Partner

Associations

AAC
Verband Österreichischer
Kameraleute
Austrian Association of Cinematographers
c/o VdFS
Löwelstraße 14 / 1.floor
1010 Vienna
+43 (1) 522 59 33
office@aacamera.org

www.aacamera.org

ADA
Österreichischer Regieverband
Austrian Directors' Association
c/o VdFS
Löwelstraße 14 / 1.floor
1010 Vienna
+43 (1) 526 97 41-0
office@ada-directors.com

www.ada-directors.com

AEA
Österreichischer Verband Filmschnitt
Austrian Editors Association
c/o VdFS
Löwelstraße 14 / 1.floor
1010 Vienna
+43 (1) 526 97 41-600
office@editors.at

www.editors.at

DVF
Dachverband der österreichischen
Filmschaffenden
Austrian Filmmakers Association
c/o VdFS
Löwelstraße 14 / 1.floor
1010 Vienna
+43 (1) 526 97 41-600
office@filmschaffende.at

www.filmschaffende.at

dok.AT
Interessengemeinschaft
österr. Dokumentarfilmschaffender
Austrian Documentary Film Alliance
Barnabitengasse 6/12
1060 Vienna
+43 (677) 614 115 09
office@dok.at

www.dok.at

filmmakeup 
Austrian Association of Film-Makeup,
Hair and SFX Artists
c/o VdFS
Löwelstraße 14 / 1.floor
1010 Vienna
mail@filmmakeup.at

www.filmmakeup.at

Filmton Austria
Berufsvereinigung der
Österreichischen Filmtonschaffenden
/VdFS
Löwelstraße 14 / 1.floor
1010 Vienna
office@filmton-austria.at

www.film-ton.at

Verband Filmregie Österreich
Austrian Directors Guild
c/o VdFS
Löwelstraße 14 / 1.floor
1010 Vienna
+43 (699) 120 313 18
office@austrian-directors.com

www.austrian-directors.com

VÖF
Verband Österreichischer Filmausstatter:innen
Austrian Filmdesigners Association
c/o VdFS
Löwelstraße 14 / 1.floor
1010 Vienna
+43 (1) 526 97 41
office@filmdesigners.at

www.filmdesigners.at

VOECD
Verband Österreichischer
Casting Directors
Rötzergasse 8/2
1170 Vienna
office@voecd.com

www.voecd.com

VÖFS
Verband österr. Filmschauspieler:innen
Association of Austrian Actors
c/o VdFS
Löwelstraße 14 / 1.floor
1010 Vienna
+43 (1) 522 32 34
office@austrian-actors.com

www.voefs.at

International Associations

CISAC
Confédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Auteurs
et Compositeurs
www.cisac.org

IDA
International Documentation on Audiovisual Works
www.ida-net.org

SAA
Society of Individual Authors
www.saa-authors.eu

SCAPR
Societies' Council for the Collective
Management of Performers' Rights
www.scapr.org

Collecting Societies Austria

AKM
Austrian Collecting Society of authors, composers and music publishers
Baumannstraße 10
1030 Vienna
+43 (5) 0717-0
service@akm.co.at

www.akm.at

AUSTRO MECHANA
Society for the management and exploitation of mechanical musical copyrights
Baumannstraße 10
1030 Vienna
+43 (1) 717 87-0
office@aume.at

www.akm.at

BILDRECHT
Society for the administration of visual rights
Burggasse 7-9/6
1070 Vienna
+43 (1) 815 26 91
office@bildrecht.at

www.bildrecht.at

LITERAR MECHANA
Society of Copyrights
Linke Wienzeile 18
1060 Vienna
+43 (1) 587 21 61-0
office@literar.at

www.literar.at

LSG
Exercise of ancillary copyrights Society - Performers
Seilerstätte 18-20
1010 Vienna
+43 (1) 587 17 92
office@lsg-interpreten.com

www.lsg.at

ÖSTIG
Austrian Society of Performers
Seilerstätte 18-20
1010 Vienna
+43 (1) 587 17 92
office@oestig.att

www.oestig.at/oestig

VAM
Collecting society for audiovisual media
Neubaugasse 25/ Stg 1/9
1070 Vienna
+43 (1) 526 43 01-0
office@vam.cc

www.vam.cc

VG RUNDFUNK
Collecting Society of Broadcasting
Storchengasse 1
2.floor, door15269
1150 Vienna
+43 (1) 87878-12241
office@vg-rundfunk.at

www.vg-rundfunk.at

International Collecting Societies

Albania
AKDIE
ALBAUTOR
 

Argentinia
DAC

Azerbaijan
AAS

Australia
ASDACS

Bulgaria
FILMAUTOR

Germany
GVL
VGBK

Estonia
EAÜ

Finland
KOPIOSTO

France
ADAMI
SACD
SCAM

Georgia
GCA

Greece
SADA

Ireland
SDGI

Japan
DGJ

Canada
DGC
DRCC

Columbia
ACTORES

Croatia
HDS ZAMP
 

Latvia
AKKA/LAA

Lithuania
LATGA

Netherlands
NORMA
VEVAM

Norway
NORWACO

Poland
SFP-ZAPA

Portugal
GDA
SPA

Russia
RUR

Sweden
COPYSWEDE

Switzerland
SSA
SUISSIMAGE
SWISSPERFORM
 

Slovakia
LITA

Slovenia
AIPA

Spain
AISGE
DAMA
SGAE

Czech Republic
DILIA
OOA-S

Ukraine
AuPO CINEMA

Hungary
EJI
FILMJUS

Governmental Agencies

Federal Chancellery
Republic of Austria

Sektion II:
Kunst und Kultur
Concordiaplatz 2
1010 Vienna
+43 (1) 531 15-206860
http://www.kunstkultur.bka.gv.at

Federal Ministry of Justice
Museumstraße 7
1070 Vienna
+43 (1) 521 520-0
www.justiz.gv.at

Supervisory authority for collecting societies
Althanstraße 39-45
1091 Vienna
+43 (1) 521 52 32 68
verwges.aufsicht@justiz.gv.at
aufsicht-verwges.justiz.gv.at

Organizations

AFC – Austrian Film Commission
Stiftgasse 6
1070 Vienna
+43 (1) 526 33 23
office@afc.at

www.afc.at

Akademie des Österreichischen Films
Stiftgasse 25/1
1070 Vienna
+43 (1) 890 20 33
office@oesterreichische-filmakademie.at

www.oesterreichische-filmakademie.at

drehbuchFORUM Wien
Vienna Screenwriters Forum
Stiftgasse 6
1070 Vienna
+43 (1) 526 85 03
office@drehbuchforum.at

www.drehbuchforum.at

Fachverband der Film-
und Musikindustrie Österreichs

Wiedner Hauptstraße 63
P.O. Box 327
1045 Vienna
+43 (5) 90 900-3012
mueller@fama.or.at


www.filmandmusicaustria.at

Fernsehfonds Austria der RTR GmbH
Mariahilfer Strasse 77-79
1060 Vienna
+43 (1) 58 058-0
fernsehfonds@rtr.at

www.fernsehfonds.at

Filmarchiv Austria
Obere Augartenstraße 1
1020 Vienna
+43 (1) 216 13 00
augarten@filmarchiv.at

www.filmarchiv.at

Filmfonds Wien
Mariahilferstraße 76/1/10
1070 Vienna
+43 (1) 526 50 88
office@filmfonds-wien.at

www.filmfonds-wien.at

Forum österreichischer Filmfestivals
Ausstellungsstr. 3/IV
1020 Vienna
info@film-festivals.at

www.film-festivals.at

Gewerkschaft für Kunst, Medien, Sport, Freie Berufe
Sektion Film, Foto, audiovis. Kommunikation
Maria Theresien-Straße 11
1090 Vienna
+43 (1) 313 16-8300
office@younionfilm.at

www.younionfilm.at

Kulturrat Österreich
Gumpendorfer Straße 63b
1060 Vienna
contact@kulturrat.at

www.kulturrat.at

ÖFI – Österreichisches Filminstitut
Spittelberggasse 3
1070 Vienna
Tel +43 (1) 526 97 30
office@filminstitut.at

www.filminstitut.at

Österreichisches
Filmmuseum

Augustinerstrasse 1
1010 Vienna
+43 (1) 533 70 54
kontakt@filmmuseum.at

www.filmmuseum.at

Verband österr. Filmproduzentinnen
und –produzenten (AAFP) 

Association of Austrian Filmproducers
Millergasse 9/4
1060 Vienna
+43 (650) 518 35 90
aafp@austrian-film.com

www.austrian-film.com

Vienna Film Commission
Karl-Farkas-Gasse 18
1030 Vienna
+43 (1) 4000 87000
office@viennafilmcommission.at

www.viennafilmcommission.at

WKO – Wirtschaftskammer Österreich
Wiedner Hauptstraße 63
1040 Vienna
+43 (5) 90 900
0800 221 223
info@wko.at

www.wko.at

Festivals and Events

VdFS supports the following film festivals and events:

Austrian Film Festival

The festival of national and international independent film presents carefully selected short, feature-length and documentary films.

Best Austrian Animation Festival 

The festival presents a large number of new Austrian animated films in a local competition.

Cinema Talks

Cinema Talks is an innovative and young film festival that entered its second round in 2020. Up to 30 national and international short films will be presented - packed into four categories: Social, Extraordinary, Entertainment and Inspiration.

Der neue Heimatfilm

Over the five days of the festival, around 60 national and international feature films, documentaries and short films - including numerous Austrian premieres - invite audiences to approach the ever-topical subject of home from different perspectives and to engage intensively with it.

Diagonale

For more than 25 years, the Diagonale - Festival of Austrian Film has seen itself as a forum for the presentation and discussion of Austrian film productions. Filmmakers and their works are the focus of the festival, which takes place annually in Graz.

DIAMETRALE

DIAMETRALE is a platform for (inter)national filmmakers who stand out for their experimental approach and interest in the comic. Following the motto "useless and beautiful", the festival strengthens films that defy common attributions and are resistant thanks to comic, absurd, humorous methods.

dotdotdot

The dotdotdot short film festival spreads a relaxed open air atmosphere in summer. Handpicked short and medium-length films are on the program when the Volkskundemuseum Wien turns into the festival center of dotdotdot.

Ethnocineca

Every year in May, the auditoriums of the Votiv Kino and Kino De France are the center of documentary film art and ethnographic filmmaking. With short and feature-length films and an extensive supporting program with keynotes, master classes, panel discussions and a film talk, ethnocineca.

frameout

The Summer Cinema at the MQ invites you to a nice mix of documentaries, feature films, animation, art and short films with free admission, celebrating cinema and digital culture.

FrauenFilmTage

With a program centered around socio-political themes as well as humorous works and films about young women's attitudes to life, the FrauenFilmTage provide exciting insights into the multifaceted world of female filmmaking.

Instant36 - Das Stegreif Filmfestival - Drehwochenende & Screening 

Instant36 is an open festival for film enthusiasts, where participants take on the challenge of making a short film within 36 hours. Fiction, documentary or animation - all forms are allowed. Three weeks after the competition, the screening takes place at ARGE Kultur Salzburg.

Internationales Kinderfilmfestival Wien & Steiermark

The most beautiful films for families, children and young audiences are gathered by the International Children's Film Festival in Vienna, Linz and Styria.

Jüdisches Filmfestival

The Jewish Film Festival Vienna brings Jewish filmmaking to Viennese cinemas and the big screen.

Juvinale

Juvinale is a festival with many faces around young, qualitative film with screenings, workshops, discussions.

Kaleidoskop 

The open air film festival takes place every summer since 2019 with free admission at Karlsplatz in Vienna.

Kikeriki - Kurzfilmfestival für Kinder 

For four weeks, the Kunstwerkstatt Tulln is transformed into a colorful movie theater for children aged 3 and up.

KINO WIE NOCH NIE

Consistently analog - in that form of presentation of film that is inseparably linked to the experience of cinema - extraordinary city films from 100 years can be seen at the Augarten and METRO Kinokulturhaus in wonderful 35mm prints made in-house.

K3 Film Festival Villach

The festival K3 understands its eponymous terms "commerce, art, cinema" as an incentive to draw borders in order to cross them at the same time. The core of this cross-border festival is dedicated to the filmmaking of the regions of Carinthia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Slovenia.

Linz International Short Film Festival

The festival was founded in 2018 with the aim of supporting young, talented filmmakers in their qualitative work and giving them the opportunity to present their creations in a professional environment.

Mittelamerikanisches Filmfestival Wien

The Central American Film Festival Vienna sees itself as a cultural bridge from Central America to Europe and strives to make this small, yet creative film scene known.

Mountainfilm International Filmfestival Graz

Mountainfilm Graz is Austria's largest genre film festival in the field of mountains and nature. For the festival audience, this results in a wide range of topics, great stories and footage from the most diverse areas of our planet waiting to be discovered.

Poetry Film Festival

Poetry films and literary filmmaking, competitions, readings and performances by local artists as well as surprise guests from abroad are offered by the Poetry Film Festival in Vienna.

Queertactics

Queertactics, the new lesbian_queer_feminist film series in Vienna has the motto "The world should become queerer and more female".

slash Filmfestival

Since 2010, the slash film festival has been thrilling fans of fantastic film and has become an integral part of the Vienna Film Festival. The film program includes more than 40 Austrian premieres every year.

TRICKY WOMEN / TRICKY REALITIES

Since 2001, Tricky Women has put animated films by women in the annual spotlight, occupying a prominent thematic niche in the international festival landscape.

this human world - International Human Rights Film Festival

The International Human Rights Film Festival is held annually in Vienna under the banner of human rights. High-quality national and international films that deal with socio-political circumstances, problems and challenges in a wide variety of ways bring the worldwide treatment of human rights to the big screen.

VIENNALE

300 feature films, documentaries and short films - this is Austria's largest international film event, which brings international flair to Vienna and invites its visitors on a cinematic journey of discovery through the cinema of the world.

VIS Vienna Shorts - Online Edition

Short and Good! Vienna Shorts is dedicated to the short format. The program includes short and animated films as well as music videos.

VOLXkino

The traveling film festival plays numerous venues throughout Vienna during the summer months. The film program of the city's oldest open-air cinema includes a wide selection of current, explosive and successful documentaries, short films, music and feature films.

YOUKI

Austria's largest international youth media festival in Wels invites young filmmakers to exciting film screenings and a colorful supporting program. The core of the festival is the International Film Competition, which annually features around 80 short films by young directors between the ages of 10 and 26.

zeitimpuls shortfilm

Social commitment in short film - that's what zeitimpuls shortfilm stands for! The festival offers a varied program for all age groups and spans a range from the play with fear in terror reporting to visions of democratic dialogue and the basic values of our society, human rights.

Initiatives, Events & Projects

VdFS also supports the following initiatives, institutions & projects

Cinema Next 

Cinema Next - Young Cinema from Austria sees itself as an initiative for young Austrian filmmakers.

drehübung wien 

A further education initiative for professional filmmakers in Austria. Concrete needs from professional practice are transferred with partners into targeted offers, so that workshops, trainings and coachings can take place.

EU XXL Film, Art & Culture

EU XXL is an independent initiative in the interest of European creatives. The initiative defines itself as a forum for the promotion, communication and dissemination of European film. Its projects include EU XXL - Die Reihe - Wanderkino im 21. Jahrhundert, EU XXL Film - Schnittstelle und EU XXL Film Jour Fixes

FC Gloria 

FC Gloria - Women* Networking Film has been campaigning for gender justice in the Austrian film industry since 2010. Their vision: A (film) world of equal treatment, diversity, fair distribution of resources, appreciation and respect.

Film Fatal 

The interest group of Austrian female producers.

Filmgalerie Achteinhalb 

The Filmgalerie Achteinhalb is a non-profit association and one of the last video stores in Vienna!

Gewächshaus 

Gewächshaus is a network of and for BPOC filmmakers in German-speaking countries. The goal is to promote diversity both in front of and behind the camera in order to bring their stories into the mainstream.

nonstop kino 

The cinema abonnement has started! With the nonstop Kinoabo, you can go to all regular movie screenings at participating cinemas for an unlimited monthly fee.

Schule Friedl Kubelka 

The school supports aspiring filmmakers and offers exchange and instruction with national and international film artists.

#we_do!

The contact and advice center against discrimination and unequal treatment, abuse of power, sexual assault and violations in (film and television) labor law was set up by the umbrella organization of filmmakers for all filmmakers. Declared goals are documentation, counseling and change.

Film - Magazines 

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