7. Vienna Shorts

The (darned) seventh year brought great innovations to VIS Vienna Independent Shorts. The Metro Kino advanced to the new main venue and for the first time and the competition program was divided into three sections for the first time: The international competition for fictional and documentary works, henceforth called Fiction & Documentary, was joined by the international competition for animation, experimental film and digital media, Animation Avantgarde for short (curated by Thomas Renoldner, among others), and a separate Austrian competition with the first-ever Austrian Short Film Award. A total of 90 works from more than 20 countries were screened in the three competition categories.

As part of the musical-rhythmic focus Film Dance Rhythm, tribute programs were dedicated to the great dance filmmaker Miranda Pennell and the work of Kubelka student Thomas Draschan. As another highlight, animated pictures were “brought to dance” with live music in the Reformed City Church not far from the Metro Kino. Speaking of music: The most popular short film branch, the music video, was given more space for the first time in 2010—but the Austrian Music Video Award was not to be initiated until a few years later ...

Catalogue 2010