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VIENNA SHORTS
Austria
festival
VIENNA SHORTS is an international short film festival, founded in 2004 and taking place each spring. The festival celebrates the diversity of short film in cinemas all around Vienna and presents about 300 films. It offers a vibrant platform for exchange, featuring Q&As, talks, industry & talent days, panels, concerts, and much more. As a fair festival, it places great value on a responsible, transparent approach to everyone involved as well as on ecological sustainability. VIENNA SHORTS is a qualifying festival for the Austrian Film Award, the BAFTA, the European Film Awards, and the Academy Awards©.
Event date
25.05.2027 ⟶ 30.05.2027
FIDO – Fiction & Documentary
International Competition
– Vienna Short Film Award
– AAC Award for Best Cinematography
– Honorable Mention – Audience Award
AA – Animation Avantgarde
International Competition
– ASIFA Austria Award
– Jury Prize for Outstanding Artistic Achievement
– Honorable Mention
– Audience Award
ÖW – Austrian Competition
National Competition
– Austrian Short Film Award
– Jury Prize for Best Newcomer
– Honorable Mention
– ORF Wissen Audience Award
MUVI – Austrian Music Video Award
National Competition
– Austrian Music Video Award
– Honorable Mention
– Audience Award
Admin Adress
MuseumsQuartier Wien Museumsplatz
1/5/1 1070 Wien
Entry fee: €5 – €28
- Oscar-Qualifying
- Bafta-Qualifying
- EFA-Qualifying
Max Bergmann
(Artistic Director)
Max Bergmann is a film scholar and the artistic director of the international short film festival VIENNA SHORTS, where he previously worked as curator and head of cooperations. In his recent PhD dissertation in Film and Media Studies, he focused on nonlinear narration, Internet culture, and digitalization in 21st-century cinema.