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Awards
The Film Department of the Division for Arts and Culture bestows, upon recommendation
of an expert jury, yearly or biennial Outstanding Artist Awards and an Austrian Art Award.
The endowment of the Outstanding Artist Award (normally, two are given in different
genres), comprises € 10,000 per award. Persons recommended for an Outstanding Artist
Award must have produced at least three outstanding and innovative works.
The endowment of the Austrian Art Award is in the amount of € 15,000. Persons recommended
for an Austrian Art Award must have produced at least five innovative works that
have been internationally recognized and reviewed.
Outstanding Artist Awards
2015 Ascan Breuer (documentary)
Johann Lurf (avant-garde)
2016 Susanne Jirkuff (avant-garde)
Händl Klaus (documentary)
2017 Sudabeh Mortezai (documentary)
Mona Willi (film)
2018 Katrina Daschner (avant-garde)
Daniel Hoesl (fiction)
2019 Ruth Kaaserer (documentary)
Hannes Böck (cinematographer)
Austrian Art Awards
2015 Hans Scheugl (avant-garde)
2016 Friedl vom Gröller-Kubelka (avant-garde)
2017 Brigitta Burger-Utzer (film)
2018 Siegfried A. Fruhauf (avant-garde)
2019 Martina Kudlá¤ek (documentary)
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