Diagonale 1995 – Festival of Austrian Film

”Following the success of the 1994 Diagonale, at which audience figures were over two and a half times higher than the year before, the 1995 Diagonale was held in Salzburg from 1 – 8 December 1995.
The first two years of its existence were enough for this festival of Austrian Film to establish itself as a must for audiences and the film industry alike. In 1994, over 600 accredited visitors came to Salzburg. The retrospectives shown to date (1993: “Max Fleischer”, “Elizabeth T. Spira”, “Salzburg im Film”; 1994: “Willi Forst”) were very well received, with some even leading to follow-up events in other cities.
Apart from the main programme of current Austrian film productions (divided into the categories of feature film, short film, documentary, avant-garde and new media), comparison with other countries is a central aspect of the Diagonale. In 1993, Holland guested in Salzburg, followed by Denmark in 1994. In 1995, Switzerland will be invited to present a detailed overview of the country and its filmmaking.
A retrospective will also form the centrepiece of the 1995 programme which is entirely devoted to a master of the art of film: the Diagonale is preparing a presentation of the work of Fred Zinnemann, born in Vienna in 1907. Besides his best-known works – HIGH NOON, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY, THE DAY OF THE JACKAL, JULIA and A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS – he directed a total of 22 films. The Diagonale will show not just these seminal works in the history of filmmaking, but will also highlight some lesser known aspects of Zinnemann’s work.”
From the 1995 press release