Timeline

Performances on 25 and 26 January 2019 at Theatro Mayor Bogotá

Los Angeles CineFest – Los Angeles, USA – semi finalist

Performances on 19 and 20 January 2019 at Long Beach Opera, USA

Genre Celebration Festival – Tokyo – Nominee: Best Editing

Genre Celebration Festival – Tokyo – Nominee: Best Noir Short

CFIFF – Changing Face International Film Festival – Sydney – Monthly Finalist

PSIAF Palm Springs International Animation Festival – USA

SIFF – Southeastern International Film Festival – Duluth – USA

Lecture on "film- and multimedia production" in the masters' programme "art & economy“ at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Am Heumarkt 27/3a, 12.10.2018, 14:00 p.m.

Mindfield Film Festival – Los Angeles – USA – Best Music Video: Platinum Award ★

Mindfield Film Festival – Albuquerque – USA – Best Music Video: Platinum Award ★

Festival Internacional De Cine Independiente De Neuquén – FECINEU – Argentinia

Canada's Yes! Let's Make a Movie Film Festival

Fort Worth Indie Film Showcase – USA

International Tour Film Festival – Santa Marinella, Santa Severa, Montalto di Castro, Civitavecchina – Italy

New York Lift-Off Film Festival Online selection

AltFF Alternative Film Festival – Toronto – Kanada – Semi Finalist

Cosmic Film Festival – Florida – USA – Best Music Video ★

Asia Independent – Bangalore – India

Pune Short Film Festival – Maharashtra – India

Completion of "Light Matter" on 11.6.2018.

Jelly FEST – Sunland, CA – USA – Semi Finalist

Sunlight International Film Festival – Berlin

Near Nazareth Festival (NNF) – Israel

Auckland International Film Festival

Österreichisches Filmmuseum – Presentation for pupils

Rosarito International Film Festival – Los Angeles – USA – Best Music Video ★

Vienna Shorts Festival

Eurasia International Monthly Film Festival – Moskau – Best Music Video ★

Solaris Film Festival – Nice – France

Test screening in the Gartenbaukino Vienna with Siegfried Friedrich, Martin Reinhart and Johann Lurf.

Calcutta International Cult Film Festival – India

Top Indie Film Awards – Online Festival – Nomination: Best Music Video

Royal Wolf Film Awards – Los Angeles – USA – Winner: Best FX ★

Royal Wolf Film Awards – Los Angeles – USA – Winner: Best Director ★

Royal Wolf Film Awards – Los Angeles – USA: Best Music Video: Gold Award ★

Top Indie Film Awards – Online Festival – Winner: Best director ★

Top Indie Film Awards – Online Festival – Winner: Best FX ★

SHORT to the Point – Bucharest – Romania

Enginuity Film Awards – Shepherdstown – USA – Nomination: Best VFX

Enginuity Film Awards – Shepherdstown – USA – Winner: Best New Media Director ★

Enginuity Film Awards – Shepherdstown – USA – Nomination: Best New Media Director

Enginuity Film Awards – Shepherdstown – USA – Nomination: Best New Media

Enginuity Film Awards – Shepherdstown – USA – Nomination: Best New Media Director

Nassau Film Festival – Princeton – USA – Princeton Tiger Award ★

Firefly Film Competition – Los Angeles – USA

West Wing Film Competition – Los Angeles – USA – Music Video: 1st Place Winner ★

Lake View International Film Festival – Punjab – Indien – May 2018 Best Music Video of the Month ★

The IndieFEST Film Awards – San Diego – USA – Award of Excellence Special Mention: Music Video

Roma Cinema DOC

Keynote address at the Donau Universität Krems on the occasion of the awarding of the "Master of Science, MSc" for the university courses at the "Centre for Digital Learning and Interactive Design": "Interactive Media Management", "Online Media Marketing", Professional MSc (Multimedia)", "Social Innovation MA". Donau-Universität Krems, Audimax, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Strasse 30, 3500 Krems on the Danube, 5/5/2018, 10:00 am.

Jaipur International Film Festival – JIFF – Indien – Top 2nd Music Video/Song ★

Rome Elephant Film Awards

International Music Video Underground – Los Angeles, USA – Best music video: semi finalist

Pinnacle Film Awards – USA – Best Animation Short: Gold Award ★

Cefalù Film Festival – Palermo

St. Lawrence International Film Festival - SLIFF Online

Cefalù Film Festival – Palermo

Cefalù Film Festival – Palermo

Feel The Reel International Film Festival – Glasgow – England – official selection best music video

LA Edge Film Awards – Los Angeles – USA – Best Music Video ★

LA Edge Film Awards – Los Angeles – USA – Best Editing ★

LA Edge Film Awards – Los Angeles – USA – Best Visual FX ★

FICOCC Five Continents International Film Festival – Puerto la Cruz, Teneriffa – Official Selection

Berlin Flash Film Festival – Monthly category winner April 2018 – Music Video ★

Member of the appointment committee for the replacement of the professorship of "Sprachkunst" at the University of Applied Arts Vienna – together with Sandro Huber, Gabriele Rothemann, Eva Maria Stadler (Chair), Ernst Strouhal and Veronika Schnell.

tx-transform shooting with Martin Putz and Martin Reinhart in Vienna. The material will be used to test a new tx-transformator, which will be presented at the ZKM - Zentrum für Kunst und Medien in Karlsruhe from June 2018.

Silicon Beach Film Festival – Los Angeles – USA – Best Music Video ★

Volgograd International Independent Film Festival – Russia

Volgograd International Independent Film Festival – Russia

LET'S CEE Film Festival: Panel participant at the Industry Days
Anna Franklin, Marcin Lunkiewicz, Virgil Widrich:
Is the future of cinema virtual? Or are we facing just a hype? VR as a rapidly developing technology, a fascinating promise for the film industry and an enormous challenge.
21.4.2018, 11:00 am: Raiffeisen Hall (RBI), Am Stadtpark 9, 1030 Vienna

On 16.4.2018 idea and first tests for "Light Matter", a black and white short film with flashes of light from black to white.

SFAAF – South Film and Arts Academy Festival – Chile – Winner: best fx in a short film ★

Opening of the "Sound of Music World" on 13.4.2018 in Salzburg, which was co-designed by checkpointmedia.

Shutter Speed Film Festival – Arlington – Texas

Shutter Speed Film Festival – Arlington – Texas – Semi Finalist

Mediterranean Film Festival (MedFF) – Siracusa, Italien – Music Video Competition: Best Music Video ★

Le Plein de Super/La Boîte Carrée – Nantes – France

Jury member: The Globe International Silent Film Festival – Michigan State University – USA

Worldwide release of the music video "Be my Rebel" with the two music legends Nena and Dave Stewart  on 23.3.2018. Directed by Virgil Widrich.

SIFF – Sonoma International Film Festival – CA, USA

Corto Nero Short Film Festival – Napoli – Italy

Corto Nero Short Film Festival – Napoli – Italy

Corto Nero Short Film Festival – Napoli – Italy

Panel participant within the context of "Diagonale Film Meeting' 18 – From industry wrestling to film policy – interests and future questions of the Austrian film industry":
Discussion "Klartext", with Michael Kreihsl, Anja Salomonowitz, Elisabeth Scharang, Virgil Widrich and Daniel Hoesl (moderation)

Hotel Wiesler, Salon Frühling, Grieskai 4-8,8020 Graz, 14.3.2018,12.45 pm.

Contribution in the March issue of the Spanish "Found Footage Magazine" about Peter Tscherkassky.

City 46 – Bremen

Member of the Admissions Examination Board for the Bachelor's degree Cross-Disciplinary Strategies – Applied Studies in Art, Science, Philosophy and Global Challenges at University of Applied Arts Vienna, together with Ingeborg Reichle (Vorsitz), Renée Schroeder, Eva Maria Stadler, Cornelia Weber and Christine Böhler.

Master class Virgil Widrich at the Universitè Rennes 2

Master class Virgil Widrich at the Universitè Rennes 2

Travelling – Clair Obscur – Festival de cinéma de Rennes Métropole – France

Master class Virgil Widrich at the Universitè Rennes 2

Master class Virgil Widrich at the Universitè Rennes 2:
In collaboration with Clair obscur - Festival Travelling and a revue Répliques.
Presented by Erwan Floch' lay and Nicolas Thévenin from a revue Répliques.
In the presence of Virgil Widrich, director.
Presentation of three short films:
Copy Shop (2001,12', black-and-white), Fast Film (2003,14', colour), Back Track (2015,7', colour, 3D).

23.2.2018,14:00 to 18:00 o' clock
Université Rennes 2 - Auditorium du Tambour
Place du recteur Henri Le Moal
CS 24307 - 35043 Rennes cedex
Admission free

"Virgil Widrich - Work and Method": Lecture at the Luxembourg City Film Festival, Casino Luxembourg, 41, Rue Notre Dame, 2240 Luxembourg, 20.02.2018 at 6:30 pm.

Travelling – Clair Obscur – Festival de cinéma de Rennes Métropole – France

Travelling – Clair Obscur – Festival de cinéma de Rennes Métropole – France

Travelling – Clair Obscur – Festival de cinéma de Rennes Métropole – France

Completion of the music video "Be my Rebel" with Nena and Dave Stewart in Vienna.

Premiere of "Icon Island – a live battle of pictures and sounds" on 17.2.2018 at the Salesians' Theatre, Sliema, Malta. Produced on behalf of Valletta 2018 European Capital of Culture.

Direct Short Online Film Festival – Award Winner ★

EU Info Center – Kralja Milana 7 – Belgrade

Trondheim 2018 – Minimalen Short Film Festival

2nd IbizaCinefest – Ibiza – Selection

Lecture: "Angewandte Praxis – Radical Matter in Art, Philosophy and the Wild Sciences".
Johnny Golding is a philosopher focusing on Radical Matter in art, philosophy and what she names ‘the wild sciences‘. Together with Martin Reinhart she is the master mind behind the "Data Loam" project which deals with new concepts for knowledge systems that are designed to embody a critical intermediality of objects, facts, materials, ephemera, technology and matter. Together with Vienna based artist Florian Unterberger, Johnny and Martin will introduce their project and discuss how it provides new tools in practiceled research that both account for the process of making and capture knowledge previously lost in the jungle of big data.
Angewandte Innovation Lab, Franz Josefs Kai 3, 1010 Wien
10.1.2018 at 5 pm.

EIFA – European Independent Film Award – Paris – Best Experimental: Silver Award ★

EIFA – European Independent Film Award – Paris– Best Animation: Platinum Award ★

SHORTZ 2017 – University of Novi Sad – Serbia

The "tx-transformator" is presented in the exhibition "Aesthetics of change - 150 Years of the University of Applied Arts Vienna" from 15.12.2017 to 15.4.2018 in the MAK - Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art.

Co-design of the exhibition "Aesthetics of change - 150 Years of the University of Applied Arts Vienna", which is shown from 15.12.2017 to 15.4.2018 in the MAK - Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art.

"Spaced out! Film Spaces in the Digital Age" – An event organised by frame (o)ut, dotdotdot and the Filmarchiv Austria – METRO Kinokulturhaus Wien

"Spaced out! Film Spaces in the Digital Age" – An event organised by frame (o)ut, dotdotdot and the Filmarchiv Austria – METRO Kinokulturhaus Wien

Reel Erotic Art Film Festival – Newfoundland and Labrador – Canada

"Podium 2" on "Techniques of Tradition". Discussion with Nikolaus Wostry (Head of the Film Archive Austria Collection), Kevin Lutz (Austrian Film Museum Collection), Michaela Mayr (Head of the Digital Library Department ONB) and Christoph Bauer (ORF TV Archive). Moderated by: Virgil Widrich
METRO Kinokulturhaus, Johannesgasse 4,1010 Vienna
3.12.2017, 8:30 pm.

Berlin Motion Picture Festival

European Union Film Festival – National Gallery of Canada – Ottawa

European Union Film Festival – Cinematheque Vancouver

Jury at "2 Days Animation Festival – Best Austrian Animation"

European Film Festival – Ottawa – Canada

European Union Film Festival – "The Royal" – Toronto

Suikerzoet Filmfestival – Schiedam – The Netherlands

Together with Ingrid Brodnig, Elmar Giglinger, Stephan Schwingeler in the jury of "Content Vienna" for Vienna Business Agency.

VIENNA ART WEEK/Art & Technology Line-up: Transforming Technology: Panel participant from 15:30 to 16:30 at "Critical Creatives: How Artistic Engagement Will Shape Our Digital Future": Antoni Muntadas, artist, New York, Gerald Nestler, artist, Vienna, Maja Smrekar, artist, Slovenia, Axel Stockburger, artist, Vienna, and Virgil Widrich, film director and multimediate artist, Vienna
Presenter: Robert Punkenhofer, artistic director, VIENNA ART WEEK

MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Art / Contemporary Art
Stubenring 5, 1010 Vienna, 14.11.2017, 13:00 to 20:00

Obst und Gemüse – Basel

LA Shorts Awards – USA – Best Animation: Diamond Award ★

AFC Global Fest – Kolkata – India

AFC Global Fest – Kolkata – India

1st Annual Palm Springs International Animation Festival – Palm Springs – USA

KAPOW Intergalactic Film Festival – Hollywood – USA – Nomination: Best Foreign Film

KAPOW Intergalactic Film Festival – Hollywood – USA – Nomination: Best Experimental Film

KAPOW Intergalactic Film Festival – Hollywood – USA – Nomination: Best Cinematography

KAPOW Intergalactic Film Festival – Hollywood – USA – Nomination: Best Foreign Film

KAPOW Intergalactic Film Festival – Hollywood – USA – Nomination: Best Animation

Blue Danube Film Festival – Hungary

Plebeian Film Festival – San Diego – USA

Goethe Institut, Film Neu Fim Festival – Washington – USA

Third term as head of the Institute of Fine and Media Art at the University of Applied Arts Vienna until 31.10.2019. Deputy is Ruth Schnell.

St. Lawrence International Film Festival – SLIFF Online – USA

FEDAXV – Festival de Diseno Audiovisual Experimental – Chile

4^th Goa Short Film Festival 2017 – Maharashtra – India

4^th Goa Short Film Festival 2017 – Maharashtra – India

Edinburgh Short Film Festival – UK – Nomination for Best Animated Short Film Award

Fake Flesh Film Fest – Kamloops, British Columbia

Locomocion – Experimental Animation Festival – Mexico

Locomocion – Experimental Animation Festival – Mexico

Berlin Flash Film Festival – Monthly category winner September 2017 – Super short animation/stop motion ★

Scandinavian International Film Festival – Helsinki – Finland

36th Festival du film d'animation de Bourg-en-Bresse – France

Mindfield Film Festival – Albuquerque – USA – Best Animation Short – Diamond Award ★

"No equivalency against racism and anti-democratic trends": a panel evening with Monika Mokre, Andreas Peham, Julya Rabinowich, Virgil Widrich
Moderation: Karin Brunner and Markus Zochmeister
The New Lacanian Field Austria, inspired by ZADIG-VIENNA
Sigmund Freud Museum, Berggasse 19, 1090 Vienna, 14.10.2017, 8.00 pm

Lecture on "film- and multimedia production" in the masters' programme "art & economy“ at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Am Heumarkt 27/3a, 13.10.2017, 14:00 p.m.

New York City Indie Film Awards – USA – Best Experimental: Gold Award ★

New York City Indie Film Awards – USA – Best Animation: Diamond Award ★

Finissage: 8.10.2017, from 5 to 8 pm
Festivalzentrale Süd am Sparkassaplatz
Sparkassaplatz 4, 1150 Vienna

"Podium 1" about current positions in film art on the topic "analog_digital" with Siegfried A. Fruhauf, Michael Palm, Virgil Widrich and Sandra Wollner. Moderation: Anna Högner.
METRO Kinokulturhaus, Johannesgasse 4, 1010 Vienna
5.10.2017, 9:15 pm.

Curator of the retrospective "analog_digital – The dichotomy of cinema", 5 to 16 October 2017 in Filmarchiv/Metrokino Wien.

Creation of the media installation "Memory Palace" for the exhibition "ANALOG_DIGITAL. Media (Ex) changes" at METRO Kinokulturhaus, Vienna (October 3, 2017 to January 28, 2018).

Conception of the media installation "Side by Side" for the exhibition "ANALOG_DIGITAL. Media (Ex) changes" at METRO Kinokulturhaus, Vienna (October 3, 2017 to January 28, 2018).

Cocktail: 30.9.2017, from 5 to 8 pm
Festivalzentrale Süd am Sparkassaplatz
Sparkassaplatz 4, 1150 Vienna

On behalf of "Vienna Design Week", media installation "Panzerschrank Potemkin" with projections in the bank vault of the former Zentralsparkasse. 29.9. to 8.10.2017, Sparkassaplatz 4, 1150 Vienna.

Short Film Roosendaal Festival – Niederlande – The Netherlands

Member of the Admissions Examination Board for the Bachelor's degree Cross-Disciplinary Strategies – Applied Studies in Art, Science, Philosophy and Global Challenges at University of Applied Arts Vienna, together with Christine  Böhler, Ingeborg Reichle (chair), Renée Schroeder, Eva Maria Stadler and Robert Trappl.

The International Short Film Festival SHORT FORM – Gornji Milanovac – Serbia

Hope Film Awards – Las Vegas – USA – official selection

BlackBox Shortfilm Festival  – Biberstein – Switzerland

Manaki Brothers Fim Festival – Macedonia

Feodosiya International Film Festival – Republic of Crimea – Russian Federation

Filming for the music video "Be my Rebel" with Nena and Dave Stewart end of September 2017 in Hamburg.

TRAVEL FILM In Russian international film festival – Business Center "Barklay-plaza" – Moscow – Finalist

"Micromeo", presented by producer Arash T. Riahi, has been selected as one of 18 productions for the 27th ACE Session (2017/2018).

Salzburger Kunstverein, Cinema Vertigo, Künstlerhaus – Rooms of our Time

Contribution to the symposium "Fear of the other – segregation or discourse" by ZADIG–Vienna (Zero Abjection Democratic International Group), supported by "Viennese Psychoanalytic Seminar". With Jacques-Alain Miller, Lilia Mahjoub, Gil Caroz, Avi Rybnicki, and others.
Brotfabrik Wien – Ankersaal, Absberggasse 27, Stair 3, 3rd floor, 1100 Vienna, 9.9.2017, 6 pm.

Split Fim Festival – Croatia

Filmquest – Utah – USA

Registered address: Operngasse 36/37, 1040 Wien

AM Egypt Film Festival – Egyptian Catholic Center of the Cinema – Cairo

Salzkammergut Festwochen Gmunden – Martin Haselböck, Franz Danksagmüller and Martin Schwab "Music to Just call me God, with a live soundtrack of "Copy Shop".
Martin Haselböck: Organ and Piano, Franz Danksagmüller: Toy Piano, Piano and Electronics, Martin Schwab: Narrator.

We Like 'Em Short – Baker City, Oregon – USA

Montreal International Animation Film Festival – ANIMAZE

Completion of the third version of the screenplay of "Micromeo".

dotdotdot – Open Air Kurzfilmfestival, Gartenpalais Schönborn, Vienna, open air screening

"O Sol da Caparica" Music Festival – Costa da Caparica – Portugal

Participants at the "Nachtcafé" in the context of the "Salzburger Hochschulwochen"

Panelists:
Iris Andraschek, visual artist
Gregor Maria Hoff, theologian and Germanist
Virgil Widrich, filmmaker and multimedia artist

Moderator:
Wilfried Stadler, co-editor of the "Furche"

Große Aula of the University of Salzburg, Universitätsplatz 1, 5020 Salzburg
5.8.2017, 19:00 to 20:30

Breaking Waves Film Festival – Nova Scotia

Design and implementation of a faceted display window collage for Bankhaus Spängler in Salzburg.

Cartoon Club – Rimini – Italia

Presentation of the winners of the "Austrian American Short Film Festival (AASFF)" of the "Austrian Cultural Forum NYC" at the frame [o]ut Festival in Vienna.
Friday, 14.7.2017 at 19.00, film program from 21.30, in the Museumsquartier, Hof 8, open air, admission free. Audience talk: Stephanie Falkeis (curator), filmmakers, and Virgil Widrich (director, media artist and principal juror AASFF).

Sotto le stelle dell'Austria 2017 – Forum austriaco di cultura – Austrian Cultural Forum Rome

Animator 2017 – 10^th International Animated Film Festival – Poznan – Poland

Animator 2017 – 10^th International Animated Film Festival – Poznan – Poland

Exit of Virgil Widrich Film- und Multimediaproduktions G.m.b.H. from AAFP – Association of Austrian Film Producers.

"CayFilm" Cayman Islands International Film Festival

June 28^th to July 11^th, 2017, two diploma works of the department "Art & Science" at the University of Applied Arts Vienna are shown at the "Essence17" in Alte Post, Dominikanerbastei 11, 1010 Vienna.

"70 projections for 70 years": Under the artistic direction of Virgil Widrich, a multi-disciplinary team designed the event on 21.6.2017 and a travelling exhibition for the Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft mbH (ERP Fund).

20th Shanghai International Film Festival – China

River Film Festival – Padua – Italy

Paris – Villette Makerz – Paris la Villette (Mashup Film Festival)

European Film Festival – Kulturni centar Sabac – Serbia

Summary of the c-tv conference "Exploring Visionary Media Technologies" at the Fachhochschule St. Pölten with a contribution by Virgil Widrich, "The film set as cinema: digital live projections in the feature film production": 11.6.2017, 8:35 on ORF III.

European Film Festival – Dom kulture Stevan Mokranjac – Negotinu, Serbia

Arkade – an evening of film & art – DINA, Sheffield – England

On 6.6.2017 opening of "Circuit Training – A foray into the world of the Large Hadron Collider" at das weisse haus Vienna, an exhibition of the University of Applied Arts Vienna (Art & Science and Site-Specific Art) in cooperation with CERN (art@CMS and HEPHY – Institute of High Energy Physics). Concept and development: Brishty Alam, Valerie Deifel, Katrin Hornek, Matilde Igual Capdevila, Bernd Kräftner, Paul Petritsch, Karl Salzmann, Virgil Widrich.

TIFF 16 – Transilvania International Film Festival – Focus on Young Austrian Cinema – Romania

Underground Film Fest – Ancona, Italien

The new website of "Art & Science" goes online. Responsive design allows adaptation to all output media.

Data Loam – First Vienna meeting of the research team Johnny Golding, Mattia Paganelli, Martin Reinhart, Leo Coster, Matthias Strohmaier, Marc Orou, Matthias Tarasiewicz and Andrew Newman.

FICOCC Five Continents International Film Festival – Puerto la Cruz, Teneriffa – Best Experimental Short Film ★

FICOCC Five Continents International Film Festival – Puerto la Cruz, Teneriffa

Boulder Creek Film Festival – USA

European Film Festival – Leskovacki kulturni centar – Serbia

Azores Fringe Festival – Azores – Portugal

2nd Edition of the Less 15 min MiniMovie Film Festival – Los Angeles – Best Advertising ★

Pune Short Film Festival – Maharashtra – India

Finisterra Arrábida Film Art & Tourism Festival – Sesimbra – Portugal

Near Nazareth Festival (NNF) – Israel

Jury member at "20 Seconds for Art" by "KÖR - Kunst im öffentlichen Raum", together with Gerald Bast, Marie-Therese Harnoncourt, Stefanie Paffendorf, Andrea Schurian and Berthold Ecker

Nassau Film Festival – Princeton – USA – Semi Finalist

Animation Day in Cannes Accolade – Cannes

Polish International Film Festival – online Festival – Best Experimental Film ★

End of Days Film Festival – Orlando, Florida – USA

European Film Festival – Kupina, Niski kulturni centar – Nis, Serbia

Theatrical release in the Netherlands – Bioscoop Ketelhuis Amsterdam
*** Het Parool
***1/2 De Filmkrant
"De manier waarop Wildrich dit huis samen met Das weisse Band-cameraman Christian Berger in beeld heeft gebracht is bewonderingswaardig."

Arash T. Riahi and Golden Girls Filmproduction & Filmservices GmbH join the project development of "Micromeo" for Amour Fou Film.

Speaker at the c-tv conference "Exploring Visionary Media Technologies" at the Fachhochschule St. Pölten: "The film set as cinema: digital live projections in the feature film production". Fachhochschule St. Pölten, Großer Festsaal, Matthias Corvinus-Straße 15, 3100 St. Pölten, 9.5.2017, 10 am to 5 pm.

European Film Festival – Kulturni centar grada Novog Sada – Novi Sad, Serbia

Colortape International Film Festival – Brisbane – Australia

TimeLine Film Festival – Milano – Italy

Keynote address at the Donau Universität Krems on the occasion of the awarding of the "Master of Science, MSc" for the university courses at the "Centre for Digital Learning and Interactive Design": "Interactive Media Management" and "Online Media Marketing". Donau-Universität Krems, Audimax, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Strasse 30, 3500 Krems on the Danube, 6/5/2017, 10:00 am.

Praha 2017 – Anifilm – Czech Republic

Anifest 2017 Trebon – Czech Republic

CineAutopsia – Bogotá Experimental Film Festival – Colombia

International Tourism Film Festival "Tourfilm Riga" – 1st prize in the category “Culture Tourism” for "Vienna table trip" ★

The Ridgewood Guild International Film Festival – New Jersey, USA

Bari International Film Festival – International Panorama Competition – Italy

Working with Jean-Claude Carrière in Paris on the third draft of the screenplay for the animated film "Micromeo".

Moskow Austrian Film Festival – New Austrian Cinema – Russia

Milan VOD Distribution Filmfest – Italy

"Night of a 1000 Hours" – Beijing International Film Festival – Tiantan Award Competition – China

Taipei Golden Horse Fantastic Film Festival 2017 – Taiwan

The Globe International Silent Film Festival – Michigan, USA – Best Screenplay ★

The Globe International Silent Film Festival – Michigan, USA – The Special Jury Award ★

Bolzano Filmfestival – Bozen

Curaçao International Film Festival Rotterdam – Willemstad, Curaçao

Presentation of a case study for the screenplay development of "Night of a 1000 Hours" which was carried out partly within Sources2. Hotel Ecluse, Luxembourg, 4.4.2017 at 18:00.

Krimitage – Kommunales Kino Esslingen – Germany

FROSTBITE International Film Festival – Colorado Springs, USA – Finalist

FROSTBITE International Film Festival – Colorado Springs, USA – Special Jury Award ★

Lecture at "Diagonale im Dialog": Virgil Widrich (filmmaker) and Christian Berger (camera) present film excerpts and unpublished material from the spectacular making of Night of the 1000 Hours. Gaming and VR meets cinema. Free entrance, counting tickets at the box office. Sat 1 April 2017, 2 pm, Schubertkino 3, Graz

Lecture: "The smallest common denominator in the largest machine in the world – Explorations in the 'Large Hadron Collider' of CERN", 29.3.2017, 13:00.
Rotary Wien-Süd, Hotel Bristol, Kärntner Ring 1, 1010 Vienna

Theatrical release in Luxembourg at Ciné Utopia

Diagonale 2017 – Festival of Austrian Films

International Festival of Short Films on Culture & Tourism – Mumbai, India

41st Atlanta Film Festival – USA – Experimental Shorts Program

An evening with Virgil Widrich in conversation with Festival Curator Stephanie Falkeis. Austrian Cultural Forum New York, 11 E 52nd St, New York, NY 10022, USA. 24.3.2017, 8 p.m.

Austrian Cultural Forum NYC – USA

Jury Presidency at "Austrian American Short Film Festival (AASFF)" of "Austrian Cultural Forum NYC" – Initiated and co-founded by ACFNY Director Christine Moser and curator Stephanie Falkeis. Jury: Marisa Mazria-Katz (journalist/editor), David Schwartz (Chief Curator of Museum of the Moving Image) and Virgil Widrich.

LET'S CEE Film Festival – Austria Exhibition – Vienna

Monstra, Lisbon Animated Film Festival – Portugal

Austria National Film Festival – UCI Kinowelt Millennium City, 1200 Vienna – Audience Grand Award ★

Lecture on "film- and multimedia production" in the masters' programme "art & economy“ at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Am Heumarkt 27/3a, 13.3.2017, 11:00 a.m.

TRAVEL FILM In Russian international film festival – Moscow – semi finalist

7th Luxembourg City Film Festival

On 1.3.2017, start of the PEEK-funded research project "Data Loam" by Martin Reinhart, which is hosted at the University of Applied Arts / Art & Science.

Catharsis International Film Festival – Belgium

Celebration of the Arts – Fort Worth – USA

Annual Kopenhagen Film Festival

37th Oporto International Film Festival – Fantasporto 2017, Portugal – Official Selection – Fantasy Films in Competition

"400 Jahre Akademisches Gymnasium": interview with Virgil Widrich, ORF 2,  19.2.2017, 16:25. Program director: Karl Kern.

Cosmic Film Festival – Florida, USA

Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin – European Film Market, CinemaxX 17 – 12.2.2017 at 17:30.

CineArtistry – Sherman Oaks, CA, USA

Edinburgh 2017 – Manipulate Visual Theatre Festival

43. Internationales Filmwochenende Würzburg

International Film Festival Rotterdam – IFFR

Trondheim – Minimalen 29 Short Film Festival

38. Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis Saarbrücken 2016 – "Night of a 1000 Hours" – Opening film

Madhouse Movies Film Festival – USA

UFO - Kurzfilmfestival – Leipzig

Let's talk about scripts!
Robert Buchschwenter in a discussion with Virgil Widrich about the intensive work on the screenplay and its implementation, but also about the exciting collaboration with screenwriting legend Jean-Claude Carrière. Organized by drehbuchFORUM Wien.

Moderation: Robert Buchschwenter
Admiral Kino, Burggasse 119, 1070 Vienna
19.1.2017, film: 7.15 pm, discussion: 8.45 pm
Audio recording of the talk is here.

LDAE ("Let the others decide") by Christoph Schwarz will be shown in ORF III on 8/1/2017 at 12:40. Virgil Widrich has a cameo appearance.

1st Russian Film Festival (Moscow Film Festival) – Moskow

Chicago Amarcord Arthouse Television & Video Fest Awards – Best Trailer/Teaser/Commercial ★

Silent Movie World Festival – Yuzniy, Ukraine

Move Me Productions Film Festival – Belgium – Nominee in the category of animation

4th Indian International Deaf Film Festival 2016 – Coimbatore, India

Certamen de Cine Corto de Salas de los Infantes – Burgos, Spain

Excursion of students from "Art & Science" and "Site specific Art" (Paul Petritsch) to CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) in Switzerland including a visit to the "Large Hadron Collider".

London Film Awards – Official Finalist

International Online Web Fest 2016 – Semi-Finalist

University of the Arts Belgrade – Serbia

Silicon Valley International Film Festival – USA

Lecture "In the studio with Virgil Widrich" at University of the Arts Belgrade.
Screening of "Auch Farbe kann träumen", "Monster in Salzburg", "tx-transform", "Copy Shop", "Fast Film" and clips of "Night of a 1000 Hours". University of the Arts Belgrade, Main Hall, Kosancicev venac 29, Beograd 11000, Serbia, 15.12.2016, 18:00 p.m.

University of the Arts Belgrade – Serbia

University of the Arts Belgrade – Serbia

University of the Arts Belgrade – Serbia

University of the Arts Belgrade – Serbia

FreeNetWorld – Nis, Serbia

Nomination "Best Screenplay" – Austrian Film Academy 2017

Nomination "Best Costume Design" – Austrian Film Academy 2017

Workshop "Art, Science, and Philosophy"
The workshop “Art, Science, and Philosophy” will bring together philosophers, artists and scientists to rethink the concept of art and the concept of nature and “human nature” in the age of technoscience, where the biological sciences  become  the  new technological frontier.
This event is part of the research collaboration “Question about the Limits: Art, Science, and Philosophy” between the Department of Media Theory, University of Applied Arts Vienna, and the Faculty of Philosophy and Literature, National Autonomous University of México (UNAM), Mexico City. The project aims to initiate and develop a debate about the relationship of ontology and aesthetics in the age of technoscience from the perspectives of art, science, and philosophy, driven by the question: What is art in the age of  technoscience?
With lectures by Ingeborg Reichle, María Antonia González Valerio, Virgil Widrich, Bernd Kräftner, Herwig Turk, Tanja Gesell, Christoph Bock, Frank Rösl.
December 12, 2016, 2–6.15 pm
Vordere Zollamtsstraße 3, sr 24 (mezzanine floor), 1030 Vienna

New York International Film Festival – USA

I Filmmaker International Film Festival – Marbella, Spanien – Finalist/Special Mention

Lecture: Projection and Reality – a look behind the projected scenes of the film production "Night of a 1000 Hours", 7.12.2016, 19:00.
AIL – Angewandte Innovation Laboratory, Franz Josefs Kai 3, 1010 Vienna

Direct Short Online Film Festival – Michigan,  USA – Best Special Mention of the Month

Genre Celebration Festival – Tokyo  – Award for "Best Editing" ★

The department "Art & Science" at the  University of Applied Arts Vienna hosts the research project "The Future of the Control Room" for the third year, focussing on "Research and creation of prototypical applications for an interactive control room".

Videodrunk Film Festival – Social Capital Theatre in Toronto – Ontario, Canada

Theatrical release of "Night of a 1000 Hours" on November 26^th, 2016 at Programmkino (Wels) in starting December at Moviemento (Linz)

Porny Days – Film Kunst Festival Zurich

United International Film Festival – Hollywood, USA

Action Sanction Film Fest – Glasgow, UK – Finalist

Action Sanction Film Fest – Glasgow, UK – Finalist

Theatrical release of "Night of a 1000 Hours" in Austria on 18.11.2016:
Vienna: Admiral Kino, Apollo Kino, CineCenter, Burg Kino Wien (German version with english subtitles), Salzburg: Mozartkino, Graz: Schubert Kino, Innsbruck: Cinematograph, Wulfenia Kino (Klagenfurt) and City Kino (Steyr).

Broadcasting in ORF III on 18.11.2016 at 21:45

Innsbruck premiere "Night of a 1000 Hours" at Leokino on 18.11.2016 at 20:00 in the presence of Christian Berger and Virgil Widrich.

Broadcasting in ORF III on 18.11.2016 at 23:20

One Day Animation Festival – Best Austrian Animation – Filmcasino Wien

Graz premiere "Night of a 1000 Hours" at Schubert Kino on 17.11.2016 at 20:00 in the presence of Virgil Widrich.

Salzburg premiere "Night of a 1000 Hours" at Mozartkino on 16.11.2016 at 20:00 in the presence of Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu (producer) and Virgil Widrich.

Vienna premiere "Night of a 1000 Hours" at Gartenbaukino on 15.11.2016 at 20:30 in the presence of Virgil Widrich and Christian Berger, and members of the cast, Laurence Rupp, Amira Casar, Barbara Petritsch, Elisabeth Rath, Linde Prelog, Johann Adam Oest, Lukas Miko and Udo Samel.

United International Film Festival – Los Angeles, USA – Honorable Mention

Largo Film Awards – online festival

Largo Film Awards – online festival – Best Experimental Film ★

Direct Monthly Online Film Festival – Michigan,  USA – Best Special Mention Film of the Month

Direct Monthly Online Film Festival – Michigan,  USA

Film Forum Linz – Wettbewerb der besten Werbe- und Wirtschaftsfilme Österreichs – Award in the category "Tourism Film" ★

Matrix – computer & new media: Interview with Virgil Widrich as part of the program "The www Museum. Digital Technologies for Exhibitions", ORF Ö1, 6.11.2016, 22:30 hrs

Crossing the Screen – Eastbourne, East Sussex – Best Experimental Film ★

Outlaw Film Festival – St. Joseph, Missouri – USA

ReAnimania International Animation Film Festival of Yerevan

The IndieFEST Film Awards – San Diego – USA – Award of Excellence: Commercial/Infomercial ★

Post Mortem – International Horror & Bizarre Short Film Fest – Aguascalientes, Mexico

Lecture: Making of "Night of a 1000 Hours", University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Germanic Studies, 601 S. Morgan St. 1502 University Hall, Chicago, IL 60607, 21.10.2016 at 14:00 p.m.

Chongqing – Vienna Culture Festival 2016 – China

Busan International Film Festival 2016 – Korea – Winner of "Flash Forward Audience Award" ★

Jury member at "MY Sound Of Music Music Film Festival Salzburg" for the music video award "MYward".

USA Premiere at 52nd Chicago International Film Festival 2016 – World Cinema Program on 21.10.2016.

Broken Knuckle Film Festival 2016 – TWC Channel 20 in Cortland Country – USA

European premiere of "Night of a 1000 Hours" at 32. Warsaw International Film Festival 2016 on 13.10.2016

World premiere of "Night of a 1000 Hours" on 10.10.2016 at Busan International Film Festival 2016 – Korea – Category "Flash Forward Audience Award"

On 1 October 2016 beginning of the second term as a main member of the Senate of the University of Applied Arts Vienna until 30.9.2019.

Princeton Independent Film Festival – USA

Sydney World Film Festival 2016 – online film festival – official selection

Lisbon Film Festival –  Portugal

Official Selection of the Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival 2016 – online film festival – official selection

Martinique International Film Festival 2016 – Online Film Festival – Best Experimental Film ★

Best Shorts Competition – San Diego – USA – Award of Merit: Special Mention, Commercial/Infomercial

"All Night Wrong" – Projektraum LS43, Lübecker Strasse 43, 10559 Berlin – Projection onto the windows every evening from 20:30 to 22:30

Accolade Global Film Competition – San Diego, USA – Award of Merit: Commercial/Infomercial

Infoscreen Vienna – presentation on 787 screens in trams, buses and the  CAT to Vienna Airport

George Eastman House – International Museum of Photography and Film, Rochester, New York

Jerusalem Cinematheque – Breaking Ground: "Here's Looking at You"

Tel Aviv – Cinematheque – Breaking Ground: "Here's Looking at You"

Publication of the animated film "Vienna table trip" on wien.at and youtube.

Espressofilm dotdotdot, Gartenpalais Schönborn, Vienna, open air screening

Seoul International New Media Festival

Completion of the animated film "Vienna table trip" on 22.7.2016.

Sound mix with Siegfried Friedrich and Georg Tomandl at Sunshine Mastering, 1050 Vienna.

June 1^st to 15^th, 2016, 11 diploma works of the department "Art & Science" at the University of Applied Arts Vienna are shown at the "Essence16" in Alte Post, Dominikanerbastei 11, 1010 Vienna.

Maçao – FICA 2906 – Festival Internacional de Cinema & Arte

Editor of the book "Bei den Fischottern in der Ebene und auf den Bergen" by Hans Widrich.

Close-Up Film Centre – London

Melbourne MIAF 16 International Animation Festival

Krems – Kino im Kesselhaus – Workshop "Escape on the Screen"

Lecture: Projection and Reality – a look behind the projected scenes of the film production "Night of a 1000 Hours", 13.06.2016, 19:00.
RC Wien-Oper, Hotel Bristol, Kärntner Ring 1, 1010 Vienna

ARTE shows "Copy Shop" in its program "Kurzschluss – Das Magazin" ("Wien und die Welt der Animation") on 10.6.2016 at 23:45.

Exhibition at Citygate Shopping, Wagramer Strasse 195, 1210 Vienna, with works by the students of Art & Science, the Industrial Design Department as well as by visiting students from the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (June 3rd to 13th, 2016).

The new website widrichfilm.com with numerous project documentations goes online on 01 June 2016.

Lecture: Projection and Reality – a look behind the projected scenes of the film production "Night of a 1000 Hours". 01.06.2016, 18:30.
agpro Lounge, Hotel Kummer, Mariahilfer Straße 71a, 1060 Vienna

Mobilisierung der Träume – A History of Media Utopia
Film presentation of "Dreams Rewired" and discussion about the development of the modern media landscape, May 31^st, 2016, 11.30 Uhr, Festsaal, Technisches Museum Wien, Mariahilfer Straße 212, 1140 Vienna

Program:
11.30: Introduction by the filmmaker Martin Reinhart
12:00: Screening: Mobilisierung der Träume - Dreams Rewired (A, 2015, 85 Minuten; directed by Manu Luksch, Martin Reinhart, Thomas Tode; narrated by Tilda Swinton)
Following a discussion with Martin Reinhart (film) and Klemens Gruber, David Krems (both Institute for Theatre, Film and Media studies at Vienna's University), Virgil Widrich (University of Applied Arts Vienna, Art & Science). Presentation: Jana Herwig (Institute for Theatre, Film and Media studies at Vienna's University)
14.15: Tour through the exhibition medien.welten
An event of Institute for Theatre, Film and Media studies at Vienna's University in cooperation with University of Applied Arts Vienna and Technisches Museum Wien.

Completion of "Night of a 1000 Hours" after a total of 9 years work on 25.5.2016.

Wien – Gartenbaukino

Wien – Gartenbaukino

Busan International Short Film Festival 2016 – Korea

Lissabon 16 – Indielisboa

Avant-premiere of the film "Gerontophobia" by Boris Sverlow. Dramaturgical coaching: Virgil Widrich.

Dresden 2016 – Filmfest

Buenos Aires 16 – BAFICI International Independent Film Festival

Dresden 2016 – Filmfest

Dresden 2016 – Filmfest

Pre mix and main mix of "Night of a 1000 Hours" at Philophon Studios Luxembourg.

Gartenbaukino – Vienna

Louvain – Institut des Arts de diffusion

Bratislava 2016 – Febiofest

Diagonale – Street Cinema Graz

Ann Arbor 2016 – Film Festival

Dresden – Motorenhalle, Exhibition "Gestatten, Kästner", Spiegelungen, Widersprüche, Doppelgänger

Diagonale 2016 – Festival of Austrian Films

Nevers – Association Sceni Qua Non

ECRANS VARIABLES – Lowave / Human Frames – Université Rennes 2

Creation of a media installation titled "Figaro Parallelo" for Mozarthaus Vienna, which makes connections between seven different Figaro-productions.

City 46 – Bremen

Stuttgart / Wand 5 / 2016 – 29. Filmwinter

Animation and postproduction of "Vienna table trip".

Stop motion animation of the film "Vienna table trip" in the studio of "wunderwerk film gmbh", 1050 Vienna.

TIFF Bell Lightbox – Toronto

Wiesbaden 15 – exground filmfest

Lecture on "film- and multimedia production" in the masters' programme "art & economy“ at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Am Heumarkt 27/3a, 16:00 to 18:00 p.m.

Sevilla 2015 – Festival de Cine Europeo in Spain

Metro Kino Wien – Austrian Pulp

Second term as head of the Institute of Fine and Media Art at the University of Applied Arts Vienna until 31.10.2017. Deputy is Ruth Schnell.

Additional sound recordings in the parental home of Virgil Widrich, Mönchsberg 17, 5020 Salzburg.

Mailand 15 – Invideo

Limassol 2015 – Cyprus Short Film Festival

Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe – 3D Festival "Beyond 2015"

For the exhibition "A Rush of Color – Masterpieces of German Expressionism" (9.10.2015 to 11.1.2016 at the Leopold Museum Vienna) Virgil Widrich designs a media installation consisting of a disc, three rings and a projection with shifting perspectives.

Beginning of the musical composition by Siegfried Friedrich.

The department "Art & Science" at the  University of Applied Arts Vienna hosts the research project "The Future of the Control Room" for the second year, focussing on "Sound as Source".

Gartenbaukino Wien: 3D-Kurzfilmprogramm "Perspektiven"

Cambridge 15 – European Short Film Festival at MIT

Belo Horizonte 2015 – International Short Film Festival

Bristol 15 – Encounters Shorts and Animation Festival

Reshoot of the shadows at Juraczka, Eyzinggasse 23, 1110 Vienna.

Lecture: Projection and Reality – a look behind the projected scenes of the film production "Night of a 1000 Hours", 2.9.2015, 13:00.
Rotary Wien-Süd, Hotel Bristol, Kärntner Ring 1, 1010 Vienna

Colour correction starts with Christian Berger and Kurt Hennrich on a first rough cut.

Wroclaw 15 – New Horizons Festival

Power of Display 69: Funeral Museum at the Vienna Central Cemetery, 21.7.2015, 18:00.
Martina Griesser and Monika Sommer (schnittpunkt ausstellungstheorie & praxis) in a conversation with Helga Bock (Funeral Museum) and Virgil Widrich (checkpointmedia).

In the public perception, death is as inseparable from Vienna as St. Stephen's Cathedral. The Funeral Museum, founded in 1967, owes its existence to the myth of the city's own particular relationship with the cult of the dead and the passion of a private collector. In 2014, the museum moves to the Central Cemetery and adopts a new strategy near the final resting places. It sees itself as a visitor centre and shows various aspects of bereavement with the aid of 250 exhibits. schnittpunkt focuses on questions such as: Who is the museum's target group? What does it entail when a general contractor takes on the redesigning of a company museum? What role is played by multimedia methods of communication? What are the disparities between the nature of the exhibits and the audio and video installations and how can they be reconciled? Can a museum function with no supervision? Will the collection be expanded?
On the "power of display" tour, schnittpunkt sheds light on the structural and thematic dimensions of this multifaceted project and deals with aspects relating to curating and designing the presentation as well as the implications of overlaps in the way an artist and a curator understand their roles. What is the relationship here between the tasks of a curator, the overall artistic concept and individual works?

Start of research and concept for an animated film about Vienna commissioned by Vienna’s Staff Office International Strategy and Coordination.

Vila do Conde 15 – 23. Festival International de Curtas-Metragens

Karlovy Vary 15 – International Film Festival

Bukarest – Österreichisches Kulturforum Bukarest

From June 26^th to July 13^th, 2015 one student from "Art & Science" at the University of the Applied Arts exhibits her work at the "Essence15" exhibition at the Künstlerhaus, Vienna.

Animafest Zagreb

VIS 2015 – Vienna Independent Shorts

Le Plein de Super/La Boîte Carrée – Nantes – France

3.5.2015: international premiere of "back track" at the 61. International Short Film Festival Oberhausen. Additional festivals: Diagonale, Zagreb Animafest, Karlovy Vary, Vila do Conde, Wroslaw, Bristol, Sevilla, Cambridge, Milano and Wiesbaden.

Oberhausen 2015 – 61. Internationale Kurzfilmtage – International Premiere

Exhibition "Robot Essay" at MMCA – National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea. Works by Rebecca Horn, Virgil Widrich, Patrick Tresset, Peter William Holden, Kim Sangjin, Rho Jaeoon, SHINSEUNGBACK KIMYONGHUN, EXP LAB

Birmingham – Flatpack Festival

Pia Dumont starts with the editing which will last over a year in Luxembourg and Vienna.

Diagonale 2015 – Festival of Austrian Films, – Austrian premiere

The European Union (Horizon 2020) funded project AXIOM develops the first open source film camera. The project is hosted at Art & Science at the University of Applied Arts Vienna.

Performance at Taiwan International Festival of Arts

Monstra, Lisbon Animated Film Festival – Portugal – 15th Anniverary

Bratislava – Kino Lumière

January to March: preproduction, 17.3.2015 to 28.5.2015: main shooting of the feature film "Night of a 1000 Hours" in Vienna, Luxembourg and Italy.

First day of filming "Night of a 1000 Hours" in Vienna. On the Naschmarkt facades of houses are picked up from a crane for 24 hours in changing light.

Rehersals with the actors in Vienna.

checkpointmedia GmbH moves into its new office in Seilerstätte 13, 1010 Vienna.

"Virgil Widrich Film- und Multimediaproduktions G.m.b.H." moves into its new office in Seilerstätte 13, 1010 Vienna.

Sound mix with Frédéric Fichefet and Emmanuel de Boissieu at Alea Jacta-Post-Production in Brussels.

A second technical test involving rear projections takes place from 26. to 27.11.2014 in Utrecht.

In two years time the consortium of checkpointmedia/OMS implements the Funeral Museum at Vienna Central Cemetery as sole contractor, which opens on 8. October 2014.

Hartford – Hartford Art School

Pre-production of the feature film "Night of a 1000 Hours". A first technical test involving rear projections takes place on 6.10.2014 in Utrecht.

Panel discussion "Expect the Unexpected" with Gerald Bast, Renée Schroeder, Alan Scott, Nora Sternfeld, Peter Weibel, Virgil Widrich. Moderator: Renata Schmidtkunz.
AIL Angewandte Innovation Lab, Franz Josefs Kai 3, 1010 Vienna, 10.03.2014, 13 AM.

The department "Art & Science" at the  University of Applied Arts Vienna hosts the research project "The Future of the Control Room".

Colour grading with Bernhard Schlick.