FRANZ GRABNER AWARD 2023 – THE NOMINATIONS
On behalf of the board of the Franz Grabner Foundation, the Diagonale is pleased to announce the nominations for the Franz Grabner Award 2023.
Month: March 2023
VON SALZBURG NACH LOFER
We are in Austria, between the late 1920s and early 1930s, between the two world wars. And if the consequences of the first, terrible war are still being felt strongly, there are already hints of what will happen a few years from now. How much longer will these carefree days depicted in Von Salzburg nach Lofer last?
EINE FAHRT MIT DER BERNINA-BAHN
Eine Fahrt mit der Bernina-Bahn seems to us a quite exceptional film, which in a little less than four minutes gives us a fairly comprehensive idea of a small reality in the Alps. A precious historical and artistic document, one of the oldest railway films from the origins of (Austrian and world) cinema.
OSIJEK ZUR ZEIT DER ÖSTERREICHISCH-UNGARISCHEN MONARCHIE
In Osijek zur Zeit der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie, Ignaz Reinthaler’s camera focuses mainly on the individual, on the human being, placing itself at his level, while devoting very little space to panoramas of the city and to the highlighting of the places depicted.
HOTEL ROCK’N’ROLL
In Hotel Rock’n’Roll one never knows what to expect, and alongside amusing misunderstandings, clumsy policemen, “impossible loves” and speed cameras ready to treacherously take photographs, there is always time for an evening with old and new friends, singing and drinking merrily.
WIEN – MARIAZELL UND ZURÜCK
Suggestive landscapes, immense expanses of green and, last but not least, a vehicle full of tourists enjoying the panorama are, therefore, the absolute protagonists of this short and precious Wien – Mariazell und zurück, which, with a running time of about one and a half minutes, gives us a full idea of the beauty of the places we are visiting and all their many potentials.