Diagonale
Festival of Austrian Film
March 27 - April 1, 2025, Graz
Festival of Austrian Film
March 27 - April 1, 2025, Graz
Film Program | Films A-Z | Directors
| Annenhof Kino 5 | Annenhof Kino 6 | KIZ Royal 1 | KIZ Royal 2 | Rechbauer | Schubertkino 1 | Schubertkino 2 |
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Löcker Kurzfilme 
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POSITION Ivette Löcker: Kurzfilmprogramm81 min Vom Über(Leben) der Sonja Wolf Marina und Sascha, Kohleschiffer Anja und Serjoscha 81 min
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Pfau – Bin ich echt? 
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Pfau – Bin ich echt?Bernhard Wenger Feature Film, AT/DE 2024, 102 min., OmeU + VI Matthias, played by Albrecht Schuch with great satirical skill, is the operator and main protagonist of the reputable escort service “My Companion.” People can book him as a model father,… Details 102 min Bernhard Wenger
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Matarsak – Die Vogelscheuche 
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Matarsak – Die VogelscheucheHouchang Allahyari, Babak Behdad Feature Film, AT/IR 2025, 84 min., OmeU After the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire (1915–1923) many refugees landed in the northern Iranian province Gilan on the Caspian Sea. Houchang Allahyari and Babak Behdad set their poetic… Details 84 min Houchang Allahyari, Babak Behdad |
Der tote Winkel der Wahrnehmung
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Der tote Winkel der WahrnehmungMichael Gülzow Innovative Cinema, AT 2025, 79 min., OmeU Vienna, 1996: a mini-DV tape with footage for a student documentary. Alina and Flora interrogate less than credible witnesses to the appearance of extraterrestrial reptilian beings. Yet soon they slip… Details 79 min Michael Gülzow
Kurzdoku 4
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Kurzdokumentarfilm Programm 479 min Vorher Nachher Where My Grandfather Used to Sit Schützenfest Tastender Blick 79 min
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Noch lange keine Lipizzaner 
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Noch lange keine LipizzanerOlga Kosanović Documentary Film, AT 2025, 91 min., 30.3. OmeU, 31.3. OmdU When the filmmaker who has lived in Austria since birth applied for Austrian citizenship, she was informed that over the past fifteen years, she had spent fifty-eight days too long… Details 91 min Olga Kosanović
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The Slow Business of Going 
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The Slow Business of GoingAthina Rachel Tsangari Feature Film, GR/US 2000, 101 min., eOF Her name says it all: Petra Going (Lizzie Curry Martinez) is on the road. She jumps between hotel rooms and times, from one city to another, and one year to… Details 101 min Athina Rachel Tsangari |
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Wienfilm 1896–1976 
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Wienfilm 1896–1976Ernst Schmidt jr. AT 1977, 122 min., dOF Ernst Schmidt jr’s compilation begins with footage shot by a cameraman for the Lumière brothers at Opernkreuzung and spans a wide arc to the year it was made, 1976, with… Details 122 min Ernst Schmidt jr.
Otto Lechner – Der Musikant
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Otto Lechner – Der MusikantBernhard Pötscher Documentary Film, AT 2025, 100 min., OmeU Between the recitation of a Kafka story, which he accompanies on the accordion, and a personal homage to Pink Floyd, what Otto Lechner elicits from his accordion is primal musical… Details 100 min Bernhard Pötscher
Callas, Darling
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Callas, DarlingJulia Windischbauer Feature Film, AT/AL/DE 2025, 89 min., 30.3. OmeU, 31.3. OmdU She appears out of the blue, at a gas station in the middle of nowhere, after a break in a drive to nowhere in particular. Marie is behind the wheel,… Details 89 min Julia Windischbauer
Sugarland
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SugarlandIsabella Brunäcker Feature Film, AT/DE/BE/FR/GB 2025, 86 min., OmdU Iga (Jana McKinnon), who recently broke up with her boyfriend, is driving in her car. Via monotonous highways and cheap accommodations, she travels from her home in Austria to Scotland.… Details 86 min Isabella Brunäcker |
Happyland
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HappylandEvi Romen Feature Film, AT/BE 2024, 90 min., OmeU After many years and a modest music career in London, Helen(e) returns home. There, her mother runs the Happyland sports center. Helen encounters the ghosts of her youth in the… Details 90 min Evi Romen
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Kurzspielfilm 2 
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Kurzspielfilm Programm 280 min The Woman Whose Head Was an Asteroid Preiswerte Lösungen für ein besseres Leben Wohnjuwel Spicy Noodles Die letzte Wette 80 min
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The Life of Sean DeLear 
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The Life of Sean DeLearMarkus Zizenbacher Documentary Film, AT 2024, 82 min., OmdU Sean DeLear (1964–2017) was a transgressive phenomenon who enchanted Los Angeles’ music and art underground in the late 1990s and early 2000s. With the posthumous publication of his teenage diaries,… Details 82 min Markus Zizenbacher
Little, Big, and Far
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Little, Big, and FarJem Cohen Feature Film, AT/US 2024, 121 min., Ome/dU In the hope of finding the darkest sky possible, Austrian astronomer Karl travels to a small Greek island after a conference in Athens. As he gazes at the stars, the… Details 121 min Jem Cohen |
Bufis – Daydreamers
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Bufis – DaydreamersMahad Ahmed, Vincenzo Cavallo Feature Film, DE/KE 2023, 100 min., OmeU A lot of Somali refugees dream of a better life in the U.S. For Assad (Ilmi Ahmed), this is a lucrative business opportunity. When the U.S. embassy in Kenya opens… Details 100 min Mahad Ahmed, Vincenzo Cavallo |
Innovatives Kino 3
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Innovatives Kino Programm 377 min The Many Ways to Avert One's Eyes Revolving Rounds Sie puppt mit Puppen The Garden of Electric Delights This Arrow Points 77 min
The Srebrenica Tape: From Dad, for Alisa
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The Srebrenica Tape: From Dad, for AlisaChiara Sambuchi Documentary Film, DE/AT 2025, 88 min., OmeU During the Bosnian war, Alisa’s father makes video recordings in Srebrenica for his daughter who was evacuated and stores them on a VHS cassette. Years later, Alisa travels back to… Details 88 min Chiara Sambuchi
Nachtschichten
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NachtschichtenIvette Löcker Documentary Film, AT 2010, 97 min., OmdU When night falls in Berlin, for some people, the day begins. In her first feature-length documentary, Ivette Löcker wanders the city’s streets and remote corners, accompanying those who for various… Details 97 min Ivette Löcker |
Innovatives Kino 5
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Innovatives Kino Programm 570 min Stampfer Dreams Intensiv Jelena Am Telefon Milena Fina Nursing an Idea and a Baby Are the Same Not Two Different Acts on Simultaneously the Same Body Meine Mama mag meine Kunst nicht 70 min
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To Close Your Eyes and See Fire 
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To Close Your Eyes and See FireNicola von Leffern, Jakob Carl Sauer Documentary Film, AT 2024, 98 min., 29.3. OmeU, 31.3. OmdU On the first anniversary of the explosion in the port of Beirut, thousands of people fill the streets; mourners and protesters. For many, the catastrophic event on August 4, 2020… Details 98 min Nicola von Leffern, Jakob Carl Sauer
Der Einzug des Rokoko ins Inselreich der Huzzis
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Der Einzug des Rokoko ins Inselreich der HuzzisAndreas Karner, Mara Mattuschka, Hans Werner Poschauko Innovative Cinema, AT 1989, 103 min., dOF Disappointed by his mother, a Viennese prostitute, a young man embarks on a sea voyage. The journey leads him to the island kingdom of the Huzzis, whom he intends to… Details 103 min Andreas Karner, Mara Mattuschka, Hans Werner Poschauko |
