There’s one more Austrian directorial debut to appear at the 67th Berlinale:  Perspektive Deutsches Kino invites the Austrian-German co-production THE BEST OF ALL WORLDS by first-time director Adrian Goiginger.

Find the screening dates of Austrian films and co-productions at the 67^th Berlinale (February 9 - 19, 2017)

Discover Josef Hader’s directorial debut WILD MOUSE at the Golden Bear competition, long-awaited UNTITLED by Monika Willi and Michael Glawogger unveiled at Panorama Dokumente and Adrian Goigingers first feature film THE BEST OF ALL WORLDS as well as Max Ophüls Prize winner SEVENTEEN by Monja Art at Perspektive.

Awarded for the first time and endowed with € 5,000, the Compass Perspektive Award goes to first time director Adrian Goiginger and his sensitive homage to his mother and her battle between maternal love and her drug addiction THE BEST OF ALL WORLDS.

In THE BEST OF ALL WORLDS Adrian Goiginger depicts with striking honesty his childhood years in the disturbing world of a junkie apartment and his mother, who managed to create space for him to have a good childhood despite the chaos of her own addiction.

Verena Altenberger wins the Silver George for Best Actress at the Moscow Film Festival for her performance in Adrian Goiginger’s THE BEST OF ALL WORLDS.  The Valencia Cinema Jove festival honors Monja Art’s directorial debut SEVENTEEN with the Premio CIMA for best movie directed by a woman.

Adrian Goiginger's directorial debut THE BEST OF ALL WORLDS garners one of the most prestigious distictions for young German speaking cinema. The First Steps Award is endowed with € 25,000. "One of the most moving pictures of the year", stated the jury.

The federal association of German film directors awards Adrian Goiginger’s directorial debut with the Metropolis-Preis for best first feature, Verena Altenberger took the distiction in the Best actress category. THE BEST OF ALL WORLDS was also selected Best Film in the Alice nella città-sidebar of the Rome FEsta del cinema.