AUSTRIAN INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS: 2015-2022




AUSTRIAN FILMFESTIVAL 2023
OFFICIAL SELECTION   laurels


Best mid length - Austrian Indie Adler Awards
2023  
  
Happy like Joplin (IRL, 30') by Jean-Baptiste Mauduit & Laurence Clifford
Nackte Männer im Wald (AUT, 30') by Paul Ploberger



Best short - Austrian Indie Adler Awards
2023

No Room (AUT, 3') by Francesco S. Zecchin
Fred
(GBR, 6') by Bjorn Franklin & Johnny Marchetta


National shorts - Public Choice Award  (Austria)
2023
Wie wahrscheinlich ist es… (AUT, 6') by Leyla Jaff
Jakob & Maria (AUT, 18') by Christian Schiesser



Best Music Video
2023

 I felt a Funeral, in my Brain (FRA, 5') by Taya Stdnk, Far From Your Sun MV
Seekind - To Sink In (AUT, 4') by Luca Mathies MV



Genre Awards Love/Romance
2023
short: Lady and Gardener (POL, 3')  by  Piotr Smolenski
mid length:
Sally Leapt Out Of A Window Last Night (GBR, 20') by Tracy Spottiswoode
The Dearly Departed
(AUT, 9') by Chérie Hansson



Genre Awards crime / horror / thriller
2023

Cheese and Onion (GBR, 38') by Shaun Stone-Riley
Sweet Survival
(AUT, 14') by Katharina Gerlich & Luna Herruzo



Genre Awards - Best Drama
2023


mid length: AFTER THIS (USA, 40') by Kaitlyn Clare
short:
The School Photo (SWE, 7') by Jonathan Norberg
Fixing Things
(AUT, 29') by Jan Prazak



Genre Awards - Best Comedy
2023

Tax Time (USA, 6') by Raphael Buisson
Jakob & Maria
(AUT, 18') by Christian Schiesser 



Genre Awards - Best Animation
2023

Under the Endless Sky (AUT/UKR, 4') by Alexandra Dzhiganskaya
Reyn: I'll Find a Way
(AUT, 2') by Shelly Gertan



Genre Awards - Best Experimental
2023

JIN (SWE, 10') by Farrokh Tavakoli & Behrooz Mirzaeiyan
PalimpsEst (AUT, 9') by Mersolis Schöne



Genre Awards - Best Dance
2023

Deceive (USA (MOI), 16') by Severine Reisp
Shapes of Aether
(AUT, 7') by Elias Benedikt Choi-Buttinger



Genre Awards - Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Mystery
2023

Radio Telescope (USA, 17') by Tanner Beard
Preserve
(AUT, 14') by Manuel Baus



Genre Awards documentary
2023

Familiar Stranger (SUI, 20') by Sara Furrer, Fabian Lütolf
Journey to Ithaka (AUT, 16') by Michael Westreicher, Jenny Ioannou




special mentions for outstanding achievments in independent filmmaking:
2023












Between Memories (AUT, 19') by Preethi Malayil
The Payoff (TUR, 15') by Handan Ipekci
doubts.
(AUT, 3') by Constanze Radak, Magdalena Jo Umkehrer, Mareike Färber
Wa Isjod Wa Iqtareb (Prostrate and Draw Near)
(KSA, 7') by Suraya AlShehry, Nabila Abuljadayel
Walküren
(GER, 22') by Joscha Seehausen
Stolen Kisses (NLD, 14') by Lidl Toepoel
About my daughter (CHN, 12') by Shuyin Yu
Triumph des Schauspielers (GER, 26') by Daniel Holzberg
Deafening Silence
(AUT, 24') by Sander Mudde
Vulnerable
(GBR, 18') by Adam Bellamy
Die Gebliebenen
(AUT, 31') by Albin Wildner
Neutral
(AUT, 6') by Danielle Bouteille
Recalculating
(ARM, 16') by Dima Yuzbashev







AUSTRIAN FILMFESTIVAL 2022
OFFICIAL SELECTION   laurels


Best mid length - Austrian Indie Adler Awards
2022  
  
Blót - Torn Between Worlds (AUT, 25') by Alexander Flatau
ALA KACHUU - Take and Run (CH, 39') by Maria Brendle



Best short - Austrian Indie Adler Awards
2022

Isolation Art - Recreating Masterpieces (AUT,9') by Katharina Dietl
Aguirre (PUERTO RICO, 7') by Eric Yamil Cruz, Sergio Daniel



National shorts - Public Choice Award  (Austria)
2022 Servus Karl (AUT, 24') by Thomas Bischof



Best Music Video
2022

David Lindmer - Omen (UK,5') by DRUST MV
Spitting Ibex - Dingo Jackson (AUT,9') by Florian Kittner MV





Genre Awards Love/Romance
2022
The Travelling Birds ( CHINA, 17') by Shen Ren
Border to Infinity
(AUT,16') by Herbert Gantner



Genre Awards crime / mystery
2022

The Dutchman's Pipe (AUT/USA,19') by Béla Baptiste
Conny - Melancholé (GER, 7 ') by Alexander Flatau



Genre Awards horror / thriller
2022

Strangers ( GER, 6 ') by Simon Spieske
Allerseelen (AUT,10') by Michael J. Keplinger



Genre Awards - Best Drama
2022


Impetus (AUT,31') by Benjamin Knoebl
Fault Line ( USA, 39') by Lauren Himmelvo
Eureka (USA, 15') by Miida Chu



Genre Awards - Best Comedy
2022

Backseat Driver ( UK, 8') by Jake Balfour-Lynn
Von Seiten der Gemeinde - Wolffreie Zone (AUT,4') by Leonhard Kotschy MV



Genre Awards - Best Animation
2022

I Didn't Ask For This (AUT,4') by Shelly Gertan MV
Magnified City (JAP,12') by Isaku Kaneko



Genre Awards - Best Experimental
2022

The Clown Wars (GER,8') by Elenar Pila Nyffeler
Green Desert (AUT, 12') by Carolina Schmidt



Genre Awards - Best Dance
2022

Jaeyn - Journey (AUT, 4') by Nicole Jaeger MV
Aguirre (PUERTO RICO, 7') by Eric Yamil Cruz, Sergio Daniel



Genre Awards - Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Mystery
2022

ANGST (AUT,10') by Béla Baptiste
On Island West ( UK, 14') by Carolyn Saunders



Genre Awards documentary
2022



The Girl with the Accent ( UAE, 10') by Nadia Durry
Beavers About Town (AUT,9') by Yaz Ellis, Jack Mifflin
Sould ( AUT, 40 ') by Thomas Kriechhammer
Rudolf Duala Manga Bell – a German Story  ( GER,30') by Henrik Langsdorf




special mentions for outstanding achievments in independent filmmaking:
2022
















Let´s go. (AUT, 30') by Anna Unterweger
Child's Play (AUT, 4') by Lisa Hasenhütl
N E X U M (AUT,5') by Flavia Mazzanti
Goldfish in the hamster wheel (AUT, 13') by Christoph Amort
Exposed to each other ( AUT, 13') by Mersolis Schöne
Progression - The Death Of Gaby Get'cha (AUT, 5') by Martin Willibald Meisl
Servus Karl (AUT, 24') by Thomas Bischof
Hysterical Sisters - A short film about Adenomyosis & Endometriosis (AUT, 17') by Chiara Schreder
Pandas in Love (GER,15') by Elena Pilar Nyffeler 
NATAL (AUT, 9') by Florian Johann Jaritz
Fleeting: Here & There (CAN, 3') by Gilnaz Arzpeyma
Sound of Memories ( UAR, 10') by Gargi Chakrabarti
THUNDER ( GER, 19 ') by Jane Nagler
§201 to §220 ( AUT, 40 ') by Noah Hatz
Quando, Quando, Quando ( USA, 11') by Kuan Cao
green thoughts ( UK, 20 ') by William Hong-xiao Wei
Tangente (AUT, 17') by Florian Hatwagner






AUSTRIAN FILMFESTIVAL 2021
OFFICIAL SELECTION   laurels


Best feature - Austrian Indie Adler Awards
2021  
  
Des vacances à tout prix (F, 104’) by Stevan Lee Mraovitch
The 2020 Rise Up
(AUT, 30') by Julian Schmiederer



Best short - Austrian Indie Adler Awards
2021

Where Do They Come From? (AUT, 20') by Manuel Hüttner, Harry Kemp
Kosher
(ISR, 13') by Gideon Imagor



National shorts - Public Choice Award  (Austria)
2021 Metanoia (AUT, 9') by Astrid Rothaug



Best Music Video
2021

Blonder Engel - Eckerte Augn (AUT, 4') by Nino Werner
Insomniac
(ROM, 5') by Cristian Balint



Best Online Film
2021

Der Mann für die Sünde - In der Klemme (GER, 5') by Joachim Jung
Metanoia (AUT, 9') by Astrid Rothaug



Genre Awards Love/Romance
2021

Fall Back Down (CAN, 104') by Sara Beth
Couple
(SKOR, 10) by Jeon Joohyun



Genre Awards thriller
2021
Mordgesicht (GER, 11') by Leander Behal 



Genre Awards horror
2021


Demonic Sreens III (AUT, 26') by Alexander Martinz, Peter Kozek, Thomas Hörl
Im Nachtlicht
(GER, 98') by Misha L. Kreuz
Part of Me
(UK , 9') by Marina Waltz



Genre Awards - Best Drama
2021


Run! Shunzi (CHI, 86') by Chunliang Zhao 
Al-Sit
(SUD, 20') by Suzannah Mirghani
Age of Doubtlessness
(AUT, 12') by Amir Safari



Genre Awards - Best Comedy
2021


Des vacances à tout prix (F, 104’) by Stevan Lee Mraovitch
Flohplage
(GER, 9') by Christoph Hans, Markus Ott
BUTCHERTIMÉSUP
(AUT, 5') by Luca Mathies



Genre Awards - Best Animation
2021

Stray Katana (AUT, 10') by Rodrigo Preiss Maya
Vi'e Moko e Vi'e Kena - Spirits of the navel of the world
(AUT/CHI, 8') by Waitiare Kaltenegger Icka, Marcelo Varas



Genre Awards - Best Experimental
2021

Fort-Da Game (IRAN, 18') by Amirhossein Shiralee, Ali Taghizadeh
Sympoietic Bodies
(AUT, 12') by Flavia Mazzanti



Genre Awards - Best Dance
2021

Aviditas (AUT, 10') by Stefan Pecher
Beautiful Wounds - Phil Gould
(UK, AUT 5') by Sarah Scherer



Genre Awards - Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Mystery
2021

Sally Ride (SWE/AUT, 13') by Christoffer Borggren
The Last Invention
(AUT, 2') by Marie-Christin Aufinger, Andreas Catucci, Fabian Sonnleithner, Mustafa Özkan



Genre Awards documentary
2021
 
Hunger Ward (USA, 40') by Skye Fitzgerald                              
75 Winter Danach
(AUT, 28') by Johannes Lehner




special mentions for outstanding achievments in independent filmmaking:
2021














Alles ist jetzt (AUT, 47') by Veronika Penz
Ausgang: Offen
(AUT, 99') by Laura Andreß, Victoria Halper, Kai Krösche, coll. Darum
The boy who loved shadows. (AUS, 29') by Vijai Joseph
Bussi, Baba (DEN/AUT 8') by Bahare Ruch
Currents of Light
(GER, 31') by Bernhard Kasper
Cycles
(AUT, 6') by Stefan Pecher
From Khovrino (RUS, 8') by Daria Elena Dashunina
The Great Journey (GRE , 44') by Theofanis Matsopoulos
I Am (GER, 25') by Jerry Hoffmaann
Koreatown Ghost Story (USA, 15') by Minsun Park, Teddy Tenenbaum
Light Carousel (AUT, 12') by Alex Lazarov
Naima - A N I M A (AUT, 7') by Natalie Jean-Marain, Shyam Jones
Signals
(AUT, 5') by Lukas Ignaz Halder      
Solution for sadness (SPA, 15') by Marc Martínez Jordán, Tuixén Benet 









AUSTRIAN FILMFESTIVAL 2020
OFFICIAL SELECTION   laurels


Best feature - Austrian Indie Adler Awards
2020  
  
Winfield Historical Times...And Other Oddities (USA, 30') by Julia Cowle
Wienerland (AUT, 99') by Jan Woletz, Stefan Polasek



Best short - Austrian Indie Adler Awards
2020


The Priest (USA, 18') by Michael Vukadinovich
The Secret Box - The Rise of Paperboy (IRL/AUT, 11') by G.S. Leitgeb
Dogwatch (AUT, 30') by Albin Wildner



National shorts - Public Choice Award  (Austria)
2020 Strawberries (AUT/LUX 9') by Marc Weber, Gerald Pribek



Best Music Video
2020

Veryovka Choir - Reve ta stogne (UKR, 6') by Volodymyr Shpak
Aloe Blacc - My World (AUT, 4') by Daniel Poschinger



Best Online Film
2020
best international film: Linnea Dale - Birds (NOR, 5') by Daniel Paida Larsen
best national film: Simoom (AUT, 7') by Otmar Brosch



Genre Awards Love/Romance
2020

The fever (SPA, 19') by José María Flores Miranda
Strawberries (AUT/LUX 9') by Marc Weber, Gerald Pribek



Genre Awards thriller
2020
The Last Detail - Places (SPA, 5') by Santi Capuz



Genre Awards horror
2020

Where is the wolf? (SWE, 26') by Jonathan Norberg
Wampirem (AUT, 9') by Benjamin Pieber



Genre Awards - Best Drama
2020

Short Calf Muscle (NED, 13') by Victoria Warmerdam
Dogwatch (AUT, 30') by Albin Wildner



Genre Awards - Best Comedy
2020

Hilpert und Macao (GER, 17') by Sören Witzel
Karneval der Kellner (AUT, 11') by Alexander Peskador



Genre Awards - Best Animation
2020

Trap (NZL, 12') by Paul James
Coming Home (AUT, 4') by Benjamin Swiczinsky



Genre Awards - Best Experimental
2020

Places (SPA, 5') by Claudia Barral Magaz
New Religion - Another Perspective (AUT, 5') by Tetyana Aleks



Genre Awards - Best Dance
2020

Beyond the Hidden (ISL, 6') by Rakel Jónsdóttir
BLVEBIRD: Bleed (AUT, 5') by Lukas Halder



Genre Awards - Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Mystery
2020

Limbo (CAN, 18') by  Anthony von Seck
Apart (AUT, 29') by Lukas Galle



Genre Awards documentary
2020
 
Born in Gambia (SPA/GAMB, 27') by Natxo Leuza Fernandez
Mergui (AUT/Myanmar, 41') by Sandor Poppinga




special mentions for outstanding achievments in independent filmmaking:
2020














shorts & music videos
Bunkers
(USA, 7') by Ollie Anderson
Dafa Metti (UK/FRA, 15') by Tal Amiran
Give me a smile (GER, 9') by Anja Gurres
Jerusalem (ISR, 5') by Ofer Winter, Shimon Engel
Yarne (USA, 15') by Andrew Krakower
Your Lucky Day (SPA, 11') by Fele Martínez
Where is Luis? (MEX/HUN, 14') by Janette A. López
Masterpieces (AUT, 12') by Alexander Mair

feature length films
Cabarete (DOM Rep., 112') by Ivan Bordas SEMI
Kopfkino - Das Filmmusical (GER, 86') by Peter Lund  SEMI
A Rose Between Thorns (Saint Kitts and Nevis, 86') by Nigel Lewis
LampEUsa (AUT/ITA, 64') by Alexander Lechner





AUSTRIAN FILMFESTIVAL 2019
OFFICIAL SELECTION   laurels


Best feature - Austrian Indie Adler Awards
2019  
  
The Shepherd (HUN, 91') by Illés László
Traman (AUT 82') by David Hofer, Michael Kuglitsch ONLINE



Best short - Austrian Indie Adler Awards
2019

Your last day on earth (SPA, 15')  by Marc Martínez Jordán
Die Ruhe nach dem Sturm (AUT, 42') by Luca Amhofer



Best Music Video
2019

Tom Rosenthal - Cos Love (GB/AUT 4') by Kathrin Steinbacher
Scandal  (FRA/REU, 4') by Pablo Mengin-Lecreulx



Best Online Film
2019
best international film: Wonderwall (UKR, 7') by Alexander Denysenko
best national film: Periode 28 (GER/AUT, 4') by Annika Müller, Alexander Tank



Genre Awards Love/Romance
2019

Fairy Tail (USA, 4') by Justin Schaack, Kristin Schaack
best national film: Entschuldigung, ich suche den Tischtennisraum
       und meine Freundin
(AUT/GER/SWE, 23') by Bernhard Wenger



Genre Awards thriller
2019


long: I May Regret (USA, 100') by Graham Streeter
short: Heroes (SPA, 8') by Pablo Manchado Cascón, Santiago Cardelús Ruiz-Alberd
best national film: Inhumanity (AUT, 31') by Herbert Gantner



Genre Awards horror
2019

The Boogeywoman (USA, 17') by Erica Scoggins
best national film: Die Bruderschaft des östlichen Tores (AUT, 38') by Markus Wimberger



Genre Awards - Best Drama
2019


long:   Akasha (SUD/SAF/QAT 78') by Hajooj Kuka
short: Cactus facing the sun (Chin, 15') by Zou Xiu Ming
          Royal Blue (AUT, 20') by Dinko Draganovic



Genre Awards - Best Comedy
2019

long: Hotel Auschwitz (GER, 74') by Cornelius Schwalm
short: The Invisible Hand of Adam Smith (SLO, 16') by Slobodan Maksimović
           Schwingen des Geistes (AUT, 30') by Albert Meisl



Genre Awards - Best Animation
2019

2 Aliens - Found Footage Fiasco  (GER, 34') by Thomas Zeug
The Woman Who Turns Into A Castle (GB/AUT, 4') by Kathrin Steinbacher



Genre Awards - Best Experimental
2019

Entropia (DAN, 4') by Julie Annlie
tx-reverse (AUT, 6') by Martin Reinhart,Virgil Wirdich



Genre Awards - Best Dance
2019
III - Spaces of Solitude (AUT/JAP/RUS, 12') by Manaho Shimokawa, Ivan Pavlov, Aksel Stasny



Genre Awards - Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Mystery
2019
Your last day on earth (SPA, 15')  by Marc Martínez Jordán



Genre Awards documentary
2019
 
long: The Evil Within (USA, 93') by Eduardo Rufeisen
short: Prisoner of Society (GEOR, 15') by Rati Tsiteladze




Genre Awards action
2019 Fight (TAI, 17') by David Lim
Die Ruhe nach dem Sturm (AUT, 42') by Luca Amhofer



National shorts - Public Choice Award  (Austria)
2019
Verhängnis (AUT, 10') by Reinhard Nowak. Istvan Pinter

2nd (runner up): Inhumanity (AUT, 31') by Herbert Gantner

3rd Trust (working title) (AUT, 9') by Eric Linha



special mentions for outstanding achievments in independent filmmaking: 
2019
Free Slave (Hür Köle) (TUR, 110') by Mehmet Tanrisever

Barrierefreies Date (AUT, 10') by Christoph Kopal

Kippah (GER, 25') by Lukas Nathrath
The Replacement (UAE, 11') by Nabil Chowdhary
Der Ausflug (AUT, 39') by Jürgen Karasek





BEST AUSTRIAN  FEATURE 2019
TRAMAN



AUSTRIAN FILMFESTIVAL 2018

OFFICIAL SELECTION


Traum & Wahnsinn - Austrian Indie Adler 2018


Best feature - Austrian Indie Adler Awards
2018  
 
Past Imperfect (Le Passé Devant Nous) (BEL) - Nathalie Teirlinck
Glossary of Broken Dreams (AUT) - Johannes Grenzfurthner



Best short - Austrian Indie Adler Awards
2018


Die besonderen Fähigkeiten des Herrn Mahler (GER) - Paul Philipp
The Victory of Charity (AUT) - Albert Meisl
Fucking Drama (AUT) - Michael Podogil



Best Music Video
2018

Alle Kinder (Moop Mama ft. Jan Delay)  (GER) - Yann Berrai
Sitzpinkler (Beatmöpse) (AUT) - Marie-Luise Haugk (Austria)



Best Online Film
2018 EMMA - An American Alptraum in Austria (AUT) - Daniel Limmer



Genre Awards Love/Romance
2018

Mistress (Kazakhstan) - Julia Gani
Adam & Esra (AUT) - Achmed Abdel-Salem



Genre Awards thriller
2018

The Last 2 Days (BUL) by Dimitris Georgiev
Fucking Drama (AUT) - Michael Podogil



Genre Awards horror
2018

Blindman's Lane (UK/ITA) - Diego Indraccolo, Alice Gatti
A Walk in the Park (BEL/AUT) - Dieter-Michael Grohmann



Genre Awards - Best Drama
2018

Parents came to me to Sri Lanka (RUS) - Vera Vodynski
Unsere Zeit wird kommen (AUT) - Sabrina Reiter, Daniel Geronimo Prohaska



Genre Awards - Best Comedy
2018


Nicole's Cage (GER) by Josef Brandl
Unleavened Bread (Caramel Mou) (FRA) - Wilfried Méance
The Victory of Charity (AUT) - Albert Meisl



Genre Awards - Best Animation
2018

Corky (IRL)  by Ty Primosch
Bleib ein Mensch (AUT) -Schorsch Feierfeil



Genre Awards - Best Experimental
2018

Newton's Third Law (SYR/EGY/JORD/AUT) - Nour Alsoliman
Deternity (AUT) - Mersolis Schöne, Evi Jägle



Genre Awards - Best Dance
2018
The Dérive (Iran) - Tanin Torabei



Genre Awards - Best Sci-Fi
2018
The Last Well (CRO) by Filip Filkovic Philatz



Genre Awards documentary
2018
 
The Making of a Dream (SUI) by Daniela Ambrosoli
Daniel Hafner, London Rain Archive (AUT) - Matthias Hafner



National shorts - Public Choice Award  (Austria)
2018
Damnation (AUT) - Patrick Haischberger



special mentions for outstanding achievments in independent filmmaking: 
2018





Patiri in the Promised Land (USA) by Dana Marisa Schoenfeld, Page Cooper Anderson
The last Embrace (IRAN) by Saman Hosseinpuor
Referendum (SPA/CAT) by Hector Suñol Bert
Die Schilehrer (AUT) - Prinz Philipp Fussenegger
Cosmopenguin in Sushiland (AUT) - Luca Potskhishvili (Bester Kinderfilm)
Snow Owl - She Became A Thousand Birds (COL/AUT) - Juan Garcia-Herreros (MV)



Honorary Awards  for their contributions for Austrian independent films
2018




Juliana Neuhuber (Traum & Wahnsinn)
Thomas Weilguny (Traum & Wahnsinn)
Markus Weilguny (Traum & Wahnsinn)
Josef P. Wagner (Traum & Wahnsinn)
Anja Kogelmann (Traum & Wahnsinn)


AUSTRIAN FILMFESTIVAL 2017
OFFICIAL SELECTION

   
Tal Amiran, Kely McClung, Alex Bachmayer, Alexander Peskador       Lella Satie, Christian Schiesser, Mathilde Neau


  Matthias Becker         Rita Hatzmann, Andreas Karl Wilke, Andreas Erb



Best feature - Austrian Indie Adler Awards
2017  

Out of Innocence (IRLAND) - Danny Hiller
Night sea journey (AUT) - Tina Feyrer



Best short - Austrian Indie Adler Awards
2017


Loop (USA) - Kely McClung
Stella Amore (ITA) - Cristina Puccinelli
Kizot (AUT) - Clemens Thurn



Best Music Video
2017 Funkstörung - All the Things -  Marlene Reischl, Katharina Pichler (Austria)



Genre Awards Love/Romance
2017

You are everything  (GER) - Lena Geller
Taste of Love (AUT) - Paul Scheufler



Genre Awards thriller
2017

Loop (USA) - Kely McClung
Boat People (AUT) - Paul Meschuh



Genre Awards horror
2017

The Wasting  (GB) - Carolyn Saunders
Hilde - Felix Knoche (Austria)



Genre Awards - Best Drama
2017


Höre die Stille - Hear the Silence  (GER) -  Ed Ehrenberg
Father (CAN) - Lella Satie (short)
Studentenfutter - Tamas Kiss (Austria)



Genre Awards - Best Comedy
2017

Stella Amore (ITA) - Cristina Puccinelli
Kizot - Clemens Thurn (Austria)



Genre Awards - Best Animation
2017 Sternenjäger (AUT) - Johannes Schiehsl



Genre Awards - Best Experimental
2017

IIOII  (Iceland) - Rakel Jónsdóttir
Keine Bewegung! (AUT) - Katha Schaar (Austria)



Genre Awards - Best Dance
2017

Unbind  (AUS/FRA) - Mathilde Neau
Beyond The Broken Hoop (AUT) - Elias Buttinger (Austria)



Genre Awards - Best Sci-Fi
2017

Little Thief (UK/FRA) - Xavier Guinard
Matrix Begins - Marc Wolf  (Austria)



Genre Awards documentary
2017



Axe - Music of the People of a Place (BRA) - Chico Kertesz
White Balloon  (CAN/BH) - Nihad Ademi (short)
Leaving the Nest - Aksel Stasny (Austria)
Homebird - Nepal   -  Andrea Leichtfried, Simon Spädtke (Austria)



National shorts - Public Choice Award  (Austria)
2017

Zwietracht der Hyänen -  Alexander Peskador
The Censor (AUT) - Daniel Krunz, Oliver Teufelbauer



special mentions
for outstanding achievments in independent filmmaking: 
2017




Sand Men (GB) - Tal Amiran
The Devil and the Holy Water (FIN/ETH) - Diego Maria Malara
Don't sell my Guitars (USA) - Lynn Montgomery
Morgensport - Philipp Hafner (best camera,  Austria)
Morgensport - Elias Rauchenberger (best action, Austria)


 
AUSTRIAN FILMFESTIVAL 2016

 
Winners of the  Austrian Indie Adler Public Choice Award:
Broken Sight  - Herbert Gantner and his team (left), Beinball  - Werner Fiedler and his team (right)



Best short - Austrian Indie Adler Awards
2016  Es muss was geschehen - Sabine Stindt (Austria)



National shorts - Public Choice Award  (Austria)
2016

Broken Sight  - Herbert Gantner (Austria)
Beinball  - Werner Fiedler (Austria)



special mentions
for outstanding achievments in independent filmmaking: 
2016

Regret of the Past - Bernhard Weber (Austria)
Nelly -  Chris Raiber (Austria)



Honorary Awards  for their contributions for Austrian independent films
2016


Johannes Wegenstein (managing director of Schikaneder and Topkino)
Bruno Batinic (programming director of Schikaneder and Topkino)
Joachim Wegenstein (location director of Schikaneder and Topkino)




Es muss was geschehen - Sabine Stindt
Johannes Wegenstein, Joachim Wegenstein (Schikaneder and Topkino)


AUSTRIAN FILMFESTIVAL 2015


Honorary Awards  for their contributions for Austrian independent films
2015  


Alexander E. Fennon (actor, musician)
Anna Nitsch-Fitz (cinema manager Breitenseer Kino)
Norman Kathi (producer, festival organizer "Ohne Kohle Filmfestival" u.a.)


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