The big diagonal prices go to Mo Harawe and Lisa Polster

Cannes premiere, Vienna Film Award and now also the large diagonal award of the Styria, endowed with 15,000 euros. The Village Next to Paradise, The first feature film by Mo Harawe, shot in Somalia, is well received. The diagonal feature film jury justified its decision as follows: “A political film that does not have to be loud-and gives hope that it is precisely: through its delicate, loving look at the characters and their cooperation.” Cameraman Mostafa El Kasheef also won the Diagonal Prize for Image Design for his “clear, tidy pictures”, and in the afternoon there was already the Thomas Pluch script price for Harawe.