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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 Most prominently, this includes the public presentation of film as an art form, cultural technique, and historical document in our "Invisible Cinema" in the Albertina building.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.
Today
19.00
Friends of the Film Museum
Überraschungsfilm
Special event for our supporting members
Tue 2.9.
18.00
What Is Film
WHAT IS MOVEMENT / WHAT IS PAUSE / WHAT IS FILM
Introduction to Peter Kubelka's Cyclical Program
Program 1
Works by Étienne-Jules Marey, William Kennedy Laurie Dickson/Edison Kinetograph, Cinématographe Lumière and Marie Menken

Introduced by Peter Kubelka
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Tue 2.9.
21.00
What Is Film
Program 2
Birth of a Nation
1996, Jonas Mekas
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Wed 3.9.
19.00
Amos Gitai
Words with Gods / Book of Amos
2014, Amos Gitai
Amos Gitai, Daniela Schmid, and Domagoj Akrap in Conversation
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Thu 4.9.
18.00
John Carpenter
Assault on Precinct 13
1976, John Carpenter
Preceded by: Trailershow 1976–83 / Distant Dream 2016 / Captain Voyeur 1969, John Carpenter
Introduced by Christoph Huber / Free admission for supporting members 
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Thu 4.9.
20.30
John Carpenter
The Thing
1982, John Carpenter
Introduced by Christoph Huber / Free admission for supporting members 
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Fri 5.9.
18.00
John Carpenter
Elvis
1979, John Carpenter
Introduced by Christoph Huber
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Fri 5.9.
20.30
John Carpenter
Halloween
1978, John Carpenter
Introduced by Christoph Huber
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Sat 6.9.
18.00
John Carpenter
The Fog
1980, John Carpenter
Introduced by Christoph Huber
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Sat 6.9.
20.30
John Carpenter
Escape from New York
1981, John Carpenter
Preceded by: Escape from New York
2016, John Carpenter
Introduced by Christoph Huber
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Sun 7.9.
16.30
John Carpenter
Dark Star 
1974, John Carpenter
Urfassung
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Sun 7.9.
18.00
John Carpenter
Christine
1983, John Carpenter
Preceded by: John Carpenter's Christine 
2017, John Carpenter

Introduced by Christoph Huber
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Sun 7.9.
20.30
John Carpenter
Starman
1984, John Carpenter
Introduced by Christoph Huber
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Mon 8.9.
18.00
John Carpenter
Big Trouble in Little China
1986, John Carpenter 
Preceded by: Big Trouble in Little China 
1986, Tony Greco

Introduced by Christoph Huber
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Mon 8.9.
20.30
John Carpenter
Prince of Darkness
1987, John Carpenter
Introduced by Elisabeth Streit
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Tue 9.9.
18.00
What Is Film
Program 3
Works by Robert J. Flaherty, Dziga Vertov, Stan Brakhage
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Tue 9.9.
20.30
What Is Film
Program 4
Works by Richard Leacock, Don A. Pennebaker, Robert Frank
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Wed 10.9.
18.00
John Carpenter
They Live
1988, John Carpenter
Introduced by Christoph Huber
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Wed 10.9.
20.30
John Carpenter
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992, John Carpenter
Introduced by Christoph Huber
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Thu 11.9.
18.00
Thomas Arslan
Im Schatten
2010, Thomas Arslan
With Thomas Arslan in attendance / Introduced by Birgit Kohler / Free admission for supporting members 
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Thu 11.9.
20.30
Thomas Arslan
Verbrannte Erde
2024, Thomas Arslan
Austrian Premiere
With Thomas Arslan in attendance / Introduced by Birgit Kohler / Free admission for supporting members 
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Fri 12.9.
18.00
Thomas Arslan
Geschwister – Kardeşler
1996, Thomas Arslan
With Thomas Arslan in attendance
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Fri 12.9.
20.30
Thomas Arslan
Der schöne Tag
2001, Thomas Arslan
With Thomas Arslan in attendance
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Sat 13.9.
18.00
John Smith
Program 1
Short Films by John Smith, 1975–2004
With John Smith in attendance
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Sat 13.9.
20.30
John Smith
Programm 2
Short films by John Smith, 2006–2021
With John Smith in attendance
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Sun 14.9.
14.00
Cinema for Little Ones
Film Tricks
Short film program for ages 3 and up
With Stefan Huber
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Sun 14.9.
18.00
John Carpenter
Village of the Damned
1995, John Carpenter
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Sun 14.9.
20.30
John Carpenter
Escape from L.A.
1996, John Carpenter
Preceded by: Escape from New York (Trailer)
1981, John Carpenter
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Mon 15.9.
18.00
Thomas Arslan
Am Rand
1991, Thomas Arslan
Am Rand Revisited
2024, Thomas Arslan
Im Sommer (Die sichtbare Welt)
1992, Thomas Arslan
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Mon 15.9.
20.30
Thomas Arslan
Mach die Musik leiser
1994, Thomas Arslan
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Tue 16.9.
18.00
What Is Film
Program 5
Zemlja (Erde)
1930, Aleksandr Dovženko
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Tue 16.9.
20.30
What Is Film
Program 6
Flaming Creatures
1963, Jack Smith
Triumph des Willens
1935, Leni Riefenstahl
No admission after the beginning of the screening
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Wed 17.9.
18.00
Cinédoc
Substrate / Surface
Films by Guy Fihman, Jean-Michel Bouhours, Christian Lebrat, Dominique Willoughby, Hervé Demoures

Introduced by Dominique Willoughby
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Wed 17.9.
20.30
Cinédoc
Desires / Detours
Films by Claudine Eizykman, Barbara Glowczewska, Frédérique Gros & Martine Zevort, Unglee, Catherine Le Gallou
Introduced by Dominique Willoughby
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Thu 18.9.
18.00
Cinédoc
Rhymes / Rhythms
Films by Guy Fihman, Guy Fihman & Claudine Eizykman, Pierre Rovere, Peter Stämpfli, Dominique Willoughby, Dominique Avron & Jean-Bernard Brunet, Georges Rey
Introduced by Dominique Willoughby
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Thu 18.9.
20.30
Thomas Arslan
Dealer
1998, Thomas Arslan
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Fri 19.9.
18.00
John Carpenter
In the Mouth of Madness
1994, John Carpenter
Introduced by Christoph Huber
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Fri 19.9.
20.30
John Carpenter
Vampires
1998, John Carpenter
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Sat 20.9.
18.00
John Carpenter
Ghosts of Mars
2001, John Carpenter
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Sat 20.9.
20.30
John Carpenter
Masters of Horror: Cigarette Burns
2005, John Carpenter
Masters of Horror: Pro-Life
2006, John Carpenter
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Sun 21.9.
18.00
Thomas Arslan
Gold
2013, Thomas Arslan
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Sun 21.9.
20.30
Thomas Arslan
Ferien
2007, Thomas Arslan
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Mon 22.9.
18.00
Thomas Arslan
Aus der Ferne
2005, Thomas Arslan
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Mon 22.9.
20.30
Thomas Arslan
Helle Nächte
2017, Thomas Arslan
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Tue 23.9.
18.00
What Is Film
Program 7
Works by Georges Méliès, Émile Cohl, Viking Eggeling, Hans Richter, Fernand Léger & Dudley Murphy, Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp
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Tue 23.9.
20.30
What Is Film
Program 8
Works by Georges Méliès, Robert Nelson, U.S. Government Office of War Information, Bruce Conner, Joris Ivens
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Wed 24.9.
18.00
Alanis Obomsawin
Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance
1993, Alanis Obomsawin
Introduced by Michaela Grill / Free admission for supporting members 
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Wed 24.9.
20.30
Alanis Obomsawin
Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises
2006, Alanis Obomsawin
Introduced by Michaela Grill / Free admission for supporting members 
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Thu 25.9.
18.00
Milica Tomić
On Love Afterwards
Kurzfilme von Milica Tomić, 1996–2013
With Milica Tomić, Andreja Hribernik, and Irena Borić in attendance
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Thu 25.9.
20.30
Alanis Obomsawin
Incident at Restigouche
1984, Alanis Obomsawin
Preceded by: History of Manawan – Part Two
1972, Alanis Obomsawin

Introduced by Michaela Grill 
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Fri 26.9.
18.00
Alanis Obomsawin
Mother of Many Children
1977, Alanis Obomsawin
Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child
1986, Alanis Obomsawin

Introduced by Michaela Grill 
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Fri 26.9.
20.30
Alanis Obomsawin
Rocks at Whiskey Trench
2000, Alanis Obomsawin
Introduced by Michaela Grill 
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Sat 27.9.
18.00
Alanis Obomsawin
Trick or Treaty?
2014, Alanis Obomsawin
Introduced by Michaela Grill 
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Sat 27.9.
20.30
John Carpenter
The Ward
2010, John Carpenter
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Sun 28.9.
16.00
Thomas Arslan
Geschwister – Kardeşler
1996, Thomas Arslan
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Sun 28.9.
18.00
Thomas Arslan
Dealer
1998, Thomas Arslan
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Sun 28.9.
20.30
Thomas Arslan
Der schöne Tag
2001, Thomas Arslan
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Mon 29.9.
18.00
David Puttnam
Mahler
1974, Ken Russell
Talk with David Puttnam
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Mon 29.9.
20.30
Thomas Arslan
Mach die Musik leiser
1994, Thomas Arslan
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Tue 30.9.
18.00
What Is Film
Program 9
Odinnadcatyj (Das elfte Jahr)
1928, Dziga Vertov
Impatience
1928, Charles Dekeukeleire
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Tue 30.9.
20.30
What Is Film
Program 10
La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc
1928, Carl Theodor Dreyer
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Wed 1.10.
18.00
Thomas Arslan
Aus der Ferne
2005, Thomas Arslan
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Wed 1.10.
20.30
John Carpenter
Elvis
1979, John Carpenter
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Thu 2.10.
18.00
Thomas Arslan
Ferien
2007, Thomas Arslan
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Thu 2.10.
20.30
John Carpenter
Starman
1984, John Carpenter
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Fri 3.10.
18.00
John Carpenter
Prince of Darkness
1987, John Carpenter
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Fri 3.10.
20.30
John Carpenter
Assault on Precinct 13
1976, John Carpenter
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Sat 4.10.
18.00
John Carpenter
The Thing
1982, John Carpenter
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Sat 4.10.
20.30
John Carpenter
Halloween
1978, John Carpenter
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Sun 5.10.
18.00
John Carpenter
The Fog
1980, John Carpenter
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Sun 5.10.
20.30
John Carpenter
Big Trouble in Little China
1986, John Carpenter 
Preceded by: Big Trouble in Little China 
1986, Tony Greco
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Mon 6.10.
18.00
John Carpenter
Village of the Damned
1995, John Carpenter
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Mon 6.10.
20.30
John Carpenter
Christine
1983, John Carpenter
Preceded by: John Carpenter's Christine 
2017, John Carpenter
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Tue 7.10.
18.00
What Is Film
Program 11
Vredens Dag (Tag des Zorns)
1943, Carl Theodor Dreyer
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Tue 7.10.
20.30
What Is Film
Program 12
Works by Jean Genet, VALIE EXPORT, Joseph Cornell, Stan Brakhage
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Wed 8.10.
18.00
John Carpenter
The Ward
2010, John Carpenter
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Wed 8.10.
20.30
John Carpenter
Vampires
1998, John Carpenter
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Thu 9.10.
18.00
John Carpenter
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992, John Carpenter
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Thu 9.10.
20.30
Thomas Arslan
Gold
2013, Thomas Arslan
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Fri 10.10.
18.00
John Carpenter
They Live
1988, John Carpenter
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Fri 10.10.
20.30
Thomas Arslan
Helle Nächte
2017, Thomas Arslan
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Sat 11.10.
18.00
John Carpenter
Escape from New York
1981, John Carpenter
Preceded by: Escape from New York
2016, John Carpenter
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Sat 11.10.
20.30
John Carpenter
Escape from L.A.
1996, John Carpenter
Preceded by: Escape from New York (Trailer)
1981, John Carpenter
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Sun 12.10.
14.00
Cinema for Little Ones
Film Tricks
Short film program for ages 3 and up
With Amba Botland and Stefan Huber
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Sun 12.10.
18.00
Thomas Arslan
Im Schatten
2010, Thomas Arslan
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Sun 12.10.
20.30
Thomas Arslan
Verbrannte Erde
2024, Thomas Arslan
Austrian Premiere
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Mon 13.10.
18.00
John Carpenter
Dark Star
1974, John Carpenter
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Mon 13.10.
20.30
John Carpenter
Ghosts of Mars
2001, John Carpenter
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Tue 14.10.
18.00
What Is Film
Program 13
Works by Jean Vigo, Kenneth Anger, Michael Snow
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Tue 14.10.
20.30
What Is Film
Program 14
Ėntuziazm (Simfonija Donbassa)
1930, Dziga Vertov
L'Age d'or
1930, Luis Buñuel
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Wed 15.10.
18.00
Women Film Pioneers
Die Nachtmeerfahrt
1986, Kitty Kino
With Gerda Fritz and Kitty Kino in attendance
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Wed 15.10.
20.00
Women Film Pioneers
Gerda Fritz in Conversation
with Claudia Wohlgenannt and Julia Pühringer
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Thu 16.10.
18.00
John Carpenter
Masters of Horror: Cigarette Burns
2005, John Carpenter
Masters of Horror: Pro-Life
2006, John Carpenter
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Thu 16.10.
20.30
John Carpenter
In the Mouth of Madness
1994, John Carpenter
Introduced by Neil Young
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Calendar
English language or subtitles
Program booklet (PDF in German)

 

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September / October 2025

We will return from our summer break on September 2.
 
Peter Kubelka im Filmmuseum 2023 (Foto: ÖFM © Eszter Kondor)
September 2, 2025

WHAT IS MOVEMENT / WHAT IS PAUSE / WHAT IS FILM

Introduction by Peter Kubelka
Words with Gods / Book of Amos, 2014, Amos Gitai (Foto: Agav Films)
September 3, 2025

Amos Gitai: Words with Gods

Film Screening & Discussion
They Live, 1988, John Carpenter
September 4 to October 16, 2025

John Carpenter

Complete Works
Verbrannte Erde 2024, Thomas Arslan (Foto: Arsenal – Institut für Film und Videokunst e.V.)
September 11 to October 12, 2025

Thomas Arslan

In Motion
John Smith
September 13, 2025

John Smith

Unreliable Narrator
Farbversuchsprogramm, 2022, Stefanie Weberhofer
September 14 and October 12, 2025
Cinema for Little Ones

Film Tricks

Gros Loup, 1976, Barbara Glowczewska
September 17 and 18, 2025
The Amos Vogel Atlas 22

Cinédoc

One day, Instead of One Night, a Burst of Machine-Gun Fire will Flash, if Light Cannot Come Otherwise, 2009, Milica Tomić (Foto: Srđan Veljovića)
September 25, 2025

Milica Tomić

On Love Afterwards
Mahler, 1974, Ken Russell
September 13, 2025

David Puttnam

Mahler
Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child, 1986, Alanis Obomsawin (Foto: National Film Board of Canada)
September 24 to 27, 2025

Alanis Obomsawin

Centuries of Resistance
Die Nachtmeerfahrt, 1986, Kitty Kino (Foto: Filmarchiv Austria)
October 15, 2025
Talks with Women Film Pioneers

Gerda Fritz

The Aviary, 1955, Joseph Cornell (Kadervergrößerung ÖFM)
Each Tuesday

What Is Film

Program 1–14