Here you can find a first glimpse of our upcoming events in March and April 2026. The full program with all details and dates will be published on February 16, 2026.
Program Preview March / April 2026
(February 26 to May 5, 2026)
Derek Jarman
Love at First Sight: Directorial Debuts from the Collection (Part 1)
Cinema for Little Ones: Loud and Quiet
Isotype: The Picture Language from Vienna
Cinema for Little Ones: Room for Everyone!
![The Illiac Passion [Fragment], 1964–67, Gregory J. Markopoulos (Kadervergrößerung ÖFM)](/jart/prj3/filmmuseum/images/cache/19b95d16ace58130b53dbb70dce20ab4/0x01053E0082E3BDDCC22CD977E929411F.jpeg "The Illiac Passion [Fragment], 1964–67, Gregory J. Markopoulos (Kadervergrößerung ÖFM)")
What Is Film: Program 43–62
March 19 to April 30, 2026
Derek Jarman
Derek Jarman was not only one of British cinema's greatest filmmakers, he ranks high among his nation's 20th century artists in any medium. An accomplished painter, designer and writer, in 1986 he became the first film-director nominated for the prestigious Turner Prize. Often a magnet of controversy at home – where his exuberant "queerness" sparked frictions in an era of state-sanctioned homophobia – he was revered abroad. As Dennis Cooper wrote, he "proved himself to be the true successor to Pasolini." Live performance of Blue with Simon Fisher Turner (piano) and Neil Young (interpretation) on March 19, 2026. [...]February 26 to May 4, 2026
Love at First Sight Directorial
Directorial Debuts from the Collection (Part 1)
A directorial debut can be a daunting prospect. It can appear as an announcement of a major new cinematic talent, or as a curious enigma that can only be properly deciphered, understood, and appreciated in the future, in the context of filmmaker's later works. It can represent a promise that was never fulfilled, a promise broken or suppressed, an outburst of creative energy that was impossible to follow, or a start of a steady stream of cinematic invention. With this particularly massive spring program we look into the past and bring you some of the most famous debuts of the 20th century, combined with a number of less obvious works, perhaps even discoveries or surprises, and a 2001 coda that serves as a perfect announcement of the 21st century. [...]March 1 and 22, 2026
Cinema for Little Ones
Loud and Quiet
Cinema for Little Ones brings film programs to children ages 3 and up and their families. Loud and Quiet is a colorful program about the joy of noise and calm. [...]March 11, 2026
Isotype
The Picture Language from Vienna
In collaboration with the Wien Museum, this program highlights the picture language Isotype, developed by Otto Neurath, and its adaptation for cinema. [...]April 12 and 19, 2026
Cinema for Little Ones
Room for Everyone!
In Room for Everyone! we discover together how much color and magic is hidden in the gray of the big city. Film program for children ages 3 and up. [...]Each Tuesday