In SEVENTEEN Monja Art plunges into the emotional rollercoaster ride of a period in life characterized by unlimited opportunities and missed chances.

Both juries and audience enchanted by new films by Austrian first time directors: Monja Art’s SEVENTEEN takes the Max Ophüls Prize 2017 and the Best Young Actress Award (Elisabeth Wabitsch), Arman T. Riahi’s first feature film THE MIGRUMPIES wins the Audience Award.

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.

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.

Monika Willi, who has realized UNTITLED out of the film footage produced by Michael Glawogger during his shooting in the Balkans, Italy, Northwest and West Africa before his sudden death in April 2014, received the Best Documentary Award at the Five Lakes Festival. The Austrian co-production THE EREMITES took the Fünf Seen-Award, SEVENTEEN by Monja Art the Prize for Best Screenplay.