Diagonale – Festival des österreichischen Films

Elfie Semotan, known for her sophisticated visual arrangements, is considered the "grande dame" of Austrian photography.

This documentary tells the incredibly shocking story of how a Nazi officer became a top politician and UN Secretary General.

Shot on Super 8mm, Bernadette Weigel's homage to traveling celebrates the uniqueness of each moment.

Daniel Spoerri is one of the most important representatives of object art, co-founder of the artist group Nouveau Réalisme and inventor of Eat-Art.

This moving portrait of a maternity hospital in Vienna provides a fascinating insight into the drama, pain, and beauty of being born into this world.

Anja Salomonowitz portrays three women from her family who as children lived through WWII but whose memories of that time diverge.

Unemployment... Helmut and Sieglinde are over fifty and already considered unemployable. What about young people trying to find work?

Who are the (presumably) Eastern European panhandlers working the streets? Filmmaker Ulli Gladik finds out.

We are accumulating more and more data, images and sound snippets. But how can we remember when digital materials marked by decay fail?

A guided tour through the improvised spaces of Janka Industries, an underground cellar vault and creative microcosm of Vienna’s subculture.

A single decision can change the rest of your life - a film about what could have been.

“What the hell is happening to my country?” After Trump was elected, filmmaker Susanne Brandstaetter investigates the growing divide in the USA.

Christoph Schlingensief's provocative works are still highly topical even after 20 years.

An Austrian actor, author, TV personality, failed clergy assistant, gay BDSM enthusiast, a kind of renaissance man. A portrait of Hermes Phettberg.

WANNABE tells the story of a young YouTuber, who builds herself a fictitious world on the Internet.

A fairytale-like story with tableaux vivants of three macabre, mystical and humorous nymphs.

The Dadaist artist collective Gelitin is known for its sensational, worldwide art happenings.

The farewell show of queer performers at the Burlesque Brutal club in Vienna.

Six people talk about the absurd, the sad and above all the beautiful aspects of transitioning.

Ivette Löcker accompanies two addicted St. Petersburgers in her documentary chamber play.

A trenchant image of the complications self-discovery and personality formation can be for adolescents.

Two bored teenage girls go on a rampage through their home village. Will their friendship survive this day?

A touching film about hidden potentials, creativity, integration, the power of music and the possible future of our society.

An epic documentary panorama about a journey through the United States.

This film is the personal story of three generations of a family: grandmother, father and daughter - doctor, psychoanalyst and filmmaker.

Three brothers embark on a search for traces left by their deceased brother, Jakob, who committed suicide.

Many people want to break out of the hamster wheel of capitalism. This documentary visits three people who have taken the plunge.

The life story of a charismatic but questionable figure from Vienna's red light milieu, Heinz Sobota.

After an assault, Maya tries to find her way back into life.

Portrait of five female Viennese artists, who in their pioneering role have left their mark on contemporary art.

A filmmaker discovers evidence of a Wehrmacht massacre in Italy in his grandfather's estate and investigates the case himself.

Filmmaker Christine Moderbacher joins her father to help construct a school in Nigeria and examines her role as "foreign helper".

The film is about love and hate, about right and wrong words. At its centre are Ingeborg Bachmann and Paul Celan, who met in post-war Vienna.

There are only 50 metres between the Fröbel School and the Model School - but the pupils are separated by worlds.

A visit to the breathtaking places and the people who unlock the secrets of the universe.

The director is drawn into the conflict-ridden marriage of her parents by an inheritance issue.

When Mareks cousin comes to live with him and his family, his life is uprooted.

This documentary tells the harrowing story of the global phenomenon of human trafficking.

The ambitious cello student Jessica and her boyfriend recently moved in together. But soon dark clouds are gathering above the young couple.

The 12 Commandments of music business brought together in one film.

A documentary set in Berlin about people who do things nighttime.

Two West Bank teen agers who, along with a group of other young Palestinians, are invited by an NGO to spend a day at the beach – in Israel.

A doc about four extraordinary women pursuing the same dream: composing, producing and living from their own music, without compromising their ideals

THOSE WHO GO THOSE WHO STAY is Ruth Beckermann's meta-film - an analysis of her own cinematic works, a kind of progress report.

A journey through Austrian filmmaker Ruth Beckermann's own family's history and at the same time, the story of Central Europe's Jews and of a region.

This captivating film shows the less-knon sides of the Elisabeth, Empress of Austria, aka Empress Sissi on her travels to Egypt in 1885 and 1891.

Ibo is 26. What bothers him most is simple: its time. Dropped out of school, unsettled lifestyle. Now it's time to change before it's all too late.

A school class visits the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. Buckle up in the bus, go to the toilet, a birthday song for Anja.

Three young actors are rehearsing a play called 'Youth is Shit' at the Vienna Theater Experiment. The situation quickly becomes explosive.

Teenagers try to flee to Europe under life-threatening circumstances, hidden in trucks, where they become the hunted by the border authorities.

In his internationally acclaimed documentary director Fridolin Schönwieser charts the journey of Mexican migrants to the U.S.

The Bellaria is a small Viennese art house cinema where time seems to stand still. Here, the movies are as old as the audience.

Eva can finally see her daughter Jasmin again after a prison sentence. After a cautious approach, the two of them have a quarrel.

In THE PHOTOGRAPHER IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA, Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel accompany the still very active 90-year old photographer Erich Lessing.

Cinematographer Michael Schindegger finally meets the neighbors in his own apartment building at Nr. 7 on a street in Vienna's second district.

Two young immigrants from the Balkan are prepared to do almost anything to get a European passport, including a paid marriage.

Guatemala. The war ended long ago. Though people want to forget it, the violence continues, and it has spread throughout the society like cancer.