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    Cannes 2025:
    MILITANTROPOS at the Quinzaine des Cinéastes

    MILITANTROPOS, a documentary coproduced by Vienna-based Mischief Films together with Ukraine and France, will celebrate its world premiere at the Cannes Quinzaine des Cinéastes section.
    The directing collective consisting of Yelizaveta Smith, Alina Gorlova and Simon Mozgovyi observes the transformations that make people a part of war and war a part of people.

    Austrian films at international festivals

    Participations May 2025

    Austrian films on international screens

    Theatrical releases
    October 2016 – February 2025

    Award Winners 2025

    Awards + Nominations 2025
    starting in January 2025

    La Estatuilla: «Shevchenko is an electric presence.»

    CPH:DOX-reviews on Arash T. Riahi's & Verena Soltiz' GIRLS & GODS:

    This is a film that is going to sting a lot of people.
    Unseen Films

    An enriching conversation about feminism and religion.
    La Estatuilla


    Unseen Films: «This is an eye opening film.»

    CPH:DOX-reviews on Natalie Halla's THE LAST AMBASSADOR:

    a testament to resilience.
    Overly Honest Reviews

    an edifying film that measures the battles fought and, above all, the road ahead.
    Le Polyester

    AUSTRIAN FILMS at CPH:DOX

    World Premieres:
    F:ACT AWARD Competition

    THE LAST AMBASSADOR by Natalie Halla


    HUMAN:RIGHTS Competition

    GIRLS & GODS by Arash T. Riahi & Verena Soltiz
    selected by EUROPE! on demand

    
More Austrian films at CPH: DOX:
    BLUISH (PARA:FICTION), ON THE BORDER (URGENT MATTERS), SCARS OF A PUTSCH (BACKSTORY)

    AUSTRIAN FILMS @Berlinale Recap:

    Teddy Jury Award + CICAE Arthouse Cinema Award to
    IF YOU ARE AFRAID YOU PUT YOUR HEART INTO YOUR MOUTH AND SMILE
    hauntingly internal, wildly entertaining | Variety on MOTHER’S BABY
    breezily disturbing and disturbingly | Screen Daily on
    HOW TO BE NORMAL AND THE ODDNESS OF THE OTHER WORLD
    a hypnotic atmosphere | Screen Daily on
    WELCOME  HOME BABY
    Harsh and painful, poetic and moving | Cinema Austriaco on
    SCARS FROM A PUTSCH

    AUSTRIAN FILMS @Berlinale75

    This is our wonderful 2025 line-up
    Competition
    MOTHER'S BABY by Johanna Moder
    Perspectives
    HOW TO BE NORMAL AND THE ODDNESS OF THE OTHER WORLD by Florian Pochlatko
    Panorama – Opening Film
    WELCOME HOME BABY by Andreas Prochaska
    Forum
    IF YOU ARE AFRAID YOU PUT YOUR HEART INTO YOUR MOUTH AND SMILE by Marie Luise Lehner
    Forum Special
    SCARS OF A PUTSCH by Nathalie Borgers

    Screen Daily on PERLA: «Makarova's sure hand as a director is evident.»

    It certainly establishes Makarova’s position as a promising talent to watch.
    Screen Daily
     
    Makarova’s elegant, psychologically complex Cold War drama plumbs the inner dislocation of exile.
    The Film Verdict
     
    A brilliant sophomore feature
    Filmuforia

    First world premieres 2025: Berlinale, Rotterdam, Saarbrücken

    Berlinale Golden Bear Competition
    MOTHER'S BABY by Johanna Moder
    Berlinale Perspectives Competition
    HOW TO BE NORMAL AND THE ODDNESS OF THE OTHER WORLD by Florian Pochlatko
    Berlinale Panorama {Opening Film)
    WELCOME HOME BABY by Andreas Prochaska
    Berlinale Forum
    IF YOU ARE AFRAID YOU PUT YOUR HEART INTO YOUR MOUTH AND SMILE by Marie Luise Lehner
    SCARS OF A PUTSCH by Nathalie Borgers
    Rotterdam Tiger Competion
    PERLA by Alexandra Makarová
    Saarbrücken Documentary Film Competition
    FAR FROM BEING LIPIZZANS by Olga Kosanović

    Award Winners 2024

    Awards + Nominations 2024
    starting in January 2024

    Year in Review 2024

    Many thanks to our international partners, and congratulations to all filmmakers and producers for their wonderful contributions to the enduring presence of Austrian filmmaking worldwide.

    European Film Awards
    Tanja Hausner: European Costume Design
    MOON: nominated European University Film Award

    Lucerne in Switzerland will be hosting the 37th European Film Awards ceremony on December 7, 2024: Austrian costume designer Tanja Hausner will receive the European Excellence Award for her outstanding work in THE DEVIL’S BATH by Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala. And we keep our fingers crossed for Kurdwin Ayub’s MOON, nominated for European University Award.

    IDFA Amsterdam with world premiere of
    ON THE BORDER


    A beautiful Austrian presence at the IDFA 2024 closes a strong festival year: ON THE BORDER by Igor Hauzenberger and Gabriela Schild’s observations on the political upheaval in the Tuareg city of Agadez celebrates its world premiere at Frontlight and Dead Angle: Borders. Also screening in Amsterdam: DEAR BEAUTIFUL BELOVED by Juri Rechinsky (Best of Fests) and FAVORITEN by Ruth Beckermann (Signed).

    THE DEVIL'S BATH wins big at the Sitges Cinema Fantàstic Festival


    Excellent news on the Austrian entry for Best International Feature Film: THE DEVIL'S BATH by Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala sweeps three major awards at the Sitges Festival Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya Oct. 3 to 13), the world’s most prestigious showcase of fantasy and horror movies:
    • Best Feature Film
    • José Luis Guarner Critics' Award
    • Carnet Jove Jury Award

    EFA 2024: 3 films in Feature Film Selection + MOON nominated for European University Film Award

    • MOON by Kurdwin Ayub (WP Locarno),
    • THE DEVIL’S BATH by Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala (WP Berlinale) and
    • THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE (WP Cannes)
    are the three Austrian films among the 45 films of the EFA Feature Film Selection 2024. MOON is also nominated for European University Film Award.
    EFA Nominations will be announced on November 5.
    The award ceremony takes place in Lucerne on December 7.

    PEACOCK @Venice: Reviews

    a superb black comedy
    Variety

    A polished, slyly entertaining work
    Screen Daily

    sharp-witted, superbly acted black comedy
    The Film Verdict

    2 Venice Independent Awards to PEACOCK

    After rave reviews by the international press, Bernhard Wenger’s directorial debut PEACOCK took two of the independent jury awards:
    ·      Premio Bisato d’oro
    ·      Premio Fondazione FAI
    Congrats to the director and the team of NGF Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion
     
    Nader Saeivar’s SHAHED (THE WITNESS) co-produced by Golden Girls Filmproduction,  is the winner of the main award of the Orizzonti Extra section.

    Locarno77: Kudwin Ayub's MOON crowned by 4 juries

    MOON won four awards at the 77th Locarno Film Festival:

    Special Jury Prize, given to the second best film of the International Competition, worth 30.000 Swiss francs.
    Europa Cinemas Label, awarded from cinema exhibitors providing support for the promotion of the film releases.
    Boccalino d'Oro awarded by the independent film critics.
    Special Mention from the Ecumenical jury.

    PEACOCK at Venice Settimana Internazionale della Critica


    Bernhard Wenger’s directorial debut PEACOCK is one of the contenders of the 39th Venice Settimana della Critica (August 28 to September 7, 2024). Wenger’s first feature film, starring Albrecht Schuch and Julia Franz Richter, was produced by Vienna-based NGF Geyrhalterfilm.

    World Premiere
    August 31 | 13.30 | Sala Perla

    THE DEVIL’S BATH is the Austrian entry for Best International Feature Film

    Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala’s Berlinale Golden Bear contender, starring Anja Plaschg, is the Austrian entry to the 2024 Oscar race for Best International Feature Film. Inspired by historical records of interrogations, Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala employ the power of beauty and cruelty in THE DEVIL’S BATH to tell a story of confinement and liberation.

    Four early Michael Haneke films restored

    • THREE PATHS TO THE LAKE (1976)
    • LEMMINGS 1 – ARCADES +
    • LEMMINGS 2 – INJURIES (1979)
    • THE REBELLION (1993)
    All the four of them,  early works by Michael Haneke,  were recently restored and will celebrate their first appearance on the big screen.

    World premieres at
    FID Marseille and
    Munich IFF

    There are two Austrian world premieres on the festival schedules this week:
     
    b l u i s h, second feature by Lilith Kraxner & Milena Czernovsky will show at the FID Marseille (June 25 to 30) as an International Competition entry.
     
    GINA, also a second feature by Ulrike Kofler, is a contender at the Cinevision Competition at the Munich IFF (June 28 to July 7)

    JESSICA HAUSNER: Jury president at Locarno 77

    Austrian filmmaker Jessica Hausner will be the president of the Golden Leopard-jury at the 77th Locarno Film Festival (August 7 to 17, 2024).

    Artistic director Giona Nazarro states: A vital and restless filmmaker, Jessica Hausner has created a diverse body of work reflecting the most hidden aspects of contemporary society with extraordinary depth.

    THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE@Cannes | Un Certain Regard
    Reviews

    There's a strong sense of authorship in every scene, every decision.
    Screen Daily

    an impressively masterful first feature
    Les Inrocks

    a poignant debut
    Variety

    visually striking and masterfully told
    The Film Verdict

    Austrian films @Cannes 2024

    Un Certain Regard:
    THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE by Mo Harawe
    May 21 | 11:15 | Debussy

    Producers on the Move
    KATHARINA POSCH
    May 16 to 20
     
    Marché du Film – Frontières
    BUG BOY by Peter Hengl
    Proof of Concept on May 18

    Mo Harawe's THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE in Cannes

    THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE is part of the Un Certain Regard selection at the 77th Cannes festival (May 14 to 25).
    Mo Harawe's feature debut is produced by Vienna-based FreibeuterFilm in collaboration with France, Germany and Somalia.
    World Sales: Totem Films

    In a windy Somali village, a newly assembled family must navigate between their different aspirations and the complex world surrounding them. Love, trust and resilience will power them through their life paths.

    Berlinale Awards to THE DEVIL’S BATH and FAVORITEN

    Wonderful outcome for Austrian filmmaking at the awards ceremonies of the 74th Berlinale:
    • Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to Martin Gschlacht, DoP of THE DEVIL’S BATH by Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala + Giuseppe Becce Prize for Best Dramaturgy
    • Peace Award to FAVORITEN by Ruth Beckermann
    • Teddy Award to German production Teaches of Peaches by Austrian co-director Philipp Fussenegger

    Austrian films @Berlinale 2024

    Five Austrian world premieres by Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala, Ruth Beckermann, Josef Hader, Alexander Horwath and Anja Salomonowitz.

    FAVORITEN @Berlinale: Reviews

    Straightforwardly enjoyable.
    Variety

    Endearing, and often surprisingly insightful.
    Screen

    ANDREA GETS A DIVORCE @Berlinale: Reviews

    a sunny to cloudy picture of rural temperaments and customs
    Die Presse

    Hader's view of Lower Austria is almost sociological in nature
    Der Standard

    HENRY FONDA FOR PRESIDENT @Berlinale: Reviews

    I have no hesitation in stating that it is one of the most beautiful biographical (and not only) documentaries seen in recent years. A highly cultured film and actually also light and entertaining.
    Close Up

    Deserved acclaim for a near unique piece of cinema.
    Filmuforia

    SLEEPING WITH A TIGER @Berlinale: Reviews

    The view on Lassnig becomes exquisitely hers.
    Cineuropa

    Superb Maria Lassnig biopic
    Der Standard

    74th Berlinale with five Austrian world premieres

    It’s such a pleasure to share an amazing line-up for the 74th Berlinale! No less than 5 films to celebrate their world premiere:
    • Competition: THE DEVIL’S BATH by Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala
    • Encounters: FAVORITEN by Ruth Beckermann
    • Panorama: ANDREA GETS A DIVORCE by Josef Hader
    • Forum: HENRY FONDA FOR PRESIDENT by Alexander Horwath
    • Forum: SLEEPING WITH A TIGER by Anja Salomonowitz

    PANDORA’S LEGACY by Angela Christlieb at IFFR Rotterdam

    Angela Christlieb’s complex mosaic on a fascinating family history unveilling G.W. Pabst’s multi-talented wife Trude celebrates its world premiere in the Cinema Regained section of the 53rd Rotterdam Film Festival. Two more brand-new Austrian films are screening at the IFFR Harbour program: GOD BETWEEN US by Rebecca Hirneise and VENI VIDI VICI by Daniel Hoesl and Julia Niemann.

    First Berlinale announcements with new films at the Panorama and Forum

    The 74th Berlinale Film Festival has unveiled first titels: Josef Hader’s second feature film ANDREA GETS A DIVORCE will celebrate its world premiere at the Berlinale Panorama. Anja Salomonowitz returns to the Forum with SLEEPING WITH A TIGER, a portrait dedicated to Austrian painter Maria Lassnig. Alexander Horwath will present his directorial debut HENRY FONDA FOR PRESIDENT, a personal essay on the United States.

    VENI VIDI VICI by Daniel Hoesl & Julia Niemann at Sundance

    This is the first out of eight world premieres of Austrian films to come within the next four weeks. VENI VIDI VICI the pungent new satire by Daniel Hoesl & Julia Niemann kicks off the amazing series of new Austrian films scheduled on the festival screens in January and February. VENI VIDI VICI celebrates its world premiere as a contender of the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the Sundance Film Festival.
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    Year in Review 2023

    Many thanks to all our international partners, and congrats to all filmmakers and producers for their wonderful contributions to a continuously strong presence of Austrian filmmaking worldwide
     
    It was our pleasure at AUSTRIAN FILMS to accompany no less than 22 Austrian feature-length films which celebrated their world or international premieres, thirteen of them at the most prestigious and absolutely essential festivals for global promotion.


    European Excellency Award 2023
    European Original Score to CLUB ZERO | Markus Binder

    CLUB ZERO wins the European Excellence Award in the category  European Original Score for the film music composed by Markus Binder.

    The jury stated: The original score of CLUB ZERO is an essential and seamlessly integrated part of the film. The score effectively conveys the character of the teacher, magnetically pulling viewers into the narrative.

    Award Winners 2023

    Awards + Nominations
    starting in January 2023

    THE STANDSTILL by Nikolaus Geyrhalter at DOK Leipzig

    When Covid reduced freedom of movement for all of us to a minimum, Nikolaus Geyrhalter captured the state of emergency in Vienna with his camera confronting us with the fragility of our supposed security.

    THE STANDSTILL celebrates world premiere as a Documentary Competition contender at DOK Leipzig. Also showing at Leipzig: VISTA MARE by Julia Gutweniger & Florian Kofler in the Audience Competition.

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