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Festival of Austrian Film
March 18 - 23, 2026, Graz
Festival of Austrian Film
March 18 - 23, 2026, Graz
Film Program | Films A-Z | Directors
| Annenhof Kino 2 | Annenhof Kino 5 | Annenhof Kino 6 | KIZ Royal 1 | KIZ Royal 2 | Rechbauer | Schubertkino 1 | Schubertkino 2 |
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Perla 
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PerlaAlexandra Makarová Feature Film, AT/SK 2025, 110 min., 29.3. OmeU, 30.3. OmdU Vienna, 1981. After fleeing from Czechoslovakia, Perla has built a new life for herself and her daughter Julia. When Julia’s father claims to be seriously ill, Perla’s past catches up… Details 110 min Alexandra Makarová |
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È a questo punto che nasce il bisogno di fare storia 
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È a questo punto che nasce il bisogno di fare storiaConstanze Ruhm Innovative Cinema, AT/PT 2024, 96 min., OmeU Constanze Ruhm builds on her work with Italy and expands it to a vision of European female (counter-) history in the form of an echo chamber of archive and reconstruction.… Details 96 min Constanze Ruhm
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Narben eines Putsches 
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Narben eines PutschesNathalie Borgers Documentary Film, AT/BE 2024, 102 min., 29.3. OmeU, 1.4. OmdU + VI “I’m looking for your scars.” Hands and camera approach a body, searching for the past. The injuries are from a time that the filmmaker has not had access to until… Details 102 min Nathalie Borgers
Der Soldat Monika
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Der Soldat MonikaPaul Poet Documentary Film, AT 2024, 109 min., OmeU An explosive film about the intersectional battlefield of gender identities and political struggles. A portrait of the transwoman Monika Donner, a former soldier, now a book author who campaigns for… Details 109 min Paul Poet
Kurzspielfilm 1
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Kurzspielfilm Programm 173 min Baits – Take Me Out Between the Lines: Eine Film-Suade über das Momentum At Home I Feel Like Leaving One Way Ticket to Tbilisi 73 min |
Happy
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HappySandeep Kumar Feature Film, AT 2024, 110 min., OmeU Happy, an Indian refugee, is about to be deported. His dream of a successful life in Austria has not come true. What keeps him in the country, however, is his… Details 110 min Sandeep Kumar
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Austroschwarz 
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AustroschwarzMwita Mataro, Helmut Karner Documentary Film, AT 2025, 98 min., OmeU Black Austrians are not only confronted with exotic attributions and prejudices, but also constantly receive unwanted attention. Playing with children, in conversations with psychologists, and with his father’s wise advice… Details 98 min Mwita Mataro, Helmut Karner
To Close Your Eyes and See Fire
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To Close Your Eyes and See FireNicola von Leffern, Jakob Carl Sauer Documentary Film, AT 2024, 98 min., 29.3. OmeU, 31.3. OmdU On the first anniversary of the explosion in the port of Beirut, thousands of people fill the streets; mourners and protesters. For many, the catastrophic event on August 4, 2020… Details 98 min Nicola von Leffern, Jakob Carl Sauer
Bürglkopf
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BürglkopfLisa Polster Documentary Film, AT/DE 2025, 78 min., 29.3. OmeU, 30.3. OmdU The Return Center Bürglkopf in Tyrol at an altitude of 1,300 meters is meant to provide people with advice during their asylum process. However, the remoteness of the site contributes… Details 78 min Lisa Polster |
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Kurzspielfilm 2 
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Kurzspielfilm Programm 280 min The Woman Whose Head Was an Asteroid Preiswerte Lösungen für ein besseres Leben Wohnjuwel Spicy Noodles Die letzte Wette 80 min
How to Be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World
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How to Be Normal and the Oddness of the Other WorldFlorian Pochlatko Feature Film, AT 2025, 102 min., OmeU + VI Pia (Luisa-Céline Gaffron) is in her mid-twenties and has problems: the world is a single disaster, just like Pia’s head. Fresh out of the psychiatric hospital, she has to navigate… Details 102 min Florian Pochlatko
Wenn du Angst hast nimmst du dein Herz in den Mund und lächelst
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Wenn du Angst hast nimmst du dein Herz in den Mund und lächelstMarie Luise Lehner Feature Film, AT 2025, 87 min., Omd/eU (CC) + VI Twelve-year-old Anna transfers from secondary school to a posh, college-prep school in Vienna’s city center. While she previously enjoyed a carefree, albeit financially troubled existence with her deaf mother in… Details 87 min Marie Luise Lehner
Altweibersommer
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AltweibersommerPia Hierzegger Feature Film, AT 2025, 95 min., OmeU It's cold in the camper. And it’s raining outside. In her directorial debut, Pia Hierzegger sends three friends in their fifties on a road trip—from the forest to the beach,… Details 95 min Pia Hierzegger |
Tsangari Kurzfilme
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POSITION A. R. Tsangari: Kurzfilmprogramm82 min 24 Frames per Century Fit The Capsule After Before Lulu-Trailer (Wedekind) 82 min
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Kurzspielfilm 3 84 min
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Schlendern ist mein Metier 
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Schlendern ist mein MetierJohannes Holzhausen Documentary Film, AT 2025, 80 min., dOF Schlendern ist mein Metier not only portrays one of the most outstanding personalities of Austria’s cultural and civil society, but also develops into a farewell to a Europe that perhaps… Details 80 min Johannes Holzhausen
Innovatives Kino 1
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Innovatives Kino Programm 172 min No More Excuses Reteorema (From A Like Auto to B Like Burial) Fata Morgana Diamond & Narcissus – الماس و نرگس On Dates Gleichzeitig Nackt Es wird immer Ärger 72 min |
Wien 1910
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Wien 1910E.W. Emo DE 1943, 92 min., dOF The film depicts the final days in the life of Karl Lueger, mayor of Vienna. Monarchists, social democrats, industrialists, and the Jewish population eagerly await the death of the controversial… Details 92 min E.W. Emo
2551.03 – The End
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2551.03 – The EndNorbert Pfaffenbichler Innovative Cinema, AT 2024, 80 min., Kein Dialog The grandiose finale of Norbert Pfaffenbichler’s celebrated 2551 underground trilogy. After The Orgy of the Damned , in his quest, the masked, nameless ape-man traverses a post-apocalyptic universe populated by… Details 80 min Norbert Pfaffenbichler
On the Border
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On the BorderGerald Igor Hauzenberger, Gabriela Schild Documentary Film, AT/CH/DE 2024, 103 min., 28.3. OmeU, 29.3. OmdU The history of Agadez in northern Niger is complex, and the transformation, rapid. The city of the Tuareg flourished for a long time as a hub of sub-Saharan migration, until… Details 103 min Gerald Igor Hauzenberger, Gabriela Schild
No Simple Way Home
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No Simple Way HomeAkuol de Mabior Documentary Film, KE/SS/ZA 2022, 82 min., OmeU A documentary about the own family, whose biography is tightly linked to the history of the still-young South Sudan. Akuol de Mabior’s father once led the independence movement, her mother… Details 82 min Akuol de Mabior |
Personale
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PersonaleCarmen Trocker Documentary Film, IT/AT 2024, 93 min., OmeU There’s cleaning, scrubbing, and wiping going on: every day, around the clock, and seemingly by invisible hands. In a four-star hotel in the Dolomites, the housekeeping team, mainly made up… Details 93 min Carmen Trocker
Happyland
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HappylandEvi Romen Feature Film, AT/BE 2024, 90 min., OmeU After many years and a modest music career in London, Helen(e) returns home. There, her mother runs the Happyland sports center. Helen encounters the ghosts of her youth in the… Details 90 min Evi Romen
Harvest
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HarvestAthina Rachel Tsangari Feature Film, UK/DE/GR/FR/US 2024, 131 min., OmdU A village disappears. Yet who is to blame for the demise of the medieval community of a few stone houses trying to eke out a meagre existence? Is it the… Details 131 min Athina Rachel Tsangari
Innovatives Kino 3
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Innovatives Kino Programm 377 min The Many Ways to Avert One's Eyes Revolving Rounds Sie puppt mit Puppen The Garden of Electric Delights This Arrow Points 77 min |
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Krieg in Wien 
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Krieg in WienMichael Glawogger, Ulrich Seidl AT 1989, 84 min., OmdU The montage and essay film that Ulrich Seidl and Michael Glawogger shot at the Film Academy in Vienna from 1987 to 1989 promises news about life, love, and death. Godard’s… Details 84 min Michael Glawogger, Ulrich Seidl
Unsere Zeit wird kommen
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Unsere Zeit wird kommenIvette Löcker Documentary Film, AT 2025, 105 min., OmeU Siaka doesn’t expect to live past the age of fifty. His life, shaped by escape, fear, and humiliation, has already sapped his energy. His experiences and latent racism characterize the… Details 105 min Ivette Löcker
#Love
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#LoveLudwig Wüst Feature Film, AT 2024, 99 min., OmeU The story of love can’t possibly be told in just one film. And certainly not in a film about love. After all, love takes as many different forms as there… Details 99 min Ludwig Wüst
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Staatsoperette 70 min
Un gran casino
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Un gran casinoDaniel Hoesl Innovative Cinema, AT 2025, 77 min., 28.3. OmdU, 29.3. OmeU Casino Municipale, in Campione d’Italia, an Italian enclave in Switzerland, was once the largest gambling house in Europe. Today it looks like a monument to a lost empire. Following the… Details 77 min Daniel Hoesl |
