FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES OF DISABILITY

FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES OF DISABILITY. Nothing About Us Without Us

Sa 06. & So 07.12.

FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES is taking place for the fourth time and has established itself in Vienna as an important forum for feminist film culture. The festival, organized by dieRegisseur:innen, brings together international and local perspectives and creates spaces for critical engagement with socially and politically relevant topics.

This year's edition is dedicated to Disability Studies, Crip Culture, and inclusive film practice. Under the motto "Nothing about us without us"—the central demand of the international disability rights movement—filmmakers with disabilities are at the center: as protagonists, as artists, as theorists, and as activists. The festival understands disability not as a deficit, but as a creative resource, as productive aesthetic practice, and as political terrain.

FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES 2025 assembles international film works that open new perspectives on bodies, perception, communication, and belonging. The films emerge from inclusive production processes, were created by disabled filmmakers themselves, or develop innovative forms of accessibility. They make visible how ableism—the discrimination against disabled people—manifests itself daily: in gazes, in language, in spatial designs, in assumptions about who counts as "normal" and whose life is considered worth living.

All events will be designed as inclusively and accessibly as possible. The premises of mumok cinema are barrier-free accessible for audiences and guests.

dieRegisseur:innen is a feminist and solidary cooperative of around 120 filmmakers based in Austria, representing all creative forms of filmmaking. As a strong film-political voice with an egalitarian, transparent, and inclusive structure, the association advocates for diverse artistic approaches, different social milieus, and the variety of narrative perspectives that constitute our society.

Programme: FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES 2025 | mumok