Austrian Film Prize 2025: ORF films celebrate with 17 awards!

Austrian Film Prize 2025: ORF films celebrate with 17 awards!

hq7 studios, Wien, Österreich - On June 12, 2025, the eager to award the Austrian Film Award 2025 took place in the Vienna HQ7 Studios. In a year in which the ORF emerged as an important supporter of the film industry, 17 out of 18 awards went to the movie from ORF. This impressive dominance illustrates the networking between the film industry and radio in the country.

One of the big winners of the evening is the film "The Village Next to Paradise", which was awarded a total of five prizes, including the title "Best feature film". The biopic "With a tiger sleep" also achieved the same number of awards and received the award for the "best female leading role", which Birgit Minichmayr received for her acting performance. These successes reflect the diversity and quality of this year's Austrian filmmaker.

award winners and awards

The award ceremony honored numerous talents and productions. Albrecht Schuch received the award for the "best male leading role" in "Pfau - am I real?". Other awards include:

• Best documentary: "favorites"
• Best female supporting role: Gerti Drassl (Gina)
• Best male supporting role: Thomas Schubert (Andrea can be divorced)
• best director: mo Harawe ("The Village Next to Paradise")
• Best script: mo Harawe ("The Village Next to Paradise")
• the most popular film: "80 plus"

In addition, numerous technical and creative areas have been awarded, for example for the best camera, assembly and implementation of costume and mask image in "Sleep with a tiger". This variety of honors shows comprehensive recognition for various aspects of film production.

reporting and accompanying programs of the ORF

The ORF was very present throughout the event and announced extensive reporting and film presentations about the Austrian Film Award. ORF program director Stefanie Groiss-Horowitz emphasized the role of the ORF as an important partner of the film industry, while Peter Schöber, program manager of ORF III, praised the diversity of domestic work.

The reporting not only included the award ceremony itself, but also timely views of the event, such as the “Cultural Monday” format on June 2. ORF III also presented outstanding domestic productions for the best broadcast time. The complete program content and results were distributed via various channels, including ORF 1, ORF 2 and ORF.AT.

After the award ceremony, another event called "Kultur Today Special" is planned on June 13, 2025, which will take a balance of the "Austro-Oscars" and offer the winners a platform. Ö1 and FM4 will also report on the award winners.

Overall, the event reflects the current status and the success of the Austrian film industry. With 49 nominations for 14 films in 16 out of 17 categories, ORF impressively displayed the width and creativity of domestic filmmaking that evening. The event was not only a celebration of the best films, but also a memory of the value of cultural funding from public service broadcasting.