Awards 2010

ADRIENN PÀL by Ágnes Kocsis

  • FIPRESCI Award (Festival de Cannes/Un Certain Regard)
  • Critics Award (Miskolc Jameson CineFest)
  • Critics Choice Award (Zurich Film Festival)
  • Award of the Visegrád from Film New Europe (CinePécs International Film Festival)
  • Award for artistic achievement (International Cinematographers' Film Festival "Manaki Brothers")
  • Special Prize for Best Director + Prize for an Outstanding Actress (Eva Gabor) + Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (Film Festival Cottbus)

CASH & MARRY by Atanas Georgiev

  • Fernsehpreis der Erwachsenenbildung 2009 - Sparte Dokumentation

COOKING HISTORY by Péter Kerekes

  • Award for Best Documentary (Sofia International Film Festival)

DAVID WANTS TO FLY by David Sieveking

  • Honorable Mention (Warsaw, Planete Doc Review Documentary Film Festival)
  • Best Film Award (St. Petersburg Message to Man Film Festival)

DEFAMATION by Yoav Shamir

  • Best Director - International (ex-aequo) (Auckland, Documentary Edge Festival)

DIRTY DAYS by Helmut Berger

  • Award of the Pecs City (CinePécs International Film Festival)

EIN AUGENBLICK FREIHEIT by Arash T. Riahi

  • Silver Audience Award (Tromsø International Film Festival)
  • Jury's Award Best Feature Film + Audience Award (Genova, Festival Nuovo Cinema Europa)
  • Best Foreign Film (Beverly Hills Film Festival)
  • GVA Audience Award (Turnhout, Filmfestival "Open Doek")

EIN HALBES LEBEN by Nikolaus Leytner

  • Fernsehpreis der Erwachsenenbildung 2009 - Sparte Film

EUROPOLIS - DIE STADT DES DELTAS by Kostadin Bonev

  • Grand Prix (Volokolamsk, Sergei Bondarchuk Film Festival)
  • Official Best of Fest Award (Seattle)
  • Best Script (Moscow, Golden Knight Film Festival)
  • Dokumentarfilmpreis (Freistadt, Festival "Der neue Heimatfilm")

THE FORGOTTEN SPACE by Allan Sekula & Noël Burch

  • Special Orizzonti Jury Prize (Venice Film Festival)

DIE FÜNF HIMMELSRICHTUNGEN by Fridolin Schönwiese

  • Dokumentarfilmpreis des Innsbrucker Sommers (Internationales Filmfestival Innsbruck)
  • 3sat-Dokumentarfilmpreis für den besten deutschsprachigen Dokumentarfilm

HANA, DUL, SED... by Brigitte Weich

  • Großer Diagonale-Preis Bester österreichischer Dokumentarfilm (Best Austrian Documentary Film) 2009/2010 (Graz, Diagonale 2010) 

HERBSTGOLD by Jan Tenhaven

  • Filmmakers Award (Toronto, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival)
  • Audience Award - Best Documentary (San Francisco, Berlin & Beyond Film Festival)
  • IDFA DOC U Award (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam)

IM BAZAR DER GESCHLECHTER by Sudabeh Mortezai

  • Lobende Erwähnung (Special Mention) (Graz, Diagonale 2010)
  • Best International Documentary Film (Mexico City, DOCSDF - International Documentary Film Festival)

JOBCENTER by Angela Summereder

  • Diagonale-Preis Beste künstlerische Montage Dokumentarfilm (best artistic editing of a documentary film) 2009/2010: Michael Palm (Graz, Diagonale 2010)

JOSEF WINKLER - DER KINOLEINWANDGEHER by Michael Pfeifenberger

  • Prize for Best Adaptation (Vila Nova de Famalicão, FAMAFEST)

DER KAMERAMÖRDER by Robert Adrian Pejo

  • Best Director (ex-aequo - Hungarian Film Week)

KICK OFF by Hüseyin Tabak

  • Diagonale-Preis der Jugendjury Bester Nachwuchsfilm des Jahres (Best young talent film) 2009/2010 + Diagonale Publikumspreis (Audience Prize) (Graz, Diagonale 2010)
  • Wiener Filmpreis - Documentary (Viennale)

DIE KLEINEN BANKRÄUBER by Armands Zvirbulis

  • Preis der Kinderjury (ex-aequo) (Bielefeld, Kinderfilmfest)
  • Grand Prix + Diploma for Best Director (Minsk, International Film Festival for Children & Youth)
  • Kinderfilmpreis (Würzburg, Internationales Filmwochenende)
  • Preis für das beste Vorschulprogramm (Gera & Erfurt, Deutsches Kinder-Medien-Festival "Goldener Spatz")

LA PIVELLINA by Tizza Covi & Rainer Frimmel

  • Grand Jury Prize European Feature Films (ex-aequo) + Mademoiselle Ladubay Prize to Patrizia Gerardi (Angers Film Festival)
  • Großer Diagonale-Preis Bester österreichischer Kinospielfilm (Best Austrian Feature Film) 2009/2010 (Graz, Diagonale 2010)
  • Competencia Oficial de Largometrajes Ficción Internacional - Menciones del Jurado + Menciones del Jurado FIPRESCI Uruguay (Montevideo, International Film Festival of Uruguay)
  • Premio UNICEF (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independente)
  • Distribution Award Caixa Geral de Depósitos (IndieLisboa - International Independent Film Festival)
  • Special Mention (Nastri d'argento 2010)
  • Premio Miglior Film + Premio Miglior Attrice (Patrizia Gerardi) + Premio Miglior Dibattito (Rome, Bimbi Belli - esordi del cinema italiano)
  • Miglior Film + Premio del Pubblico (Gallio Film Festival del Cinema Italiano Opere Prime)
  • Migliore Attrice Esordiente (Asia Crippa) + Premio per la Migliore Attrice Protagonista (Patrizia Gerardi) (Santa Marinella Film Festival)
  • Premio Cineforum Sarzana al Miglior film in rassegna tra le Opere Prime e i Documentari d'Autore (Sarzana FilmDoc Fest)
  • Prix de la meilleure Interprétation Féminine (Patrizia Gerardi) + Mention Spécial (Tairo Caroli & Asia Crippa) (Festival International du Film de Femmes de Salé)
  • Ernst-Weber-Filmpreis (Unabhängiges Filmfest Osnabrück)

LIEBE GESCHICHTE by Klub Zwei: Simone Bader & Jo Schmeiser

  • Lobende Erwähnung (Special Mention) (Graz, Diagonale 2010)

LITTLE ALIEN by Nina Kusturica

  • Outstanding Artist Award - 
Interkultureller Dialog (Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture)
  • Best Integral Realization (Brussels Fiction & Documentary Festival)
  • Chris Award (Columbus International Film + Video Festival)

LOURDES by Jessica Hausner

  • Förderpreis der DEFA-Stiftung (Saarbrücken, Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis)
  • Thomas-Pluch-Drehbuchpreis 2010 für das beste verfilmte Drehbuch einer/eines österreichischen Autorin/Autors für einen abendfüllenden Kinospielfilm (Thomas-Pluch Script Prize for the best filmed script for a full-length feature film) (Graz, Diagonale 2010) 
  • Arena for best acting achievement to Sylvie Testud (Pula Film Festival)
  • Best Film (Religion Today Film Festival)
  • European Actress 2010: Sylvie Testud (European Film Awards)

MUEZZIN by Sebastian Brameshuber

  • Open Eyes Award (Rome, MedFilm Festival)

ON THE PATH (NA PUTU) by Jasmila Zbanic

  • NDR-Regiepreis (Schwerin, filmkunstfest)
  • Golden Arena for best director + Golden Arena for best actress in a leading role to Zrinka Cvitesic (minority co-productions competition) + Diploma of the Croatian Film Critics Association + Diploma of the Young Cinephiles Jury (Pula Film Festival)
  • FIPRESCI Jury Award (Yerevan, International Film Festival Golden Apricot)
  • Special Jury Prize (Valladolid International Film Festival)

PEPPERMINTA by Pipilotti Rist

  • Grand Jury Prize (Miami International Film Festival)

PERIFERIC by Bogdan George Apetri

  • Special Jury Award for the script + Special Mention for Ana Ularu (actress) + FIPRESCI Award for Best Eastern European Debut + Special Mention of the Ecumenical Jury (Warsaw Film Festival)
  • FIPRESCI Prize for Best Debut Film (Viennale)
  • Best Feature Film Award - Golden Alexander + Best Actress Award to Ana Ularu + Greek Film Critics Association Award (Thessaloniki International Film Festival)

PIANOMANIA by Robert Cibis & Lilian Franck

  • Dokumentarfilmpreis (ex-aequo) (Würzburg, Internationales Filmwochenende)
  • Honorable Mention (Oslo, Eurodok Film Festival)
  • Golden Gate Award Documentary Feature (San Francisco International Film Festival)

PLASTIC PLANET by Werner Boote

  • Kurier Romy 2010: Beste Kino-Dokumentation
  • 2. Preis (Wiesbaden Atlantis Natur- und Umweltfilmfestival)

POLL by Chris Kraus

  • Marc'Aurelio Special Jury Award (International Rome Film Festival)
  • Goldener Biber für den besten Spielfilm (Biberacher Filmfestspiele)
  • Jury Prize for the Best Director (Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival)

DER RÄUBER by Benjamin Heisenberg

  • Bayerischer Filmpreis 2010: Nachwuchspreis
  • Diagonale-Schauspielpreise (Diagonale Prizes for Acting) 2010: Franziska Weisz & Andreas Lust (Graz, Diagonale 2010)
  • Palic Tower for the Best Director (Palic European Film Festival)
  • Prix des blogueurs (Festival Paris Cinéma)
  • Mavericks Award (Calgary International Film Festival)
  • Golden Pram for Best Feature Film (Zagreb Film Festival)
  • Mention spéciale du Jury + Prix du Public (La Roche-sur-Yon, Festival International du Film)

SOUTH by Gerhard Fillei & Joachim Krenn

  • Diagonale-Preis Beste künstlerische Montage Spielfilm (best artistic editing of a feature film) 2009/2010 (Graz, Diagonale 2010)

TAG UND NACHT by Sabine Derflinger

  • Diagonale-Preis Bestes Kostümbild Spielfilm (Best Costume Desigh) 2010/2011 - Veronika Albert (Graz, Diagonale)
  • Second Prize - Feature Narrative category (Athens (Ohio) International Film & Video Festival)
  • Best Lead Actress (Anna Rot) (New York International Film Festival)

TENDER SON - THE FRANKENSTEIN PROJECT by Kornél Mundruczó

  • Special Jury Award (Sarajevo Film Festival)
  • Special Jury Prize + Best Director of Photography Award (Sevilla Festival de Cine Europeo)

UNIVERSALOVE by Thomas Woschitz

  • Thomas-Pluch-Drehbuchförderpreis 2010 für das beste Drehbuch einer/eines Nachwuchsautorin/-autors (Thomas Pluch Script Prize for the best script from a new author) (Graz, Diagonale 2010)

DIE VERRÜCKTE WELT DER UTE BOCK by Houchang Allahyari

  • Honorable Mention (Viennale)

DAS WEISSE BAND by Michael Haneke

  • Best Cinematiography (National Society of Film Critics, USA)
  • Golden Globe Award: Best Foreign-Language Film
  • 2009 Guldbagge Award - Best Foreign Language Film (Sweden)
  • Prix du Syndicat Français de la Critique 2009: Meilleur film étranger
  • Preis der deutschen Filmkritik 2009:
    • Bester Spielfilm,
    • Bestes Drehbuch (Michael Haneke),
    • Beste Kamera (Christian Berger)
    • Bester Darsteller (Burghart Klaußner)
  • Cinema for Peace 2010: Award for Most Valuable Movie of the Year
  • Leserpreis von "epd Film": Bester deutscher Film des Jahres 2009
  • Outstanding Achievement Award/Feature Film - Christian Berger (American Society of Cinematographers)
  • Der Papierene Gustl 2009 (Preis der österreichischen Filmjournalisten)
  • Diagonale-Preis Beste Bildgestaltung Spielfilm (Best Cinematography Feature Film) 2009/2010: Christian Berger (Graz, Diagonale 2010)
  • Premio Mejor película del Festival - Sección FIPRESCI Uruguay (Montevideo, International Film Festival of Uruguay)
  • Kurier Romy 2010:
    • Bester Kinofilm
    • Beste Regie Kinofilm
    • Beste Kamera Kinofilm (Christian Berger)
    • Bester Produzent Kinofilm (Veit Heiduschka, Michael Katz)
  • Deutscher Filmpreis 2010:
    • Bester Spielfilm in Gold
    • Bestes Drehbuch (Michael Haneke)
    • Beste Regie (Michael Haneke)
    • Beste darstellerische Leistung - männliche Hauptrolle (Burghart Klaußner)
    • Beste darstellerische Leistung - weibliche Nebenrolle (Maria-Victoria Dragus)
    • Beste Kamera/Bildgestaltung (Christian Berger)
    • Bestes Szenenbild (Christoph Kanter)
    • Bestes Kostümbild (Moidele Bickel)
    • Bestes Maskenbild (Waldemar Pokromski, Anette Keiser)
    • Beste Tongestaltung (Guillaume Sciama, Jean-Pierre Laforce)
  • Best Foreign Film (Film Critics' Association within the Israeli Journalists' Union)
  • Filmstiftung NRW "Schnitt Preis Spielfilm" to Monika Willi (Cologne, Forum für Filmschnitt und Montagekunst film+)

WINDS OF SAND, WOMEN OF ROCK by Nathalie Borgers

  • "Coup de coeur" du personnel de la région Île-de-France (Paris Festival du Film d?Environnement)
  • Watch Docs Award for the best film in competition (Warsaw, Watch Docs. Human Rights in Film IFF)

WOMEN WITHOUT MEN by Shirin Neshat

  • Emeric Pressburger Prize (Miskolc Jameson CineFest)
  • Golden Camera 300 (International Cinematographers' Film Festival "Manaki Brothers")

 WÜSTENBLUME by Sherry Hormann

  • Bayerischer Filmpreis 2010: Produzentenpreis