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Awards (since October 2009)

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ADRIENN PÀL by Ágnes Kocsis

  • FIPRESCI Award (Festival de Cannes/Un Certain Regard)

ALIVE! by Artan Minarolli

  • Technical Support Award (Montpellier, Cinemed Festival)
  • Don Quijote Prize (Cottbus, Festival des osteuropäischen Films)

CASH & MARRY by Atanas Georgiev

  • Fernsehpreis der Erwachsenenbildung 2009 - Sparte Dokumentation

COOKING HISTORY by Péter Kerekes:

  • Wiener Filmpreis Documentary (Viennale - Vienna International Film Festival)
  • Gold Hugo - Best Documentary (Chicago, International Film Festival)
  • FIPRESCI Prize (Leipzig, DOK Leipzig)
  • Memorimage Award to the Best Production (Reus, memorimage - Festival Internacional de Pellicules)
  • Award for Best Documentary (Sofia International Film Festival)

DACIA EXPRESS by Michael Schindegger:

  • Der Goldene Buchstabe (Duisburger Filmwoche)

DAVID WANTS TO FLY by David Sieveking

  • Honorable Mention (Warsaw, Planete Doc Review Documentary Film Festival)

DEFAMATION by Yoav Shamir:

  • Special Mention (Zurich, Film Festival)
  • Grierson Award for Best Documentary (London, Film Festival)
  • Grand Award (Paju, DMZ Korean International Documentary Festival)
  • Best Documentary Award (Florence, Festival dei Popoli)
  • Special Mention (Copenhagen, CPH:DOX - international documentary film festival)
  • Camera at the Ready Award (Montreal, RIDM Rencontres internationales du documentaire)
  • Asia Pacific Screen Award - Best Documentary Feature Film
  • Best Director - International (ex-aequo) (Auckland, Documentary Edge Festival)

EIN AUGENBLICK FREIHEIT by Arash T. Riahi:

  • Audience Award (Oslo, Films from the South Festival)
  • 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

DIE FÜNF HIMMELSRICHTUNGEN by Fridolin Schönwiese

  • Dokumentarfilmpreis des Innsbrucker Sommers (Internationales Filmfestival Innsbruck)

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)

IM BAZAR DER GESCHLECHTER by Sudabeh Mortezai

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

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

  • Erasmus EuroMedia Award - Special Award for Aesthetics and Design
  • Prize for Best Adaptation (Vila Nova de Famalicão, FAMAFEST)

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)

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:

  • Spezialpreis der Jury + Preis für beste Darstellerin an Patrizia Gerardi (Annecy, Cinéma Italien)
  • Best Feature Film Award + Audience Award (Valdivia, Festival Internacional de Cine)
  • Special Mention (Ajaccio, Festival du Film Italien)
  • Grand Prix for the Best Film + Yves Montand Prize for Best Acting to Patrizia Gerardi + Ecumenical Jury Prize (Kiev, International Film Festival “Molodist”)
  • Jury Grand Prize (Mumbai, Film Festival)
  • Golden Owl Award (Leeds, International Film Festival)
  • Special Mention (Rome, MedFilm Festival)
  • Premio "Ambiente e salute: qualità di vita" (Bellinzona, Castellinaria International Film Festival for Youth)
  • Premio Principado de Asturias for Best Feature Film + Prize for Best Actress to Patrizia Gerardi
  • 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)

LIEBE GESCHICHTE by Klub Zwei: Simone Bader & Jo Schmeiser

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

LOURDES by Jessica Hausner:

  • Warsaw Grand Prix (Warsaw, Film Festival)
  • Wiener Filmpreis Feature Film (Viennale - Vienna International Film Festival)
  • Gold Giraldillo for Best Film (Sevilla, Festival de Cine Europeo)
  • 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) 

MOZART IN CHINA by Bernd Neuburger:

  • Special Jury Award (Chennai, International Film Festival)
  • Castello di bronzo (Bellinzona, Castellinaria International Film Festival for Youth)

ON THE PATH (NA PUTU) by Jasmila Zbanic

  • NDR-Regiepreis (Schwerin, filmkunstfest)
  • FIPRESCI Jury Award (Yerevan, International Film Festival Golden Apricot)

PEPPERMINTA by Pipilotti Rist

  • Grand Jury Prize (Miami 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

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)

SOUTH by Gerhard Fillei & Joachim Krenn

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

TENDER SON - THE FRANKENSTEIN PROJECT by Kornél Mundruczó

  • Special Jury Award (Sarajevo Film Festival)

TURTLE: THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY by Nick Stringer

  • President‘s Award Documentary (Fort Lauderdale, International Film Festival)
  • Gold Award for Cinematography - Wildlife/Nature (Melbourne, ACS State Awards)

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)

 DAS WEISSE BAND by Michael Haneke:

  • Hollywood World Award
  • The Cinematographer of the Year - Christian Berger (5th Hamilton Behind the Camera Awards 2009)
  • European Film Awards:
    • European Film 2009,
    • European Director 2009,
    • European Screenwriter 2009
  • Best Cinematography - Christian Berger (35th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards)
  • Best Cinematographer (New York Film Critics Circle Awards 2009)
  • Best Foreign-Language Film (Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2009)
  • 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)
  • 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)

WOMEN WITHOUT MEN by Shirin Neshat:

  • Special Mention of the Young Critics Jury (Mumbai Film Festival)

 WÜSTENBLUME by Sherry Hormann:

  • Bayerischer Filmpreis 2010: Produzentenpreis

ZUM VERGLEICH by Harun Farocki:

  • ARTE-Dokumentarfilmpreis (Duisburger Filmwoche)