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Invitation General Meeting 2023

Liebe Bezugsberechtigte, liebe Mitglieder der VdFS, wir freuen uns, Sie auch 2023 wieder zu unserer jährlichen Mitgliederversammlung (Bezugsberechtigten-Versammlung) einladen zu dürfen! Details entnehmen Sie bitte der Einladung. Wir ersuchen u...

Website Relaunch

We have given the VdFS homepage a new look!  New functions, updated content and a clear design.  Under FAQ you will find, in addition to the most important information about membership and plant end notifications, now also the most ...

Austrian Film Award 2023

Under the motto Through Night to Light, the Austrian Film Awards were presented on 15/06/2023. At the gala, directed by Catalina Molina, the appreciation of Austrian filmmaking was again the focus this year. Best Feature Film was awarded to "VERA...

Save the date

Dear beneficiaries, dear regular members of VdFS, Please note the following dates: Mitgliederversammlung / General Meeting  20/09/2023, 18.00 / Metro Kinokulturhaus Generalversammlung / General Assembly 27/09/2023, 18.00 /...

In Memoriam Prof. DI Eva Ulmer-Janes

EUJ It is with deep sadness that we announce that Prof. DI Eva Ulmer-Janes, the long-time Chairwoman of the Board of VdFS, passed away on Friday, May 12, 2023 after a long and sometimes difficult time. Eva Ulmer-Janes was a member of the Verb...

Diagonale'23

At this year's edition of the Diagonale, the festival of Austrian film, VdFS was once again a guest in Graz as partner and benefactor. As part of the opening ceremony, the Diagonale Grand Acting Award (Große Diagonale Schauspielpreis) was presente...

In Memoriam Christiane Hörbiger

We gladly remember her numerous visits to our general meetings, to which she rarely came without her dogs. Christiane Hörbiger was a beneficiary of VdFS for many years, later she was accepted as a cooperative member. We are grateful to her for her...

Infotag Film

At the first Infotag Film at the Stadtkino im Künstlerhaus on November 24, 2022, numerous funding agencies presented themselves. At the Infotag Film, institutions of the Austrian film industry introduced themselves: What do they do and promote? Wh...

Wehrt euch! Interview with Fabian Eder

Fabian Eder in an interview about the work of the contact point #we_do! and structural change -. with the film magazine ray - Magazin 11/2022. Find the whole interview here: https://ray-magazin.at/wehrt-euch/ (Article in German) we-do.film...

Useful Links

"Härtefallfonds": multiple low-income and case-based employees Low-income and caseload workers are now eligible to apply. Find all relevant information here: https://www.filmschaffende.at/coronanews/haertefallfonds-mehrfachgeringfuegig-und-fall...

Digital Membership Contract

Until now, anyone who wanted to become a member of our company had to fill out our membership contract in analog form and send it to us by mail. With the new digital membership contract, this is no longer necessary and you can do this directly via yo...

New Chair & Vice Chair of the VdFS Board

Elections were also held as part of the constituent meeting of the newly elected Board of Directors on October 20, 2022. Philipp Horak Michael Kreihsl (director) was unanimously elected as the new chairman of the board. Stefan Joham K...

General Assembly 2022

In the course of the General Assembly of VdFS on October 13, 2022, in addition to the resolution on the annual financial statements and transparency report 2021, among other things, new elections to the Board of Directors were held. Due to the res...

General Meeting 2022

On October 6, 2022, the annual general meeting of VdFS took place at METRO Kinokulturhaus in Vienna. Also this year, numerous beneficiaries accepted our invitation and together with members of the committee and the VdFS team, they summarized the p...

Gernot Schödl in interview

The managing director of VdFS, Mag. Gernot Schödl, LL.M. in an interview with mica - music austria about the new copyright law. Martin Jordan Fotografie    "Seit der Urheberrechtsreform haften Online-Plattformen für ihre Inhalte. Ist...

Invitation General Meeting 2022

Dear beneficiaries, dear members of VdFS, we are pleased to invite you again to our annual general meeting ('Bezugsberechtigten-Versammlung') in 2022! Please find details in the invitation. We request your registration by 25.09.2022 at the late...

Maintenance MyVdFS

Dear beneficiaries, extensive maintenance work is currently taking place on our online platform MyVdFS. Therefore, access to your MyVdFS account will be limited from August 16 to probably August 31, 2022. If you need anything in the meantime, ...

Austrian Film Award 2022

Already for the 12th time the Austrian Film Award was presented on June 30, 2022. The gala, staged by Clara Stern, took place in the Grafenegg Auditorium together with around 1000 guests.  The big winner of this year's award is "Große Freihei...

Re-elections SAA-Board

VdFS was elected for the third time in a row to the board of the European umbrella organization of audiovisual authors SAA, based in Brussels! 33 collecting societies from 25 EU member countries (and UK) have voted on the new composition of the 8...

New MyVdFS Platform

In the course of the development of our new MyVdFS App, our MyVdFS Portal has also been updated both visually and structurally. The new portal offers the same features as before and you can use it with your previous credentials. We welcome fe...

MyVdFS - App

The online portal MyVdFS, which is accessible to our members, is now also available as a mobile app for on the go - with all functions and even clearer! Dear beneficiaries, We are pleased to present you our new MyVdFS - App! VdFS sees it...

Diagonale'22

At the anniversary edition of Diagonale, the festival of Austrian film, VdFS was once again a guest in Graz as a partner and benefactor. As part of the opening ceremony, the Diagonale Grand Acting Award was presented again this year in cooperation w...

"An Evening for Daniela"

On 23/03/2022 we remembered Daniela Padalewski-Gerber with a small celebration at the Metrokino with family, friends, colleagues and companions. After numerous postponements due to the pandemic, the evening for Daniela could finally take place. Kris...

Meeting Room Update

Since holding virtual meetings is also becoming increasingly important for collecting societies, we have technically upgraded our meeting room and given it an acoustic treatment. With a new TV and a video conferencing system, VdFS and its partners, ...

General Meeting 2021

On October 14, the annual general meeting of VdFS took place at METRO Kinokulturhaus in Vienna. Also this year, numerous beneficiaries accepted our invitation and, together with members of the board and the VdFS team, summarized the past year and ...

The VdFS Team

The VdFS team has now been increased to a total of 7 people and to celebrate this fact we have also created new team photos.  We are looking forward to the cooperation!  Martin Jordan Fotografie