GERMAN SHORTS AT VIENNA 2026
FIDO – International Competition Fiction & Documentary
BLIND, INTO THE EYE (BLIND, INS AUGE) by Atefeh Kheirabadi, Mehrad Sepahnia (DE/IR, plotlessfilm)
I CAN’T THINK OF ANYTHING RIGHT NOW by Hussen Ibraheem (DE/AG/LB)
IN ANOTHER PALESTINE (EN OTRA PALESTINA) by Yaela Gottlieb (DE/PE, HFBK Hamburg)
THE RECCE by Daniel Mann (GB/DE)
THIS SUFFOCATING NOW by Vika Kirchenbauer
AA – International Competition Animation Avantgarde
CORE DUMP by Alona Rodeh
SENSUAL by Tanja Nuijten
UNIDENTIFIED NONFLYING OBJECTS (UNO) (UNIDENTIFIZIERTE UNFLUGOBJEKTE (UUO)) by Sasha Svirsky (Wait a Second!)
ÖW – Austrian Competition
FOLLOW BACK by Rom Sheratzky (AT/DE)
UNLEADED 95 (BLEIFREI 95) by Tina Emy Muffler, Emma Hütt (DE/AT, Superzoom Film)
MUVI – Austrian Music Video Award
BAUMARKT - SALÒ by Marc Teuber
Young People
9 MILLION COLOURS by Bára Anna (CZ/DE/NO, Reynard Films)
FRATZENGULASCH - DIE VÖGEL by Katharina Duve, Timo Schierhorn
FULL NEST – LENA’S FARM (VOLLES NEST – LENAS HOF) by Elena Walf (Studio FILM BILDER)
I DON’T WANT TO HAVE TO BE LOUD (ICH WILL NICHT LAUT SEIN MÜSSEN) by Eva Matz (Luxus Filmkollektiv)
I’M NOT AFRAID! (ICH HABE KEINE ANGST!) by Marita Mayer (DE/NO, Fabian&Fred)
NIGHT MOVES (BEI NACHT ERWACHT) by Falk Schuster
THE SKY WAS CANDY by Anh Tú Nguyen (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)
SOMNI by Sonja Rohleder (Talking Animals)
THE SWIMSUIT (DER BADEANZUG) by Amina Krami (DE/AT, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)
YAY by Anne Isensee (DE/US)
Focus: Eyes Wide Open
THE CURRENCY – SENSING 2 LADIPO by Gregor Kasper, Musquiqui Chihying, Elom20ce (DE/TW/TG, xizhuang)
WEIRD ABSURD WHATEVER by Zeynep Dadak, Çiçek Kahraman (TR/DE, STRÜKTÜR)
Queer Horizons
AFTER WORK by Jan Soldat (AT/DE)
AT HOME I FEEL LIKE LEAVING by Simon Maria Kubiena (DE/AT, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)
In Person and Carte Blanche: Viktoria Schmid
THE SWELL by Helena Wittmann (BE/FR/DE)
Current Comments – Perspectives from Ukraine
CRITICAL CONDITION by Mila Zhluktenko (Michael Kalb Filmproduktion)
Current Comments – Contested Realities
THE FIRST YEAR OF YOUR LIFE by Mirta Kamil (AR/KZ/DE)
MEMORIES OF A WINDOW by Amin Pakparvar, Mehraneh Salimian (IR/US/DE)
A RECONNAISSANCE by Stefan Kruse (DE/DK, Academy of Media Arts Cologne KHM)
Current Comments – Images and Infrastructures
ONE IMAGE, TWO ACTS by Sanaz Sohrabi (CA/DE/IR)
Late Night – Music Videos
NO LUBE SO RUDE – PEACHES by Matt Lamberg
ONLY THE BEST – HORSEGIIRL by Hugh Mulhern
RHYTHM IS A DANCER – SNAP! by Howard Greenhalgh
WHAT IS LOVE – HADDAWAY by Volker Hannwacker
Late Night - Très Chic
HOW TO KILL YOUR FAMILY by Dominic Wittrin (Hei-O-Pei Film)
JELLYPIMPLE by Tao Zhang (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)
Late Night – Hungry Eyes
AM I BEAUTIFUL? by Helena Hetaira
Favorites
DAUGHTERS OF THE LATE COLONEL by Elizabeth Hobbs (GB/DE, Fabian&Fred)
THE HUM by Olaf Taranczewski
THE NIGHT OF THE MIMOSAS by Armande Boulanger (FR/DE, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)
WITH TAPES AND TOASTS IN THE CAR (IM AUTO TAPES UND BUTTERBROT) by Kiana Naghshineh (DE/FR, ManicMonday)