The Film Museum is taking a summer break from July 29 to September 4, 2024. Here you can find a first glimpse of our upcoming events in September/October. The full program with all details and dates will be published around August 14, 2024.
Program September / October 2024
(September 5 to October 17, 2024)
John Boorman. Magician of Light
Collection on Screen: Premieres of New Prints and Digital Restorations
Cinema for Little Ones: Expedition in the Realm of Movie Animals
The Amos Vogel Atlas 18: Stahltier Troopers
Revolution of the Eyes: Films by Friederike Pezold (pezoldo)
Flotsam: Film Undone
Collecetion on Screen: Michael Pilz – Part 5
Talks with Women Film Pioneers: Kitty Kino
Anthropocene. Dialogs Between Science and Art
Collection on Screen: Lav Diaz – Part 7
What Is Film: Program 1–12
September 5 to October 17, 2024
John Boorman
Magician of Light
We're dedicating the start of our season to one of cinema's major visionaries, British filmmaker John Boorman (*1933). Shuttling between his home country and Hollywood, Boorman directed legendary classics like the crime film Point Blank (1967), the adventure film Deliverance (1972), the fantasy epic Excalibur (1980), and the autobiographically-tinged tragicomedy Hope and Glory (1987). Not only did he repeatedly reinvigorate genres, he was also able to smuggle his very personal approach into the demands of commercial moviemaking – faithful to his poetic motto, "films should be poems, not novels." We are pleased to present the complete retrospective of his feature films in Austria. [...]
Past Events
September 5 to October 5, 2024
Collection on Screen
Premieres of New Prints and Digital Restorations
We begin a new season by showcasing a small selection of recent highlights that have enriched our collection in the past year. [...]September 23, 2024
The Amos Vogel Atlas 18
Stahltier Troopers
The day before this year's annual screening of Triumph des Willens (as part of What Is Film), we will present a Vogel Atlas featuring two films from our collection, with introductions, to provide historical contextualization to Riefenstahl's work and explode the myth about its uniqueness. [...]September 7 and 29, 2024
Cinema for Little Ones
Expedition in the Realm of Movie Animals
Cinema for Little Ones brings film programs, moderated by a film educator, to children ages 3 and up and their families. This time in search of animal lives onscreen. [...]September 25 and 26, 2024
Revolution of the Eyes
Films by Friederike Pezold (pezoldo)
Since the late 1960s, artist and filmmaker Friederike Pezold (pezoldo) has researched and acted at the intersection of fine arts, film/video, and multi-media art. From the early video sculptures and photo series to the most recent film Revolution der Augen (2022), her art always attacks dominant conditions and unrelentingly fights the "revolution of seeing." [...]October 3, 2024
Flotsam
Film Undone
We have invited the Berlin-based project Film Undone to present two film projects whose finalization and public presentation was prevented for political reasons. [...]October 6, 2024
Collection on Screen
Michael Pilz – Part 5
To complement our screening of Michael Pilz's film about the work of legendary theater director Jack Garfein, we will also show another rarity in our collection: Garfein's The Strange One (1956). [...]October 9, 2024
Talks with Women Film Pioneers
Kitty Kino
After the screening of her film Karambolage (1982), screenwriter and director Kitty Kino will talk with Barbara Eder and Julia Pühringer. [...]October 10 to 13, 2024
Anthropocene
Dialogs Between Science and Art
In the center of our selection of films are geological formations altered by humans, for example rivers, lakes, and Canadian oil and sand deposits. In the spirit of a dialogue between art and science, the screenings will be discursively expanded by lectures and talks. [...]Each Tuesday
What Is Film
Program 1–12
Peter Kubelka's cycle What Is Film was created in 1996 on the occasion of the centenary of cinema. The cycle starts anew on September 10 with Program 1. [...]October 14 and 16, 2024
Collection on Screen
Lav Diaz – Part 7
In 2022, we began a permanent exhibition of Lav Diaz' work as part of Collection on Screen. On the occasion of Diaz's personal presence in Vienna, we will present two of his works in part 7: Norte, the End of History (2013) and From What Is Before (2014). [...]
