73rd Berlinale: State Secretary Mayer congratulates award winners

State Secretary for Art and Culture Andrea Mayer: Congratulations to Thea Ehre and the teams of the productions ‘The Klezmer Project’ and ‘De Facto’

Vienna (OTS) – “Like rarely before, this year’s Austrian contributions stand for the diverse and broad cosmos of the Austrian film industry. My sincere thanks go to all the artists who, with their extraordinary works and achievements, consolidate and strengthen the international presence of Austrian film,” said Andrea Mayer, Secretary of State for the Arts and Culture. “Congratulations to Thea Ehre for being awarded the Silver Bear for the best supporting role in Christoph Hochhäusler’s crime novel ‘Bis ans Ende der Nacht’, the entire production team ‘The Klezmer Project’ for the GWFF award for the best first film, an Argentinian- Austrian co-production by Leandro Koch and Paloma Schachmann as well as Selma Doborac and her team for the Caligari Film Prize for ‘De Facto’.”

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