Austrian Film Award
Best Actress winner Valerie Pachner
at the Austrian Film Award ceremony in 2017.
Awarded forExcellence in cinematic achievements
CountryAustria
Presented byAustrian Film Academy
First awarded2011
Websiteoesterreichische-filmakademie.at

The Austrian Film Award (German: Österreichischer Filmpreis), is the annual national film award of Austria, first given out in 2011. It is voted on by members of the Austrian Film Academy (German: Österreichische Filmakademie), which was founded in 2009 and consists of distinguished professionals from the Austrian film industry. The trophy was designed by media artist Valie Export.[1]

The 2020 edition saw the drama Joy winning four awards, including the top prize for Best Fiction Film.[2]

Categories

  • Best Film: since 2011
  • Best Director: since 2011
  • Best Actor in a Leading Role: since 2011
  • Best Actress in a Leading Role: since 2011
  • Best Screenplay: Since 2011
  • Best Cinematography: Since 2011
  • Best Editing: Since 2011
  • Best Production Design: Since 2011
  • Best Costume Design: Since 2011
  • Best Makeup: Since 2011
  • Best Score: Since 2011
  • Best Sound: 2011
  • Best Documentary: Since 2011
  • Best Short Film: Since 2013
  • Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Since 2016
  • Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Since 2016

Ceremonies

Edition Date Host(s) Venue Best Film
1st 29 January 2011 Rupert Henning Viennesse Arsenal The Unintentional Kidnapping of Mrs. Elfriede Ott
2nd 27 January 2012 Rosenhügel Film Studios Breathing
3rd 23 January 2013 Vienna City Hall Paradise: Love
4th 22 January 2014 Karl Markovics Schloss Grafenegg Your Beauty Is Worth Nothing
5th 28 January 2015 Vienna City Hall The Dark Valley
6th 20 January 2016 Jessica Hausner, Philipp Hochmair, Christiane Hörbiger,
Gabriele Kranzelbinder, Catalina Molina, David Schalko,
Eva Spreitzhofer & Mirjam Unger
Schloss Grafenegg Goodnight Mommy
7th 1 February 2017 Christoph Dostal & Katharina Mückstein Vienna City Hall Thank You For Bombing
8th 31 January 2018 Hilde Dalik & Christoph Grissemann Schloss Grafenegg The Best of All Worlds
9th 30 January 2019 Nicholas Ofczarek & Caroline Peters Vienna City Hall Murer: Anatomie eines Prozesses
10th 30 January 2020 Markus Schleinzer & Salka Weber Schloss Grafenegg Joy

See also

References

  1. "VALIE EXPORT | sixpackfilm".
  2. "Joy collects four top distinctions at the Austrian Film Awards". 3 February 2020.
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