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682 articles available in total starting from 14/06/2002. Last article published on 14/08/2025.

Danny Krausz and Oliver Kunz  • Heads, Film Academy Vienna

Interview: Danny Krausz and Oliver Kunz • Heads, Film Academy Vienna

“The Film Academy Vienna sees itself as a place of action”

Our conversation revolved around the main opportunities offered to prospective students by the prestigious Austrian film school  

17/06/2021 | /Austria

Arman T Riahi  • Director of Fox in a Hole

Interview: Arman T Riahi • Director of Fox in a Hole

“My film is an homage to how impactful teachers can be, but also how human and how broken they are”

The opening film of Austria’s Diagonale goes full-on Dangerous Minds, but this time in prison  

16/06/2021 | Diagonale 2021

Marcus H Rosenmüller and Santiago López Jover  • Directors of Snotty Boy

Interview: Marcus H Rosenmüller and Santiago López Jover • Directors of Snotty Boy

“I’m curious to see whether audiences return to cinemas”

The German-Spanish directing duo discuss their animated satirical comedy inspired by the life and art of Austrian cartoonist Manfred Deix  

15/06/2021 | Annecy 2021

The Diagonale’s main awards go to Why Not You and Notes from the Underworld

The Diagonale’s main awards go to Why Not You and Notes from the Underworld

Evi Romen’s film received the Grand Prize for Best Feature, while Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel’s work was crowned Best Documentary  

14/06/2021 | Diagonale 2021 | Awards

Review: Fox in a Hole

Review: Fox in a Hole

Arman T Riahi's juvenile prison drama, which opened this year's Diagonale, is an intense and unrelenting film with an excellent cast  

11/06/2021 | Diagonale 2021

The 24th edition of the Diagonale kicks off

The 24th edition of the Diagonale kicks off

The event celebrating Austrian film will supplement this year’s cinema screenings in Graz with a digital offering  

08/06/2021 | Diagonale 2021

Beginning and Her Mothers win at Crossing Europe

Beginning and Her Mothers win at Crossing Europe

Christos Nikou's Apples received the Audience Award; the festival said goodbye to director Christine Dollhofer, who leaves the Linz-based event to lead the Vienna Film Fund  

08/06/2021 | Crossing Europe 2021 | Awards

Women directors triumph at Vienna Shorts

Women directors triumph at Vienna Shorts

Winners at the 18th edition of the festival include The Natural Death of a Mouse by Katharina Huber, Cause of Death by Joyti Misty, Armadila by Gorana Jovanović and Bella by Thelyia Petraki  

03/06/2021 | Shorts | Austria

The 18th edition of Linz's Crossing Europe Film Festival kicks off

The 18th edition of Linz's Crossing Europe Film Festival kicks off

Taking place both in cinemas and online, the Austrian gathering will present 123 titles and award a total of €30,000 in financial prizes across five competitive sections  

01/06/2021 | Crossing Europe 2021

Claudia Müller readying Elfriede Jelinek – Language Unleashed

Claudia Müller readying Elfriede Jelinek – Language Unleashed

The documentary will tackle the Nobel laureate’s artistic approach to language  

31/05/2021 | Production | Funding | Germany/Austria

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