Cinema for Little Ones

The Austrian Film Museum was a partner of the CINEMINI EUROPE project. Since the end of the CINEMINI project, we have continued our activities for young children in our Cinema for Little Ones series. The four programs of Cinemini on Tour (Frame the World, A Splash of Color, Let's Dance!, Stasis and Movement) laid the foundation for this.

Cinema for Little Ones brings film programs to children ages 3 and up and their families, accompanied by discussions and activities in the cinema.

Entry: 4.50 euros per person. This event takes place within the framework of the WIENXTRA-Kinderaktiv-Program. Reduced ticket price with WIENXTRA-"Kinderaktivcard" (3 euros).

Current program:

Die Wunderlampe, 2008, Annekathrin Walther

Talking with Hands!

January 12 and February 23, 2025

An overview of the programs to date:

A Splash of Color

We embark on an exciting journey through animated and experimental films reaching back to the origins of cinema. Back then, film strips were still hand-painted or dipped in dyes. In this program even the colors begin to dance!

Raccoon and the Light, 2018, Hanna Kim © Hanna Kim

Day and Night

In short films, we see the passage from day to night from different perspectives: For example, there are animals who only really wake up at night. And because it very predictably becomes lighter and darker in the cinema, we will also explore the movie theater itself.

Expedition in the Realm of Movie Animals

In this program, we search for animal life on the big screen. On our exploration tour, we will encounter dancing butterflies, zebras with wild patterns, and colorful fantasy animals on the streets of Paris.

Farbversuchsprogramm, 2022, Stefanie Weberhofer

Film Tricks

Not only is film good for capturing reality, it is also good for magic tricks. In early cinema, filmmakers found many creative ways to produce illusions. In this program, we look at a few of these tricks and consider together: How did they do that?

Frame the World

This time we go "out" and discover the world through film! The camera makes everyday processes look new and exciting. Our own messy bedrooms offer as much to discover as the park out front. And movies can even help us learn about faraway cities.

Danse Serpentine, 1897, Cinématographe Lumière

Let's Dance!

In this program, everything moves rythmically: A dog and his very special friend, a dancer's wavy dress, an ink blot on a piece of white paper, and marbels outside gravity's pull and, of course, the whole time – the film itself. Let's dance!

Moia Mama - Samolet (My Mom is an Airplane!), 2013, Yulia Aronova

Stasis and Movement

This program shows how films playfully make things move: Moms fly like airplanes in the sky, torn down walls rebuild themselves, and even walks through thousand-year-old paintings are possible. A fun ride through the foundations of film!

Talking with Hands!

In Die Wunderlampe, Lena meets a genie, who fulfills her three wishes. And since the two communicate in Austrian sign language, after the film will be a good opportunity to try out ourselves all the stories our own hands can tell.

Posjet iz svemira (Besuch aus dem Weltall), 1964, Zlatko Grgić

Tell Me a Story!

From animation to time lapses, movies are really good at telling stories! Early films even did so without words, without sounds, and without color. All kinds of tricks have been developed to tell stories visually. We will encounter several of them in this program.

Der Propellervogel, 2005, Jan Locher und Thomas Hinke

Who's Twittering Over There?

In this program, the sense of hearing takes first priority over the sense of sight. With small listening assignments, we will get closer to the films and wait excitedly for what images will be found for the noises and music. The world of listening opens up before us.

< Back to the Overview