This post is also available in:
Italiano (Italian) 
Deutsch (German)
During a press conference at the Ringturm of the Wiener Städtischen Versicherungsverein, the nominations for the prestigious Österreichischer Filmpreis 2023 were announced today, Thursday, April 20. The award ceremony will take place on June 15 at the Globe Wien in the Marx-Halle, under the artistic direction of director Catalina Molina.
Best of Austrian Cinema
It’s that time again! During a press conference at the Ringturm of the Wiener Städtischen Versicherungsverein, the nominations for the prestigious Österreichischer Filmpreis 2023 were announced today, Thursday, April 20. This year, as every year, numerous films were submitted for possible nominations. And after a particularly good year for Austria, the choice on the part of the Akademie des Österreichischen Films (founded in 2009 and chaired, since last year, by director Arash T. Riahi and actress Verena Altenberger) must not have been easy at all. The award ceremony will take place on June 15 at the Globe Wien in the Marx-Halle, under the artistic direction of director Catalina Molina.
As usual, in this year’s Österreichischer Filmpreis 2023, there are feature films that were particularly successful. These are films that have already been presented at major national and international festivals and have often also won important awards. Marie Kreutzer’s Corsage, which had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival 2022, for example, is the film with the most nominations (eight), including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actress in a Leading Role (Vicky Krieps).
David Wagner’s Eismayer (screened at the Venice Film Festival 2022, in the section Settimana della Critica, where it was awarded Best Film), on the other hand, received no less than seven nominations in these Österreichischer Filmpreis 2023, including Best Film and Best Actor in a Leading Role (Gerhard Liebmann). And while Leni Lauritsch’s Rubikon and Adrian Goiginger’s The Fox received no less than five nominations each, equally great satisfactions were received by Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel‘s beautiful Vera (also awarded in Venice) and Chris Raiber’s First Snow of Summer (four nominations each).
As usual, these Österreichischer Filmpreis 2023 also devoted special attention to documentaries (in this respect, Claudia Müller‘s Elfriede Jelinek – Language Unleashed even received three nominations) and short films, in order to celebrate every possible field of contemporary Austrian cinema. A filmography that is always ready to experiment, to discover new worlds and new languages, and that every year proves to be richer and more varied than ever.
Until we find out which film will be awarded this year, therefore, we only have to wait a little less than two months. In the meantime, here are all the nominations for the Österreichischer Filmpreis 2023. Good luck to all the nominees!
BEST FILM
Corsage by Marie Kreutzer
Eismayer by David Wagner
The Fox by Adrian Goiginger
Vera by Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Alice Schwarzer by Sabine Derflinger
Elfriede Jelinek – Language unleashed by Claudia Müller
Mutzenbacher by Ruth Beckermann
Stams by Bernhard Braunstein
BEST SHORT FILM
Das andere Ende der Straße by Kálmán Nagy
Dirndlschuld by Wilbirg Brainin-Donnenberg
Hollywood by Leni Gruber and Alex Reinberg
Will my Parents come to see me by Mo Harawe
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Vicky Krieps for Corsage
Pia Hierzegger for Family Dinner
Julia Franz Richter for Rubikon
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Gerhard Liebmann for Eismayer
Simon Morzé for The Fox
Michael Thomas for Rimini
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Adriane Gradziel for The Fox
Gerti Drassl for Above the World
Michou Friesz for Taktik
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Luka Dimic for Eismayer
Harald Windisch for Above the World
Simon Schwarz for The Hawk
Harald Windisch for First Snow of Summer
BEST DIRECTOR
Marie Kreutzer for Corsage
Adrian Goiginger for The Fox
Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel for Vera
BEST SCREENPLAY
Marie Kreutzer for Corsage
David Wagner for Eismayer
Tizza Covi for Vera
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Lukas Gnaiger for Alpenland
Judith Kaufmann for Corsage
Christine A. Maier for Elfriede Jelinek – Language unleashed
Xiaosu Han, Andreas Thalhammer for Rubikon
BEST EDITING
Ulrike Kofler for Corsage
Stephan Bechinger for Eismayer
Mechthild Barth for Elfriede Jelinek – Language unleashed
Tizza Covi for Vera
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Monika Buttinger for Corsage
Martina List for The Hawk
Erika Navas for Schächten
Leonie Zykan for First Snow of Summer
BEST MAKEUP
Malike Heinlein, Helene Lang for Corsage
Tim Scheidig, Désirée Schober for The Fox
Michaela Payer for Serviam – I will serve
Tünde Kiss-Benke for First Snow of Summer
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Andreas Donhauser, Renate Martin for Rimini
Johannes Mücke for Rubikon
Uta Wiegele, Sebastian Thanheiser, Georg Resetschnig for Schächten
Enid Löser for First Snow of Summer
BEST SCORE
Benedikt Palier for Breaking the Ice
Eva Klampfer for Eismayer
Wolf-Maximilian Liebich, Daniel Helmer for Rubikon
Julia Kent for Stories from the Sea
BEST SOUND
Claus Benischke-Lang, Nora Czamler, Atanas Tcholakov, Manuel Meichsner for Eismayer
Klaus Kellermann, Manuel Grandpierre for Luzifer
Bertram Knappitsch, Tong Zhang, Rudolf Pototschnig, Manuel Grandpierre, Andreas Frei for Rubikon
Tong Zhang, Nora Czamler, Axel Traun, Karim Weth, Alexander Koller for Stams