| Diagonale | Awards |

As part of the 2025 edition of the Diagonale, Austria’s most highly endowed film prizes, totalling around € 130,000, will be awarded by international juries, thereby honouring the many achievements associated with the production of a film.

All award winners receive a work of art, designed and realised by artist Anna Paul: the golden diagonal nut, a true-to-scale bronze icon of a nutmeg that fits in every trouser or skirt pocket – a companion for all occasions!

The great film prize
Sculpture designed to be carried in the pocket
Cast bronze 2.4 x 2.8 cm
Thanks to legero united – the shoemakers | Initator of con-tempus.eu

The sculpture in the shape of a nutmeg is designed to be carried in the pocket; its small format demands the concentrated attention of the viewer. With her plea to sharpen the eye for inconspicuous things, Anna Paul also adopts a central aspect of cinema: the love for a precise gaze.

With the support of legero united – the shoemakers | Initiator of con-tempus.eu.

| AWARD WINNERS 2025 |

Grand Diagonale Award of the Province of Styria | Best Feature Film
Mo Harawe for The Village Next to Paradise

Grand Diagonale Award of the Province of Styria | Best Documentary
Lisa Polster for Bürglkopf

Diagonale Award Innovative Cinema by the City of Graz | | Beste innovative Experimental or Animationfilm
Michael Gülzow for Der tote Winkel der Wahrnehmung

Diagonale Award Best Short Feature Film
Reza Rasouli for Night of Passage

Diagonale Award Best Short Documentary Film
Josephine Ahnelt for lll

Diagonale Youth Jury Award | Best Young Talent Film
Lisa Polster for Bürglkopf

Diagonale Award Editing of the Film Editing Association aea| Best Artistic Editing for a Feature Film
Roland Stöttinger for Mond

Diagonale Award Editing of the Film Editing Association aea| Best Artistic Editing for a Documentary Film
Michael Palm for Henry Fonda for President

Diagonale Award from the Association of Austrian Cinematographers AAC | Best Cinematography Feature Film
Mostafa El Kasheef for The Village Next to Paradise

Diagonale Award from the Association of Austrian Cinematographers AAC | Best Cinematography Documentary Film
Serafin Spitzer and Serhiy „Stefan“ Stetsenko for Dear Beautiful Beloved

Diagonale Award Sound Design | Best Sound Design Documentary Film ssociation – Filmton Austria
Benedikt Palier for Bluish

Diagonale Award Sound Design | Best Sound Design Documentary Film ssociation – Filmton Austria
Mariia Nesterenko and Andrii Rogachov for Dear Beautiful Beloved

Diagonale Award Film Score Best Score Feature Film by ACOM – Austrian Composers Association
Dorit Chrysler for Happyland

Diagonale Award Film Score Best Score Documentary Film by ACOM – Austrian Composers Association
Alicia Mendy & Baby Volcano for Girls & Gods

Diagonale Award for Best Set Design from the Austrian Filmdesigners Association (VÖF)
Klaudia Kiczak for Perla

Diagonale Award for Best Costume Design from the Austrian Filmdesigners Association (VÖF)
Monika Buttinger for Perla

Diagonale Acting Award | Remarkable Performance by Austrian Actors
Marie-Luise Stockinger for Gina

Diagonale Acting Award | Remarkable Performance by Austrian Actors
Florentina Holzinger for Mond

Diagonale Awards by VAM for Outstanding Production Services
Ruth Beckermann Filmproduktion for Favoriten

|Diagonale Awards by VAM for Outstanding Production Services
Freibeuter Film for The Village Next to Paradise