Location: Vienna

"The streets of Vienna are paves with culture. The streets of other cities are paved with stone." Karl Kraus
  • Living Together

    Living Together

    Documentary, Independent

    2022

    1h.30min

    16+

    An integration course teaches people the finer points of Viennese culture in Chinese, Arabic, Russian and German.


  • Moments of Resistance

    Moments of Resistance

    Documentary, Independent

    2019

    1h.39min

    16+

    This film places acts of resistance against National Socialism and current struggles in a historical continuity.


  • Der Stoff, aus dem Träume sind

    Der Stoff, aus dem Träume sind

    Documentary, Independent

    2019

    1h.16min

    16+

    Housing is a human right. How can we guarantee housing in the increasingly difficult real estate markets in Europe's major cities?


  • This Movie is a Gift

    This Movie is a Gift

    Documentary, Independent

    2019

    1h.12min

    16+

    Daniel Spoerri is one of the most important representatives of object art, co-founder of the artist group Nouveau Réalisme and inventor of Eat-Art.


  • In die Welt - Into the World

    In die Welt - Into the World

    Documentary

    2009

    1h.27min

    16+

    This moving portrait of a maternity hospital in Vienna provides a fascinating insight into the drama, pain, and beauty of being born into this world.


  • The Impossible Picture

    The Impossible Picture

    Drama

    2016

    1h.10min

    16+

    1956: 13-year-old Johanna, a polio sufferer, uses her camera to document family life, her coming of age and what really happens behind closed doors.


  • Amorous, Antiquated, Audacious

    Amorous, Antiquated, Audacious

    Documentary, Queer

    2009

    1h.4min

    16+

    This ambitious directorial debut chronicles lesbian lifestyles and social networking in Vienna in the 1950s and 60s.


  • Under the Underground

    Under the Underground

    Documentary, Music, Dance, Theater

    2019

    54min

    16+

    A guided tour through the improvised spaces of Janka Industries, an underground cellar vault and creative microcosm of Vienna’s subculture.


  • Dear John

    Dear John

    Documentary, Queer

    2015

    42min

    16+

    A single decision can change the rest of your life - a film about what could have been.


  • Master Game

    Master Game

    Documentary

    1998

    1h.46min

    16+

    In the 90s, first attacks on paintings in art galleries and later bombings by German identity movement shocks Austria.


  • The Most Beautiful Country in the World

    The Most Beautiful Country in the World

    Documentary

    2018

    1h.41min

    16+

    A semi-documentary that follows a group of young migrants in Austria as they negotiate the maze of administrative procedures.


  • Foreigners Out! Schlingensief's Container

    Foreigners Out! Schlingensief's Container

    Documentary, Music, Dance, Theater

    2002

    1h.30min

    16+

    Christoph Schlingensief's provocative works are still highly topical even after 20 years.


  • Backstage Vienna State Opera

    Backstage Vienna State Opera

    Documentary, Music, Dance, Theater

    2019

    1h.36min

    16+

    A look behind the scenes at the wonderful energy and daily routine of the people who bring us the world renowned Vienna State Opera.


  • Femme Brutal

    Femme Brutal

    Music, Dance, Theater, Queer

    2015

    1h.10min

    16+

    The farewell show of queer performers at the Burlesque Brutal club in Vienna.


  • Kinders

    Kinders

    Documentary, Independent

    2018

    1h.35min

    16+

    A touching film about hidden potentials, creativity, integration, the power of music and the possible future of our society.


  • Walter Arlen’s First Century

    Walter Arlen’s First Century

    Biography, Documentary

    2019

    1h.34min

    16+

    Multifaceted portrait of the composer and music critic Walter Arlen, who musically processed the horrors of the Nazi era.


  • The unman documentary

    The unman documentary

    Documentary

    2018

    1h.5min

    16+

    The life story of a charismatic but questionable figure from Vienna's red light milieu, Heinz Sobota.


  • Zu ebener Erde

    Zu ebener Erde

    Documentary, Independent

    2018

    1h.31min

    16+

    They are everywhere and yet often invisible: homeless people are often ignored. Visibility is also a social indicator.


  • She is the Other Gaze

    She is the Other Gaze

    Documentary

    2018

    1h.30min

    16+

    Portrait of five female Viennese artists, who in their pioneering role have left their mark on contemporary art.


  • In Heaven's Meadow

    In Heaven's Meadow

    Drama, Independent

    2018

    30min

    16+

    After an assault, Maya tries to find her way back into life.


  • The Dreamed Ones

    The Dreamed Ones

    Documentary, Independent

    2016

    1h.29min

    16+

    The film is about love and hate, about right and wrong words. At its centre are Ingeborg Bachmann and Paul Celan, who met in post-war Vienna.


  • The Paper Bridge

    The Paper Bridge

    Documentary, Classics

    1987

    1h.32min

    16+

    A journey through Austrian filmmaker Ruth Beckermann's own family's history and at the same time, the story of Central Europe's Jews and of a region.


  • Return to Vienna

    Return to Vienna

    Documentary, Classics

    1983

    1h.31min

    16+

    Franz West (1909-85) remembers his youth in Vienna: the diverse Jewish population the Red Vienna labor movement and the rise of Austrofascism.


  • Walking on a Thin Line

    Walking on a Thin Line

    Documentary

    2015

    55min

    16+

    Ibo is 26. What bothers him most is simple: its time. Dropped out of school, unsettled lifestyle. Now it's time to change before it's all too late.


  • Bellaria – As Long As We Live!

    Bellaria – As Long As We Live!

    Documentary

    2001

    1h.34min

    16+

    The Bellaria is a small Viennese art house cinema where time seems to stand still. Here, the movies are as old as the audience.


  • China Reverse

    China Reverse

    Documentary, Independent

    2014

    1h.31min

    16+

    Documentary about the first and second generation of Chinese migrants, stranded mainly in the country's Asian restaurants.


  • N.7

    N.7

    Documentary, Independent

    2012

    1h.27min

    16+

    Cinematographer Michael Schindegger finally meets the neighbors in his own apartment building at Nr. 7 on a street in Vienna's second district.


  • Cash & Marry

    Cash & Marry

    Documentary, Love & Sex

    2009

    1h.16min

    16+

    Two young immigrants from the Balkan are prepared to do almost anything to get a European passport, including a paid marriage.