Viennale
The Viennale, also known as Vienna International Film Festival, takes place in every October since the year 1960 in Vienna, the capital of Austria. Every year, some 75,000 visitors gather in the city to enjoy the fabulous film festival.
Authorities book the Gartenbaukino, Urania, Metro-Kino, Filmmuseum and Stadtkino hall for the festival. All of the halls are articulate and has considerable heritage behind them. Visitors and judges enjoy the romantic city’s hospitality and watch the nice films with full satisfaction. During the time of the festival, movie loving people from around the world meet and discuss on various topics in bid to be enlightened over film related issues.
The Viennale festival generally focuses on experimental films, documentary films, short films and crossover productions. It features a wide collection of films from across the globe. Along with it, national and international premieres please the crowd with its authenticity.
During the Viennale festival, international film critics award the reputed Fipresci Prize to the most deserving film. Also, the readers of the Der Standard, a renowned Austrian newspaper awards a special prize to the most gorgeous film of the year. At the last day of the festival, Vienna Film Prize is awarded to the best film of the event. Directors and producers, around the world feel privileged to be an integral part of it.
Apart from the films and the awards, organizers, along with the Austrian Film Museum authorities, arrange a historical retrospective, every year. Additionally, special programs, tributes to international institutions and individuals are given. The other programs that glorify the Vienna International Film Festival, each and every year include special events and celebrations, galas, discussions as well as meetings between invited guests, tourists, observers and local visitors.
If you plan to visit Vienna in the coming days, do schedule it around the month of October, so that you can get a touch of the Viennale festival along with the numerous grand architecture, world-class gothic cathedrals, museums, opera houses, concert halls, and storybook scenery of the city.
The Viennale is actually considered as the biggest film festival in Austria. In 2007, a total of 91,700 people gathered in the city to enjoy the event. Over 320 films were screened in the festival; out of which, 126 were completely sold out. October is not a bad time to visit the romantic city as gigantic range of cultural attractions hit with their due momentum, in that particular time of the year.
