{"id":90070,"date":"2025-02-22T16:01:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T15:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diagonale.at\/?page_id=90070"},"modified":"2025-03-30T16:09:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T14:09:01","slug":"thomas-pluch-drehbuchpreise-25","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.diagonale.at\/en\/thomas-pluch-drehbuchpreise-25\/","title":{"rendered":"| Thomas Pluch Screenwriting Award | 2025 |"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monday, March 31, 2025<\/strong>
\n11<\/strong> a.m.<\/strong>
\nDiagonale Forum
\nat the Heimatsaal \/ Volkskundemuseum<\/p>\n

Sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport. Awarded together with the Carl Mayer Screenplay Awards<\/a> at a ceremony in co-operation with the City of Graz\u2019s Department of Culture and the DrehbuchVERBAND.<\/p>\n

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Previous winners<\/a><\/p>\n

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of the drehbuchVERBAND Austria in co-operation with the Diagonale<\/strong><\/p>\n
Main prize for the best screenplay <\/strong>for a feature-length cinema or television film | endowed with \u20ac 12,000
\n| The Village Next to Paradise \u00a0|<\/strong> by Mo Harawe<\/strong><\/p>\n
Jury Statement:
\n\u201ehe sum of the small everyday moments tells a multi-layered story. The protagonists make decisions, move forward, also take steps backwards, and thus resist the outside world, where the spectre of death is always present. But it is not a film of resignation: it gives the characters a chance. They all go through a development; they are complex with strengths and weaknesses, with soul and heart. The film creates the feeling that every life is valuable. We sense an empathetic, human-centred view. The narrative is calm and tense at the same time. This balance creates a unique pull. Only the bare essentials are spoken, making some words resonate all the more strongly. \u2018It’s a waste of time to have children. They have no future here and often die early,\u2019 says one of the characters. It is the author’s achievement that we nevertheless sympathise and hope with every single character.\u201d<\/p>\n
Special Jury Prize<\/strong> for the best screenplay of a feature-length cinema or television film with particularly outstandingly treated aspects | endowed with \u20ac 7,000
\n| Wenn du Angst hast nimmst du dein Herz in den Mund und l\u00e4chelst |<\/strong> by Marie Luise Lehner<\/strong><\/p>\n
Jury Statement:
\n\u201eTwo milieus collide. Relationships are put under pressure. Will the main characters manage to remain true to themselves and not deny each other? The emotional aspects are told without sentimentality, the people are observed at eye level. Their inner journey is told unobtrusively and sensitively, critically and yet gently. It is about self-discovery, self-assertion, about standing by one’s origins and trusting in one’s own path. In the end, two girls sit on a merry-go-round and rise above the injustice of the world for a liberating moment.\u201d<\/p>\n
Award for the best screenplay<\/strong> for a short or medium-length feature film | endowed with \u20ac 3,000
\n| Preiswerte L\u00f6sungen f\u00fcr ein besseres Leben |<\/strong> by Leni Gruber<\/strong> und Alex Reinberg<\/strong><\/p>\n
Jury Statement:
\n\u201eWho am I and who do I want to be? Don’t we all sometimes dream of a different life? Of how it would feel to move around in a different world, to be in a different skin, surrounded by other people? And what would you do if you had the concrete opportunity to simply switch seamlessly to a new identity? This premise is the starting point for a fast-paced reflection on unquenchable longing and parallel universes that ends in a bizarre escalation. This screenplay is original, clever and full of surprises. With pointed dialogue and all-too-human characters who, along with their shortcomings and quirks, are strangely touching. The storytelling is self-sufficient, unconventional and authentic.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Also nominated for the Thomas Pluch Main Prize and the Thomas Pluch Special Jury Prize were Mond<\/em> by Kurdwin Ayub, Mother’s Baby<\/em> by Johanna Moder and Perla<\/em> by Alexandra Makarov\u00e1.<\/p>\n
National Jury 2025:
\nAchmed Abdel-Salam<\/strong> (screenwriter and director)
\nSandra Bohle<\/strong> (screenwriter and dramaturge)
\nMarie-Therese Thill<\/strong> (screenwriter, journalist and chairwoman of the Drehbuchverband Austria)
\n\u2192 Award for short or medium-length feature films and nomination of screenplays for the main and special prizes<\/p>\n
International Jury 2025\u00d6
\nHanna Bringmann Slak<\/strong> (screenwriter, director, multi media artist, DE\/SI)
\nHans-Christian Schmid<\/strong> (screenwriter, director and film producer, DE)
\nAnita Wasser<\/strong> (film producer, CH)
\n\u2192 Awards for main & special prize<\/p>\n
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