Saturday, April 4, 2009

Diagonale - awarded austrian films 2009

Gran Diagonale Price Feature: Michael Glawogger, Das Vaterspiel
Grand Diagonale Price Documentary: Constantin Wulff, In die Welt; official website
Diagonale Price for Innovative Cinema: Michael Palm, Laws of Physics
Diagonale Youth Jury Prize: Marvin Kren, Schautag
Diagonale austrian editors association aea Price: Anja Schürenberg, Rimini and Michele Barbin, PianoMania
Diagonale Diocese Graz-Seckau Prize: Bernhard Braunstein/David Gross, Pharao Bipolar
Diagonale Austrian Association of Cinematographers AAC Prize: Enzo Brandner, UNIVERSALOVE and Nikolaus Geyrhalter, 7915 KM; official website
Diagonale Kleine Zeitung Audience Prize: Marco Antoniazzi, Kleine Fische; official website (german)

6400 ASA picks of introduced films at the Diagonale film festival:

The Making of FUTBOL, Helmut Köpping, Michael Ostrowski: A film about the true, unadulterated essence of Austrian Football Culture.

And finally a very austrian film: Der Knochenmann, Wolfgang Murnberger after a novel by Wolf Haas; official website
Trailer (german)