... Best European Director, Special Jury Prize (Venice), Best Actor Award (Locarno), Best film 2012 by the Fipresci critics and the Los Angeles Critics Association... It was one of Austrian cinema's best years ever. Have a look on its long list of honors and awards ...

Amour (Michael Haneke):

(selection)
Cannes 2012: Palme d’Or
European Film Awards: Best Film, Best director, Best Actor, Best Actress
Best Film (Durban)
Grand Audience Award (Sevilla)
FIPRESCI Grand Prix for Best Film of the Year
Best Film 2012 : Los Angeles Film Critics Association
Best Foreign Language Film: Boston Society of Film Critics, New York Film Critics Circle, New York Film Critics Online, Toronto Film Critics’ Association
Golden Globe: nomination for Best Foreign Language Film:

Paradies: Glaube (Ulrich Seidl):
Venice 2012: Special Jury Prize, CinemaAvvenire Award for Best Film of Venezia 69
Eurimages Prize to the Best European Coproduction (ex-aequo) + Best Screenplay Award (Sevilla)

Die Wand (Julian Roman Pölsler):
Berlin 2012: Preis der Ökumenischen Jury
Audience Award - Best International Feature Film (MONTERREY)

Der Glanz des Tages (Tizza Covi & Rainer Frimmel):
Locarno 2012:  Pardo per la miglior interpretazione maschile (Best Actor) to Walter Saabel, Don Quichote Prize, Special Mention of the Ecumenical Jury
Special mention der Giuria giovani Filmmaker Festival (Milano)
Best Film, Best Actor Walter Saabel beim SULMONA Festival

Museum Hours (Jem Cohen):
CICAE Award (Locarno)


Am Ende des Tages (Peter Payer):
Prix du Public (Liège)

Anfang 80 (Sabine Hiebler & Gerhard Ertl):
Best Actor Award (to Karl Merkatz), Public Award for the most popular film (Montréal - World Film Festival)
German Language Feature Film Competition -Special Mention (Zürich)
Millbrook Autorenpreis (Hof)

Atmen (Karl Markovics): 2012:
Bronze Taiga Prize (Khanty-Mansiysk)
Premio Internazionale for Best Film in the International Panorama Competition (Bari)
Publkumspreis (Nara)
Special Jury Prize for Artistic Vision (Sydney)
Special Mention (Lodz- Forum of European Cinema Cinergia)

Body Complete (Lukas Sturm):
Best Actress Asil Bayram (New York- Riverlight International Film Festival)
Best Director of a Feature (Los Angeles- New York International Film Festival - Los Angeles Edition)

Deine Schönheit ist nichts wert... (Hüseyin Tabak):
Award of the Ecumenical Jury (Miskolc)
Best Film Award in the National Competition, Best Screenplay, Best Actor (Abdukadir Tuncer), Best Supporting Actress, Best Editing, Special Jury Prize (Antalya- International Golden Orange Film Festival)
Silver Star for Best Director (Skopje- Cinedays)

Der Prozess (Gerald Igor Hauzenberger):
Golden Eye for Best German Language Documentary Film  (Zürich- Film Festival)

Deserteur! (Gabriele Neudecker):
Special Mention (Paris- Festival International Signes de Nuit)
Special Mention (Lodz- Forum of European Cinema Cinergia)

Empire Me (Paul Poet): 2012: Prix du film rebelle (AUBAGNE- Festival International du Film)
Empire Me (Paul Poet): 2012: Special Jury Remi (HOUSTON- WorldFest - International Film & Video Festival)

Grenzgänger (Florian Flicker):
CICAE Award (Sarajevo- Film Festival)

Herbstgold (Jan Tenhaven):
Special Mention „For optimism“ (Kiew- Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival)

Kern (Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala):
Talent-Taube (Leipzig- DOK Leipzig)

Kuma (Umut Dag):
Best Feature Film (Prize of the Official Jury), Best Feature Film (Prize of the the Web-Jury) (Salerno- Linea d’Ombra Festival Culture Giovani)
Special Audience Prize (Lecce- Festival del Cinema Europeo)
Special Mention (Trencianske Teplice, Trencin- Art Film Fest)
Grand Prize/ Sony D-Cinema Award (Saitama- Skip City International D-Cinema Festival)
Golden Goddess for Best Director (ex aequo) (Prishtina- PriFilmFest International Film Festival)
Golden Starfish Award Narrative Feature (Hampton- Hamptons International Film Festival)
Grand Prix - Golden Angel (Torun- International Film Festival)

Mama Illegal (Ed Moschitz):
Best Film Award (Brüssel- One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival)
Best Film Award (Prizren- Dokufest)
Best Film Award (Tartu- Love Film Festival tARTuFF)
Best Film Award (Bishkek- International Festival of Documentary Films on Human Rights)
Best Film Award (Vilnius- Human Rights Film Festival ”Ad Hoc: Inconvenient Films“)

Mein bester Feind (Wolfgang Murnberger):
Audience Award (Dallas- Jewish Film Festival)

Michael (Markus Schleinzer):
Max Ophüls Preis + Preis für den Besten Nachwuchsdarsteller (Michael Fuith) (Saarbrücken)
Best Actor (Michael Fuith) (Dublin- Jameson International Film Festival)

Outing (Sebastian Meise & Thomas Reider):
Best Documentary Film (Rom- Gender DocuFilm Fest)
German Language Documentary Film Competition - Special Mention (Zürich- Film Festival)

Stoff der Heimat (Othmar Schmiderer):
Museo Usi e Costumi della Gente Trentina Award (Trient- TrentoFilmfestival)

Tabu (Christoph Stark):
Preis für die Beste Nachwuchsdarstellerin (Peri Baumeister) (SAARBRÜCKEN- Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis)

Whores’ Glory (Michael Glawogger):
Audience Award for Best Feature Film (Lissabon- IndieLisboa - International Independent Film Festival)

Wie man leben soll (David Schalko):
Preis für die beste Musik- und Tongestaltung (Schwerin- filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)