We are very happy to announce that short film animation Tako Tsubo (photo) by Eva Pedroza and Fanny Sorgo has won Prix DeVarti for Funniest Film at this year's Ann Arbor Film Festival.

Furthermore, Lukas Marxt and Vanja Smiljanić received a Jury Award for experimental doc AMONG THE PALMS THE BOMB, or: Looking for reflections in the toxic field of plenty - jury note: "It’s a good idea not to blow people up with nuclear bombs."
Heartfelt congrats to all the filmmakers!

We are very happy about the awards at this year's Diagonale for the following films represented by sixpackfilm and congratulate all the filmmakers warmly:

For Out of Sight (AT 2025, 78min), Lisa Polster received both the Grand Diagonale Prize of the Province of Styria/ Best Documentary Film and the Diagonale Prize of the Youth Jury for the Best Newcomer Film.
The jury statements can be found here and here.

Josephine Ahnelt received another main prize, namely for best short documentary film, for lll (AT 2025, 17 min). And Michael Palm was honored Monday evening in Graz for best artistic montage/  documentary for Alexander Horwath's Henry Fonda for President (AT/DE 2024, 184 min).

Isabella Brunäcker had already been awarded the Kodak Analog Film Prize for her feature film debut Sugarland (AT 2025, 86 min) at its world premiere at the festival. And last, but not least, Maria Lisa Pichler and Lukas Schöffel got the prestigious Franz Grabner Prize 2025 for cinema documentary for Mâine Mă Duc - Tomorrow I Leave (AT 2024, 75 min).

Foto: Lisa Polster | Bester Dokumentarfilm & Preis der Jugendjury© Harald Wawrzyniak