SHORT NEWS

Award Winners 2024

October 2024

FAVORITEN by Ruth Beckermann
Healthy Workplaces Film Award
DocLisboa – Lisbon

THE DEVIL'S BATH by Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala
♦ NRW Award – Best Film NRW Competition

Cologne Film Festival

WHAT A FEELING by Kat Rohrer
♦ Audience Award

SQFF – Seattle Queer Film Festival

HENRY FONDA FOR PRESIDENT by Alexander Horwath
Special Award – Time of History Official Section
Seminci – Valladolid International Film Festival

BLUISH by Lilith Kraxner & Milena Czernovsky
♦ Special Mention – Alchemies
Seminci – Valladolid International Film Festival

MOON by Kurdwin Ayub
Nomination European University Film Award
European Film Academy

VISTA MARE by Julia Gutweniger & Florian Kofler
Best Feature Film
♦ Young Jury Award
Pianeta Mare Film Festival – Naples

THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE by Mo Harawe
Grand Prix International Jury
War on Screen –  Châlons-en-Champagne

THE DEVIL'S BATH by Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala
♦ Best Feature Film

José Luis Garner Critics Award
♦ Carnet Jove Jury Award
Sitges – Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya


September 2024

BLUISH by Lilith Kraxner & Milena Czernovsky
Best Feature Film
bieff International Experimental Film Festival – Bucharest

SLEEPING WITH A TIGER by Anja Salomonowitz
Prix du jury de la critique
Waterloo Historical Film Festival

HENRY FONDA FOR PRESIDENT by Alexander Horwath
Audience Award
I Mille Occhi Festival internazionale del cinema e delle arti – Trieste

EUROPA by Sudabeh Mortezai
Fünf Seen Filmpreis
Fünf Seen Filmfestival

24 HOURS by Harald Friedl
♦ Dokumentarfilmpreis

Fünf Seen Filmfestival

PEACOCK by Bernhard Wenger
Premio Bisato d'Oro della critica independente
♦ Premio Fondazione FAI Persona Lavoro Ambiente
Venezia – Settimana della Critica


August 2024

THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE by Mo Harawe
Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actress – Anab Ahmed Ibrahim
Sarajevo IFF

THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE by Mo Harawe
Special Mention | Fresh Competition
New Zealand IFF

MOON by Kurdwin Ayub
Special Jury Prize – International Competition
Europa Cinemas Label
Boccalino d'Oro
Special Mention – Ecumenical Jury
Locarno IFF

July 2024

HENRY FONDA FOR PRESIDENT by Alexander Horwath
Chantal Akerman Award
JFF Jerusalem Film Fest

BLUISH by Lilith Kraxner & Milena Czernovsky
Grand Prix de la Competition Internationale
FID Marseille

THE KLEZMER PROJECT by Leandro Koch & Paloma Schachmann
Best International Long Documentary
Rhodope International Documentary Film Fest

THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE by Mo Harawe
Special Mention | CineCoPro Award
Munich IFF



May 2024

GOD BETWEEN US by Rebecca Hirneise
VIKTOR DOK.deutsch
DOK.fest Munich

WOODLAND by Elisabeth Scharang
NDR Directing Prize ex-aequo – Feature Film Competition
♦ Honorable Mention to Gerti Drassl – Best Acting Performance in Feature Film Competition
Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern – Schwerin

BUG BOY by Peter Hengl (in development)
♦ Proof of Concept Outpost Post-Production Award
Frontières – Marché du Film Cannes



April 2024

WOODLAND by Elisabeth Scharang
Best Film Award – International Competition
Porto Femmes – Porto

HENRY FONDA FOR PRESIDENT by Alexander Horwath
Special Jury Award – Vanguard & Genre Competition
BAFICI – Buenos Aires

WHAT A FEELING by Kat Rohrer
Honorable Mention – Audience Award
OUTshine FF – Miami

FAVORITEN by Ruth Beckermann
Firebird Award – Best Documentary
Hong Kong – IFF


March 2024

VENI VIDI VICI by Julia Niemann, Daniel Hoesl
Special Mention Heart of Europe Competition
Main Award – Film Clubs Award
Bratislava – febiofest

VISTA MARE by Julia Gutweniger, Florian Kofler
AC Ibizacinefest Special Prize
Eivissa – Ibizacinefest


February 2024

THE DEVIL'S BATH by Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala
♦ Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic
Contribution
Giuseppe Becce Award for Best Dramaturgy
Berlinale

FAVORITEN by Ruth Beckermann
Peace Award
Berlinale

FAVORITEN by Ruth Beckermann
Nominated for Berlinale Documentary Award

HENRY FONDA FOR PRESIDENT by Alexander Horwath
Nominated for Berlinale Documentary Award


January 2024

A WHOLE LIFE by Hans Steinbichler
Best Male Performance – Stefan Gorski
Bayerischer Filmpreis 2023