The Franz Grabner Award celebrates the legacy of Austrian journalist and editor Franz Grabner. Since 2017, the award is presented annually during the film festival Diagonale to recognize the best cinema documentary and the best TV documentary film (including web formats and TV series).
The Franz Grabner Award recognizes and promotes documentaries that reflect a filmmaker’s credible and responsible approach regarding their particular focus and subject area. Submitted projects do not necessarily have to focus on Austrian topics but should be indicative of an open-minded, curious and optimistic approach towards societally relevant subjects.
The award will be presented to the creators of the best cinema documentary and the best TV documentary film. The recipients, chosen by an annually changing jury of experts, receive a grant of €5.000 each to support the development of future projects.