Film Program

October/November 2025

Jean Epstein Retrospective / Hot on Cool TV Between Show and Fourth Estate / 20 Years School for Independent Film / What Is Film Program 15–21 / ...


 
Since 1964, the Austrian Film Museum has dedicated itself to the collection, preservation, research, and communication of the medium of film in all its aspects. Most prominently, this includes the public presentation of film as an art form, cultural technique, and historical document in our "Invisible Cinema" in the Albertina building.

The Film Museum strives to show films in their original format, presenting the best possible film prints available worldwide (35mm or 16mm). Works that were originally produced or presented on video or digitally are shown in digital form. For curatorial or conservation reasons it is frequently becoming necessary to show works produced on film in a digital format as well, simply because projectable analogue material is no longer accessible.

Films are shown in their original language version and subtitled if necessary. For our international guests, screenings in English are specially indicated.

Calendar


Today
18.00
What Is Film
Program 19
Menschen am Sonntag
1929, Robert Siodmak & Edgar G. Ulmer
Terre sans pain (Las Hurdes)
1932, Luis Buñuel
Today
20.30
What Is Film
Program 20
Invocation of My Demon Brother
1969, Kenneth Anger
Vampyr
1932, Carl Theodor Dreyer
Tickets
Wed 19.11.
18.00
Jean Epstein
Le Lion des Mogols
1924, Jean Epstein
Piano accompaniment by Elaine Brennan
Tickets
Wed 19.11.
20.30
Hot on Cool
Network
1976, Sidney Lumet
Tickets
Thu 20.11.
18.00
Schule für unabhängigen Film
Program 1: Attention!
Works by Josephine Ahnelt, Rosa Barba, Magdalena Bloder, Milena Czernovsky, Tacita Dean, Daniela Gutmann, Tobias Hammermüller, Anna Häupl, Lilith Kraxner, Claudia La, Bruce LaBruce, Hugo Max, Ben Russell, Friedl vom Gröller, Carlotta Wachotsch, Laura Wegscheider, Antoinette Zwirchmayr a.o.
In the presence of Philipp Fleischmann and several artists
Tickets
Thu 20.11.
20.30
Schule für unabhängigen Film
Programm 2: Completely in the Present
Works by Kenneth Anger, Stuti Bansal, Eva Claus, Tony Conrad, Nazlı Dinçel, Helga Fanderl, Nigel Gavus, Eva Giolo, Daniela Gutmann, Pablo Marín, Martina Mina, Nina Porter, Axel Ranisch, Ulrike Schild a.o.
In the presence of several artists
Tickets
Fri 21.11.
18.00
Schule für unabhängigen Film
Program 3: All Ends Vanishing / Ghosts Gone Wild
Works by Simon Dallaserra, Nathaniel Dorsky, Gudrun Fürlinger, Nicky Hamlyn, Olga Kosanovic, Rose Lowder, Markus Maicher, Hugo Max, Magdalena Pfeifer, Angelika Reitzer,  Caroline Rumley, Viktoria Schmid, Emil Tomasev, Peter Tscherkassky
In the presence of several artists
Tickets
Fri 21.11.
20.30
Schule für unabhängigen Film
Program 4: Doing something you really shouldn't do
Works by Vaginal Davis, Morgan Fisher, Philipp Fleischmann, Eve Heller, Antonia De La Luz Kašik, Natalia del Mar Kasik, Peter Kubelka, Mara Mattuschka, Daniel Owusu, Raphael Reichl, Seraina Scherini, Hans Scheugl, Jan Soldat, Eva Sommer, Michael Snow
In the presence of several artists
Tickets
Sat 22.11.
20.30
Hot on Cool
The China Syndrome
1979, James Bridges
Tickets
Sun 23.11.
18.00
Hot on Cool
Being There
1979, Hal Ashby
Tickets
Sun 23.11.
20.30
Hot on Cool
Quiz Show
1994, Robert Redford
Tickets
Mon 24.11.
18.00
Jean Epstein
Le Double amour
1925, Jean Epstein
Piano accompaniment by Elaine Brennan
Tickets
Mon 24.11.
20.30
Hot on Cool
Deadline/War Zone – Todeszone
1987, Nathaniel Gutman
German version!
Tickets
Tue 25.11.
18.00
What Is Film
Program 21: Double Projections
Razor Blades
1968, Paul Sharits
The Chelsea Girls
1966, Andy Warhol
Tickets
Wed 26.11.
18.00
Book Presentation Wege (4)
The Killers
1964, Don Siegel
Introduced by Karl Sierek
Tickets
Wed 26.11.
20.30
Book Presentation Wege (4)
Book Presentation: Wege (Vol. 4)
With Karl Sierek and Dieter Bandhauer
Tickets
Thu 27.11.
18.00
Jean Epstein
Finis Terrae
1928, Jean Epstein
Piano accompaniment by Elaine Brennan
Tickets
Thu 27.11.
20.30
Hot on Cool
Good Night, and Good Luck
2005, George Clooney
Tickets
Fri 28.11.
18.00
Mai Zetterling
Älskande par (Liebende Paare)
1964, Mai Zetterling
Preceded by Möte med Mai (Meeting Mai)
1996, Solveig Nordlund, Jannike Åhlund
Introduced by Elisabeth Streit / Free admission for supporting members
Tickets
Fri 28.11.
20.30
Mai Zetterling
The Witches
1990, Nicolas Roeg
Free admission for supporting members
Tickets
Sat 29.11.
18.00
Mai Zetterling
Nattlek (Nachtspiele)
1966, Mai Zetterling
Preceded by: The War Game
1963, Mai Zetterling
Tickets
Sat 29.11.
20.30
Mai Zetterling
Hets (Raserei)
1944, Alf Sjöberg
Tickets
Sun 30.11.
18.00
Mai Zetterling
Flickorna (Die Mädchen)
1968, Mai Zetterling
Introduced by Tom Waibel
Tickets
Sun 30.11.
20.30
Mai Zetterling
Musik i mörker (Musik im Dunklen)
1948, Ingmar Bergman
Tickets
Mon 1.12.
18.00
Mai Zetterling
Doktor Glas
1968, Mai Zetterling
Tickets
Mon 1.12.
20.30
Mai Zetterling
Driver dagg faller regn (Das Mädchen vom Germundshof)
1946, Gustaf Edgren
Introduced by Elisabeth Streit
Tickets
Tue 2.12.
18.00
What Is Film
Program 22
Arsenal
1929, Aleksandr Dovženko
Tickets
Tue 2.12.
20.30
What Is Film
Program 23
Films by Peter Hutton, George Kuchar, Pat O'Neill, Paul Sharits
Tickets
Wed 3.12.
18.00
Ruth Beckermann
In Praise of Detours
Ruth Beckermann in Conversation with Michael Loebenstein / Film Clips
Tickets
Wed 3.12.
20.30
Mai Zetterling
A Prize of Gold
1955, Mark Robson
Tickets
Thu 4.12.
18.00
Lisl Ponger
Book Launch with Lisl Ponger
Lisl Ponger in conversation with Elisabeth Streit and Dietmar Schwärzler / Film Clips
Tickets
Thu 4.12.
20.30
Lisl Ponger
Semiotic Ghosts
La Vida es un Carnival 2021 / To Whom It May Concern 2022 / Unless you are a Trickster 2023 / Imago Mundi 2007, Lisl Ponger
With Lisl Ponger in attendance
Tickets
Fri 5.12.
18.00
Mai Zetterling
The Lost People
1949, Bernard Knowles, Muriel Box
Tickets
Fri 5.12.
20.30
Mai Zetterling
Scrubbers
1982, Mai Zetterling
Tickets
Sat 6.12.
18.00
Mai Zetterling
Frieda
1947, Basil Dearden
Tickets
Sat 6.12.
20.30
Mai Zetterling
Hidden Agenda
1990, Ken Loach
Tickets
Sun 7.12.
20.30
Cinematography of the Holocaust
Schweigend steht der Wald
2022, Saralisa Volm
Introduced by Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann and Fabian Schmidt / With Saralisa Volm in attendance
Tickets
Mon 8.12.
18.00
Cinematography of the Holocaust
Soda
2025, Erez Tadmor
Introduced by Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann and Fabian Schmidt
Tickets
Mon 8.12.
20.30
Mai Zetterling
Of Seals and Men
1981, Mai Zetterling
Vi har många namn (We Have Many Names)
1976, Mai Zetterling
Tickets
Tue 9.12.
18.00
What Is Film
Program 24
Rameau's Nephew by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
1972-74, Michael Snow
Tickets
Wed 10.12.
18.00
Women Film Pioneers
Klimt
2006, Raúl Ruiz
With Birgit Hutter in attendance
Tickets
Wed 10.12.
20.30
Women Film Pioneers
Birgit Hutter in Conversation
with Anna Zeitlhuber and Julia Pühringer
Tickets
Thu 11.12.
18.00
Mai Zetterling
Månen är en grön ost (The Moon Is a Green Cheese)
1977, Mai Zetterling
Preceded by: Visions of Eight: The Strongest
1973, Mai Zetterling
Tickets
Thu 11.12.
20.30
Sergei Eisenstein
Stachka (Streik)
1925, Sergei Eisenstein
Piano accompaniment by Elaine Brennan / Free admission for supporting members 
Tickets
Fri 12.12.
18.00
Sergei Eisenstein
Bronenosets Potyomkin (Panzerkreuzer Potemkin)
1925, Sergei Eisenstein
Piano accompaniment by Gerhard Gruber
Tickets
Fri 12.12.
20.30
Mai Zetterling
Amorosa
1986, Mai Zetterling
Tickets
Sat 13.12.
18.00
Mai Zetterling
Iris och löjtnantshjärta (Iris)
1946, Alf Sjöberg
Introduced by Elisabeth Streit
Tickets
Sat 13.12.
20.30
Sergei Eisenstein
Oktyabr (Oktober)
1928, Sergei Eisenstein
Piano accompaniment by Gerhard Gruber
Tickets
Sun 14.12.
14.00
Cinema for Little Ones
Sun, Moon, and Stars
Short film program for ages 3 and up with Stefan Huber
Tickets
Sun 14.12.
18.00
Sergei Eisenstein
Staroye i novoye / Generalnaya liniya (Das Alte und das Neue / Die Generallinie)
1929, Sergei Eisenstein, Grigoriy Aleksandrov
Piano accompaniment by Gerhard Gruber
Tickets
Sun 14.12.
18.00
Sergei Eisenstein
Aleksandr Nevskiy
1938, Sergei Eisenstein, Dmitriy Vasilev
Tickets
Mon 15.12.
18.00
Lisette Model
Films for Lisette Model
À propos de Nice
1930, Jean Vigo
In the Street
1948, James Agee, Helen Levitt, Janice Loeb
Jazz Dance
1954, Roger Tilton, Richard Leacock
Tickets
Mon 15.12.
20.30
Sergei Eisenstein
¡Que viva México! (Da zdravstvuyet Meksika!)
1930/79, Sergei Eisenstein
Tickets
Tue 16.12.
18.00
What Is Film
Program 25
Filme von Gregory J. Markopoulos
Tickets
Tue 16.12.
20.30
What Is Film
Program 26
Films by Kenneth Anger, Georges Franju, Stan Brakhage, Robert Breer
Tickets
Wed 17.12.
18.00
Sergei Eisenstein
Eisenstein Rarities Eisenstein-Raritäten
Dnevnik Glumova (Glumovs Tagebuch) / Bezhin lug (Die Beshin-Wiese) [Commentary + Fragment] / [Aufruf Eisensteins zum Kampf gegen den Faschismus] / Time in the Sun
Tickets
Wed 17.12.
20.30
Mai Zetterling
Älskande par (Liebende Paare)
1964, Mai Zetterling
Preceded by Möte med Mai (Meeting Mai)
1996, Solveig Nordlund, Jannike Åhlund
Tickets
Thu 18.12.
18.00
Mai Zetterling
Frieda
1947, Basil Dearden
Introduced by Christoph Huber
Tickets
Thu 18.12.
20.30
Mai Zetterling
Nattlek (Nachtspiele)
1966, Mai Zetterling
Preceded by: The War Game
1963, Mai Zetterling
Tickets
Fri 19.12.
18.00
Mai Zetterling
Hets (Raserei)
1944, Alf Sjöberg
Tickets
Fri 19.12.
20.30
Mai Zetterling
Flickorna (Die Mädchen)
1968, Mai Zetterling
Tickets
Sat 20.12.
18.00
Sergei Eisenstein
Ivan Groznyy (Ivan der Schreckliche) 1. Teil
1944–48, Sergei Eisenstein
Tickets
Sat 20.12.
20.30
Sergei Eisenstein
Ivan Groznyy (Ivan der Schreckliche) 2. Teil
1944–48, Sergei Eisenstein
Tickets
Sun 21.12.
18.00
Sergei Eisenstein
Bronenosets Potyomkin (Panzerkreuzer Potemkin)
1925, Sergei Eisenstein
Piano accompaniment by Elaine Brennan
Tickets
Sun 21.12.
20.30
Mai Zetterling
Doktor Glas
1968, Mai Zetterling
Tickets
Mon 22.12.
18.00
Christmas Comedies
Horse Feathers
1932, Norman Z. McLeod
Introduced by Christoph Huber
Tickets
Mon 22.12.
20.30
Christmas Comedies
City Heat
1984, Richard Benjamin
Introduced by Christoph Huber
Tickets
Tue 23.12.
18.00
What Is Film
Program 27
Presents
1980-81, Michael Snow
Tickets
Tue 23.12.
20.30
What Is Film
Program 28
So Is This
1982, Michael Snow
Seated Figures
1988, Michael Snow
Tickets
Wed 24.12.
14.00
The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz
1939, Victor Fleming
Tickets
Fri 26.12.
18.00
Christmas Comedies
Duck Soup
1933, Leo McCarey
Tickets
Fri 26.12.
20.30
Christmas Comedies
Help!
1965, Richard Lester
Tickets
Sat 27.12.
18.00
Christmas Comedies
A Night at the Opera
1935, Sam Wood
Tickets
Sat 27.12.
20.30
Christmas Comedies
The Freshman
1990, Andrew Bergman
Tickets
Sun 28.12.
18.00
Christmas Comedies
Monkey Business
1931, Norman Z. McLeod
Tickets
Sun 28.12.
20.30
Christmas Comedies
Monkey Business
1952, Howard Hawks
Tickets
Mon 29.12.
18.00
Christmas Comedies
Animal Crackers
1930, Victor Heerman
Tickets
Mon 29.12.
20.30
Christmas Comedies
The Philadelphia Story
1940, George Cukor
Tickets
Tue 30.12.
18.00
Christmas Comedies
The Cocoanuts
1929, Robert Florey, Joseph Santley
Tickets
Tue 30.12.
20.30
Christmas Comedies
The King of Comedy
1983, Martin Scorsese
Tickets
Thu 1.1.
18.00
Christmas Comedies
Casablanca
1942, Michael Curtiz
Tickets
Thu 1.1.
20.30
Christmas Comedies
A Night in Casablanca
1946, Archie Mayo
Tickets
Fri 2.1.
18.00
Mai Zetterling
Musik i mörker (Musik im Dunklen)
1948, Ingmar Bergman
Tickets
Fri 2.1.
20.30
Mai Zetterling
Scrubbers
1982, Mai Zetterling
Tickets
Sat 3.1.
16.00
Mai Zetterling
The Witches
1990, Nicolas Roeg
Tickets
Sat 3.1.
18.00
Mai Zetterling
Amorosa
1986, Mai Zetterling
Tickets
Sat 3.1.
20.30
Sergei Eisenstein
Aleksandr Nevskiy
1938, Sergei Eisenstein, Dmitriy Vasilev
Tickets
Sun 4.1.
18.00
Mai Zetterling
Hidden Agenda
1990, Ken Loach
Tickets
Sun 4.1.
20.30
Sergei Eisenstein
Ivan Groznyy (Ivan der Schreckliche) 1. Teil
1944–48, Sergei Eisenstein
Tickets
Mon 5.1.
18.00
Sergei Eisenstein
Ivan Groznyy (Ivan der Schreckliche) 2. Teil
1944–48, Sergei Eisenstein
Tickets
Mon 5.1.
20.30
Mai Zetterling
The Lost People
1949, Bernard Knowles, Muriel Box
Tickets
Tue 6.1.
18.00
What Is Film
Program 29
Scenes From the Life of Andy Warhol
1963–90, Jonas Mekas
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
1971, Jonas Mekas
Tickets
Tue 6.1.
20.30
What Is Film
Program 30
Films by Cinématographe Lumière, Charles Ridley, Stan Brakhage & Joseph Cornell, Ernie Gehr, Martin Arnold und Michael Snow
Tickets
Calendar
English language or subtitles
Program booklet (PDF in German)

 

Current Film Program

 
Invocation of My Demon Brother, 1969, Kenneth Anger (Kadervergrößerung ÖFM)
Each Tuesday

What Is Film

Program 15–21
Quiz Show, 1994, Robert Redford
November 6 to 27, 2025

Hot on Cool

TV Between Show and Fourth Estate
Le Lion des Mogols, 1924, Jean Epstein
Until November 27, 2025

Jean Epstein

Retrospective
Trailer 20 Jahre Schule für unabhängigen Film
November 20 and 21, 2025

20 Years School for Independent Film

 
The Killers, 1964, Don Siegel
November 26, 2025
Book Presentation and Film Program

Wege (Vol. 4) by Karl Sierek

 

Program Preview

November 28, 2025 to January 6, 2026


Flickorna (Die Mädchen), 1968, Mai Zetterling
November 28, 2025 to January 5, 2026

Mai Zetterling

Filmmaker and Actress
Ruth Beckermann (Ausstellung "Leben! Juden in Wien nach 1945", 2008) © Margit Dobronyi
December 3, 2025

Ruth Beckermann: In Praise of Detours

Conversation and Film Clips
Lisl Ponger. Semiotic Ghosts (Buchcover, Ausschnitt)
December 4, 2025

Lisl Ponger: Semiotic Ghosts

Book Presentation and Film Program
Schweigend steht der Wald, 2022, Saralisa Volm
December 7 and 8, 2025

Cinematography of the Holocaust

Topographies of Persecution
Klimt, 2006, Raúl Ruiz
December 10, 2025
Conversations with Women Film Pioneers

Birgit Hutter

Bronenosets Potyomkin (Panzerkreuzer Potemkin), 1925, Sergei Eisenstein
December 11, 2025 to January 5, 2026
Collection on Screen

Sergei Eisenstein – 100 Years of "Potemkin"

★, Johann Lurf
December 14, 2025
Cinema for Little Ones

Sun, Moon, and Stars

In the Street, 1948, James Agee, Helen Levitt, Janice Loeb
December 15, 2025
Films for Lisette Model

Worlds of Images

A Night at the Opera
December 22, 2025 to January 1, 2026
Collection on Screen

Christmas Comedies: Marxism and Its Consequences

The Wizard of Oz, 1939, Victor Fleming
December 24, 2025

The Wizard of Oz

Christmas at the Film Museum
Rameau's Nephew by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen, 1972-74, Michael Snow
Each Tuesday

What Is Film

Program 22–30