Here you can find a first glimpse of our upcoming events in September and October 2026. The full program with all details and dates will be published around August 17, 2026.
Program Preview September / October 2026
(September 1 to October 22, 2026)
The Early Spring of Chinese Cinema 1922–1964
Collection on Screen: Aardman Animation
Collection on Screen: Michael Mann
Collection on Screen: RISE UP! Film – Form – Freedom
In Memoriam Harry Tomicek
In Person: Peggy Ahwesh
The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty: A First "Restoration"
Cinema for Little Ones: It's a Wild Ride!
In Person: Zanele Muholi
New Uncertainties: Austrian Documentary Film in the 1990s - A Visit from the Diagonale
In Memoriam Ken Jacobs
Wax & Gold by Ruth Beckermann
In Person: Claudia Larcher
Cinema for Little Ones: So What Did You Discover?
Conversations with Women Film Pioneers: Hannelore Uhrmacher
In Person: Josef Dabernig
Reel Adventures
Flotsam: The Unknown Collection - Films by Julius Edgar Boehm and May Fürst
Peter Kubelka's Cycle What Is Film: Program 1–16
September 11 to October 22, 2026
The Early Spring of Chinese Cinema 1922–1964
This fall, a unique retrospective will shed light on the birth of Chinese cinema and its first golden age, beginning in 1896 at the Xu Gardens in Shanghai, the epicenter of a rapidly evolving cinematic modernity. Among the early sensations are milestones such as the ingeniously crafted comedy Labourer's Love (1922) and the fantastical spectacle The Cave of the Silken Web (1927). The 1930s are represented by politically progressive social melodramas in which stars like Ruan Lingyu, in Goddess (1934), embodied the suffering of a threatened nation. A particular highlight is Fei Mu's aestheticized masterpiece Spring in a Small Town (1948), which is now considered one of the most significant films in cinema history. Late works such as Early Spring (1963) and the epic Two Stage Sisters (1964) demonstrate that cinema found subtly subversive paths even under Mao. [...]September 2 to October 4, 2026
Aardman Animation
Collection on Screen
September 2 to Oktober 22, 2026
Michael Mann
Collection on Screen
September 6 to October 21, 2026
RISE UP! Film – Form – Freedom
Collection on Screen
September 9, 2026
In Memoriam Harry Tomicek
September 16 and 17, 2026
Peggy Ahwesh
In Person
September 18, 2026
The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty
A First "Restoration"
September 20, 2026
It's a Wild Ride!
Cinema for Little Ones
September 20, 2026
Zanele Muholi
In Person
September 23 to 28, 2026
New Uncertainties
Austrian Documentary Film in the 1990s
A Visit from the Diagonale
Aardman Animation
Collection on Screen
September 2 to Oktober 22, 2026
Michael Mann
Collection on Screen
September 6 to October 21, 2026
RISE UP! Film – Form – Freedom
Collection on Screen
September 9, 2026
In Memoriam Harry Tomicek
September 16 and 17, 2026
Peggy Ahwesh
In Person
September 18, 2026
The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty
A First "Restoration"
September 20, 2026
It's a Wild Ride!
Cinema for Little Ones
September 20, 2026
Zanele Muholi
In Person
September 23 to 28, 2026
New Uncertainties
Austrian Documentary Film in the 1990s
A Visit from the Diagonale
September 30, 2026
In Memoriam Ken Jacobs
October 5, 2026
Wax & Gold by Ruth Beckermann
October 7 and 8, 2026
Claudia Larcher
In Person
October 12, 2026
So What Did You Discover?
Cinema for Little Ones
October 12, 2026
Conversations with Women Film Pioneers
Hannelore Uhrmacher
October 14 to 21, 2026
Josef Dabernig
In Person
October 15, 2026
Reel Adventures
October 18, 2026
The Unknown Collection:
Films by Julius Edgar Boehm and May Fürst
Flotsam
Each Tuesday
What Is Film: Programs 1–16
Peter Kubelka's Cycle
In Memoriam Ken Jacobs
October 5, 2026
Wax & Gold by Ruth Beckermann
October 7 and 8, 2026
Claudia Larcher
In Person
October 12, 2026
So What Did You Discover?
Cinema for Little Ones
October 12, 2026
Conversations with Women Film Pioneers
Hannelore Uhrmacher
October 14 to 21, 2026
Josef Dabernig
In Person
October 15, 2026
Reel Adventures
October 18, 2026
The Unknown Collection:
Films by Julius Edgar Boehm and May Fürst
Flotsam
Each Tuesday
What Is Film: Programs 1–16
Peter Kubelka's Cycle