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Vienna Shorts 2026

Tue, 26 May		10:00				11:00				12:00				13:00				14:00				15:00				16:00				17:00				18:00				19:00				20:00				21:00				22:00				23:00				00:00
Gartenbaukino																																								Eyes Wide Open + Q&A Opening 75 min								Come, Dance With Us! Opening Party 16+ 270 min
Film Museum																						How Long Is A Moment + Q&A School Of Film 88 min

Wed, 27 May		10:00				11:00				12:00				13:00				14:00				15:00				16:00				17:00				18:00				19:00				20:00				21:00				22:00				23:00				00:00
VHS Wiener Urania				Getting Seen: Berlinale Shorts and the Festival Life of Short Films Keynote by Jana Riemann 45 min				Comrades without Arms: Total Refusal and Survival as a Collective Keynote by Total Refusal 45 min								How To Pitch My Project Workshop with Jing Haase 120 min
																Fuzzy Focus Workshop with Josephine Ahnelt 120 min
																The Essence of your FILM-IDENTITY Workshop with Peter Jaeger 120 min
Festival Center \| MQ																												CinemAperitivo The Industry Meet-Up 90 min
METRO Historic Auditorium																																Strange Headworks + Q&A AA 1 68 min										Queer Cinema Austria 1906-2026 + Q&A Tracing Queerness in Austrian Film History 90 min										What Is Love? 90s Sing Along 62 min
Milieukino \| MQ										Hearing And Listening Attention To Sound 46 min				Shifting Perspectives Unstable Images And New Meanings 47 min				Touching Traces What Remains In Personal Objects 52 min								Hearing And Listening Attention To Sound 46 min				Shifting Perspectives Unstable Images And New Meanings 47 min				Touching Traces What Remains In Personal Objects 52 min								Hearing And Listening Attention To Sound 46 min				Shifting Perspectives Unstable Images And New Meanings 47 min				Touching Traces What Remains In Personal Objects 52 min
Open Air \| MQ																																																On Attending and Being Held + Q&A Between Trust and Devotion 83 min
Stadtkino																								Wide & Wavering + Q&A FIDO 1 90 min										The Undiscovered Country + Q&A ÖW 1 84 min										Raw & Radical + Q&A FIDO 2 89 min

Thu, 28 May		10:00				11:00				12:00				13:00				14:00				15:00				16:00				17:00				18:00				19:00				20:00				21:00				22:00				23:00				00:00
die Angewandte Auditorium				Archival Attention Masterclass with Onyeka Igwe 90 min						Pixel, Bytes + Film x Talent Days Networking Lunch 90 min								Attention to Connection: Building Sustainable Networks Fishbowl Discussion with ENCOURAGE 90 min																								Live: Luis Macias & INTER_SECTION Live Performances 90 min
mumok cinema						Raw & Radical FIDO 2 89 min						The Undiscovered Country ÖW 1 84 min						Strange Headworks AA 1 68 min						Wide & Wavering FIDO 1 90 min
METRO Pleskow Hall																																				Digital Attention Loops △ Vienna Shorts 76 min
Festival Center \| MQ																												CinemAperitivo The Industry Meet-Up 90 min
METRO Historic Auditorium																																Unidentified Desires + Q&A AA 2 67 min										Today I Was Afraid I Would Forget Your Laughter + Q&A Perspectives From Ukraine 89 min										Très Chic + Q&A We Are Excited! Bursting, Beware! 82 min
Milieukino \| MQ										Foreign Memories Animations By Nicolas Brault 51 min				Echoes of the City Three Films from Vienna 40 min				Hush On Silence 57 min								Foreign Memories Animations By Nicolas Brault 51 min				Echoes of the City Three Films from Vienna 40 min				Hush On Silence 57 min								Foreign Memories Animations By Nicolas Brault 51 min				Echoes of the City Three Films from Vienna 40 min				Hush On Silence 57 min
Open Air \| MQ																																																Make A Wish Between Stars And Self-Determination 78 min
Film Museum																																		Reflected Lights – Program 1 + Q&A In Person And Carte Blanche: Viktoria Schmid 57 min								Reflected Lights – Program 2 + Q&A In Person And Carte Blanche: Viktoria Schmid 67 min
Stadtkino	Between You And Me + Q&A School Screening 13+ 74 min					From Us To All + Q&A School Screening 15+ 76 min																		Tender & Torn + Q&A FIDO 3 78 min										Dense & Disturbing + Q&A FIDO 4 81 min										The Day Before Tomorrow + Q&A ÖW 2 79 min

Fri, 29 May		10:00				11:00				12:00				13:00				14:00				15:00				16:00				17:00				18:00				19:00				20:00				21:00				22:00				23:00				00:00
mumok cinema		Talent Show Work-In-Progress Presentations 135 min													Balancing Budget and Attention Streaming, Festivals, Cinemas 45 min					Meet The Festivals One-On-One Session 105 min										Tender & Torn FIDO 3 78 min
Semperdepot \| Atelierhaus		AA Artists Presentations Meet Tanja Nuijten, Peter Millard And Victor Van Rossem 90 min
ASIFAkeil \| MQ																												Storm Protocols Exhibition: Nicolas Brault 45 min
METRO Pleskow Hall																																				Attention As Action △ Sarajevo Film Festival 90 min
Celeste																																																		Dance All Night MUVI Afterparty 18+ 450 min
Festival Center \| MQ																												CinemAperitivo ASIFA Austria Reception 90 min
METRO Historic Auditorium																																		Ratatatatatata MUVI – The Nominees 60 min								Live In Concert: FARCE MUVI – Award Ceremony 60 min										Into The Groove + Q&A Iconic Music Video Highlights 74 min
Milieukino \| MQ										Taking Care Of Each Other Four Female Perspectives 51 min				A Bit Of Humor Can't Be Wrong Building Resilience 41 min				Extravaganzas Exceptional Specialities 47 min								Taking Care Of Each Other Four Female Perspectives 51 min				A Bit Of Humor Can't Be Wrong Building Resilience 41 min				Extravaganzas Exceptional Specialities 47 min								Taking Care Of Each Other Four Female Perspectives 51 min				A Bit Of Humor Can't Be Wrong Building Resilience 41 min				Extravaganzas Exceptional Specialities 47 min
Open Air \| MQ																																																Best Of The Animation Fests This Season's Celebrated Films 73 min
Film Museum																																												Movements In Time + Q&A Films By Onyeka Igwe 74 min
Stadtkino																								All That Is Solid + Q&A ÖW 3 80 min										Recall & Resonate + Q&A FIDO 5 92 min										Bond & Becoming + Q&A FIDO 6 85 min

Sat, 30 May		10:00				11:00				12:00				13:00				14:00				15:00				16:00				17:00				18:00				19:00				20:00				21:00				22:00				23:00				00:00
mumok cinema						The Day Before Tomorrow ÖW 2 79 min						Dense & Disturbing FIDO 4 81 min						Unidentified Desires AA 2 67 min						All That Is Solid ÖW 3 80 min
METRO Pleskow Hall																																				Dispersions △ 25 FPS Festival 77 min
Club U																																																		Vienna Shorts Goes Rhino Vienna Shorts Closing Party 18+ 420 min
Festival Center \| MQ		Location Tour Hosted By Vienna Film Commission 300 min
Festival Center \| MQ																												CinemAperitivo The Industry Meet-Up 90 min
METRO Historic Auditorium																						Things In Film The Way Still Lives Go 74 min										No Ground Beneath + Q&A AA 3 65 min										Recording – Resisting – Reimagining + Q&A Contested Realities 87 min										Hungry Eyes A Selection By Porn Film Festival Vienna 74 min
Milieukino \| MQ				When It Gets Dark Children’s Program 6+ 33 min				In Flux Children’s Program 8+ 43 min				Friend Request Children’s Program 11+ 57 min						When It Gets Dark Children’s Program 6+ 33 min				In Flux Children’s Program 8+ 43 min				Friend Request Children’s Program 11+ 57 min						When It Gets Dark Children’s Program 6+ 33 min				In Flux Children’s Program 8+ 43 min				Friend Request Children’s Program 11+ 57 min
Open Air \| MQ																																																Counting Bodies Coming Of Shorts Open Air 71 min
Stadtkino		Growing Together Children’s Program 3+ 25 min																						Body Talk + Q&A ÖW 4 80 min										In The Current Of Forces Where Hidden Powers Give Direction 74 min									Award Ceremony The Grand Finale 75 min

Sun, 31 May		10:00				11:00				12:00				13:00				14:00				15:00				16:00				17:00				18:00				19:00				20:00				21:00				22:00				23:00				00:00
mumok cinema						Bond & Becoming FIDO 6 85 min						Ratatatatatata MUVI – The Nominees 60 min						Recall & Resonate FIDO 5 92 min
mumok cinema																								No Ground Beneath AA 3 65 min						Body Talk ÖW 4 80 min
METRO Historic Auditorium																																The Audience Favorites Most Popular Films Of Vienna Shorts 2026 75 min										Performed As Given + Q&A How Realities Are Staged, Repeated and Undone 71 min
Milieukino \| MQ										Times of (Be)Longing Queer Hope 45 min				Everyday Dreaming Of Everyday Ordinary Moments And Escapist Visions 52 min				Birdsong Of Refuge Shifting Bodies, Unstable Ground 49 min								Times of (Be)Longing Queer Hope 45 min				Everyday Dreaming Of Everyday Ordinary Moments And Escapist Visions 52 min				Birdsong Of Refuge Shifting Bodies, Unstable Ground 49 min								Times of (Be)Longing Queer Hope 45 min				Everyday Dreaming Of Everyday Ordinary Moments And Escapist Visions 52 min				Birdsong Of Refuge Shifting Bodies, Unstable Ground 49 min
Open Air \| MQ																																																Small Joys And New Beginnings Dancing Through Queer Life 70 min
Stadtkino																								Flows Of Oil Images And Infrastructures 72 min										Best Of The Fests This Season's Festival Gems 84 min										The Award Winning Films Awarded Films Of Vienna Shorts 2026 80 min