Virgil Widrich - Awards (selection)

Awards (selection)

for Heller als der Mond (Brighter than the Moon) (Europe 2000):

• Scriptwriting prize of the City of Salzburg for the best script (1997)
• Jean Carment Award for Lars Rudolph — Angers European First Film Festival (2000)
• Laser Vidéo Titres Award — Angers European First Film Festival (2000)

for Copy Shop (A 2001):

• Oscar nomination in 2002 in the category "live action short" by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
• Prix de la meilleure création sonore / Best Music and Sound Design — Festival du Court-Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand (26 January 2001 - 3 February 2001)
• Best Experimental Short — Toronto — International Short Film Festival (6 June 2001–10 June 2001)
• Kodak Award — Jury's choice for short film — Puchon 2001 - Int. Fantastic Film Festival (12 July 2001–20 July 2001)
• Jury Prize — IMAGO 2001 - Covilha, Portugal (25 September 2001–30 September 2001)
• Silberne Taube — Leipzig 2001 – 44th International Film Festival (16 October 2001–21 October 2001)
• Best Short film — Lleida 2001 - inCurt (7 November 2001–11 November 2001)
• Best Experimental — Shorts International Film Festival New York 2001 (12 November 2001–15 November 2001)
• 1st Comunidad de Madrid Award — Best Film — Madrid — Semana de Cine Experimental (16 November 2001–23 November 2001)
• Best Short film — Barcelona L'alternativa 01 (16 November 2001–24 November 2001)
• Jury Prize — Leuven Kort 2001 - International Short Film Festival (23 November 2001 - 2 December 2001)
• Best Of Festival — Boston Underground Film Festival (20 February 2002–24 February 2002)
• Prix des télévisions européennes — Brussels 02 - Festival of Fantasy, Thriller and Science Fiction (15 March 2002–30 March 2002)
• Special Prize — Hiroshima 2002 - International Animation Festival (22 August 2002–26 August 2002)
• Best Experimental Film — Thessaloniki 02 - Panorama of Ind. Film and Video Makers (14 October 2002–21 October 2002)
• Jury's special prize — Tehran International Animation Festival (23 February 2003–27 February 2003)

for Fast Film (A, LUX 2003):

• Official selection Festival de Cannes (2003) (nomination)
• Best Animated Short (C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures Award) - Worldwide Short Film Festival, Toronto (2003)
• Grand Prix for Animation (Grande Prémio Animação) - Festival Internacional de Curtas Metragens de Vila do Conde, Portugal (2003)
• Best Experimental Short Film – 52nd Int. Film Festival, Melbourne (2003)
• Audience Award — Bearded Child Film Festival, Grand Rapids, MN / Boulder, CO USA (2003)
• Most Imaginative Film — Odense Film Festival, Odense (2003)
• High Risk Award — Fantoche – 4th International Festival for Animated Film, Zürich (2003)
• Best Experimental Film — Panorama of Independent Film & Video Makers, Thessaloniki (2003)
• Most innovative short — Leipzig International Festival for Documentaries and Animated Film (2003)
• Grand Prix — Uppsala Short Film Festival (2003)
• Premio de la Comunidad de Madrid a la Mejor Película — Semana de Cine Experimental de Madrid (2003)
• Onda Curta, 2nd prize and jury's special mention — Cinanima Portugal (2003)
• Innova Award — Animadrid, Spanien (2003)
• Film Critics Award — Animafest Zagreb (2004)
• ASIFA Korea Prize for best Experimental SICAF (2004)
• Cartoon d'or — best animated cartoon Forum Galicia (2004)
• It was also included in the Animation Show of Shows.

for checkpointmedia AG:

• September 2006: National Award for the “Mozarthouse Vienna” in the category "culture and entertainment" and an award in the category "Public information and services" for the “Visitor Center of the Austrian Parliament”.