Six festival days, 131 films and videos in 120 screenings (among them 39 world premieres and 15 Austrian premieres), with 100 attending directors: From the March 20 to 25 of, Diagonale Film Festival, now in its 15th edition in the Styrian capital, celebrated Austrian cinema in all its diversity. Here is an overview:
The high quality of current Austrian filmmaking was reflected in the choice selection of the 2012 Diagonale. As always, the Festival functioned as a center of exchange between the...
Grand Diagonale Prize for Best Austrian Feature Film (€ 21.000)
Sebastian Meise for Stillleben (Still Life)
Grand Diagonale Prize for Best Austrian Documentary Film (€ 21.000)
Dariusz Kowalski for Richtung Nowa Huta(Destination Nowa Huta)
Best Innovative Cinema Award (€ 10.500)
Josef Dabernig for Hypercrisis
Best Short Feature Film (€ 4.000)
Catalina Molina for Unser Lied
Best Short Documentary Film (€ 4.000)
Houchang Allahyari and Maziyar Moshtagh Gohary for Das per...
This year Diagonale's international tribute will be dedicated to the Israeli filmmaker and video artist Avi Mograbi. As a decidedly political filmmaker, the issue of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict shapes all of Avi Mograbi’s films. He rejects a simplified view and employs his own blend of documentary, autobiographical and fictional work to achieve his unique approach to the subject. The 2012 Diagonale will present a retrospective of his work up to now, in addition to the multi-channel vide...
A highlight of this year’s festival will be a tribute to filmmaker Ferry Radax in association with Radio Ö1. Radax, who in 2012 celebrates his 80th birthday, is one of the most internationally renowned exponents of the Austrian avant-garde, with films such as Sonne halt! (1958–62)and his portrait of Austrian writer Thomas Bernhard – Drei Tage (1970). His films feature collage and montage techniques that distill the visual narrative down to the bare essentials, thereby purposefully subvert...
After its world premiere at this year's Berlinale, SPAIN, the first feature-length film by Anja Salomonowitz,
opens this year’s Diagonale Film Festival as an Austrian premiere, on
March 20, 2012 in Graz’s Helmut-List-Halle. Told in multiple
storylines, SPAIN cleverly traces a web of interweaving destinies in a
remarkable visual journey on the quest for support and security. As in
her previous offerings, Anja Salomonowitz sets forth a critical,
socio-political commentary through the cha...
Living in the forrest, working in the city, it felt like disney "white snow and the seven dwarfs"...but were GIANTS and the discussion were very inspiring.
Participants at the second edition of Film Forum 2 :
Algirdas ramaska Vilnius fest 70 000 admissions, 135 films
Voitech Kabath; IFF Bratislava, 250 films,25000 admissions
Linde Frohlich, Lubeck; Nordic Film Festival, 53th edition, 140 scandinavian, nordic country films, children focus, 27000
Nadja Piplits, Diagonale, Austrian films; 20000
Arjon Dunnewind, Impact media arts festival,urban screens, dutch experimental urban screens, topical festival,
Tuztorony mozi
Gabeli Tamas, 7th...
The way of festivals: uniqueness, new trends, audience
Festival representatives discuss the new ways they should find to keep and attract audience, how to keep up with the digital world.
Éva Vezér (HUN)
Hungarian Film Unio
The participants will represent the following festivals:
IFF Bratislava (SLK)
Diagonale Film Festival (AUT)
OHO Cinema (AUT)
Next Film Festival (ROM)
Alter-Native Short Film Festival (ROM)
Sofia International Film Festival (BUL)
Sarajevo...
The way of festivals: uniqueness, new trends, audience Festival representatives discuss the new ways they should find to keep and attract audience, how to keep up with the digital world. Éva Vezér (HUN)Hungarian Film UnioThe participants will represent the following festivals:IFF Bratislava (SLK)Diagonale Film Festival (AUT)OHO Cinema (AUT)Next Film Festival (ROM)Alter-Native Short Film Festival (ROM)Sofia International Film Festival (BUL)Sarajevo Film Festival (BIH)Beldocs FF (SRB)Nordic Film...
OFFICIAL AND ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM
9 JUNE
(Thursday)
ARRIVAL
(Savaria Cinema - registration desk)
18:00 OPENING SCREENING
(Savaria Cinema - Chamber hall)
Peter Kerekes (SLK): Cooking History 76 min.
19:45 OPENING CONFERENCE
Opening performance and welcome reception
10 JUN...
OFFICIAL AND ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM
9 JUNE
(Thursday)
ARRIVAL
(Savaria Cinema - registration desk)
18:00 OPENING SCREENING
(Savaria Cinema - Chamber hall)
Peter Kerekes (SLK): Cooking History 76 min.
19:45 OPENING CONFERENCE
Opening performance and welcome reception
10 JUN...
9-11 June, 2011, Szombathely
Following up the conference of MEDIAWAVE FILM FORUM 2010, the MEDIAWAVE -"ANOTHER CONNECTION" International Film and Music Festival invites national and international film festivals, film theatres, film makers and film industry representatives to participate at the MEDIAWAVE FILM FORUM 2.
The event will take place between 9-11 June 2011, in Szombathely, Hungary (Graz:125 km, Vienna:140 km, Maribor:180 km).
The objective of the forum is the expansion of a...
PROGRAM
More on panels and speakers:
http://mediawavefestival.hu/index.php?modul=menupontok&kod=7013&nyelv=eng
9 JUNE, THURSDAY
Arrival
Location: Savaria Cinema, Mártírok square
18:00 Screening. Péter Kerekes (SLK): Cooking History (76 min.)
19:45 Opening performance and welcome reception
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10 JUNE, FRIDAY
Location: Savaria Cinema, Mártírok square
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Elfi Mikesch, born 1940 in Judenburg, Styria, but living in Berlin for many years, is one of the most multi-faceted artist personalities of today. Starting off as a painter and photographer, she slowly expanded her artistic profile by making a name for herself as an internationally sought after director and cinematographer. Already her first documentary Ich denke oft an Hawaii (I Often Think of Hawaii) was awarded the Silver Filmband in 1978. Beyond that, her cinematography unambiguously informe...
One of the highlights of this year’s festival is the solo retrospective on filmmaker Peter Tscherkassky, which introduces and honors his work. Tscherkassky is one of the internationally most prominent and renowned representatives of avant-garde film. Since the mid-80’s, the 52-year old Viennese has produced unique films drawing upon found footage of largely Hollywood productions. Frame for frame the filmmaker copies details and fragments from these sources in the dark room by using elaborate...
