15. Vienna Shorts
We need to disagree
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A “raucous blend of cinema art and wild jamboree”—this is how the magazine “profil” described our festival, which—fifteen years after its foundation as a students initiative—was more driven than ever in honoring short-format filmmaking. In 2018, we celebrated our passion for unconventional cinema and the half anniversary of VIS Vienna Shorts over seven spring days with some 300 current and historical films in six main venues.
Fifty years after the year 1968, our focus topic We Need To Disagree recalled the importance of political debate and opposition, while the film exhibition shaping democracy examined Austria’s self image 100 years after the Republic’s founding. In our Spotlights program, Mark Toscano presented restored treasures from the Academy Film Archive, while two solo retrospectives honored the work of animation artist Martha Colburn and Expanded Cinema pioneer Ernst Schmidt jr.. As a new addition to our four long-time competitions, VR the World presented 360° films.
Showreel 2018
Catalogue 2018
Program folder 2018
Annual report 2018
Trailer: shaping democracy
FIDO FICTION & DOCUMENTARY – INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
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AA ANIMATION AVANTGARDE – INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
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ÖW AUSTRIAN COMPETITION
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MUVI AUSTRIAN MUSIC VIDEO AWARD
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VR THE WORLD – INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
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VIENNA SHORTS Special Awards
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TRAILER & ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE
ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE
TRAILER
(Diego Costa Amarante, PT 2018, 01:56 min)
Artist in Residence Diogo Costa Amarante captured our sensitive side in the 2018 festival trailer. He knows we are always talking about you, you, you, you and you.
The trailer was created with the support of Q21 at MuseumsQuartier.