Here you can find a first glimpse of our upcoming events in October / November 2025. The full program with all details and dates will be published on the evening of October 7, 2025.
Program October / November 2025
(October 17 to November 27, 2025)
Jean Epstein
Viennale at the Film Museum
Collection on Screen: Halloween Horror
In Person: Borjana Ventzislavova
Hot on Cool: TV Between Show and Fourth Estate
Cinema for Little Ones: Day and Night
20 Years School for Independent Film
Karl Sierek: Wege. Spuren und Bahnen der Bewegung im Kino (Vol 4)
What Is Film: Program 15–21
October 17 to November 27, 2025
Jean Epstein
Retrospective
Jean Epstein (1897–1953) was a French filmmaker, critic, and theorist whose work bridged avant-garde experimentation and poetic realism. His enormously diverse body of cinematic works is today perhaps best remembered for a series of films (both shorts and features, documentaries and fiction) that channel his lifelong fascination with the harsh, rugged beauty of Brittany's landscapes, seascapes, and human inhabitants, resulting in certified masterpieces like Finis Terrae (1929), Mor'Vran (1930), or Le Tempestaire (1947), while his La chute de la maison Usher (1928) remains the most hauntingly beautiful and poetic rendition of Edgar Allan Poe's eponymous story. The silent films will be accompanied by live music. [...]October 17 to 28, 2025
Viennale at the Film Museum
In addition to the Jean Epstein retrospective in cooperation with the Viennale, the Film Museum will once again serve as a Viennale venue this year. [...]October 30 and 31, 2025
Collection on Screen
Halloween Horror
We celebrate Halloween with a selection of horror classics from our collection. [...]November 5 and 6, 2025
In Person
Borjana Ventzislavova
In her work, Austrian-Bulgarian film artist Borjana Ventzislavova always examines current socio-political topics, which she navigates via docu-fictional narratives. [...]November 6 to 27, 2025
Hot on Cool
TV Between Show and Fourth Estate
70 years of television in Austria invites us to reflect on the development of a medium that shaped society in the second half of the 20th century – and which continues to evolve in the digital age. [...]November 16, 2025
Cinema for Little Ones
Day and Night
Cinema for Little Ones brings film programs to children ages 3 and up and their families. This time we discover day and night from different perspectives. [...]November 20 and 21, 2025
20 Years School for Independent Film
The film programs bring together former teachers and students from the past twenty years and provide insight into the intergenerational discussions that have developed over the years at the School for Independent Film. [...]November 26, 2025
Wege (Vol. 4)
Book Presentation and Film Program
The six volume book series Wege. Spuren und Bahnen der Bewegung im Kino by Karl Sierek brings together path-building and film-making. [...]Each Tuesday