Film

Pianomania. A story of the unsung hero of musical perfection

1 August 2010, 5.45pm | Curzon Mayfair

Launch Screening & Special Q&A event The award-winning film Pianomania follows Stefan Knüpfer Steinway & Sons' Master Tuner in Vienna, as he works with some of the world's best-known concert pianists, including Pierre-Laurent Aimard ...

Cineclub: South

16 September 2010, 7.00pm | Austrian Cultural Forum London

After a disastrous bank robbery in LA fails Bruce McGray finds himself badly injured and pursued by the FBI. He longs to leave everything behind and start a new life in a place in South ...

Sheffield Doc/Fest

3 – 7 November 2010 | various venues

This year’s international Sheffield Documentary Festival will include films from over a 100 countries. Among the Austrian films selected are Talleres Clandestinos, 2010 (UK Premiere) by director Catalina Molina. In this film the promise ...

Film ist.

17 – 19 November 2010

In his three part series Film ist. Gustav Deutsch, the maestro of found footage filmmaking, investigates the endless wealth of the medium. Cinema’s two “birthplaces”, the scientific laboratory and the fairground, are of special ...

News

2010 Diagonale Film Festival Prizes

The Grand Diagonale Prize for the Best Feature Film went to Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel for “La Pivellina“. “Hana, dul, sed…“ – a fascinating film on North Korean women’s football by Brigitte Weich and Karin Macher – was selected “Best Austrian Documentary 2009/2010“. Winner of the Diagonale Prize “Best Cinematography” was cameraman Christian Berger, cinematographer of Michael Haneke’s “The White Ribbon” for which he was nominated for an Oscar.

Christoph Waltz wins Oscar

Austrian actor Christoph Waltz has won the Academy Award for best supporting actor for his role in Quintin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds. More information about the awards ceremony on oscar.go.com/

Diagonale Film Festival 2010

The annual festival of Austrian Film will take place in Graz from 16 - 21 March 2010. For more information about the festival and their programme please visit www.diagonale.at.

Christoph Waltz wins BAFTA

Austrian actor Christoph Waltz has won the BAFTA for best supporting actor for his role in Inglourious Basterds.