Film archive

East End Film Festival. showing 'For a Moment, Freedom'

22 – 30 April 2010 | various venues

The East End Film Festival showcases hot new talent and homegrown films alongside larger independent releases and special events, informing and inspiring a new generation of filmmakers and audiences from across London and beyond, and ...

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Lourdes

26 March – 29 April 2010 | various venues

Lourdes is a magnet for Christian pilgrims in search of a miracle. It has the second largest number of hotels in France after Paris. Austrian director Jessica Hausner’s feature follows the longings and yearnings ...

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Gurbet - Away From Home. Gurbet - In der Fremde

16 March 2010, 7.00pm | Austrian Cultural Forum London

Part of the opening of the be longing exhibition by Deniz Soezen which investigates the concept of culture, subjectivity and the unresolved nature of belonging. 2004 marked the 40th anniversary of the so called "Anwerbeabkommen ...

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Marina of the Zabbaleen

11 – 31 March 2010 | Various venues, UK

On the 11th March 2010 Genesis Entertainment is proud to present the UK Gala premiere of the film Marina of the Zabbaleen – the award winning documentary by film maker Engi Wassef. An impressionable portrait of ...

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Lourdes at the Glasgow Film Festival

25 February 2010 | Glasgow Film Festival

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Operetta on Film 1929–1938

18 February 2010, 7.00pm | Austrian Cultural Forum London

A Special Cineclub Presentation by Brendan G Carroll When sound came to motion pictures in the late 1920s, as Warner Brothers released The Jazz Singer, a new genre – the Hollywood musical – came to dominate American ...

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.