"The Devil's Bath" Triumphs as Film of the Year

Double victory for the directing duo: The historical psychological horror film "The Devil's Bath" by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala was named both the best film of the year and the best Austrian film of 2024 by Austria's Film Critics Guild on Thursday evening. For the 22nd time, experts selected their favorites from the 332 works that premiered in Austria last year, which were then honored with the "Papierenen Gustl" at a ceremony in Vienna-Neubau.

Franz and Fiala accepted the award

The ultimately unsuccessful domestic candidate for the Foreign Oscar was the most convincing. The victorious directing duo personally accepted the award. Meanwhile, Ruth Beckermann was delighted to receive the honor for best documentary film for her long-term school study "Favoriten." Finally, "The Boy and the Heron" by Hayao Miyazaki completed the winning quartet as the best animated film.

The Papierene Gustl is a symbolic award that is formally given to Austrian film distributors. A caricature of American silent film director Malcolm St. Clair is used as the symbolic figure, whose image is depicted on the "Gustl Certificate."

"The Devil's Bath" struck twice

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