated aspects | endowed with € 7,000

Award for the best screenplay for a short or medium-length feature film | endowed with € 3,000

NOMINEES 2026:

Landkrimi Acht by Marie Kreutzer
Rose by Markus Schleinzer, Alexander Brom
The Stories by Abu Bakr Shawky
Teresas Körper by Magdalena Chmielewska
White Snail by Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter

International Jury 2026:
Lorenz Dangel (film composer & musician, Germany)
Milan Dor (screenwriter & dramaturg, Austria)
Kyra Scheurer (dramaturg & curator, Germany)
→ Awards for main & special prize

National Jury 2026:
Jacob Groll (screenwriter & director)
Marie Luise Lehner (screenwriter, writer & director)
Joana Scrinzi (editor)
→ Award for short or medium-length feature films and nomination of screenplays for the main and special prizes