endowed with<\/p>\n
\u20ac 3,000 each – donated by VdFS – the Film Industry’s Collecting Society<\/strong><\/p>\n The prize money is awarded to the cinematographer of the respective film. All feature-length Austrian fiction and documentary films from Diagonale ’25 competition will be considered for the award for Best Cinematography.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n | BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY FEATURE FILM | Mostafa El Kasheef<\/strong> Jury Statement: and<\/p>\n | BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY DOCUMENTARY FILM | Serafin Spitzer und Serhiy \u201eStefan\u201c Stetsenko<\/strong> Jury Statement: <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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\n| from the Association of Austrian Cinematographers AAC\u00a0|<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nThe Village Next to Paradise<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nClear, tidy images that know what to show and what to leave out: small gestures of affection, bundles of banknotes, political protest, a sea that gently laps, and the wind that continuously blows new characters through the open metal door into the hut. This camera knows when to distance itself and when to get close to the characters. It frames a reality distant from us with calm and precision, as if to say: Look closely at this \u2013 in all its contradictions and hope.<\/p>\n
\n| from the Association of Austrian Cinematographers AAC\u00a0|<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nDear Beautiful Beloved<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nThe cinematography follows the filmmaker’s radical and clear decision: the focus, which simultaneously means a turning away. Who is given attention and who is not? How can we show the work of those who care for the elderly and the dead, who defend the dignity of the individual as an act of resistance against the logic of war, which destroys exactly that?\u00a0The camera succeeds in maintaining the necessary balance of respectful proximity and sober distance in confined spaces, where physical closeness is unavoidable. It reveals the visibility of body politics as an interpersonal relationship. The visual composition makes vulnerability visible \u2013 grief, exhaustion, perseverance, and moving forward \u2013 while offering an expanded perspective on the war of aggression in Ukraine.<\/p>\n