| AUSTRIAN INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS: 2015-2024 |
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AUSTRIAN FILMFESTIVAL 2024 OFFICIAL SELECTION laurels All awards will be announced during the festival or the award ceremony Before the festival, only genre awards of international films 2024 and of Austrian semifinalists are stated. Genre awards get no eagle but a certificate. There are one for a international and one for an Austrian film program π Best short - Austrian Indie Adler Awards (eagle) The Ballerina (POL, 17') by Adam HartwiΕski Home for Christmas (GER/AUT, 18') by Cosmea Spelleken π Public Choice Award (eagle) Bighellone (AUT/ITA, 18') by Peter Auer-Grumbach Genre Awards - Best Drama LifeLine (NED, 15') by Emma-Rose Thompson, Maxim van den Broeke The Path of Ghosts (AUT, 10') by Hasti Setare Karimi Genre Awards - Best Comedy CRYPTID (GER, 7') by Amina Krami Family with Benefits (AUT, 5') by Linua Land Best Music Video Be Like Angel Pardalos (Greece, 3') by Angeliki Pardalidou Køleen - Reunite (AUT, 3') by Vesely Marek Genre Awards Love/Romance Red Rose Aroma (Albania, 15') by Aurel Naqi Into The Wild Land (AUT, 20') by Emil Kaschka Genre Awards horror / mystery Portrait (GER, 10') by Jonas Thielcke Iris (AUT, 9') by Michael J. Keplinger Genre Awards crime / thriller Dangerous relationship (CHI, 29') by Kai Guo THE EMERGENCY CALL (AUT, 9') by Alexander Mair Genre Awards - Best Animation The Moon Followed Me To Falmouth (USA, 4') by Joël Gibbs Memories of an extincting kind (AUT, 11') by Elza Grimm Genre Awards - Best Experimental Under the Debris (AUT/TUR, 4') by Derya Satir LUVOS migrations (short) (AUT, 14') by Editta Braun, Menie Weissbacher Genre Awards - Best Dance The Last Tango (ARG, 18') by Santiago B. Pacheco Paragon (AUT/GER, 10') by Carlotta Borcherding Genre Awards - Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Mystery autopsI.A. (MEX, 4') by Lex Ortega The Common Good (AUT, 17') by Stefan Gutternigh, Eva Amann Genre Awards documentary Musings of a Mechatronic Mistress (AUT, 24') by Jasmin Hagendorfer Genre Awards - LBTQI+ Sean Dorsey Dance: Dreaming Trans and Queer Futures (USA, 10') by Lindsay Gauthier Visiting Johanna [Zu Besuch] (AUT, 12') by Martin Weiss Genre Awards - AI Transformation (GER, 12') by Marcel Barsotti special mentions for outstanding achievments in independent filmmaking: At the edge of the world (AUT/RUS, 8') by Christoph Amort Dear Mother (AUT, 29') by Sabrina Hickl Decision (AUT, 4') by Alexander Rammerstorfer, Niko Nopp The Easy Way (AUT, 25') by Luca Senoner, Martin Loos Getting Hit by Maturity in the Age of #whatthefuckshallwedowithourlives (AUT, 22') by Alexandra Leonie Kronberger Heritage [Das Erbe] (AUT, 30') by Julian Wolf, Julian Heinke Límite (MEX, 30') by George Nicholas MASCARADA (SPA, 15') by Ana Maria Ferri Shame (UAE, 8') by Fatema Al Mansoori Torii (GER, 12') by Martin Gerigk |
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AUSTRIAN FILMFESTIVAL 2023 OFFICIAL SELECTION laurels π Best mid length - Austrian Indie Adler Awards Happy like Joplin (IRL, 30') by Jean-Baptiste Mauduit & Laurence Clifford Nackte Männer im Wald (AUT, 30') by Paul Ploberger π Best short - Austrian Indie Adler Awards No Room (AUT, 3') by Francesco S. Zecchin Fred (GBR, 6') by Bjorn Franklin & Johnny Marchetta π Public Choice Award Wie wahrscheinlich ist es… (AUT, 6') by Leyla Jaff Jakob & Maria (AUT, 18') by Christian Schiesser Best Music Video 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 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 Cheese and Onion (GBR, 38') by Shaun Stone-Riley Sweet Survival (AUT, 14') by Katharina Gerlich & Luna Herruzo Genre Awards - Best Drama 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 Tax Time (USA, 6') by Raphael Buisson Jakob & Maria (AUT, 18') by Christian Schiesser Genre Awards - Best Animation 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 JIN (SWE, 10') by Farrokh Tavakoli & Behrooz Mirzaeiyan PalimpsEst (AUT, 9') by Mersolis Schöne Genre Awards - Best Dance Deceive (USA (MOI), 16') by Severine Reisp Shapes of Aether (AUT, 7') by Elias Benedikt Choi-Buttinger Genre Awards - Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Mystery Radio Telescope (USA, 17') by Tanner Beard Preserve (AUT, 14') by Manuel Baus Genre Awards documentary 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: 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 |
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OFFICIAL SELECTION laurels π Best mid length - Austrian Indie Adler Awards Blót - Torn Between Worlds (AUT, 25') by Alexander Flatau ALA KACHUU - Take and Run (CH, 39') by Maria Brendle π Best short - Austrian Indie Adler Awards Isolation Art - Recreating Masterpieces (AUT,9') by Katharina Dietl Aguirre (PUERTO RICO, 7') by Eric Yamil Cruz, Sergio Daniel πPublic Choice Award Servus Karl (AUT, 24') by Thomas Bischof Best Music Video David Lindmer - Omen (UK,5') by DRUST MV Spitting Ibex - Dingo Jackson (AUT,9') by Florian Kittner MV Genre Awards Love/Romance The Travelling Birds ( CHINA, 17') by Shen Ren Border to Infinity (AUT,16') by Herbert Gantner Genre Awards crime / mystery The Dutchman's Pipe (AUT/USA,19') by Béla Baptiste Conny - Melancholé (GER, 7 ') by Alexander Flatau Genre Awards horror / thriller Strangers ( GER, 6 ') by Simon Spieske Allerseelen (AUT,10') by Michael J. Keplinger Genre Awards - Best Drama Impetus (AUT,31') by Benjamin Knoebl Fault Line ( USA, 39') by Lauren Himmelvo Eureka (USA, 15') by Miida Chu Genre Awards - Best Comedy Backseat Driver ( UK, 8') by Jake Balfour-Lynn Von Seiten der Gemeinde - Wolffreie Zone (AUT,4') by Leonhard Kotschy MV Genre Awards - Best Animation I Didn't Ask For This (AUT,4') by Shelly Gertan MV Magnified City (JAP,12') by Isaku Kaneko Genre Awards - Best Experimental The Clown Wars (GER,8') by Elenar Pila Nyffeler Green Desert (AUT, 12') by Carolina Schmidt Genre Awards - Best Dance 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 ANGST (AUT,10') by Béla Baptiste On Island West ( UK, 14') by Carolyn Saunders Genre Awards documentary 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: 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 |
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OFFICIAL SELECTION laurels π Best feature - Austrian Indie Adler Awards Des vacances à tout prix (F, 104’) by Stevan Lee Mraovitch The 2020 Rise Up (AUT, 30') by Julian Schmiederer π Best short - Austrian Indie Adler Awards Where Do They Come From? (AUT, 20') by Manuel Hüttner, Harry Kemp Kosher (ISR, 13') by Gideon Imagor π National shorts - Public Choice Award (Austria) Metanoia (AUT, 9') by Astrid Rothaug Best Music Video Blonder Engel - Eckerte Augn (AUT, 4') by Nino Werner Insomniac (ROM, 5') by Cristian Balint Best Online Film Der Mann für die Sünde - In der Klemme (GER, 5') by Joachim Jung Metanoia (AUT, 9') by Astrid Rothaug Genre Awards Love/Romance Fall Back Down (CAN, 104') by Sara Beth Couple (SKOR, 10) by Jeon Joohyun Genre Awards thriller Mordgesicht (GER, 11') by Leander Behal Genre Awards horror 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 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 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 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 Fort-Da Game (IRAN, 18') by Amirhossein Shiralee, Ali Taghizadeh Sympoietic Bodies (AUT, 12') by Flavia Mazzanti Genre Awards - Best Dance Aviditas (AUT, 10') by Stefan Pecher Beautiful Wounds - Phil Gould (UK, AUT 5') by Sarah Scherer Genre Awards - Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Mystery 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 Hunger Ward (USA, 40') by Skye Fitzgerald 75 Winter Danach (AUT, 28') by Johannes Lehner special mentions for outstanding achievments in independent filmmaking: 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 2019 OFFICIAL SELECTION laurels
AUSTRIAN FILMFESTIVAL 2018 OFFICIAL SELECTION |
Traum & Wahnsinn - Austrian Indie Adler 2018
| π Best feature - Austrian Indie Adler Awards | |
| 2018 |
Past Imperfect (Le Passé Devant Nous) (BEL)
- Nathalie Teirlinck Glossary of Broken Dreams (AUT) - Johannes Grenzfurthner |
| π 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 |
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| 2018 |
Alle Kinder (Moop Mama ft. Jan Delay) (GER) -
Yann Berrai Sitzpinkler (Beatmöpse) (AUT) - Marie-Luise Haugk (Austria) |
| Best Online Film |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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: |
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| 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) |
| πHonorary 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
| π Best feature - Austrian Indie Adler Awards | |
| 2017 |
Out of Innocence (IRLAND) - Danny Hiller Night sea journey (AUT) - Tina Feyrer |
| π Best short - Austrian Indie Adler Awards | |
| 2017 |
Loop (USA) - Kely McClung Stella Amore (ITA) - Cristina Puccinelli Kizot (AUT) - Clemens Thurn |
| Best Music Video |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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: |
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| 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)
| π Best short - Austrian Indie Adler Awards | |
| 2016 | Es muss was geschehen - Sabine Stindt (Austria) |
| π National shorts - Public Choice Award (Austria) | |
| 2016 |
Broken Sight - Herbert Gantner (Austria) Beinball - Werner Fiedler (Austria) |
| special
mentions for outstanding achievments in independent filmmaking: |
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| 2016 |
Regret of the Past - Bernhard Weber (Austria) Nelly - Chris Raiber (Austria) |
| πHonorary 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) |
AUSTRIAN FILMFESTIVAL 2015
| πHonorary 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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