Film archive

Michael Haneke Season

5 – 30 November 2009 | British Film Institute

Auteur, provocateur, winner of a host major awards…Michael Haneke has been at the forefront of European cinema since his first feature The Seventh Continent. His extraordinary breath of work includes Code Unknown, Funny Games ...

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Romy Schneider Film Season

1 – 30 November 2009 | Ciné lumière & Curzon Soho, London

Known for her disarming smile, but always haunted by some indefinable sadness, Romy Schneider was one of Europe’s most popular actresses. With a season featuring such highlights as this year’s Cannes Classics gem ...

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BFI 53 London Film Festival

14 October – 29 November 2009 | Various venues, UK

The Festival is one of Europe’s leading public film events, showcasing the best new cinema from around the world and bringing a wealth of film talent and industry professionals to the capital. Visit www ...

coop99 - a retrospective

8 – 13 October 2009 | Goethe Institute, London

In October 2009 the Austrian Cultural Forum’s Cine Club, in cooperation with the Goethe Institute London, will present a mini season celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Vienna-based independent film company coop99. Founded and ...

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Max Steiner - Maestro of the Movies

2 July 2009, 7.00pm | Austrian Cultural Forum London

Writer and film historian Brendan Carroll traces the extraordinary career of Viennese composer Max Steiner, whose scores for legendary Hollywood films such as King Kong, Gone with the wind and Casablanca made him one of ...

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The Road to Mecca. The Journey of Muhammad Asad

14 May 2009, 7.00pm | Austrian Cultural Forum London

Introduction by filmmaker Georg Misch. Cineclub is pleased to present a documentary by Georg Misch following the political and religious journey of Muhammad Asad. Inthe early 1920s Leopold Weiss (born 1900 in the former ...

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.