The Festival opens the doors as the first film event in Austria which is held live again, and with an extensive, albeit naturally limited, offering. Of the total of 310 films and more than 60 planned program items, around a third can be experienced on the big screen in Vienna.
The entire program is published and can be streamed online on the festival's film portal from May 27. On site, all competition programs will be shown locally at Stadtkino im Künstlerhaus—except for the Austrian Music Video Award, which will take place on May 30 at the jazz club Porgy & Bess, including a live concert by the Viennese hip-hop band EsRAP.
Dancer, choreographer and filmmaker Paul Wenninger will be guest of honor with his extraordinary films and a Carte Blanche at the Austrian Film Museum. At Filmhauskino am Spittelberg, there will be a Director's Talk with three up-and-coming Austrian directors in cooperation with the directors' association ADA. And three open-air events are planned in cooperation with VOLXkino at Karmelitermarkt, including the opening and the award ceremony.
According to the May 10 opening ordinance, the requirements for COVID-19-safe events in theaters and outdoors are an FFP2 mask, a personalized ticket and proof of being vaccinated, tested or recovered. Festival tickets will be available online starting May 20, all open-air events are with free admission.
Access to the VIENNA SHORTS film portal requires an online pass at 15 euros, which can be purchased via the festival website. Not only are most of the films now available worldwide (without geo-blocking), but more than a third have also been provided with subtitles in German.
Here are the Asian titles in the lineup:
The Unseen River by Phạm Ngọc Lân
Viet Nam 2020, 23 min 4 sec
Filipiñana by Rafael Manuel
PH GB 2020, 23 min 59 sec
Wild Grass by Shan Wu
TW US 2020, 19 min 46 sec
Kalsubai by Yudhajit Basu
IN 2020, 20 min 6 sec
Dream Delivery by Yuan Zheng
CN 2018, 9 min 50 sec
Awasarn Sound Man Death of the Sound Man by Sorayos Prapapan
TH 2017, 15 min 42 sec
People on Sunday by Tulapop Saenjaroen
TH 2020, 20 min 53 sec
The Six by An Xu, Chen Xi
CN 2019, 5 min
Mountain Plain Mountain by Daniel Jacoby, Yu Araki
JP 2018, 21 min 38 sec
Sexy Sushi by Amanda Teo, Calleen Koh, Calleen Koh Yee Lin
SG 2020, 3 min 7 sec
A Fallen Fruit by Amit Dubey
KH 2020, 12 min 55 sec
