Diagonal (film festival)
The Diagonale is a film festival that took place in 1993, 1994 and 1995 in Salzburg and has been held annually in Graz since 1998 . It sees itself as a comprehensive annual film show of Austrian filmmaking that aims to cover all genres (feature film, documentary film, short film, avant-garde, etc.). In 2020 the event was held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic ; in 2021 it will take place from June 8th to 13th.
history
First years
The first three Diagonale festivals were organized by the Austrian Film Commission at the beginning of December in cooperation with the Salzburg Festival in Salzburg. The director was the filmmaker Peter Tscherkassky in 1993 and 1994 and Heinrich Mis in 1995 (then director of the ORF show kunst-pieces ). After a break, the festival moved to Graz; its own sponsoring association “Forum Austrian Film” was founded in 1998 under the direction of Christine Dollhofer and Constantin Wulff, who headed the association until 2003. In addition to the film screenings, discussions, public discussions and exhibitions are also on the program. In the first year in Graz, one hundred films were shown and prizes were awarded in three categories: a main prize, a prize for innovative cinema and a prize for young talent. A number of other prizes were added later; In 1999, a prize for the best actor and the best actress was awarded for the first time, but this was not the case until 2008.
Since the turn of the millennium
The planning for Diagonale 2004 initially began with a scandal, as the State Secretary for Art, Franz Morak , dismissed the previous program managers with a new team despite their excellent performance and without seeking a consensus with the filmmakers concerned. Since this choice of personnel met with opposition from almost all filmmakers, it initially looked as if there could be two events with the same name: The “official” diagonal of Morak and an “unofficial” event that was organized by the media representatives themselves has been. Eventually, however, Morak gave in and gave up his event. After a restructuring of the sponsoring association and the willingness of numerous participants to do voluntary work, the Diagonale 2004 was able to take place in the usual form despite time pressure.
The background for Morak's intervention in the directorship is assumed to be an attempt to readjust the festival with a more commercial focus as well as a politically motivated "act of retaliation" against the film scene and the festival management, because the diagonal changed a few weeks after the controversial formation of the blue-black coalition between FP and VP in 2000 as a forum for anti-government protests and video works. In the course of the dispute at the time about a petition by numerous well-known filmmakers that was printed in the festival catalog, in which the resignation of the government was called for, the then Styrian VP Provincial Councilor Hirschmann even temporarily postponed the guaranteed prize money of the State of Styria.
In the course of a restructuring by the sponsoring association “Forum Austrian Film”, the general assembly of Diagonale appointed the three-man team Birgit Flos (director), Robert Buchschwenter (director of production) and Georg Tillner (director of finance) to the new Diagonale at the suggestion of the Diagonale advisory board -Management. After Buchschwenter and Tillner left, Oliver Testor took over the management of the festival in May 2005 until 2009.
The Diagonale 2006 took place from March 21 to 26, 2006 in Graz under the directorship of Birgit Flos. The festival center was first established in 2006 at the Kunsthaus Graz. The UCI Annenhofkino, Schubertkino, augartenkino kiz and the film center in the Rechbauerkino were the festival cinemas. In cooperation with the Kunsthaus Graz, the Diagonale also created a highlight of the festival: In an homage to the artist Maria Lassnig, her entire cinematic oeuvre was shown in newly restored copies.
In December 2006 Birgit Flos' contract was extended to Diagonale 2008.
Also since 2006 there have been two equally endowed Große Diagonale prizes, for the best feature film and for the best documentary film.
Head of Barbara Pichler (2009 to 2015)
From 2009 to 2015, the curator, publicist and film mediator Barbara Pichler headed the festival, who established the festival as a mediation and discussion platform for Austrian cinema with tighter programming and increased focus on international industry networking. Her original three-year contract was extended by the Diagonale sponsoring association initially to 2014 and later, at Pichler's own request, only for another year to 2015. The directorship of the Diagonale from the 2016 festival was put out to tender at the beginning of April 2014. In November 2014 it was announced that the festival will be headed by the two Upper Austrians Sebastian Höglinger and Peter Schernhuber from 2016. As of 2009, the two of them have already jointly directed the YOUKI International Youth Media Festival .
The Diagonale 2009 took place from March 17th to 22nd and counted 23,876 visitors. One personale was dedicated to the filmmaker Mara Mattuschka , while the international tribute brought the German filmmaker Stefan Krohmer to Graz. The historical special programs were dedicated to the history of Austrian animation films, film restoration and the almost forgotten work of the exiled Viennese screenwriter Anna Gmeyner . In 2009, acting prizes were awarded for the third time since 1999. On the one hand the Big Diagonale Acting Prize to Josef Hader for his achievements in Austrian film and on the other hand the Diagonale Special Prize of the jury for the remarkable appearance of an Austrian actress / actor in a Diagonale 2008 film to Birgit Minichmayr , who alongside Hader in Der Bone Man can be seen.
With around 24,800 visitors, Diagonale 2010 (March 16-21) was able to draw a positive conclusion after six days of the festival and 147 films and videos shown. One of the highlights of the festival was Personale Peter Schreiner , which received international acclaim and presented and paid tribute to the Austrian filmmaker's documentary work in a concentrated form. With Romuald Karmakar about it was also one of the currently most important voices in German cinema with his films in Graz guest. Special historical programs focused on the almost forgotten work of the auteur filmmaker Mansur Madavi and that of the cameraman Günther Krampf, who was driven into exile . The industry meeting was dedicated to the funding model “Austria as a location for films”. Two exhibitions also took place in the framework program of Diagonale 2010: “SILENT ALIEN GHOST MACHINE MUSEUM” by Norbert Pfaffenbichler in the Kunstverein Medienturm and “brRRMMMWHee - extended version” by Billy Roisz in the Kunsthaus Graz .
In 2011 the Diagonale took place from March 22nd to 27th and was opened by Nikolaus Geyrhalter's documentary essay film Abendland . The personal was dedicated to the renowned avant-garde filmmaker Peter Tscherkassky . With the director and camerawoman Elfi Mikesch , a representative of European auteur cinema with Austrian roots was a guest. presented her two most recent works. The historical special program “Shooting Women. Female Pioneers of Austrian Films ”with films by Valie Export , Margareta Heinrich , and others. Other specials included the Vienna animation film festival “ Tricky Women ” and the filmmaker Linda Christanell . At Diagonale 2011, a wide-ranging discussion of female filmmaking took place not only in the film and supporting program, but also on a film-political level. Representatives of the film industry demanded more visibility for women in the film business as well as a quota for women in film committees and in the university sector. At the end of the “Concept Film” series, Nadim Vardag showed his exhibition “∆” at the Kunstverein Medienturm, while Sabine Marte, designer of the 2011 festival trailer, exhibited together with Clemens Hollerer under the title “Do we need an accident?” At the Kunsthaus Graz . The trilateral industry meeting focused on the "digital revolution" in sales and marketing. Finally, in 2011 the go-ahead was given for “Diagonale GOES GREEN”, a long-term strategy of social responsibility for the environment and sustainability.
The 15th Diagonale in Graz took place from March 20th to 25th, 2012. Despite a slightly lower number of performances and events compared to 2011, the occupancy rate rose to almost 74 percent. The Diagonale 2012 program reflected the high quality of current Austrian filmmaking in a focused selection. As always, the festival functioned as a place for meeting and exchanging ideas between the film industry and the audience. In addition to many established names, numerous young filmmakers also presented their work. The Diagonale opened in 2012 with a feature film debut: Spain by Anja Salomonowitz . During the opening, Johannes Silberschneider received the Great Diagonale Acting Award for his services to Austrian film culture. One of the highlights of the festival was also a personal dedicated to the legendary avant-garde artist Ferry Radax , who made his groundbreaking work accessible to a wider audience again with a concentrated selection of films. The international guest was the Israeli documentary filmmaker Avi Mograbi , who was represented with the video installation Details as well as a comprehensive retrospective film . The special program Carl Mayer Screenplay Awards 2017 "Shooting Women II" on the female forms of the documentary, the historical special on the American actor and cameraman Charles Korvin in the "FilmExil" series and the eagerly anticipated revival of Michael were also well received by the public Synek's Die Toten Fisch from 1989. The discussion track focused in several program items on the status quo of film criticism and different positions in the film discourse. In the Kunsthaus Graz Sofie Thorsen showed the exhibition "section A-A '. As part of the industry meeting “Discussing Diversity in Independent Cinema”, numerous international panels and case studies discussed different perspectives and strategies of film funding and exploitation against the background of practical experience, and further activities were initiated in Austria.
In 2013 the 16th edition of the festival took place from March 12th to 17th and was opened by Ulrich Seidl's Paradise: Hope . A total of 156 films were shown in 136 screenings, 98 of which were in competition. Compared to the previous year, the Diagonale was able to show an increase of 1,300 visitors with 25,051 visitors (approx. 18,900 cinema admissions and approx. 6,000 people in the supporting programs), while the occupancy rate fell from 74 to 72 percent. The prizes awarded were valued at around 155,000 euros. After a year marked by great international successes for Austrian films, the focus at Diagonale 2013 turned to the numerous highly promising productions by young filmmakers, whose individual approaches provided a breath of fresh air. The highlights also included the presentation of Ulrich Seidl's Paradise trilogy as a complete work and the two staff dedicated to Josef Dabernig and Michaela Grill . With Dominik Graf , an exceptional figure in the German-speaking production landscape was invited to Graz. The continuation of the “FilmExil” series focused on the filmmaking of the Viennese director, screenwriter and producer Paul Czinner . The special program “Austrian Pulp” presented subversive Austrian underground cinema between the genres. The industry meeting was dedicated to the "models of material and project development" with the participation of numerous international experts.
The 17th edition of the Diagonale opened in Graz with the Austrian premiere of Johannes Holzhausen's documentary The Great Museum . While the focus was on numerous feature film premieres in 2013, this time, in keeping with the trend of the production year, the focus was on documentary films with 23 productions in the competition. The festival showed a total of 192 films from March 18 to 23, 2014, 106 of them in competition. Despite the bright spring weather, after six days with around 25,500 visitors, a slight increase in the number of visitors was reported. The value of the film prizes awarded was around 165,000 euros. The personal was dedicated to the film artist Manfred Neuwirth . The renowned French camerawoman Agnès Godard was honored with a retrospective. The special programs on James Benning , Peter Lorre , the continuation of “Austrian Pulp” and the show “Another Land” on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Austrian Film Museum met with a great response from the public . The motto of the industry meeting was "Digital Revolution Meets Reality". As always, the festival positioned itself as an indispensable place for encounters and exchanges between the film industry and the audience. Ten years after the resistance diagonal, there was renewed protest. In a petition addressed to the governing parties and the management of the ORF , numerous representatives of the film industry warned of the immediate effects of impending funding cuts.
The 2015 Diagonale took place from March 17th to 22nd. The festival took place for the last time under the direction of Barbara Pichler, who withdrew from this position after seven years. Around 27,000 visitors were recorded and 50 world premieres and 25 Austrian premieres were shown. 97 films were shown in the competition, a total of 157 films were shown. The festival was opened by Karl Markovics ' feature film Superwelt . The staff dedicated to the documentary filmmaker Nikolaus Geyrhalter marked a high point . The French director and author Mia Hansen-Løve was an international tribute guest . The film history special programs were dedicated to the displaced avant-garde, the work of Alfred Kaiser and the tension between film and history. Other specials were the rediscovered TV series Draußen in der Stadt, written by Günter Brödl , and the two filmmakers Florian Flicker and Michael Glawogger, who had died the year before . The industry meeting dealt with questions of film financing and funding.
Management Sebastian Höglinger and Peter Schernhuber (since 2016)
Diagonale 2016 took place from March 8th to 13th and was under the direction of Sebastian Höglinger and Peter Schernhuber for the first time. The two relied on a balance between continuity and new impulses and set a new record with 30,200 visitors. Two new program lines, a new image, increased cooperation with local initiatives and institutions and a separate festival district contributed to the renewal. A total of 158 films were shown, 107 of them in competition. The festival opened with the world premiere of Mirjam Unger's Maikäfer flieg based on the novel by Christine Nöstlinger . The new series “About the Person” put the focus on producer Gabriele Kranzelbinder . The special historical program, provocatively titled “Austria: to be forgotten”, was dedicated to a central phase of Austrian film and contemporary history: the Waldheim years. The new festival track “In Reference” opened up a wide range of references within the program, which featured US indie director Matt Porterfield as a guest. The Diagonale Film Meeting developed strategies for more equality and social diversity in film and television.
In 2017, the Diagonale took place for the twentieth time in Graz from March 28th to April 2nd. The festival was opened by Michael Glawogger's documentary Untitled , which film editor Monika Willi completed after Glawogger's unexpected death in 2014. A total of 191 films were shown, 106 of which competed for the Diagonale Awards. These had a total value of around 195,000 euros. For the first time, the Franz Grabner Prize was awarded in the cinema and television documentary categories as part of the Diagonale. In programming, cross-genre short film programs and supporting films took into account the trend towards the merging of film genres. In the competition, experimental works, music videos, feature films and documentaries were positioned in relation to one another. With 31,200 visitors, Diagonale was able to increase the audience's popularity again from the previous year (2016: 30,200). There was a lot of positive feedback on the historical special program “1000 Takte Film”, which looked for the influences of pop culture on Austrian film and vice versa. The series “About the Person” focused on the integration figure Andi Winter, a filmmaker from the supposedly second row. US director Ana Lily Amirpour presented her latest work The Bad Batch in Graz and held a masterclass. As part of the Diagonale Film Meeting, industry representatives from various fields and functions highlighted the popularity and potential of Austrian film at home. The new discussion channel Diagonale im Dialog brought illustrious personalities from the film world to extensive discussions in the festival cinemas.
In 2018 the Diagonale took place from March 13th to 18th, the opening film was Murer - Anatomy of a Process by Christian Frosch . A retrospective on Ludwig Wüst entitled "Theater, Kino, Holzarbeit" dealt with the director's broad spectrum of work, both in his cinema and theater work and in his work as a carpenter. Wüst staged the play Miss Julie by August Strindberg as part of a first-time cooperation between the film festival and the Schauspielhaus Graz . The diagonal of 2019 from 19 to 24 March was the ground under the feet of Marie Kreutzer opened.
In 2020, the diagonal originally planned for March 24-29 was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The winners were announced on June 30, 2020.
The edition, originally planned for March 16-21, 2021, was to open with the feature film Fox under construction by Arman T. Riahi . Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the issue has been postponed to June 8-13, 2021.
Prices
| Jury prizes of the diagonal | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| category | donated by | since |
Endowment (in euros, 2020) |
| Grand Diagonale Prize of the State of Styria
Best feature film |
State of Styria / Culture, The Grand Post , Mischief Films | 2006 | 21,000 |
| Grand Diagonale Prize of the State of Styria
Best documentary |
State of Styria / Culture, The Grand Post , Mischief Films | 2006 | 21,000 |
| Diagonale Prize for Innovative Cinema from the City of Graz
Best innovative film, experimental or animated film |
City of Graz culture, Golden Girls film production | 1998 | 8,500 |
| Diagonale Prize short film
Best short film |
Muchar Upcycles , The Grand Post | 2011 | 5,500 |
| Diagonale Prize Short documentary film from the Diocese of Graz-Seckau
Best short documentary |
Diocese of Graz-Seckau | 2001 | 4,000 |
| Diagonale Prize of the Styrian Youth Jury
Best Newcomer Film |
State of Styria / youth, Stöger cameras | 1998 | 5,500 |
| Big Diagonale Acting Award
for services to Austrian film culture |
Collecting Society of Filmmakers | 2008 | Artwork |
| Diagonale Acting Award
for a remarkable appearance by an Austrian actor in a Diagonale competition film |
Collecting Society of Filmmakers | 2008 | 3,000 |
| Diagonale Acting Award
for a remarkable appearance by an Austrian actress in a Diagonale competition film |
Collecting Society of Filmmakers | 2011 | 3,000 |
| Professional association awards | |||
| category | donated by | since | Doping
(in euros, 2020) |
| Diagonale-Preis Schnitt des Verband Filmschnitt aea
Best artistic montage of feature film |
Collecting Society of Filmmakers | 2007 | 3,000 |
| Diagonale-Preis Schnitt des Verband Filmschnitt aea
Best Artistic Montage Documentary |
Collecting Society of Filmmakers | 2007 | 3,000 |
| Diagonale-Preis image design by the Association of Austrian Cameramen AAC
Best image creation feature film |
Collecting Society of Filmmakers | 2006 | 3,000 |
| Diagonale-Preis image design of the Association of Austrian Cameramen AAC Best image design documentary film | Collecting Society of Filmmakers | 2006 | 3,000 |
| Diagonale-Preis Production design by the Association of Austrian Film Outfitters VÖF Best production design | Collecting Society of Filmmakers | 2011 | 3,000 |
| Diagonale-Preis costume design of the Association of Austrian film outfitters VÖF Best costume design | Collecting Society of Filmmakers | 2011 | 3,000 |
| Diagonale Prize for Sound Design from the Association of Austrian Film Sound Creators, Filmton Austria
Best sound design feature film |
Collecting Society of Filmmakers | 2013 | 3,000 |
| Diagonale Prize for Sound Design from the Association of Austrian Film Sound Creators, Filmton Austria
Best sound design documentary |
Collecting Society of Filmmakers | 2013 | 3,000 |
| other award ceremonies within the framework of the diagonal | |||
| category | donated by | since | Doping
(in euros, 2020) |
| VAM "Exceptional Production Achievement" Prize - Utilization
Audiovisual Media Society for exceptional production performance in the field of film |
Collecting Society for Audiovisual Media (VAM) | 2002 | 20,000 |
| Diagonale audience award from the Kleine Zeitung
Diagonale's most popular film |
Small newspaper | 2007 | 3,000 |
| Carl Mayer Screenplay Awards
Grand Prize |
City of Graz culture | 1990 (*) | 15,000 |
| Carl Mayer Screenplay Awards
Sponsorship award |
City of Graz culture | 1994 (*) | 7,500 |
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Thomas Pluch main prize
for the best script of a full-length feature film or a full-length television film |
Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Public Service and Sport | 1993 | 12,000 |
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Thomas Pluch special prize from the jury
for a script for a full-length feature film or a full-length television film with particularly outstanding aspects |
Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Public Service and Sport | 2014 | 7,000 |
| Thomas Pluch Prize for short or medium-length feature films
for the best script of a feature film with a minimum length of 15 to a maximum of 70 minutes |
Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Public Service and Sport | 2014 | 3,000 |
| Franz Grabner Prize Documentary film | AAFP, Film Austria, ORF | 2017 | 5,000 |
| Franz Grabner Prize TV documentary film | AAFP, Film Austria, ORF | 2017 | 5,000 |
| Former prices | |||
| category | donated by | Period | Doping |
| Dor Film Award for Script Development | Dor movie | 2014 to 2016 | 5,000 |
| Diagonale Prize for the best young Austrian film | ORF art pieces | 2002 | (***) |
| Grand Diagonale Prize - Best Austrian Feature Film | State of Styria | 1998 to 2005 | |
| Association of Austrian Cinematographers AAC Prize - Best Cinematography | Association of Austrian Cameramen | 2004 to 2005 | |
| Diagonal price cut - best cut | Association of film and video editing | 2005 | |
| Appreciation award for cinematography | BMUKK | 1999 to 2010 | 14,600 |
| Advancement award for film art | BMUKK | 1999 to 2010 | 8,000 |
| ORF prize for television-compatible material as part of the Carl Mayer script competition | ORF | 2000 to 2007 | 4,000 |
| Erich Neuberg Prize - best directorial performance in an ORF production | ORF | 2003 to 2010 (**) | 10,000 |
| Thomas Pluch Screenplay Award - for the two best scripts by young writers | Screenplay Association Austria and BMUKK | 2004 to 2013 | 5,500 each |
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(*) since 2000 within the framework of the Diagonale (**) has been awarded since 1980, from 2003 to 2010 within the framework of the Diagonale (***) Prize: production order for pieces of art |
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Award winners
Big diagonal price
Diagonale Prize for Innovative Cinema
| Diagonale Prize for Innovative Cinema - Best Austrian Experimental, Animated or Short Films | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year | Director | Movie title | ||
| 1998 |
Kathrin Resetarits Martin Arnold |
Egypt Alone - Life Wastes Andy Hardy |
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| 1999 | Peter Tscherkassky | Outer space | ||
| 2000 |
Fiona Rukschcio Elke Groen , Wolfgang Widerhofer , Ralph Wieser |
# 1: <common.places> The art of the hour is resistance |
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| 2001 | Collective "The art of the hour is resistance" Association "Echo" |
for their media work | ||
| 2002 | Michael Palm | Sea Concrete Human - Malfunctions # 1 | ||
| 2003 | Mara Mattuschka | id | ||
| 2004 |
Brigitta Bodenauer Didi Bruckmayr , Michael Strohmann |
do not touch me when I start to feel save I'm sad |
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| 2005 | Gerhard Friedl | Did Wolff von Amerongen commit bankruptcy crimes? | ||
| 2006 |
Tina Frank "lia" Gabriele Mathes |
Chronomops int.16 / 45 // son01 / 30x1 One million credit is normal, says my grandfather |
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| 2007 |
Jan Machacek , Martin Siewert Manuel Knapp |
erase remake visibility of interim |
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| 2008 | Mara Mattuschka Johann Lurf |
Running Sushi Vertigo Rush |
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| 2009 | Michael Palm | Laws of Physics | ||
| 2010 | Sabine Marte | B-star, undeadable! reloaded | ||
| 2011 | Billy Roisz | Chiles en Nogada | ||
| 2012 | Josef Dabernig | Hypercrisis | ||
| 2013 | Michaela Grill | FORÊT D'EXPÉRIMENTATION | ||
| 2014 | Lukas Marxt | High tide | ||
| 2015 | Sasha Pirker and Lotte Schreiber | Exhibition Talks | ||
| 2016 | Antoinette Zwirchmayr | Josef - my father's perpetrator profile | ||
| 2017 | Katrina Daschner | Horse boobs | ||
| 2018 | Johann Lurf | ★ | ||
| 2019 | Jennifer Mattes | Wreckage takes a holiday | ||
| 2020 | Constanze fame | Gli appunti di Anna Azzori / Uno specchio che viaggia nel tempo | ||
Diagonale Prize of the Youth Jury - Best Newcomer Film
| Diagonale Prize of the Youth Jury of the State of Styria for Best Newcomer Film | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year | Director | Movie title | ||
| 1998 | Nana Swiczinsky | Repetition | ||
| 1999 | Georg Wasner | Not a bullet in the heart by post | ||
| 2000 | Siegfried A. Fruhauf | High altitude rush | ||
| 2001 | Kerstin Cmelka | With me | ||
| 2002 | Birgit Foerster | Au clair de la lune | ||
| 2003 | Sebastian Meise | Prize de vues | ||
| 2004 | Karl Bretschneider | Gray area | ||
| 2005 | Michael Ramsauer | Echoes | ||
| 2006 | Anna Martinetz | Urban utopias or the legend of Synia | ||
| 2007 | Andrina Mračnikar | The Carinthian speaks German | ||
| 2008 |
Carola Schmidt Jakob M. Erwa |
We ask you to seduce us! Honorable Mention: Tschuschen: power |
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| 2009 | Marvin Kren | Show day | ||
| 2010 | Hüseyin tobacco | kick off | ||
| 2011 | Max Liebich | You're out | ||
| 2012 | Conrad Tambour | The visit | ||
| 2013 | Matthias Zuder | heritage | ||
| 2014 | Britta Schoening , Michaela Taschenk and Sandra Wollner | We're fine | ||
| 2015 | Lukas Valenta Rinner | Parabellum | ||
| 2016 | Jasmin Baumgartner | Monster | ||
| 2017 | Santiago Rodriguez Duran | Revolución Solar | ||
| 2018 | Bernhard Wenger | Sorry, I'm looking for the table tennis room and my girlfriend | ||
| 2019 | Nicolas Pindeus | Chance & Necessity | ||
| 2020 | Özgür Anil | The judgment in the case of K. | ||
Diagonale Prize for Best Short Documentary and Short Fiction Film
| Diagonale Prize of the Jury of the Diocese of Graz-Seckau Best short documentary or short fiction film | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year | Director | Movie title | ||
| 2001 | Joerg Burger | Moscouw | ||
| 2002 | Egon Humer | Amos bird. Mosaic with confidence | ||
| 2003 | Andrina Mračnikar | Andri 1924-1944 | ||
| 2004 | Gerald Harringer | MA | ||
| 2005 | Ascan Breuer , Ursula Hansbauer , Wolfgang Konrad | Forest | ||
| 2006 | Sepp Dreissinger | conspecifics. 35-minute portraits | ||
| 2007 | Judith Zdesar | Pictures from the diary of someone waiting | ||
| 2008 | Emanuel Danesch | livesafelyineurope | ||
| 2009 | Bernhard Braunstein , David Gross | Pharaoh Bipolar | ||
| 2010 | Juliane Grossheim | The children from Friedrichshof | ||
| 2011 |
Umut Dağ Karl-Heinz Klopf |
Papa (short film) They (short documentary film) |
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| 2012 |
Catalina Molina Houchang Allahyari |
Our song (short film) The Persian Crocodile (short documentary film) |
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| 2013 |
Florian Pochlatko Friedemann Derschmidt |
Erdbeerland (short film) The Phantom of Memory (short documentary film) |
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| 2014 |
Stefan Bohun Antoinette Zwirchmayr |
Music (short film) The pimp and his trophies (short documentary) |
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| 2015 |
Jannis Lenz Lisbeth Kovacic |
Shadow boxer (short film) minor border (short documentary film) |
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| 2016 |
Maria Luz Olivares Chapel Clara Trischler |
Forest of Echoes (short film) Home is not a place (short documentary film) |
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| 2017 | Clara Stern Kristina Schranz |
Mathias (short film) Spielfeld (short documentary film) |
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| 2018 |
Bernhard Wenger Kristina Schranz |
Sorry, I'm looking for the table tennis room and my girlfriend (short film) Ars Moriendi or the art of living (short documentary) |
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| 2019 |
Raphaela Schmid Johannes Gierlinger |
ENE MENE (short film) Remapping the origins (short documentary film) |
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| 2020 |
Raphaela Schmid Total Refusal ( Robin Klengel , Leonhard Müllner , Michael Stumpf) |
Fish (short film) How to Disappear (short documentary) |
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Diagonal Acting Awards
On the initiative of the collecting society of filmmakers , the Diagonale Acting Awards have been awarded since 2008. The Great Diagonale Acting Prize is awarded for services to Austrian film culture, whereas the Diagonale Acting Prize is awarded for a remarkable appearance in a film of the respective Diagonale year. The trophy for the Great Diagonale Acting Award is created every year by an Austrian artist. 2008: Erwin Wurm , 2009: Elke Krystufek , 2010: Brigitte Kowanz , 2011: Peter Kogler , 2012: Elfie Semotan , 2013: Herbert Brandl , 2014: Eva Schlegel , 2015: Heimo Zobernig , 2016: Anna Paul , 2017: Stefanie Moshammer . Since 2010, the Diagonale Acting Award has been given to both an actor and an actress.
Diagonal price image design
The Association of Austrian Cinematographers awarded the AAC Prize for the best cinematography of the year at Diagonale in 2004 and 2005 . For the thirtieth anniversary of the association in 2006, two prizes were awarded for the first time in the categories of best camera work for feature and documentary film, as the Diagonale prize for camera work . Since 2007, these awards have been called the Diagonale-Preis Bildgestaltung , and since 2014 they have been endowed with 3,000 euros each.
Diagonal price cut
Since 2005, the Austrian Film Editing Association (aea) has been awarding a prize for the best artistic montage in a Diagonale competition film as part of the Diagonale. In 2006, two editing prizes were awarded for the first time in the feature and documentary film categories. These have been endowed with 3,000 euros each since 2014 and are awarded by the jury of the Great Diagonale Prize for Feature Film and the Jury of the Great Diagonale Prize for Documentary Film.
Diagonale Award Film Design
On the initiative of the VÖF ( Association of Austrian Film Outfitters ), prizes for film design were awarded for the first time in 2011 as part of the Diagonale for Best Production Design and Best Costume Design . The prizes each consist of a cash prize, 3,000 euros, donated by the collecting society for filmmakers , and a bronze sculpture by the object artist Lotte Schegsch.
| Diagonale Award Film Design | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year | Best production design | Best costume design | ||
| 2011 | Andrea Schratzberger | follow me | Veronica Albert | day and night |
| 2012 | Katrin Huber | Michael | Katharina Wöppermann | Still life |
| 2013 | Renate Martin | Paradise: love | Monika Buttinger | Talea |
| 2014 | Christina Schaffer | fever | Theresa Ebner-Lazek | The factory strikers |
| 2015 | Isidor Wimmer | Super world | Martina List | Eternal life |
| 2016 | Laura Weiss | WIN WIN | Alexandra Trummer | Jack |
| 2017 | Veronika Merlin | The best of all worlds | Monika Buttinger | The migrants |
| 2018 | Paul Horn | Phaedrus |
Peter Paradies Moritz M. Polansky |
Phaedrus |
| 2019 | Andreas Sobotka and Martin Reiter | Angelo | Carola Pizzini | Joy |
| 2020 | Katharina Wöppermann | Little Joe | Monika Buttinger | We'll stay a little longer |
Diagonal price sound design
On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Association of Austrian Sound Designers (VOESD), prizes for the best sound design in the feature and documentary film categories were awarded for the first time at Diagonale 2013. The prize is made up of a cash prize, 1,500 euros each, donated by PRISMA FILM, and a work of art.
| Diagonal price sound design | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year | Best sound design feature film | Best sound design documentary | ||
| 2013 | Gerhard Daurer | Soldier Jeannette | Max Liebich | Airstream - a traveller's records |
| 2014 | Christoph Amann | Shirley - Visions of Reality | José Miguel Enriquez | Calle López |
| 2015 | Stefan Deisenberger | Bad luck | Manfred Neuwirth | From a nearby country |
| 2016 | Charlie Campagna | Los Feliz | Selma Doborac | Those Shocking Shaking Days |
| 2017 | Nahuel Palenque | The lover |
Peter Kutin Florian Kindlinger |
Homo sapiens |
| 2018 | Niklas Kammertöns | Hagazussa | Sergey Martynyuk | At ground level |
| 2019 | Pia Dumont | Angelo | Florian Kindlinger | earth |
| 2020 | Peter Kutin | The Trouble with Being Born | Florian Kofler | Security 123 |
Diagonale Audience Award
| Diagonale audience award from the Kleine Zeitung | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year | Director | Movie title | ||
| 1993 | Robert Adrian Pejo | Lipstick | ||
| 1994 | Andreas Gruber | Hare hunting | ||
| 1995 | Egon Humer | Emigration NY | ||
| 2007 | Mirjam Unger | Vienna's Lost Daughters | ||
| 2009 | Marco Antoniazzi | Small fish | ||
| 2010 | Hüseyin tobacco | kick off | ||
| 2011 | Arman T. Riahi | Black Head | ||
| 2012 | Bernd Liepold-Mosser | Griffen - on the trail of Peter Handke | ||
| 2013 | Marco Antoniazzi | Pop star | ||
| 2014 | Gloria Dürnberger | The child in the box | ||
| 2015 | Christian frog | No turning back from now on | ||
| 2016 | Arash T. Riahi | Children | ||
| 2017 | Adrian Goiginger | The best of all worlds | ||
| 2018 | Stefan A. Lukacs | Cops | ||
| 2019 | Jakob Brossmann and David Paede | HEARD, SEEN - A radio film | ||
Price innovative production output
The prize, endowed with 22,500 euros, has been awarded since 2002 by the Verwertungsgesellschaft für Audiovisuelle Medien (VAM) to an Austrian film production company or film producer for an innovative performance in the field of cinema. Either a specific film or the annual production of a film company is awarded.
Carl Mayer script competition
The Carl Mayer script competition has been held biennially since 1990 and annually since 1998. The award ceremony has been taking place as part of the Diagonale since 2000. It goes back to an initiative by Bernhard Frankfurter and, at 14,500 euros (since 1999, then increased to 200,000 schillings ), it is the most highly endowed screenplay award in Austria. Each competition has a new topic, to which the anonymously submitted, not yet filmed scripts must be related. In addition, the fictional or documentary material must be prepared in a cinematic manner, the story must be realistic, well researched and well thought out and the cinematographic potential in all its facets must also be formally exhausted.
In the first two competitions only the Carl Mayer script award was given. Since 1994, a sponsorship prize of 7,200 euros has been awarded to a script at the same time. Both prizes are donated by the City of Graz. From 2000 to 2007, the ORF Prize, endowed with 4,000 euros, for television-friendly material was also awarded as part of the Carl Mayer script competition. Previously, TV-compatible fabrics were only mentioned in the jury's announcement. The prizes will only be awarded if the jury can find a script that meets the criteria from the scripts submitted. If necessary, the jury awards several prizes in some years or instead of one main prize two sponsorship prizes (as happened in 2002).
| The Carl Mayer Screenplay Prize has been awarded on the Diagonale since 2000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| year | theme | Carl Mayer Screenplay Award | Carl Mayer Screenplay Promotion Prize | ||
| Director | Movie title | Director | Movie title | ||
| 1990 | exile | Reinhard Jud , Martina Kudláček | Moon in cyan | - | - |
| 1992 | money | Ernst Josef Lauscher Nikolaus Leytner Axel Traun |
Alaska burns treasure in Sticky Rice Silver Lake |
- | - |
| 1994 | War, violence and resistance |
Maximilian Gruber | The iron broom | Christian frog | Total therapy |
| 1996 | Austria | Norbert Prettenthaler, Jeanette Rosenmaier Florian Flicker , Michael Sturminger Barbara Albert |
Cordoba In the heart of Europe's northern edge - or when I grow up |
- | (not awarded) |
| 1998 | Addiction | Gebhard Rein | The worm death | Sabine Derflinger | Troubles |
| 1999 | Eros | Franz Berner | Venus without fur and mask | Zuzana Brejcha | Karla's lover |
| 2000 | Remembering versus forgetting |
Gabriele Neudecker | Nameless | Peter Stastny Helmut Wimmer |
Tikkun act |
| 2001 | Botch | Gregor Stadlober | Kotsch | Richard Stradner Arno Geiger , Tobias Albrecht |
Bohemian elephants Steinwald and Atamanov |
| 2002 | We think, we are. We act. |
- | (not awarded) |
Ursula Wolschlager Thomas Klein |
Transit hen party |
| 2003 | cowardice | - | (not awarded) | Barbara Grascher Richard Schuberth |
Walking backwards silently Not even on the moon |
| 2004 | greed | Richard Schuberth | Cell phone stories | Simone Schönett, Harald Schwinger | Inner love |
| 2005 | anxiety |
Andrina Mračnikar Martin Leidenfrost , Ruth Mader |
Ma Folie Serviam - I want to serve |
Christian frog | Vanitas |
| 2006 | seduction | Thomas Weingartner | Always never by the sea | Lilly Jackl | Ildiko |
| 2007 | Move | Thomas Reider | Still life | Christoph Hochenbichler, Josef Pallwein-Prettner | Five lives |
| 2008 | Sex appeal | Markus Mörth | pony | - | (not awarded) |
| 2009 | envy | Richard Schuberth | Claudia can do it | Albert Meisl | Just a game |
| 2010 | Rich and poor | Wolfgang Rupert Muhr | Grossmattglocknerhorn | Henning Backhaus | Child scenes |
| 2011 | Departure | Jakob Pretterhofer | to survive | Markus Mörth | siblings |
| 2012 | indignation | Christoph Brunner and Kevin Lutz | Constantin Nikolaus Bickermann | Hüseyin tobacco | Once upon a time in Vienna |
| 2013 | Game over | Monja Art | Seventeen | Achmed Abdel-Salam | The edge |
| 2014 | Treason | not forgiven |
Tina Leisch Wolfgang Rupert Muhr Rainer Weidlinger |
From the sight of the weapons I promised myself hands More than a trip to the moon alone |
|
| 2015 | illusion | Siegmund Scalar | The silence |
Matthias Writze Michael Podogil |
The Power of Love |
| 2016 | Merciless | Clara Stern | training |
Franziska Pflaum Roman Gielke |
Snow |
| 2017 | Different | Evi Romen | High forest | Nikolaus Müller | Red wall |
| 2018 | Johannes Höß and Clara Stern | Hackler prank | Tizza Covi | Article 640 | |
| 2019 | Jessica Lind | The day the rain came | Ulrike Kofler | Full house | |
| 2020 | Josef Kleindienst | The proclamation | Jan Prazak | Flat mates | |
| Carl Mayer script competition: ORF prize for television-compatible material | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year | theme | Director | Movie title | |
| 2000 | Remembering versus forgetting | Uwe Neuhold, Thomas Klein | Memorex | |
| 2001 | Botch | - | (not awarded) | |
| 2002 | We think, we are, we act. | Daniela Egger | World Wide Violence | |
| 2003 | cowardice | Ulla Neuwirther | Lisa, Lena and Laura | |
| 2004 | greed | Bernd Schneider | Abidjan | |
| 2005 | anxiety | - | (not awarded) | |
| 2006 | seduction | Susanne Rendl | Magda's dilemma | |
| 2007 | Move | Ulla Neuwirther | Running sushi | |
Franz Grabner Prize
- 2017:
- Cinema documentary: Below by Djordje Čenić and Hermann Peseckas
- TV documentary: People & Powers - Escape to Freedom by Andreas Pfeifer and Andreas Novak
- 2018:
- Feature documentary: Gwendolyn by Ruth Kaaserer
- Television documentary: The world domination of Fritz Ofner
- 2019:
- Feature documentary: Waldheim's Waltz by Ruth Beckermann
- TV documentary: Life for Death - People at the Central Cemetery by Karin Berghammer and Krisztina Kerekes
Kodak Analog Film Award
- 2019:
Further prices
- Thomas Pluch Screenplay Prize (awarded within its framework since the beginning of Diagonale)
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Dor Film Prize (awarded biennially as part of the Diagonale since 2014)
- Nathalie Borgers for the Treatment Rose, Blanche & Dara (2014)
- Mo Harawe for the treatment of Nach Mogadishu (2016)
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Prize of the ORF art pieces (for the best young film, was only awarded once)
- a lucia by Julia Lazarus and Ben Pointeker (2002)
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Short film award (from 1998 see Innovative Kino above):
- Walking films 6 by Josef Dabernig , Martin Kaltner and Thomas Baumann (1994)
- ... so big eyes by Jan Lauth (second place) (1994)
- Air Fright by Hubert Sielecki (1995)
- Pocket contents and nosebleeds by Thomas Woschitz (second place) (1995)
literature
- Christian Cargnelli: There is also a valley of tears in a landscape . From the Austrian Film Days to the Diagonale: a chronicle of the Austrian film festivals. In: Meteor, special issue "Austrian Film" , March 1998.
- Christian Cargnelli: Jammertal Revisited. A chronicle of the Austrian film festival Diagonale from 1998 to the beginning of 2004 . In: kolik.film , special issue 1, March 2004.
- Michael Meisterhofer: cultural management in the context of film festivals and film education . Thesis. University of Vienna, Vienna 2015, 3rd Diagonale Film Festival , p. 14–34 ( othes.univie.ac.at [PDF; 3.1 MB ]).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Diagonale'20: The winners on film.at
- ↑ Barbara Pichler remains head of derstandard.at until 2014 , July 14, 2010 (accessed on September 28, 2011)
- ↑ Barbara Pichler will remain Diagonale director until 2015 . Kleine Zeitung , October 1, 2013, archived from the original on October 5, 2014 .
- ↑ Intendancy for Diagonale from 2016 advertised at kleinezeitung.at, April 2, 2014 (accessed on April 21, 2020)
- ↑ a b derStandard.at - Diagonale: Festival rejuvenation with a balancing note . Article dated November 27, 2014, accessed November 28, 2014.
- ↑ Minichmayr and Hader were awarded at derstandard.at, March 18, 2009 (accessed on March 21, 2009)
- ↑ 16. Diagonale in Graz celebrated a record number of visitors ( memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) at kino.heute.at, March 18, 2013 (accessed on March 23, 2013).
- ↑ Diagonal with a touch of protest ( Memento from April 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) at Vienna Online, March 23, 2014 (accessed on April 16, 2014)
- ↑ orf.at - Diagonale came to an end with a record number of visitors . Article dated March 23, 2015, accessed March 23, 2015.
- ↑ orf.at - Diagonale 2015 with many documentary world premieres Article from March 6, 2015, accessed on March 23, 2015.
- ↑ orf.at - Diagonale: 106 films and a new conversation format Article from March 17, 2017, accessed on April 18, 2017.
- ↑ kleinezeitung.at - Another record number of visitors at Diagonale Article from April 3, 2017, accessed on April 19, 2020.
- ↑ Theater, cinema, woodwork. A cooperation between Diagonale and the Schauspielhaus Graz Diagonale , March 2019 (accessed April 17, 2021)
- ↑ Diagonale 2019 opens with "The floor under your feet" . Article from January 31, 2019, accessed on January 31, 2019.
- ↑ Diagonale'20 canceled due to official decree. In: diagonale.at. Retrieved March 11, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c d e f Diagonal firmly in a woman's hand. In: ORF.at . June 30, 2020, accessed June 30, 2020 .
- ↑ Diagonale 2021 opens with “Fuchs im Bau”. In: ORF.at . December 15, 2020, accessed December 16, 2020 .
- ↑ FAQ on postponement. In: diagonale.at. January 18, 2021, accessed January 18, 2021 .
- ↑ Previous winners. Retrieved September 25, 2015 .
- ↑ orf.at - Diagonale Prize to “Ich seh Ich seh” ( Memento from March 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). Article dated March 21, 2015, accessed March 21, 2015.
- ↑ orf.at - Diagonale prices to Beckermann and Steiner . Article dated March 12, 2016, accessed March 13, 2016.
- ↑ a b orf.at: Large Diagonale Prizes were awarded . Article dated April 1, 2017, accessed April 1, 2017.
- ↑ a b orf.at: "Murer" and Geyrhalter-Doku get main prizes ( Memento from March 17, 2018 in the Internet Archive ). Article dated March 17, 2018, accessed March 17, 2018.
- ↑ diepresse.com: Diagonale: Big Acting Award for Erni Mangold . Article dated February 11, 2016, accessed February 11, 2016.
- ↑ derStandard.at: Diagonale 2017: Big Acting Award goes to Johannes Krisch . Article dated February 24, 2017, accessed February 24, 2017.
- ↑ orf.at: Diagonale: Acting award for Birgit Minichmayr . Article dated February 13, 2019, accessed February 13, 2019.
- ^ Diagonale: Acting award for Ursula Strauss. In: ORF.at . February 19, 2020, accessed February 19, 2020 .
- ↑ Big diagonal honor for Ostermayer. In: ORF.at . May 6, 2021, accessed May 6, 2021 .
- ↑ Public website of the VÖF
- ↑ Diagonale production prices to “Die Dohnal” and “Little Joe”. May 26, 2020, accessed May 26, 2020 .
- ↑ Carl Mayer Screenplay Awards 2020. In: diagonale.at. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
- ↑ Diagonale screenplay prices to Kleindienst and Moder. In: Upper Austrian Volksblatt . April 29, 2020, accessed April 29, 2020 .
- ^ Franz Grabner Prize . Retrieved April 1, 2017.
- ↑ orf.at: Franz Grabner Prize for “Die Weltherrschaft” . Article dated March 15, 2018, accessed March 15, 2018.
- ↑ Franz Grabner Prize 2019: "Life for Death" best TV documentary, "Waldheim's Waltz" best cinema documentary . OTS announcement of March 21, 2019, accessed on March 22, 2019.
- ↑ Diagonale 2019: Kodak Analog Film Award . Retrieved March 23, 2019.