Diagonal 2025: Award winners show how documentaries move!

Diagonal 2025: Award winners show how documentaries move!

Graz, Österreich - On March 29, 2025, the awarding of the Franz-Grabner Prize was awarded as part of the diagonal in Graz, which was awarded for the eighth time. Lisa-Marie Gotsche was awarded for her documentary "Reclaim-The Battle for Democracy on Tiktok". The jury praised the film for its convincing insights into the digital world and its counterattack on right-wing internet propagandists. "Reclaim" was described as accessible to social media muffle and addresses the influence of platforms such as Tikok on young people and the movements of extremist parties.

In the category cinema documentary, Maria Lisa Pichler and Lukas Schöffel received the award for "Mâine Mă Duc-Tomorrow I Leave". This film addresses the differences between "poor" and "rich" and tells the life story of the Romanian caregiver Maria, whereby he dispenses with sentimentality and does not want to teach the viewers. The jury Destacó is the special intimacy that is created by the sound recording and enables close contact with the protagonists.

jury foundations and nominations

In addition to the two winners, other demanding films were also nominated for the price. In the cinema cinema documentary category, "Favorites" by Ruth Beckermann and "24 hours" by Harald Friedl were nominated, while in the category of television documentary film/TV series/web format "Karl Kraus-The Power of Words" by Franz Gruber and Susanne Pleisnitzer and "Forbidden desire-milestones were enough for queer history" by Fritz Kalteis.

The speech, held by the writer Esther Kinsky, dealt with the flooding of pictures in today's days and the difficulties of finding meanings in this flood of information. The price, which is endowed with 5,000 euros each, was donated by the Association of Austria Film Producers (AAFP) and ORF. The prize money is intended for the development of follow -up projects of the award -winning filmmakers: inside. The aim of the price is to support Austrian documentaries that are critical of socially relevant topics.

The context of the diagonal

The diagonal is an important festival of Austrian film that emphasizes dialogue and mindfulness in art. This year's event was opened under the new directorate of Dominik Kamalzadeh and Claudia Slanar. The opening evening in the Helmut List Halle attracted numerous cultural representatives, including State Secretary Andrea Mayer and Mayor Elke Kahr. Another highlight of the evening was the award from Lukas Miko with the big diagonal acting price for extraordinary services to the Austrian film culture.

Overall, the diagonal shows the commitment to high -quality documentaries and promotes dealing with current social contradictions. The event also reflects the challenges of freedom of art in current political times and claims to involve a variety of votes. Die Kleine Zeitung and OTS extensively about the events, while Hedi Grager underlined the opening of the festival and highlights the variety of films shown.