Austrian Film Award 2017

Winner of the Austrian Film Prize 2017

The presentation of the Austrian Film Awards 2017 by the Academy of Austrian Films took place on February 1, 2017 in the Vienna City Hall. The nominations were announced on December 14, 2016. A total of 20 feature films, 21 documentaries and 18 short films were submitted. The drama Thank You for Bombing received most of the nominations , the film was nominated in a total of eight categories, followed by Egon Schiele: Death and Maiden and Cat with five nominations each. An innovation has been made in the award in the Best Documentary Film category , which is awarded not only to the producer but also to the director.

On January 25, 2017, the evening of the nominees took place in the Stadttheater Wiener Neustadt , moderated by Katharina Mückstein and Christoph Dostal .

The most successful films
(at least two nominations)
highlighted = most awards

Movie	Nominations	Awards
Thank you for bombing	8th	4th
Egon Schiele: Death and Maiden	5	1
Male cat	5	0
Hidden reserves	4th	3
Fly maybeetle	3	2
Fog in August	3	1
Brothers of the night	2	0
The middle of the world	2	1
Before the dawn	2	1
Hotel rock and roll	2	0
The night of the 1000 hours	2	0
What was it that ruined us?	2	0

Award winners and nominees

Barbara Eder

Best feature film

• Thank You for Bombing - Production: Tommy Pridnig , Peter Wirthensohn , Director: Barbara Eder
  • Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden - Production: Franz Novotny , Alexander Glehr , Bady Minck , Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu , Director: Dieter Berner
  • Kater - Production: Antonin Svoboda , Bruno Wagner , Direction: Klaus Händl

Michael Schindegger, Katharina Mückstein, Sigmund Steiner, Natalie Schwager and Flavio Marchetti

Best documentary

• Holz Erde Fleisch - Production: Flavio Marchetti , Katharina Mückstein , Michael Schindegger , Natalie Schwager , Sigmund Steiner , Director: Sigmund Steiner
  • Brothers of the Night - Production: Ebba Sinzinger , Vincent Lucassen , Director: Patric Chiha
  • Children's production: Arash T. Riahi , Karin C. Berger , Sabine Gruber, directors: Arash T. Riahi, Arman T. Riahi
  • Safari - production and direction: Ulrich Seidl

Luz Olivares Capelle

Best short film

• Forest of Echoes - Maria Luz Olivares Chapel
  • Absent - Nikki Schuster
  • Henry - Philipp Fussenegger
  • Pitter Patter Goes My Heart - Christoph Rainer

Valerie Pachner

Best Female Actress

• Valerie Pachner for Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden
  • Manon Kahle for Thank You for Bombing
  • Maresi Riegner for Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden

Peter Simonischek

Best Male Actor

• Peter Simonischek for Toni Erdmann
  • Raphael von Bargen for Thank You for Bombing
  • Josef Hader for Before the Dawn

Marion Mitterhammer

Best Supporting Role

• Marion Mitterhammer for hidden reserves
  • Tatja Seibt for Homesick
  • Krista Stadler for cockchafer fly

Best supporting role

• Branko Samarovski for fog in August
  • Karl Markovics for Fog in August
  • Heribert Sasse for the code name Holec

Best director

• Barbara Eder for Thank You for Bombing
  • Dieter Berner for Egon Schiele: Death and Maiden
  • Klaus Händl for hangovers

Best script

• Barbara Eder , Tommy Pridnig for Thank You for Bombing
  • Hilde Berger , Dieter Berner for Egon Schiele: Death and Maiden
  • Klaus Händl for hangovers
  • Virgil Widrich for The Night of 1000 Hours

Hannes Salat, Marion Mitterhammer, Karina Ressler and Martin Gschlacht

Best camera

• Martin Gschlacht for hidden reserves
  • Klemens Hufnagl for Brothers of the Night
  • Gerald Kerkletz for hangovers
  • Leena Koppe for What just ruined us

Best costume design

• Caterina Czepek for cockchafer fly
  • Alette Kraan for The Night of 1000 Hours
  • Martina List for Hotel Rock'n'Roll
  • Christine Ludwig for Thank You for Bombing

Monika Fischer-Vorauer Andreas Meixner

Best mask

• Monika Fischer-Vorauer and Andreas Meixner for Before the Dawn
  • Helene Lang for Thank You for Bombing
  • Michaela Payer and Reinhard Kirnich for Nebel im August

Paul Gallister

Best music

• Paul Gallister for The Middle of the World
  • Siegfried Friedrich for Dreams Rewired - Mobilizing dreams
  • Christopher Slaski and Guy Farley for A Good American

Monika Willi and Claudia Linzer

Best cut

• Monika Willi and Claudia Linzer for Thank You for Bombing
  • Ulrike Kofler for what just ruined us
  • Karina Ressler for hidden reserves
  • Joana Scrinzi for hangover

Dietmar Zuson, Thomas Pötz, Sebastian Watzinger

Best production design

• Hannes Salat for hidden reserves
  • Alexandra Maringer for help, I've shrunk my teacher
  • Renate Martin and Andreas Donhauser for Hotel Rock'n'Roll

Best sound design

• Dietmar Zuson , Thomas Pötz and Sebastian Watzinger for Maikäfer flieg
  • Andreas Hamza , Thomas Pötz , Sebastian Watzinger for everything under control
  • Jörg Kidrowski , Veronika Hlawatsch and Bernhard Maisch for Die Mitte der Welt

Web links

Commons : Austrian Film Prize 2017  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• List of nominees
• List of award winners

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Austrian Film Prize 2017: List of the films submitted . Retrieved December 14, 2016.
2. ↑ Austrian Film Prize 2017: Media information and list of the films submitted . Retrieved December 14, 2016.
3. ↑ ORF: Austrian Film Prize 2017: 45 nominations for 17 films co-financed by ORF . OTS notification dated December 14, 2016.
4. ↑ Nominations for the Austrian Film Prize 2017 . Retrieved December 14, 2016.
5. ^ Kurier: Austrian Film Award: "Thank You For Bombing" most nominated . Article dated December 14, 2016, accessed December 14, 2016.
6. ^ Academy of Austrian Films: Evening for the nominees for the Austrian Film Award 2017 .