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The Diagonale Film Meeting, the festival’s two-day industry gathering, brings current topics and industry updates to the stage of the Heimatsaal on the first day. The content comes not only from the festival, but also from the industry itself. The Film Meeting sees itself as a contact point for the latest questions and topics and at the same time aims to provide impetus for current and future developments within the film industry. This year, the focus will be on children’s and family films, among other things. On the second (non-public) day, measures and processes will be considered and discussed in detail in groups.<\/p>\n
(please note, that the majority of the Diagonale Film Meeting events are held in german)<\/em><\/p>\n Thursday, March 19<\/strong><\/p>\n 9:45 \u2013 10:45 a.m. | NEWS & UPDATES \u2013 Part 1<\/strong> 10:50 a.m. \u2013 1:15 p.m. | FOCUS: Children\u2019s and Family Film<\/strong> 2\u2013 3 p.m. | NEWS & UPDATES \u2013 Part 2<\/strong> 3 p.m. | INTERJECTION!<\/strong><\/p>\n 3:15 \u2013 5:15 p.m. | FOCUS: Visual Signature<\/strong> \n Friday, March 20 Think Tanks<\/strong><\/p>\n On the second day, the Diagonale Film Meeting becomes a Think Tank and networking space for the industry. In closed groups, participants will develop ideas, exchange perspectives and discuss strategies for the future. Cinema without Children? Rethinking the Future of Austrian Children\u2019s Film<\/strong> International Fairness Standards for the Film Industry \u2013 A Relief?<\/strong> Don\u2019t mess with filmmakers! #ZuverdienstAMS<\/strong> Mabacher Award x Filmklusiv in conversation with Katharina Brunner, Lukas Ladner and Yuria Knoll: Inclusive Filmmaking<\/strong> The Path to the Set \u2013 How Do Emerging Talents Enter Film Practice?<\/strong> 12:30 \u2013 1 p.m. | Public Wrap-up of the Think Tanks<\/strong> Results and summaries of the Diagonale Film Meeting 2026 will be added here at the end of March.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n We look forward to your visit and the exchange with you!<\/p>\n Michael Zeindlinger <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Diagonale Film Meeting takes place on 19 and 20 March 2026 Program folder pdf in German \u2192\u00a0here Pictures Diagonale Film Meeting 2025 \u2192 here Funded by: FISAplus \u2013 Filmstandort Austria FERNSEHFONDS AUSTRIA Fachverband der Film- und Musikwirtschaft Filmfonds Wien Supported by: Creative Europe Media Desk Austria \u2013 MEDIA Canon \u00d6FI AAC \u2013 Austrian Association […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-93894","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diagonale.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diagonale.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diagonale.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diagonale.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diagonale.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93894"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.diagonale.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94793,"href":"https:\/\/www.diagonale.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93894\/revisions\/94793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diagonale.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nUPDATE Mabacher Award and Filmklusiv \u2013 Breaking down barriers in the film industry
\nUPDATE European Co-productions in Focus: Co-producing with Creative Europe
\nUPDATE Launch of #we_do! \u2013 Film and Television Ombudsperson Office
\nNEWS Investment contributions from streaming services Austria<\/p>\n
\nKEYNOTE Rikke Flodin: Keeping Up with Children as an Audience<\/em> (in English)
\nPRESENTATION Maciej Jakubczyk: Family Entertainment \u2013 Becoming Part of the Film Industry<\/em>, a Best Practice case study from Poland (in English)
\nON-STAGE TALK Katharina Posch, Kris Staber, Dunja Bernatzky: Children\u2019s film between creative vision and challenging realities<\/p>\n
\nNEWS Updates from the Austrian Film Institute: Green Filming Report, insight into Intimacy Coordination, and presentation of the AI Coordination initiative
\nUPDATE Facts and figures on the nonstop cinema subscription<\/em>
\nGOOD TO KNOW The selection process for the International Oscar submission<\/p>\n
\nIMPULSE & TALK Eva Fischer, Claudia Larcher: Ahead of the Images \u2013 Reorientation and Resonance in the Age of Generative AI<\/em>
\nLECTURE & TALK Sophie Maintigneux: From 1001 Words to 101 Images: Visualizing the Script in Fiction and Documentary Film<\/em>
\nFollowed by a discussion with Volker Gl\u00e4ser (AAC)<\/p>\n
\nPersonal invitations to the Think Tanks have been sent out beforehand.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nThink Tank by the Academy of Austrian Film and Diagonale<\/p>\n
\nThink Tank by Clar Gallistl<\/p>\n
\nThink Tank by the Association of Austrian Filmmakers, IG Bildende Kunst, and F\u00d6FF<\/p>\n
\nThink Tank by the Mabacher Award<\/p>\n
\nThink Tank by the Professional Association (FAMA)<\/strong> and Vienna Representation (FIMU)<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nSalon Fr\u00fchling, Grand Hotel Wiesler<\/strong><\/p>\n
Organizer of Diagonale Film Meeting 2026<\/p>\n