| Diagonale | 2025 | Preview |

The Diagonale – Festival of Austrian Film takes place from March 27 to April 1, 2025, for the 28th time in Graz. Following successful additions and changes under the director duo Dominik Kamalzadeh and Claudia Slanar in 2024, the festival will be further expanded as a place for various encounters in 2025.

The full program for the upcoming edition will be online March 14, 2025, at 1 p.m., ticket sales start March 21, 2025.

FILMSPECIALS AT DIAGONALE ’25:

| Position | Ivette Löcker |
A comprehensive retrospective with a film premiere for the documentary filmmaker, who, through her sensitive explorations of relationship dynamics, subtly reflects on societal structures.

| Film Histroy | Austria – A Satire |
In seven programs, the festival embarks on a quest to explore the satirical works from 1976 to 1989 in Austrian film and television history.

SUPPORTING PROGRAM ’25:

| Nachspann |
Cinema that goes beyond the screen for special conversations and discussions that require more time and space.

| Forum |
Festival location for discussion and debates in the Heimatsaal in the Volkskundemuseum at Paulustor.

| Film Meeting |
The festival’s industry meeting, including panels on the topics such as equal opportunities, inclusion and the removal of barriers in the film industry, as well as the challenges associated with loss of labour.

| Club Diagonale |
Again this year, there will be opportunities to come together for dancing and drinks!

| Extras |
Exhibitions around Austrian film as part of the Diagonale.