15th  AUSTRIAN INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL 2024 :

Event date of the special screenings of the festival 2024:
Sun, 21.4.2024  16:00h  world premiere
Crazy Roads (AUT, 90') by Renate Woltron
Breitenseer Lichtspiele
Breitenseer Straße 21, 1140 Vienna

Event date of the special shorts / feature screenings of the festival 2024:
several world premiere screenings
June 2024 tba.

Event date of the main festival 2024
with the award ceremony:

Thu 3.10, 20:00
Fri 4.10, 18:00 and 20:00
Sat 5.10., 18:00 and 20:00

You can submit your film here

Indie Adler

14th  AUSTRIAN INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL 2023 :

Event date of the main festival 2023:
Thu 12.10, 18:00 and 20:00
Fri 13.10, 18:00 and 20:00
Sat 14.10., 18:00 and 20:00
location: Schikaneder Kino

Margaretenstraße 22-24, 1040 Wien

official selection: 2023

awards


winners of the best of short and best of midlength film

Festivalprogramm 2023:


Donnerstag 12.10.2023, 18:00 Wettbewerb 1



Wateke (VEN, 3') von Luis Figueredo
The School Photo (SWE, 7') von Jonathan Norberg
Stolen Kisses (NLD, 14') von Lidl Toepoel
Graf & Frey's Geschäfte mit Geschichte - Waren aller Art in Wien: Berufsbekleidung Schnepf (AUT, 5') von Philipp Graf, Martin Frey
Die Maturaformel (AUT, 11') von Leonhard Markus Ohneberg
Der Waschsalon (AUT, 3') von Folashade Lena Sy
Uninteressiert Interesse Zeigen (AUT, 14') von Cristian Iorga & Magdalena Reichinger
Stay Sane (AUT, 3') von Neo Klinger
Stadtwalzer (AUT, 6') von Emanuel Schimpfössl
Endless Shades (AUT, 2') von René Rodlauer

Donnerstag 12.10.2023, 20:00 Wettbewerb 2



L'amour en jachère (CAN, 4') von Tim Bouvette
Walküren (GER, 22') von Joscha Seehausen
Holladio hods gsogt (AUT, 5') von Sarah Braid
Ein Rädchen im System (AUT, 11') von Niklas Raab
Neutral (AUT, 6') von Danielle Bouteille
Rums (AUT, 7') von Christoph Bochdansky & Gregor Grkinic
Moss Grew (AUT/CAN, 4') von Ghazal Madjidi
Existence (AUT, 7') von Herbert Gantner
doubts. (AUT, 3') von Constanze Radak, Magdalena Jo Umkehrer, Mareike Färber

Freitag 13.10.2023, 18:00 Wettbewerb 3



About my daughter (CHN, 12') von Shuyin Yu
JIN (SWE, 10') von Farrokh Tavakoli & Behrooz Mirzaeiyan
Under the Endless Sky (AUT/UKR, 4') von Alexandra Dzhiganskaya
Happy Birthday (AUT, 11') von Nick Alexander Pasveer
PalimpsEst (AUT, 9') von Mersolis Schöne
Preserve (AUT, 14') von Manuel Baus
Reyn: I'll Find a Way (AUT, 2') von Shelly Gertan
Stay Inside (AUT, 6') von Alexander Baldreich

Freitag 13.10.2023, 20:00 Wettbewerb 4



Lady and Gardener (POL, 3') von Piotr Smolenski
I felt a Funeral, in my Brain (FRA, 5') von Taya Stdnk, Far From Your Sun
Radio Telescope (USA, 17') von Tanner Beard
Cold Wind (AUT, 5') von Thomas Cervenca
Wie wahrscheinlich ist es… (AUT, 6') von Leyla Jaff
Sweet Survival (AUT, 14') von Katharina Gerlich & Luna Herruzo
Cornucopia (AUT, 8') Ani Antonova & Dimiter Ovtcharov
Macgaffin (AUT, 2') von Rupert Huber
Seekind - To Sink In (AUT, 4') von Luca Mathies

Samstag 14.10.2023, 18:00 Wettbewerb 5



Closer (USA 9') von Daniel E. Catton
Tax Time (USA, 6') von Raphael Buisson
Fred (GBR, 6') von Bjorn Franklin & Johnny Marchetta
Siamese Elephants – Moshing to a Lovesong (AUT, 4') von Stefan Krenn
Shapes of Aether (AUT, 7') von Elias Benedikt Choi-Buttinger
Jakob & Maria (AUT, 18') von Christian Schiesser
the occurrence of colours by night (AUT, 5') von Sophie Lenglachner
No Room (AUT, 3') Francesco S. Zecchin
The Dearly Departed (AUT, 9') von Chérie Hansson

Samstag 14.10.2023, 20:00 – Preisverleihung



Happy like Joplin (IRL, 30') von Jean-Baptiste Mauduit & Laurence Clifford
Nackte Männer im Wald (AUT, 30') von Paul Ploberger
Verleihung der Austrian Indie Adler


We hope we will meet you again. Stay healthy.
Meanwhile feel free to keep an eye on the Austrian film culture:
AUSTRIAN ONLINE FILM DATABASE



Special Screening - Sunday, 8.1. 2023
location: Schikaneder Kino, 16 – 18h

Distance – ACT I: The Peacock and the Sphinx (CAN, 7′) by Eddy Loukil
Respirations (FRA/SEN, 5′) by Rémi Tournier
Banquet On The Beagle (CAN, 6′) by Joel Van Dyk
Dreaming of Space Juggling (USA, 5′) by Adam Dipert
Cycle (UK, 8′) by Samuel Newman
Dust Puzzles (CH, 8′) by Tatiana Drozhzhova
Exposed to each other (AUT, 13′) by Mersolis Schöne (AFF, Special Mention)
The Tragic Tale of Mary Mallon (UK, 5′) by Samantha Vanderslott, Claas Kirchhelle
The Momentum (AUT, 14′) by John Whitehand, Alexander Bachmayer, Patrick Seidl (AFF, prepremiere)

in  cooperation with the Vienna Science Filmfestival


13th  AUSTRIAN INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL 2022 :

Event date:
Thu 13.10, Fri 14.10, Sat 15.10. 2022  Schikaneder Kino  - 18:00 and 20:00
Congrats to all winners: awards
official selection: 2022


12th  AUSTRIAN INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL 2021 :

The Austrian Film Festival 2021 tookl take place in October 2021 in Vienna, Austria.
Thank you to all filmmakers who gave us the possibility to share great moments with their films.
Thank you to all guests attending our 2021 screenings, Q&As and award ceremony.
Thank you to the cinema teams for their immense commitment.

Event date:
Thu 14.10, Fri 15.10, Sat 16.10.2021 Schikaneder Kino  - 18:00 and 20:00

Congrats to all winners: awards
official selection: 2021
11th  AUSTRIAN INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL 2020:

the special program 2020
Best Comey + Best Austrian Feature Film
cooperating with the Vienna Science Filmfestival
was postponed to Nov. 6th to 2021 due to the Covid-situation in Vienna

Congrats to all winners: awards
official selection: 2020
screening program

10th  AUSTRIAN INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL 2019:

Congrats to all winners: awards
official selection: 2019
screening program 2019

AUSTRIAN INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL

SUBMISSION OF FILMS
May 1, 2021 - Regular Deadline
June 1, 2021 - Late Deadline
October 2021 - Event Date


  The Austrian Independent Film Festival is celebrating
the international independent film with competition for long and short films
in Austria's beautiful capital Vienna.
It is the biggest event for Austrian indie films.

some of the Austrian films of the previous editions are online: here

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Olivia Klonfar, Alexander Bachmayer, Andreas Reisenbauer
  Lisa Holder, Lydia Mantler, Dominik Downarowicz

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