| Thomas Pluch Screenwriting Award | 2025 |

of the drehbuchVERBAND Austria in co-operation with the Diagonale

Main prize for the best screenplay for a feature-length cinema or television film | endowed with € 12,000

Special Jury Prize for the best screenplay of a feature-length cinema or television film with particularly outstandingly treated aspects | endowed with € 7,000

Award for the best screenplay for a short or medium-length feature film | endowed with € 3,000

NOMINATIONS 2025
Mond by Kurdwin Ayub
Mother’s Baby by Johanna Moder
Perla by Alexandra Makarová
The Village Next to Paradise by Mo Harawe
Wenn du Angst hast, nimmst du dein Herz in den Mund und lächelst by Marie Luise Lehner

National Jury 2025:
Achmed Abdel-Salam (screenwriter and director)
Sandra Bohle (screenwriter and dramaturge)
Marie-Therese Thill (screenwriter, journalist and chairwoman of the Drehbuchverband Austria)
→ Award for short or medium-length feature films and nomination of screenplays for the main and special prizes

International Jury 2025Ö
Hanna Bringmann Slak (screenwriter, director, multi media artist, DE/SI)
Hans-Christian Schmid (screenwriter, director and film producer, DE)
Anita Wasser (film producer, CH)
→ Awards for main & special prize