VIENNA SHORTS. Festival Centre & Open Air at MuseumsQuartier

28.05.–01.06.2025
VIENNA SHORTS
Festival centre & Open Air at MuseumsQuartier

program: viennashorts.com

Competition: 90 films from 26 countries compete for Oscars and cash prize

VIENNA SHORTS is the international short film festival in Vienna that annually in spring makes around 300 films from all over the world accessible to the audience and the international industry in the best possible way – whether in the cinema or in the museum, whether in digital or virtual space.
About a quarter of all films shown at the festival will compete in four competitions for around €30,000 in prize money as well as qualification for the Oscars®, European Film Awards, BAFTAs, and the Austrian Film Award.
The 22nd edition features genre films in the late-night section, audiovisual live performances, cozy open-air evenings, industry days and talent days, as well as a program for children and young audiences. Regular venues include Stadtkino im Künstlerhaus, METRO Kinokulturhaus, the Austrian Film Museum, and Gartenbaukino. All industry events will be held at the Film Academy Vienna. This year’s honored guests are celebrated Austrian director Kurdwin Ayub and U.S. film artist Christopher Harris

VIENNA SHORTS Festival Centre & Open Air at MuseumsQuartier

Once again, the festival hub will be located at Vienna’s MuseumsQuartier. The festival center in Raum D is a meeting point for accredited guests during the day. In the main courtyard, the Open Air Cinema and the Milieukino can also be found during the festival, a mobile cinema converted from a truck by Odeon director Max Kaufmann. Here, political programs and all competition programs will be shown and repeated.

© Film still by courtesy of Kim Lêa Sakkal