Jakob M. Erwa's feature debute Heile Welt, recently awarded the Diagonale-Prize for Best Austrian Movie, has been nominated for the First Steps Award 2007 in the category Best Feature Film. In 2006 the Austrian entry The End of the Neubacher Project by Marcus J. Carney was awarded Best Documentary

The other nominees  for Best Feature Film are:
Der blinde Fleck by Tom Zenker
Die Unerzogenen by Pia Marais
Hotel Very Welcome by Sonja Heiss
Valerie by Birgit Möller
Zeit der Fische by Heiko Aufdermauer