A highlight of this year’s festival will be a tribute to filmmaker Ferry Radax in association with Radio Ö1. Radax, who in 2012 celebrates his 80th birthday, is one of the most internationally renowned exponents of the Austrian avant-garde, with films such as Sonne halt! (1958–62)and his portrait of Austrian writer Thomas Bernhard – Drei Tage (1970). His films feature collage and montage techniques that distill the visual narrative down to the bare essentials, thereby purposefully subverting the viewer’s expectations. The 2012 Diagonale will be presenting—for the first time in Austria since 1993—a selection of his works in six different programs and the world premiere of Radax' biographical essay film Videographie I.