Austrian Film Award / Best Fiction Film

Ulrich Seidl, with Paradise: Dear 2013 winners

Austrian Film Award : Best Feature Film

Winner and nominee in the Best Feature Film category since the Austrian Film Prize was first presented in 2011.

In order to qualify for the selection process for the film award, the film must have significant Austrian cultural characteristics. To do this, the film must meet two of the following criteria:

• the original version of the film is German
• the director has Austrian citizenship or is domiciled in Austria
• the lead producer has Austrian citizenship or is domiciled in Austria

The award winner is determined in a two-stage process. First of all, all full members of the professional groups ("Sections") for production, direction and screenwriting nominate their favorite films in a secret written vote. Nominations are given to up to three films - those productions that can win the most votes are considered nominated. The winner is determined by a second ballot in which all voting members of the Academy of Austrian Films take part. The fictional film with the highest number of votes is the winner of the Austrian Film Prize. The award is given to the personal producers of the film.

Award winners and nominations

year	Award winners	production	Nominations
2011	The unintentional kidnapping of Mrs. Elfriede Ott	Danny Krausz Kurt Stocker	Lourdes - Martin Gschlacht , Susanne Marian and Philippe Bober The Robber - Nikolaus Geyrhalter , Markus Glaser , Michael Kitzberger , Wolfgang Widerhofer and Peter Heilrath
2012	To breathe	Dieter Pochlatko Nikolaus Wisiak	Inside America - Constanze Schumann Michael - Nikolaus Geyrhalter , Markus Glaser , Michael Kitzberger and Wolfgang Widerhofer
2013	Paradise: love	Ulrich Seidl	Border crossers - Viktoria Salcher and Mathias Forberg The wall - Bruno Wagner , Antonin Svoboda , Martin Gschlacht , Rainer Kölmel and Wasiliki Bleser
2014	Your beauty is worthless	Danny Krausz , Kurt Stocker , Milan Dor , Hüseyin Tabak	October November - Antonin Svoboda , Martin Gschlacht , Bruno Wagner , Götz Spielmann Soldate Jeannette - Katharina Posch , Daniel Hoesl , Gerald Kerkletz
2015	the dark valley	Helmut Grasser , Stefan Arndt , Andreas Prochaska	Amour Fou - Martin Gschlacht , Antonin Svoboda , Bruno Wagner , Bady Minck , Philippe Bober , Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu Macondo - Oliver Neumann , Sabine Moser
2016	I see I see	Ulrich Seidl	One of us - Arash T. Riahi , Karin C. Berger The Eternal Life - Danny Krausz , Kurt Stocker
2017	Thank you for bombing	Tommy Pridnig , Peter Wirthensohn	Egon Schiele: Death and Maiden - Franz Novotny , Alexander Glehr , Bady Minck , Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu Kater - Antonin Svoboda , Bruno Wagner
2018	The best of all worlds	Produced by Wolfgang Ritzberger and Nils Dünker , directed by Adrian Goiginger	Light - produced by Michael Kitzberger , Wolfgang Widerhofer , Martina Haubrich , Nikolaus Geyrhalter and Markus Glaser , directed by Barbara Albert Die Migrantigen - produced by Arash T. Riahi and Karin C. Berger , directed by Arman T. Riahi Seventeen - produced by Ulrich Gehmacher , directed by Monja Art
2019	Murer - anatomy of a process	Produced by Viktoria Salcher , Mathias Forberg , Paul Thiltges , Adrien Chef , directed by Christian Frosch	Angelo - produced by Alexander Glehr , Franz Novotny , Bady Minck , Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu , Markus Schleinzer , directed by Markus Schleinzer L'Animale - produced by Michael Kitzberger , Wolfgang Widerhofer , Flavio Marchetti , Nikolaus Geyrhalter , Markus Glaser , Michael Schindegger , Natalie Schwager , Katharina Mückstein , directed by Katharina Mückstein
2020	Joy	Produced by Oliver Neumann , Sabine Moser , directed by Sudabeh Mortezai	The ground beneath your feet - produced by Alexander Glehr , Franz Novotny , directed by Marie Kreutzer Little Joe - produced by Bruno Wagner , Bertrand Faivre , Philippe Bober , Martin Gschlacht , Jessica Hausner , Gerardine O'Flynn , directed by Jessica Hausner

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Guidelines at oesterreichische-filmakademie.at, p. 1 (status: 2011/12; accessed on December 24, 2011).
2. ↑ Guidelines at oesterreichische-filmakademie.at, p. 4 (status: 2011/12; accessed on December 24, 2011).
3. ↑ Guidelines at oesterreichische-filmakademie.at, p. 3 (status: 2011/12; accessed on December 24, 2011).