04/02/2015 - The latest film by Andreas Prochaska snagged eight out of the fourteen prizes up for grabs

Last Wednesday, the Austrian Film Academy announced the winners of the Austrian Film Awards 2015, and The Dark Valley [+see also:
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Amour fou [+see also:
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Austrian Film Awards 2015 – full list of winners

Best Film
The Dark Valley by Andreas Prochaska

Best Documentary
We Come As Friends by Hubert Sauper

Best Short Film
Roter Flecken by Magdalena Lauritsch

Best Director
Andreas Prochaska for The Dark Valley

Best Screenplay
Jessica Hausner for Amour fou

Best Actress
Erni Mangold in Der letzte Tanz [+see also:
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Best Actor
Murathan Muslu in Cracks in Concrete [+see also:
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Best Cinematography
Thomas W Kiennast for The Dark Valley

Best Costumes
Natascha Curtius-Noss for The Dark Valley

Best Make-up
Helene Lang and Roman Braunhofer for The Dark Valley

Best Music
Matthias Weber for The Dark Valley

Best Editing
Karina Ressler for Amour fou

Best Production Design
Matthias Weber for The Dark Valley

Best Sound
Dietmar Zuson, Christof Ebhardt and Tschangis Chahrokh for The Dark Valley

(Translated from French)