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Chronological

Timeline.

2026

July 3 – July 12
Werkleitz Festival – Short film programme „Früher oder Später“ – Halle – Germany
→ There is exactly enough time
July 1
The new website widrichfilm.com with numerous extensions and search functions goes online on 1 July 2026.
June 24 – June 25
Member of the examination committee for the Master programme Experimental Game Cultures, summer semester 2026, together with Margarete Jahrmann and Clara Hirschmanner.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
June 20
tx-reverse – CinemaO ETS – Programme curated by Mila Azimonti – Milan – Italy
→ tx-reverse
June 13
Sprachspiel. Biennale West 2026 zum Thema Arbeit – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
June 11
Ceremony marking the opening of the exhibition “Violence – Society. Austria in the Age of the World Wars, 1918–1955” in the Ruhmeshalle of the Museum of Military History, Arsenal, 1030 Vienna. Speakers: Wolfgang Müller (Chairman of the Scientific HGM Advisory Board of the Federal Ministry of Defence), Georg Hoffmann (Director of the Museum of Military History), and the curators Niko Wahl and Thomas Edelmann.
→ Violence – Society. Austria in the Age of the World Wars, 1918–1955
May 29
Jury member for the "Austrian Art Alumni Award" 2026, awarded by the Federal Ministry for Women, Science and Research.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
May 12
Austrian Art and Film: Shaping the American Avant-Garde – Austrian Cultural Forum – New York
→ Fast Film
April 15
Lecture on “film- and multimedia production” in the masters’ programme “art & economy” at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Salzgries 14, 2nd floor, 15.4.2026, 11:00 a.m.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
March 12
Monstra – Lisbon Animation Film Festival – Lisbon – Portugal
→ Fast Film
March 8 – August 2
Exhibition “Run the Code: Data-Driven Art” – Blanton Museum at The University of Texas – Austin – USA
→ tx-mirror
March 8
“Dziewczyna Bonda” (“Bond’s girlfriend”), remix with “Fast Film” – Pomeranian Philharmonicin Bydgoszcz – Bydgoszc – Poland
→ Fast Film
January 15
UAL Screening “Post Attitude” – ICA – London – United Kingdom
→ Copy Shop
January 3 – June 11
Together with Marc Schuran, design of the exhibition “Violence – Society. Austria in the Age of the World Wars, 1918–1955”, on view at the Museum of Military History Vienna from 11 June 2026 to 15 June 2031.
→ Violence – Society. Austria in the Age of the World Wars, 1918–1955

2025

December 3
As representative of the Senate of the University of Applied Arts, member of the jury for the ‘Oskar Kokoschka Prize 2025’.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
December 1
Lecture by Kari Yli-Annala – Aalto-korkeakoulusäätiö sr – Aalto – Aalto University – Espoo – Finland
→ tx-reverse
October 26
Metakino Festival – Helsinki – Finland
→ tx-reverse
October 8
Lecture ‘Aura and Algorithm’ together with Marc Schuran at the VerA annual meeting.8 October 2025 at 3:10 p.m.Walter von der Vogelweide Haus, Schlernstraße, 1, 39100 Bolzano, Autonomous Province of Bolzano - South Tyrol, Italy
→ checkpointmedia GmbH – Multimedia Productions
October 1
On 1 October 2025 beginning of the fith term as a main member of the Senate of the University of Applied Arts Vienna until 30.9.2028.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
September 15
L’Agence du Court Metrage – Plateforme pédagogique du Kinétoscope VOD – Paris – France
→ Copy Shop
August 21 – August 28
Make Dox – country in Focus – Skopje – North Macedonia
→ Copy Shop
August 15
Frameout Freiluftkino im MQ – Vienna – Austria
→ Fast Film
July 14
Avignon Off Festival – Opera de Saint Etienne – Saint Etienne – Avignon – France
→ tx-transform
July 8
VoD filmwerte / filmfriend – Vienna – Austria
→ Fast Film
June 10
Polly Maggoo – Marseille – France
→ Light Matter
May 27 – June 1
UnArchive Found Footage Fest – Rome – Italy
→ Fast Film
May 15 – October 5
Together with Marc Schuran, design of the exhibition “IN-SIGHT: Gustav Klimt – The Bride,” on view at the Upper Belvedere in Vienna from 15 May to 5 October 2025.
→ IN-SIGHT: Gustav Klimt – The Bride
April 1
Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain and Bruno Mantovani, in connection with a surrealist cine concert – Saint-Etienne-Opéra – Paris – France
→ tx-transform
April 1
L’Agence du Court Metrage – VOD – Paris – France
→ Copy Shop
March 20 – March 30
Monstra – Lisbon Animation Film Festival – Lisbon – Portugal
→ Fast Film
March 20 – March 30
Monstra – Lisbon Animation Film Festival – Lisbon – Portugal
→ Copy Shop
March 20 – March 30
Monstra – Lisbon Animation Film Festival – Lisbon – Portugal
→ Vienna table trip
March 13 – November 2
Following “Image.Power.Politics” and “The Danube – A Journey into the Past,” checkpointmedia, in collaboration with Nicole Stadler (Pop.Cut), is once again responsible for the graphic production of an exhibition in the State Hall of the Austrian National Library: “A Century in Pictures. Austria 1925–2025.”
→ A Century in Pictures. Austria 1925–2025
March 10
Lecture on “film- and multimedia production” in the masters’ programme “art & economy” at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Salzgries 14, 2nd floor, 10.3.2025, 11:00 a.m.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
March 2
A simple event school – Cinematheque – Tehran – Iran
→ Fast Film
March 1 – April 1
This is short – VOD – Austria
→ Fast Film
February 28 – March 9
Bruxelles 2025 – Folioscope / Anima – Focus Austria – Brussels – Belgium
→ Fast Film
February 23
A simple event school – Cinematheque – Tehran – Iran
→ Copy Shop
February 20 – September 7
Together with Marc Schuran, design of the exhibition “Klimt. Pigment & Pixel – Rediscovering Art Through Technology,” on view at the Lower Belvedere in Vienna from 20 February to 7 September 2025.
→ Klimt. Pigment & Pixel – Rediscovering Art Through Technology
February 19
DAfilms.com – Prague – Czech Republic
→ Copy Shop
January 21
Stadtkino im Künstlerhaus – Vienna – Austria
→ There is exactly enough time

2024

November 17
Stadtkino im Künstlerhaus – Vienna – Austria
→ There is exactly enough time
November 7
vinovideo – WHAMMY! – Los Angeles – USA
→ Copy Shop
November 5
ICA Institute of Contemporary Arts – London – United Kingdom
→ Fast Film
October 25
28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival – Jihlava – Czech Republic
→ tx-transform
October 21 – October 27
Uppsala 24 – 43. International Short Film Festival – Uppsala – Sweden
→ Fast Film
October 14
BILKA – Ludmannsdorf – Austria
→ Fast Film
October 1
L’Agence du Court Metrage – VOD – Paris – France
→ Copy Shop
September 26
Volxkino – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
August 16 – August 23
10th Bogotá experimental film festival – Bogotá – Colombia
→ back track
June 25
Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in Los Angeles since 25 June 2024.
June 1 – July 20
Restart of project development for the feature-length animated film entitled “Micromeo”.
→ Micromeo
May 8
Istanbul International Experimental Film Festival – Istanbul – Turkey
→ tx-reverse
April 24
Black Owl Festival – Bodrum – Turkey
→ There is exactly enough time
April 22
Stadtkino im Künstlerhaus – Vienna – Austria
→ There is exactly enough time
April 19
Lecture “Exhibition concept and multimedia narrative”, 19.04.2024, 16:30 - 18:00, ecm – Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien, Vordere Zollamtsstraße 7/3/325, 1030 Vienna
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
March 15
Greece Film Festival Awards – Athens – Greece
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
March 15
Greece Film Festival Awards – Athens – Greece
→ back track
March 15
Greece Film Festival Awards – Athens – Greece
→ Fast Film
March 2 – May 31
Writing of the original screenplay “Front Window”, together with Enrico Jakob.
→ Front Window
February 29
Member of the appointment committee for the professorship „Conservation and Restoration“ at the University of Applied Arts Vienna
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
January 14
Blow-Up Arthouse Filmfest – Chicago – USA
Award Winner ★
→ There is exactly enough time

2023

December 21
Filmpalette – Cologne – Germany
→ Copy Shop
December 21
Filmpalette – Cologne – Germany
→ Fast Film
December 19
British Indie Festival Film & Music – London – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention
→ There is exactly enough time
December 6
Milano Indie Movie Awards – Milan – Italy
Semi Finalist
→ Vienna table trip
December 2
Pegasus Film Awards – London – United Kingdom
→ There is exactly enough time
November 27 – December 3
Animateka International Animated Film Festival – Ljubljana – Slovenia
→ There is exactly enough time
November 23 – March 3
Special exhibition “IMAGE POWER POLITICS: Yoichi Okamoto. Post-war photography icon” from November 23, 2023 to March 3, 2024 in the State Hall of the Austrian National Library, Josefsplatz 1, 1010 Vienna. Graphic production: checkpointmedia, Virgil Widrich. Graphic design: Nicole Stadler.
→ IMAGE POWER POLITICS: Yoichi Okamoto. Post-war photography icon
November 19
Experimental Brazil – Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
Official Selection
→ There is exactly enough time
November 15
Brazil International Film Festival – Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
→ Copy Shop
November 8
Dialog Film Festival – Cologne – Germany
→ There is exactly enough time
November 8
Short film programme on grief – CC De Grote Post – Ostend – Ostende – Belgium
→ There is exactly enough time
November 4
Filmpalette – Cologne – Germany
→ Copy Shop
November 4
Filmpalette – Cologne – Germany
→ Fast Film
October 27 – November 2
Stockholm REX 2023 – Animation Film Festival – Stockholm – Sweden
→ There is exactly enough time
October 26
Casablanca Filmtheater – Bochum – Germany
→ Copy Shop
October 23 – October 29
Uppsala 23 – 42. International Short Film Festival – Uppsala – Sweden
→ Copy Shop
October 22 – October 28
ReAnimania Int. Animation Films and Comics Art Festival of Yerevan – Jerewan
→ There is exactly enough time
October 21 – October 29
FrontDoc – VR Section – Spazio X – Aosta – Italy
→ tx-reverse
October 17 – October 1
Schauburg Filmtheater – Karlsruhe – Germany
→ Copy Shop
October 12
Salto Independent Film Festival – Salto – Uruguay
→ There is exactly enough time
October 9
Lecture on “film- and multimedia production” in the masters’ programme “art & economy” at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Salzgries 14, 2nd floor, 09.10.2023, 11:00 a.m.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
October 7
Kortfilmfestival Kalmthout – Kalmthout – Belgium
→ There is exactly enough time
September 23
Khem Animation Film Festival (KAFF) – New Jersey – Woodbridge – USA
→ There is exactly enough time
September 6
Monza Film Fest – Monza – Italy
Best Editing ★
→ There is exactly enough time
September 1
Tampere Film Festival – Tampere – Finland
→ Fast Film
August 20
2D & 3D Animation Film Festival – Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi – Italy
→ There is exactly enough time
August 12
Shortfundly Annual Film Festival (SFAFF) – Tamil Nadu – India
Semi Finalist
→ There is exactly enough time
August 4 – August 6
Exhibition “Carbon – under Pressure” – Science Gallery Bengaluru – Bangalore – India
→ Copy Shop
July 29
ZEBRA International Animation Film Festival – Slovenia
→ There is exactly enough time
July 26
Kinowelt Worms – Worms – Germany
→ Fast Film
July 13
Panther City Film Festival – USA
Winner: Best Drama – MicroShort ★
→ There is exactly enough time
July 9
Experimental Brazil – Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
Official Selection
→ tx-reverse
July 1
Marc Schuran joins as 1/3 shareholder and managing director of checkpointmedia GmbH.
→ checkpointmedia GmbH – Multimedia Productions
June 17
Kommunales Kino Hannover – Hanover – Germany
→ Fast Film
June 10
International Film & Script Festival Lotus – Athens – Greece
→ There is exactly enough time
June 10
International Film & Script Festival Lotus – Athens – Greece
→ tx-reverse
June 1
Sensei FilmFest – Tokyo – Japan
Semi Finalist
→ Copy Shop
May 31
Asia Film Festival – Mumbai – India
→ tx-reverse
May 31
Asia Film Festival – Mumbai – India
→ Copy Shop
May 31
Asia Film Festival – Mumbai – India
→ There is exactly enough time
May 26
CLIMAX Critics Awards – Online – Spain
Semi Finalist
→ Copy Shop
May 18
Harlem International Film Festival – New York – USA
Best Animation ★
→ There is exactly enough time
May 12
Unspooled Film and Animation Festival – Wisconsin – Menomonie – USA
→ There is exactly enough time
May 6
RPM Festival – Millennium Film Workshop Brooklyn – Brooklyn – USA
→ Light Matter
May 6
Venezia Shorts Italy – Venice – Italy
Semi Finalist
→ There is exactly enough time
May 4
RPM Festival – Art Department, UMass-Boston – Boston – USA
→ Light Matter
April 30
Sofia International Film Festival – Sofia – Bulgaria
→ There is exactly enough time
April 29
The Independent Cinema Showcase – Los Angeles – USA
→ There is exactly enough time
April 22 – August 31
The real-time installation “tx-mirror” by Martin Reinhart and Virgil Widrich is part of the exhibition “Art in Motion. 100 masterpieces with and through media – An Operative Canon” presented at the Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art and Urban Planning in China.
→ tx-mirror
April 21
Spain International Film Festival – Madrid – Spain
→ There is exactly enough time
April 14
Absurd Film Festival - Bimonthly awards – Milan – Italy
Best it deserved an award so we created one ★
→ There is exactly enough time
April 14
Cine Pobre Film Festival – La Paz – Bolivia
Honorable Mention
→ There is exactly enough time
April 14 – September 23
Writing of the original screenplay “Front Window”, together with Enrico Jakob
→ Front Window
April 4
Seoul International Short Film Festival – Seoul – South Korea
→ There is exactly enough time
March 31
Portugal International Film Festival – Portugal
→ There is exactly enough time
March 30 – May 13
Digital Alchemies – CRL10 – Paris – France
→ tx-reverse
March 30
Portugal International Film Festival – London – United Kingdom
→ There is exactly enough time
March 26
Star International Film Festival – Florence – Italy
→ Light Matter
March 26
Star International Film Festival – Florence – Italy
→ tx-reverse
March 26
Star International Film Festival – Florence – Italy
→ There is exactly enough time
March 22 – March 27
Ann Arbor 2023 – Film Festival – Ann Arbor – USA
Official Selection
→ There is exactly enough time
March 18
All that Moves International Film Festival – Cine Satyros Bijou – São Paulo – Brazil
→ There is exactly enough time
March 15
Blastoff Film Festival – Los Angeles – USA
Quarter Finalist
→ There is exactly enough time
March 15
Greece Film Festival Awards – Athens – Greece
Award Winner ★
→ There is exactly enough time
March 15 – March 26
Monstra – Lisbon Animation Film Festival – Lisbon – Portugal
→ There is exactly enough time
March 15
Under The Stars International Film Festival – Bari – Italy
Honorable Mention
→ There is exactly enough time
March 10
Monaco 2023 - Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo – Monaco – Monaco
→ tx-transform
March 1
Cinematic European Film Festival – Europe
→ There is exactly enough time
March 1
Cinematic European Film Festival – Europe
→ tx-reverse
February 9
KIK Kommunale Initiative Kino e.V – Buxtehude – Germany
→ Copy Shop
February 7 – February 11
Agropoli Film Festival – Agropoli – Italy
→ There is exactly enough time
February 4
Japan International Film Festival – Tokyo – Japan
Honorable Mention
→ There is exactly enough time
February 2
New York Indie Shorts Awards – New York – USA
Semi Finalist
→ There is exactly enough time
January 30
Tabriz Cinema Awards – Tabriz – Azerbaijan
Award Winner Tabriz special section ★
→ There is exactly enough time
January 27
Toronto Indie Filmmakers Festival – Toronto – Canada
→ There is exactly enough time
January 23
Liber Films International Festival – Athens – Greece
→ There is exactly enough time
January 17
Hercules Independent Film Festival – Sevilla – Spain
Honorable Mention
→ There is exactly enough time
January 15
World Cine Fest – Porto – Portugal
→ Fast Film
January 15
World Cine Fest – Porto – Portugal
→ tx-reverse
January 15
World Cine Fest – Porto – Portugal
→ Copy Shop
January 14
Moovendhar International Film Festival – Theni, Tamil Nadu – India
Best International Short Film ★
→ There is exactly enough time
January 14
ORION IFF International Film Festival – Dalveen – Australia
Honorable Mention
→ There is exactly enough time
January 13
Eternal International Film Festival – Florence – Italy
→ There is exactly enough time
January 9
“There is exactly enough time” wins “Best animation” at Madrid International Short Film Festival.
→ There is exactly enough time
January 9
Madrid International Short Film Festival – Madrid – Spain
Best Animation ★
→ There is exactly enough time
January 2
London International Monthly Film Festival – Screener Short Films – London – United Kingdom
United Kingdom ★
→ There is exactly enough time

2022

December 25
New York Tri-State International Film Festival – New York – USA
Honorable Mention
→ There is exactly enough time
December 20
4th Indian international Short Film Festival “Cinemascope Awards 2022" – New Delhi – India
→ There is exactly enough time
December 17
Corto Nero Short Film Festival – Naples – Italy
→ There is exactly enough time
December 16
MAGMA Film Awards – Hawaii – USA
Semi Finalist
→ Copy Shop
December 16
Silver Moon Independent Film Festival – New Delhi – India
Silver Moon independent Film Festival – Best Animated Short Film ★
→ There is exactly enough time
December 9 – December 10
Prague International Indie Film Festival – Gala – Prague – Czech Republic
→ There is exactly enough time
December 5
Paws International Film Festival – Belgrade – Serbia
Best Animation ★
→ There is exactly enough time
December 5
Roma Short Film Festival – Rome – Italy
Honorable Mention
→ There is exactly enough time
December 3
Eastman International Film Awards – USA
Best Animated Short Film ★
→ There is exactly enough time
November 30
The short film “There is exactly enough time” wins a total of 70 international film awards by November 2022. 2022.
→ There is exactly enough time
November 30
Dublin World Film Festival – Dublin – Ireland
Semi Finalist
→ There is exactly enough time
November 30
Screener Short Films – London – United Kingdom
→ There is exactly enough time
November 30
Zagreb International Film Festival – Zagreb – Croatia
Honorable Mention: Best Animation
→ There is exactly enough time
November 26
All that Moves International Film Festival – Casa de Cultura do Butantã – São Paulo – Brazil
Best short animation ★
→ There is exactly enough time
November 26
International Narrative Short Film Festival (Festival international de courts-métrages d’auteurs) – Québec – Canada
→ There is exactly enough time
November 26
Luxor Theater – Zutphen – The Netherlands
→ Copy Shop
November 25
Himachal short film festival 2021 – Himachal Pradesh – India
→ There is exactly enough time
November 22 – November 27
Amarcort Film Festival – Rimini – Italy
Finalist
→ Vienna table trip
November 20
Baliwood Bali – World Independent Short Film Awards (WISFA) – Bali
→ There is exactly enough time
November 17
Author’s International Film Festival / FIC AUTOR – Jalisco – Mexico
Finalist
→ There is exactly enough time
November 15
Animage Festival – Pernambuco – Recife – Brazil
→ There is exactly enough time
November 15
Fusion Awards – Toronto – Canada
→ There is exactly enough time
November 12
Reale Film Festival – Milan – Italy
BiMonthly Awards – Best Experimental Film ★
→ Copy Shop
November 12
Reale Film Festival – Milan – Italy
BiMonthly Awards – Best soundtrack ★
→ There is exactly enough time
November 12
Terni Film Festival – Terni – Italy
→ tx-reverse
November 11
International Animation Film Festival – ANIMAZE – Montreal – Canada
Nominee
→ There is exactly enough time
November 9
Kunstencentrum Buda – Kortrijk – Belgium
→ There is exactly enough time
November 7 – November 13
Cinanima 2022 - Festival Internacional de Cinema de Animação – Espinho – PortugaL
→ Fast Film
November 4
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival – Fort Lauderdale – USA
Best College Animation ★
→ There is exactly enough time
November 4
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
Award of Merit ★
→ There is exactly enough time
November 3
Animanima International Animation Festival – Čačak – Serbia
→ There is exactly enough time
November 3 – November 4
Pixel Vienna – University of Applied Arts - Vienna – Vienna – Austria
→ There is exactly enough time
November 2 – November 4
Iconic Images Film Festival – Vilnius – Lithuania
→ There is exactly enough time
November 1 – November 22
Festival Internacional de Cine con Medios Alternativos FICMA – Mexico City – Mexico
→ tx-reverse
November 1 – November 19
Mysuru International Film Festival – Karnataka – Mysuru – India
→ There is exactly enough time
October 31
Art Film Awards – Skopje – North Macedonia
Monthly Competition – Finalist – Honorable Mention
→ There is exactly enough time
October 29
Hodu International Film Festival – Puducherry – India
Award Winner ★
→ There is exactly enough time
October 28
Filmquest – Utah – Provo – USA
Finalist
→ There is exactly enough time
October 26
International Festival of Animation Films “Animaevka-2022" – Mogilev – Belarus
→ There is exactly enough time
October 26
San Francisco International New Concept Film Festival – San Francisco – USA
→ There is exactly enough time
October 25
RGB Film Awards – Jakarta – Indonesia
Best Animated Short Film ★
→ There is exactly enough time
October 24
Member of the appointment committee for the professorship „Geometry“ at the University of Applied Arts Vienna
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
October 21 – October 30
Byron Bay International Film Festival – Byron Bay – Australia
→ tx-reverse
October 21
Kyev International Film Festival – Kyiv – Ukraine
→ There is exactly enough time
October 21
Screaming Ostrich International Film Festival – West Newton – USA
→ There is exactly enough time
October 20
Desert Edge Global Film Festival – Andorra
→ There is exactly enough time
October 19 – October 23
DOC LA. Los Angeles Documentary Film Festival – Los Angeles – USA
Best Experimental Film Award ★
→ There is exactly enough time
October 15
Midwest Sci-Fi Short Film Festival – Brea – USA
Official Selection
→ There is exactly enough time
October 14
Antakya International Film Festival – Antakya – Turkey
Best Short Film ★
→ There is exactly enough time
October 14
CAFF The Cultural Animation Film Festival Onlne – Honolulu – USA
→ There is exactly enough time
October 13 – October 18
Festival Internacional de Cine de Cuenca – Equador – Cuenca – Ecuador
Official Selection
→ There is exactly enough time
October 10
Lost River Film Fest – Texas – San Marcos – USA
→ There is exactly enough time
October 8
Independent StarFilmfest – Freising – Germany
Award Winner ★
→ There is exactly enough time
October 7
Indigo Moon Film Fest – Fayetteville – USA
Jury Award for Best Animation ★
→ There is exactly enough time
October 7
The HB Film Festival – Paisley – United Kingdom
Nomination Best Animation
→ There is exactly enough time
October 6 – October 9
Scandinavian International Film Festival – Helsinki – Finland
→ There is exactly enough time
October 5 – October 9
Bolton Film Festival – Bolton – United Kingdom
→ There is exactly enough time
October 3 – October 9
Biennial of Animation Bratislava 2022 – Bratislava – Slovakia
→ There is exactly enough time
October 3
Festival Biennial of Animation Bratislava (BAB) – Slowakia – Bratislava – Slovakia
→ There is exactly enough time
October 1 – September 30
From 1 October 2022, fourth term as a full member and until 13 March 2025 Deputy Chair of the Senate of the University of Applied Arts, which has been appointed until 30 September 2025.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
October 1
Short Invictus – Porto – Portugal
Best spiritual film ★
→ There is exactly enough time
September 30
Australia Independent Film Festival – Brisbane – Australia
Best Animation Film ★
→ There is exactly enough time
September 30
Synergy Film Festival – Los Angeles – USA
Semi Finalist
→ There is exactly enough time
September 25
Anmtn! – Kyiv – Ukraine
Online animation awards – Best Experimental Film ★
→ There is exactly enough time
September 24 – September 30
20th Tirana International Film Festival 2022 – Tirana – Albania
→ There is exactly enough time
September 24
The Popcorn Roulette Film Festival – Haverhill – USA
Award Winner ★
→ There is exactly enough time
September 23
Valencia Indie Film Festival – VALÈIFF – Valencia – Spain
→ There is exactly enough time
September 22
36th Edmonton International Film Festival – Alberta – Edmonton – Canada
→ There is exactly enough time
September 22 – March 5
Exhibition “Wir haben kein Rezept. Ein Laboratorium mit Ausstellung und ungeplanten Begegnungen – Motorenhalle – Dresden – Germany
→ There is exactly enough time
September 20 – September 25
Insólito Festival de Cine Fantástico – Lima – Peru
→ There is exactly enough time
September 17
Deep Focus Film Festival – Brooklyn – USA
Honorable Mention
→ There is exactly enough time
September 17
Nadym International Film Festival – Nadym – Russia
→ There is exactly enough time
September 17
Prague International Indie Film Festival – Prague – Czech Republic
Finalist
→ There is exactly enough time
September 12
Member of the appointment committee for the professorship „Digital Arts“ at the University of Applied Arts Vienna
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
September 11
Castellabate Film Festival – Salerno – Italy
→ There is exactly enough time
September 10
Screen It International Film Festival – Goldcoast, Queensland – Queensland – Australia
Honorable Mention
→ There is exactly enough time
September 10
TimeLine Film Festival – Milan – Italy
Nominee
→ There is exactly enough time
September 9 – September 11
Toronto Tamil Film Festival – Toronto – Canada
Semi Finalist
→ There is exactly enough time
September 7 – September 11
Linoleum Animation Festival – Kyiv – Ukraine
→ There is exactly enough time
September 6 – September 11
FANTOCHE 2022 – International Festival für Animationsfilm Baden – Switzerland
→ Fast Film
September 5
Serbest International Film Festival (SIFF) – Kishinev – Chișinău – Moldova
Quarter Finalist
→ There is exactly enough time
September 4
MegaFlix Film Awards – Gloucester – United Kingdom
Best movie (short) ★
→ There is exactly enough time
September 4
MegaFlix Film Awards
Best Animation ★
→ There is exactly enough time
September 3 – September 5
Eden International Film Festival – online – United Kingdom
Best Animated Short Film ★
→ There is exactly enough time
September 3 – September 5
Eden International Film Festival – online – United Kingdom
Best Experimental Short Film ★
→ tx-reverse
September 2 – September 4
PannOpticum 2022 – Neusiedl am See – Austria
→ There is exactly enough time
September 1
X World Short Film Festival – Rome – Italy
Best micro short, Art-Conceptual-Experimental, 2nd place ★
→ There is exactly enough time
September 1
X World Short Film Festival
Nomination: direction
→ There is exactly enough time
September 1
X World Short Film Festival
Best Editing ★
→ There is exactly enough time
September 1
X World Short Film Festival
Outstanding projects, special awards winner ★
→ There is exactly enough time
August 30 – September 4
31st Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern – Schwerin – Germany
→ There is exactly enough time
August 27
Black Mountain Film Festival – online – Black Mountain – USA
Best Experimental Short Film ★
→ tx-reverse
August 27
Black Mountain Film Festival – online – Black Mountain – USA
Best Animated Short Film ★
→ There is exactly enough time
August 25 – August 28
5th Annual Live Mindfield Film Festival – Albuquerque – USA
→ There is exactly enough time
August 25 – August 31
Fotofilm 3rd International Short Film Festival – Istanbul – Turkey
International Best Animation Short Film ★
→ There is exactly enough time
August 24
Aryan International Children’s Film Festival of Jaipur – Jaipur – India
→ There is exactly enough time
August 22
Polish International Film Festival – Warsaw – Poland
→ There is exactly enough time
August 20
Edison International Film Festival – Chennai – India
Best Experimental Short Film ★
→ tx-reverse
August 20
Edison International Film Festival – Chennai – India
Best Animated Short Film ★
→ There is exactly enough time
August 20
EIFA – Paris – France
European Independent Film Award – Best Animation: Platinum Award ★
→ There is exactly enough time
August 19
Feodosiya International Film Festival – Republic of Crimea – Russian Federation – Feodosiya – Ukraine
→ There is exactly enough time
August 18 – August 21
Le chat noir – Georgia – Augusta – USA
Official Selection
→ There is exactly enough time
August 18 – August 28
São Paulo International Short Film Festival – São Paulo – Brazil
→ There is exactly enough time
August 17
Your Way International Film Festival – Valletta – Malta
→ There is exactly enough time
August 12
Midwest Sci-Fi Short Film Festival – CONvergence fan convention – Minneapolis – USA
→ There is exactly enough time
August 11
We Like ‘Em Short – Oregon – Baker City – USA
→ There is exactly enough time
August 10
Snow Leopard International Film Festival – Madrid – Spain
→ There is exactly enough time
August 10
Sweet Life Film Festival – Agropoli – Italy
→ There is exactly enough time
August 8
Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival – Rhode Island – USA
Semi Finalist
→ There is exactly enough time
August 7
Sweden Film Awards – Stockholm – Sweden
Semi Finalist
→ There is exactly enough time
August 6
Boden International Film Festival – Norrbotten – Sweden
Finalist
→ There is exactly enough time
August 5 – August 13
Dokufest - International Documentary and
Short Film Festival - Prizren - Kosova
→ There is exactly enough time
July 31
Andromeda Film Festival – Istanbul – Turkey
Award Da Vinci special section ★
→ There is exactly enough time
July 29
Something Wicked Film Festival – Forest Park – USA
→ There is exactly enough time
July 22
Royal Wolf Film Awards – Los Angeles – USA
Best animated short ★
→ There is exactly enough time
July 18
First-Time Filmmaker Sessions @ PinewoodStudios – Iver – United Kingdom
→ There is exactly enough time
July 15 – July 16
Maykop International Film Festival – Maykop – Russia
Best Cartoon ★
→ There is exactly enough time
July 13
San Francisco Frozen Film Festival (SFFFF) – San Francisco – USA
→ There is exactly enough time
July 12
ORION IFF International Film Festival – Z-inema Berlin – Z-inema Berlin – Berlin – Germany
→ Light Matter
July 10
North London Animation Festival – London – United Kingdom
→ There is exactly enough time
July 10
Ukrainian Dream Film Festival – Odessa – Ukraine
→ There is exactly enough time
July 3
American Golden Picture International Film Festival – Jacksonville – USA – Yearly competition
→ There is exactly enough time
July 3
On Art – Warsaw – Poland
→ There is exactly enough time
July 3
Paradise Film Festival – Budapest – Hungary
→ There is exactly enough time
July 1
Brazil International Film Festival – Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
→ There is exactly enough time
June 29
EuropeNow Film Festival – Lisbon – Portugal
→ There is exactly enough time
June 25
Night of Drama Shorts – Milan – Italy
Award Winner ★
→ There is exactly enough time
June 25
Stockholm Short Festival – Stockholm – Sweden
Semi Finalist
→ There is exactly enough time
June 24
Rosarito International Film Festival – Los Angeles – USA
Honorable Mention
→ There is exactly enough time
June 24 – June 26
Southport FilmFest – Southport – United Kingdom
Best in Animation ★
→ There is exactly enough time
June 20 – June 25
Cinematographic presentation of a multimedia table for Rosenbauer AG, which was presented as the centerpiece of the trade fair stand at Interschutz (20 to 25.6.2022) in Hanover.
→ City Dome for Rosenbauer AG - Everything for that moment
June 18
Omnia Film Award – Salice Terme – Italy
Best Animation ★
→ There is exactly enough time
June 16 – June 22
The Barnes Film Festival 2022 – London – United Kingdom
Finalist
→ There is exactly enough time
June 12
Stockholm City Film Festival – Stockholm – Sweden
Semi Finalist
→ There is exactly enough time
June 10
Columbia Film Festival – Maryland – USA
→ There is exactly enough time
June 10
Milan Gold Awards – Milan – Italy
Milan Gold Awards – Honorable Mention: Animated Film
→ There is exactly enough time
June 9
Florida Animation Festival – Tallahassee – USA
First place, stop motion novice ★
→ There is exactly enough time
June 9
Florida Animation Festival
Tallahassee – Honorable Mention Stop Motion Animation
→ There is exactly enough time
June 5 – June 10
Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival – Paleochora – Greece
→ tx-reverse
June 4
Golden FEMI Film Festival – Sofia – Bulgaria
→ There is exactly enough time
June 3 – June 5
11th International Short Film Festival Pune 2022 – Pune – India
Official Selection
→ There is exactly enough time
June 2
Panama City Independent Film Festival – Florida – Panama City – USA
Best Animation Short (under 40 minutes) ★
→ There is exactly enough time
June 1
River Film Festival – Veneto – Italy
→ There is exactly enough time
June 1
XLNT Film Festival – Santa Barbara – USA
→ There is exactly enough time
May 31 – June 6
38th Short Film Festival Hamburg - “Triple Axel” Competition - Hamburg - Germany
→ There is exactly enough time
May 31
Kodai International Film Festival – Kodaikanal – India
Best Animated Short Film ★
→ There is exactly enough time
May 27
Synsapalum – Amsterdam – The Netherlands
→ There is exactly enough time
May 25 – May 30
Together with Abigail Addison and Anastasiya Verlinska member of the jury for the second International Competition “AAAnimation Avantgarde” of the Vienna Shorts.
May 22
Pinnacle Film Awards – Los Angeles – USA
Diamond Award: Best Animation short ★
→ There is exactly enough time
May 20
Participant in the panel “Long Night of Research” together with Leonhard Grond, Karin Raith and Gerhild Steinbuch. “Circle of Interdisciplinarity”, Moderation: Alexander Damianisch, Alexandra Graupner.
Angewandte Interdsciplinary Lab, Postsparkasse, Georg-Coch-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna.
20.5.2022, 5:30 pm.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
May 20
Lange Nacht der Forschung – Austrian Academy of Sciences Vienna – Vienna – Austria
→ tx-mirror
May 19 – May 22
Animatricks 2022 – Helsinki – Finland
→ There is exactly enough time
May 17
Absurd Film Festival - Bimonthly awards – Milan – Italy
Best back to the future ★
→ Copy Shop
May 13
Visualization for a microconcert, a digital music project of the Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg under the musical direction of Kent Nagano.
→ Microconcert Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg
May 8
68. Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen – market screening – Oberhausen – Germany
→ There is exactly enough time
May 7
Berlin Indie Film Festival – Berlin – Germany
→ There is exactly enough time
May 7
Detroit International Festival of Animation – Detroit – USA
→ There is exactly enough time
May 7
Red Movie Awards – Reims – France
Honorable Mention
→ There is exactly enough time
May 6
Bridge Fest – Vancouver – Canada
Official Selection – Best Animated Short Film ★
→ There is exactly enough time
May 5
Indiecinema Film Festival – Italiy – Rome – Italy
→ There is exactly enough time
May 5
Rex travelling tour – Stockholm – Sweden
→ There is exactly enough time
May 5
Vienna Indie Short Film Festival – Vienna – Austria
Semi Finalist
→ There is exactly enough time
May 4
REFF React Film Fest – Catanzaro – Italy
→ There is exactly enough time
May 3 – May 8
29. Internationales Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart – Stuttgart – Germany
→ Fast Film
May 2
The Black Panther International Short Film Festival – Online – Finalist
→ There is exactly enough time
May 2
The Black Panther International Short Film Festival – Online – Quarter finalist
→ tx-reverse
April 27
Fescilmar Festival – Katowice – Poland
→ There is exactly enough time
April 27
The Ridgewood Guild International Film Festival – New Jersey – USA
Finalist
→ There is exactly enough time
April 27
Thinking Hat Fiction Challenge – West Bengal – India
Special Mention
→ There is exactly enough time
April 25 – April 30
2 Days Animation Festival – Filmcasino Vienna – Vienna – Austria
Best Austrian Animation: Best Narrative Work ★
→ There is exactly enough time
April 22 – April 24
2022 Nottingham International Film Festival (NOTTIFF) – Nottingham – United Kingdom
→ There is exactly enough time
April 22
Reedy Reels – Greenville – USA
→ There is exactly enough time
April 22
White Nights Film Festival (Russia) – Saint Petersburg – Russia
→ There is exactly enough time
April 20
Arizona International Film Festival – Arizona – Tucson – USA
→ There is exactly enough time
April 20
International Filmfest Bremen – Bremen – Germany
→ There is exactly enough time
April 16
Aravali International Film Festival – New Delhi – India
Special Jury Award ★
→ There is exactly enough time
April 15
Florence Film Awards – Florence – Italy
Best super short film ★
→ There is exactly enough time
April 15 – April 27
Monthly Future Of Film Awards – Ohrid – North Macedonia
Award Winner ★
→ There is exactly enough time
April 14
Anthology Film Archives – New York – USA
→ Light Matter
April 11
OTB | Only The Best Film Awards – Florida – Miami – USA
Winner of the special award ★
→ There is exactly enough time
April 11
OTB | Only The Best Film Awards – Florida – Miami – USA
Jury Award: Best Original Score or song ★
→ There is exactly enough time
April 10
Rio de Janeiro World Film Festival – Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
Quarter Finalist
→ There is exactly enough time
April 8
Tonkawa Film Festival – Tonkawa – USA
→ There is exactly enough time
April 5 – April 10
34. Filmfest Dresden 2022 – Dresden – Germany
→ There is exactly enough time
April 3
Sundarban International Film Festival – West Bengal – India
Award Winner ★
→ There is exactly enough time
April 1
Bref – L’Agence du Court Metrage – Paris – France
→ Copy Shop
March 30 – March 31
Demetera International Short Film Festival – Paris – France
→ There is exactly enough time
March 30
Festival de Cinéma Jeune Public – France
→ Fast Film
March 25
8th Logcinema Art Films – Los Angeles – USA
→ There is exactly enough time
March 25
Paris Film Awards – Paris – France
→ There is exactly enough time
March 24
Palm Springs International Animation Festival – Palm Springs – USA
Semi Finalist
→ There is exactly enough time
March 23 – March 27
Glasgow Short Film Festival – Glasgow – United Kingdom
→ There is exactly enough time
March 20
LOGIHQ International Happiness Film Festival Exhibition, liHfe-2021 – New Delhi – India – Best Animation Film ★
→ There is exactly enough time
March 20
London Movie Awards – London – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: animation
→ There is exactly enough time
March 17
Metro Kinokulturhaus – Filmarchiv Austria – Vienna – Austria
→ Fast Film
March 12
Mumbai International Film Festival – Mumbai – India
Honorable Mention
→ There is exactly enough time
March 12
Rome Film Awards – Rome – Italy
Award Winner ★
→ There is exactly enough time
March 11 – March 22
MAX3MIN – Very Short Film Festival – Milan – Italy
→ There is exactly enough time
March 10
Niagara Falls International Short Festival – Niagara Falls – New York – USA
Finalist
→ There is exactly enough time
March 10
Omaha Film Festival – Omaha – USA
→ There is exactly enough time
March 7
Grand New York Film Awards – New York – USA
Best Original Score ★
→ There is exactly enough time
March 7
MGA - Moscow Gold Awards – Moscow – Russia
Best Original Score ★
→ There is exactly enough time
March 7 – March 10
South Italy International Film Festival – Barletta – Italy
→ There is exactly enough time
March 7
The Great Indian Film Festival – Gurgaon – India
→ There is exactly enough time
March 3 – May 28
Arvali International Film Festival – Gujarat – India
Special Jury Award ★
→ There is exactly enough time
March 2 – March 6
17th Annual Durango Independent Film Festival – Durango – USA
→ There is exactly enough time
February 27 – May 15
Esch 2022 – European Capital of culture – “Hacking Identity – Dancing Diversity” – Möllerei – Esch-sur-Alzette – Luxembourg
→ Copy Shop
February 27
Indiefilmopolis – Birmingham – United Kingdom
→ tx-reverse
February 27
Indiefilmopolis – Birmingham – United Kingdom
Nominee – Nominated for Best micro short
→ There is exactly enough time
February 27
New Creators Film Awards – Paris – France
Honorable Mention
→ There is exactly enough time
February 27
Reels International Film Festival – Aurangabad – India
Best Director animation film ★
→ There is exactly enough time
February 26
Moving Pictures Festival – Antwerp – Belgium
→ There is exactly enough time
February 24
Moody Crab Film Fest – online
→ There is exactly enough time
February 24
Symbiotic Film Festival – Kyiv – Ukraine
→ There is exactly enough time
February 24 – April 9
tx-mirror in the exhibition “Understanding Art & Research” – UM Gallery. Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design – Prag – Czech Republic
→ tx-mirror
February 23
Short Film Factory – Bucharest – Romania
Best Digital Art ★
→ tx-reverse
February 18
MyMrsTimeless – Beaverton – USA
Finalist
→ There is exactly enough time
February 18
Sochi Film Festival – Russian Federation – Sochi – Russia
→ There is exactly enough time
February 15
Bizarrya Short Film Festival – Porto – Portugal
Award Winner ★
→ There is exactly enough time
February 13 – February 25
Berlin Shorts Award – Berlin – Germany
Semi Finalist
→ There is exactly enough time
February 10
Cosmic Film Festival – Florida – USA
Best Animation ★
→ There is exactly enough time
February 6
World Cine Fest – Porto – Portugal
Honorable Mention
→ There is exactly enough time
February 2
Budapest Film Festival – Budapest – Hungary
Nominee “Best Experimental Film”
→ tx-reverse
February 1
The IndieFEST Film Awards – San Diego – USA
Award of Excellence: Animation ★
→ There is exactly enough time
January 31
Art Film Awards – Skopje – North Macedonia
Monthly Competition – Finalist – Finalist: experimental film
→ tx-reverse
January 31
Beachfront Film Festival – Malibu – USA
Finalist
→ There is exactly enough time
January 31
LA Shorts Awards – Los Angeles – USA
→ There is exactly enough time
January 31
Scorpiusfest – Holladay – USA
Nominee Best Animated Short Film
→ There is exactly enough time
January 30
Golden Bridge Istanbul Short Film Festival – Istanbul – Turkey
→ There is exactly enough time
January 30
Hollywood Gold Awards – Los Angeles – USA
→ There is exactly enough time
January 30
New York Movie Awards – New York – USA
→ There is exactly enough time
January 29
Eurasia International Monthly Film Festival – Moscow – Russia
Finalist
→ There is exactly enough time
January 29 – December 10
Snowdance Independent Film Festival – Landsberg am Lech – Germany
→ There is exactly enough time
January 26
International Alexandria Short Film Festival – Alexandria – Egypt
→ There is exactly enough time
January 25
Alibag Short Film Festival – Alibag – India
→ There is exactly enough time
January 25
Alibag Short Film Festival – Alibag – India
→ tx-reverse
January 25
Alibag Short Film Festival – Alibag – India
→ Fast Film
January 25
Alibag Short Film Festival – Alibag – India
→ Light Matter
January 25
Alibag Short Film Festival – Alibag – India
→ back track
January 25
Alibag Short Film Festival – Alibag – India
→ Vienna table trip
January 21
Chambal International Film Festival - Season 4 – Mumbai – India
Best narrative film ★
→ There is exactly enough time
January 21
Chambal International Film Festival - Season 4 – Mumbai – India
Award Winner ★
→ back track
January 14
Indie Shorts Awards Cannes – Cannes – France
→ There is exactly enough time
January 11 – January 16
Minimalen 34 Short Film Festival – Trondheim – Norway
→ There is exactly enough time
January 9
5th Amazing Shorts and Movies! Film Festival – Madrid – Spain
→ There is exactly enough time
January 7
Distribution Festival – New York – USA
→ There is exactly enough time
January 1
Global Film Festival Awards – Los Angeles – USA
Award Winner ★
→ There is exactly enough time

2021

December 30
Krimson Horyzon International Film Festival – Kolkata – India
Best Animation Film ★
→ There is exactly enough time
December 26 – May 22
Exhibition “Artists and Machines: Dialogues in the development of digital art” – Centre del Carme Cultural Centre – Valencia – Spain
→ Copy Shop
December 22
Le Prince International Film Festival – Caracas – Venezuela
→ There is exactly enough time
December 19
52 Weeks Film Festival – Thousand Oaks – USA
Best animated film / Festival Favorite ★
→ There is exactly enough time
December 19
Best Shorts Competition – San Diego – USA
Best Shorts Competition – Award of Excellence: Animation ★
→ There is exactly enough time
December 18
Canada Shorts – Canadian International Short Film Fest – Canada – Award of Commendation ★
→ There is exactly enough time
December 18
ORION IFF International Film Festival – Dalveen – Australia
Semi Finalist
→ tx-reverse
December 17
Kinétoscope – L’Agence du Court Metrage – Paris – France
→ Copy Shop
December 16
CCCC Centre del Carme Cultura Contemporània – Valencia – Spain
→ Copy Shop
December 16
Tampa Bay Motion Picture Industry Professionals’ Independent Film Festival – Oldsmar – USA
→ There is exactly enough time
December 16
White Unicorn International Film Festival – Kolkata – India
Award Winner ★
→ There is exactly enough time
December 14
Cine Fern Online Film Festival – India
Official Selection
→ There is exactly enough time
December 12
1st Monthly Film Festival – Belgrade – Serbia
Honorable Mention
→ There is exactly enough time
December 10
Cooper Awards – Limassol – Cyprus
Best Animated Film ★
→ There is exactly enough time
December 9
Dreamz Catcher International Film Festival – West Bengal – Kolkata – India
Phenomenal attainment Award ★
→ There is exactly enough time
December 9
SHORT to the Point – Bucharest – Romania
→ There is exactly enough time
December 9
The Santa Clarita International Film Festival – Santa Clarita – USA
→ There is exactly enough time
December 7
Unitaly International Film Festival – Castellabate – Italy
→ There is exactly enough time
December 6
Europe Independent Movie Festival – Izmir – Turkey
Best Animation short film ★
→ There is exactly enough time
December 6
Europe Independent Movie Festival
Best Sound Design ★
→ There is exactly enough time
December 6 – December 11
International Shorts Film Festival – Melbourne – Australia
→ There is exactly enough time
December 5
Beyond Earth Film Festival – Tamil Nadu – India
Best Animation ★
→ There is exactly enough time
December 5
“There is exactly enough time”: Near Nazareth Festival (NNF) – Afula – Israel – Best Animation ★
→ There is exactly enough time
December 4
Out of the can international film festival – Derbyshire – United Kingdom
Finalist
→ There is exactly enough time
December 3
American Golden Picture International Film Festival – Jacksonville – USA – “Best Animation”, Honorable Mention
→ There is exactly enough time
December 3 – September 3
FICOCC Five Continents International Film Festival – Puerto la Cruz – Spain
Best Animation short film ★
→ There is exactly enough time
December 3
Masters of Cinema – Moscow – Russia
→ There is exactly enough time
December 2 – December 5
Mesa International Film Festival – Arizona – USA
→ There is exactly enough time
December 2
Onyko Films Awards – Kyiv – Ukraine
→ There is exactly enough time
December 2
Silver Mask Live Festival – Los Angeles – USA
Silver Mask Live Festival – Honorable Mention
→ There is exactly enough time
December 1
Direct Monthly Online Film Festival – Michigan USA – Los Angeles – USA
Best Short Animation Film of the Month Award ★
→ There is exactly enough time
November 30
Accolade Global Film Competition – November Season – La Jolla – USA
Award of Excellence: Animation ★
→ There is exactly enough time
November 30
CKF International Film Festival – Swindon – United Kingdom
Best Animation Short of the Month ★
→ There is exactly enough time
November 29 – December 5
Animateka International Animated Film Festival – Ljubljana – Slovenia
→ There is exactly enough time
November 29
Sipontum Arthouse International Film Festival – Italiy – Puglia – Italy
→ There is exactly enough time
November 27
Crown Wood International Film Festival – West Bengal – India
Official Selection
→ There is exactly enough time
November 26
Qld XR Festival – Brisbane – Australia
Finalist
→ There is exactly enough time
November 26 – December 8
tx-mirror in the exhibition “Transformations – Abstract art in motion” – Künstlerhaus – Vienna – Austria
→ tx-mirror
November 23
Anatolia International Film Festival – Istanbul – Turkey
→ There is exactly enough time
November 23
ReAnimania International Animation Film Festival of Yerevan – Yerevan – Armenia
→ There is exactly enough time
November 22
SIFF - Switzerland International Film Festival – Switzerland
→ There is exactly enough time
November 19
Cinematika Festival – Sopot – Poland
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
November 19
The Film Contest – Pune – India
→ There is exactly enough time
November 18
Germany International Film Festival – Berlin – Germany
Honorable Mention
→ There is exactly enough time
November 16 – November 24
PÖFF – International short film and animation festival – Tallinn – Estonia
→ There is exactly enough time
November 15
Birsamunda International Film Awards – Tamil Nadu – India
BIFA winner ★
→ There is exactly enough time
November 15
MAAM – Muestra de Antropología Audiovisual de Madrid – Madrid – Spain
→ tx-reverse
November 13
Kerala Short Film Festival – Pune – India
→ tx-reverse
November 13
Kerala Short Film Festival – Pune – India
→ back track
November 13
Kerala Short Film Festival – Pune – India
→ Fast Film
November 13
Kerala Short Film Festival – Pune – India
→ Light Matter
November 4 – November 14
Cork 2001 – 66th International Film Festival – Cork – Ireland
→ There is exactly enough time
October 29 – November 7
Stockholm REX 2021 – Stockholm – Sweden
Animation Film Festival – competition
→ There is exactly enough time
October 28 – November 7
Spark Animation 2021 – Vancouver – Canada
→ There is exactly enough time
October 25 – October 31
DOK Leipzig – International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film – Germany
→ There is exactly enough time
October 22 – October 24
17th International Short Film Festival Detmold – Detmold – Germany
→ tx-reverse
October 20
Together with Shoko Takegasa, Lia G. Beltrami, Sébastien Simon and Abolfazel Jalili in the jury of the 38th Tehran International Short Film Festival.
October 20
Online lecture on Austrian short and avant-garde film at the 38th Tehran International Short Film Festival.
October 18
Uppsala 21 – 40. International Short Film Festival – Uppsala – Sweden
→ Copy Shop
October 11
Mabig Film Festival – Augsburg – Germany
Best Animated Film ★
→ There is exactly enough time
October 8 – October 10
2021 Dome Fest West Film Festival – Los Angeles – USA
→ tx-reverse
October 2
1st Himachal short film festival 2021 – Himachal Pradesh – India
Official Selection
→ Fast Film
October 2
1st Himachal short film festival 2021 – Himachal Pradesh – India
Official Selection
→ tx-reverse
October 2
1st Himachal short film festival 2021 – Himachal Pradesh – India
Official Selection
→ Light Matter
October 2
1st Himachal short film festival 2021 – Himachal Pradesh – India
Official Selection
→ Copy Shop
October 2
1st Himachal short film festival 2021 – Himachal Pradesh – India
Official Selection
→ back track
October 2
1st Himachal short film festival 2021 – Himachal Pradesh – India
Official Selection
→ Vienna table trip
October 1 – October 5
11th International Short Film Festival Pune 2019 – Pune – India
→ Fast Film
October 1
On 1 October 2021, the Master’s programme “Art & Science” moves to the Postsparkasse, 1010 Vienna, designed by Otto Wagner.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
October 1
Release on DVD by Hoanzl as pre-film to Anja Salomonowitz’s “This movie is a gift” – Vienna – Austria
→ There is exactly enough time
September 29 – October 20
Galerija na katu – Kulturno informativni centar – Zagreb – Croatia
→ tx-mirror
September 8
Mannheim Arts and Film Festival – Mannheim – Germany
Best Animation ★
→ There is exactly enough time
September 7 – September 12
International Festival für Animationsfilm – Baden – Switzerland
→ There is exactly enough time
September 2
Filmquest – Utah – Provo – USA
→ tx-reverse
September 1
On 1.9.2021, start of the PEEK-funded research project “Radical Matter” by Martin Reinhart, which is hosted at the University of Applied Arts / Art & Science.
→ Radical Matter
August 26
Mindfield Film Festival – Albuquerque – USA
Diamond Award: Best Animation short ★
→ There is exactly enough time
August 19 – August 21
Attersee – Austria
→ Black Cat/New Angels
August 19
Gorst Underground Film Festival – Port Orchard – USA
→ tx-reverse
August 15
Sands Film Festival – Florida – USA
→ tx-reverse
August 11 – August 16
45. Filmfest Weiterstadt – Weiterstadt – Germany
→ tx-reverse
August 1
FLICKFAIR Film Festival – Los Angeles – USA
→ tx-reverse
July 20
Cosmic Film Festival – Florida – USA
→ tx-reverse
July 11
Social World Film Festival – Naples – Italy
Quarter Finalist
→ tx-reverse
July 8
11th Austrian Film Award – Vienna – Austria
Film Award Gala – Marx Halle
→ There is exactly enough time
June 24
Short Screens – Œudeghien – Belgium
→ Fast Film
June 22
Freies Kino – Stadtkino im Künstlerhaus – Vienna – Austria
→ tx-reverse
June 20
Freies Kino – Stadtkino im Künstlerhaus – Vienna – Austria
→ There is exactly enough time
June 18 – June 20
Film Festival Flix – online – Los Angeles – USA
→ tx-reverse
June 18 – June 20
Film Festival Flix – online – Los Angeles – USA
→ Vienna table trip
June 17 – June 27
Free XR Village – 16th anniversary edition of Doc Edge International Documentary Film Festival – Wellington – New Zealand
→ tx-reverse
June 9
Graz – Austria
→ There is exactly enough time
June 3 – June 13
Free XR Village – 16th anniversary edition of Doc Edge International Documentary Film Festival – Auckland – New Zealand
→ tx-reverse
June 2
Mediterranean Film Festival (MedFF) – Siracusa – Italy
Music Video Competition: Best Music Video ★
→ tx-reverse
May 16
Austin Micro Short Film Festival – Texas – Austin – USA
→ tx-reverse
May 10 – May 15
Kinofilm 16th Manchester International Film & Animation Festival – Manchester – United Kingdom
→ tx-reverse
May 4 – November 7
Special exhibition “The Danube. A Journey into the past” from May 4 to November 7, 2021 in the State Hall of the Austrian National Library, Josefsplatz 1, 1010 Vienna. Graphic design of the spectacular 44-meter reproduction of the famous Pasetti map.
→ The Danube. A journey into the past
April 30 – December 31
Art Vault Santa Fe – The Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation – Santa Fe – USA
→ tx-mirror
April 28
Bridge Fest – Vancouver – Canada
Official Selection
→ tx-reverse
April 20 – April 26
goEast Open Frame Award 2021 – Wiesbaden – Germany
→ tx-reverse
April 17
EIFA
European Independent Film Award – Best Sound Design ★
→ tx-reverse
April 17
EIFA
European Independent Film Award – Best Visual FX ★
→ tx-reverse
April 17
EIFA – Paris – France
European Independent Film Award – Best Experimental ★
→ tx-reverse
March 19 – March 27
13th Rencontres Internationales Sciences & Cinémas (RISC) – Marseille – France
→ tx-reverse
March 10
10.03.2021: Completion of the animated film “There is exactly enough time” by Oskar Salomonowitz and Virgil Widrich with music and sound design by Siegfried Friedrich.
→ There is exactly enough time
March 10 – March 21
Monstra – Lisbon Animation Film Festival – Lisbon – Portugal
→ Fast Film
February 27
Sydney Science Fiction Festival – German Sci-Fi Showcase – Sydney – Australia
Official Selection
→ tx-reverse
February 24
Direct Short Online Film Festival – Los Angeles – USA
→ tx-reverse
February 19
KAPOW Intergalactic Film Festival – Los Angeles – USA
→ tx-reverse
February 12 – December 10
Bruxelles 2021 – Brussels – Belgium
Best of 40 years
→ Fast Film
February 12
FIXION Fest, Fantastic & Horror Film Festival – Santiago de Chile – Santiago – Chile
→ tx-reverse
February 6
Global Film Festival Awards – Los Angeles – USA
Best Experimental Short Film ★
→ tx-reverse
February 2
Virgil Widrich has the idea of completing the animated film of Oskar himself, but since there is no title and Oskar had never told how his story would continue, he does not know how.
On 2.2.2021 at 6:45 Virgil Widrich wakes up from a dream, which revealed to him that the film’s title would be “There is exactly enough time” – and from then on the further course of the story was clear before him in that very second.
→ There is exactly enough time
January 26 – April 29
Jointly with Elke Groen and Antoinette Zwirchmayr on the jury of the “Outstanding Artist Award for Film” of the Federal Chancellery of Vienna.
January 20
AI Film Fest – Tehran – Iran
→ tx-reverse
January 17
17.1.2021: Virgil Widrich finds a calculation by Oskar in the book “The Book of Perfectly Perilous Math” by Sean Connolly, which ends with the sentence Oskar wrote by hand: “There is exactly enough time”.
→ There is exactly enough time
January 16
Rome Film Awards – Rome – Italy
Award Winner ★
→ tx-reverse
January 11
The Next Level International Film Festival – Sydney – Australia
Best weird and wonderful film ★
→ tx-reverse
January 10
Eurasia International Monthly Film Festival – Moscow – Russia
Semi Finalist
→ tx-reverse
January 8
Rosarito International Film Festival – Los Angeles – USA
→ tx-reverse

2020

December 25
7th Goa Short Film Festival 2020 – Maharashtra – India
→ tx-reverse
December 25
7th Goa Short Film Festival 2020 – Maharashtra – India
→ Fast Film
December 21 – January 4
3rd Stuff MX Film Festival – Mexico City – Mexico
Official Selection
→ tx-reverse
December 21
Guest lecture at the University Mozarteum Salzburg in the framework of the seminar by Karina Zybina PhD: “Der Salzburger Fürstenhof als Zentrum europäischer Musikkultur. Interdisciplinary project in cooperation with the DomQuartier Salzburg”.21.12.2020, 17:15 to 18:45, distance learning via zoom.
December 15
Palm Springs International Animation Festival – Palm Springs – USA
→ tx-reverse
December 11
The Film Contest – Pune – India
→ tx-reverse
December 7
Cine Fern Online Film Festival – India
Official Selection
→ tx-reverse
December 6
5th International Short Film Festival Pune 2019 – Pune – India
→ tx-reverse
December 5
At the beginning of December 2020, Virgil Widrich photographs the 206 images of Oskar’s flip book and assembles them in an editing software. Only now does it become visible what is hidden in Oskar’s animation.
→ There is exactly enough time
December 5
Videodrunk Film Festival – Grand Gerrard – Ontario – Canada
Prize for Contribution to Videodrunk ★
→ tx-reverse
December 1
Colortape International Film Festival – Brisbane – Australia
Nominee
→ tx-reverse
November 30
Accolade Global Film Competition – November Season – La Jolla – USA
Award of Excellence: Experimental ★
→ tx-reverse
November 27
Berlin Sci-fi Filmfest – Babylon – Berlin – Germany
→ tx-reverse
November 26 – November 29
Crossing the Screen – East Sussex – Eastbourne – United Kingdom
→ tx-reverse
November 23
Metro Kinokulturhaus – Filmarchiv Austria – Vienna – Austria
→ Fast Film
November 21
Beyond Earth Film Festival – Tamil Nadu – India
Best Zero Dialogue Film ★
→ tx-reverse
November 20
Thinking Hat Fiction Challenge – West Bengal – India
Special Mention
→ tx-reverse
November 19
Digital realism and analog reality
Analog film technologies, which for more than a century offered the possibility of creating previously unseen images in motion, have almost completely disappeared in recent years. They have been replaced by digitally produced worlds of images which, despite their sheer endless possibilities, produce a very limited form of “beauty”. However, the combination of analog and digital technologies offers a treasure trove of methods for creating images that are credible precisely because of their abstraction.

As part of the lecture series “Aisthesis”, Department of Philosophy, University of Applied Arts Vienna.
19.11.2020, 5:00 pm.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
November 15 – November 23
61 Festival dei Popoli – Florence – Italy
→ tx-reverse
November 12 – November 15
Linz International Short Film Festival – Linz – Austria
Special Mention: Best Austrian Film
→ tx-reverse
November 11
Metro Kinokulturhaus – Filmarchiv Austria – Vienna – Austria
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
November 10
ASMRKitten and the Boston Collective Film Festival – Boston – USA
Award Winner ★
→ tx-reverse
November 10
Like It Film Fest – Boston – USA
Award Winner ★
→ tx-reverse
November 8
Vienna Science Film Festival – Vienna – Austria
Best Austrian VR Movie ★
→ tx-reverse
November 6 – November 8
Brainwash Movie Festival – Oakland – USA
→ tx-reverse
November 6 – November 8
Brainwash Movie Festival – Oakland – USA
→ Vienna table trip
November 6
CFIFF – Changing Face International Film Festival – Sydney – Australia
Monthly Semi Finalist
→ tx-reverse
November 4
The IndieFEST Film Awards – San Diego – USA
Award of Excellence: Experimental ★
→ tx-reverse
November 2 – November 6
Festival del Cinema di Castel Volturno – Castel Volturno – Italy
Finalist
→ Copy Shop
November 1 – November 30
13th Annual Imagine Science Film Festival – Migration replay – New York – USA
→ tx-reverse
November 1
Royal Wolf Film Awards – Los Angeles – USA
Best Experimental / travel / time lapse short ★
→ tx-reverse
November 1
Royal Wolf Film Awards
Best Visual FX ★
→ tx-reverse
October 30 – November 1
International Short Film Festival Canton – Guangzhou – China
→ tx-reverse
October 27 – November 1
24th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival – Jihlava – Czech Republic
→ tx-reverse
October 27
Death of 12-year-old son Oskar Salomonowitz (20.7.2008 - 27.10.2020) in an accident.
→ There is exactly enough time
October 23 – October 25
Ars Electronica Animation Festival on Tour 2019 – Patchlab Digital Art Festival – Kraków – Poland
→ tx-reverse
October 23
Colorado International SciFi Fantasy Film Festival – USA
Nominee
→ tx-reverse
October 23
International SciFi & Fantasy Film Festival – Yellville – USA
Nominee
→ tx-reverse
October 17 – October 25
Dutch Design Week – Vienna design week’s virtual Festival – Eindhoven – The Netherlands
→ tx-reverse
October 16 – October 23
13th Annual Imagine Science Film Festival – New York – USA
→ tx-reverse
October 16 – October 25
Bolton Film Festival – Bolton – United Kingdom
→ tx-reverse
October 5 – October 11
13th Filmzeitkaufbeuren Film Festival – Kaufbeuren – Germany
→ tx-reverse
September 25 – October 4
Vienna Design Week – Area for virtual art – Vienna – Austria
→ tx-reverse
September 24 – September 29
8th Festival of Nations – Weyregg – Austria
→ tx-reverse
September 24 – October 1
Ars Electronica Animation Festival on Tour 2019 – Götzendämmerung – Munich – Germany
→ tx-reverse
September 23 – September 27
7th Proceso de error – Festival international de video experimental – Valparaíso – Chile
→ tx-reverse
September 21
AltFF Alternative Film Festival – Toronto – Canada
Semi Finalist
→ tx-reverse
September 19
NYC Indie Film Awards – New York – USA
Silver award ★
→ tx-reverse
September 17 – September 27
Atlanta Film Festival – Atlanta – USA – Virtual Reality Program (postponed due to covid-19)
→ tx-reverse
September 15
Best Shorts Competition – San Diego – USA
Award of Excellence: Experimental ★
→ tx-reverse
September 10
Revolverkino “Was ist Landschaft?” – Kino im Gropius Bau – Berlin – Germany
→ tx-reverse
September 8 – September 13
Dresden 2020 – Filmfest (postponed due to covid-19) – Dresden – Germany
→ tx-reverse
September 6
Vegas Movie Awards – Las Vegas – USA
Best Experimental Film - Award of Excellence ★
→ tx-reverse
September 4 – September 6
PannOpticum 2020 – Neusiedl am See – Austria
→ tx-reverse
September 3 – September 26
Ars Electronica Animation Festival on Tour 2019 – LABoral Centro de Arte – Gijon – Gijón – Spain
→ tx-reverse
September 3
FICOCC Five Continents International Film Festival – Puerto la Cruz – Spain
Special Mention Original Score
→ tx-reverse
September 2
Pinnacle Film Awards – Los Angeles – USA
Best Animation Short: Diamond Awards ★
→ tx-reverse
September 2
Pinnacle Film Awards – Los Angeles – USA
Best Visual FX ★
→ tx-reverse
September 1
FROSTBITE International Film Festival – Colorado Springs – USA
Best Experimental ★
→ tx-reverse
September 1
FROSTBITE International Film Festival – Colorado Springs – USA
Best Original Score ★
→ tx-reverse
August 31
Berlin Flash Film Festival – Berlin – Germany
Honorary Mention
→ tx-reverse
August 29
Mindfield Film Festival – Albuquerque – USA
Diamond Award: Best Experimental short ★
→ tx-reverse
August 28 – September 6
26th Festival international du film de Nancy – Nancy – France
→ tx-reverse
August 28
LA Punk Film Festival – Los Angeles – USA
→ Light Matter
August 22 – August 30
Beijing International Film Festival – Beijing – China
→ tx-reverse
August 20 – August 22
6th Experimental Superstars – Novi Sad – Serbia
→ tx-reverse
August 20 – September 10
Lissabon 20 – Indielisboa – Lisbon – Portugal
→ tx-reverse
August 19 – August 29
6th Bogotá experimental film festival – Bogotá – Colombia
→ tx-reverse
August 8
LA Punk Film Festival – Los Angeles – USA
→ tx-reverse
August 7
Raw Science Film Festival – Los Angeles – USA
Finalist
→ tx-reverse
August 1 – August 7
Experimental film & Video festival – Moving image forum – Focus Virgil Widrich – Seoul – South Korea
→ Copy Shop
August 1 – August 7
Experimental film & Video festival – Moving image forum – Focus Virgil Widrich – Seoul – South Korea
→ Fast Film
August 1 – August 7
Experimental film & Video festival – Moving image forum – Focus Virgil Widrich – Seoul – South Korea
→ Light Matter
August 1 – August 7
Experimental film & Video festival – Moving image forum – Focus Virgil Widrich – Seoul – South Korea
→ tx-reverse
August 1 – August 7
Experimental film & Video festival – Moving image forum – Focus Virgil Widrich – Seoul – South Korea
→ Vienna table trip
July 25
Nicht-Museum zeitgemäßer Kunst – Dresden – Germany
→ tx-reverse
July 22 – July 26
24th Avanca - International meeting of cinema, TV, video and multimedia – Avanca – Portugal – Video Prize ★
→ tx-reverse
July 21
Purchase of the “tx-mirror” by the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation in Chicago.
→ tx-mirror
July 19 – January 2
Artistic direction of the exhibition “Let the music begin! - The princely court of Salzburg – a centre of European musical culture 1587 – 1807", which can be seen from 19.7.2020 to 07.03.2021 in the DomQuartier Salzburg and in the Northern Oratory of Salzburg Cathedral.
→ Music everywhere!
July 12
Obskuur Ghent Film Festival – Ghent – Belgium
→ Light Matter
July 10 – September 10
Athens Digital Arts Festival – Technotribalism – Athens – Greece
→ tx-reverse
July 1
Couch Film Festival – Toronto – Canada
Best Science Fiction Film ★
→ tx-reverse
July 1 – July 31
In July 2020, Oskar Salomonowitz draws 206 pictures of a flip book on his light pad in Kritzendorf near Vienna. Due to other summer activities, the animation is not completed.
→ There is exactly enough time
June 25 – July 11
Taipei Film Festival – Taipei – Taiwan
→ tx-reverse
June 24
USA Film Festival – Dallas – USA
Finalist
→ tx-reverse
June 16 – June 23
Days of European Film – Czech Republic
→ tx-reverse
June 11 – June 14
14th Sorsicorti Short Film Festival – Palermo – Italy
→ tx-reverse
June 6 – June 7
Ars Electronica Animation Festival on Tour 2019 – CerModern – Ankara – Turkey
→ tx-reverse
June 4 – June 7
Near Nazareth Festival (NNF) – Afula – Nazareth – Israel
Official Selection
→ tx-reverse
May 5 – May 10
Praha 2020 – Anifilm – Prague – Czech Republic
→ tx-reverse
April 24 – May 2
Donaufestival 2020 – Austria (canceled due to covid-19) – Krems – Austria
→ tx-reverse
April 22 – April 25
International Animated Film Festival Animocje – Bydgoszcz – Poland
→ tx-reverse
April 14 – April 18
15th Experiments in cinema festival – Albuquerque – USA
Finalist
→ tx-reverse
April 1 – April 9
Belfast Film Festival – Belfast – Ireland
→ tx-reverse
April 1 – April 5
Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen – The Netherlands (postponed due to covid-19)
→ tx-reverse
March 28
Melkbos Short Film Festival – Cape Town – South Africa
→ Light Matter
March 27 – April 5
Sarasota Film Festival – USA (postponed due to covid-19) – Sarasota – USA
→ tx-reverse
March 24 – March 29
Ann Arbor 2020 – Film Festival – Ann Arbor – USA
→ tx-reverse
March 18 – January 9
Oxford Film Fest – Oxford – USA
Official Selection
→ tx-reverse
March 17 – March 22
“Micromeo” is selected as one of 16 productions for the first edition of the ACE Animation Special.
→ Micromeo
March 12 – March 15
Videoformes Digital Arts – Clermont-Ferrand – France
→ tx-reverse
March 11 – March 31
23rd International Encounters Traverse – Toulouse – France
Official Selection
→ tx-reverse
March 11 – March 17
Bratislava 2020 – Febiofest – Bratislava – Slovakia
→ back track
March 11 – March 15
REGARD – Saguenay International Short Film Festival – Saguenay – Canada
→ tx-reverse
March 7 – March 15
Ars Electronica Animation Festival on Tour 2019 – Pixelsfest – Yekaterinburg – Yekaterinburg – Russia
→ tx-reverse
March 5
Panel member at the “Monumento” trade fair in Salzburg.
RESTAURO TALK - Light in the museum
Univ. Prof. Virgil Widrich - Managing Director of checkpointmedia GmbH/ Filmmaker Vienna
Restaurator Frank Heydecke - Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Institute for Art Technology and Conservation, Nuremberg
Director Dr. Peter Assmann - Ferdinandeum Innsbruck
Moderation: Dr. Ute Strimmer - Editorial management Restauro

Monumento, Exhibition Centre Salzburg, Am Messezentrum 1, A-5020 Salzburg
5.3.2020 from 12:30 to 14:20.
→ checkpointmedia GmbH – Multimedia Productions
March 5 – March 8
True / False Film Fest – Missouri – Columbia – USA
→ tx-reverse
February 29 – February 15
Ars Electronica Animation Festival on Tour 2019 – RISE CoE – Nicosia – Nicosia – Cyprus
→ tx-reverse
February 29
Exploding Cinema – London – United Kingdom
→ tx-reverse
February 20 – February 27
Berlinale Film Festival – European Film Market – Sundance Film Festival VR Showcase – Berlin
→ tx-reverse
February 14 – February 15
Sochi Film Festival – Russian Federation – Sochi – Russia
→ Light Matter
February 11
The Film Contest – Pune – India
Best Experimental Film ★
→ Light Matter
February 9 – February 15
Brussels Independent Film Festival – Brussels – Belgium
→ Light Matter
February 7
Ars Electronica Animation Festival on Tour 2019 – Libraries Unlimited – Exeter – United Kingdom
→ tx-reverse
February 5
Motion For Pictures – Cary – USA
Semi Finalist
→ Copy Shop
February 5
Motion For Pictures – Cary – USA
Semi Finalist
→ make/real
February 5
Motion For Pictures – Cary – USA
Semi Finalist
→ Light Matter
January 23 – February 2
Sundance Film Festival 2020 – New Frontier – Park City – USA
→ tx-reverse
January 23 – February 2
“tx-reverse” is shown at the Sundance Film Festival/New Frontier 2020 in Park City, USA at the end of January.
→ tx-reverse
January 21 – January 26
Minimalen 32 Short Film Festival – Trondheim – Norway
→ tx-reverse
January 18 – January 19
Chambal International Film Festival - Season 4 – Mumbai – India
→ Light Matter
January 18
Chambal International Film Festival - Season 4 – Mumbai – India
→ tx-reverse
January 17 – January 19
Shortz 2017 – University of Novi Sad – Novi Sad – Serbia
→ tx-reverse
January 16 – January 19
33. Stuttgarter Filmwinter – Wand 5 – Festival for Expanded Media – Stuttgart – Germany
→ tx-reverse
January 15 – January 17
AIL x Sound:frame Conference: Navigating the postdigital – Angewandte Innovation Lab Vienna – Austria
→ tx-reverse
January 15 – January 17
AIL x Sound:frame Conference: Navigating the postdigital – Angewandte Innovation Lab Vienna – Austria
→ tx-mirror
January 11
Filmbar im Lager Xpedit – Saturday Jazz – Vienna – Austria
→ Fast Film
January 10 – January 19
17th London Short Film Festival – London – United Kingdom
→ tx-reverse
January 8 – February 15
Ars Electronica Animation Festival on Tour 2019 – Gasteig Open Video – Munich – Germany
→ tx-reverse
January 7
Southern States Indie FanFilmFest – Biloxi – USA
Finalist
→ back track

2019

December 18
ORION IFF International Film Festival – Bucharest – Australia
Winner: Best Experimental Film ★
→ Light Matter
December 17
Panel Discussion: “Efficient Deceleration” as part of “future ethics. Discourse space of the open society” of the Wiener Zeitung.
Virgil Widrich, University of Applied Arts Vienna, director, filmmaker
Nassima Sahraoui, philosopher, author
Walter Krahl, Verkehrsbüro-Ruefa Managing Director
Moderation: Walter Hämmerle, Editor-in-Chief Wiener Zeitung
17 December 2019, 7:00 pm, Albert-Schweitzer-Haus, Schwarzspanierstrasse 13, 1090 Vienna
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
December 15 – December 30
4th International Short Film Festival Pune 2019 – Pune – India
→ Light Matter
December 15 – December 30
4th International Short Film Festival Pune 2019 – Pune – India
Finalist
→ Vienna table trip
December 15 – December 30
4th International Short Film Festival Pune 2019 – Pune – India
Semi Finalist
→ back track
December 15
Volkshotel Amsterdam – Amsterdam – The Netherlands
→ Copy Shop
December 14
Smita Patil Documentary and Short Film Festival – Pune – India
→ Light Matter
December 13 – December 15
AFSAD 3rd International Short Film Festival – Ankara – Turkey
→ Fast Film
December 13 – December 15
AFSAD 3rd International Short Film Festival – Ankara – Turkey
→ Light Matter
December 13 – December 15
AFSAD 3rd International Short Film Festival – Ankara – Turkey
→ Copy Shop
December 10
Substitute member of the appointment committee for the professorship „Language Arts“ at the University of Applied Arts Vienna
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
December 7
RAGFF Venezia – Venice – Italy
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
December 7
RAGFF Venezia – Venice – Italy
Best Retro Avant Garde Short Film ★
→ Copy Shop
December 5
Open Window International Film Challenge – Kolkata – India
Best Experimental Film ★
→ tx-reverse
December 4 – December 11
15th Festival Transterritorial de Cine Underground – Argentinia – Tigre – Argentina
→ tx-reverse
December 3 – December 9
31st Aguilar Film Festival – Aguilar de Campoo – Spain
→ tx-reverse
December 2
2.12.2019: Completion of the “sconarium” in Bad Schönau/Lower Austria: a modern visitor and event centre dedicated to therapy and natural carbonic acid gas. Artistic director of the exhibition: Virgil Widrich.
→ sconarium Visitor Centre for Bad Schönau
December 2
FROSTBITE International Film Festival – Colorado Springs – USA
Finalist
→ Light Matter
December 2 – December 8
International Short Film Festival – Victoria – Australia
Official Selection
→ Light Matter
December 2 – December 8
International Short Film Festival – Victoria – Australia
Official Selection
→ tx-reverse
December 2
International Shorts Film Festival – Melbourne – Australia
→ tx-reverse
December 2
International Shorts Film Festival – Melbourne – Australia
→ Light Matter
December 2 – December 5
Near Nazareth Festival (NNF) – Nazareth – Israel
→ Light Matter
December 2
Near Nazareth Festival (NNF) – Nazareth – Israel
Official Selection
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
December 1
Colortape International Film Festival – Brisbane – Australia
→ Light Matter
December 1
Colortape International Film Festival – Brisbane – Australia
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
November 29
Rome Film Awards – Rome – Italy
Award Winner ★
→ Light Matter
November 29
Rome Film Awards – Rome – Italy
Award Winner ★
→ back track
November 29
Rome Film Awards – Rome – Italy
Award Winner ★
→ Copy Shop
November 29
Rome Film Awards – Rome – Italy
Award Winner ★
→ Vienna table trip
November 29
Rome Film Awards – Rome – Italy
Italy - Semi Finalist
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
November 28 – November 30
Videodrunk Film Festival – Grand Gerrard – Ontario – Canada
→ Light Matter
November 27 – November 28
2 Days Animation Festival – Filmcasino Vienna – Vienna – Austria
Best Austrian Animation – Beste digitale Technik ★
→ tx-reverse
November 25
Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes – Cannes – France
Best Experimental ★
→ tx-reverse
November 22 – November 24
KinoDUEL International Film Festival – Moscow – Russia
Official Selection
→ Vienna table trip
November 21 – December 24
Blue Danube Film Festival – Lurdy Mozi Budapest – Budapest – Hungary
Student Jury Award of experimental film ★
→ tx-reverse
November 21 – November 23
Torino Short Film Market – Turin – Italy
→ tx-reverse
November 20
ULTRAcinema – Mexico City – Mexico
→ Fast Film
November 17
Blue Danube Film Festival – Schikaneder Kino – Vienna – Austria
→ tx-reverse
November 16
Abbot Kinney Fantastic Film Festival – Venice (california) – USA
→ Fast Film
November 16 – December 2
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival – Tallinn – Estonia
→ tx-reverse
November 13 – November 24
12th CYFEST – Saint Petersburg – Russia
→ tx-reverse
November 13 – November 17
Festival internacional de cine de autor – Guadalajara – Mexico
→ tx-reverse
November 13 – November 17
KFFK / Kurzfilmfestival Köln N°13 – Cologne – Germany
→ tx-reverse
November 12 – November 17
Kassel 19 – 36. Dokumentarfilm- & Videofest – Kassel – Germany
→ tx-reverse
November 11
Metro Kinokulturhaus – Filmarchiv Austria – Vienna – Austria
→ Monster in Salzburg
November 8 – November 19
“Data Loam” in the exhibition “Understanding Art & Research” - Yuga gallery and Rittaikobo in cooperation with Tokyo University of the Arts - Tokyo - Japan
→ Data Loam
November 8 – November 10
SIFF – Southeastern International Film Festival – Nashville – USA
→ Light Matter
November 7
6th Goa Short Film Festival 2017 – Maharashtra – India
→ Light Matter
November 7 – November 17
Cork 2001 – 64. International Film Festival – Cork – Ireland
→ Light Matter
November 7 – November 17
Cork International Film Festival – Cork – Ireland
→ tx-reverse
November 6 – November 10
Filmforum – Warsaw – Poland
→ Light Matter
November 2 – November 9
9th Annual St Cloud Film Festival – Minnesota – USA
→ tx-reverse
November 1 – September 30
Fourth and last term as head of the Institute of Fine and Media Art at the University of Applied Arts Vienna until 30.09.2021. Deputy is Ruth Schnell.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
October 26
Workshop “Time bending media” with Virgil Widrich – CODAME Art + Tech Festival 2019 – San Francisco.
→ tx-reverse
October 25 – October 27
CODAME Art + Tech Festival 2019 – San Francisco – USA
→ tx-mirror
October 25 – October 27
CODAME Art + Tech Festival 2019 – San Francisco – USA
→ tx-reverse
October 24 – October 26
13th PSSST! Silent Film Festival – Zagreb – Croatia
Grand Prix “Veliki Brcko” ★
→ tx-reverse
October 24
San Francisco International New Concept Film Festival – San Francisco – USA
→ Light Matter
October 24 – October 25
Slamdance DIG Showcase – Los Angeles – USA
→ tx-reverse
October 23
360° screening at Fulldome-Lab of Universitäy of Applied Arts Vienna – Digitale Kunst – Vienna
→ tx-reverse
October 23 – October 24
50 Fifty Hallow’s Eve Challenge – Minnesota – USA
→ tx-reverse
October 20
Colorado International SciFi Fantasy Film Festival – USA – Experimental Award for Animated/Experimental Short Film Winner ★
→ Light Matter
October 19 – October 21
International Short Film Festival Canton – Guangzhou – China
→ Light Matter
October 18
DOC LA – Los Angeles Storyteller Film Festival – Los Angeles – USA
Best Music Video ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
October 18
DOC LA – Los Angeles Storyteller Film Festival
Best song ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
October 17 – October 20
Immersive Film Festival – Espinho – Portugal
→ tx-reverse
October 17
Mesa International Film Festival – Arizona – USA
→ Copy Shop
October 16 – October 20
LUFF – Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival – Lausanne – Switzerland
→ tx-reverse
October 15 – October 27
“Peter Handke’s Cat” by Virgil Widrich (1980) at Cat Video Festival – Uppsala – Sweden
October 14 – October 21
Polish International Film Festival – Warsaw – Poland
→ Light Matter
October 11
Tri-Cities International Film Festival – West Richland – USA
Music Video: 1st Place ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
October 11
Lecture on “film- and multimedia production” in the masters’ programme “art & economy” at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Am Heumarkt 27/3a, 11.10.2019, 14:00 p.m.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
October 9 – October 20
Festival International Nouveau Cinema – Montreal – Canada
→ tx-reverse
October 6
Sanford International Film Festival – Florida – USA
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
October 4
Austrian Film Festival 2019 – Schikaneder Kino Wien – Vienna – Austria
Bester Experimentalfilm 2019 ★
→ tx-reverse
October 3 – October 5
3rd Barcelona 360 VR and AR Market – Barcelona – Spain
→ tx-reverse
October 3 – October 12
Nashville Film Festival – Nashville – USA
→ tx-reverse
October 1 – September 30
On 1 October 2019 beginning of the third term as a main member of the Senate of the University of Applied Arts Vienna until 30.9.2022.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
October 1
Cinéma L’Archipel – Paris – France
→ warning triangle
October 1
Cinéma L’Archipel – Paris – France
→ Copy Shop
September 29
Hollyweed Film Festival – Los Angeles – USA
→ Light Matter
September 28
Queen Palm International Film Festival – Palm Springs – USA
Official Crown Selection
→ tx-reverse
September 27
Cinéma Les Variétés – Marseille – France
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
September 26
New Ulm Film Festival – Minnesota – USA
→ Light Matter
September 25 – September 27
The Festival of International Virtual and Augmented Reality Stories (FIVARS) – Toronto – Kanada – technical archievement award ★
→ tx-reverse
September 24
Albuquerque Film & Music Experience (AFMX) – Albuquerque – USA
Semi Finalist
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
September 23
Boston Collective Film Festival – Boston – USA
→ Light Matter
September 20
Buskopolis Festival of Cinematic Oddities – Pennsylvania – USA
→ Light Matter
September 19
Rieti & Sabina Film Festival – Rieti – Italy
→ Light Matter
September 18 – September 25
Split Film Festival – Split – Croatia
→ tx-reverse
September 15
Austin Micro Short Film Festival – Texas – Austin – USA
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
September 13
KAPOW Intergalactic Film Festival – Hollywood – USA
→ Light Matter
September 12 – September 15
Suburbinale – Linz – Austria
→ Light Matter
September 11 – September 13
Ars Electronica 2020 – Fulldome Program – Ars Electronica Center – Linz – Austria
→ tx-reverse
September 11
Kamianets-Podilskyi International Film Festival “BRUKIVKA” – Khmelnitsky – Ukraine – Finalist
→ Light Matter
September 7
Ars Electronica 2019 – DeepSpace 8K Ars Electronica Center – Linz – Austria
→ tx-transform
September 7
Gorst Underground Film Festival – Port Orchard – USA
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
September 7
Gorst Underground Film Festival – Port Orchard – USA
→ Light Matter
September 7
UNDO Divergent Film Awards – Arlington – USA
Best Visual Effects ★
→ tx-reverse
September 6
Benicia Film Festival – Benicia – USA
→ Light Matter
September 6
Manifesto Film Festival – Amsterdam – The Netherlands
→ Copy Shop
September 6
Manifesto Film Festival – Amsterdam – The Netherlands
→ Light Matter
September 6
Zeitgeist Film Festival – Orange – USA
→ Copy Shop
September 5 – September 9
Ars Electronica 2019 – European Platform for Digital Humanism – Postcity – Linz – Austria
→ tx-mirror
September 5 – September 8
Artist Talk: Ars Electronica 2019 – DeepSpace 8K Ars Electronica Center – Linz – Austria
7.9.2019, 15:00 to 16:00.
→ tx-reverse
September 5 – September 9
“tx-mirror” and “tx-reverse 360°” are presented from 5. to 9.9.2019 at the Ars Electronica in Linz.
→ tx-reverse
September 4
Borderscene Film Festival – New Mexico – USA
→ Copy Shop
September 3
Azadi International Film Festival – Tehran – Iran
→ back track
September 3
Nadym International Film Festival – Nadym – Russia
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
September 3
Tehran International Cinefest – Tehran – Iran
→ back track
August 31
Royal Wolf Film Awards – Los Angeles – USA
Winner: Best Experimental / Travel / Time-Lapse Short ★
→ Light Matter
August 22 – September 1
VOB Film Festival – Putnam County – USA
→ back track
August 21
Accolade Global Film Competition – San Diego – USA
Award of Merit: Experimental ★
→ tx-reverse
August 20
Jukebox International Film Festival – Carson City – USA
Best picture – runner up ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
August 20
Jukebox International Film Festival
Best Music Video of festival ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
August 17
West Europe International Film Festival – Brussels Edition – Brussels – Belgium
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
August 13 – August 23
CineAutopsia – Bogotá Experimental Film Festival – Bogotá – Colombia
→ Light Matter
August 13 – August 19
Tabacka Gallery at Tabacka Kulturfarik – Kosice – Slovakia
→ Light Matter
August 13 – August 19
Tabacka Gallery at Tabacka Kulturfarik – Kosice – Slovakia
→ make/real
August 11
Death of mother Gerheid Widrich on 11.8.2019 in Salzburg.
August 6
Vegas Movie Awards – Las Vegas – USA
Best Experimental Film – Honorable Mention
→ back track
August 1
Tricky Treasures Seestadt – Aspern – Wien
→ Fast Film
July 28
Social World Film Festival – Naples – Italy
→ Light Matter
July 28
Social World Film Festival – Naples – Italy
Semi Finalist
→ back track
July 24 – July 28
Openeyes Filmfest Marburg – Marburg – Germany
Official Selection
→ Light Matter
July 19 – March 28
“Writing the History of the Future” – The ZKM Collection – Karlsruhe – Germany
→ tx-mirror
July 15
Text contribution “Images between Digital Realism and Analog Believability” by Virgil Widrich in: Expanded Animation – Mapping to Unlimited Landscape
→ Expanded Animation – Mapping an unlimited landscape
July 14
Buenos Aires Film Festival – Argentinia – Buenos Aires – Argentina
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
July 13
Scumdance – Reno – USA
→ Light Matter
July 12 – July 21
Brainwash Movie Festival – Oakland – USA
→ Light Matter
July 11
Festival ECRÃ – Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
→ Copy Shop
July 11
Festival ECRÃ – Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
→ Light Matter
July 11
Festival ECRÃ – Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
→ back track
July 11
Festival ECRÃ – Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
→ make/real
July 11
Festival ECRÃ – Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
→ Fast Film
July 11
Festival ECRÃ – Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
→ tx-reverse
July 5
Independent StarFilmfest – Freising – Germany
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
July 4
Mexico City Independent Film Fest – Mexico City – Mexico
→ Light Matter
July 2
Lecture Martin Reinhart, Virgil Widrich: Under the Radar Vienna: Time Bending Media – Concept and Making of “tx-reverse 360°”
2.7.2019, 12:30, Quartier 21 – MuseumsQuartier / Raum D, 1070 Vienna
→ tx-reverse
July 1 – July 5
UNDER_the_RADAR_2019 – Vienna – Austria
→ Light Matter
July 1 – July 5
UNDER_the_RADAR_2019 – Vienna – Austria
Special Mention of the Jury
→ tx-reverse
June 28
Interrobang Film Festival – Iowa – USA
→ Copy Shop
June 28 – July 6
Karlovy Vary 19 – International Film Festival – Karlovy Vary – Czech Republic
→ tx-reverse
June 28
MusiCanZone – Liguria – Italy
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
June 28
Sounderground Music Festival – Italy
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
June 27 – July 28
Vienna Biennale for Change 2019 – Understanding Art & Research – MAK Museum für angewandte Kunst – Vienna – Austria
→ tx-mirror
June 25 – June 28
Angewandte Festival – Dome Oskar Kokoschka Platz – Vienna – Austria
→ tx-reverse
June 24
NÖ Festival und Kino GmbH – Filmvermittlungsworkshop Schule – Krems – Austria
→ Fast Film
June 24
Kala Samruddhi International Film Festival – Mumbai – India
Award Winner ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
June 24
Filmworkshop – Kino im Kesselhaus – Krems – Austria
→ Fast Film
June 23
Jersey Shore Film Festival – New Jersey – USA
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
June 20
EuropeNow Film Festival – Madrid – Spain
Semi Finalist
→ Vienna table trip
June 20
Hollywood Sun Awards – Los Angeles – USA
Finalist
→ Light Matter
June 20
World premiere of the opera “Nova - Imperfecting Perfection” by Franz Danksagmüller on 20.6.2019 in the Orchesterzentrum NRW, Dortmund. Director: Kay Link, Stage design and film direction: Virgil Widrich, Projections and lighting design: Oleg Prodeus.
→ Nova – Imperfection Perfection
June 15
Santorini Film Festival – Santorini – Greece
Finalist
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
June 15
Thinking Hat Fiction Challenge – West Bengal – India
→ back track
June 15
Thinking Hat Fiction Challenge – West Bengal – India
→ Light Matter
June 14
Northeast Mountain Film Festival 2019 – Dillard – USA
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
June 14
Northeast Mountain Film Festival 2019 – Dillard – USA
→ Vienna table trip
June 14
Northeast Mountain Film Festival 2019 – Dillard – USA
→ Light Matter
June 13
Ramsgate International Film & TV Festival – Kent – United Kingdom
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
June 10 – June 15
“tx-reverse 360° is shown at Annecy 2019 – Festival International du Cinema d’Animation – Annecy – France
→ tx-reverse
June 8
New Forest Film Festival – Brockenhurst – United Kingdom
Finalist
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
June 7
Reels of the Dead – USA – Semi Finalist
→ Light Matter
June 6
RADICALS – Special edition of the NYU Orphan Film Symposium – Austrian Filmmuseum – Vienna – Austria
→ tx-reverse
June 4
Altan Khalis International Film Festival – Ulaanbaatar – Mongolia
→ Light Matter
June 4
Golden Ger International Film Festival – Ulaanbaatar – Mongolia
→ Light Matter
June 3
Near Nazareth Festival (NNF) – Nazareth – Israel
Finalist
→ Light Matter
June 1
Cefalù Film Festival – Palermo – Italy
→ Light Matter
May 31
L.A. Neo Noir Novel, Film, & Script Festival – Los Angeles – USA
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
May 30
6. Firenze FilmCorti International Festival – Florence – Italy
Semi Finalist
→ Light Matter
May 29
ix Symposium Société des arts technologiques (SAT) – Expace XR, Parcours IC – Montreal – Canada
→ tx-reverse
May 29
Vienna Biennale for Change 2019 – MAK Museum für angewandte Kunst – Vienna – Austria
→ tx-reverse
May 28 – May 31
Central States Indie FanFilmFest – Rock Island – USA
Official Selection
→ Copy Shop
May 28
UNDER_the_RADAR_2019 – Vienna – Austria
→ tx-mirror
May 28 – June 2
VIS 2019 – Vienna Independent Shorts – Vienna – Austria
→ tx-reverse
May 28 – June 2
VIS 2019 – Vienna Independent Shorts – Vienna – Austria
→ back track
May 25
CASA DOC – Nice – France
→ Copy Shop
May 24
SA Indie Film Fest – Cape Town – USA
→ Light Matter
May 24
The South African Independent Film Festival – Cape Town – South Africa
→ Light Matter
May 18
EIFA – Paris – France
European Independent Film Award
→ Light Matter
May 16
Hyperwave Film Awards – Carson – USA
Semi Finalist
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
May 16
Hyperwave Film Awards – Carson – USA
Semi Finalist
→ Light Matter
May 16
Seattle International Film Festival – Seattle – USA
→ Copy Shop
May 11
Panel Discussion: “Digital Transformations – Society and Arts at the Turning Point” at the 58th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia with:
Gerald Bast, President University of Applied Arts Vienna
Martina Mara, Professor for Robopsychology, Johannes Kepler University Linz
Ute Meta Bauer, Professor of Art, Nanyang Technological University Singapore
Ruth Schnell, Head of Digital Arts, University of Applied Arts Vienna
Virgil Widrich, Head of Art & Science, University of Applied Arts Vienna

Moderation: Stephan Hilpold, Head of Culture Section Der Standard

11 May 2019, 2 p.m.
La Biennale di Venezia – Giardini, Central Pavilion, Sala F,
Sestiere Castello, 30122 Venice
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
May 7
The IndieFEST Film Awards – San Diego – USA
Award of Merit Special Mention: Experimental
→ Light Matter
May 6
FIXION Fest, Fantastic & Horror Film Festival – Santiago de Chile – Santiago – Chile
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
May 4
South Europe International Film Festival - Valecia Edition – Spain
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
May 3 – May 26
XIX Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes – Radio City – Valencia – Spain
Special Mention experimental category
→ Light Matter
April 30
Glorious Movie Awards – Salerno – Italy
Best Indie Film ★
→ Copy Shop
April 30
Indie Visions Film Festival – online – Ventura – USA
→ Light Matter
April 23 – April 27
14th Annual Myrtle Beach International Film Festival – USA
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
April 23 – April 25
Rehearsals in Lübeck for the opera “Nova – Imperfecting Perfection” by Franz Danksagmüller.
→ Nova – Imperfection Perfection
April 22
Working with Jean-Claude Carrière in Paris on the 5th draft of the screenplay for the animated film “Micromeo”.
→ Micromeo
April 22
Central States Indie FanFilmFest – Rock Island – USA
Semi Finalist
→ Light Matter
April 18 – May 13
The “tx-mirror” by Martin Reinhart and Virgil Widrich is shown at “The Triennial of Expanded Media, Multimedia Art, and New Media Art” in Belgrade:

“Cvijeta Zuzoric” Pavilion, Mali Kalemegdan 1, Belgrade
18.4.2019, 19:00 until 13.05.2019
Opening hours: Monday to Saturday, from 11:00 to 19:00 hrs.
→ tx-mirror
April 18
tx-reverse 360° – The Triennial of Expanded Media, Multimedia Art, and New Media Art – Cultural Centre of Belgrade Cinema Hall – Serbia
→ tx-reverse
April 18 – May 13
tx-reverse 360° – The Triennial of Expanded Media, Multimedia Art, and New Media Art – “Cvijeta Zuzoric” Pavillion, Mali Kalemegdan 1, Belgrade – Serbia
→ tx-reverse
April 18
Lecture “Time bending media” by Virgil Widrich
“Cvijeta Zuzoric” Pavillion, Mali Kalemegdan 1, Belgrade
18.4.2019, 17:00
→ tx-reverse
April 14
Sands Film Festival – Florida – USA
→ Copy Shop
April 14
Sands Film Festival – Florida – USA
Semi Finalist
→ Light Matter
April 9 – April 14
Dresden 2019 – Filmfest – Dresden – Germany
→ Fast Film
April 9 – April 14
Dresden 2019 – Filmfest – Critic’s Finest: Festival favourites of the SZ film critics
→ Light Matter
April 6
Presentation at the symposium “ We are all exiled” by ZADIG-Wien (Zero Abjection Democratic International Group) with Miquel Angel Bassols, Gil Caroz, Barbara Coudenhove-Kalergi, Muna Duzdar, Antonio Fian, Gunkl & Walter, Anja Herden, Mavie Hörbiger, Elke Kahr, Othmar Karas, Stephanie Krisper, Heinz Mayer, Willi Mernyi, Reinhold Mitterlehner, Wolfgang Petritsch, Doron Rabinovici, Hans Rauscher, Susanne Scholl, Virgil Widrich, Laura Wiesböck, Ferdinand Schmatz anda.University of Applied Arts Vienna, Vordere Zollamtsstraße 7, 1020 Vienna, 6.4.2019, 18:00.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
April 5 – April 7
Shahu International Short Film Festival (SISFF) 2019 – Pune – India
→ back track
April 4 – April 6
Bellingham Music Film Festival – USA
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
March 31
Like It Film Fest – Boston – USA
→ Light Matter
March 30
Picture discussion Martin Reinhart and Virgil Widrich at FOTO WIEN: “Teleplasmatic Views of Vienna”: 30.3.2019 at 18:00, FOTO WIEN Festival headquarters, Georg-Coch-Platz 2, 1010 Wien
→ Teleplasmatic Views of Vienna
March 30
LA Edge Film Awards – Los Angeles – USA
Second runner up ★
→ Light Matter
March 28 – March 31
Moscow International Horror Film Festival and Awards – Moscow – Russian Federation
→ tx-reverse
March 26
New York Short Film Tuesdays – New York – USA
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
March 24
Eurasia International Monthly Film Festival – Moscow – Russia
Best Experimental Film ★
→ back track
March 23
Beyond Earth Film Festival – Tamil Nadu – India
Jury’s Special Mention “postmodern film”
→ Light Matter
March 22
When the cinema leaves the screen: VR focus of sound:frame and the Diagonale 2019. As part of the “VR Conference” lecture by Martin Reinhart and Virgil Widrich on “Time bending media”.

VR-Conference, curated by Eva Fischer
22.3.2019, 10.00 to 19.00 o’clock
Designforum Styria, Andreas-Hofer-Platz 17, 8010 Graz, Austria
→ tx-reverse
March 21 – March 22
The “tx-mirror” is exhibited as part of the VR focus of sound:frame and Diagonale 2019. Curated by Eva Fischer
21. and 22.3.2019, 10.00 to 19.00 o’clock
Designforum Styria, Andreas-Hofer-Platz 17, 8010 Graz, Austria
→ tx-mirror
March 21 – March 22
Presentation of “tx-reverse 360°” as part of the VR focus of sound:frame and the Diagonale 2019. Curated by Eva Fischer
21. and 22.3.2019, 10.00 to 19.00 o’clock
Designforum Styria, Andreas-Hofer-Platz 17, 8010 Graz, Austria
→ tx-reverse
March 20 – April 20
The video installation “Teleplasmatic Views of Vienna” by Martin Reinhart and Virgil Widrich premieres at FOTO WIEN: 20.3. to 20.4.2019, FOTO WIEN Festivalzentrale, Georg-Coch-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna, daily 10 am to 6 pm.
→ Teleplasmatic Views of Vienna
March 20
World premiere of the short film “tx-reverse” at the Diagonale 2019 in Graz.
→ tx-reverse
March 18
in the studio with Virgil Widrich – Österreichisches Filmmuseum – Vienna – Austria
→ Monster in Salzburg
March 18
in the studio with Virgil Widrich – Österreichisches Filmmuseum – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
March 18
in the studio with Virgil Widrich – Österreichisches Filmmuseum – Vienna – Austria
→ Fast Film
March 18
in the studio with Virgil Widrich – Österreichisches Filmmuseum – Vienna – Austria
→ Color can dream
March 18
Lecture “In the studio with Virgil Widrich” in “School in the cinema - Educational program for schools at the Austrian Film Museum”. Screening of “Auch Farbe kann träumen”, “Monster in Salzburg”, “Copy Shop” and “Fast Film”. Austrian Film Museum, Augustiner Straße 1, 1010 Vienna, 18.3.2019, 11:00.
March 15
Hell Chess Festival – Campo de Gibraltar – Spain
Special Winner ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
March 15
Independent Shorts Awards – Los Angeles – USA
→ back track
March 10
Hollywood Screenings Film Festival – LA – Hollywood – USA
Semi Finalist
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
March 9
Dumbo Film Festival – New York – USA
→ Light Matter
March 8
6 on Nebraska – Bellville – USA
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
March 8
6 on Nebraska – Bellville – USA
→ Vienna table trip
March 8
Golden City Short Film Awards – Cape Town – South Africa
→ Vienna table trip
March 8
Golden City Short Film Awards – Cape Town – South Africa
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
March 7
Mindfield Film Festival – Albuquerque – USA
Diamond Award: Best Experimental short ★
→ Light Matter
March 7
Mindfield Film Festival
Platinum Award: Best Original Score: Siegfried Friedrich ★
→ Light Matter
March 7
Pinnacle Film Awards – Los Angeles – USA
Best Animation Short: Diamond Awards ★
→ Light Matter
March 3
FICOCC Five Continents International Film Festival – Puerto la Cruz – Spain
Official Selection
→ Light Matter
March 2
Aphrodite Film Awards – New York – USA
→ Light Matter
March 2
Aphrodite Film Awards – New York – USA
→ back track
March 1
AI Film Fest – Tehran – Iran
→ Light Matter
March 1
Chaffey Review Film Festival – USA
→ Copy Shop
March 1
Chaffey Review Film Festival – USA
→ Vienna table trip
February 28 – March 2
Ascona Film Festival – Italy
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
February 28
Independent Talents International Film Festival – Bloomington – USA
Best Experimental Film ★
→ back track
February 27
West Wing Film Competition – Los Angeles – USA
Best Experimental Short Film ★
→ Light Matter
February 26
Accolade Global Film Competition – San Diego – USA
→ Light Matter
February 26 – March 8
Exhibition “Data Loam - Sometimes Hard, Usually Soft”: 26.2. to 8.3.2019, Angewandte Innovation Laboratory, Franz-Josefs-Kai 3, 1010 Vienna, Austria
→ Data Loam - Sometimes Hard, Usually Soft
February 25 – March 8
The “tx-mirror” by Martin Reinhart and Virgil Widrich is shown in the exhibition “Data Loam”: Opening: 25.2.2019, 7 p.m. Exhibition duration: 26.2. to 8.3.2019, Angewandte Innovation Laboratory, Franz-Josefs-Kai 3, 1010 Vienna, Austria
→ tx-mirror
February 23
Apex Short Film & Music Video Festival – Tucson – USA
Finalist
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
February 23
Eurocinema Film Festival – Humanity House – The Hague – The Netherlands
→ back track
February 23
Completion of the short film version of “tx-reverse” on 23.2.2019.
→ tx-reverse
February 20
NYC Indie Film Awards – New York – USA
Best Experimental Film ★
→ Light Matter
February 17
Open Window International Film Challenge – Kokata – Kolkata – India
→ Light Matter
February 17
Open Window International Film Challenge – Kokata – Kolkata – India
→ Vienna table trip
February 16 – February 23
Fusion International Film Festivals – North Europe – London – United Kingdom
Nomination: Best Music Video
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
February 16 – February 23
Fusion International Film Festivals – North Europe
Nomination: Best Cinematography in a short film
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
February 16
Mindfield Film Festival – Los Angeles – USA
→ Light Matter
February 16 – February 23
North Europe International Film Festival: London Edition 2019
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
February 16
Open Window International Film Challenge – Kokata – Kolkata – India
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
February 15 – February 17
CrashLanded – Oklahoma – USA
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
February 15
Direct Short Online Film Festival – Los Angeles – USA
→ Light Matter
February 15
Underground – La Spezia – Italy
→ Light Matter
February 14
KinoDUEL International Film Festival – Moscow – Russia
Official Selection
→ Vienna table trip
February 14
Rome Independent Prisma Awards – Rome – Italy
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
February 14
Rome Independent Prisma Awards – Rome – Italy
→ Light Matter
February 8
Queen Palm International Film Festival – Palm Springs – USA
Silver Winner: Best Director ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
February 8
Queen Palm International Film Festival
Bronze Winner: Best Editing ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
February 8
Queen Palm International Film Festival
Bronze Winner: Best Music Video ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
February 8
Queen Palm International Film Festival – Palm Springs – USA
Official Coronet Selection
→ Light Matter
February 7
Ateliers Varan – 6. Impasse de Mont-Louis – Paris – France
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
February 2
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles – Los Angeles – USA
Semi Finalist
→ Light Matter
February 1 – February 2
Rosarito International Film Festival – Los Angeles – USA
→ Light Matter
January 31
Berlin Flash Film Festival – Berlin – Germany
Official Selection
→ Light Matter
January 31
CKF International Film Festival – Swindon – United Kingdom
→ Vienna table trip
January 31
CKF International Film Festival – Swindon – United Kingdom
→ Light Matter
January 31
Independent Talents International Film Festival – Bloomington – USA
Finalist
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
January 31
Independent Talents International Film Festival – Bloomington – USA
Finalist
→ Light Matter
January 30
Global Film Festival Awards – Los Angeles – USA
Best Screenplay ★
→ Light Matter
January 30
Global Film Festival Awards
Best Inspirational Short ★
→ Light Matter
January 28
ROFFEKE – Rock ‘n’ Roll Film Festival – Nairobi – Kenya
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
January 28
Lecture about film making at The International School of Amsterdam, Sportlaan 45, 1185 TB Amstelveen, 8:30 to 12:35.
January 25 – February 3
Angers 2019 – Premiers Plan – Angers – France
→ Copy Shop
January 25 – January 26
Bogotá – Colombia
→ Black Cat/New Angels
January 25
Cine Fern Online Film Festival – India
→ Light Matter
January 25
The Film Contest
Official Selection – Best Cinematography ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
January 20
Los Angeles CineFest – Los Angeles – USA
Semi Finalist
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
January 19 – January 20
Long Beach Opera – Long Beach – USA
→ Black Cat/New Angels
January 12
Austrian Film Festival 2019 – Schikaneder Kino Vienna – Vienna – Austria
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
January 12
Austrian Film Festival 2019 – Schikaneder Kino Vienna – Vienna – Austria
→ Light Matter
January 12
Oregon Cinema Arts Film Festival – Portland – USA
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
January 12
Texas Short Film Festival – San Antonio – USA
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
January 11 – January 12
Chambal International Film Festival - Season 2 – Mumbai – India
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
January 1 – January 4
Southern States Indie FanFilmFest – Biloxi – USA
Official Selection
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel

2018

December 17 – December 21
SIFF - Switzerland International Film Festival – Switzerland
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
December 15
ORION IFF International Film Festival – Dalveen – Australia
Finalist: Best Experimental Film
→ back track
December 15
ORION IFF International Film Festival – Dalveen – Australia
Winner: Best International Film ★
→ back track
December 15
ORION IFF International Film Festival – Dalveen – Australia
Winner: Best Editing ★
→ back track
December 14
Purchase of the “tx-mirrors” for the collection of ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe.
→ tx-mirror
December 13
Festival Droits des Femmes et Cinéma – Institut Universitaire Elie Wiesel – Paris – France
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
December 13
KAOS – KunstAtelier OpperStraat – Brussels – Belgium
→ Copy Shop
December 8
Genre Celebration Festival – Tokyo – Japan
Nominee: Best Noir Short
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
December 8
Genre Celebration Festival
Nominee: Best Editing
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
December 7
Lille 2018 – Rencontres Audiovisuelles – Rencontres Audiovisuelles – Lille – France
→ Copy Shop
November 29
“Digitale Transformationen - Gesellschaft, Bildung und Arbeit im Umbruch”: Organized and hosted by the University of Applied Arts Vienna in cooperation with Forum Morgen Privatstiftung.
With a keynote address by Peter Weibel and lectures by Gerald Bast, Anab Jain, Harald Katzmair, Martina Mara, Peter Parycek, Robert Trappl and Virgil Widrich.
University of Applied Arts, Vordere Zollamtsstraße 7, 1030 Vienna, 29 November 2018, 11:00 a.m.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
November 28
First TV broadcast of “Night of a 1000 Hours” on 28.11.2018, on ORF2 at 23:50 hrs
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
November 27
27.11.2018: Oskar Salomonowitz wants to draw flip books (again) and asks his father Virgil Widrich to order a light pad and pre-punched animation paper.
→ There is exactly enough time
November 23 – November 25
Balkan Can Kino – “VIDEO ART+” – R2 Gallery – Athens – Greece
→ Copy Shop
November 23
CFIFF – Changing Face International Film Festival – Sydney – Australia
Monthly Finalist
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
November 22
“Between the media – Virgil Widrich” – Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow – Kraków – Poland
→ Copy Shop
November 22
“Between the media – Virgil Widrich” – Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow – Kraków – Poland
→ Fast Film
November 22
“Between the media – Virgil Widrich” – Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow – Kraków – Poland
→ back track
November 22
“Between the media – Virgil Widrich” – Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow – Kraków – Poland
→ Vienna table trip
November 22
“Between the media – Virgil Widrich” – Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow – Kraków – Poland
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
November 22
“Between the media – Virgil Widrich” – Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow – Kraków – Poland
→ warning triangle
November 22
“Between the media – Virgil Widrich” – Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow – Kraków – Poland
→ make/real
November 19 – November 13
Member of the international jury of “Tehran International Short Film Festival” together with Krzysztof Gierat, Per Fikse, Mick Hannigan, Thom Palmen, Mehrdad Oskouei and Sari Volanen.
November 19
Lecture together with Martin Reinhart at “Think outside the Frame”, organized by VRVienna.
Filmakademie Vienna (Filmstudio - Digital Art Compositing)
Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1, 1030 Vienna, 19.11.2018 at 18:30.
→ tx-reverse
November 17
2018 Bowery Film Festival – New York – USA
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
November 16 – November 17
Berlin Sci-fi Filmfest – Berlin – Germany
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
November 15 – November 17
Colorado International SciFi Fantasy Film Festival – USA
Award Winner ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
November 12
Lecture on “Current/Contemporary Austrian Experimental Cinema” on occasion of Tehran International Short Film Festival at Iranian Youth Cinema Socitey, Tehran Province, Tehran, District 3, Hashemi Rafsanjani Hwy, Iran: 12.11.2018, 17:30 p,m.
November 11
Hollywood Forever Film Festival – Los Angeles – USA
Best Music Video: Platinum Award ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
November 10 – November 19
Reggio Film Festival – Reggio Emilia – Italy
→ Copy Shop
November 10 – November 19
Reggio Film Festival – Reggio Emilia – Italy
Best Sound Award 2018 ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
November 8 – November 17
2018 Directors Circle Festival of Shorts – Pensylvania – USA – Nomination: Best Music Video
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
November 8 – November 10
PSIAF Palm Springs International Animation Festival – USA
→ Vienna table trip
November 3
SIFF – Southeastern International Film Festival – Nashville – USA
Semi Finalist
→ Vienna table trip
November 1 – November 5
21st Annual Indie Memphis Film Festival – USA
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
October 29 – October 31
New York International Films Infest Festival NYCIFIF – USA – Semi Finalist
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
October 29
Vienna – Austria
→ Light Matter
October 27
Eurocinema Film Festival – Geneva – Switzerland
→ back track
October 25
Moondance International Film Festival – Boulder – USA
→ back track
October 25
Moondance International Film Festival – Boulder – USA
→ Fast Film
October 25
Moondance International Film Festival – Boulder – USA
→ Copy Shop
October 25 – October 31
Refugees Welcome Film Fest – Berlin – Germany
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
October 19 – October 20
Melbourne Independent Filmmakers Festival – Austrialia – Melbourne – Australia
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
October 18 – October 21
Open World Toronto Film Festival – Toronto – Canada
Semi Finalist
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
October 17 – October 21
Kerry Film Festival – Kerry – Ireland
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
October 15
Cine Fern Online Film Festival – India
Best Music Video ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
October 14
Hollywood Film Competition – Los Angeles – USA
Gold Award: Best Music Video ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
October 12
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.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
October 11 – February 10
The spatial installation “tx-reverse 360°” can be seen from 10.10.2018 to 10.2.2019 in the PanoramaLab of the ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe.
→ tx-reverse
October 10
Opening of the spatial installation “tx-reverse 360°” (together with Martin Reinhart) on 10.10.2018 at 18:30 in the PanoramaLab of the ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe.
→ tx-reverse
October 7
Finissage in the former Sophienspital: 7.10.2018, 17:00 to 20:00, Apollogasse 19, 1070 Vienna.
→ Vienna Design Week 2018 – Voyage Around My Room
October 6 – October 7
ANNY: Animation Nights New York – New York – USA
Semi Finalist
→ Fast Film
October 5 – October 7
14th Annual Tucson Film & Music Festival – Tucson – USA
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
October 5 – October 7
Other Venice Film Festival – Venice (california) – USA
Official Selection
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
September 29
Coktail in the former Sophienspital: 29.9.2018, 17:00 to 20:00, Apollogasse 19, 1070 Vienna.
→ Vienna Design Week 2018 – Voyage Around My Room
September 29 – September 30
Mindfield Film Festival – Los Angeles – USA
Best Music Video: Platinum Award ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
September 28 – October 7
Anim’est Animation Film Festival 2018 – Bucharest – Romania
→ Fast Film
September 28 – October 7
As part of the “Vienna Design Week 2018" video installation “Voyage Around My Room” in the former Sophienspital. 29.9. to 7.10.2018, Apollogasse 19, 1070 Vienna.
→ Vienna Design Week 2018 – Voyage Around My Room
September 28 – October 4
KAPOW Intergalactic Film Festival – Los Angeles – USA
Winner: Best Music Video ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
September 24 – October 1
Napoli Film Festival – Napels – Naples – Italy
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
September 22
Luxembourg – Luxembourg
Lëtzebuerger Filmpräis – Nomination “Best Coproduction Feature Film”
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
September 22
Lëtzebuerger Filmpräis – Luxembourg – Luxembourg
Nomination “Best Editing: Pia Dumont”
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
September 22
Lëtzebuerger Filmpräis – Luxembourg – Luxembourg
Nomination “Best production design: Christina Schaffer”
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
September 20 – November 28
Amarcort Film Festival – Rimini – Italy
Official Selection
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
September 16 – September 30
ROS Film Festival – Alicante – Spain
Semi Finalist
→ make/real
September 15
Moondance International Film Festival – Boulder – USA
Finalist
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
September 15
Norman Film Festival – Norman – USA
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
September 14 – September 15
“Fuck Narration” – Balkan Can Kino – Athens – Greece
→ Fast Film
September 14 – September 16
Nadym International Film Festival – Nadym – Russia
→ back track
September 14
The Next Level International Film Festival – Sydney – Australia
Best Music Video ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
September 13 – September 16
Suburbinale – Linz – Austria
→ Vienna table trip
September 8
UNDO Divergent Film Awards – Arlington – USA
Best Music Video ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
September 8
UNDO Divergent Film Awards – Boston – USA
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
September 7 – September 15
Filmquest – Utah – Provo – USA
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
September 4 – September 9
CARTÓN Festival Internacional De Cortos De Animación – Buenos Aires – Argentinia
→ Vienna table trip
August 31 – September 2
Militello Independent Film Fest 2018 – Militello – Italy
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
August 25 – August 26
Mindfield Film Festival – Albuquerque – USA
Best Music Video: Platinum Award ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
August 20 – August 24
Festival de cortometrajes Cine de la Culata – Guayas – Guayaquil – Ecuador
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
August 18
INCORTO Film Festival – Mexico City – Mexico
→ back track
August 5
Ironstar Summer Shorts 2018 – Scotland – Award Winner ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
August 1 – August 3
Festival Internacional De Cine Independiente De Neuquén – FECINEU – Argentinia
→ Vienna table trip
July 29
Canada’s Yes! Let’s Make a Movie Film Festival – Canada
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
July 28
EIFA – Paris – France
European Independent Film Award – Best Music Video – Bronze Award ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
July 27
Foto Film Tijuana – Tijuana – Mexico
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
July 26
Snowdance Film Awards – Los Angeles – USA
Best Visual VX ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
July 23 – July 28
Festival Internacional de Cine de Hidalgo – Pachuca – Mexico
→ Vienna table trip
July 21 – December 14
The W:OW Project 2017 – We Are One World – Torrance Art Museum – Los Angeles/CA
→ make/real
July 19 – July 22
Fort Worth Indie Film Showcase – USA – Best International Music Video★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
July 18
Lecture at “The Modern School of Film” – Day for Night Vienna.
House of Bandits, Kauergasse 10, 1150 Vienna, 18.7.2018, 4:30 pm
July 15
NYC Indie Film Awards – New York – USA
Best Music Video ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
July 14 – January 20
Film contribution to the exhibition “Art in Motion. 100 masterpieces with and through media – An Operative Canon” at the ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe
→ back track
July 14 – September 21
Post-Production of “tx-reverse 360°” in Vienna.
→ tx-reverse
July 12
On July 12, 2018 shooting for “tx-reverse” with 135 actors in Kino Babylon Berlin with the OmniCam-360.
→ tx-reverse
July 12 – January 20
The real-time installation “tx-mirror” by Martin Reinhart and Virgil Widrich is part of the exhibition “Art in Motion. 100 masterpieces with and through media – An Operative Canon” presented at the ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe.
→ tx-mirror
July 10
Hollywood Sun Awards – Hollywood – USA
Best Music Video ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
July 3
Move Me Productions Film Festival – Belgium
Finalist in the category “Best Short Film”
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
June 29 – October 7
International Tour Film Festival – Santa Marinella, Santa Severa, Montalto di Castro, Civitavecchina – Italy
→ Vienna table trip
June 25 – July 1
New York Lift-Off Film Festival Online selection – New York – USA
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
June 24
Maracay International Film & Video Festival – Aragua – Venezuela
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
June 18
AltFF Alternative Film Festival – Toronto – Canada
Semi Finalist
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
June 15 – June 17
Asia Independent – Bangalore – India
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
June 15 – June 17
Cosmic Film Festival – Florida – Orlando – USA
Best Music Video ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
June 12 – June 16
Pune Short Film Festival – Maharashtra – India
→ Vienna table trip
June 11
Completion of “Light Matter” on 11.6.2018.
→ Light Matter
June 10
Jelly FEST – Sunland – USA
Semi Finalist
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
June 5
Sunlight International Film Festival – Berlin – Germany
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
June 3 – June 7
Near Nazareth Festival (NNF) – Nazareth – Israel
Official Selection
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
June 2 – June 3
Auckland International Film Festival – Auckland – New Zealand
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
June 1
Presentation for pupils – Österreichisches Filmmuseum – Vienna – Austria
→ Fast Film
June 1 – June 2
Rosarito International Film Festival – Los Angeles – USA
Best Music Video ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
June 1
Vienna Shorts Festival – Vienna – Austria
→ Fast Film
June 1
VIS 2018 – Vienna Independent Shorts – Vienna – Austria
→ Fast Film
May 31
Eurasia International Monthly Film Festival – Moscow – Russia
Best Music Video ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
May 27 – May 30
Solaris Film Festival – Nice – France
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
May 27
Test screening in the Gartenbaukino Vienna with Siegfried Friedrich, Martin Reinhart and Johann Lurf.
→ Light Matter
May 26
Calcutta International Cult Film Festival – Calcutta – India
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
May 25
Royal Wolf Film Awards – Los Angeles – USA
Best Music Video: Gold Award ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
May 25
Royal Wolf Film Awards
Winner: Best FX ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
May 25
Royal Wolf Film Awards
Winner: Best Director ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
May 25
Top Indie Film Awards – Online Festival – Los Angeles – USA
Nomination: Best Music Video
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
May 25
Top Indie Film Awards – Online Festival
Winner: Best Director ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
May 25
Top Indie Film Awards – Online Festival
Winner: Best FX ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
May 24 – May 31
SHORT to the Point – Bucharest – Romania
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
May 19 – May 20
Enginuity Film Awards – Shepherdstown – USA
Nomination: Best VFX
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
May 19 – May 20
Enginuity Film Awards
Winner: Best New Media Director ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
May 19 – May 20
Enginuity Film Awards
Shepherdstown – Nomination: Best New Media Director
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
May 19 – May 20
Enginuity Film Awards
Shepherdstown – Nomination: Best New Media
→ Vienna table trip
May 19 – May 20
Enginuity Film Awards
Shepherdstown – Nomination: Best New Media Director
→ Vienna table trip
May 17 – May 20
Nassau Film Festival – Princeton – USA
Princeton Tiger Award ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
May 15
Firefly Film Competition – Los Angeles – USA
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
May 13
West Wing Film Competition – Los Angeles – USA
Music Video: 1st Place Winner ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
May 10
Lake View International Film Festival – Punjab – Indien – May 2018 Best Music Video of the Month ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
May 8
The IndieFEST Film Awards – San Diego – USA
Award of Excellence Special Mention: Music Video
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
May 7 – May 25
Roma Cinema DOC – Rome – Italy
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
May 5
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.
May 4 – May 6
Jaipur International Film Festival – JIFF – India
Top 2nd Music Video / Song ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
May 4
Rome Elephant Film Awards – Rome – Italy
Semi Finalist
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
May 2
Funding of “tx-reverse” as a short film and as an installation by the Federal Chancellery Department for the Arts, City of Vienna, Duerckheim Collection and ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe.
→ tx-reverse
May 2
International Music Video Underground – Los Angeles – USA
Best Music Video: Semi Finalist
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
May 1
Cefalù Film Festival – Palermo – Italy
→ Fast Film
May 1
Cefalù Film Festival – Palermo – Italy
→ Vienna table trip
May 1
Cefalù Film Festival – Palermo – Italy
→ Copy Shop
May 1
Pinnacle Film Awards – Los Angeles – USA
Best Animation Short: Gold Award ★
→ Vienna table trip
May 1 – May 31
St. Lawrence International Film Festival - SLIFF Online
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
April 30
Feel The Reel International Film Festival – Glasgow – United Kingdom
Finalist Official Selection Best Music Video
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
April 30
FICOCC Five Continents International Film Festival – Puerto la Cruz – Spain
Official Selection
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
April 30
LA Edge Film Awards – Los Angeles – USA
Best Music Video ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
April 30
LA Edge Film Awards
Best Editing ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
April 30
LA Edge Film Awards
Best Visual FX ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
April 27
Berlin Flash Film Festival – Berlin – Germany
Monthly category winner April 2018 – Music Video ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
April 25 – May 28
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.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
April 23
Shooting of different 360° pans on the Stephansplatz in Vienna as test material for the new tx-transform software.
→ tx-reverse
April 23
tx-transform filming with Martin Putz and Martin Reinhart in Vienna. The material will be used for tests of the new media installation “tx-mirror”, which will be presented at the ZKM - Zentrum für Kunst und Medien in Karlsruhe from June 2018.
→ tx-mirror
April 22 – April 30
Silicon Beach Film Festival – Los Angeles – USA
Best Music Video ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
April 22
Volgograd International Independent Film Festival – Russia
→ back track
April 22
Volgograd International Independent Film Festival – Russia
→ Vienna table trip
April 21
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
April 16
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.
→ Light Matter
April 16
SFAAF – South Film and Arts Academy Festival – Chile
Winner: Best fx in a short film ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
April 13
Opening of the “Sound of Music World” on 13.4.2018 in Salzburg, which was co-designed by checkpointmedia.
→ Sound of Music World Salzburg
April 6 – April 7
Shutter Speed Film Festival – Texas – Arlington – USA
→ Vienna table trip
April 6 – April 7
Shutter Speed Film Festival – Texas – Arlington – USA
Semi Finalist
→ back track
April 1 – September 30
Le Plein de Super / La Boîte Carrée – Nantes – France
→ Copy Shop
April 1 – September 30
Le Plein de Super / La Boîte Carrée – Nantes – France
→ Fast Film
April 1 – April 2
Mediterranean Film Festival (MedFF) – Siracusa – Italy
Music Video Competition: Best Music Video ★
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
March 30 – April 4
Jury member: The Globe International Silent Film Festival – Michigan State University – USA
March 23
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.
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
March 21 – March 25
SIFF – Sonoma International Film Festival – California – Sonoma – USA
→ Vienna table trip
March 17 – March 18
Corto Nero Short Film Festival – Naples – Italy
Finalist
→ Copy Shop
March 17 – March 18
Corto Nero Short Film Festival – Naples – Italy
→ warning triangle
March 17 – March 18
Corto Nero Short Film Festival – Naples – Italy
→ back track
March 14
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.
March 13
Contribution in the March issue of the Spanish “Found Footage Magazine” about Peter Tscherkassky.
March 7
City 46 – Bremen – Germany
→ Fast Film
February 27 – February 28
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.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
February 23
Master class Virgil Widrich at the Université Rennes 2:
In collaboration with *Clair obscur - Festival Travelling* and *la revue Répliques*.
Presented by Erwan Floch’ lay and Nicolas Thévenin from *la 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
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
February 23
Master class Virgil Widrich at the Université Rennes 2
→ Copy Shop
February 23
Master class Virgil Widrich at the Université Rennes 2
→ Fast Film
February 23
Master class Virgil Widrich at the Université Rennes 2
→ back track
February 23
Travelling – Clair Obscur – Festival de cinéma de Rennes Métropole – France
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
February 20 – February 27
Travelling – Clair Obscur – Festival de cinéma de Rennes Métropole – France
→ Fast Film
February 20 – February 27
Travelling – Clair Obscur – Festival de cinéma de Rennes Métropole – France
→ back track
February 20 – February 27
Travelling – Clair Obscur – Festival de cinéma de Rennes Métropole – France
→ Vienna table trip
February 20
“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.
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
February 19
Completion of the music video “Be my Rebel” with Nena and Dave Stewart in Vienna.
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
February 17
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.
→ Icon Island – a live battle of pictures and sounds
February 5
Direct Short Online Film Festival – Los Angeles – USA
Award Winner ★
→ Vienna table trip
January 23
Kralja Milana 7 – EU Info Center – Belgrade – Serbia
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
January 23 – January 28
Trondheim 2018 – Minimalen Short Film Festival – Trondheim – Norway
Best of 30 years Minimalen
→ Copy Shop
January 22 – January 28
2nd IbizaCinefest – Selection – Ibiza – Spain
Selection
→ back track
January 10
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.
→ Data Loam

2017

December 25
Kathmandu World Film Festival (KWFF) – Kathmandu – Nepal
Semi Finalist
→ Vienna table trip
December 23
EIFA – Paris – France
European Independent Film Award – Best Animation: Platinum Award ★
→ Vienna table trip
December 23
EIFA – Paris – France
European Independent Film Award – Best Experimental: Silver Award ★
→ back track
December 21 – December 23
Shortz 2017 – University of Novi Sad – Novi Sad – Serbia
→ Vienna table trip
December 15 – April 15
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.
→ tx-transformator
December 14 – April 15
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.
→ Aesthetics of change – 150 years of the University of Applied Arts Vienna
December 13
“Spaced out! Film Spaces in the Digital Age” – An event organised by frame (o)ut, dotdotdot and the Filmarchiv Austria – METRO Kinokulturhaus Wien
→ back track
December 13
“Spaced out! Film Spaces in the Digital Age” – An event organised by frame (o)ut, dotdotdot and the Filmarchiv Austria – METRO Kinokulturhaus Wien
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
December 6
Reel Erotic Art Film Festival – Newfoundland and Labrador – Canada
→ warning triangle
December 3
“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.
→ Exhibition and retrospective “analog_digital – The Dichotomy of cinema”
December 2
Berlin Motion Picture Festival – Berlin – Germany
→ back track
December 2
European Union Film Festival – National Gallery of Canada – Ottawa – Canada
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
November 29
European Union Film Festival – Cinematheque Vancouver – Vancouver – Canada
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
November 22 – November 23
Jury at “2 Days Animation Festival – Best Austrian Animation”
November 17
European Film Festival – Ottawa – Canada
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
November 17
European Union Film Festival – “The Royal” – Toronto – Canada
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
November 16 – November 19
Suikerzoet Filmfestival – Schiedam – The Netherlands
→ Vienna table trip
November 15
Together with Ingrid Brodnig, Elmar Giglinger, Stephan Schwingeler in the jury of “Content Vienna” for Vienna Business Agency.
November 14
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
November 11
LA Shorts Awards – USA
Best Animation: Diamond Award ★
→ Vienna table trip
November 11
Obst und Gemüse – Basel – Switzerland
→ Fast Film
November 10 – November 12
AFC Global Fest – Kolkata – India
→ make/real
November 10 – November 12
AFC Global Fest – Kolkata – India
→ Copy Shop
November 9 – November 11
1st Annual Palm Springs International Animation Festival – Palm Springs – USA
→ Vienna table trip
November 9 – November 15
KAPOW Intergalactic Film Festival – Los Angeles – USA
Nomination: Best Foreign Film
→ Vienna table trip
November 9 – November 15
KAPOW Intergalactic Film Festival – Los Angeles – USA
Nomination: Best Foreign Film
→ back track
November 9 – November 15
KAPOW Intergalactic Film Festival
Nomination: Best Cinematography
→ Vienna table trip
November 9 – November 15
KAPOW Intergalactic Film Festival
Nomination: Best Animation
→ Vienna table trip
November 9 – November 15
KAPOW Intergalactic Film Festival
Nomination: Best Experimental Film
→ back track
November 4 – December 4
Blue Danube Film Festival – Hungary
→ back track
November 4 – November 5
Plebeian Film Festival – San Diego – USA
→ back track
November 2 – November 5
Goethe Institut, Film Neu Film Festival – Washington – USA
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
November 1 – October 31
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.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
November 1 – November 30
St. Lawrence International Film Festival – Online – USA
→ back track
October 29 – October 31
FEDAXV – Festival de Diseno Audiovisual Experimental – Chile
→ back track
October 28 – October 29
4th Goa Short Film Festival 2017 – Maharashtra – India
→ back track
October 27 – November 11
Edinburgh Short Film Festival – Edinburgh – United Kingdom
Nomination for Best Animated Short Film Award
→ Vienna table trip
October 27 – October 31
Fake Flesh Film Fest – Kamloops – Canada
→ make/real
October 26 – October 29
Locomoción – Experimental Animation Festival – Mexico
→ Fast Film
October 26 – October 29
Locomoción – Experimental Animation Festival – Mexico
→ Vienna table trip
October 25
Berlin Flash Film Festival – Berlin – Germany
Monthly category winner September 2017 – Super short animation / stop motion ★
→ Vienna table trip
October 24 – October 28
Scandinavian International Film Festival – Helsinki – Finland
→ Vienna table trip
October 21 – October 25
36th Festival du film d’animation de Bourg-en-Bresse – France
→ Vienna table trip
October 14
“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
October 14
Mindfield Film Festival – Albuquerque – USA
Best Animation Short – Diamond Award ★
→ Vienna table trip
October 13
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.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
October 9
New York City Indie Film Awards – New York – USA
Best Experimental: Gold Award ★
→ back track
October 9
New York City Indie Film Awards – New York – USA
Best Animation: Diamond Award ★
→ Vienna table trip
October 8
Finissage: 8.10.2017, from 5 to 8 pm
Festivalzentrale Süd am Sparkassaplatz
Sparkassaplatz 4, 1150 Vienna
→ Vienna Design Week 2017 – Panzerschrank Potemkin
October 7
Boston Galactic Stars 2017 – Boston – USA
→ Vienna table trip
October 7
Like It Film Fest – Boston – USA
→ Vienna table trip
October 5 – October 16
Curator of the retrospective “analog_digital – The dichotomy of cinema”, 5 to 16 October 2017 in Filmarchiv/Metrokino Wien.
→ Exhibition and retrospective “analog_digital – The Dichotomy of cinema”
October 5
“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.
→ Exhibition and retrospective “analog_digital – The Dichotomy of cinema”
October 3 – January 28
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).
→ Memory Palace
October 3 – January 28
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).
→ Side by Side
September 30
Cocktail: 30.9.2017, from 5 to 8 pm
Festivalzentrale Süd am Sparkassaplatz
Sparkassaplatz 4, 1150 Vienna
→ Vienna Design Week 2017 – Panzerschrank Potemkin
September 29 – October 8
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.
→ Vienna Design Week 2017 – Panzerschrank Potemkin
September 29 – October 1
Short Film Roosendaal Festival – Roosendaal – The Netherlands
→ Vienna table trip
September 27 – September 28
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.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
September 27 – September 30
Panoràmic Festival – Barcelona – Spain
→ Fast Film
September 26 – October 1
The International Short Film Festival SHORT FORM – Gornji Milanovac – Serbia
→ back track
September 26 – October 1
The International Short Film Festival SHORT FORM – Gornji Milanovac – Serbia
→ Vienna table trip
September 24
Hope Film Awards – Las Vegas – USA
Official Selection
→ back track
September 23
BlackBox Shortfilm Festival – Biberstein – Switzerland
→ Fast Film
September 23 – September 30
Manaki Brothers Film Festival – Bitola – North Macedonia
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
September 23
W:OW India 4.0 – Kolkata – India
→ make/real
September 22 – September 24
Feodosiya International Film Festival – Republic of Crimea – Russian Federation – Feodosiya – Ukraine
→ Vienna table trip
September 21 – September 22
Filming for the music video “Be my Rebel” with Nena and Dave Stewart end of September 2017 in Hamburg.
→ Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
September 19 – September 24
TRAVEL FILM In Russian international film festival – Business Center “Barklay-plaza” – Moscow – Russia
Finalist
→ Vienna table trip
September 13
“Micromeo”, presented by producer Arash T. Riahi, has been selected as one of 18 productions for the 27th ACE Session (2017/2018).
→ Micromeo
September 12
Salzburger Kunstverein, Cinema Vertigo, Künstlerhaus – Rooms of our Time
→ back track
September 9
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.
September 9 – September 16
Split Film Festival – Split – Croatia
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
September 8 – September 16
Filmquest – Utah – Provo – USA
→ back track
August 30
Registered address: Operngasse 36/37, 1040 Wien
August 28
AM Egypt Film Festival – Egyptian Catholic Center of the Cinema – Cairo – Egypt
→ Vienna table trip
August 24
Caribbean Film Festival & Market – Miami – USA
Semi Finalist
→ Vienna table trip
August 24
Caribbean Film Festival & Market – Miami – USA
Semi Finalist
→ Copy Shop
August 24
Caribbean Film Festival & Market – Miami – USA
Semi Finalist
→ make/real
August 20
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.
→ Copy Shop
August 17 – August 20
International Animation Film Festival – ANIMAZE – Montreal – Canada
→ Vienna table trip
August 17 – August 20
We Like ‘Em Short – Oregon – Baker City – USA
→ Vienna table trip
August 15
Completion of the third version of the screenplay of “Micromeo”.
→ Micromeo
August 10
dotdotdot – Open Air Kurzfilmfestival, Gartenpalais Schönborn, Vienna, open air screening
→ back track
August 10 – August 13
“O Sol da Caparica” Music Festival – Costa da Caparica – Portugal
→ Vienna table trip
August 5
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
August 4 – August 5
Breaking Waves Film Festival – Nova Scotia – Halifax – Canada
→ Vienna table trip
July 19
Design and implementation of a faceted display window collage for Bankhaus Spängler in Salzburg.
→ Bankhaus Spängler display window collage
July 17
Cartoon Club – Rimini – Italy
→ Vienna table trip
July 14
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).
July 11
Sotto le stelle dell’Austria 2017 – Forum austriaco di cultura – Austrian Cultural Forum Rome
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
July 7 – July 13
Animator 2017 – 10th International Animated Film Festival – Poznan – Poland
→ Copy Shop
July 7 – July 13
Animator 2017 – 10th International Animated Film Festival – Poznan – Poland
→ Fast Film
June 30
Exit of Virgil Widrich Film- und Multimediaproduktions G.m.b.H. from AAFP – Association of Austrian Film Producers.
June 30 – July 3
“CayFilm” Cayman Islands International Film Festival
→ Vienna table trip
June 28 – July 11
June 28th to July 11th, 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.
→ The Essence17
June 21
“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).
→ 70 Years of the Marshall Plan
June 17 – June 26
20th Shanghai International Film Festival – Shanghai – China
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
June 16 – June 30
River Film Festival – Padua – Italy
→ Vienna table trip
June 15
Villette Makerz – Paris la Villette (Mashup Film Festival) – Paris – France
→ Fast Film
June 12 – June 17
European Film Festival – Šabac – Serbia
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
June 11
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.
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
June 6 – June 17
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.
→ Circuit Training
June 6
Arkade – an evening of film & art – DINA, Sheffield – Sheffield – United Kingdom
→ Copy Shop
June 6 – June 12
European Film Festival – Dom kulture Stevan Mokranjac – Negotinu – Serbia
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
June 2 – June 11
TIFF 16 – Transilvania International Film Festival – Focus on Young Austrian Cinema – Cluj-Napoca – Romania
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
June 1
The new website of “Art & Science” goes online. *Responsive design* allows adaptation to all output media.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
June 1 – June 10
Underground Film Fest – Ancona – Italy
→ back track
May 31 – June 2
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.
→ Data Loam
May 29
FICOCC Five Continents International Film Festival – Puerto la Cruz – Spain
Best Experimental Short Film ★
→ back track
May 29
FICOCC Five Continents International Film Festival – Puerto la Cruz – Spain
→ Vienna table trip
May 27 – September 3
Boulder Creek Film Festival – Boulder Creek – USA
→ Vienna table trip
May 26 – May 27
2nd Edition of the Less 15 min MiniMovie Film Festival – Los Angeles – Best Advertising ★
→ Vienna table trip
May 26 – June 1
European Film Festival – Leskovac – Serbia
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
May 26 – May 28
Pune Short Film Festival – Maharashtra – India
→ back track
May 26 – June 30
Shorts@Fringe – Azores – Portugal
→ Vienna table trip
May 23 – May 26
Finisterra Arrábida Film Art & Tourism Festival – Sesimbra – Portugal
→ Vienna table trip
May 23 – May 29
Near Nazareth Festival (NNF) – Nazareth – Israel
→ back track
May 22
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
May 20 – May 21
Nassau Film Festival – Princeton – USA
Semi Finalist
→ Vienna table trip
May 18
Animation Day in Cannes Accolade – Cannes – France
→ Vienna table trip
May 15 – May 17
Polish International Film Festival – online Festival – Poland
Best Experimental Film ★
→ back track
May 13
End of Days Film Festival – Florida – Orlando – USA
→ back track
May 11
Arash T. Riahi and Golden Girls Filmproduction & Filmservices GmbH join the project development of “Micromeo” for Amour Fou Film.
→ Micromeo
May 11 – May 16
European Film Festival – Kupina, Niski kulturni centar – Nis – Serbia
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
May 11
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.”
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
May 9
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.
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
May 8
Colortape International Film Festival – Brisbane – Australia
→ back track
May 8 – May 15
European Film Festival – Kulturni centar grada Novog Sada – Novi Sad – Serbia
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
May 8 – May 13
TimeLine Film Festival – Milan – Italy
→ Vienna table trip
May 6
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.
May 2 – May 7
Anifest 2017 Trebon – Czech Republic
→ Fast Film
May 2 – May 9
CineAutopsia – Bogotá Experimental Film Festival – Bogotá – Colombia
→ back track
May 2 – May 7
Praha 2017 – Anifilm – Prague – Czech Republic
→ Fast Film
April 29
International Tourism Film Festival “Tourfilm Riga” – 1st prize in the category “Culture Tourism” for “Vienna table trip” ★
→ Vienna table trip
April 25 – April 27
The Ridgewood Guild International Film Festival – New Jersey – USA
→ Vienna table trip
April 22 – April 29
Bari International Film Festival – Bari – Italy
International Panorama Competition
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
April 20 – April 21
Working with Jean-Claude Carrière in Paris on the third draft of the screenplay for the animated film “Micromeo”.
→ Micromeo
April 19 – April 28
Milan VOD Distribution Filmfest – Milan – Italy
→ Vienna table trip
April 19 – April 23
Moskow Austrian Film Festival – New Austrian Cinema – Moscow – Russia
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
April 16 – April 23
“Die Nacht der 1000 Stunden” – Beijing International Film Festival – Nomination for Tiantan Award – China
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
April 8
Washington Film Festival – Washington – USA
Finalist
→ back track
April 8
Washington Film Festival – Washington – USA
Finalist
→ make/real
April 7 – April 16
Taipei Golden Horse Fantastic Film Festival 2017 – Taipei – Taiwan
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
April 6 – April 9
The Globe International Silent Film Festival – Michigan – USA
Best Screenplay ★
→ Copy Shop
April 6 – April 9
The Globe International Silent Film Festival – Michigan – USA
The Special Jury Award ★
→ Copy Shop
April 5 – April 9
Bolzano Filmfestival – Bozen – Bolzano – Italy
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
April 5 – April 9
Curaçao International Film Festival Rotterdam – Rotterdam – The Netherlands
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
April 4
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.
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
April 1 – April 2
FROSTBITE International Film Festival – Colorado Springs – USA
Finalist
→ Vienna table trip
April 1 – April 2
FROSTBITE International Film Festival – Colorado Springs – USA
Special Jury Award ★
→ back track
April 1 – April 26
With Martin Reinhart conception of a new project with the tx-transform technique in 360° entitled “tx-reverse”.
→ tx-reverse
April 1 – April 9
Krimitage – Kommunales Kino Esslingen – Esslingen – Germany
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
April 1
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
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
March 29
Luxembourg – Luxembourg
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
March 29
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
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
March 28 – April 2
Diagonale 2017 – Festival of Austrian Films – Graz – Austria
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
March 28 – March 30
International Festival of Short Films on Culture & Tourism – Mumbai, India
→ Vienna table trip
March 24 – April 2
Atlanta Film Festival – Experimental Shorts Program – Atlanta – USA
→ back track
March 24
Austrian Cultural Forum NYC – New York – USA
→ Copy Shop
March 24
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.
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
March 22 – March 24
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.
March 21 – March 27
LET’S CEE Film Festival – Austria Exhibition – Vienna – Austria
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
March 20
With Martin Reinhart in Berlin to have first discussions about the use of the OmniCam-360 with the Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institute.
→ tx-reverse
March 16 – March 26
Monstra – Lisbon Animation Film Festival – Lisbon – Portugal
→ Vienna table trip
March 15
Austria National Film Festival – UCI Kinowelt Millennium City, 1200 Vienna – Audience Grand Award ★
→ Vienna table trip
March 13
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.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
March 4
TRAVEL FILM In Russian international film festival – Moscow – Russia
Semi Finalist
→ Vienna table trip
March 2 – March 12
7th Luxembourg City Film Festival – Luxembourg – Luxembourg
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
March 1
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.
→ Data Loam
February 28
Catharsis International Film Festival – Belgium
→ Vienna table trip
February 25 – February 26
Annual Copenhagen Film Festival – Copenhagen – Denmark
→ Vienna table trip
February 25
Celebration of the Arts – Fort Worth – USA
→ Vienna table trip
February 24 – March 4
37th Oporto International Film Festival – Porto – Portugal
Official Selection – Fantasy Films in Competition
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
February 19
“400 Jahre Akademisches Gymnasium”: interview with Virgil Widrich, ORF 2, 19.2.2017, 16:25. Program director: Karl Kern.
February 18 – February 19
Cosmic Film Festival – Florida – USA
→ Vienna table trip
February 12
Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin – European Film Market, CinemaxX 17 – 12.2.2017 at 17:30.
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
February 7 – February 28
CineArtistry – Sherman Oaks – USA
→ back track
January 27 – February 4
Edinburgh 2017 – Manipulate Visual Theatre Festival – Edinburgh – United Kingdom
→ Fast Film
January 26 – January 29
43. Internationales Filmwochenende Würzburg – Würzburg – Germany
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
January 25 – February 5
International Film Festival Rotterdam – IFFR – Rotterdam – The Netherlands
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
January 25 – January 29
Minimalen 29 Short Film Festival – Trondheim – Norway
→ back track
January 23
38. Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis Saarbrücken 2017 – “Night of a 1000 Hours” – Opening film
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
January 23 – January 25
Madhouse Movies Film Festival – USA
→ make/real
January 21
UFO - Kurzfilmfestival – Leipzig – Germany
→ back track
January 19
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.
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
January 8
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.
January 7 – January 8
1st Russian Film Festival (Moscow Film Festival) – Moskow – Moscow – Russia
→ Vienna table trip
January 5
Chicago Amarcord Arthouse Television & Video Fest Awards – Best Trailer/Teaser/Commercial ★
→ Vienna table trip
January 4 – January 7
Silent Movie World Festival – Yuzniy – Ukraine
→ Copy Shop

2016

December 30
Move Me Productions Film Festival – Belgium
Nominee in the category of animation
→ Vienna table trip
December 28 – December 30
4th Indian International Deaf Film Festival 2016 – Coimbatore – India
→ Copy Shop
December 26 – December 29
Certamen de Cine Corto de Salas de los Infantes – Burgos – Spain
Semi Finalist
→ Vienna table trip
December 18 – December 21
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”.
→ Circuit Training
December 16 – December 18
International Online Web Fest 2016
Semi Finalist
→ back track
December 16
London Film Awards – Television Commercial – London – United Kingdom
Official Finalist
→ Vienna table trip
December 15 – December 18
FreeNetWorld – Nis – Serbia
→ back track
December 15 – December 18
Silicon Valley International Film Festival – USA
→ Vienna table trip
December 15
University of the Arts Belgrade – Belgrade – Serbia
→ Color can dream
December 15
University of the Arts Belgrade – Belgrade – Serbia
→ Monster in Salzburg
December 15
University of the Arts Belgrade – Belgrade – Serbia
→ tx-transform
December 15
University of the Arts Belgrade – Belgrade – Serbia
→ Copy Shop
December 15
University of the Arts Belgrade – Belgrade – Serbia
→ Fast Film
December 15
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.
December 14
Nomination “Best Screenplay” – Austrian Film Academy 2017 – Vienna – Austria
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
December 14
Nomination “Best Costume Design” – Austrian Film Academy 2017 – Austria
Nomination “Best Costume Design”
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
December 12
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
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
December 9 – December 12
New York International Film Festival – New York – USA
→ Vienna table trip
December 9 – December 25
“tx-transform” is shown as part of the exhibition “ReFashioning. Austrian Fashion Art Exhibition” - Liu Haisu Museum - Shanghai/Zhongguo - China
→ tx-transform
December 8
I Filmmaker International Film Festival – Marbella – Spain
Finalist / Special Mention
→ back track
December 7
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
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
December 5
Direct Short Online Film Festival – Michigan, USA – Los Angeles – USA
Best Special Mention of the Month
→ Vienna table trip
December 1 – November 30
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”.
→ The Future of the Control Room
December 1
Genre Celebration Festival – Tokyo – Japan
Award for “Best Editing” ★
→ back track
December 1 – December 3
Videodrunk Film Festival – Social Capital Theatre in Toronto – Ontario – Canada
→ back track
November 26 – December 15
Theatrical release of “Night of a 1000 Hours” on November 26th, 2016 at Programmkino (Wels) in starting December at Moviemento (Linz)
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
November 25 – November 27
Porny Days – Film Kunst Festival Zurich – Zurich – Switzerland
→ warning triangle
November 20
Action Sanction Film Fest – Glasgow – United Kingdom
Finalist
→ make/real
November 20
Action Sanction Film Fest – Glasgow – United Kingdom
Finalist
→ warning triangle
November 20
Scare Sanction Film Fest – North Lanarkshire – United Kingdom
Finalist
→ make/real
November 20
Scare Sanction Film Fest – North Lanarkshire – United Kingdom
Finalist
→ warning triangle
November 20
United International Film Festival – Hollywood – USA
→ Vienna table trip
November 18
Broadcasting in ORF III on 18.11.2016 at 21:45
→ Brighter than the Moon
November 18
Broadcasting in ORF III on 18.11.2016 at 23:20
→ Copy Shop
November 18
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.
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
November 18 – December 15
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).
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
November 17
Graz premiere “Night of a 1000 Hours” at Schubert Kino on 17.11.2016 at 20:00 in the presence of Virgil Widrich.
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
November 17
One Day Animation Festival – Filmcasino Wien – Vienna – Austria
Best Austrian Animation
→ Vienna table trip
November 16
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.
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
November 15
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.
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
November 13
United International Film Festival – Los Angeles – USA
Honorable Mention
→ Vienna table trip
November 10 – November 30
Direct Monthly Online Film Festival – Michigan, USA – Los Angeles – USA
→ back track
November 10 – November 30
Direct Monthly Online Film Festival – Michigan, USA – Los Angeles – USA
Best Special Mention Film of the Month
→ Vienna table trip
November 10
Largo Film Awards – online festival – Switzerland
→ Vienna table trip
November 10
Largo Film Awards – online festival – Switzerland
Best Experimental Film ★
→ back track
November 7
Film Forum Linz – Wettbewerb der besten Werbe- und Wirtschaftsfilme Österreichs – Award in the category “Tourism Film” ★
→ Vienna table trip
November 6
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
→ checkpointmedia GmbH – Multimedia Productions
November 4 – November 6
Crossing the Screen – Eastbourne – United Kingdom
Best Experimental Film ★
→ back track
November 3 – November 5
Outlaw Film Festival – St. Joseph, Missouri – USA
→ Vienna table trip
October 28 – November 3
ReAnimania International Animation Film Festival of Yerevan – Yerevan – Armenia
→ Vienna table trip
October 25 – October 29
Post Mortem – International Horror & Bizarre Short Film Fest – Aguascalientes – Mexico
→ back track
October 25
The IndieFEST Film Awards – San Diego – USA
Award of Excellence: Commercial / Infomercial ★
→ Vienna table trip
October 21
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.
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
October 19 – February 15
Festival du film d’animation pour la jeunesse – Auvergne – France
→ Vienna table trip
October 16 – October 19
Chongqing – Vienna Culture Festival 2016 – Chongqing – China
→ Vienna table trip
October 15
Busan International Film Festival 2016
Winner of “Flash Forward Audience Award” ★
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
October 15
Jury member at “MY Sound Of Music Music Film Festival Salzburg” for the music video award “MYward”.
October 13 – October 27
USA Premiere at 52nd Chicago International Film Festival 2016 – World Cinema Program on 21.10.2016.
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
October 10 – October 20
Broken Knuckle Film Festival 2016 – USA
→ make/real
October 7 – October 16
European premiere of “Night of a 1000 Hours” at 32. Warsaw International Film Festival 2016 on 13.10.2016
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
October 6 – October 15
World premiere of “Night of a 1000 Hours” on 10.10.2016 at Busan International Film Festival 2016 – Korea – Category “Flash Forward Audience Award”
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
October 1 – September 30
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.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
September 29 – October 1
Princeton Independent Film Festival – Princeton – USA
→ back track
September 29
PRINDIE: Curated Collection – Princeton – USA
→ back track
September 22
Lisbon Film Festival – Lisbon – Portugal
→ back track
September 22
Martinique International Film Festival 2016 – Online Film Festival – Fort-de-France – France
Best Experimental Film ★
→ back track
September 22
Official Selection of the Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival 2016 – online film festival – official selection
→ back track
September 22
Sydney World Film Festival 2016 – online film festival – Sydney – Australia
Official Selection
→ back track
September 20
Best Shorts Competition – San Diego – USA
Best Shorts Competition – Award of Merit: Special Mention, Commercial / Infomercial
→ Vienna table trip
September 17 – November 5
“All Night Wrong” – Projektraum LS43, Lübecker Strasse 43, 10559 Berlin – Projection onto the windows every evening from 20:30 to 22:30
→ Copy Shop
September 6
Accolade Global Film Competition – San Diego – USA
Award of Merit: Commercial / Infomercial ★
→ Vienna table trip
September 3 – September 15
Infoscreen Vienna – presentation on 787 screens in trams, buses and the CAT to Vienna Airport
→ Vienna table trip
September 1
George Eastman House – International Museum of Photography and Film, Rochester, New York
→ Fast Film
September 1
Breaking Ground: “Here’s Looking at You” – Jerusalem Cinematheque – Jerusalem – Israel
→ Copy Shop
August 31
Breaking Ground: “Here’s Looking at You” – Cinematheque – Tel Aviv – Israel
→ Copy Shop
August 23
Publication of the animated film “Vienna table trip” on wien.at and youtube.
→ Vienna table trip
August 19
Espressofilm dotdotdot, Gartenpalais Schönborn, Vienna, open air screening
→ Copy Shop
August 4 – August 12
Seoul International New Media Festival – Seoul – South Korea
→ make/real
July 22
Completion of the animated film “Vienna table trip” on 22.7.2016.
→ Vienna table trip
July 14
Sound mix with Siegfried Friedrich and Georg Tomandl at Sunshine Mastering, 1050 Vienna.
→ Vienna table trip
July 1 – July 15
June 1st to 15th, 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.
→ The Essence16
June 30
Editor of the book “Bei den Fischottern in der Ebene und auf den Bergen” by Hans Widrich.
→ Bei den Fischottern in der Ebene und auf den Bergen
June 30 – July 2
Maçao – FICA 2906 – Festival Internacional de Cinema & Arte
→ Copy Shop
June 25
Close-Up Film Centre – London – United Kingdom
→ back track
June 21
Melbourne MIAF 16 International Animation Festival – Melbourne – Australia
→ Fast Film
June 20
Workshop “Escape on the Screen” – Kino im Kesselhaus – Krems – Austria
→ Fast Film
June 13
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
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
June 10
ARTE shows “Copy Shop” in its program “Kurzschluss – Das Magazin” (“Wien und die Welt der Animation”) on 10.6.2016 at 23:45.
→ Copy Shop
June 3 – June 13
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).
→ [dis]placement – Information through Sound
June 1
The new website widrichfilm.com with numerous project documentations goes online on 01 June 2016.
June 1
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
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
May 31
Mobilisierung der Träume – A History of Media Utopia
Film presentation of “Dreams Rewired” and discussion about the development of the modern media landscape, May 31st, 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.
May 25
Completion of “Night of a 1000 Hours” after a total of 9 years work on 25.5.2016.
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
April 30
Gartenbaukino – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
April 30
Gartenbaukino – Vienna – Austria
→ Fast Film
April 22 – April 26
Busan International Short Film Festival 2016 – Busan – South Korea
→ back track
April 20 – May 1
Lissabon 16 – Indielisboa – Lisbon – Portugal
→ back track
April 17
Avant-premiere of the film “Gerontophobia” by Boris Sverlow. Dramaturgical coaching: Virgil Widrich.
April 13 – April 24
Buenos Aires 16 – Buenos Aires – Argentina
→ back track
April 13
Dresden 2016 – Filmfest – Dresden – Germany
→ Copy Shop
April 12 – April 17
Dresden 2016 – Filmfest – Dresden – Germany
→ back track
April 12 – April 17
Dresden 2016 – Filmfest – Dresden – Germany
→ Fast Film
April 4 – April 29
Pre mix and main mix of “Night of a 1000 Hours” at Philophon Studios Luxembourg.
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
March 26
Gartenbaukino – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
March 22
Institut des Arts de diffusion – Louvain – Belgium
→ Copy Shop
March 17 – March 23
Bratislava 2016 – Febiofest – Bratislava – Slovakia
→ back track
March 17
Diagonale – Street Cinema Graz – Graz – Austria
→ Copy Shop
March 15 – March 20
Ann Arbor 2016 – Film Festival – Ann Arbor – USA
→ back track
March 10
Diagonale 2016 – Festival of Austrian Films – Graz – Austria
→ Copy Shop
March 10 – July 10
Dresden – Motorenhalle, Exhibition “Gestatten, Kästner”, Spiegelungen, Widersprüche, Doppelgänger
→ Copy Shop
February 20
Association Sceni Qua Non – Nevers – France
→ Copy Shop
February 10
ECRANS VARIABLES – Lowave / Human Frames – Université Rennes 2 – Rennes – France
→ Copy Shop
January 27
Creation of a media installation titled “Figaro Parallelo” for Mozarthaus Vienna, which makes connections between seven different Figaro-productions.
→ Figaro Parallelo
January 20
City 46 – Bremen – Germany
→ back track
January 14
29. Stuttgarter Filmwinter – Wand 5 – Festival for Expanded Media – Stuttgart – Germany
→ Copy Shop
January 11 – July 21
Animation and postproduction of “Vienna table trip”.
→ Vienna table trip

2015

December 17 – December 22
Stop motion animation of the film “Vienna table trip” in the studio of “wunderwerk film gmbh”, 1050 Vienna.
→ Vienna table trip
December 15
TIFF Bell Lightbox – Toronto – Canada
→ back track
November 13 – November 22
Wiesbaden 15 – exground filmfest – Wiesbaden – Germany
→ back track
November 12
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.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
November 6 – November 14
Sevilla 2015 – Festival de Cine Europeo in Spain – Seville – Spain
→ back track
November 5
Austrian Pulp – Metro Kino Wien – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
November 1
Additional sound recordings in the parental home of Virgil Widrich, Mönchsberg 17, 5020 Salzburg.
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
November 1 – October 31
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.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
October 28 – November 1
Mailand 15 – Invideo – Milan – Italy
→ back track
October 17 – October 23
Limassol 2015 – Cyprus Short Film Festival – Limassol – Cyprus
→ back track
October 15 – October 18
3D Festival “Beyond 2015" – Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe – Karlsruhe – Germany
→ back track
October 9 – January 11
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.
→ “Parallaxis” – Media installation for the exhibition “A Rush of Color” at the Leopold Museum
October 5
Beginning of the musical composition by Siegfried Friedrich.
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
October 1 – September 30
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”.
→ The Future of the Control Room
September 27
Gartenbaukino Wien: 3D-Kurzfilmprogramm “Perspektiven”
→ back track
September 24 – September 26
Cambridge 15 – European Short Film Festival at MIT – Cambridge – United Kingdom
→ back track
September 18 – September 27
Belo Horizonte 2015 – International Short Film Festival – Belo Horizonte – Brazil
→ back track
September 15 – September 20
Bristol 15 – Encounters Shorts and Animation Festival – Bristol – United Kingdom
→ back track
September 11
Reshoot of the shadows at Juraczka, Eyzinggasse 23, 1110 Vienna.
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
September 2
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
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
August 18
Colour correction starts with Christian Berger and Kurt Hennrich on a first rough cut.
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
July 23 – August 2
Wroclaw 15 – New Horizons Festival – Wroclaw – Poland
→ back track
July 21
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?
→ Funeral Museum at Vienna Central Cemetery
July 11
Start of research and concept for an animated film about Vienna commissioned by Vienna’s Staff Office International Strategy and Coordination.
→ Vienna table trip
July 4 – July 12
Vila do Conde 15 – 23. Festival International de Curtas-Metragens – Vila do Conde – Portugal
→ back track
July 3 – July 11
Karlovy Vary 15 – International Film Festival – Karlovy Vary – Czech Republic
→ back track
July 2
Österreichisches Kulturforum Bukarest – Bucharest – Romania
→ Copy Shop
June 26 – July 12
From June 26th to July 13th, 2015 one student from “Art & Science” at the University of the Applied Arts exhibits her work at the “Essence15” exhibition at the Künstlerhaus, Vienna.
→ The Essence15
June 9 – June 14
Animafest Zagreb – Zagreb – Croatia
→ back track
May 26 – May 31
VIS 2015 – Vienna Independent Shorts – Vienna – Austria
→ back track
May 23
Le Plein de Super / La Boîte Carrée – Nantes – France
→ Copy Shop
May 3
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.
→ back track
April 30 – May 5
Oberhausen 2015 – 61. Internationale Kurzfilmtage – International Premiere
→ back track
April 28 – July 19
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
→ make/real
March 28
Flatpack Festival – Birmingham – United Kingdom
→ Fast Film
March 17 – March 22
Diagonale 2015 – Festival of Austrian Films, – Austrian premiere – Graz – Austria
→ back track
March 17
Pia Dumont starts with the editing which will last over a year in Luxembourg and Vienna.
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
March 15 – June 15
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.
→ Apertus AXIOM: the first open source professional film camera
March 13
Taipei – Taiwan
→ Black Cat/New Angels
March 12
Monstra – Lisbon Animation Film Festival – Lisbon – Portugal
→ Fast Film
January 21
Kino Lumière – Bratislava – Slovakia
→ Fast Film
January 16 – May 28
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.
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
January 15
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.
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
January 10 – March 6
Rehersals with the actors in Vienna.
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
January 1
checkpointmedia GmbH moves into its new office in Seilerstätte 13, 1010 Vienna.
→ checkpointmedia GmbH – Multimedia Productions
January 1
Virgil Widrich Film- und Multimediaproduktions G.m.b.H. moves into the office at Seilerstätte 13, sharing space with checkpointmedia GmbH.

2014

December 14
Sound mix with Frédéric Fichefet and Emmanuel de Boissieu at Alea Jacta-Post-Production in Brussels.
→ back track
November 26 – November 27
A second technical test involving rear projections takes place from 26. to 27.11.2014 in Utrecht.
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
October 8
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.
→ Funeral Museum at Vienna Central Cemetery
October 7
Hartford Art School – Hartford – USA
→ Fast Film
October 6
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.
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
October 3
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.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
October 1 – September 30
The department “Art & Science” at the University of Applied Arts Vienna hosts the research project “The Future of the Control Room”.
→ The Future of the Control Room
September 28
Colour grading with Bernhard Schlick.
→ back track
September 21
Arcipelago International Festival of Short Films – Ambra Garbatella Theatre – Rome – Italy
→ Copy Shop
September 13
checkpointmedia developes media stations for the Vienna Transport Museum of “Wiener Linien”, which opens on 13 September 2014 in the former tram sheds in Erdberg.
→ checkpointmedia GmbH – Multimedia Productions
September 1
Peter Tscherkassky visits the set of “back track”.
→ back track
August 11 – September 7
Concept and production of the stereoscopic short film “back track”. Stop motion shooting takes place between 11 August and 7 September 2014.
→ back track
July 31
FACT Liverpool – Liverpool – United Kingdom
→ Copy Shop
July 9
Centro International de Cultura Contemporanea – San Sebastián – Spain
→ Fast Film
June 26 – July 13
From 26 June to 13 July, 2014, 2 students from “Art & Science” at the University of the Applied Arts exhibit works at the “Essence14” exhibition at the Künstlerhaus, Vienna.
→ The Essence14
June 23
On 23 June 2014 the symposium “Biosphere n+1" is held in cooperation between University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU) and the University of Applied Arts Vienna, “Art & Science”.
→ Biosphere n+1
June 14
Mondes et Multitudes – Pruines – France
→ Fast Film
June 12 – September 30
Substitute member and from 12 June 2014 main member of the Senate of the University of Applied Arts Vienna until 30.9.2016.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
June 3 – June 9
Art Rock Festival – Saint-Brieuc – France
→ make/real
May 28
Künstlerhaus – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
May 16
Production of an animated film to mark the 50th anniversary of the Austrian eyewear manufacturer, Silhouette.
→ Silhouette International – Film to mark 50th anniversary
April 29
Österreichisches Kulturforum Prag – Prague – Czech Republic
→ Copy Shop
April 25 – April 29
Moscow Museum of Modern Art MMOMA (Breaking Ground)
→ Copy Shop
April 22
checkpointmedia developes media stations for the “Polar Dome” in the new Polar Bear World at Vienna’s Schönbrunn Zoo (opening 22. May 2014).
→ checkpointmedia GmbH – Multimedia Productions
April 6
Third Son Sol Salomonowitz born on 6 April 2014.
April 4
First tests with stereoscopic recordings with Martin Putz.
→ back track
February 18
Verona Film Festival – „I martedì del festival“ – Verona – Italy
→ Fast Film
January 29
Lecture on “School Friedl Kubelka for independent film”. Wickenburggasse 8/15, 1080 Wien, 29.1.2014, 16:00.
January 10
Completion of the second version of the screenplay of “Micromeo”.
→ Micromeo

2013

December 5
Korea University KU Cinematheque (Breaking Ground) – Seoul – South Korea
→ Copy Shop
December 4
Member of the Literary Mechana - Copyright Perception Society since 4.12.2013.
November 29
Ankara 2013 – Festival of European Films / on Wheels – Ankara – Turkey
→ Copy Shop
November 29 – January 5
Participation with “Liquid Things” by Roman Kirschner in the exhibition “Out of the box - 10 questions to artistic research”.
November 29, 2013 - January 5, 2014
MAK - Austrian Museum of Applied Arts Stubenring 5, 1010 Vienna
→ Liquid Things
November 26 – October 31
On 26.11.2013 election as head of the Institute of Fine and Media Art at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. Deputy is Ruth Schnell.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
November 18 – November 22
The Vienna Artweek exhibition “Crucial Experiments” (artistic and scientific direction: Bernd Kräftner and Virgil Widrich) opens on 18.11.2013 at the Ovalhalle/Museumsquartier presenting works of students of the Master “Art & Science”.
→ Crucial Experiments
November 17
Cinéma Spoutnik – MONSTRE FESTIVAL – Geneva – Switzerland
→ Fast Film
November 15 – November 16
Working with Jean-Claude Carrière in Paris on the second draft of the screenplay for the animated film “Micromeo”.
→ Micromeo
November 6
Dschungel Wien Theaterhaus für junges Publikum – opening “Media Literacy Award” – Museumsquartier, Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Vienna, 6.11.2013 at 18:00.
→ Copy Shop
November 6
Experimente [film:musik] – Dschungel Wien Theaterhaus für junges Publikum – opening “Media Literacy Award” – “Fast Film” with live Musik by “No head on my shoulders”.
→ Fast Film
October 26
Filmclub Drosendorf – Drosendorf – Austria
→ Copy Shop
October 23
Cinémathèque québécoise – Montréal – Canada
→ Copy Shop
October 22
in the studio with Virgil Widrich – Österreichisches Filmmuseum – Vienna – Austria
→ Color can dream
October 22
in the studio with Virgil Widrich – Österreichisches Filmmuseum – Vienna – Austria
→ Monster in Salzburg
October 22
in the studio with Virgil Widrich – Österreichisches Filmmuseum – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
October 22
in the studio with Virgil Widrich – Österreichisches Filmmuseum – Vienna – Austria
→ Fast Film
October 22
Lecture “In the studio with Virgil Widrich” in “School in the cinema - Educational program for schools at the Austrian Film Museum”. Screening of “Auch Farbe kann träumen”, “Monster in Salzburg”, “Copy Shop” and “Fast Film”. Austrian Film Museum, Augustiner Straße 1, 1010 Vienna, 22.10.2013, 11:00.
October 11
Arena – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
October 11
Wien – Experimente [film:musik] – Arena Wien – Live-scoring by “No Head On My Shoulders” and the sound painter Ceren Oran.
→ Fast Film
October 11
Wien – Experimente [film:musik] – Arena Wien – Live-scoring by “No Head On My Shoulders” and the sound painter Ceren Oran.
→ Copy Shop
October 10
Test shooting with Christian Berger for “Night of a 1000 Hours”, company Juraczka, Eyzinggasse 23, 1110 Vienna.
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
October 9
Lodz 2013 – Fundacja Filmowa Se-ma-for – Lodz – Poland
Best animations programme
→ Fast Film
October 1
Lecture at St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences – Planning an exhibition, 1.10.2013, 15:30 to 18:00.
As part of the degree course in interactive media at the University of Applied Sciences in St. Pölten, Virgil Widrich explains the entire procedure from the planning stage to completion of the exhibition “The Great World Theater. 90 Years of the Salzburg Festival”. The key steps in production will be explained, including areas such as artistic direction, content and concept, project management, technology and multimedia.
→ Exhibition “90 Years of the Salzburg Festival – The Great World Theatre”
September 16
checkpointmedia plans and implements the “music workshops” at the experimenta Heilbronn. These electronic workshops provide children and grown-ups with the chance to form their own bands and create their own songs.
→ Experimenta Heilbronn – Music workshop
September 12
Completion of the first version of the screenplay of “Micromeo”.
→ Micromeo
September 12
My Sound of Music- Festival – Das Kino – Salzburg – Austria
→ Fast Film
September 5
On 5.9.2013 lecture at the Ars Electronica within the program “Expanded Animation – Mapping an Unlimited Landscape” at the LENTOS Kunstmuseum. The lecture is titled “in/out - digital/analog”.
→ Expanded Animation – Mapping an unlimited landscape
August 22
Lecture “Electrical World Theatre – productions for culture and economy” at Rotary Club Weinviertel Marchfeld, Bahnstraße 49, 2130 Mistelbach, 22.8.2013, 19:30.
→ checkpointmedia GmbH – Multimedia Productions
August 16
Espressofilm dotdotdot – special: fast films, fast women, Gartenpalais Schönborn, Vienna, open air screening. Followed by a talk of Virgil Widrich with Lukas Maurer.
→ Fast Film
June 26 – July 14
June, 26th to July 14th, 2013, 2 diploma works of the department “Art & Science” at the “University of Applied Arts Vienna” are shown at the “Essence13” in Künstlerhaus Wien.
→ The Essence13
June 19
For the third time, Virgil Widrich is a member of the jury for the program “Neue Filmformate” of the bm:ukk (Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture).
June 11 – June 14
From 11. to 14.6.2013, performances of “Black Cat/New Angels” at Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen, Halle König Ludwig 1/2, Recklinghausen.
→ Black Cat/New Angels
June 2 – June 9
June 2 to 9, 2013, with Oleg Prodeus, participation in the workshop “Light Days/Light Nights” with DOP Christian Berger in Ilovic, Croatia.
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
May 14
Orléans – Ciclic – Chateau-Renault – France
→ Copy Shop
May 10
Camber Sands – ATP 2013 – TV on the Radio – Camber – United Kingdom
→ Fast Film
May 2
Oberhausen 2013 – 59. International Kurzfilmtage – Tiere der Zerstörung und das Schwarze Bunt
→ Fast Film
May 1
Project development for “Micromeo”, including designs for the mikroskopic world of the film.
→ Micromeo
May 1
València – IVAC / La Filmoteca (Breaking Ground) – Valencia – Spain
→ Copy Shop
May 1
Filmoteca de Zaragoza (Breaking Ground) – Zaragoza – Spain
→ Copy Shop
April 27 – April 28
Working with Jean-Claude Carrière in Paris on the first draft of the screenplay for the animated film “Micromeo”.
→ Micromeo
April 15
Artistic conception and realisation of a four-meter-high media sculpture in the entrance area of the newly expanded Raiffeisenhaus Vienna in the Obere Donaustraße.
→ checkpointmedia GmbH – Multimedia Productions
April 10
Buenos Aires 13 – International Independent Film Festival (Breaking Ground)
→ Copy Shop
April 10
in the studio with Virgil Widrich – Österreichisches Filmmuseum – Vienna – Austria
→ Color can dream
April 10
in the studio with Virgil Widrich – Österreichisches Filmmuseum – Vienna – Austria
→ Monster in Salzburg
April 10
in the studio with Virgil Widrich – Österreichisches Filmmuseum – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
April 10
in the studio with Virgil Widrich – Österreichisches Filmmuseum – Vienna – Austria
→ Fast Film
April 10
Lecture “In the studio with Virgil Widrich” in “School in the cinema - Educational program for schools at the Austrian Film Museum”. Screening of “Auch Farbe kann träumen”, “Monster in Salzburg”, “Copy Shop” and “Fast Film”. Austrian Film Museum, Augustiner Straße 1, 1010 Vienna, 10.4.2013, 11:00.
April 9 – October 30
Film research and work on the animatic of “back track”.
→ back track
April 6 – April 7
On April 6th and 7th, 2013, performance of “Black Cat/New Angels” at “MuTh - Konzertsaal der Wiener Sängerknaben” in Vienna.
→ Black Cat/New Angels
March 14
Building material of dreams
A stroll through the works of Virgil Widrich in the fields of film, multimedia and music theatre and the building material of his real and imaginary spaces: time-, sound- and space transformations, intertwined with fragments of cinema’s history.

Lecture on 14.3. 2013 at 19:00
TU Graz, Institut für zeitgenössische Kunst, Em.Univ.-Prof. Hans Kupelwieser
Rechbauerstr. 12, Hörsaal 1, 8010 Graz
March 13
Lecture on “film- and multimedia production” in the masters programme “art & economy” at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Am Heumarkt 27/3a, 16:30 to 18:00 p.m.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
March 7
On 7.3.2013 presentation of “Micromeo” at the Cartoon-Forum in Lyon.
→ Micromeo
February 14
Cinema Lux (Breaking Ground) – Caen – France
→ Copy Shop
February 10 – February 19
Presentation at the exhibition “Artists in Multifunctions – University of Applied Arts Vienna in the Lalit Kala Akademi”, New Delhi, India. Curator: Peter Weibel
→ make/real
February 8
Les Cinémas (Breaking Ground) – Centre Georges-Pompidou / DDC – Paris – France
→ Copy Shop
February 7 – February 10
Glasgow Short Film Festival – Glasgow – United Kingdom
→ warning triangle
February 4
A DCP of “Copy Shop” is created. For the first time the film is now availble in digital 2K resolution.
→ Copy Shop
February 4 – February 18
Sundance Film Festival – Screening Room YouTube channel – Park City – USA
→ Fast Film
January 24
End of January 2013, micro exhibition “14/16, on-site research” presenting works by students of the master “Art & Science” at six places in and around Vienna.
→ 14/16, on-site research
January 18
Shooting for a first trailer of “Micromeo” for the Cartoon-Forum in Lyon.
→ Micromeo
January 11
Centre de Cultura Contemporània – Barcelona – Spain
→ Fast Film
January 10 – March 15
Pre-production of the film “Night of a 1000 Hours” in Vienna and Luxembourg.
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
January 8
Lecture at St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences – Planning an exhibition, 08.01.2013, 13:00 to 15:30.
As part of the degree course in interactive media at the University of Applied Sciences in St. Pölten, Virgil Widrich explains the entire procedure from the planning stage to completion of the exhibition “The Great World Theater. 90 Years of the Salzburg Festival”. The key steps in production will be explained, including areas such as artistic direction, content and concept, project management, technology and multimedia.
→ Exhibition “90 Years of the Salzburg Festival – The Great World Theatre”

2012

December 19
The X-rays and the cinema
Lecture on the occasion of “175 Years of the Medical Society in Vienna”, Billrothhaus, Frankgasse 8, 1090 Vienna, 19.12.2012, 19:00.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
December 19
Lecture on “The X-rays and the cinema” at “175 Years of the Medical Society in Vienna” in Billrothhaus on 19.12.2012.
December 14 – July 14
The movie “make/real” is presented as a video installation in the exhibition “Robots - man and machine?” at Technisches Museum Wien (14.12.2012 to 14.07.2013).
→ make/real
December 10
Visual Storytelling
Lecture by Virgil Widrich about the making of the exhibition “90 Years of the Salzburg Festival”.
Werbe Akademie, WIFI Wien, wko campus wien, Währinger Gürtel 97, 1180 Vienna, 10.12.2012 at 18:00.
→ Exhibition “90 Years of the Salzburg Festival – The Great World Theatre”
December 3
Lecture about “tx-transform” at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria), Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, 3.12.2012, 17:00.
→ tx-transform
December 1
Anniversary celebration event on 1.12.2012 at the Salzburg Mönchsberg No. 17 and publication of the booklet “100 Years Kupelwieser on the Mönchsberg” by Hans Widrich.
→ Hundert Jahre Kupelwieser auf dem Mönchsberg
November 20 – November 24
Wels 2012 Youki – International Youth Media Festival
→ Fast Film
November 19
Concept (in collaboration with Martin Haselböck and Frank Hoffmann), stage design and film projections for the stage work “Black Cat/New Angels”, which premieres on 19.11.2012 at the Théâtre National du Luxembourg. Further performances on 20. and 21.11.2012 and 18., 19. and 20.12.2012
→ Black Cat/New Angels
November 16
Madrid 2012 – Semana de Cine Experimental (Breaking Ground) – Madrid – Spain
→ Copy Shop
November 13
In 2012 checkpointmedia devised a modern method of knowledge communication for the reopening of the meteorite gallery at the Museum of Natural History Vienna.
→ Museum of Natural History Vienna – The Meteorite Gallery
November 7
Mexico City 08 – Ciudad de las Ideas Festival – Mexico City – Mexico
→ Copy Shop
November 6 – November 11
Winterthur 12 – International Kurzfilmtage – Winterthur – Switzerland
→ warning triangle
November 2
Dick Laurent – Bondues – France
→ Copy Shop
October 22
Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
October 22
Presentation of “The Night of the Avant-garde - Film Seen Differently” on 22.10.2012 in ORF 2.
→ The Night of the Avant-garde - Film Seen Differently
October 5
Rousset 08 – Courts-Bouillon Episode 3 – Rousset – France
→ Copy Shop
October 2
Shooting of “The Night of the Avant-garde - Film Seen Differently” at ORF studio.
→ The Night of the Avant-garde - Film Seen Differently
September 15
UCLA Film and Television Archive (Breaking Ground) – Los Angeles – USA
→ Copy Shop
September 9
Anthology Film Archives (Breaking Ground) – New York – USA
→ Copy Shop
September 4 – September 9
FANTOCHE 2012 – International Festival für Animationsfilm Baden – Switzerland
→ Fast Film
September 1
Woodland Film Festival 12 – Woodland – USA
→ Copy Shop
August 17 – August 20
Writing of a treatment for the feature-length animated film “Micromeo” with Jean-Claude Carrière in Paris and Colombières-sur-Orb.
→ Micromeo
July 31
With the commitment of the Federal Chancellery Department for the Arts the main part of the financing of “back track” is secured.
→ back track
July 6 – July 14
Vila do Conde 12 – 20. Festival International de Curtas-Metragens – Vila do Conde – Portugal
→ Fast Film
July 4
Concept meeting with Martin Haselböck and Frank Hoffmann in Vienna.
→ Black Cat/New Angels
June 30
Marseille 2012 – Peuple et Culture Marseille – Marseille – France
→ Copy Shop
June 29
Member of the jury for the program “Neue Filmformate” of the bm:ukk (Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture).
June 27 – July 15
June, 27th to July 15th, 2012, 2 diploma works and one joint-exhibition named “Here and There” of the department “Art & Science” at the “University of Applied Arts Vienna” are shown at the “Essence12” in Künstlerhaus Wien.
→ The Essence12
June 23
Mashup Film Festival – Forum des Images – Paris – France
→ Copy Shop
June 23
Mashup Film Festival – Forum des Images – Paris – France
→ Fast Film
June 22 – June 24
Conception and presentation of a program with Austrian short films for the “Mashup Film Festival” at the “Forum des Images” Paris (22. to 24. June 2012). Also a member of the Jury at the same venue.
June 5 – June 8
Visit for research for “Micromeo” at the Festival international du film d’animation d’Annecy.
→ Micromeo
June 1
Completion of “Erste-Campus-Schauplatz – the visitor centre for Erste Group’s new headquarters in Vienna” which was designed by checkpointmedia.
→ Erste-Campus-Schauplatz – Visitor centre for Erste Group’s new headquarters
May 17
First concept meeting with Martin Haselböck and Frank Hoffmann at Düsseldorf Airport.
→ Black Cat/New Angels
May 11
Filmhauskino Köln – Cologne – Germany
→ Copy Shop
May 10
Nantes – France
→ Fast Film
May 8
FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) – Liverpool – United Kingdom
→ Fast Film
April 21
Tokyo 2012 – Image Forum Festival (Breaking Ground) – Tokyo – Japan
→ Copy Shop
April 6 – June 15
Festival de Baillargues – France
→ Fast Film
March 28
Utrecht 12 – Holland Animation Film Festival – Utrecht – The Netherlands
→ Fast Film
March 28
Utrecht 12 – Holland Animation Film Festival – Utrecht – The Netherlands
→ Copy Shop
March 27
“Copy Shop” is shown in the film series “Breaking Ground” on the occasion of the presentation of the book “Film Unframed. A History of Austrian Avant-Garde Cinema”, edited by Peter Tscherkassky, FilmmuseumSynemaPublikationen/sixpackfilm. Filmhauskino am Spittelberg, Spittelberggasse 3, 1070 Vienna, 27.3.2012 at 19:00.
→ Copy Shop
March 26
Österreichisches Kulturinstitut Istanbul – Istanbul – Turkey
→ Copy Shop
March 21
Monstra – Lisbon Animation Film Festival – Lisbon – Portugal
→ Fast Film
March 20 – March 25
Festival de Roanne – Roanne – France
→ Fast Film
March 14
$100 Film Festival – Calgary – Canada
→ Copy Shop
March 13
Filmhaus Kino Wien (Breaking Ground) – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
March 13
Slovenska Kinoteka (Breaking Ground) – Ljubljana – Slovenia
→ Copy Shop
March 2
EU Filmfestival 2008 – Tokyo – Japan
→ Copy Shop
March 1 – March 30
The department “Art & Science” at the University of Applied Arts Vienna hosts the research project Liquid Things by Roman Kirschner.
→ Liquid Things
March 1 – May 31
Conception of the short film “back track”.
→ back track
February 21
“Copy Shop” is part of the film program “Breaking Ground - 60 Years of Austrian Experimental Cinema” by Sixpack Film. After the launch in Vienna the program travels to Ljubljana, Tokyo, New York, Los Angeles, Madrid, Paris (Centre Georges-Pompidou), Caen, Buenos Aires, València, Zaragoza, Seoul and Moscow (MMOMA – Moscow Museum of Modern Art).
→ Copy Shop
February 17
St-Hilaire – France
→ Fast Film

2011

December 12
Co-editor (together with Valerie Deifel and Bernd Kräftner) of the book “An envelope for arts, sciences, politics and us” (Springer Wien, ISBN 978-3709109892).
→ An envelope for arts, sciences, politics and us
December 9 – January 27
Participation with “Copy Shop” in the exhibition B Hotel at MoMA PS1 from 9.12.2001 to 27.1.2002
Selection Committee: P.S.1 Chief Curator Klaus Biesenbach; Associate Curator Larissa Harris; Associate Curator Daniel Marzona; Joshua Siegel, Assistant Curator, Department of Film and Video, The Museum of Modern Art; and artist Jonathan Horowitz.
→ Copy Shop
December 6
Vienna according to checkpointmedia – Media based City Tour
On 6 December 2011 Virgil Widrich led a group of students from the Hani Rashid architecture class (University of Applied Arts Vienna) through Vienna city centre to two very different scenes of checkpointmedia’s work. In the Mozarthaus Vienna (exhibition architecture by Gustav Pichelmann) the focus was on recreating a historical personality using new media in a listed building.

The approach adopted at the Visitor Centre in the Parliament building was entirely different: under the direction of the architects Geiswinkler&Geiswinkler a new structure was built underneath the old historic building in which the history and modus operandi of democracy in Austria are presented with the aid of media. The excursion was rounded off by a talk given by Agnes Hannes in the checkpointmedia offices.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
November 30
Member of the Jury for the project “Film: the filmed Joke” at the class Graphic Design at the University of Applied Arts Vienna”.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
November 26 – March 11
Working with Jean-Claude Carrière as dramaturgical consultant in Paris on the revision of the screenplay for “Night of a 1000 Hours”.
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
November 23
Book Launch: “Presentation and New Media – 10 Years checkpointmedia: Concepts, Paths, Visions”
23 November 2011, 18:30
Depot, Breitegasse 3, 1070 Vienna
Stefan Reiter, Stefan Unger, Virgil Widrich
Introduction: Christoph Chorherr, Werner Hanak-Lettner

Date of publication: November 2011
248 pages, 350 illustrations, Softcover
Price: € 49,95 (Austria) / € 48,59 (Germany)
German / English
ISBN 978-3-7091-0980-9
→ Presentation and new Media – 10 Years checkpointmedia: concepts, paths, visions
November 14 – November 20
Together with Valerie Deifel, Juliana Herrero and Bernd Kräftner concept and realisation of the exhibition “Things that talk”, which is presented during Vienna Art Week 2011 (14. to 20.11.2011) at the Museum of Natural History Vienna.
→ Things that talk
November 2
Kurzfilm Agentur Schweiz / swiss films – Zurich – Switzerland
→ Copy Shop
October 31
Co-editor (together with Stefan Reiter and Stefan Unger) of the book “Presentation and new Media: 10 Years checkpointmedia” (Springer Wien, ISBN 978-3709109809).
→ Presentation and new Media – 10 Years checkpointmedia: concepts, paths, visions
October 24 – November 30
Uppsala 11 – 30. International Short Film Festival – Uppsala – Sweden
→ Fast Film
October 18
Nizza 11 – Festival du Court Métrage – Nice – France
→ Copy Shop
October 18
Lecture on “film- and multimedia production” in the masters’ programme “art & economy” at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Am Heumarkt 27/3a, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
October 13
Rond Table: “Running for the Money and the Flash”
The Austrian Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture (EU Cultural Policy Department) is organising a series of workshops on topics relating to the EU’s Work Plan for Culture 2011 to 2014. Following the first workshop on creative partnerships, a second workshop examines new funding models for cultural and creative industries in collaboration with FOKUS. Virgil Widrich took part in the round table on “Funding creative projects and structures” on 13/10/2011. at 3 p.m.
Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture, “Oscar” room, ground floor, Concordiaplatz 2, 1010 Vienna.
October 13
Silver Award at the Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards
The film “What makes Erste Group great?” produced by checkpointmedia for the Erste Group, won the Silver Award in the category “Marketing Communication”, fighting off competition from 410 productions from 27 countries. ★
→ Identity Film “What makes Erste Group great?”
October 12
Strassburg – Österreichisches Generalkonsulat – Strasbourg – France
→ Copy Shop
October 12
Animation Film Festival – Austrian Consulate General – Strasbourg – France
→ Fast Film
October 1
Start of project development for an animated feature film titled “Micromeo”.
→ Micromeo
September 8
Leonardo Center – Salt Lake City – USA
→ Fast Film
August 30
Pekarna – Maribor – Slovenia
→ Fast Film
August 11
4 živly – Banská Štiavnica – Slovakia
→ Fast Film
August 2
Doc Air – Jihlava – Czech Republic
→ Copy Shop
July 4
Member of the jury for the pilot-project of the bm:ukk (Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture): “Neue Filmformate”.
June 29 – July 5
Le Cinema l’Amicale – Bourgueil – France
→ Copy Shop
June 28 – July 17
June, 28th to July 17th, 2011, 6 diploma works of the department “Art & Science” at the University of Applied Arts Vienna are shown at the “Essence11” in MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art.
→ The Essence11
June 23
First meeting with Jean-Claude Carrière on the drive from Vienna to Teplice. Beginning of his work as dramaturgical consultant for “Night of a 1000 Hours”.
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
June 11 – July 14
Human Frames. Zehn Seelenzustände – 77 Videokünstler und Filmemacher aus Europa und Asien – KIT Kunst im Tunnel – Düsseldorf – Germany
→ Copy Shop
June 8
Hochschule für Film- und Fernsehen HFF Konrad Wolf – Berlin – Germany
→ Copy Shop
June 8 – June 14
Cinema Henri Jeanson – Honfleur – France
→ Copy Shop
June 8 – October 9
Creation of a found-footage film titled “warning/triangle” for the exhibition “Fetisch Auto. Ich fahre, also bin ich.” at the Tinguely Museum Basel (8. June to 9. October 2011) showing a destructive love-triangle between a man, a woman and her car.
→ warning triangle
June 7
Opening of the exhibition “Fetisch Auto. Ich fahre, also bin ich.” at the Tinguely Museum Basel (8. June to 9. October 2011) on 7.6.2011 at 18:30.
→ warning triangle
May 18 – May 24
Cinema Saint Paul – Reze – France
→ Copy Shop
May 16
VIS 2007 – Vienna Independent Shorts – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
May 8
APCVL – Chateau-Renault – France
→ Fast Film
May 5
Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center – Copenhagen – Denmark
→ Fast Film
May 5
Speaker at “The European Future Technologies Conference and Exhibition (fet11)” in Budapest about “Robots as Companions: What can we Learn from Servants and Companions in Literature, Theater, and Film?” on 5. May 2011.
Other speakers included Zsófia Ruttkay (University of Twente, Netherlands) and Markus Krajewski (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany).
→ make/real
May 4 – May 10
Cinema Eden – La Souterraine – France
→ Copy Shop
May 4 – May 10
Cinema Normandy – Cine – Alencon – France
→ Copy Shop
May 4
RAY-Magazin – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
May 4
RAY Magazine Thermal Day at Therme Wien – Vienna – Austria
→ Fast Film
May 3
Stuttgart 11 – International Trickfilm-Festival – Stuttgart – Germany
→ Fast Film
April 12
Vienna – Austria
→ Brighter than the Moon
April 5
in the studio with Virgil Widrich – Österreichisches Filmmuseum – Vienna – Austria
→ Color can dream
April 5
in the studio with Virgil Widrich – Österreichisches Filmmuseum – Vienna – Austria
→ Monster in Salzburg
April 5
in the studio with Virgil Widrich – Österreichisches Filmmuseum – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
April 5
in the studio with Virgil Widrich – Österreichisches Filmmuseum – Vienna – Austria
→ Fast Film
April 5
Lecture “In the studio with Virgil Widrich” in “School in the cinema - Educational program for schools at the Austrian Film Museum”. Screening of “Auch Farbe kann träumen”, “Monster in Salzburg”, “Copy Shop” and “Fast Film”. Austrian Film Museum, Augustiner Straße 1, 1010 Vienna, 5.4.2011, 11:00.
March 31
The organised World Theatre – “90 Years of the Salzburg Festival”

Lecture Virgil Widrich, FH Joanneum, Graz, “Media and interaction design”
What is involved in the planning and staging of a contemporary exhibition? A look behind the scenes reveals the techniques used to produce the media, equipment and displays for the multi-dimensional Salzburg Festival exhibition created by Virgil Widrich and his team at checkpointmedia for Salzburg Museum in 2010.
→ Exhibition “90 Years of the Salzburg Festival – The Great World Theatre”
March 30 – April 1
Artistic director for the exhibition “parameter{world} – parameters for every or no thing” of the “Master of Art and Science” at the University of Applied Arts Vienna (30 March to 1 April 2011).
→ Parameter{world} - parameters for every or no thing
March 29
Opening of the exhibition “parameter{world} – parameters for every or no thing” of the “Master of Art and Science” at the University of Applied Arts Vienna (30 March to 1 April 2011), 29.03.2011, 18:00.
→ Parameter{world} - parameters for every or no thing
March 23 – March 29
Cinema le Cabieu – Ouistreham – France
→ Copy Shop
March 23 – March 29
Salle Jean Carmet – Mornant – France
→ Copy Shop
March 21
Austrian Embassy – Dublin – Ireland
→ Copy Shop
March 16 – March 23
Regensburger Kurzfilmwoche 2011 – Regensburg – Germany
→ Fast Film
February 26
Asociatia Oricum – Bucharest – Romania
→ Copy Shop
February 26
Asociatia Oricum – Bucharest – Romania
→ Fast Film
February 26
Asociatia Oricum – Bucharest – Romania
→ Fast Film
February 9 – February 15
Cine Labor – Dieulefit – France
→ Copy Shop
February 8
Communauté d’agglomération of Pau-Pyrénée – Pau – France
→ Fast Film
February 8
Pau – Communauté d´Agglomération Pau-Pyrénées, Direction Culture, PCI
→ Fast Film
February 2 – February 8
Cinéma Casino – Ax-les-Thermes – France
→ Copy Shop
January 30 – February 2
Selected from around 400 submitted projects, in January “Night of a 1000 Hours”, is presented at CineMart 2011 in Rotterdam.
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
January 20
Lecture “Artistic Research” at the Technische Universität Wien, E101 – Institute of Analysis and Scientific Computing, Univ.-Prof. Christoph Überhuber, conference room, Treitlstraße 1-3, 1st floor, 1040 Vienna. 20.1.2011, 16:15 to 18:00.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
January 14
Dresden 2007 – Filmfest – Dresden – Germany
→ Copy Shop
January 12 – January 18
L’Hippodrome – Douai – France
→ Copy Shop
January 5 – January 11
Cinema Joel le Theule – Sable-sur-Sarthe – France
→ Copy Shop

2010

December 29 – January 4
Le Parnal – Thorens-Glières – France
→ Copy Shop
December 8
Kurzfilm Graz / uncut – Graz – Austria
→ Copy Shop
December 6 – December 12
Ljubljana Animateka 10 – International Animation Film Festival – Ljubljana – Slovenia
→ Fast Film
December 3 – December 12
Thessaloniki 10 – International Film Festival – Thessaloniki – Greece
→ Copy Shop
December 1 – December 7
Cinema Vox Populi – Chateau-Renard – France
→ Copy Shop
November 29
Forum Mozartplatz – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
November 28
Filmarchiv Austria – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
November 24
vor – BILD – end
Visualisations in science and art
Visual perception is a key process for human beings. Consequently, images play an important role in both science and art.

In science, images are primary data or serve as visualisations that help to make sense of information. In research, images are accordingly found at the beginning and end of a process of recognition. Images as works of art can be understood as the culmination of creative activity but can equally serve as the inspiration at the beginning of a creative process.

Presentation in the Planetarium, Vienna

On 24/11/2010 dialog<>gentechnik, in cooperation with pooool, presents “vor - BILD - end” in the Planetarium, Vienna: visualisations in science and art

Compère: Leo Andras Findeisen
Virgil Widrich, director
Tanja Gesell, scientist
Musical résumé by Dominik Nostitz
Video performance by Jan Lauth, Simone Carneiro and Peter Koger
Commented by Renée Schröder
Audio performance: Peter Szely
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
November 11
MoMA / Film & Video Department – New York – USA
→ Copy Shop
November 8 – November 14
Brest 2010 – 25. Festival du Film Court – Brest – France
→ Copy Shop
November 5
EYE Film Institute – Amsterdam – The Netherlands
→ Copy Shop
November 3 – November 7
Utrecht 10 – Holland Animation Film Festival – Utrecht – The Netherlands
→ Fast Film
October 28 – November 7
Rio de Janeiro 10 – Mostra Curta Cinema – Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
→ Fast Film
October 27 – November 2
Cinema le Liberty – Monsempron-Libos – France
→ Copy Shop
October 25 – October 31
Uppsala 10 – 29. International Short Film Festival – Uppsala – Sweden
→ Copy Shop
October 20 – October 26
Le Parnal – Thorens-Glières – France
→ Copy Shop
October 9 – October 16
Lille 10 – 9. Rencontres Audiovisuelles Short Film Festival – Lille – France
→ Copy Shop
October 8
Graz – Austria
→ make/real
October 1 – September 30
Substitute member of the Senate of the University of Applied Arts Vienna until 30.9.2013.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
September 30
As planned, on 30.9.2010 Virgil Widrich finishes the direction of “Digitale Kunst” and from now on is completely devoted to the new master course “Art & Science”. Ruth Schnell becomes his successor.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
September 29 – October 5
Le Cin’Hoche – Bagnolet – France
→ Copy Shop
August 10
Danish Film Institute – Copenhagen – Denmark
→ Copy Shop
July 21 – July 27
Le Navire – Valence – France
→ Copy Shop
July 14 – July 20
Cinema Marlymages – Marly – France
→ Copy Shop
June 30 – July 6
L’Atalante / Mjc – Morteau – France
→ Copy Shop
June 30 – July 6
Le Petit Casino – Saint-Aignan – France
→ Copy Shop
June 29
MI2 Multimedijalni institut – Zagreb – Croatia
→ Copy Shop
June 24 – July 18
From 24 June to 18 July, 2010 15 students from the “Digital Art” class at the University of the Applied Arts exhibit works at the “Essence10” exhibition under the name “Hyperactive Prototypes” at the Künstlerhaus, Vienna.
→ The Essence10 – Hyperactive Prototypes
June 8
Basel – Switzerland
→ make/real
June 2 – June 8
Bonne Garde – Nantes – France
→ Copy Shop
May 27
MULTIPLE MATTERS – Künstlerhaus Kino – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
May 19 – May 25
Majestic Saint Pol – Saint-Pol-de-Léon – France
→ Copy Shop
May 12
Columbus – Wexner Center for the Arts / The Ohio State University
→ Fast Film
May 2
Österreichisches Kulturforum – Brussels – Belgium
→ Copy Shop
April 29
Transat Video – Caen – France
→ Copy Shop
April 20
Internal expert in the appointment procedure for the professorship „Art of Digital Media“ (Digital Arts) at the University of Applied Arts Vienna
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
April 13
Lecture on “film- and multimedia production” in the masters’ programme “art & economy” at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Am Heumarkt 27/3a, 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
April 3
mac-Birmingham – Birmingham – United Kingdom
→ Copy Shop
March 15
Lecture “The script from the computer”. Presentation of the possibilities and impossibilities of “Dramatica” and “storyline Pro”.
Österreichisches Forschungsinstitut für Artificial Intelligence, OFAI, University of Vienna, Freyung 6/2, 1010 Vienna, 15.3.2010, 18:30.
March 10 – March 16
Cine Breiz – Rosterenen – France
→ Copy Shop
March 3
EU Festival (BMEIA) – Dakar – Senegal
→ Copy Shop
March 2
Filmoteca de Catalunya – Barcelona – Spain
→ Copy Shop
March 2
La Coruna – Centro de difusión e documentación das artes da imaxe da Xunta de Galicia
→ Copy Shop
February 19 – February 28
Yebisu International Festival – Tokyo – Japan
→ Fast Film
February 17 – February 23
Ciné Feurs – Feurs – France
→ Copy Shop
February 17 – February 23
Studio Eden / le Navire – Crest – France
→ Copy Shop
February 9
València – IVAC / La Filmoteca – Valencia – Spain
→ Copy Shop
February 8
oh ton – Oldenburg – Germany
→ Copy Shop
February 2
Filmoteca Espanola – Madrid – Spain
→ Copy Shop
February 1 – June 8
Virgil Widrich produces a film entitled “make/real” for the exhibition “Robot Dreams” which is being staged at the Museum Tinguely in Basel (8 June to 12 Sep. 2010) and the Kunsthaus Graz (8 October 2010 to 20 February 2011).
→ make/real
January 27 – February 2
Centre Des Arts – Enghien-les-Bains – France
→ Copy Shop
January 16
Filmarchiv Austria – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
January 12
in the studio with Virgil Widrich – Österreichisches Filmmuseum – Vienna – Austria
→ Color can dream
January 12
in the studio with Virgil Widrich – Österreichisches Filmmuseum – Vienna – Austria
→ Monster in Salzburg
January 12
in the studio with Virgil Widrich – Österreichisches Filmmuseum – Vienna – Austria
→ Fast Film
January 12
in the studio with Virgil Widrich – Österreichisches Filmmuseum – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
January 12
Lecture “In the studio with Virgil Widrich” in “School in the cinema - Educational program for schools at the Austrian Film Museum”. Screening of “Auch Farbe kann träumen”, “Monster in Salzburg”, “Copy Shop” and “Fast Film”. Austrian Film Museum, Augustiner Straße 1, 1010 Vienna, 12.1.2010, 11:00.
January 1 – October 26
Virgil Widrich is appointed the artistic director of the exhibition “90 Years of the Salzburg Festival” held from 17 June to 26 October 2010 in Salzburg Museum. The centrepiece is a multimedia “meta-exhibition”, a compilation of performances from the most important productions of the last nine decades rearranged to create a programme that never actually existed in this form. The stage for this production is an abstract model that represents and reproduces the Festival venues in keeping with Max Reinhardt’s motto, “The city as a stage”.
→ Exhibition “90 Years of the Salzburg Festival – The Great World Theatre”

2009

December 16 – December 22
Le Rex – Blagnac – Paris – France
→ Copy Shop
December 1
lothringer13 – Munich – Germany
→ Copy Shop
December 1
Since 1.12.2009 member of the Austrian Film Academy.
November 28
oh ton – Oldenburg – Germany
→ Copy Shop
November 20
Animated Dreams/Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
→ Color can dream
November 20
Animated Dreams/Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
→ Monster in Salzburg
November 20
Animated Dreams/Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
→ Copy Shop
November 20
Animated Dreams/Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
→ Fast Film
November 20
Lecture and film presentation at “Animated Dreams/Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival”, EAST Creative Space, Pikk 36, Tallinn, 20.11.2009 at 17:00.
→ Fast Film
November 18
Abingdon College and District Film Society – Abingdon – United Kingdom
→ Copy Shop
November 18 – November 24
Espace Aragon – Oissel – France
→ Copy Shop
November 17
Strasbourg 2005 – Forum du Cinema Européen – Strasbourg – France
→ Copy Shop
November 13
Soda Pictures – London – United Kingdom
→ Copy Shop
November 11 – November 17
Cinema Francois – Chilly-Mazarin – France
→ Copy Shop
November 4 – November 10
Cine 104 – Pantin – France
→ Copy Shop
November 2
Filmarchiv Austria – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
October 28
Fri-Art – Fribourg – Switzerland
→ Copy Shop
October 14 – October 20
Excelsior-Espace – Saint-Dié-des-Vosges – France
→ Copy Shop
October 14 – October 20
Le Cinema l’Amicale – Bourgeuil – France
→ Copy Shop
October 2
Southwest Alternate Media Project (SWAMP) – Houston – USA
→ Copy Shop
October 1
Virgil Widrich is appointed art director of the new master course “Art & Science Visualization” at the University of Applied Arts that begins in autumn 2009.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
September 21
Drama 2009 – International Short Film Festival – Drama – Greece
→ Copy Shop
September 18
Australian Centre for The Moving Image – Melbourne – Australia
→ Fast Film
September 18
Les Saisons du Court – Paris – France
→ Copy Shop
September 17
Weil im Schönbuch – Germany
→ Copy Shop
September 16 – September 22
Le Centre Culturel – Miramas – France
→ Copy Shop
August 26 – September 1
Cinema le Drakkar – Yvetot – France
→ Copy Shop
August 19 – September 1
Cinéma les 4 Vents / Ville De – Brie-Comte-Robert – France
→ Copy Shop
August 5
KIZ-Kino im Augarten Graz – Graz – Austria
→ Copy Shop
August 5 – August 9
Participation in the second part of the screenplay seminar “Sources 2" in Vienna with “Night of a 1000 Hours” (working title: “The Revolution”).
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
July 16
Centre de Cultura Contemporània – Barcelona – Spain
→ Copy Shop
July 7
Weil im Schönbuch – Germany
→ Copy Shop
June 26 – July 15
In June, 10 works by Virgil Widrich’s students of “Digital Arts” are displayed at Sterngasse 13, 1010 Vienna with the title “Digital Traces”.
→ The Essence09 – Digital Traces
June 25 – July 12
The catalogue for the exhibition “Alias in Wonderland” (25 June to 12 July 2009 in the Freiraum/quartier 21 in the Museumsquartier in Vienna) is published with the ISBN 978-3-85211-152-0.
→ Catalogue “Alias in Wonderland”
June 25 – July 12
A project for an exhibition is carried out with students of “digital arts” at the University of Applied Arts: “Alias in Wonderland” runs from 25 June to 12 July 2009 in the Freiraum/quartier 21 in the Museumsquartier in Vienna. The diversity of the class is presented in various media in a single room by means of a “physical browser” which is pushed to different positions.
→ Alias in Wonderland
June 19
Filmpodium – Thalwil – Switzerland
→ Fast Film
June 5
Virgil Widrich takes on the role of the artistic director of the exhibition “Linz. City in Luck” that forms part of that city’s year as European Capital of Culture. The exhibition transforms the City of Linz’s Nordico Museum into a house with rooms that reflect on aspects of the city and its development over the last three decades.
→ Exhibition “Linz. City in Luck” – Linz 2009 European Capital of Culture
May 23
Cinema Nova – Brussels – Belgium
→ Fast Film
May 16
Aix – Rencontres Cinématographiques d’Aix-en-Provence – Aix-en-Provence – France
→ Fast Film
May 13 – May 19
Cine 104 – Pantin – France
→ Copy Shop
May 13 – May 19
Choisy-le-Roi – Cinema Paul Eluard – Saint-Denis – France
→ Copy Shop
May 2 – May 7
Stuttgart 09 – 16. International Trickfilm-Festival – Stuttgart – Germany
→ Fast Film
April 29
The Cinefamily @ The Silent Movie Theatre – Los Angeles – USA
→ Fast Film
April 21
Lecture on “film- and multimedia production” in the masters’ programme “art & economy” at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. Sala Terrena der Angewandten, Heiligenkreuzerhof, Grashofgasse 3, 1010 Vienna, 21.4.2009, 11:30 to 12:30.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
April 19
Ritesinstitute – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
April 8 – April 14
L’Ecran de Saint Denis – Saint-Denis – France
→ Copy Shop
April 8 – June 2
Le Denfert – Paris – France
→ Copy Shop
March 31 – April 8
Participation in the screenplay seminar “Sources 2" in Girona with “Night of a 1000 Hours” (working title: “The Revolution”).
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
March 25 – March 31
Cinéma le Rexy – Saint Pierre sur Dives – Paris – France
→ Copy Shop
March 21
Weil im Schönbuch – Germany
→ Copy Shop
March 18 – March 24
Cine Les Varietes – Hendaye – France
→ Copy Shop
March 17 – March 22
Diagonale 2009 – Festival of Austrian Films – Graz – Austria
→ Copy Shop
February 25 – March 3
Univercine – Chambéry – France
→ Copy Shop
February 10
National Film Theatre – London – United Kingdom
→ Copy Shop
January 14 – January 20
Le Coluche – Istres – France
→ Copy Shop

2008

December 24 – December 30
Eckmuhl – Penmarch – France
→ Copy Shop
December 18 – December 20
Basel 08 – Clair-obscur Filmfestival – Basel – Switzerland
→ Fast Film
December 18
Basel 08 – Clair-obscur Filmfestival – Basel – Switzerland
→ Monster in Salzburg
December 17 – December 23
Clermont-l’Herault – Cinema Alain Resnais – Saint-Malo – France
→ Copy Shop
December 16
Weil im Schönbuch – Germany
→ Copy Shop
December 3
Weil im Schönbuch – Germany
→ Copy Shop
December 2
in the studio with Virgil Widrich – Österreichisches Filmmuseum – Vienna – Austria
→ Color can dream
December 2
in the studio with Virgil Widrich – Österreichisches Filmmuseum – Vienna – Austria
→ Monster in Salzburg
December 2
in the studio with Virgil Widrich – Österreichisches Filmmuseum – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
December 2
in the studio with Virgil Widrich – Österreichisches Filmmuseum – Vienna – Austria
→ Fast Film
December 2
Lecture “In the studio with Virgil Widrich” in “School in the cinema - Educational program for schools at the Austrian Film Museum”. Screening of “Auch Farbe kann träumen”, “Monster in Salzburg”, “Copy Shop” and “Fast Film”. Austrian Film Museum, Augustiner Straße 1, 1010 Vienna, 2.12.2008, 11:00.
November 28
La Enana Marrón – Madrid – Spain
→ Copy Shop
November 24 – November 28
Aix 08 – Rencontres Cinématographiques d’Aix-en-Provence – Aix-en-Provence – France
→ Copy Shop
November 20
Zwettl Kunstverein / Filmclub – Zwettl – Austria
→ Copy Shop
November 19 – November 25
Le Palace – Epernay – France
→ Copy Shop
November 18
ZED Cinema – Leuven – Belgium
→ Copy Shop
November 6
Weil im Schönbuch – Germany
→ Copy Shop
October 25
National Gallery, Education Department – London – United Kingdom
→ Copy Shop
October 24 – October 25
Powys 08 – ffilmic film festival – Powys – United Kingdom
→ Copy Shop
October 9
Moov HD
→ Copy Shop
October 8 – October 14
Moissy-Cramayel – Cinema la Rotonde – Moissac – France
→ Copy Shop
October 8 – October 14
La Cinema Municipal – Neuilly-Plaisance – France
→ Copy Shop
October 1 – October 7
Cinema Atlantic – La Turballe – France
→ Copy Shop
October 1
Filmfonds Wien, Österreichisches Filminstitut and Filmfund Luxembourg fund the project development of “Die Nacht der 1000 Stunden” (“Night of a 1000 Hours”).
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
September 27
Weil im Schönbuch – Germany
→ Copy Shop
September 17 – September 23
Cinema Marivaux – Macon – France
→ Copy Shop
September 12
Schlössl-Lichtspiele – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
September 3 – September 7
Stocka 08 – Stocka Film Festival – Stocka – Sweden
→ Fast Film
August 20 – September 16
Cinema le Palace – Les Andelys – France
→ Copy Shop
August 7
Moma Film – Wrocław – Poland
→ Copy Shop
July 29
Weil im Schönbuch – Germany
→ Copy Shop
July 28 – August 1
Pieve di Cadore 08 – Cadore Doc Film Festival – Pieve di Cadore – Italy
→ Fast Film
July 20
Second son Oskar Salomonowitz born on 20 July 2008.
July 19
St Laurent le Minier 08 – Festival Le Lézard Vert – Saint-Laurent-le-Minier – France
→ Copy Shop
June 30
St. Balbach-Art Produktion – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
June 26 – July 15
In June, 13 works by Virgil Widrich’s students of “digital Arts” are displayed in the “Essence08” at the MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art in Vienna.
→ The Essence08 – Digitale Kunst
June 18 – June 24
Cinema le Bretagne – Saint-Renan – France
→ Copy Shop
June 12
Tel Aviv V’Dance – International VideoDance Festival – Tel Aviv – Israel
→ Copy Shop
June 11 – June 24
Cinema le Savoie – Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne – France
→ Copy Shop
June 11
Cinema 16 – London – United Kingdom
→ Copy Shop
June 1
Metro Cinema Society – Edmonton – Canada
→ Copy Shop
May 16 – June 5
EU Filmfestival 2008 – Tokyo – Japan
→ Copy Shop
May 14 – May 20
Cinema Aurore – Vitre – France
→ Copy Shop
May 7 – May 13
Cinema l’Image / – Plougastel-Daoulas – France
→ Copy Shop
May 1
checkpointmedia’s commissions include creating the website of the Haydn Year 2009 and the University of Applied Arts Vienna.
→ checkpointmedia GmbH – Multimedia Productions
April 30 – May 6
Cinema Eden – Ancenis – France
→ Copy Shop
April 22 – April 26
Lucca 08 – Lucca Animation – Lucca – Italy
→ Fast Film
April 20
Österreichisches Kulturforum – Rome – Italy
→ Copy Shop
April 16 – April 29
Le Clair Obscur – Rennes – France
→ Copy Shop
April 14
Lecture on “film- and multimedia production” in the masters’ programme “art & economy” at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Am Heumarkt 27/3a, 9:00 to 11:00 a.m.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
April 8 – September 30
On 8 April 2008 appointment as substitute member of the Senate of the University of Applied Arts Vienna until 30.9.2010.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
April 2 – April 8
Eden Studio / Mjc – Briancon – France
→ Copy Shop
March 17
Weil im Schönbuch – Germany
→ Copy Shop
March 14 – March 24
Austrian Embassy Peking – French Cultural Institute Peking – Beijing – China
→ Brighter than the Moon
March 7
Lille 08 – Rencontres Audiovisuelles – Lille – France
→ tx-transform
March 7
Lille 08 – Rencontres Audiovisuelles – Lille – France
→ Color can dream
March 7
Lille 08 – Rencontres Audiovisuelles – Lille – France
→ Monster in Salzburg
March 7
Museo Nacional Reina Sofia – Madrid – Spain
→ Copy Shop
March 6 – March 9
Lille 08 – Fete de l’Animation – Lille – France
→ Copy Shop
March 6 – March 9
Lille 08 – Rencontres Audiovisuelles – Lille – France
→ Fast Film
March 1
Zaha Hadid wins the competition for the Guggenheim Hermitage Museum in Vilnius, Lithuania, against the star architects Daniel Libeskind and Massimiliano Fuksas. checkpointmedia developed a media concept for the entire building for Zaha Hadid and her team.
→ checkpointmedia GmbH – Multimedia Productions
February 28
Filmhuis Cavia – Amsterdam – The Netherlands
→ Copy Shop
February 22
Exeter Picturehouse – Exeter – United Kingdom
→ Copy Shop
February 20 – February 26
Le petit Casino – Saint-Aignan – France
→ Copy Shop
February 15 – February 16
Cinema de Balie – Amsterdam – The Netherlands
→ Fast Film
February 1 – February 9
Bruxelles 2008 – Anima Festival of Animated Films – Brussels – Belgium
→ Fast Film
February 1
checkpointmedia opens an innovative company museum for Krones in Germany.
→ Krones AG – Company Museum
January 16
SK Stiftung Kultur der Sparkasse KölnBonn – Cologne – Germany
→ Fast Film

2007

December 15
Jeunesse Lungau – Mauterndorf – Austria
→ Fast Film
December 5
Association Silhouette – Paris – France
→ Copy Shop
December 1
LUX Valence / scène nationale – Valence – France
→ Copy Shop
November 30
In November reopening of the “Swarovski Crystal World” with several multimedia installations by checkpointmedia.
→ Swarovski Crystal Worlds – Redesign 2007
November 19
Siena Festival del Cortometraggio – Siena – Italy
→ Copy Shop
November 18
exground on screen – Wiesbaden – Germany
→ Copy Shop
November 16
Columbus – Wexner Center for the Arts / The Ohio State University
→ Fast Film
November 15
BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) – New York – USA
→ Copy Shop
November 14 – November 20
Le Lido – Prades – France
→ Copy Shop
November 7 – November 13
Le Trianon – Romainville – France
→ Copy Shop
November 4
Ontario College of Art and Design – Toronto – Canada
→ Copy Shop
October 23
Aarhus Festival of Festivals – Aarhus – Denmark
→ Fast Film
October 17
Pacific Film Archive – Berkeley – USA
→ Copy Shop
October 14
Slinky Pictures – London – United Kingdom
→ Copy Shop
October 5 – October 7
Hull 07 Internation Short Film Festival – Hull – United Kingdom
→ Fast Film
October 3 – October 9
Cinema Iris – Questembert – France
→ Copy Shop
October 1
In the autumn of 2007, Virgil Widrich begins his tenure as professor of digital arts at the University of Applied Arts Vienna.
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
October 1
Dresden 2007 – Filmfest – Dresden – Germany
→ Fast Film
September 21
Weil im Schönbuch – Germany
→ Copy Shop
September 14
Austrian Cultural Forum – Warsaw – Poland
→ Copy Shop
September 7
Family photo in the garden of the Palais Schönborn, was where the family was photographed in 1858 already.
August 31
Filmpodium – Thalwil – Switzerland
→ Fast Film
August 29 – September 4
Association Ramonville – Ramonville-Saint-Agne – France
→ Copy Shop
August 15
Moscow Linoleum Festival for Alternative Animation – Moscow – Russia
→ Copy Shop
August 15 – August 18
Moskow Linoleum Festival for Alternative Animation – Moscow – Russia
→ Fast Film
August 15 – August 18
Moskow Linoleum Festival for Alternative Animation – Moscow – Russia
→ Fast Film
August 1
Doc Air – Jihlava – Czech Republic
→ Fast Film
July 30
Das Kino – Salzburg – Austria
→ Copy Shop
July 25 – July 31
Le Rex 1 & 2 – Chauvigny – Paris – France
→ Copy Shop
July 15
VIS 2007 – Vienna Independent Shorts – Vienna – Austria
→ Fast Film
July 12
St. Balbach-Art Produktion – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
July 4 – July 10
Cinema l’Hermine – Plélan-le-Grand – France
→ Copy Shop
June 30
Saarländisches Filmbüro e.V. – Saarbrücken – Germany
→ Fast Film
June 25
North Hollywood 07 – Platform International Animation Festival – Hollywood – USA
→ Fast Film
June 21
PannOpticum 2007 – Neusiedl am See – Austria
→ Fast Film
June 14 – June 15
Athen 07 – International Comics Festival of Babel magazine – Athens – Greece
→ Copy Shop
June 14 – September 2
Big Sur 07 – International Short Film Screening Series – Big Sur – USA
→ Copy Shop
June 6
Tarragona 2003 – inCURT – Tarragona – Spain
→ Copy Shop
June 2
In the middle of the year checkpointmedia is working on over 50 projects, including websites, media installations, concepts for exhibitions, Smart Homes, cabinets of curiosities and many more.
→ checkpointmedia GmbH – Multimedia Productions
June 1
There are also changes in the film production company Amour Fou: the managing directors Gabriele Kranzelbinder and Alexander Ivanceanu part company while Thomas Woschitz and Virgil Widrich resign as partners. Alexander Ivanceanu continues the company together with Bady Minck while Gabriele Kranzelbinder founds a new production firm, “KGP - Kranzelbinder Gabriele Production GmbH”.
→ Amour Fou Film
June 1
Austrian Cultural Forum – New York – USA
→ Fast Film
May 24
Atelier 142 – Compiègne – France
→ Copy Shop
May 23 – August 7
Porto-Vecchio – Cinema Empire – Porto-Vecchio – France
→ Copy Shop
May 22
Aix – Rencontres Cinmatographiques – Aix-en-Provence – France
→ Fast Film
May 17
Kommunales Kino Weitwinkel – Singen – Germany
→ Copy Shop
May 15
VIS 2007 – Vienna Independent Shorts – Vienna – Austria
→ tx-transform
May 15
VIS 2007 – Vienna Independent Shorts – Vienna – Austria
→ Color can dream
May 15
VIS 2007 – Vienna Independent Shorts – Vienna – Austria
→ Monster in Salzburg
April 30
Volt – the festival for electronic music – Uppsala – Sweden
→ Copy Shop
April 26
Lichtspieltheater Wundervoll – Rostock – Germany
→ Copy Shop
April 25
After 6 years on the board of the Austrian film directors’ association Verband Filmregie Österreich (3 of them as chairman) Virgil Widrich declines to stand for election again and leaves the board.
April 23
Seoul Animpact Film Festival – Seoul – South Korea
→ Fast Film
April 17
University of Minnesota – Minneapolis – USA
→ Copy Shop
April 16
Interview with Virgil Widrich on the creative industries in Vienna in the program “lebens.art” on ORF2, 16.4.2007 at 22:30.
→ checkpointmedia GmbH – Multimedia Productions
April 14
Gartenbaukino – Vienna – Austria
→ Fast Film
April 11 – April 17
A.C.N.E (Cinéma le Mazarin) – Nevers – France
→ Copy Shop
April 2
La Casa Encendida – Contemporary Art Center – Madrid – Spain
→ Copy Shop
March 28
Participant in the panel discussion “ISPA Philosophicum – Internet the 4th Culture Technology”. Participants: Johannes Hahn (Bundesminister für Wissenschaft), Ide Hintze (Schule für Dichtung in Wien), Peter Rastl (Universität Wien), Rudolf Scholten (Österreichische Kontrollbank), Virgil Widrich (Film - und Multimediaproduktions G.M.B.H), Gerhard Zeiler (RTL Group), Moderation: Andrea Schurian
Festsaal der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2, 1010 Wien, 28.3.2007, 18.00.
March 22
“shorts & skirts – the long night of short films”, 22.3.2007, ORF 1 from 22:50. With Virgil Widrich, Bady Minck, Edgar Honetschläger, Antonin Svoboda, Marie Kreutzer, Birgit Flos and Alexander Horwath. Moderation: Dieter Moor.
March 20
Austrian Embassy – Dublin – Ireland
→ Fast Film
March 14
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil – São Paulo – Brazil
→ Copy Shop
March 9
Weil im Schönbuch – Germany
→ Copy Shop
March 6
Zero em Comportamento-associação Cultural – Lisbon – Portugal
→ Copy Shop
February 20
Lecture “Multimedia Live at the Mozarthaus Vienna” for the Webster University Alumni Association. Mozarthaus Vienna, Domgasse 6, 1010 Vienna, 20.2.2007, 18:00.
→ Mozarthaus Vienna – Multimedia Exhibition
February 15
Laluna – Ghent – Belgium
→ Copy Shop
February 13
ZKM / Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie – Karlsruhe – Germany
→ Copy Shop
February 7 – February 13
Cine 104 – Pantin – France
→ Copy Shop
February 7 – February 13
Cinema le Cabieu – Ouistreham – France
→ Copy Shop
January 15
After many years of collecting ideas, work starts on the feature-film screenplay with the title “Die Nacht der 1000 Stunden” (“Night of a 1000 Hours”). Working title: “The Revolution”.
→ Night of a 1000 Hours
January 14
Son Zino Salomonowitz born on 14 Jan 2007.
January 13 – January 15
Vaulx-en-Velin Festival du Film Court Francophone – Vaulx-en-Velin – France
→ Copy Shop
January 12
Denbighshire – Royal International Pavilion – Llangollen – United Kingdom
→ Fast Film

2006

December 21
CCCB: Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona – Barcelona – Spain
→ Fast Film
December 6 – December 12
Choisy-le-Roi – Cinema Paul Eluard – Saint-Denis – France
→ Copy Shop
December 1
Les Yeux de l’Ouïe – Nancy – France
→ Fast Film
November 28
Panel discussion “How much art can film tolerate?”. Participants: Niki List, Burkhard Ernst, Heinrich Mis, Virgil Widrich. Moderation: Birgit Fenderl. Forum Mozartplatz, Mozartgasse / corner Neumannsgasse, 1040 Vienna, 28.11.2006, 19:30.
November 27
Live discussion on ORF “Treffpunkt Kultur” about film politics with Franz Novotny. ORF2 from 22.00.
November 15 – November 21
Cinema Atlantic – La Turballe – France
→ Copy Shop
November 14
Lecture on film directing, VHS Polycollege, Siebenbrunnengasse 37, 2. Stock, Raum 28, 1050 Vienna, 14.11.2006, 11:00 to 13:00.
November 10
Black Maria Film Festival New York – New York – USA
→ Fast Film
November 10
MoMA – Film & Video Department – New York – USA
→ Fast Film
November 9
Les Yeux de l’Ouïe – Nancy – France
→ Fast Film
November 8 – November 14
Le Theatre – Poitiers – France
→ Copy Shop
November 1
Filmhaus – Nuremberg – Germany
→ Copy Shop
October 26 – October 29
Asolo Art Film Festival – Asolo – Italy
→ Fast Film
October 25 – October 31
Cinema le Foyer – Acigne – France
→ Copy Shop
October 24
The Vienna Film festival premieres “Every Seventh Person” by Ina Ivanceanu and Elke Groen. The film was produced by Amour Fou Filmproduktion GmbH, Virgil Widrich Film- und Multimediaproduktions G.m.b.H. and Minotaurus Film sàrl (Luxembourg).
→ Every Seventh Person
October 24 – October 30
Uppsala 06 – 25. International Short Film Festival – Uppsala – Sweden
→ Copy Shop
October 19 – October 22
Norwich06 – International Animation Festival – Norwich – United Kingdom
→ Fast Film
October 14
Virgil Widrich at “We – Workshops for Entrepreneurs”
Over the course of three weekends in October 2006 creative talents had a chance to gain basic and practical knowledge that could serve as a stepping stone to their becoming entrepreneurs. The workshops are part of a programme conducted by the AWS (Austria Wirtschaftsservice) and departure, the City of Vienna’s Office for Creative Industries Initiatives. Entrepreneurs from the fields of design, fashion, music and multimedia were on hand to provide their expertise along with allied service providers and others with inside knowledge of the various fields. Virgil Widrich presented the multimedia workshop: “The ability to demand creative freedom depends on good business sense”.
October 12
Festival du Film de Saint Paul Trois Châteaux – Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux – France
→ Copy Shop
October 7 – October 9
Amsterdam 06 – Film Experience – Amsterdam – The Netherlands
→ Copy Shop
October 7 – October 9
Amsterdam 06 – Film Experience – Amsterdam – The Netherlands
→ Fast Film
October 7
Polsterlkino – Ligist – Austria
→ Copy Shop
September 27 – October 3
Cinema de Gencay – Gencay – France
→ Copy Shop
September 24 – September 30
Barcelona Mecal 06 – Festival de Cortometrajes al Aire Libre – Barcelona – Spain
→ Copy Shop
September 21
Curtocircuíto – Santiago de Compostella 06 – International Short Film Festival
→ Fast Film
September 20
Künstlerhaus – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
September 19
Wien
Austrian Multimedia State Prize for Mozarthaus Vienna (category “Culture and Entertainment”) ★
→ Mozarthaus Vienna – Multimedia Exhibition
September 19
State Prize Multimedia/Category Prize “Public Information and Services” to checkpointmedia for the Austrian parliament’s Visitor Centre. ★
→ Vienna Parliament Visitor Centre
September 11
Short Cuts Cologne – International Short Film Festival – Cologne – Germany
→ Copy Shop
September 6 – September 12
Cinema Agora – Chateaulin – France
→ Copy Shop
August 23 – August 29
Cinema les Halles – Charlieu – France
→ Copy Shop
August 23 – August 29
Le Rex – Blagnac – Paris – France
→ Copy Shop
August 23
Wiener Neustadt – Arge Sommerkino – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
August 17
Interfilm Kurzfilm Verleih – Berlin – Germany
→ Copy Shop
August 7
Sao Paulo 2006 – Short Film Festival – São Paulo – Brazil
→ Fast Film
August 4
St. Balbach-Art Produktion – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
August 1
Registered address: Linke Wienzeile 54/16, 1060 Vienna
July 24
Test screening of “Every Seventh Person” in W3/Village Cinema, Landstraßer Hauptstraße 2A, 1030 Vienna, 24.7.2006 at 18:00.
→ Every Seventh Person
July 21
Moviemento Linz – Linz – Austria
→ Copy Shop
July 19 – July 25
Association Ramonville – Ramonville-Saint-Agne – France
→ Copy Shop
July 17
Filmarchiv Austria – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
June 30
Lichtspiele Lenzing – Lenzing – Austria
→ Copy Shop
June 30
Cinema Paradiso – St. Pölten – Austria
→ Copy Shop
June 28 – September 3
checkpointmedia at the exhibition “360° Design Austria”
As a starting point for this exhibition, 36 leading Austrian design studios are pinpointed along an axis from Vienna to Vorarlberg from 28 June to 3 September, checkpointmedia among them. The exhibition offers insights into the designers’ strategic approaches. A book has been published as an accompaniment to the exhibition. (120 pages, 240 x 297 cm).

Date: 28 June to 3 Sept. 2006.
Location: designforumMQ, quartier 21, Museumsplatz 1/Hof 7, A-1070 Wien
→ checkpointmedia GmbH – Multimedia Productions
June 26
Cité des sciences et de l’industrie – Paris – France
→ Copy Shop
June 21 – June 23
Participation in the “Copenhagen ThinkTank#1 on European Film and Film Policy”
June 6
In June the “Museum Arbeitswelt - Steyr: working_world.net” opens. checkpointmedia was responsible for the technical realisation of the media stations.
→ checkpointmedia GmbH – Multimedia Productions
June 5
“Cinema16 – European Short Films” – London – United Kingdom
→ Copy Shop
May 31 – July 25
Le Denfert – Paris – France
→ Copy Shop
May 28
BMAA – Bratislava – Slovakia
→ Copy Shop
May 27
St.Johann – Musik-Kultur – St. Johann in Tirol – Austria
→ Copy Shop
May 25 – May 29
SICAF 06 – Seoul – South Korea
→ Fast Film
May 21 – May 15
VIS 2007 – Vienna Independent Shorts: discussion on “short-film in tv” with Barbara Fränzen (ORF), Barbara Eppensteiner (OKTO), Virgil Widrich (director), among others. Top Kino, Rahlgasse 1, 1060 Vienna, at 22:00.
May 20
Filmclub Drosendorf – Drosendorf – Austria
→ Fast Film
May 17 – May 16
Agence du Court – Paris – France
→ Copy Shop
May 17 – May 23
Cinema le Cabieu – Ouistreham – France
→ Copy Shop
May 11
Das Kino – Salzburg – Austria
→ Copy Shop
May 11
Tunis 02 – European Film Days – Tunis – Tunisia
→ Copy Shop
May 10
Estonian European Movement – Tallinn – Estonia
→ Copy Shop
May 4
Cinematograph – Innsbruck – Austria
→ Copy Shop
May 3 – May 2
Urfol Franche Comte – Vesoul – France
→ Copy Shop
May 1
Österreichisches Kulturforum – Brussels – Belgium
→ Fast Film
April 26 – May 2
Les Cinoches – Ris-Orangis – France
→ Copy Shop
April 21
Cinematograph – Innsbruck – Austria
→ Copy Shop
April 19 – April 24
Dresden 2006 – Filmfest – Dresden – Germany
→ Copy Shop
April 11
Filmclub Wieselburg – Wieselburg – Austria
→ Copy Shop
April 5 – April 11
Cinema Iris – Questembert – France
→ Copy Shop
March 31
Künstlerhaus – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
March 26 – December 16
Member of the Curatorium of Vienna Film Fund (Filmfonds Wien) from 26.3.2006 to 16.12.2008.
March 26
Filmcasino – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
March 22
Diagonale discussion “Business or culture? Austrian film directors on the working conditions of the creatives”. On the podium: Andrea Dusl, Götz Spielmann, Virgil Widrich
Kunsthaus Graz / Space04, Lendkai 1, 8020 Graz, 22.3.2006 at 11:30.
March 18
Massachusetts – Coolidge Corner Theatre – Brookline – USA
→ Copy Shop
March 17
Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art – Helsinki – Finland
→ Copy Shop
March 15 – March 21
Les Visiteurs du Soir – Valbonne – France
→ Copy Shop
March 8
Künstlerhaus – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
March 5
Uppsala Konstmuseum – Uppsala – Sweden
→ Fast Film
March 2
Rechbauerkino – Graz – Austria
→ Copy Shop
March 2
Xenix-Kino – Zurich – Switzerland
→ Copy Shop
February 12
De Filmwerkplaats – Rotterdam – The Netherlands
→ Copy Shop
February 3
Stadtkino – Basel – Switzerland
→ Copy Shop
February 1 – February 7
Cinema Palace – Épinal – France
→ Copy Shop
January 27
On January 27, 2006 the “Mozarthaus Vienna” opens its doors. The audiovisual installations were inspired by the media technology and “Worlds of Wonders” of Mozart’s time. The highlight is the multimedia tribute to “The Magic Flute”: a stage landscape consisting of sets, projections and lighting effects shows an abridged version of “The Magic Flute” as a “virtual mirrored opera” from 1791 to the present day.
→ Mozarthaus Vienna – Multimedia Exhibition
January 23
HTU-Filmreferat – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
January 20
Waidhofen, Ybbs – Filmbühne – Waidhofen an der Ybbs – Austria
→ Fast Film
January 16
Palma de Mallorca – Muestra de Cine – Palma – Spain
→ Copy Shop
January 11
Lecture in the series “Cinema and Movies – About producing, presentation and documentation”, lecture series Studio Tschapeller “4 windows”. Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Department of Art and Architecture, Schillerplatz 3, Tower 1, 1010 Wien. 11.1.2006, 13:00.
January 2
L’Agence du court métrage – Paris – France
→ Copy Shop

2005

December 28 – January 3
Cinema Rocamadour – Camaret-sur-Mer – France
→ Copy Shop
December 21 – December 27
Le Colisee – Saint-Galmier – France
→ Copy Shop
December 14
Shooting with Radek Hewelt as Papageno for the virtual magic flute.
→ Mozarthaus Vienna – Multimedia Exhibition
December 14 – December 20
Le Rex 1 & 2 – Chauvigny – Paris – France
→ Copy Shop
December 9 – December 12
Praha 05 – Prague Short Film Festival – Prague – Czech Republic
→ Copy Shop
December 7 – December 13
Cinema le Forum – Boissy-St-Léger – France
→ Copy Shop
December 7 – December 13
Cinema lL’Amicale / Le – Bourgeuil – France
→ Copy Shop
November 30
Arsenal & Freunde der deutschen Kinemathek – Berlin – Germany
→ Copy Shop
November 30
Pordenone 05 – Dissolvenza Festival – Pordenone – Italy
→ Fast Film
November 29
Rough cut acceptance of “Every Seventh Person”.
→ Every Seventh Person
November 28
Aix-en-Provence Festival Tout Court – Aix-en-Provence – France
→ Fast Film
November 26 – December 3
Madrid 05 – AniMadrid – Madrid – Spain
→ Fast Film
November 19 – November 27
Internacional de Filmets – Badalona – Spain
→ Fast Film
November 11
Das Kino – Salzburg – Austria
→ Copy Shop
November 9 – November 14
Szolnok 2005 – International Scientific Film Festival – Szolnok – Hungary
→ Fast Film
November 8
Centre Georges-Pompidou / Room 2, Niveau -1 / ARTE – Paris – France
→ Fast Film
November 6
Catacomb Microcinema – Winnipeg – Canada
→ Copy Shop
November 3
Newtonlab – Milan – Italy
→ Fast Film
November 2
Opening of the exhibition about the history of the “Palais Epstein“ in Vienna.
→ Exhibition – Palais Epstein
October 28
Nokia short film festival – Bangkok – Thailand
→ Fast Film
October 27
Fri-Art – Fribourg – Switzerland
→ Fast Film
October 26
In October the new visitor centre of the Austrian Parliament is opened. checkpointmedia has designed and installed all the multimedia stations there, including a 20 sqm rear-projection wall and 15 other innovative interactive media stations.
→ Vienna Parliament Visitor Centre
October 22
Valladolid 2005 – 50th International Film Festival – Valladolid – Spain
→ Copy Shop
October 21
Direcção Regional de Cultura do Centro – Coimbra – Portugal
→ Copy Shop
October 17
checkpointmedia finishes the “time/reading glass”, a mechanical installation for the “Sattler Panorama” at the Salzburg Museum.
→ Salzburg Museum – Sattler Panorama
October 7
Kino im Kunstmuseum – Bern – Switzerland
→ tx-transform
October 7
Österreichische Filmgalerie – Krems – Austria
→ Fast Film
October 6
Filmcasino – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
October 5 – October 9
Balkanima – Belgrade – Serbia
Best Experimental Film ★
→ Fast Film
October 5 – October 11
Cine Malice – Civray – France
→ Copy Shop
October 5 – October 4
Fontenelle (Le) (78) – Marly-le-Roi – France
→ Copy Shop
September 23 – November 19
Exhibition participation with film and paper objects at “Dreams are my reality,” La B*A*N*K, Emerging Art and More…
42, rue Volta - 75003 Paris, 23.09.2005 to 19.11.2005, Monday to Saturday, 11:00 to 19:00.
→ Fast Film
September 23 – November 19
“Dreams are my reality,” La B*A*N*K, Emerging Art and More… 42, rue Volta - 75003 Paris, 23.09.2005 to 19.11.2005, Monday to Saturday, 11:00 to 19:00.
→ Copy Shop
September 20
Altstadtkinos Regensburg – Regensburg – Germany
→ Copy Shop
September 12
Europäische Kurzfilmbiennale Ludwigsburg 2005 – Ludwigsburg – Germany
→ Fast Film
August 26
Seaside Films – East Yorkshire – United Kingdom
→ Copy Shop
August 19
Filmcasino – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
August 18
Openlucht Bioscoope Stichting – Rotterdam – The Netherlands
→ Copy Shop
August 10 – August 16
Cinema le Clap – Bollene – France
→ Copy Shop
August 10
CalArts California Institute of the Arts – Los Angeles – USA
→ Fast Film
July 30
Austrian Cultural Forum – London – United Kingdom
→ Fast Film
July 22
Sundance Summer Shorts – UCLA Hammer Museum – Los Angeles – USA
→ Fast Film
July 7
Film Festival 2005 – Cambridge – United Kingdom
→ Fast Film
July 6
checkpointmedia is commissioned to design and install the multimedia stations and films in the Mozart House Vienna that will open at the start of the Vienna Mozart Year on Jan. 27, 2006.
→ Mozarthaus Vienna – Multimedia Exhibition
July 1
The shooting for “Every Seventh Person” (directed by Elke Groen and Ina Ivanceanu) continues in China and will be finished by the end of 2005.
→ Every Seventh Person
June 29 – August 23
Le Denfert – Paris – France
→ Copy Shop
June 23
Lecture “Interactive Screenwriting” at the Center for Publishing and Media Management at the Donau-Universität Krems, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, 3500 Krems an der Donau, 23.6.2005, 9:15 bis 17:35.
→ Robbi – Adventures on CD-ROM
June 22 – June 28
Le Palace – Epernay – France
→ Copy Shop
June 22
Cinema Paradiso – St. Pölten – Austria
→ Fast Film
June 15
Fireside discussion at ALUMNI Club FH-St. Pölten together with Stefan Reiter on projects of checkpointmedia. Hotel Ambassador, Atrium-Bar, Kärtner Straße 22 / Neuer Markt 5, 1010 Wien, starting 19:00.
→ checkpointmedia GmbH – Multimedia Productions
June 15 – June 21
Le Luxy – Ivry-sur-Seine – France
→ Copy Shop
June 3
ZKM / Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie – Karlsruhe – Germany
→ Fast Film
June 1
Amour Fou finishes “Crash Test Dummies” (director: Jörg Kalt). The shooting for György Pálfi’s “Taxidermia” starts in April, autumn will see the shooting for Anja Salomonowitz’s “Kurz davor ist es passiert”.
→ Amour Fou Film
May 27
Dresden Filminitiative – Dresden – Germany
→ Fast Film
May 25
Centro Audiovisivi Bolzano – Bolzano – Italy
→ Fast Film
May 25 – May 31
Le petit Casino – Saint-Aignan – France
→ Copy Shop
May 13
Seoul Animation Center – Seoul – South Korea
→ Fast Film
May 11 – May 22
“Copy Shop” is presented at the film festival in Cannes in the series “Tous les cinémas du monde” at “Austrian Day”.
→ Copy Shop
May 1
Bruxelles Festival du Court Metrage – Brussels – Belgium
→ Fast Film
April 29
Orléans – Ciclic – Chateau-Renault – France
→ Fast Film
April 22 – April 29
Sundance at MoMa – New York – USA
→ Fast Film
April 21
Animex Screen – Middlesbrough – United Kingdom
→ Fast Film
April 20 – April 24
Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival – Belgrade – Serbia
→ Fast Film
April 16
BMAA – Bogotá – Colombia
→ Fast Film
April 16
“Copy and Paste” – Edith-Russ-Haus für Medienkunst – Oldenburg – Germany
→ Fast Film
April 14
Speakers at the event “Business Location Vienna – Vienna’s creative minds on the move” in Brussels at the invitation of the “Vienna Business Agency”. La Bibliothèque Solvay, Parc Leopold, Rue Belliard 137, 1040 Brussels, 14.4.2005 at 11:30.
April 13 – April 19
Cinema de la Maison Du – Saint-Claude – France
→ Copy Shop
April 5
Film presentation and lecture at “competitive factor creativity” in ONE Smart Space, Wipplingerstraße 30/rooftop, 1010 Vienna, Beginning: 19:00.
Panel discussion led by Hedwig Schneid (Die Presse) with Florian Pollack, Mathis Neidhart, Birgit Slotta-Bachmayr and Michael Möller.
April 5
ONE Smart Space – 1010 Vienna
→ Copy Shop
April 5
ONE Smart Space – 1010 Vienna
→ Fast Film
March 30 – April 5
Cinema le Sez’Art – Sezanne – France
→ Copy Shop
March 30 – April 12
Cineval – Avignon – France
→ Copy Shop
March 30 – April 5
Mon Cine – Saint-Martin-d'Hères – France
→ Copy Shop
March 29 – April 7
Festival Eurocine 2005 – Bogota – Colombia
→ Fast Film
March 21 – March 22
Leeds Film Festival – Leeds – United Kingdom
→ Copy Shop
March 17
Filmforum – Bregenz – Austria
→ Fast Film
March 15
Lecture “Passion Cinema: From Copy Shop to Amour Fou”. FH-Studiengang “Information Management”, FH Joanneum Graz, HS 14, Alte Poststraße 147-149, 8020 Graz. 15.3.2005, 17:00 until 18:30.
→ Copy Shop
March 6 – March 10
Tehran 05 – International Animation Festival – Tehran – Iran
→ Fast Film
March 2 – March 8
Centre Culturel – Figeac – France
→ Copy Shop
March 2
BFFS South West Film Societies – Dorset – United Kingdom
→ Fast Film
February 25
Cleveland Cinematheque – Cleveland – USA
→ Fast Film
February 24 – February 27
Manchester 05 – International Short Film & Video Festival – Manchester – United Kingdom
→ Fast Film
February 23 – February 27
Festival regard sur le court metrage au Saguenay – Saguenay – Canada
→ Fast Film
February 23 – March 1
Le Navire – Valence – France
→ Copy Shop
February 19
San San Image Studio – Taipei – Taiwan
→ Fast Film
February 17
Technische Universiteit – Eindhoven – The Netherlands
→ Fast Film
February 15
ambient.net London – London – United Kingdom
→ Fast Film
February 13
Symposium “Textures of Reality: Animating the Unconscious. An animation symposium, co-organised by the Royal College of Art and British Animation Awards.” National Film Theatre, London. Download programm.
→ Fast Film
February 12 – February 13
Presentation at the symposium “Textures of Reality: Animating the Unconscious. An animation symposium, co-organised by the Royal College of Art and British Animation Awards. Presentation together with Chris Shepherd (“Dad’s Dead”). National Film Theatre, London. Download program.
→ Fast Film
February 10
Institut Jean Vigo – Perpignan – France
→ Fast Film
February 9 – February 15
Moissy-Cramayel – Cinema la Rotonde – Moissac – France
→ Copy Shop
February 9
Symposium “Textures of Reality: Animating the Unconscious. An animation symposium, co-organised by the Royal College of Art and British Animation Awards.” National Film Theatre, London. Download program.
→ Copy Shop
February 7
National Film Theatre – London – United Kingdom
→ Fast Film
February 4 – February 14
Bruxelles 2005 – Brussels – Belgium
→ Copy Shop
February 3 – February 13
Bruxelles 2005 – Brussels – Belgium
→ Fast Film
February 1
Photography for the book “Rollenspiele: Österreichische Filmkünstler im Portrait“ by Dominik Orieschnig and Manfred Pauker.
→ Copy Shop
January 31
Animex Screen – Middlesbrough – United Kingdom
→ Fast Film
January 30
“20 years ASIFA Austria” – Filmcasino – Vienna – Austria
→ Fast Film
January 28
Lecture on “Copy Shop” at University of Applied Arts Vienna, stage design, Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna, 16:00 to 17:00.
→ Copy Shop
January 28 – February 7
Göteborg Film Festival 05 – Göteborg – Sweden
→ Fast Film
January 27 – February 6
Prague – 12th Days of European Film – Prague – Czech Republic
→ tx-transform
January 27 – February 6
Prague – 12th Days of European Film – Prague – Czech Republic
→ Copy Shop
January 27 – February 6
Prague – 12th Days of European Film – Prague – Czech Republic
→ Fast Film
January 26 – February 1
Espace Louis Jouvet – Rethel – France
→ Copy Shop
January 23
Astria Suparak – Pittsburgh – USA
→ Fast Film
January 23
Cinémathèque québécoise – Montréal – Canada
→ Fast Film
January 19 – January 25
Cinema le Liberty – Monsempron-Libos – France
→ Copy Shop
January 1
Report about the “making of” of “Fast Film” in the program KUHINJA in BHTV Bosnia and Herzegovina. Link here...
→ Fast Film
January 1
In the Vienna Museum of Natural History, the light controls for the 4 to 6 metre long and 3 metre high shark cabinet are being installed.
→ checkpointmedia GmbH – Multimedia Productions

2004

December 15 – December 21
Cinema le Regain – Buis-les-Baronnies – France
→ Copy Shop
December 14 – December 18
Ljubljana Animateka 2004 – International Animation Film Festival – Ljubljana – Slovenia
Jury Award ★
→ Fast Film
December 9 – December 16
Seoul Independent Film Festival – Seoul – South Korea
→ Fast Film
December 9 – December 16
Seoul Independent Film Festival (SIFF) – Seoul – South Korea
→ Copy Shop
December 4 – December 5
La Enana Marrón – Madrid – Spain
→ Fast Film
December 4 – December 10
Tirana International Filmfestival – Tirana – Albania
→ Fast Film
December 2
Keynote Speech at the Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation Vienna University of Economics and Business, Nordbergstraße 15, 7th floor, core A, 1090 Vienna, 2.12.2004, 16:45 to 18:30.
→ checkpointmedia GmbH – Multimedia Productions
November 26 – November 28
VIII Salone dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali di Venezia
→ Fast Film
November 24 – November 30
Bonne Garde – Nantes – France
→ Copy Shop
November 23 – November 26
Festival international Train et Cinema – Lille – France
→ Fast Film
November 23
CinéRail 04 – Saint-Ouen – France
→ Fast Film
November 20 – November 27
Festival internacional de Filmets de Badalona – Badalona – Spain
Best Experimental Film (Venus of Badalona) ★
→ Fast Film
November 19
Lange Nacht des Films – Blau-Gelbe Viertelsgalerie – Zwettl – Austria
→ Fast Film
November 19 – November 20
Organisation of the “Workshop film copyright” on 19/11/2004 (Hotel Regina, Salon Ferstel, Rooseveltplatz 15, 1090 Vienna, 9:30 to 19:00) and the “Symposium film copyright” on 20/11/2004 in Juridicum, attic, Schottenbastei 10-16, 1010 Vienna.
Organizers:
Verband der Filmregisseure Österreichs, VDFS Verwertungsgesellschaft der Filmschaffenden, Dachverband der Filmschaffenden, A|D|A austrian directors association
Panel guests: Christina Busch, Walter Dillenz, Michael Haneke, Ruth Mader, Kurt Mayer, Peter Mayer, Margaret Ménégoz, Heinrich Mis, Franz Morak, Gabriele Kranzelbinder, Michael Kreihsl, Gunnar Landsgesell, Steffen Schmidt-Hug, Oliver Schündler, Thomas Wallentin, Virgil Widrich
Download folder.
November 17 – November 21
Bristol 04 – Brief Encounters. Bristol Short Film Festival – Bristol – United Kingdom
→ Fast Film
November 15 – November 19
Kulturforum Peking “Deutschsprachige Filmtage” – Beijing – China
→ Brighter than the Moon
November 10 – November 13
Participation in the exhibition “Bewegung im statischen Bild” on the occasion of the Simon von Stampfer Symposium.
Vienna University of Technology, TU, Prechtlsaal, Vienna
→ Fast Film
November 7
afterwards Heinz Mis cooks chicken soup – Das Kino – Salzburg – Austria
→ Fast Film
November 6 – November 13
Festival de Cine de Ourense – Ourense – Spain
→ Fast Film
November 3 – November 7
Holland Animation Film Festival Utrecht – Utrecht – The Netherlands
→ Fast Film
October 30 – March 1
University of Wisconsin – Madison – USA
→ Fast Film
October 29 – November 1
Victoriaville Short Film Festival – Montreal – Canada
→ Fast Film
October 28 – October 31
Asiana International Short Film Festival – Seoul – South Korea
→ Fast Film
October 27 – November 2
Carré Saint Vincent – Orleans – France
→ Copy Shop
October 27 – October 30
Charlottesville 04 – Virginia Film Festival – Charlottesville – USA
→ Fast Film
October 27 – December 21
Le Denfert – Paris – France
→ Copy Shop
October 27 – October 31
Manchester 04 – International Short Film & Video Festival – Manchester – United Kingdom
→ Fast Film
October 26 – October 31
Documentary Filmfestival Jihlava 2004 – Jihlava – Czech Republic
→ Fast Film
October 26
Jihlava 2004 – Documentary Film Festival – Jihlava – Czech Republic
→ tx-transform
October 26 – October 31
Jihlava Documentary Film Festival – Jihlava – Czech Republic
→ Copy Shop
October 25 – October 31
Asolo Art Film Festival – Asolo – Italy
Best Video / Computer Artwork ★
→ Fast Film
October 23
Bowling Green State University – Bowling Green – USA
→ Fast Film
October 23
Film- und Medienfestival GmbH – Stuttgart – Germany
→ Fast Film
October 21 – January 16
Production of a film collage about life and work of Hans Moser for the exhibition of the same name at the Austrian Theatre Museum (21.10.2004 to 16.01.2005).
→ Hans-Moser-Exhibition – Austrian Theatre Museum
October 15 – October 17
Festival International du court métrage – Luxembourg – Luxembourg
→ Fast Film
October 9
Kino im Kunstmuseum – Bern – Switzerland
→ Fast Film
October 9
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh / USA – Pittsburgh – USA
→ Fast Film
October 8
Moov HD
→ tx-transform
October 6 – October 5
Cinema Stella – Janze – France
→ Copy Shop
October 2 – October 9
IMAGO 2004 – Covilha – Portugal
→ Fast Film
October 1
Newtonlab – Milan – Italy
→ Fast Film
October 1 – October 31
Virginia Film Festival – Charlottesville – USA
→ Fast Film
September 30 – October 7
Haifa 04 – International Film Festival – Haifa – Israel
→ Fast Film
September 30 – November 3
Idaho International Film Festival – Boise – USA
→ Copy Shop
September 30 – October 3
Idaho International Film Festival – Boise – USA
→ Fast Film
September 22 – September 25
Cartoon d’Or – Cartoon Forum Galicia – Santiago de Compostela – Spain
Best Animated Film ★
→ Fast Film
September 22 – September 21
Festival L’Avis De – Nevers – France
→ Copy Shop
September 22 – September 26
Morbegno Film Festival – Morbegno – Italy
Special Mention
→ Fast Film
September 22 – September 26
Ottawa 04 – International Animation Festival 04 – Ottawa – Canada
→ Fast Film
September 21 – September 24
Nevers 2004 – Sceni Qua Non – Nevers – France
→ Fast Film
September 21
Nevers Sceni Qua Non – Nevers – France
→ Copy Shop
September 17 – September 25
Atlantic Film Festival – Halifax – Canada
→ Fast Film
September 17
Halifax 04 – Halifax – Canada
→ Fast Film
September 17 – September 23
Halifax Atlantic Filmfestival – Halifax – Canada
→ Copy Shop
September 16 – September 19
Mostar Short Film Festival – Mostar – Bosnia and Herzegovina
→ Fast Film
September 15 – September 14
Cinema Lumiere – La Ciotat – France
→ Copy Shop
September 15 – September 21
Le Studio M.J.C. – Dole – France
→ Copy Shop
September 10 – September 15
Milano Film Festival – Milan – Italy
→ Copy Shop
September 6
New York Experimental Digital Video Festival – New York – USA
→ Fast Film
September 5
Impakt 04 – Utrecht – The Netherlands
→ Fast Film
September 3 – September 8
Vladivostok 04 – Pacific Meridian International Film Festival – Vladivostok – Russia
→ Fast Film
August 26 – September 4
Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival – São Paulo – Brazil
→ Fast Film
August 24 – August 29
London International Animation Festival – LIAF – London – United Kingdom
Special Mention of the Jury
→ Fast Film
August 20
St. Balbach-Art Produktion – Vienna – Austria
→ Fast Film
August 19 – August 23
Hiroshima 2004 – International Animation Festival – Hiroshima – Japan
→ Fast Film
August 17 – August 22
Anonimul International Film Festival – Bucharest – Romania
→ Fast Film
August 16 – August 19
Tel Aviv 2004 – Animation Festival – Tel Aviv – Israel
→ Fast Film
August 12
Garage – Stralsund – Germany
→ Fast Film
August 6
Moma Film – Wrocław – Poland
→ Fast Film
August 4 – August 10
SICAF 04 – 8th Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival – ASIFA Korea Prize best Experimental ★
→ Fast Film
August 3 – August 9
SpudFest 2004 – Driggs – USA
Best Editing Award ★
→ Fast Film
August 3 – August 9
SpudFest 2004, Idaho – Idaho – USA
Best Short Film ★
→ Copy Shop
July 28 – July 27
Cine Islais – Île d'Yeu – France
→ Copy Shop
July 23
First and only parachute jump, with Gabriele Kranzelbinder in Bad Vöslau.
July 23 – July 29
Rimini – International Festival of Animation Cinema and Comics
→ Fast Film
July 17 – July 23
Palic Film Festival – Palić – Serbia
→ Fast Film
July 17
Open University / International Film Festival – Subotica – Serbia
→ tx-transform
July 17
Open University / International Film Festival – Subotica – Serbia
→ Copy Shop
July 17
Open University / International Film Festival – Subotica – Serbia
→ Fast Film
July 16 – August 1
Wellington Film Festival – Wellington – New Zealand
→ Fast Film
July 11
“Ray Harryhausen – Master of Stop Motion” at “Kino unter Sternen”. A talk with the creator of fighting skeletons, giant octopuses and flying saucers, moderated by Virgil Widrich.
July 9 – July 25
Auckland International Film Festival – Auckland – New Zealand
→ Fast Film
July 9 – July 13
Montone Umbria Filmfestival – Montone – Italy
→ Fast Film
July 9
New Zealand Film Festival 04 – Auckland – New Zealand
→ Fast Film
July 6
German Multimedia Award (DMMA) in the category “Interactive Space Installations” for the “Mayday Bar” at Red Bull Hangar-7. ★
→ Red Bull Hangar-7 – Multimedia Staging
June 26
Lecture “Interactive Screenwriting” at the Center for Publishing and Media Management at the Donau-Universität Krems, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, 3500 Krems an der Donau, 26.6.2004, 9:15 bis 17:35.
→ Robbi – Adventures on CD-ROM
June 24 – June 27
Traumzeit Festival – Duisburg – Germany
→ Fast Film
June 21 – June 27
Melbourne International Animation Festival – Melbourne – Australia
→ Fast Film
June 21 – June 26
Tabor Film Festival – Croatia
→ Copy Shop
June 21 – June 26
Tabor Film Festival – reAnimated Veronica – Tabor – Croatia
Best Animated Film ★
→ Fast Film
June 17
Broadcast of “Fast Film” on ARTE in its show “short circuit” at 01:45 a.m.
→ Fast Film
June 17 – June 26
IFP Los Angeles Film Festival – Los Angeles – USA
→ Fast Film
June 16 – June 19
Animafest Zagreb – Zagreb – Kroatien
Croatian Filmmakers Guild Award ★
→ Fast Film
June 16
Biennale Bonn – Bonn – Germany
→ Fast Film
June 15 – June 20
Sancy – Pleine la bobine – Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise – France
→ Fast Film
June 14 – June 19
Animafest Zagreb – Zagreb – Kroatien
City of Zagreb Award ★
→ Fast Film
June 14 – June 19
Animafest Zagreb – Zagreb – Croatia
Film Critics Award ★
→ Fast Film
June 11 – June 20
Atlanta Film Festival – Atlanta – USA
→ Fast Film
June 9 – June 14
Hamburg IKFF Jubiläumsprogramm – Hamburg – Germany
→ Fast Film
June 9 – June 15
Semaine du Cinéma Autrichien – Paris – France
→ Copy Shop
June 9 – June 15
Semaine du Cinéma Autrichien – Paris – France
→ Fast Film
June 7 – June 13
Member of the jury at the Filmfestival in Annecy 2004 – Festival International du Cinema d’Animation.
June 4
Brotfabrik – Berlin – Germany
→ tx-transform
June 1
The success of “Fast Film” continues: 34 international awards and 257 festival invitations.
→ Fast Film
June 1
La Casa Encendida / Contemp. Art Center – Madrid – Spain
→ Fast Film
May 28 – June 6
Almeria en Corto – Almería – Spain
→ Fast Film
May 28 – June 6
Bukarest 04 – Transilvania Festival – Bucharest – Romania
→ Fast Film
May 28 – June 1
Krakau Internationales Filmfestival – Kraków – Poland
→ Fast Film
May 28 – June 6
OneDotZero London – London – United Kingdom
→ Fast Film
May 26
Cinémaginaire – Perpignan – France
→ Fast Film
May 22 – May 25
Filmtage Tübingen – Tübingen – Germany
→ Fast Film
May 21 – May 30
Zürich VIDEOEXperimental – Zurich – Switzerland
→ Fast Film
May 20 – May 31
Maui Film Festival – Maui – USA
→ Fast Film
May 20 – June 13
Seattle International Film Festival – Seattle – USA
→ Fast Film
May 15
Amour Fou is co-producing “Ma Mère” (directed by Christophe Honoré) with Isabelle Huppert, in Cannes, Thomas Woschitz’s “Girls and Cars” is presented.
→ Amour Fou Film
May 14
Donostia Kultura – San Sebastián – Spain
→ Fast Film
May 12
Test shooting with rear projections on different glass sheets with Martin Putz. Excerpts from “Brighter than the Moon” were used as a material. Preliminary investigations with a film technique that will be used 10 years later in “back track”.
→ back track
May 7 – May 14
Taipei 04 – Taiwan International Animation Festival – Taipei – Taiwan
→ Fast Film
May 3
On 3.5.2004, Virgil Widrich is elected chairman of the Verband der Filmregisseure Österreichs, the association of the Austrian movie directors.
May 3 – May 8
Anifest 2004 Trebon – Czech Republic
→ Fast Film
May 3 – April 25
Chairman of the Verband der Filmregisseure Österreichs, the association of the Austrian movie directors.
April 30 – May 2
Carbunari – Romania
Best Experimental Film ★
→ Fast Film
April 29 – May 2
Independent Film Festival of Boston – Boston – USA
→ Fast Film
April 29 – May 4
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen Jubiläumsprogramm
→ Fast Film
April 28 – March 28
Member of the Supervisory Board of Austrian Film Institute (Österreichisches Filminstitut) from 28.4.2004 to 28.3.2006.
April 26 – May 2
Nashville Independent Film Festival – Nashville – USA
Honorable Mention in Animation
→ Fast Film
April 23
ZED Cinema – Leuven – Belgium
→ Fast Film
April 23 – May 5
Lisboa 2004 – Festival Internacional de Cinema do Algarve – Lisbon – Portugal
→ Fast Film
April 22 – April 25
Member of the jury at the “Prix Ars Electronica” in Linz.
April 21 – April 20
Agence du Court – Paris – France
→ Copy Shop
April 21 – April 25
European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück – Osnabrück – Germany
→ Fast Film
April 19
Keynote speech at the presentation of awards to the winners of the call “SciENCE for creative industries” of the Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF) on 19 April 2004, 19.00,
Veranstaltungszentrum MARX, Maria-Jacobi-Gasse 1, 1030 Vienna.
April 19
Slinky Pictures – London – United Kingdom
→ Fast Film
April 19
Österreichisches Kulturforum – Rome – Italy
→ Fast Film
April 16 – April 25
Verona Film Festival – Verona – Italy
→ Fast Film
April 15 – May 1
Golden Gate Awards San Francisco – San Francisco – USA
→ Fast Film
April 15 – April 18
Matt McCormick PDX Micro Fest – Portland – USA
→ Fast Film
April 15 – May 1
Singapore International Film Festival – Singapore – Singapore
→ Fast Film
April 15 – April 24
The Images Festival – Toronto – Canada
→ Fast Film
April 14 – April 27
Cinema le Plessis – Montceau-les-Mines – France
→ Copy Shop
April 14 – April 20
Cinema Vox Populi – Chateau-Renard – France
→ Copy Shop
April 13 – April 18
Dresden 2004 – Filmfest – Dresden – Germany
→ Fast Film
April 12
Jovenes Realisatores Film Festival – Granada – Spain
→ Fast Film
April 10 – April 25
Istanbul International Film Festival – Istanbul – Turkey
→ Fast Film
April 8
2003 Plan 9 – La Chaux-de-Fonds, Suisse – Grand Prix du Jury ★
→ Fast Film
April 6 – April 21
Hong Kong International Film Festival – Hong Kong – Hong Kong
→ Fast Film
April 6
Oberösterreichische Landesgalerie – Linz – Austria
→ Fast Film
April 1 – April 6
Internationales Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart – Stuttgart – Germany
Special Mention
→ Fast Film
April 1 – April 7
Istanbul International Kurzfilmtage – Istanbul – Turkey
→ Fast Film
April 1 – April 4
Riga 2004 – Festival Bimini – Riga – Latvia
→ Fast Film
March 31 – April 4
Aspen Shortfest – Aspen – USA
→ Fast Film
March 31 – March 30
Cinecran 81 – Albi – France
→ Copy Shop
March 25
Medium Rare – London – United Kingdom
→ Fast Film
March 25 – March 28
MFA Planet Europe, Palma de Mallorca – Palma – Spain
2nd Prize ★
→ Fast Film
March 24 – March 28
Cucalorus Annual Festival of Independent Film – Wilmington – USA
→ Fast Film
March 24 – March 30
Eden Studio / Mjc – Briancon – France
→ Copy Shop
March 24
Registered address: Rüdigergasse 14/10, 1050 Vienna
March 20
Filmmuseum Antwerpen – Antwerp – Belgium
→ Fast Film
March 20
Istanbul 2004 – International Kurzfilmtage – Österreichisches Kulturforum
→ Fast Film
March 19 – March 27
Festival du court metrage – Lille – France
Special Mention for Virtuosity
→ Fast Film
March 17 – March 30
Cinema le Plessis – Montceau-les-Mines – France
→ Copy Shop
March 16 – March 21
Ann Arbor Film Festival – Ann Arbor – USA
Peter Wilde Award: Most Technically Innovative Film ★
→ Fast Film
March 16
University of the arts – Philadelphia – USA
→ Fast Film
March 16
University of the Arts
→ Fast Film
March 14 – March 12
Trondheim 04 – Minimalen Short Film Festival – Trondheim – Norway
→ tx-transform
March 13
Némo Festival 04 – Forum des Images – Paris – France
→ Fast Film
March 13
Lecture on “Fast Film” at Némo Festival in Forum des Images, Forum des Halles, Salle 300, 2 Rue du cinéma, 75001 Paris, 13.3.2004, 20:00 to 22:00.
→ Fast Film
March 12 – March 14
Trondheim 04 – Minimalen Short Film Festival – Trondheim – Norway
→ Copy Shop
March 12 – March 14
Trondheim Minimalen Short Film Festival – Trondheim – Norway
→ Fast Film
March 12 – March 14
Trondheim 04 – Minimalen Short Film Festival – Trondheim – Norway
→ Color can dream
March 12 – March 14
Trondheim 04 – Minimalen Short Film Festival – Trondheim – Norway
→ Monster in Salzburg
March 10 – March 16
New York Underground Film Festival – New York – USA
→ Fast Film
March 5 – March 10
Skopje Film Festival – Skopje – North Macedonia
→ Fast Film
March 4 – March 11
Washington DC Independent Film Festival – Washington – USA
→ Fast Film
March 3 – March 14
Cinequest Film Festival – San Jose – USA
→ Fast Film
March 3 – March 7
Diagonale 2004 – Festival of Austrian Films – Graz – Austria
→ Fast Film
March 3 – March 16
Le Clair Obscur – Rennes – France
→ Copy Shop
March 3 – March 7
Tampere Film Festival – Tampere – Finland
Special Mention of the Jury
→ Fast Film
February 26 – February 29
Animac – Lleida Mostra International Des Cinema d’Animacio – Lleida – Spain
→ Fast Film
February 21
Sarajevo Winter – Sarajevo – Bosnia and Herzegovina
→ Copy Shop
February 19 – February 29
Anima 2004 – Brussels – Belgium
→ Fast Film
February 19 – February 24
Annapolis Reel Cinema Festival – Annapolis – USA
→ Fast Film
February 16 – February 21
Texas Film Festival – College Station – USA
→ Fast Film
February 13
Die Grünen Kärnten – Klagenfurt – Austria
→ Fast Film
February 8
Exeter Picturehouse – Exeter – United Kingdom
→ Fast Film
February 7 – March 21
Sarajevo Winter – Sarajevo – Bosnia and Herzegovina
→ Fast Film
February 5 – February 15
San Francisco 04 Independent Film Festival – San Francisco – USA
→ Fast Film
February 3 – February 10
Mumbai International Film Festival – Mumbai – India
→ Fast Film
January 30 – February 7
Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival – Clermont-Ferrand – France
→ Fast Film
January 30
Member of the Jury at the ORF-film competition “Shorts on Screen 04".
January 30 – February 8
Victoria International Film and Video Festival – Victoria – Canada
→ Fast Film
January 28 – February 3
Maison des Arts et Des – Laon – France
→ Copy Shop
January 26 – February 1
Max Ophüls Prize Film Festival – Saarbrücken – Germany
Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, Saarbrücken
→ Fast Film
January 25
Angels on Taggs, Ark Angel – Hampton – United Kingdom
→ Fast Film
January 22 – January 25
Filmwochenende Würzburg – Würzburg – Germany
→ Fast Film
January 15 – January 22
Alpe Adria Cinema – Trieste – Italy
→ Fast Film
January 15 – January 25
Sundance Film Festival 2004 – Park City – USA
→ Fast Film
January 8 – January 11
Bamberger Kurzfilmtage – Bamberg – Germany
→ Fast Film
January 7 – January 13
Cinema Marivaux – Macon – France
→ Copy Shop
January 3 – June 1
Black Maria Film Fest – Newark – USA
Jury’s Choice Award ★
→ Fast Film
January 3 – January 11
Flickerfest International Australian Short Film Festival
→ Fast Film
January 1
Now checkpointmedia staff members Ralph Ortner and Mattias Schnellnberger are equipping the four new halls of the Wiener Musikverein with state-of-the-art media technology. checkpointmedia is assigned to provide the acoustic equipment for the new A1 Flagship store.
→ checkpointmedia GmbH – Multimedia Productions
January 1
Futureshorts Russia – Moscow – Russia
→ Fast Film

2003

December 16
Gartenbaukino Wien – Grüne Kino-Weihnacht – Vienna – Austria
→ Fast Film
December 12 – December 14
ResFest Fukuoka (IMS Hall) – Fukuoka – Japan
→ Fast Film
December 11 – December 14
Semarang International Film Festival – Indonesia
→ Fast Film
December 10 – December 18
Golden Horse International Film Fest Taipeh – Taipeh – Taiwan
→ Fast Film
December 8 – December 14
Animadrid – Madrid – Spain
INNOVA award ★
→ Fast Film
December 8 – December 13
Nevers 2003 – Sceni qua non – Nevers – France
Grand Prix ★
→ Fast Film
December 7
BMAA – Österreichische Filmwoche Bilgi Universität – Istanbul – Turkey
→ Fast Film
December 6 – December 12
Cinémathèque québécoise – Montréal – Canada
“Best animated films of the year”
→ Fast Film
December 5 – December 7
ResFest Osaka (Namba Hatch) – Osaka – Japan
→ Fast Film
December 5
Rotterdam International Film Festival – Rotterdam – The Netherlands
→ Copy Shop
December 4
In December reopening of the “Swarovski Crystal World” with several multimedia installations by checkpointmedia.
→ Swarovski Kristallwelten – Redesign 2003
December 4
Association Silhouette – Paris – France
→ Fast Film
December 4 – December 8
ResFest Melbourne (ACMI Cinema) – Melbourne – Australia
→ Fast Film
December 3 – December 7
Santa Fe Film Festival – Santa Fe – USA
Milagro Award for Best Animation ★
→ Fast Film
December 2 – December 9
Paris 03 – Tout Court Festival – Paris – France
→ Fast Film
December 1 – December 6
Aix-en-Provence Festival Tout Court – Aix-en-Provence – France
→ Fast Film
December 1 – December 7
ResFest Sao Paulo – São Paulo – Brazil
→ Fast Film
November 30 – December 18
Austrian Embassy Cairo – Young Film Festival – in cooperation with the Goethe Institute Cairo – Cairo – Egypt
Golden Ibis ★
→ Copy Shop
November 30
Austrian Cultural Forum – Cairo – Egypt
→ Fast Film
November 29
Arsenal Kino Berlin – “Fast Film” is shown before Michael Haneke’s “Wolfzeit”, Presentation by Virgil Widrich, 29.11.2003, 19:00.
→ Fast Film
November 28 – December 6
Bratislava 03 / International Film Festival – Bratislava – Slovakia
→ Fast Film
November 28
Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen “Konrad Wolf” in Potsdam-Babelsberg, study programme “Animation”
→ Copy Shop
November 28
Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen “Konrad Wolf” in Potsdam-Babelsberg, study programme “Animation”
→ tx-transform
November 28
Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen “Konrad Wolf” in Potsdam-Babelsberg, study programme “Animation”
→ Fast Film
November 28
Presentation of the films “tx-transform”, Making of “tx-transform”, “Copy Shop”, “Fast Film” and Making of “Fast Film” at Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen “Konrad Wolf” in Potsdam-Babelsberg, study programme “Animation”, Fachbereich II, room 2115, Marlene- Dietrich- Allee 11, 14482 Potsdam-Babelsberg, 28.11.2003, 15:00.
→ tx-transform
November 28 – December 5
Vendome Film Festival – Vendôme – France
→ Copy Shop
November 27 – December 7
Mostra curta cinema Rio de Janeiro – Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
→ Fast Film
November 27 – December 7
Sitges 03 Animation Festival International De Cinema
→ Fast Film
November 26 – December 2
Cinema le Cabieu – Ouistreham – France
→ Copy Shop
November 26 – November 25
Cinema Louis Malle – Prayssac – France
→ Copy Shop
November 26 – November 30
Filmfestival Münster – Münster – Germany
→ Fast Film
November 26 – November 30
Filmz – Mainz – Germany
→ Fast Film
November 22 – December 7
Tallinn 03 – Tallinn – Estonia
→ Fast Film
November 21 – November 29
FIKE – Évora International Short Film Festival – Évora – Portugal
→ Fast Film
November 21 – November 27
ResFest Durban (Cinema Nouveau) – Durban – South Africa
→ Fast Film
November 21 – November 27
ResFest Johannesburg (Cinema Nouveau) – Johannesburg – South Africa
→ Fast Film
November 21 – November 24
ResFest Tokyo (Laforet Museum) – Tokyo – Japan
→ Fast Film
November 20
Cineclube de Vila do Conde – Vila do Conde – Portugal
→ Fast Film
November 20
Dundee – United Kingdom
→ Fast Film
November 20 – November 30
Oslo International Film Festival – Oslo – Norway
→ Fast Film
November 19 – November 26
Regensburger Kurzfilmwoche 2003 – Regensburg – Germany
→ Fast Film
November 17
Fimbar Atlante – Gothenburg – Sweden
→ Fast Film
November 15
Freunde der deutschen Kinemathek e.v. – Berlin – Germany
→ Fast Film
November 15
Tuscon Back Alley Film Festival – Tucson – USA
→ Fast Film
November 14 – November 30
Hyderabad 03 / The Golden Elephant Children´s Film Festival
→ Fast Film
November 14 – November 22
L’Alternativa 2003 – Festival de Cinema Independent de Barcelona – Barcelona – Spain
→ Copy Shop
November 14 – November 22
L’Alternativa 2003 – Festival de Cinema Independent de Barcelona – Barcelona – Spain
→ Fast Film
November 14 – November 20
ResFest Seoul (Centennial Hall) – Seoul – South Korea
→ Fast Film
November 14 – November 21
Semana de Cine Experimental de Madrid – Madrid – Spain
1º.- Premio de la Comunidad de Madrid a la Mejor Película ★
→ Fast Film
November 14 – November 23
exground on screen – Wiesbaden – Germany
→ Fast Film
November 13 – November 16
Festival du film court de Victoriaville – Montreal – Canada
→ Fast Film
November 13 – November 15
ResFest Cape Town (International Convention Centre)
→ Fast Film
November 13 – November 16
Resfest London (National Film Theatre) – London – United Kingdom
→ Fast Film
November 13 – November 16
Winterthur 03 – International Kurzfilmtage – Winterthur – Switzerland
→ Fast Film
November 13 – November 22
Wissembourg 03 – Rencontres International Cinema d’Animation – Wissembourg – France
→ Fast Film
November 12 – November 15
BAF National Museum of Photography, Film and Television
→ Fast Film
November 12
Bradford Animation Festival – Bradford – United Kingdom
→ Fast Film
November 12 – November 16
Brief Encounters 9th Bristol Short Film Festival – Bristol – United Kingdom
→ Fast Film
November 12 – November 11
Cinema Casino – Joeuf – France
→ Copy Shop
November 11 – November 16
Kassel 03 / 20. Dokumentarfilm- & Videofest – Kassel – Germany
→ Fast Film
November 10 – November 16
Cinanima 2003 - Festival Internacional de Cinema de Animação – Espinho – PortugaL – Special Mention – 2. Preis Onda Curta
→ Fast Film
November 10 – November 16
Cinanima 2003 - Festival Internacional de Cinema de Animação – Espinho – PortugaL – Special Mention
→ Fast Film
November 8 – November 16
Festival Européen du Film Court de Brest – Brest – France
→ Fast Film
November 8 – November 12
Puchon International Student Animation Festival Korea
→ Fast Film
November 7 – November 15
10. Biennale of Moving Images – Geneva – Switzerland
→ Fast Film
November 7
“My Pleasure – Film tasting with Virgil Widrich”
It takes a trained eye to not only consume, but to be able to enjoy the masterpieces of film history. The Genussakademie Schloss Mattsee invites to film tasting with clips from the works of Buster Keaton, Alfred Hitchcock and other masters of film history. Small culinary delights will be served to the undeniable Small Talk afterwards.
Genussakademie Schloss Mattsee, Schlossberg 1, 5163 Mattsee, 17.11.2003, beginning: 19.00, duration about 3 hours, drinks and finger food at the end of the event are included in the price of admission. Admission: € 52 -
November 7 – November 16
Olympia Film Festival – Olympia – USA
→ Copy Shop
November 7 – November 16
Olympia Film Festival – Olympia – USA
→ Fast Film
November 7 – November 9
Resfest Chicago (Museum of Contemporary Art) – Chicago – USA
→ Fast Film
November 6 – November 9
Rehoboth Beach Film Society – Rehoboth Beach – USA
→ Fast Film
November 4 – November 9
Interfilm – International short film festival Berlin – Berlin – Germany
Special Mention of the Jury
→ Fast Film
November 3 – November 9
Genf 2003 – Cinema Tout Ecran / Rencontres International du Film
→ Fast Film
October 30 – November 2
backup Festival – Weimar – Germany
→ Fast Film
October 29 – November 4
Cinema Sainte-Barbe – Roscoff – France
→ Copy Shop
October 29 – October 28
Le Mermoz – Muret – France
→ Copy Shop
October 29 – October 30
Member of the jury for the call “Creative Industries Vienna 2003" of Wiener Wirtschaftsförderungsfonds.
October 28 – November 2
Braunschweig Filmfest 03 – Brunswick – Germany
→ Fast Film
October 24 – October 26
Resfest Toronto (Royal Cinema) – Toronto – Canada
→ Fast Film
October 24
Das Kino – Salzburg – Austria
→ Fast Film
October 23
Metro Kino – Bregenz – Austria
→ Fast Film
October 23
Filme im Schloss – Wiesbaden – Germany
→ Fast Film
October 22 – October 26
Aarhus 03 – Festival of Festivals – Aarhus – Denmark
→ Fast Film
October 22 – October 21
Agence Du Court – Paris – France
→ Copy Shop
October 22 – November 6
London Film Festival – London – United Kingdom
→ Fast Film
October 20 – October 26
Uppsala International Short Film Festival – Uppsala – Sweden
Grand Prix ★
→ Fast Film
October 18 – October 23
European Film Festival – Istanbul – Turkey
→ Fast Film
October 17 – November 2
Hongkong Max! New Films and Stars – Hongkong – Hong Kong
→ Fast Film
October 17
Hull International Short Film Festival – Hull – United Kingdom
→ Copy Shop
October 17
Hull International Short Film Festival – Hull – United Kingdom
→ tx-transform
October 17
Hull International Short Film Festival – Hull – United Kingdom
→ Monster in Salzburg
October 17
Hull International Short Film Festival – Hull – United Kingdom
→ Color can dream
October 17
Presentation at “Hull International Short Film Festival” in the series “Short Filmmaker in Focus: Virgil Widrich”, Hull Screen. 17.10.2003, 10 pm - 12 am.

From the catalogue: “*Short Filmmaker in Focus” is a key feature of the programme and is where we present a filmmaker whose work we have followed and admired. This year we are honoured to present Austrian filmmaker, Virgil Widrich, director of “Copy Shop” and “Fast Film”, as this year’s short filmmaker in focus. His work is especially interesting in light of our critical study: What is Cinema? All of Virgil Widrich’s short films from 1998 to 2003 deal with different aspects of the nature of cinema: time, identity and space. Furthermore, his work is an excellent example of the kind of innovative and unique work the festival is keen to present to a larger public, and he is the most appropriate short filmmaker to present in this part of the programme. We are exceptionally pleased that Virgil Widrich will also join us for this event.*
→ Fast Film
October 17 – October 30
Sao Paulo Film Festival – São Paulo – Brazil
→ Fast Film
October 16 – October 19
Resfest Bristol (Watershed Cinema) – Bristol – United Kingdom
→ Fast Film
October 16
Stockholm International Film Festival – Stockholm – Sweden
→ Fast Film
October 14 – October 19
DOK Leipzig – International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film – Most innovative short ★
→ Fast Film
October 12 – October 19
Cork 2001 – 48. International Film Festival – Cork – Ireland
→ Fast Film
October 10 – October 18
Festival du Film de Saint Paul Trois Châteaux – Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux – France
Special Mention
→ Fast Film
October 10 – October 24
EU Film Week – Austrian Cultural Forum – Brussels – Belgium
→ Copy Shop
October 10 – October 12
Resfest New York (Tribeca Reforming Arts Center) – New York – USA
→ Fast Film
October 9 – October 19
Denver International Film Festival – Denver – USA
→ Fast Film
October 9 – October 19
Montreal – Festival International Nouveau Cinema, Nouveaux Medias – Special Mention
→ Fast Film
October 9 – October 12
Resfest Barcelona (Art Futura, CCCB) – Barcelona – Spain
→ Fast Film
October 8 – October 7
Cinema Louis Malle – Prayssac – France
→ Copy Shop
October 8 – October 7
Espace de La Pointe De – Gonfreville-l'Orcher – France
→ Copy Shop
October 8
Mad Ciné Club – Strasbourg – France
→ Fast Film
October 7 – October 18
Flanders International Film Festival Ghent – Ghent – Belgium
→ Fast Film
October 6 – October 7
Speaker at the “Salzburg Research Symposium 2003”: Arts & humanities in the digital domain: towards a web-based culture and science.
Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Rupertinum, Wiener-Philharmoniker-Gasse 9, 5020 Salzburg, 6. and 7.10.2003
October 5
Broadcasting of “Fast Film” in ORF, 5.10.2003 at 23:55.
→ Fast Film
October 4 – October 18
Cinessonne – Festival du Cinéma Européen, Essonne – Prix Special Lyceens – ex aequo “Ligne de vie” von Serge Avedikian ★
→ Fast Film
October 3 – October 28
Ankara 2003 – Festival of European Films / on Wheels – Ankara – Turkey
→ Fast Film
October 3 – October 5
Red Bank International Film Festival – Red Bank – USA
→ Fast Film
October 3 – October 5
Resfest Washington DC (Auditorium at National Geographic)
→ Fast Film
October 2 – October 16
Chicago International Film Festival – Chicago – USA
→ Fast Film
October 2 – October 12
Mill Valley Film Festival – Mill Valley – USA
→ Fast Film
October 2 – October 10
Pusan International Film Festival – Busan – South Korea
→ Fast Film
October 2
International Film Festival – Semarang – Indonesia
→ Fast Film
October 2 – October 13
Warsaw International Film Festival – Warsaw – Poland
→ Brighter than the Moon
October 2 – October 13
Warsaw International Film Festival – Warsaw – Poland
→ tx-transform
October 2 – October 13
Warsaw International Film Festival – Warsaw – Poland
→ Copy Shop
October 2 – October 13
Warsaw International Film Festival – Warsaw – Poland
→ Fast Film
October 1
Basel kult.kino.atelier – Basel – Switzerland
→ Fast Film
September 28 – October 11
KROK International Animated Film Festival – Kiev – Ukraine
Best in its category (from 10 to 30 minutes) ★
→ Fast Film
September 28 – October 4
Thessaloniki 03 – Panorama of Independent Film & Video Makers – Thessaloniki – Greece
Best Experimental Film ★
→ Fast Film
September 26 – October 5
Calgary International Film Festival – Calgary – Canada
→ Copy Shop
September 26 – October 5
Calgary Int’l Film Festival – Calgary – Canada
→ Fast Film
September 24 – September 28
Resfest Los Angeles (The Egyptian Theater) – Los Angeles – USA
→ Fast Film
September 22 – September 28
Split Film Festival of New Film and Video – Split – Croatia
→ Fast Film
September 21 – September 25
San Diego Experimental Film Fest – San Diego – USA
→ Copy Shop
September 18 – September 21
Resfest San Francisco (Palace of Fine Arts) – San Francisco – USA
→ Fast Film
September 17 – November 2
Experimenta Design Lissabon – Lisbon – Portugal
→ Fast Film
September 16 – September 21
Cinematexas International Short Film Festival – Austin – USA
→ Fast Film
September 16 – September 21
Short Cuts Cologne – International Short Film Festival – Cologne – Germany
→ Fast Film
September 14 – September 20
Drama 2003 – International Short Film Festival – Drama – Greece
→ Fast Film
September 13
Programmkino im Greif – Wels – Austria
→ Fast Film
September 12 – September 21
Athen 2003 – International Film Festival – Athens – Greece
→ Fast Film
September 12 – September 21
Milano Film Festival – Milan – Italien
Special Mention of the Jury
→ Fast Film
September 12 – September 21
Milano Film Festival – Milan – Italy
Students Award ★
→ Fast Film
September 12
“My Pleasure – Film tasting with Virgil Widrich”
It takes a trained eye to not only consume, but to be able to enjoy the masterpieces of film history. The Genussakademie Schloss Mattsee invites to film tasting with clips from the works of Buster Keaton, Alfred Hitchcock and other masters of film history. Small culinary delights will be served to the undeniable Small Talk afterwards.
Genussakademie Schloss Mattsee, Schlossberg 1, 5163 Mattsee, 12.9.2003, beginning: 19.00, duration about 3 hours, drinks and finger food at the end of the event are included in the price of admission. Admission: € 52 -
September 12
Sanary sur Mer 03 – La Ciotat – Sanary-sur-Mer – France
→ Fast Film
September 11 – September 13
Melbourne Independent Filmmakers Festival – Melbourne – Australia
→ Fast Film
September 10 – September 15
Europäisches Filmfest Stuttgart Ludwigsburg – Stuttgart – Germany
→ Fast Film
September 10
Investportrait with Virgil Widrich: “Innovation in business and art”, Investkredit Bank AG (auditorium), Renngasse 10, 1010 Vienna, 10.9.2003, 19:00.
September 9 – September 14
Fantoche – International Festival für Animationsfilm Zürich – Zurich – Switzerland
High Risk Award ★
→ Fast Film
September 5 – September 13
Off Courts 2003 – Trouville-sur-Mer – France
→ Fast Film
August 29 – September 1
Telluride (Colorado) Film Festival – Telluride – USA
→ Fast Film
August 28
Sao Paulo Short Film Festival – São Paulo – Brazil
→ Copy Shop
August 27 – September 2
10th Annual Chicago Underground Film Festival – Chicago – USA
→ Fast Film
August 27 – September 9
l’Etrange Festival Paris – Paris – France
Audience Award ★
→ Fast Film
August 25 – August 31
Novo Mesto 03 – International Short Film Festival (SNIFF) in Slovenia
→ Fast Film
August 22
On behalf of Red Bull checkpointmedia creates expansive Multimedia-Installations for the new Hangar-7 in Salzburg. Opening 22.8.2003.
→ Red Bull Hangar-7 – Multimedia Staging
August 21 – August 23
Flensburger Kurzfilmtage 03 – Flensburg – Germany
→ Fast Film
August 20 – August 26
Le Kerfany – Moelan-sur-Mer – France
→ Copy Shop
August 20 – August 19
Le Select – Contis – France
→ Copy Shop
August 20
Pleinbioscoop – Rotterdam – The Netherlands
→ Fast Film
August 15 – August 23
Sarajevo International Film Festival – Sarajevo – Bosnia and Herzegovina
→ Fast Film
August 13 – August 24
Edinburgh International Film Festival – Edinburgh – United Kingdom
→ Fast Film
August 12 – August 17
SICAF 03 – 7th Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival
→ Fast Film
August 11
Luzern Open Air Kino – Lucerne – Switzerland
→ Fast Film
August 11 – August 16
Odense Film Festival – Odense – Denmark
Most imaginative Film ★
→ Fast Film
August 8 – August 9
Bearded Child Film Festival, Grand Rapids, MN / Boulder, CO, USA – Audience Award ★
→ Fast Film
August 1
Das Kino – Salzburg – Austria
→ Fast Film
July 29
Salzburger Kurzfilmtage – Das Kino – Salzburg – Austria
→ Fast Film
July 28 – August 1
Motovon Film Festival – Motovun – Croatia
→ Fast Film
July 25 – August 3
Hybrid – Festival für junge Kunst Salzburg – Salzburg – Austria
→ Fast Film
July 25 – August 3
Letní filmová skola – Uherské Hradisté – Uherské Hradiště – Czech Republic
→ Fast Film
July 25 – July 27
Letní filmova skola, Uherske Hradiste (CZ) – Uherské Hradiště – Czech Republic
→ Copy Shop
July 25
Summer Film School 2003 (Tschechien) – Uherské Hradiště – Czech Republic
→ tx-transform
July 25
Uherské Hradište (CZ) – Letní filmová škola 03 – Uherské Hradiště – Czech Republic
→ tx-transform
July 23 – August 10
Melbourne 2003 – 52. International Film Festival – Melbourne – Australia
Best Experimental Short Film ★
→ Fast Film
July 23 – July 29
Studio Eden / le Navire – Crest – France
→ Copy Shop
July 21
Cineclube de Vila do Conde – Vila do Conde – Portugal
→ Fast Film
July 21
Filmcasino – Summer Cinema 2003 – Vienna – Austria
→ Fast Film
July 16
Meran Kultursommer 2003 – Merano – Italy
→ Fast Film
July 10 – July 19
20th Jerusalem International Film Festival – Jerusalem – Israel
→ Fast Film
July 10
MoMA – San Francisco – USA
→ tx-transform
July 10
MoMA – San Francisco – USA
→ Fast Film
July 10
MoMA – San Francisco – USA
→ Copy Shop
July 10
Lecture “Copy Shop and other short animations” at San Francisco – Museum of Modern Art. Screening of “Copy Shop”, “Fast Film” and “tx-transform” followed by a discussion with Virgil Widrich, director.
SFMOMA, 151 Third Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA, 10.7.2003, 7 p.m.
→ Copy Shop
July 9 – July 15
Cinema Rex – Tonneins – France
→ Copy Shop
July 5
Presentation of “Fast Film Night”, a double projection of action scenes, in Vila do Conde 2003 – 11th Festival International de Curtas-Metragens
→ Fast Film
July 5
Lecture “Fast Film – Symmetry of the Chase” by Virgil Widrich at the 11th Festival International de Curtas-Metragens in Vila do Conde. Along with the kiss, the chase is the most popular film scene — and pure cinema. Chase sequences are brought to life by editing, the one creative element no other art form possesses. Although chase sequences look very different, they consist of a small number of practically indispensable shots, whether in Buster Keaton, Indiana Jones or James Bond. Virgil Widrich shows the recurring patterns and how they formed the basis for “Fast Film”.
→ Fast Film
July 4 – July 12
Karlovy Vary 2003 – International Film Festival – Karlovy Vary – Czech Republic
→ Fast Film
July 4
Votiv Kino Wien – Vienna – Austria
→ Fast Film
July 3
Austrian premiere of “Fast Film” Votivkino Vienna, 3.7.2003 at 20:00.
→ Fast Film
July 1
“Fast Film” wins “Best Animated Short” in Toronto and other awards at the Festivals inCURT/Spain and Vila do Conde/Portugal. In July presentation of the short films at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Until the end of 2003 “Fast Film” wins 17 international short film awards.
→ Fast Film
July 1
Speaker at “Innovation Circle Jour Fixe” and screening of “Fast Film”, Österreichisches Theatermuseum in Palais Lobkowitz, Lobkowitzplatz 2, 1010 Vienna, 1.7.2003 at 18:00.
→ Fast Film
June 29 – July 6
Vila do Conde 2003 – 11. Festival International de Curtas-Metragens – Great Award for Animation (Grande Prémio Animação), RTP-TV Selection (Onda Curta) ★
→ Fast Film
June 25 – July 1
Cinema Louis Daquin – Le Blanc-Mesnil – France
→ Copy Shop
June 25 – June 24
Nogaro-Cine – Nogaro – France
→ Copy Shop
June 25
Presentation of “Fast Film” followed by a lecture at the Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Freyung 6, stair 6, 3rd floor, 1010 Wien
→ Fast Film
June 20 – June 28
Teplice 03 – International Art Film Festival Trencianske – Trenčianske Teplice – Slovakia
→ Fast Film
June 15 – June 22
St. Petersburg 2003 – Message to Man Festival – St. Petersburg – Russia
→ Fast Film
June 12 – June 17
Grimstad 2003 – The Norwegian Short Film Festival – Grimstad – Norway
→ Fast Film
June 12
Participation in the “Creative Industries Panel” at the invitation of the Vienna Business Agency in London with the presentation “Multi -> Media -> Audience”. One Great George Street, Brunel Room, 12.6.2003, 16:00.
June 6 – June 9
Bangkok Thai Film Foundation – Bangkok – Thailand
→ Copy Shop
June 5 – June 14
Huesca 2003 – Festival de Cine – Huesca – Spain
Special Mention of the International Jury of the Jury of the Critics
→ Fast Film
June 5 – June 10
Tarragona 2003 – inCURT – Tarragona – Spain
Best Editing ★
→ Fast Film
June 4 – June 9
Hamburg Internationales Kurzfilm-Festival & No Budget
→ Fast Film
June 4 – June 10
Les Montreurs – Agen – France
→ Copy Shop
June 3 – June 8
Toronto 2003 – Worldwide Short Film Festival – Toronto – Canada
Best Animated Short (C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures Award) ★
→ Fast Film
June 3
“Trick at Night” on ARTE by Federico Vitali and Frederic Temps, among other topics about the making of “Fast Film”. 3.6.2003 at 00:05.
→ Fast Film
June 2 – June 7
Annecy 2003 – Festival International du Cinema d’Animation – Annecy – France
→ Fast Film
June 1
checkpointmedia continues to grow in 2003: Telekom Austria, RWE and Austrian Airlines are only some of the new clients.
→ checkpointmedia GmbH – Multimedia Productions
May 24
Cocktail in Cannes on the ARTE ship in honour of “Fast Film” at 13:00.
→ Fast Film
May 23 – May 25
Austin Light Plays Tricks 6 – Austin – USA
→ Copy Shop
May 16
Creation of a projection and a media station for the special exhibition “Archbishop Paris Lodron (1619-1653), Statesman between War and Peace” at the Dommuseum Salzburg.
→ Exhibition “Archbishop Paris Lodron” at the Dommuseum Salzburg
May 16 – May 19
Jacksonville Film Festival – Jacksonville – USA
→ Copy Shop
May 15
Lecture at the University of Applied Sciences Salzburg “cultural policy / morphology” on “Film- and multimedia production”
Fachhochschule Salzburg, Techno Z, Auditorium 1.01, Schillerstraße 30, 5020 Salzburg, 15.5.2003 12:45 to 17:00.
May 14 – May 25
Cannes 2003 – Cannes – France
Selection Officielle Competition Court Métrage
→ Fast Film
May 14 – May 13
Le Majestic – Richelieu – France
→ Copy Shop
May 13
At 23:30, internal test screening of the finished 35mm film print at Gartenbaukino Vienna.
→ Fast Film
May 13 – May 25
After two years of production Virgil Widrich’s “Fast Film” is finished in April and premieres at the Cannes Film Festival’s competition.
→ Fast Film
May 12 – May 25
Amour Fou presents the films “Im Anfang war der Blick” (Bady Minck), “Struggle” (Ruth Mader) and “Pas de repos pour les braves” (Alain Guiraudie) at the Cannes Filmfestival.
→ Amour Fou Film
May 5 – May 15
Anifest 2003 Trebon – Czech Republic
→ Copy Shop
May 1 – May 3
Euro Shorts New Zealand – New Zealand
→ Copy Shop
April 30 – April 29
Le Flandria – Bailleul – France
→ Copy Shop
April 28 – April 30
Sound mix of “Fast Film” at Synchro Film Vienna.
→ Fast Film
April 4 – April 18
Bruxelles Festival du Court Metrage – Brussels – Belgium
→ Copy Shop
April 4 – April 18
Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival – Minneapolis – USA
→ Copy Shop
March 27 – April 4
Cinénygma – Luxembourg International Film Festival – Luxembourg – Luxembourg
→ Copy Shop
March 21
The Richmond Road Short Film Festival – Auckland – New Zealand
→ Copy Shop
March 19 – March 25
Centre Culturel – Figeac – France
→ Copy Shop
March 19 – March 25
Cine Lumiere – Boulogne-sur-Gesse – France
→ Copy Shop
March 14 – March 20
Suchitra Bangalore International Film Festival – Bangalore – India
→ Brighter than the Moon
March 11 – March 16
Ann Arbor 2003 – Film Festival – Ann Arbor – USA
→ Copy Shop
March 2
Eastman Kodak Product Grant 2003 – The short List
→ Copy Shop
February 23 – February 27
Tehran 03 – International Animation Festival – Tehran – Iran
special award of the jury ★
→ Copy Shop
January 20 – January 26
38. Filmtage 03 – Solothurn – Switzerland
→ Copy Shop
January 17
Lecture “Interactive Screenwriting” at the Center for Publishing and Media Management at the Donau-Universität Krems, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, 3500 Krems an der Donau, 17.1.2003, 9:30 to 18:00.
→ Robbi – Adventures on CD-ROM
January 15 – January 21
Cinema le Zola – Villeurbanne – France
→ Copy Shop
January 14
DVD Premiere Awards – Los Angeles – USA
→ Copy Shop
January 8 – January 7
Espace Jacques – Aulnay-sous-Bois – France
→ Copy Shop

2002

December 18 – December 17
Nogent le Rotrou – Cinema le Rex – Paris – France
→ Copy Shop
December 11 – December 17
Excelsior-Espace – Saint-Dié-des-Vosges – France
→ Copy Shop
December 4
Arte shows a report by Frédéric Temps about the filming of “Fast Film”.
→ Fast Film
November 28
Team screening of the finished train sequence (5 min).
→ Fast Film
November 27 – December 3
Cinema Marcel – Malakoff – France
→ Copy Shop
November 25
Bukarest 02 – DaKINO International Film Festival – Bucharest – Romania
“Alternative” Prize ★
→ Copy Shop
November 20 – November 26
Cinema le Bretagne – Saint-Renan – France
→ Copy Shop
November 20 – November 26
Cinema Saint Denis – Lyon – France
→ Copy Shop
November 20 – November 26
Eldorado – Dijon – France
→ Copy Shop
November 19 – November 24
Austrian Film Days – Antalya – Turkey
→ Brighter than the Moon
November 14
Birmingham 02 – Film and TV Festival – Birmingham – United Kingdom
→ Copy Shop
November 13 – November 17
19. Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest – Kassel – Germany
→ Copy Shop
November 9
International Student Animation – Puchon – South Korea
→ Copy Shop
November 4 – November 5
Member of the jury for the call “Creative Industries Vienna 2002" of Wiener Wirtschaftsförderungsfonds.
November 1 – November 30
L.A. Freewaves 2002 – Los Angeles – USA
→ Copy Shop
October 30 – November 12
Cinema Jean Renoir – Trappes – France
→ Copy Shop
October 30 – October 29
Cinema le Club – La Roche-Chalais – France
→ Copy Shop
October 28
Panel discussion at “Changing Strategies”. Speakers: William Alsop, Dietmar Eberle, Heidi Pretterhofer, Virgil Widrich, Olivero Toscani. Moderator: Andreas Ruby.
Changing Strategies, Vienna University of Technology
Department for Architectural Design and Construction 2701
Karlsplatz 13/2701, 1040 Vienna
Lecture: Urania, 1010 Wien, Uraniastrasse 1, 28.10.2001 from 17:00 to 22:00.
October 23 – October 29
Cinema Eden – Ancenis – France
→ Copy Shop
October 21 – October 27
Manchester 02 – 7th International Short Film and Video Festival – Manchester – United Kingdom
→ Copy Shop
October 16 – October 22
Cinema Arlequin – Paris – France
→ Copy Shop
October 14 – October 21
Thessaloniki 02 – Panorama of Independent Film and Video Makers – Thessaloniki – Greece
Best Experimental Film ★
→ Copy Shop
October 9 – October 15
Cinema Iris – Questembert – France
→ Copy Shop
October 3 – October 14
Warsaw International Film Festival – Warsaw – Poland
→ Copy Shop
September 26
Press Conference “The future of the cultural mission and the arts in ORF” on occasion of the last broadcast of the program “Kunststücke” with Bady Minck (filmmaker), Gerald Bast (Rector University of Applied
Art), Gabriele Kranzelbinder (film producer), Virgil Widrich
(filmmaker), Lisl Ponger (photo and film artist), Gerhard Ruiss (IG
Autorinnen Autoren), Daniela Koweindl (IG Bildende Kunst), among others
Generali Foundation, Wiedner Hauptstraße 15, 1040 Vienna, 26.9.2002 at 10 am.
September 25 – October 1
Cinema Eldorado – Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron – France
→ Copy Shop
September 23
Gonfreville l’Orcher 02 de la Pointe de Caux / Service Culturel
→ Copy Shop
September 22
“Film special: Virgil Widrich”, Matinèe – Künstlerhaus Kino – Vienna – Austria
→ Brighter than the Moon
September 22
“Film special: Virgil Widrich”, Matinèe – Künstlerhaus Kino – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
September 20 – September 26
BMAA – 1. International Happy Days Film Festival – Istanbul – Turkey
→ Brighter than the Moon
September 19
“Film special: Virgil Widrich” – Künstlerhaus Kino – Vienna – Austria
→ tx-transform
September 19
“Film special: Virgil Widrich” – Künstlerhaus Kino – Vienna – Austria
→ Color can dream
September 19
“Film special: Virgil Widrich” – Künstlerhaus Kino – Vienna – Austria
→ Monster in Salzburg
September 19
“Film special: Virgil Widrich” – Künstlerhaus Kino – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
September 18 – September 17
Theatre Jean Arp – Clamart – France
→ Copy Shop
September 13 – September 15
Sanary sur mer 2002 (F) – Short Films Festival of La Ciotat – Sanary-sur-Mer – France
→ Copy Shop
September 12
Athen 2002 – International Film Festival – Athens – Greece
→ Copy Shop
September 12
Enzimi Festival – Rome – Italy
→ Copy Shop
September 11 – September 17
Choisy-le-Roi – Cinema Paul Eluard – Saint-Denis – France
→ Copy Shop
September 9
Lecture “Introduction Multimedia and practical examples”
Höhere Graphische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt, Leyserstraße 6, 1140 Wien, September 9th, 2002, 9:00 to 12:00 a.m.
September 4
At midnight internal test screening of hitherto filmed animated in the Filmcasino.
→ Fast Film
August 28 – September 3
Cinema Agnes Varda – Beauvais – France
→ Copy Shop
August 28 – September 3
L’Ecran de Saint Denis – Saint-Denis – France
→ Copy Shop
August 28
Test screening of hitherto animated material in the Listo Film.
→ Fast Film
August 22 – August 26
Hiroshima 2002 – International Animation Festival – Hiroshima – Japan
Special Prize ★
→ Copy Shop
August 21 – September 22
Participation in the group exhibition “SALON 2002. im zentrum: diskurs. Neuaufnahmen 1990-2001" at the Künstlerhaus Vienna
→ Copy Shop
August 19 – June 30
Virgil Widrich Film- und Multimediaproduktions G.m.b.H. is a member of AAFP – Association of Austrian Film Producers.
August 18 – August 22
Novo Mesto 02 – SNIFF International Short Film Festival – Novo Mesto – Slovenia
→ Copy Shop
August 12 – August 17
Odense 2002 – International Film Festival – Odense – Denmark
Jury Members Personal Prize ★
→ Copy Shop
July 31 – August 6
Cinema le Melies – Pau – France
→ Copy Shop
July 18
The animation team is increased to a total of 12 people: Gernot Egger, Michael Lang, Markus Loder-Taucher, Alexandra Pauser, David Reischl, Walter Rafelsberger, Christian Ursnik, Vinh-San Nguyen, Carmen Völker, Mario Waldhuber and Gerald Zahn.
→ Fast Film
July 12
Lectures in “Filmschule Wien” at the “Summer Camp in Arsparn” on screenplay writing, screenplay software and film analysis. 12.7.2002 from 9:00 to 18:00.
Filmschule Wien, Pillergasse 8/23, A-1150 Vienna, Tel: 1-8954499
July 10 – July 9
Cinema Venise Verte – St-Hilaire-la-Palud – France
→ Copy Shop
July 6 – July 12
Trieste 2002 – Marematraggio Festival – Trieste – Italy
→ Copy Shop
July 4
“Brighter than the Moon/Heller als der Mond” at “ORF/Kunststücke”, 2.7.2002 at 00:00, FS 1
→ Brighter than the Moon
July 3 – July 16
Cinebus – Sillingy – France
→ Copy Shop
July 3 – July 9
Espace Cinema – Loriol-sur-Drôme – France
→ Copy Shop
July 3 – July 6
Roma 02 – Capalbio Cinema International Short Film – Rome – Italy
→ Copy Shop
June 27
Speaker at MTD Gala of Fachhochschule Hagenberg, media technology and design, Softwarepark 11, 4232 Hagenberg im Mühlkreis. 27.6.2002 at 20:00.
→ Copy Shop
June 26 – June 25
Cine 4 – Castillones – France
→ Copy Shop
June 26 – June 25
Le Chaplin – Mantes-la-Jolie – France
→ Copy Shop
June 26 – August 20
Le Denfert – Paris – France
→ Copy Shop
June 21 – June 23
Hildesheim – Germany
Best Before 2002
→ Copy Shop
June 19 – July 2
Bezons – Cinema Paul Eluard – Saint-Denis – France
→ Copy Shop
June 18 – June 24
Ljubljana 2002 – Break 21 – Ljubljana – Slovenia
→ Copy Shop
June 12 – June 11
Agence du Court – Paris – France
→ Copy Shop
June 12 – June 18
Cinema le Zola – Villeurbanne – France
→ Copy Shop
June 7
Member of the jury for the logo selection “Mozart2006 Salzburg”.
June 5 – June 18
Bezons – Cinema Paul Eluard – Saint-Denis – France
→ Copy Shop
June 5 – June 4
L’Alhambra – Vittel – France
→ Copy Shop
June 5 – June 19
Nashville 02 – Nashville Independent Film Festival 2002 – Nashville – USA
Honorable Mention
→ Copy Shop
June 5 – June 4
Theatre Jean Arp – Clamart – France
→ Copy Shop
June 4 – June 16
Belo Horizonte 2002 – Short Film Festival – Belo Horizonte – Brazil
Best International Short Film ★
→ Copy Shop
June 4 – June 16
Belo Horizonte 2002 – Short Film Festival – Belo Horizonte – Brasilien
Press Award ★
→ Copy Shop
June 2 – June 8
Peniscola (E) 2002 – Festival de Cine – Peñíscola – Spain
→ Copy Shop
May 30
Soho in Ottakring “Flüchtig daheim” – Haralds Bar, Grundsteingasse 15 – Vienna – Austria
→ Monster in Salzburg
May 29 – June 4
Cinema Jour de Fete – Gisors – France
→ Copy Shop
May 28 – May 29
BMAA – Österreichische Filmwoche Bratislava – Bratislava – Slovakia
→ Copy Shop
May 28 – May 29
BMAA – Österreichische Filmwoche Bratislava – Bratislava – Slovakia
→ Brighter than the Moon
May 27 – May 31
Österreichische Filmwoche Pressburg – Bratislava – Slovakia
→ Brighter than the Moon
May 25 – May 27
Harrisburg 02 – Harrisburg – USA
→ Copy Shop
May 23 – May 31
Festival Culturel Européen 2002 – Algeria
→ Brighter than the Moon
May 23
Lecture on “tx-transform – film theory and practice on concepts of space” at the Kunstuniversität Linz, unit_m, Raum & Designstrategien, Univ.-Prof. Elsa Prochazka, Reindlstraße 16-18, 4040 Linz-Urfahr. 23.5.2002, 18:00 to 20:00.
→ tx-transform
May 22 – May 28
Clermont-l’Herault – Cinema Alain Resnais – Saint-Malo – France
→ Copy Shop
May 15 – May 21
Cinema la Bobine – Quimperle – France
→ Copy Shop
May 15 – May 14
Rex – Abbeville – France
→ Copy Shop
May 10 – May 22
EU Filmtage Tunis – Tunis – Tunisia
→ Brighter than the Moon
May 10
Film evening Virgil Widrich – Das Kino – Salzburg – Austria
→ tx-transform
May 10
Film evening Virgil Widrich – Das Kino – Salzburg – Austria
→ Brighter than the Moon
May 10
Film evening Virgil Widrich – Das Kino – Salzburg – Austria
→ Copy Shop
May 10
Film evening Virgil Widrich – Das Kino – Salzburg – Austria
→ Monster in Salzburg
May 8 – May 14
Les Montreurs – Agen – France
→ Copy Shop
May 8 – May 21
U.D.M.J.C - 21 – Dijon – France
→ Copy Shop
May 8 – May 21
U.D.M.J.C - 21 – Dijon – France
→ Copy Shop
May 7
Lecture on “tx-transform” at the Graz University of Technology – Institute of Urban Design, “Beyond Housing”.
Forum Stadtpark, Stadtpark 1, 8010 Graz, 7.5.2002, 19:00 to 21:00.
→ tx-transform
May 4
Lecture “Screenplay software: FinalDraft and Dramatica” at Drehbuchforum Wien, Stiftgasse 6, A-1070 Wien, 4. Mai 2001 from 14:00 to 18:00 Uhr.
May 1 – May 7
Cinema De l’Ysieux – Fosses – France
→ Copy Shop
April 24 – April 23
Agence du Court – Paris – France
→ Copy Shop
April 24 – April 30
Cinema Louis Daquin – Le Blanc-Mesnil – France
→ Copy Shop
April 24 – April 23
Concorde – La Roche-sur-Yon – France
→ Copy Shop
April 24 – April 30
Le Luxy – Ivry-sur-Seine – France
→ Copy Shop
April 24 – April 28
Osnabrück 02 – Europ. Media Art Festival – Osnabrück – Germany
→ Copy Shop
April 20
Retrospective Virgil Widrich – Cinematograph – Innsbruck – Austria
→ tx-transform
April 20
Retrospective Virgil Widrich – Cinematograph – Innsbruck – Austria
→ Copy Shop
April 20
Retrospective Virgil Widrich – Cinematograph – Innsbruck – Austria
→ Color can dream
April 20
Retrospective Virgil Widrich – Cinematograph – Innsbruck – Austria
→ Monster in Salzburg
April 18 – May 2
San Francisco 02 – International Film Festival – San Francisco – USA
→ Copy Shop
April 17 – April 23
Le Scarron – Fontenay-aux-Roses – France
→ Copy Shop
April 17 – April 21
Norrkoeping 2002 – Flimmer Film Festival – Norrköping – Sweden
→ Copy Shop
April 17 – May 7
Salle Notre Dame – Masseube – France
→ Copy Shop
April 16 – April 21
Dresden 2002 – Filmfest – Dresden – Germany
2nd Prize ★
→ Copy Shop
April 11 – December 31
Official opening of the offices of “Amour Fou Filmproduktion” and “Virgil Widrich Film- und Multimediaproduktions G.m.b.H.” at Lindengasse 32, 1060 Vienna on 11.4.2002 starting at 16:00.
→ Amour Fou Film
April 11 – April 21
The Images Festival Of Independent Film And Video – Toronto – Canada
→ Copy Shop
April 11
TV broadcasting: ORF/Kunststücke, in the series “Mega” from about 23:55.

From the ORF-Announcement:
*”… At 13, he experimented with a Super-8 camera, at 15 he shoots his first film with real people and enrolls a star actor from the Berliner Schaubühne: Libgart Schwarz. The script is monumental, reads like a Japanese B-Movie and bears the title: “Monster in Salzburg”. The giant is a 30-centimeter-long wooden doll with yarn hair and is brought to life by means of stop-motion. Widrich built entire streets as a model…”*
→ Monster in Salzburg
April 10 – April 9
Cine Max Linder – Creon – France
→ Copy Shop
April 10 – April 16
Cinema le Concorde – Mitry-Mory – France
→ Copy Shop
April 10 – April 16
Cinema Sonhir 3 – Hirson – France
→ Copy Shop
April 6 – April 13
Granada 02 – Jovenes Realisatores Film Festival – Granada – Spain
→ Copy Shop
April 4 – April 10
Istanbul 2002 – International Short Film Days – Istanbul – Turkey
→ Copy Shop
April 4 – April 7
Wunsiedel 2002 – Grenzland Filmtage – Wunsiedel – Germany
→ Copy Shop
April 3 – April 16
Cineco – Saint-Martin-de-Lansuscle – France
→ Copy Shop
April 3 – April 9
Espace Aragon – Oissel – France
→ Copy Shop
April 2 – April 15
Filmfestival Kairo – Cairo – Egypt
→ Brighter than the Moon
March 28 – March 29
Schweinfurt 02 – Kurzfilmtage – Schweinfurt – Germany
→ Copy Shop
March 27 – March 26
Espace Jacques – Aulnay-sous-Bois – France
→ Copy Shop
March 27 – April 2
Le Normandy – Thury-Harcourt – France
→ Copy Shop
March 25
Standard-Night for Virgil Widrich – Filmcasino – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
March 25
Standard-Night for Virgil Widrich – Filmcasino – Vienna – Austria
→ Brighter than the Moon
March 24
With Gabriele Kranzelbinder (production manager), Martin Putz (camera) and Johannes Silberschneider (actor) at the Academy Awards 2002 at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.
→ Copy Shop
March 22 – March 24
Mamers en Mars (F) Festival 2002 – Mamers – France
→ Copy Shop
March 20 – March 26
Moissy-Cramayel – Cinema la Rotonde – Moissac – France
→ Copy Shop
March 20 – March 19
Cinema Lux – Le Buisson-de-Cadouin – France
→ Copy Shop
March 20 – March 26
Du Cinema de la Maison – Saint-Claude – France
→ Copy Shop
March 20 – March 24
East Lansing Film Festival – East Lansing – USA
→ Copy Shop
March 20 – October 27
Oldenburger Filmtage 02 – Oldenburg – Germany
→ Copy Shop
March 15 – March 30
Bruxelles 02 – Festival of Fantasy, Thriller and Science Fiction Films – Prix des televisions europeennes ★
→ Copy Shop
March 15 – March 24
Skopje 02 – Skopje Film Festival – Skopje – North Macedonia
→ Copy Shop
March 14 – March 24
Cleveland International Film Festival – Cleveland – USA
The Process Award for Visual Excellence, Honorable Mention
→ Copy Shop
March 13 – March 19
Cinema la Palette – Tournus – France
→ Copy Shop
March 13 – March 19
L’Atalante / Mjc – Morteau – France
→ Copy Shop
March 12
San Francisco 02 – Insurgency Pictures – San Francisco – USA
→ Copy Shop
March 11
With Gabriele Kranzelbinder (production manager), Martin Putz (camera) and Johannes Silberschneider (actor) at the “Oscar Nominees Luncheon” of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles. Group photo with, among others, Sissi Spacek, Sting, Robert Altman, David Lynch, Kate Winslet, Nicole Kidman, Ridley Scott, Will Smith, Russell Crowe and Ben Kingsley.
→ Copy Shop
March 6 – March 5
C.A.C. – Orleans – France
→ Copy Shop
March 6 – March 12
Cinema Normandy – Cine – Alencon – France
→ Copy Shop
March 6 – March 19
Le Clair Obscur – Rennes – France
→ Copy Shop
March 5 – March 10
Tampere 2002 – 32. Short Film Festival – Tampere – Finland
→ Copy Shop
March 1
Broadcasting at iFilm.com – 60.000 views in the first 24 hours – “most popular short”
→ Copy Shop
February 28 – February 7
Washington DC Independent Film Festival – Washington – USA
→ Copy Shop
February 27 – March 5
Cinema Atlantic – La Turballe – France
→ Copy Shop
February 27 – March 31
Deutschsprachige Tage an der Universität Assiut – Asyut – Egypt
→ Brighter than the Moon
February 27 – March 5
Univercine – Chambéry – France
→ Copy Shop
February 25 – March 2
Filmfestival Dakar – Dakar – Senegal
→ Brighter than the Moon
February 21 – March 3
Twelfth Annual Cinequest Film Festival – San Jose – USA
→ Copy Shop
February 20 – February 24
Boston Underground Film Festival – Boston – USA
Best of Festival ★
→ Copy Shop
February 14
Official opening of checkpointmedia’s new office at the “Haus der Musik”, Seilerstätte 30, 1010 Vienna.
→ checkpointmedia GmbH – Multimedia Productions
February 13 – February 17
Vierzon 02 – International D-Cinema Festival – Vierzon – France
Cristal of Lumière Award ★
→ Copy Shop
February 12
“Copy Shop” is the first Austrian short film to be nominated for the Oscar in the category “Best Short – Life Action” by the “Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science”. ★
→ Copy Shop
February 8 – February 23
Portland International Film Festival – Portland – USA
→ Copy Shop
February 6 – February 12
Cinefol 31 – Toulouse – France
→ Copy Shop
February 6 – February 12
Cinema Agora – Chateaulin – France
→ Copy Shop
February 6 – February 12
Cinema Florida – Saint-Savinien – France
→ Copy Shop
February 6 – February 5
Jean Vilar – Romans-sur-Isère – France
→ Copy Shop
February 3
The 9th Annual Texas Film Festival – College Station – USA
→ Copy Shop
February 1
checkpointmedia moves into the new office at the “Haus der Musik”, Seilerstätte 30, 1010 Vienna. The new software “Genesto”, which was produced in cooperation with Mensalia Unternehmensberatung, is presented. “Genesto” is a content management system to produce interactive annual reports for the internet.
First clients are DaimlerChrysler, Sanochemia and the Vienna International Airport. Other multimedia projects are: installations for the Giant Ferris Wheel, Kunsthalle Leoben and the Museum SMCA Salzburg.
→ checkpointmedia GmbH – Multimedia Productions
February 1 – February 9
Curating the film series “Carte blanche vs brown thoughts” at Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival.

*Austrian films have been dealing with “brown thoughts” for many years, whereas “brown” does not have much in common with the act of “thinking”. In a long sequence in the film “Autumn 95/Fall 95" we can get a notion of what kind of people were attracted by events with Jörg Haider in 1995, and what they had to say. Today we can see many other people around Haider, who had not yet come to the forefront in 1995.
“Zero Crossing” is situated on the other side of the spectrum of opinions; in equally long sequences, it is banning the instantaneous disgust in March 2000 on film. The state of shock of the interviewees then has today – two years after the Freedom Party has entered the Austrian government – given place to a common paralysis. The opponent has, in the meanwhile, become powerful: in Austria, we were first with a right wing government. Now, there is not only Haider, but there are also Berlusconi and Bush. Those people are going to stay with us for a while because difficult times are heydeys for bad politicians. On the other hand, difficult times are also heydeys for good films – and nine of those can be seen at Clermont-Ferrand. They are entirely different films, but what they stand against is always the same.
Many thanks to Amour Fou Filmproduktion, Meter, Navigator Film, Sixpack Film, “Die Kunst der Stunde ist Widerstand” and Schnittpunktfilm.*
*Virgil Widrich*

Films shown: “Günter 1939 (Heil Hitler)” (Johannes Rosenberger), “Herbst 95" (Alexander Binder, Michael Gartner, Elke Groen, Rainer Frimmel, Rainer Obrist), “5 Filme gegen Schwarz-Blau: Schaukel” (Thomas Horvath), “Dar-el-Beida” (Tim Sharp), “Passagen” (Lisl Ponger), “Heimkehr. Wien 1941/1996.” (Caroline Weihs, Michael Domes), “Zero Crossing. Conversations in Vienna” (Johannes Holzhausen), “Marriage Blanc” (Concept Gustav Deutsch, realization Gustav Deutsch and Mostafa Tabbou), “Pinocchio” (Martin Reinhart)
→ Amour Fou Film
February 1 – February 3
Österreichischer Film – Kunsthalle Basel – Basel – Switzerland
→ Copy Shop
February 1 – February 10
Victoria 02 – Independent Film & Video Festival – Victoria – Canada
→ Copy Shop
January 31 – February 10
4th Annual San Francisco Independent Film Festival – San Francisco – USA
→ Copy Shop
January 30 – February 5
Cinema Arlequin – Belley – France
→ Copy Shop
January 30 – March 26
Le Denfert – Paris – France
→ Copy Shop
January 29
Participation at a workshop on program development “Knowledge management, information and cultural exchange with new media” of FHWien hosted by Paul Tavolato with Arno Aschauer, Richard Fortmüller, Michael Gervautz, Hartwig Jobst, Julia Michl, Walter Sertl.
Hotel Modul, 1190 Vienna, Peter-Jordan-Straße 78, 29.1.2002 9:00 to 16:00.
January 26
Lecture “Interactive Screenwriting” at the Center for Publishing and Media Management at the Donauuiversität Krems, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, 3500 Krems an der Donau, 17.03.2000, 9:30 to 18:00.
→ Robbi – Adventures on CD-ROM
January 25 – February 3
Black Maria Festival 2002 / New Jersey – Newark – USA
2nd Prize ★
→ Copy Shop
January 23 – January 29
De Cinema Theatre – Chatillon – France
→ Copy Shop
January 23 – January 22
Le Rio – Capbreton – France
→ Copy Shop
January 23 – January 29
Les Studios – Tours – France
→ Copy Shop
January 23 – January 26
Würzburg 02 – Filmwochenende – Würzburg – Germany
→ Copy Shop
January 19 – January 26
Sarasota Film Festival – Sarasota – USA
→ Copy Shop
January 18 – January 24
Triest 2002 – Alpe Adria Cinema Film Festival – Trieste – Italy
→ Copy Shop
January 17 – January 20
15. Stuttgarter Filmwinter – Wand 5 – Festival for Expanded Media – Stuttgart – Germany
→ Copy Shop
January 16 – January 29
Cine 32 – Auch – France
→ Copy Shop
January 16 – January 22
Cinema Eden – La Souterraine – France
→ Copy Shop
January 15 – January 20
Lyon 2002 – Les Inattendus Film and Videofestival – Lyon – France
→ Copy Shop
January 12 – January 14
Némo Festival 02 – Forum des Images – Paris – France
→ Copy Shop
January 9 – January 15
Cinema les Halles – Charlieu – France
→ Copy Shop
January 4 – January 12
Flickerfest 02 – 11 International Short Film Festival – Sydney – Australia
→ Copy Shop
January 2 – January 1
Juliobona – Lillebonne – France
→ Copy Shop
January 2
New York 01/02 – P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center – New York – USA
→ Copy Shop
January 1
Amour Fou Filmproduktion GmbH. produces the films by Bady Minck (“Im Anfang war der Blick”) and Martin Arnold (“Deanimated – The invisible Ghost”).
→ Amour Fou Film
January 1
Virgil Widrich Film- und Multimediaproduktions G.m.b.H. moves into the office at Lindengasse 32, 1070 Vienna, sharing space with the newly founded Amour Fou Film.
→ Amour Fou Film

2001

December 26 – January 1
Cine Labor – Dieulefit – France
→ Copy Shop
December 26 – December 25
Cinema Jacques Tati – Tremblay-en-France – France
→ Copy Shop
December 26 – January 1
Cinema Renaissance – Bray-sur-Seine – France
→ Copy Shop
December 26 – January 1
Les Montreurs – Agen – France
→ Copy Shop
December 19 – December 25
Cinema Joel le Theule – Sable-sur-Sarthe – France
→ Copy Shop
December 19 – December 18
Plazza – Besancon – France
→ Copy Shop
December 12 – December 18
Cinema Ventura – Athis-Mons – France
→ Copy Shop
December 12 – December 18
Le Rex 1 & 2 – Chauvigny – Paris – France
→ Copy Shop
December 11
Gartenbaukino Wien – Grüne Kino-Weihnacht – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
December 6 – December 9
35th New York EXPOsition of short film & video – New York – USA
The Eastman Kodak Award ★
→ Copy Shop
December 5 – December 11
Cinema le Rutebeuf – Clichy – France
→ Copy Shop
December 5 – December 11
Espace Paul Eluard – Stains – France
→ Copy Shop
December 5 – December 11
Les Cinoches – Ris-Orangis – France
→ Copy Shop
December 1
European Film Awards – Berlin – Germany
→ Copy Shop
December 1 – December 9
Tallinn 01 – Tallinn – Estonia
→ Copy Shop
November 29 – December 9
Rio de Janeiro 01 – Mostra Curta Cinema – Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
→ Copy Shop
November 28 – December 4
Cinema Agnes Varda – Beauvais – France
→ Copy Shop
November 28 – December 4
Cinema le Margot – Nerac – France
→ Copy Shop
November 28 – December 4
Le Bretagne – Guichen – France
→ Copy Shop
November 28 – December 2
Filmfestival 01 – Münster – Germany
→ Copy Shop
November 23 – December 2
Leuven Kort 2001 – International Short Film Festival – Leuven – Belgium
Prize of the Jury ★
→ Copy Shop
November 22 – December 21
Künstlerhaus Wien presents “Copy Shop” together with a short “making of” and numerous original paper frames as an installation in the passage gallery of the Künstlerhaus. Opening on 21 November 2001 at 19:00 in the presence of Virgil Widrich.
→ Copy Shop
November 22 – November 29
Mumbai Festival – Mumbai – India
→ Brighter than the Moon
November 21 – November 27
Cine 89 – Berre-l'Étang – France
→ Copy Shop
November 21 – November 27
Les Visiteurs du Soir – Valbonne – France
→ Copy Shop
November 17 – November 30
Taipei 2001 Golden Horse Film festival
→ Copy Shop
November 16 – November 24
L’Alternativa 2001 – Festival de Cinema Independent de Barcelona – Barcelona – Spain
Best Short Film ★
→ Copy Shop
November 16 – November 23
Madrid 2001 – Madrid – Spain
Semana de Cine Experimental – 1st. Award Comunidad de Madrid – Best Film ★
→ Copy Shop
November 15 – November 18
Augsburger Kurzfilmwochenende – Augsburg – Germany
→ Copy Shop
November 15 – November 18
Murs / Provence 2001 – Court c’est Court – Murs – France
→ Copy Shop
November 14 – November 13
Arc En Ciel – Lievin – France
→ Copy Shop
November 14 – November 20
Cinema Saint Paul – Reze – France
→ Copy Shop
November 14 – November 20
Mjc Picaud / Studio 13 – Cannes – France
→ Copy Shop
November 13 – November 17
Videoarchaeology 2001. Archaeology of Desire – Third International Video / Media Art Festival – Sofia – Bulgaria
→ Copy Shop
November 12 – November 15
Shorts International Film Festival New York 2001 – New York – USA
Best Experimental ★
→ Copy Shop
November 12 – November 16
UNESCO short film festival, Quito – Quito – Ecuador
→ Brighter than the Moon
November 10 – November 17
Calcutta Film Festival 2001 – Calcutta – India
→ Brighter than the Moon
November 10 – November 18
Festival Europeen du film court – Brest – France
→ Copy Shop
November 9 – November 18
Amiens 01 – Festival International du Film – Amiens – France
→ Copy Shop
November 8 – November 11
Amsterdam 01 – SHORTS! – Amsterdam – The Netherlands
→ Copy Shop
November 8 – November 18
Stockholm 2001 – International Film Festival (member screening) – Stockholm – Sweden
→ Copy Shop
November 8 – November 13
Strasbourg 2001 – Forum du Cinema Européen – Strasbourg – France
→ Copy Shop
November 8 – November 11
Winterthur 01 – International Kurzfilmtage – Winterthur – Switzerland
→ Copy Shop
November 8 – November 15
International EU Film Festival – Zagreb – Croatia
→ Copy Shop
November 7 – November 6
Cine-Caluire – Caluire – France
→ Copy Shop
November 7 – November 13
De Foyer Rural – Samatan – France
→ Copy Shop
November 7 – November 6
Le Connetable – Clisson – France
→ Copy Shop
November 7 – November 11
Lleida 2001 – inCURT – Lleida – Spain
Best Short Film ★
→ Copy Shop
November 6 – November 11
Interfilm 2001 – 17. Internationales Kurzfilmfestival – Berlin – Germany
→ Copy Shop
November 1 – November 11
AFI – American Film Institute Fest – Los Angeles – USA
Special Mention for Technical Excellence
→ Copy Shop
October 31 – November 6
Cinema Florida – Saint-Savinien – France
→ Copy Shop
October 30
Walter Rafelsberger measures the room for the planned animation studio in the office of Amour Fou Filmproduktion: “2,1m x 3,1m”.
→ Fast Film
October 29
Lecture “tx-transform – a new view of space and time” in the “Institute of Architecture Sciences / Department of Architecture Theory” at Technische Universität Wien.
Wiedner Hauptstr. 7, 1040 Vienna, 29.10.2001 20:00 to 21:30
→ tx-transform
October 26 – October 29
Telluride International Experimental Cinema Exposition
→ Copy Shop
October 26 – November 3
Valladolid 2001 – 46th International Film Festival – Valladolid – Spain
First Prize – Golden Spike ★
→ Copy Shop
October 24 – October 30
Cine Les Varietes – Hendaye – France
→ Copy Shop
October 24 – October 30
Cinema de Gencay – Gencay – France
→ Copy Shop
October 24 – October 23
De Centre Culturel – Foix – France
→ Copy Shop
October 24 – October 23
Espace des Arts – Chalon-sur-Saône – France
→ Copy Shop
October 24 – October 30
Le Theatre – Poitiers – France
→ Copy Shop
October 24 – October 28
VIPER 2001 – International Medienkunstfestival – Basel – Switzerland
→ Copy Shop
October 24
Lecture “Short film and interactive multimedia production” at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, class Brigitte Kowanz. Topics: Multimedia production and calculation, tx-transform – the film process, interactive dialogues, the production of “Copy Shop”.

University of Applied Arts Vienna, Institute of Experimental Design and Space Art, Univ.-Prof. Mag. Art. Kowanz
Oskar Kokoschka-Platz 2, A-1010 Wien, 24.10.2001, 10:00 to 14:00
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
October 22 – October 28
Genf 01 – Cinema Tout Ecran – Geneva – Switzerland
→ Copy Shop
October 22 – October 28
Uppsala 01 – 20. International Short Film Festival – Uppsala – Sweden
→ Copy Shop
October 18
On 18.10.2001 at 23:45 ORF/Kunststücke hosts a discussion about the Austrian film and its perception in this country with Hans Hurch (Viennale director), Alexander Horwath (Filmmuseum), Dominik Kamalzadeh (Standard film critic), Ulrich Seidl (Director “Dog Days”) and Virgil Widrich (director).
October 18
Lecture “tx-transformator” (together with Martin Reinhart) at the “Festival International Nouveau Cinema, Nouveaux Medias” at Ex-Centris Cinema, Montreal. 18.10.2001 from 9:00 to 17:00.
→ tx-transform
October 17 – October 23
La Cinema Municipal – Neuilly-Plaisance – France
→ Copy Shop
October 17 – October 20
Metz 01 – Recontres Europeenes Court Metrage – Metz – France
→ Copy Shop
October 16 – October 27
Essone 01 – Cinessone Festival du Cinema Européen – Évry – France
→ Copy Shop
October 16 – October 21
Leipzig 2001 – 44. Internationales Film Festival – Silberne Taube – Leipzig – Germany
International Jury for Animated Film ★
→ Copy Shop
October 12 – November 4
Ankara 2001 – Festival of European Films / Festival on Wheels – Ankara – Turkey
→ Copy Shop
October 12 – October 21
Olympia Film Festival – CINE-X 2001 – Olympia – USA
First Place ★
→ Copy Shop
October 10 – October 16
Cinema le Balzac – Paris – France
→ Copy Shop
October 10 – October 9
Le Club – Fougeres – France
→ Copy Shop
October 8
ARTE shows “Copy Shop” in its program “Kurzschluss” on 8.10.2001 at 23:55.
→ Copy Shop
October 8 – October 18
Ghent 2001 – Flanders International Film Festival – Ghent – Belgium
→ Copy Shop
October 8 – October 18
Hull 2001 – International Shortfilm Festival – Hull – United Kingdom
→ Copy Shop
October 7 – October 15
Cork 2001 – 46. International Film Festival – Cork – Ireland
→ Copy Shop
October 3 – October 2
Le Prevert – Harnes – France
→ Copy Shop
October 3 – October 9
Salle Jacques Tati – Orsay – France
→ Copy Shop
September 27 – October 12
Leeds 2001 – International Film Festival – Leeds – United Kingdom
→ Copy Shop
September 26 – September 25
Le Cinematographe – Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban – France
→ Copy Shop
September 26 – October 2
Theatre Romain – Villejuif – France
→ Copy Shop
September 25 – September 30
IMAGO 2001 – Covilha – Portugal
Jury Prize ★
→ Copy Shop
September 24 – October 24
Austrian Filmweek in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo – Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
→ Brighter than the Moon
September 20 – September 23
Flensburger Kurzfilmtage – Flensburg – Germany
→ Copy Shop
September 20 – September 22
Osnabrück unabhängiges Filmfestival – Osnabrück – Germany
→ Copy Shop
September 19 – September 25
Cinema Jacques – Les Ulis – France
→ Copy Shop
September 19 – September 25
Cinema le Jaures – Argeles-sur-Mer – France
→ Copy Shop
September 19 – September 25
Cinema les Yeux D’Elsa – Saint-Cyr-l'École – France
→ Copy Shop
September 18 – September 23
Nordisc Panorama Short- & Documentary Film Festival, Aarhus, DK
→ Copy Shop
September 17 – September 30
22nd Durban International Film Festival – Durban – South Africa
→ Brighter than the Moon
September 16 – September 29
Drama 2001 – International Short Film Festival – Drama – Greece
Second Price ★
→ Copy Shop
September 13 – September 20
Umea 2001 – 11. Film Festival – Umeå – Sweden
→ Copy Shop
September 12 – September 18
Mjc – Cine Actuel – Annemasse – France
→ Copy Shop
September 12 – September 18
Espace Jean Vilar – Arcueil – France
→ Copy Shop
September 11
Lecture “Introduction Multimedia and practical examples”
Höhere Graphische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt, Leyserstraße 6, 1140 Wien, September 11th, 2001, 9:00 a.m. to 17:00 p.m.
August 29 – September 4
Cinema Palace – Épinal – France
→ Copy Shop
August 23 – September 1
Sao Paulo 2001 – Short Film Festival – São Paulo – Brazil
→ Copy Shop
August 22 – September 4
Aubervilliers 2001 – L’Etrange Festival – Aubervilliers – France
→ Copy Shop
August 22 – August 21
Le Flandria – Bailleul – France
→ Copy Shop
August 20
Walter Rafelsberger begins his work as the main animator of “Fast Film”.
→ Fast Film
August 18
Filmcasino Wien – summer cinema – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
August 18
Filmcasino Wien – summer cinema – Vienna – Austria
→ Brighter than the Moon
August 17 – August 23
Chicago Underground Film Festival – Chicago – USA
→ Copy Shop
August 17 – August 26
Sarajevo Film Festival – Sarajevo – Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nominated for the “Short Film Award” of the “European Film Awards 2001"
→ Copy Shop
August 17 – August 26
Sarajevo Film Festival – Sarajevo – Bosnia and Herzegovina
UIP-Award for the Best European Short Feature Film ★
→ Copy Shop
August 15 – August 21
Clermont-l’Herault – Cinema Alain Resnais – Saint-Malo – France
→ Copy Shop
August 15 – August 21
Cinema Paradiso – Saint-Martin-en-Haut – France
→ Copy Shop
August 8 – August 7
Cine 4 – Castillones – France
→ Copy Shop
August 6
On August 6th 2001, a second film company is founded: Amour Fou Filmproduktionen GmbH, together with Gabriele Kranzelbinder, Alexander Ivanceanu and the Wiener Volksbildungsverein/Polyfilm.
In December Amour Fou Filmproduktion GmbH. and Virgil Widrich Film- und Multimediaproduktionen G.m.b.H. move into a new office at Lindengasse 32, 1070 Wien.
→ Amour Fou Film
July 26 – August 4
Gorizia 2001 – Premio ‘Sergio Amidei’ – Gorizia – Italy
→ Copy Shop
July 18 – August 5
Melbourne 2001 – 50. International Film Festival – Melbourne – Australia
→ Copy Shop
July 13
Lecture in “Filmschule Wien” at the “Summer Camp in Arsparn” on screenplay writing, screenplay software and film analysis. 13.7.2001 from 9:00 to 13:00.
Filmschule Wien, Pillergasse 8/23, A-1150 Vienna, Tel: 1-8954499
July 12 – July 20
International Fantastic Film Festival – Bucheon – South Korea
Kodak Award – Jury’s choice for short film ★
→ Copy Shop
July 11 – July 10
Studio-Cinema – Bastia – France
→ Copy Shop
July 7 – July 14
Montecatini Terme 2001 – 52. Mostra International Filmvideo – Montecatini Terme – Italy
Adriano Asti Award for “Best Experimental Film” ★
→ Copy Shop
July 6 – July 22
New Zealand Film Festival – Auckland – New Zealand
→ Copy Shop
July 5 – July 14
Karlovy Vary 2001 International Filmfestival
→ Copy Shop
July 3 – July 8
Vila do Conde 2001 – 9. Festival International de Curtas-Metragens – Vila do Conde – Portugal
→ Copy Shop
June 28
On the occasion of “Kunststücke Pre-Opening Night” the “tx-transformator” is shown at the opening of the Museumsquartier. Museumsquartier, foyer of Hall E, ORF VIP area, Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Wien, 28.06.2001 at 20:00.
→ tx-transformator
June 28 – July 2
Roma 2001 – Rome – Italy
La Cittadella del Corto – FICE Award – Federation of Cinema D’Essai ★
→ Copy Shop
June 26
Votiv Kino Wien – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
June 24
Opening of “Museum Ladin” in South Tyrol.
→ Museum Ladin – Media stations
June 23
Bulgarian Cultural Institute “Haus Wittgenstein” – Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
June 22 – June 23
North Norwegen Culture Festival – Harstad – Norway
→ Copy Shop
June 22 – June 29
Teplice 2001 – Trenčianske Teplice – Slovakia
Don Quijote Award of the International Federation of Film Societies
→ Copy Shop
June 22 – June 29
Teplice 2001 – International Art Film Festival Trencianske – Teplice – Slowakei
Golden Key of Jury for the competition category Artefacts ★
→ Copy Shop
June 20 – June 24
Nantucket Film Festival – Nantucket – USA
→ Copy Shop
June 17
Website of Virgil Widrich Film- und Multimediaproduktions G.m.b.H. in 2001.
June 15 – June 21
Festival Arcipelago 2001 – Rome – Italy
eMovie - Best Short Film in Digital Video ★
→ Copy Shop
June 15 – June 22
St. Petersburg 2001 – Message to Man Festival – St. Petersburg – Russia
→ Copy Shop
June 14 – June 19
Grimstad 2001 – The Norwegian Short Film Festival – Grimstad – Norway
→ Copy Shop
June 7
MOMA – Museum of Modern Art, New York – New York – USA
→ Copy Shop
June 6 – June 12
Filmfest Stuttgart Ludwigsburg – Stuttgart – Germany
Honorary Mention of the Jury
→ Copy Shop
June 6 – June 10
Worldwide Short Film Festival – Toronto – Canada
Award for Best Experimental Short ★
→ Copy Shop
June 2
Arte broadcasts Virgil Widrich‘s short “linksrechts” (“leftright”) on Saturday, 2.6.2001 at 17:30. Interviews with Bady Minck, Ruth Beckermann, Hans Hurch, Peter Tscherkassky, Florian Flicker, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Michael Kreihsl and Wolfgang Lehner shed light on the policital situation in a twisted land.
→ Leftright
June 2 – June 9
Hamburg 2001 – 17. International Kurzfilm-Festival – No Budget – Hamburg – Germany
François Ode Award of the Jury ★
→ Copy Shop
May 31 – June 3
Bamberg 2001 – Kurzfilmtage – Bamberg – Germany
→ Copy Shop
May 25 – June 3
EU Filmfestival Bangkok – Bangkok – Thailand
→ Brighter than the Moon
May 25 – May 29
Krakow 2001 – International Short Film Festival – Krakow – Poland
Honorary Prize of the Jury of the Students of Krakow ★
→ Copy Shop
May 21 – May 27
Lisboa 2001 – Festival Internacional de Cinema do Algarve – Lisbon – Portugal
→ Copy Shop
May 15 – May 20
Turku – Tough Eye / Animated Film Festival 2001 – Turku – Finland
→ Copy Shop
May 13
Lecture at the “Designers’ Sunday (2)” at the exhibition “Stealing Eyeballs - Designing Media”, 20 April to 20 May 2001 at the Künstlerhaus Vienna.
Sunday, 13. Mai 2001, 14:00 with presentations by:
farmersmanual (Wien) www.web.fm
Tina Frank (Wien) www.frank.at, www.mego.at
Oliver Kartak (Vienna)
lia (Wien) www.re-move.org, www.turux.org (mit dextro), www.silverserver.co.at/lia
Virgil Widrich (Vienna) www.widrichfilm.com
May 10 – May 18
Cannes 2001 – Semaine International de la Critique – short night – Cannes – France
→ Copy Shop
May 8
[batofar] Association Signe & Eau – Paris – France
→ Copy Shop
May 8
Repérages / Hi-box – Paris – France
→ Copy Shop
May 8
Sound recording for “Talking Pictures” at Tonstudio Saturn, Hermann Langschwert, Joanelligasse 12, 1060 Vienna.
→ Museum Ladin – Media stations
May 7
Admission as a member and – together with Dieter Berner, Wolfgang Glück, Michael Glawogger, Michael Kreihsl and Harald Sicheritz – in the “Verband der Filmregisseure Österreichs“ (association of the Austrian movie directors.)
May 4
Opening of the Lower Austrian Provincial Exhibition 2001 “Meaning & Being”, “Castle & Man” in Waldreichs and Ottenstein, Austria.
→ Lower Austrian Provincial Exhibition 2001 – Media stations
May 4 – May 13
EU Filmfestival Bukarest – Bucharest – Romania
→ Brighter than the Moon
May 3 – May 5
New York Outer Limits 2001 – Millenium Workshop – New York – USA
→ Copy Shop
May 1
Member of drehbuchVERBAND Austria since May 2001.
May 1
Repérages / Hi-box – Paris – France
→ Copy Shop
April 26
First tests with colour copies for “Fast Film” at Martin Pfannhauser’s Printshop in 1030 in Landstraße Hauptstraße 55, 1030 Vienna.
→ Fast Film
April 26 – May 7
Festival of World Cinema 2001 – Philadelphia – USA
→ Copy Shop
April 23 – April 24
Bordeaux 2001 – Travaux en courts – Bordeaux – France
→ Copy Shop
April 19
Lecture on “film and multimedia production”, “Copy Shop” and “tx-transform” at Studiengang MultiMedia (supervision: Gianni Stiletto) at Fachhochschule Salzburg, Techno Z, Schillerstraße 30, 5020 Salzburg, 19.4.2001 from 14:00 to 16:00.
→ Copy Shop
April 17 – April 29
Washington DC 2001 International Film Festival
→ Copy Shop
April 11 – April 28
Singapore 2001 International Film Festival
→ Copy Shop
April 6 – April 21
Hong Kong 2001 – International Film Festival – Hong Kong – Hong Kong
→ Copy Shop
April 5 – April 9
Filmfestival “Young European Cinema” – Torun – Poland
→ Brighter than the Moon
March 31 – April 17
San Diego 2001 International Film Festival
→ Copy Shop
March 30
Circus Maximus – Utrecht – The Netherlands
→ Copy Shop
March 27 – April 3
16. Festival du Film de Paris 01 – Paris – France
→ Copy Shop
March 27 – April 3
Festival du film de Paris – Paris – France
→ Brighter than the Moon
March 22
Vienna – Austria
→ Copy Shop
March 22
A 12 minute report about the “tx-transformator” is shown on 22.3.2001 in ORF/Kunststücke. Directed by Raphael Barth, Géza Horvát. Camera: Christian Roth, Attila Boa.
→ tx-transformator
March 22
A 12 minute report about the “tx-transformator” is shown on 22.3.2001 in ORF/Kunststücke. Directed by Raphael Barth, Géza Horvát. Camera: Christian Roth, Attila Boa.
→ tx-transform
March 20
Panel participation in the Diagonale-talk: “A year new film policy. Résumé and outlook.”
Date: Tuesday, 20.3.2001 at 15.00
Place: Festival centre Thalia, Graz
Podium:
Representative / Representative of the BKA, cancelled
Brigitta Burger Utzer (Sixpackfilm, for film promoters and -clubs)
Michael Kreihsl (Austrian film directors’ association)
Andreas Gruber (FAustrian Filmmakers Association)
Dietmar Zingl (cinema representative)
Virgil Widrich (filmmaker)
Erich Lackner (producer)
Gerhard Schedl (ÖFI-Austrian Film Institute)
Moderator: Robert Buchschwenter
March 20 – March 25
During the Diagonale Film Festival shooting of interviews with Bady Minck, Ruth Beckermann, Hans Hurch, Peter Tscherkassky, Florian Flicker, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Michael Kreihsl and Wolfgang Lehner for the short film “Leftright”.
→ Leftright
March 19 – March 25
The “tx-transformator” is exhibited at the Diagonale Film Festival in Graz.
→ tx-transformator
March 19 – March 25
Diagonale 2001 – Festival of Austrian Films – Graz – Austria
→ tx-transform
March 19 – March 25
Diagonale 2001 – Festival of Austrian Films – Graz – Austria
→ Copy Shop
March 16
Shooting for “Talking Pictures” at Studio Dopplinger, 1150 Vienna.
→ Museum Ladin – Media stations
March 16 – March 18
Trondheim 01 – Minimalen Short Film Festival – Trondheim – Norway
→ Copy Shop
March 11
For “Copy Shop” Matthias Herrman makes a series of portraits of Virgil Widrich in his studio.
→ Copy Shop
March 1
Three media stations are created for the “Museum Ladin” in South Tyrol.
→ Museum Ladin – Media stations
March 1
In March, checkpointmedia AG, a joint-stock company, is formed with Stefan Reiter, Stefan Unger and Dieter Göschler, which will be responsible for the multimedia branch in future. The film production company is maintained as an independent firm. The new company’s first projects are the planning of the website for the Museumsquartier in Vienna, media stations for the Lower Austrian Regional Exhibition 2001, a DVD for the Museum of Natural History in Vienna and the creation of a database for Centropa on the life of Jews in the 14 countries of Central and Eastern Europe.
→ checkpointmedia GmbH – Multimedia Productions
February 27
New York Anthology Festival – New York – USA
→ Brighter than the Moon
February 15
Kulturverein Rossmarkt – Linz – Austria
→ tx-transform
January 26 – February 3
Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival – Clermont-Ferrand – France
Best music and sound design ★
→ Copy Shop
January 24
On 26.1.2001 at 17:00 “Copy Shop” premieres in Rotterdam’s Pathé Schouwburgplein and wins 30 awards at various film festivals in the following months. It is then bought by TV companies in 12 countries and is invited to over 100 international film festivals.
→ Copy Shop
January 24 – February 4
International Film Festival Rotterdam – Rotterdam – The Netherlands
→ Copy Shop
January 23
Following its foundation filmpipeline GmbH. is sold to the parent company webfreetv.com AG.
January 19 – January 27
Alpe Adria Cinema – Trieste – Italy
→ Brighter than the Moon
January 19
A new short film, “Fast Film”, is written.
→ Fast Film
January 16 – January 22
Cine-Club de Velizy – Vélizy-Villacoublay – France
→ Copy Shop
January 1
Since 1.1.2001 member of Künstlerhaus, Association of Austrian Artists (Gesellschaft bildender Künstlerinnen und Künstler Österreichs).

2000

December 22
Team screening of “Copy Shop” at Filmhaus am Spittelberg, Spittelberggasse 3 (basement), 1070 Vienna, 22.12.2000 at 10:00.
→ Copy Shop
December 16
Workstation Wienfilm. Accompanying program to the exhibition “Lives and Works in Vienna” of the Kunsthalle Wien - Schikaneder Kino - Vienna - Austria
→ tx-transform
December 1 – December 3
All 17,000 frames of “Copy Shop” are filmed one by one on paper with a 35mm-camera.
→ Copy Shop
December 1 – December 9
Filmfestival Bratislava – Bratislava – Slovakia
→ Brighter than the Moon
November 30
Lecture “Interactive Screenwriting” at the Center for Publishing and Media Management at the Donau-Universität Krems, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, 3500 Krems an der Donau, 30.11.2000, 9:30 to 18:30.
→ Robbi – Adventures on CD-ROM
November 28
Alexander Zlamal finishes the composition of the film’s music.
→ Copy Shop
November 20 – November 26
Osaka European Film Festival – Osaka – Japan
→ Brighter than the Moon
November 14 – November 29
DEAF – Dutch Electronic Art Festival 2000 – Machine Times – Rotterdam – The Netherlands
→ tx-transform
November 14 – November 26
In November Virgil Widrich takes part in the DEAF – Dutch Electronic Art Forum in Rotterdam, installing and demonstrating the “tx-transformator” together with Martin Reinhart.
→ tx-transform
November 14 – November 26
In November Virgil Widrich takes part in the DEAF – Dutch Electronic Art Forum in Rotterdam, installing and demonstrating the “tx-transformator” together with Martin Reinhart.
→ tx-transformator
November 13
Strasbourg 2000 – Forum du Cinema Européen – Strasbourg – France
→ Brighter than the Moon
November 10
SPECIAL NITE der KLAPPE - salzburger jugendfilm und videofestival-vor und nach-SCHAU
→ Brighter than the Moon
November 8 – November 14
Nantes – France
→ Brighter than the Moon
November 7 – November 12
14. Filmfest Braunschweig – Brunswick – Germany
→ Brighter than the Moon
November 1 – November 12
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival – Fort Lauderdale – USA
→ Brighter than the Moon
November 1 – November 20
Hong Kong 2000 Max
→ Brighter than the Moon
October 28
Viper 2000 – International Festival for Film Video and New Media
→ tx-transform
October 20
Vienna – Austria
→ Brighter than the Moon
October 19 – October 26
AFI – American Film Institute Fest 2000 – Los Angeles – USA
→ Brighter than the Moon
October 10 – October 21
Ghent 2000 – Flanders International Film Festival – Ghent – Belgium
→ Brighter than the Moon
October 8 – October 20
Leeds International Film Festival 2000, GB – Leeds – United Kingdom
→ Brighter than the Moon
October 6
Institut inter.research e.V. – Fulda – Germany
→ tx-transform
October 5 – October 15
Budapest 2000 – 8th Titanic International Filmpresence Festival – Budapest – Hungary
→ Brighter than the Moon
September 30
Reshoots of close-ups of hands and photocopies at the office of Virgil Widrich film.
→ Copy Shop
September 23 – September 28
Haifa 2000 – Haifa – Israel
→ Brighter than the Moon
September 21 – October 1
Helsinki 2000 – Helsinki – Finland
→ Brighter than the Moon
September 16 – September 24
Riga 2000 – VII. International Film Forum “Arsenal” – Riga – Latvia
→ Brighter than the Moon
September 15
Vienna – Austria
→ Brighter than the Moon
September 15 – September 24
Umeå – Sweden
→ Brighter than the Moon
September 8
Vienna – Austria
→ Brighter than the Moon
August 29
Live broadcasting at Radio Orange, Virgil Widrich in conversation with Thomas Ballhausen. 29.8.2000 from 17:30 to 18:00.
→ Brighter than the Moon
August 25 – September 4
Montreal 2000 World Film
→ Brighter than the Moon
August 23
Tibüne Krieau – Open air screening – Vienna – Austria
→ Brighter than the Moon
August 18
Vienna – Austria
→ Brighter than the Moon
August 18
Radio live broadcasting “Papageno”, ORF Landesstudio Salzburg, Virgil Widrich in conversation with Eva Halus. 18.8.2000 from 17:00 to 17:30.
→ Brighter than the Moon
July 14 – July 24
Lissabon 2000 Cinema
→ Brighter than the Moon
July 14
Lectures in “Filmschule Wien” at the “Summer Camp in Arsparn” on screenplay writing, screenplay software and film analysis. 14.7.2000 from 9:00 to 18:00.
Filmschule Wien, Pillergasse 8/23, A-1150 Vienna, Tel: 1-8954499
July 13 – July 21
Puchon 2001 – International Fantastic Film Festival – Bucheon – South Korea
→ Brighter than the Moon
July 5 – July 15
Karlovy Vary 2000 – Prague – Czech Republic
→ Brighter than the Moon
June 21 – June 25
Nantucket – USA
→ Brighter than the Moon
May 10 – May 20
Cannes 2000 – 53e Festival International du Film – 41ème Marché International du Film
→ Brighter than the Moon
April 27 – May 2
Diagonale 2000 – Festival of Austrian Films – Graz – Austria
→ Brighter than the Moon
April 25 – May 1
End of April, the film “Copy Shop” is shot. Johannes Silberschneider plays a total of 280 roles. After 4 months’ editing and a further 4 months’ digital postproduction, the film is completed at the end of the year.
→ Copy Shop
April 14
Virgil Widrich co-founds filmpipeline GmbH., an Internet film company and subsidiary of webfreetv.com AG, taking on the post of managing director of the new firm.
April 8
Lecture (together with Stefan Reiter): “Planning and production of interactive media in museums and exhibitions”
ECM – Exhibition and Cultural Communication Management, Dr Renate Goebl, Institut für Kulturwissenschaft, MuseumsqARTier, Museumsplatz 1/5/3, A - 1070 Wien, 08.04.2000 2:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
April 5
3SAT broadcasts a report on “Heller als der Mond/Brighter than the Moon” at 23:50.
→ Brighter than the Moon
April 5
Istanbul 2000 – Internationale Kurzfilmtage – Istanbul – Turkey
→ tx-transform
April 5
Costume fitting with Johannes Silberschneider at Lambert Hofer
→ Copy Shop
March 30
Diagonale discussion: “Stories for the Future – Where is the young Austrian film?”
Podium: Barbara Albert (“Nordrand” and coop 99), Mirjam Unger (“Ternitz, Tennessee”), Michael Kreihsl (“Heimkehr der Jäger”), Virgil Widrich (“Heller als der Mond”), Diego Donnhofer (“The Virgin”), Moderation: Stefan Grissemann
→ Brighter than the Moon
March 17
Lecture “Interactive Screenwriting” at the Center for Publishing and Media Management at the Donau-Universität Krems, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, 3500 Krems an der Donau, 17.03.2000, 9:30 to 18:30.
→ Robbi – Adventures on CD-ROM
March 1
Work in the field of multimedia expands: websites for the Vienna Boys’ Choir and the Austrian Film Commission are produced.
February 9 – February 20
Berlin 2000 – European Film Market – Berlin – Germany
→ Brighter than the Moon
January 26 – February 6
Rotterdam 2000 – Rotterdam – The Netherlands
competition
→ Brighter than the Moon
January 25 – January 30
Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis Saarbrücken 2000 – Saarbrücken – Germany
competition
→ Brighter than the Moon
January 21 – January 30
Angers 2000 – Angers – France
competition
→ Brighter than the Moon
January 21 – January 30
Angers 2000 – Angers
Competition – Best actor: Award for Lars Rudolph (Prix Jean Carmet du Conseil Général de Maine-et-Loire) ★
→ Brighter than the Moon
January 21 – January 30
Angers 2000 – Angers
Competition – LVT-Subtitling Award ★
→ Brighter than the Moon
January 21 – February 6
“Heller als der Mond” premieres on 28.1.2000 at the Film Festival Rotterdam, scoops two prizes at the Angers Film Festival and is invited to 30 further film festivals.
→ Brighter than the Moon
January 13 – January 16
13. Stuttgarter Filmwinter – Wand 5 – Festival for Expanded Media – Stuttgart – Germany
→ tx-transform
January 12
Block seminar “Introduction Multimedia and practical examples”
Höhere Graphische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt, Leyserstraße 6, 1140 Wien, 12.1.2000, 17:00 to 21:00.
January 1
Virgil Widrich Film- und Multimediaproduktions G.m.b.H. moves into the new office at Mariahilfer Straße 45, 1060 Vienna.

1999

December 17
Block seminar “Introduction Multimedia and practical examples”
Höhere Graphische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt, Leyserstraße 6, 1140 Wien, 17.12.1999, 16:00 to 20:00.
November 24
Vienna – Austria
→ webfreetv.com Cinema Spot
November 16
Lecture (together with Martin Reinhart) on “tx-transform” at Edit 99 (Frankfurt/Germany), 16.11.1999, 12:30 to 13:30
→ tx-transform
November 15 – November 16
Edit 99 (Frankfurt / Germany) – Frankfurt – Germany
→ tx-transform
November 13
Verein Freiluftkino – Vienna – Austria
→ tx-transform
November 9
Completion of webfreetv.com cinema spot.
→ webfreetv.com Cinema Spot
October 31
Shooting for the webfreetv.com cinema spot in Studio Conny Nemec, 1210 Vienna.
→ webfreetv.com Cinema Spot
October 27
Member of collecting society of filmmakers (VDFS – Verwertungsgesellschaft der Filmschaffenden) since 27.10.1999.
October 26
Leipzig 99 – 42nd International Festival for Documentary and Animated Film
→ tx-transform
October 13
Reshoots with Piroska Szekely at Freyung in 1010 Vienna. Final completion of filming.
→ Brighter than the Moon
September 28
Seminar “Introduction Multimedia”
Höhere Graphische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt, Leyserstraße 6, 1140 Wien, 28.9.1999, 13:20 to 14:10.
September 25
Split 99 – 4. Festival of New Film and Video – Split – Croatia
→ tx-transform
September 14
Filmclub Drosendorf – Drosendorf – Austria
→ tx-transform
August 31 – September 5
Fantoche 99 – 3rd International Festival for Animated Film Zurich
→ tx-transform
August 11 – September 26
Zeichenbau (Künstlerhaus Wien / Austria) Summer 99 – Vienna – Austria
→ tx-transform
August 9 – September 11
In the summer the shooting of the first feature film “Heller als der Mond” (“Brighter than the Moon”) starts on a shoestring budget and with a very young team. The movie is produced and directed by Virgil Widrich and stars Piroska Szekely, Christopher Buchholz, Horst Buchholz and Lars Rudolph, among others. The film is finished at the end of the year.
→ Brighter than the Moon
August 7
Reading of the script “Brighter than the Moon” with the actors in Andino, Münzwardeingasse 2, 1060 Vienna from 13 to 15.00.
→ Brighter than the Moon
July 28 – July 29
Test shooting with the real full moon which, however, proves to be too fast.
→ Brighter than the Moon
July 1 – August 31
“MIR – Art in Space” – Bolzano – Italy
→ tx-transform
June 24 – June 25
Lecture at the SAE – International Technology College Munich together with Martin Putz.
24.6.1999, 13 to 16: 00 and 17 to 20:00: Classical drama “22 buildings blocks – the model of John Truby”. Interactive storytelling using the CD-ROM “Robbi – Adventures on CD-ROM”
25.6.1999, 13 to16: 00 and 17 to 20:00: “Calculation and production of multimedia projects”
SAE – International Technology College, Hofer Straße 3, D-81737 Munich
→ Robbi – Adventures on CD-ROM
June 17
Reopening of the refurbished Technisches Museum Wien with 100 media stations.
→ 100 Media Stations for Technisches Museum Wien
May 7
Lecture (together with Martin Reinhart) about “tx-transform” at EMAF – European Media Art Festival (Osnabrück/Germany).
7.5.1999, 15:00 to 17:00, Kultur- und Kommunikationszentrum Lagerhalle, Rolandsmauer 26, D-49074 Osnabrück
→ tx-transform
May 5 – May 9
EMAF – European Media Art Festival (Osnabrück / Germany) – Osnabrück – Germany
→ tx-transform
May 5
Lecture “The Painter and the CD-ROM”. University of Applied Arts Vienna, an event series of master class o.Prof. Christian Ludwig Attersee.
5.5.1999, 16:00 at Virgil Widrich Film- und Multimediaproduktions G.m.b.H., Margaretenstraße 22, 1040 Vienna
→ University of Applied Arts Vienna
April 21
Diagonale 1999 – Festival of Austrian Films, Tournee – Graz – Austria
→ tx-transform
April 6 – April 9
AISB 99 Convention (Edinburgh / UK) – Edinburgh – United Kingdom
→ tx-transform
April 1
“Digital Documentary” – Minneapolis – USA
→ tx-transform
March 24
Nuclear Body – A video project by Davide Grassi with tx-transformations, March 1999 (Ljubljana/Slovenia)
→ tx-transform
March 20
Film class – Bringham Young University – Provo – USA
→ tx-transform
March 16 – March 21
Diagonale 1999 – Festival of Austrian Films – Graz – Austria
→ tx-transform
March 7
Test shooting of a scene in a finished set of the film “Nordrand” by Barbara Albert.
→ Brighter than the Moon
March 5
Cinematograph – Innsbruck – Austria
→ tx-transform
February 3
Akademie 3000 – Munich – Germany
→ tx-transform
February 1
On February 1st, 1999, the domain www.widrichfilm.com is registered.
January 26
The production company is being made into a limited company (Virgil Widrich Film- und Multimediaproduktions G.m.b.H.).
January 16
Lecture “Interactive Screenwriting” at the Center for Publishing and Media Management at the Donau-Universität Krems, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, 3500 Krems an der Donau, 16.1.1999, 9:30 to 18:30.
→ Robbi – Adventures on CD-ROM
January 15
National Museum of Photography, Film & Television, Bradford, Great Britain, permanent exhibition
→ tx-transform
January 2 – June 17
In the course of the refurbishment of the Technisches Museum Wien one hundred different media stations (including four cinemas) are created by a team of 35 specialists under the supervision of Virgil Widrich Film- und Multimediaproduktions G.m.b.H. These stations give visitors the chance to discover more about the individual themes by means of image and film projection, audio stations, acoustic installations and interactive text, image, music, video, animation and 3D technology applications.
→ 100 Media Stations for Technisches Museum Wien

1998

December 19
Lecture “Interactive Screenwriting” at the Center for Publishing and Media Management at the Donau-Universität Krems, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, 3500 Krems an der Donau, 19.12.1998 from 9:30 to 12:00.
→ Robbi – Adventures on CD-ROM
December 5 – December 6
WDR Computernacht 1998, Siemens Nixdorf Museum, Paderborn
→ tx-transform
November 30 – December 2
Presentation at the IST 98 exhibition, Digital Theatre, Austria Center Vienna, 30.11.1998, 15:30.
→ tx-transform
November 2
Report on the premiere of “tx-transform” on 2.11.1998 at 22:30 Uhr in ORF 2/Treffpunkt Kultur.
→ tx-transform
November 1
A number of tx-transform projects in the areas of film, multimedia and art exhibition are planned in Austria, England, Italy, Switzerland and the USA.
→ tx-transform
October 15 – December 31
“Virgil Widrich Film- und Multimediaproduktions G.m.b.H.” moves into its first office in Margaretenstraße 22 (close to Freihaus), 1040 Vienna, which is there until 31.12.1999.
October 13
World premiere of “tx-transform” at Filmcasino Vienna.
→ tx-transform
October 12
Virgil Widrich Film moves into the office at Margaretenstraße 22, 1040 Vienna.
September 28
“C’t - magazine for computer and technology” reports in issue 20 on page 53 with image examples on tx-transform.
→ tx-transform
September 24
Vienna – Austria
→ tx-transform
September 18
“tx-transform” on TV: Modern Times, at 22.35, ORF FS2.
→ tx-transform
September 9
Lecture on “tx-transform” together with Martin Reinhart on the “Ars Electronica”.
Ars Electronica Center, seminary room, Hauptstraße 2, 4040 Linz, 09.09.1998, 11:30 to 13:00.
→ tx-transform
September 7 – September 12
“tx-transform” is presented with 40 other submissions from a group of 1.500 at the “Ars Electronica” in Linz and is acclaimed by the international audience.
→ tx-transform
August 22
Registration of the domain www.tx-transform.com
→ tx-transform
August 12
Shooting of tx-transformations at Peter Joachim Filmservice, Edelsinnstraße 15, 1120 Vienna.
→ tx-transform
August 12
Test shooting of a scene for “Copy Shop” with Enrico Jakob at Peter Joachim Filmservice, Edelsinnstraße 15, 1120 Vienna.
→ Copy Shop
July 2 – July 4
Screenplay software
Presentation and discussion of the programs “StoryLine Pro” and “Dramatica” including film analysis.
SAE – School of Audio Engineering, Vienna, July 2nd and 4th, 1998
June 22
tx-transform is a film technique that transposes the time axis (t) and one of the space axes (x or y) with one another. Normally, each individual frame of the film depicts the entire space, but only a moment in time (1/24 second). With tx-transformed films, it is just the opposite: each frame shows the entire time, but only a tiny portion of space – if one cuts alongside the horizontal space axis, the left portion of the picture turns into the “the before”, the right one into “the after”.

This lecture is held together with Martin Reinhart.
Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Schottengasse 3, 1010 Vienna, June 22nd, 1998, 18.00 p.m.
→ tx-transform
May 1
In one of few breaks from regular work, a screenplay is written for a new short film: “Copy Shop.” After the shift in time and space, this film describes a shift in the identity of the observer in film and the story of a man who copies himself until he fills up the entire world.
→ Copy Shop
March 22
Model- and vfx shooting for “tx-transform”.
→ tx-transform
January 24 – January 25
Filming for “tx-transform” at the Railway Museum Strasshof an der Nordbahn.
→ tx-transform
January 21
Salzburg
Salzburg’s screenplay prize 1997 for “Heller als der Mond / Brighter than the Moon” ★
→ Brighter than the Moon
January 9 – July 4
Lecture “How to write interactive dialogues?”.
Writing interactive dialogues seems to be impossible. How can a conversation contain numerous possibilities without being arbitrary at the same time? In the interactive dialogue scenes the CD-ROM “Robbi – a CD-ROM adventure story” the characters in many scenes speak only when instructed by a mouse click, the user can even decide who, when and how often the character speaks. Despite these options, the talking animals have themes and thoughts supporting both the personality of each character while advancing the story. With a budget of 5 million Austrian Schillings “Robbi - a CD-ROM adventure story”is one of the most elaborate multimedia products ever made in Austria. Over 120 graphic designers, technicians and animators worked for one year on this production. For “Robbi”, Virgil Widrich was scriptwriter and production manager.
SAE – School of Audio Engineering, Vienna, January 9th, 10th and 16th, 1998, July 2nd and 4th, 1998
→ Robbi – Adventures on CD-ROM
January 1 – October 13
A marriage of film and electronics gives birth to the short film entitled “tx-transform,” which was created together with Martin Reinhart; this short presents an innovative new technique which transposes the time and space axes in film.
→ tx-transform

1997

November 7
CD-ROM production and budgeting
Rough calculation, schedule, presentation, ordering, planning, detailed calculation, contracts with employees, graphic concept, copywriting, interactive script, daily work of the production manager, organisation of finance, supply chain, graphic design, programming, beta version, artwork, golden master, backup, post processing.
Höhere Graphische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt, Leyserstraße 6, 1140 Wien, November 7th, 1997, 8:30 to 12:00 and 13:00 to 15:00.
October 7 – February 24
Lectures in “Filmschule Wien”: 18 lessons between October 7th, 1997 and February 24th, 1998 on screenplay writing, screenplay software and film analysis.
Filmschule Wien, Pillergasse 8/23, A-1150 Vienna, Tel: 1-8954499
October 1
After this excursion into the world of this interactive medium, renewal of work with linear story-telling: The screenplay “Heller als der Mond” (“Brighter than the Moon”) is completed. The story of aliens – both domestic and foreign – is awarded Salzburg’s screenplay prize 1997.
→ Brighter than the Moon
September 27 – June 27
Screenplay software
Presentation and discussion of the programs “StoryLine Pro” and “Dramatica” including film analysis.
SAE – School of Audio Engineering, Vienna, September 27th, October 4th and 31st, November 1st, 1997; June 25th and 27th, 1998
August 25 – August 29
CD-ROM production and budgeting
Rough calculation, schedule, presentation, ordering, planning, detailed calculation, contracts with employees, graphic concept, copywriting, interactive script, daily work of the production manager, organisation of finance, supply chain, graphic design, programming, beta version, artwork, golden master, backup, post processing.
SAE – School of Audio Engineering, Vienna, August 25th to 29th, 1997
July 13 – August 2
Workshop “Traismauer goes to Hollywood”
From 13 July to 2 August 1997 the “First International Summer Academy of Film & TV” is taking place in Traismauer. A part of the training consists of three lectures by Virgil Widrich about the screenplay, screenplay software and film analysis.
July 10
Feature in ORF-Treffpunkt on the “Salzburg Festival CD-ROM”, 10.7.1997 at 22:30.
→ Salzburg Festival – the CD-ROM
May 8
At the suggestion of Peter Tscherkassky first meeting with Martin Reinhart at 10:00 in the Blue Box, Richtergasse 8, 1070 Vienna.
→ tx-transform
February 16 – May 5
The CD-ROM is established as a medium. On behalf of Chocolate Management und Verlag GmbH Virgil Widrich develops the didactic concepts and the interactive characters and writes the screenplay and dialogues for a four-part mathematics series.
→ Maths Trainer – CD-ROM
January 2 – July 1
On behalf of Chocolate Management und Verlag GmbH, concept and production management for the “Salzburg Festival CD-ROM,” which includes a database containing the credits from all performances given over the past 75 years. Production manager: Virgil Widrich.
→ Salzburg Festival – the CD-ROM

1996

December 11
Workshop “Screenplay structures based on ‘Brighter than the moon’” for pupils of BRG 13, Wenzgasse 7, room 227, 1130 Vienna, 16:20 to 18:00 p.m.
→ Brighter than the Moon
November 20
Virgil Widrich’s first website goes online, at that time at http:‌//members.magnet.at/v.widrich/
November 18
Lecture “How to write interactive dialogues?”.
Writing interactive dialogues seems to be impossible. How can a conversation contain numerous possibilities without being arbitrary at the same time? In the interactive dialogue scenes the CD-ROM “Robbi – a CD-ROM adventure story” the characters in many scenes speak only when instructed by a mouse click, the user can even decide who, when and how often the character speaks. Despite these options, the talking animals have themes and thoughts supporting both the personality of each character while advancing the story. With a budget of 5 million Austrian Schillings “Robbi – a CD-ROM adventure story”is one of the most elaborate multimedia products ever made in Austria. Over 120 graphic designers, technicians and animators worked for one year on this production. For “Robbi”, Virgil Widrich was scriptwriter and production manager.
Department of Med. Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence, University of Vienna, Freyung 6/2, 1010 Vienna, 18.11.1996, 18:00 p.m.
→ Robbi – Adventures on CD-ROM
November 16
“Super-8 lives! Old and new masters of Super-8" – Filmhauskino Wien – Vienna – Austria
→ Monster in Salzburg
November 8 – November 24
Three film analyses of Woody Allen’s “Bullets Over Broadway” in Filmschule Wien: 3 lessons on November 8th, 10th and 24th, 1996.
Filmschule Wien, Pillergasse 8/23, A-1150 Vienna, Tel: 1-8954499
October 2
Presentation at the Frankfurt Book Fair, Hall 4 C, Booth 1114, 2.10.1996 at 15:00.
→ Robbi – Adventures on CD-ROM
August 4
Interview with Riccardo Muti for the CD-ROM “New Year’s Concerts by the Vienna Philharmonics” by Chocolate Management und Verlag GmbH.
July 26 – September 1
Advertising and organisation of youth subscriptions of the Salzburg Festival 1996 on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Families and Youth.
26.7. to 31.7.1996: “Festspielwerkstatt der Jugend”. In this 5-day seminar, 40 young people from all of Austria work on approaches to the opera “The Rake’s Progress” by Igor Stravinsky, which is visited together on the last night.
30.8. to 1.9.1996: “Festspielbesuch der Jugend” for 100 young people including orchestral concert at Großes Festspielhaus with Arnold Schönberg’s “Variationen für Orchester op. 31" and Bruckner’s 5th Symphony (conductor: Riccardo Chailly), opera performance of “Moses und Aron” by Arnold Schönberg (conductor: Pierre Boulez, director: Peter Stein).
June 13
Lecture “The script from the computer”. Presentation of the possibilities and impossibilities of “Dramatica” and “storyline Pro”.
Department of Med. Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence, University of Vienna, Freyung 6/2, 1010 Vienna, 13.6.1996, 18:00 p.m.
June 3
An opera film project named “Prop Opera” by Peter Greenaway in which, for the first time, an opera would be filmed by the singers with helmet-mounted cameras, is abandoned due to problems with the composer.
May 31
Lecture “The Internet for filmmakers”: To what extent can filmmakers benefit from the opportunities of the Internet? This is no trip for computer geeks, but for people who already have enough work and intend to use the Internet wisely. An evening with the 60 000 films of the “International Movie Database”, the “Virtual Film Festival” as well as the numerous screenplays, which are available in their entirety on the Internet.
Medienlabor München, Lothringerstr. 13 Rgb, 81667 München, 31.5.1996, 17:00 to 20:00 p.m.
May 30
Lecture “The script from the computer”. Presentation of the possibilities and impossibilities of “Dramatica” and “storyline Pro”.
Medienlabor München, Lothringerstr. 13 Rgb, 81667 München, 30.5.1996, 19:30 to 21:30 p.m.
May 15
A film database is commissioned by the Austrian Film Commission for the “Europeans” at the Cannes film festival.
April 26
A film database is developed for the short-film distributor Sixpack Film; this database is used to administer the rental of Austrian short films throughout Austria and abroad.
March 4
Business registration: public relation consulting
January 3 – December 20
First creative work on a CD-ROM: He writes the screenplay and dialogues for “Robbi - Abenteuer auf CD-ROM.” The story of a baby seal which flees hunters to a desert island becomes a CD-ROM bestseller for children with sales of 20,000. Virgil Widrich develops for this project an interactive dialogue engine, which gives archetypal characters concrete thoughts and injects new dramatic situations. This invention is met with interest around the world and is presented in lectures in Austria and abroad (e.g. at the Medienlabor München and the University of Vienna‘s Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence).
→ Robbi – Adventures on CD-ROM

1995

December 1
Work with screenplay software begins this year, leading to numerous lectures and articles on this subject.
December 1 – December 8
Last Diagonale is held in Salzburg with the new director, Heinrich Mis (then ORF’s Kunststücke). Parts of the new program is presented on the Internet for the first time under curator Konrad Becker.
→ Diagonale 1995 – Festival of Austrian Film
July 21 – August 31
Advertising and organisation of youth subscriptions of the Salzburg Festival 1995 on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Families and Youth.
Organisation of two groups:
24.8. to 26.8.1995 with Luigi Pirandello: “Die Riesen vom Berge” (Perner-Insel) and William Shakespeare: “Antonius und Kleopatra” (Felsenreitschule)
29.8. to 31.8.1995 with Luigi Pirandello: “Die Riesen vom Berge” (Perner-Insel) and Béla Bartok: “Herzog Blaubarts Burg” / Arnold Schönberg: “Erwartung” (Großes Festspielhaus).
July 20 – September 30
A database for funding cinemas is created for “hundertjahrekino” (curated by Hans Hurch); comparisons and evaluations of the data from all movie theatres in Austria are now possible.
July 10
Lecture “How to establish a new film festival?” by the example of Diagonale, festival of Austrian film.
International Centre for Culture & Management, Techno-Z, Jakob Harringer Str. 5A, 5020 Salzburg, 10.7.1995, 16:30 to 18:00 p.m.
→ Diagonale 1995 – Festival of Austrian Film

1994

December 1 – December 8
The second Diagonale is organized in Salzburg with Virgil Widrich as production manager. A film database is created which can be used for automatic layout of the entire catalog of the Austrian Film Commission and the Diagonale in a few minutes (by means of “database publishing”).
→ Diagonale 1994 – Festival of Austrian Film
August 20 – August 26
Advertising and organisation of youth subscriptions of the Salzburg Festival 1994 on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Families and Youth.
Organisation of two groups:
20.8. to 22.8.2994 with ORF concert (Igor Stravinsky: “Le Rossignol”, Francis Poulenc: “La Voix Humaine”) and W.A. Mozart: “La Clemenza di Tito”, Kleines Festspielhaus
24.8. to 26.8.8.1994 with W.A. Mozart: “La Clemenza di Tito”, Kleines Festspielhaus and ORF-Konzert (Karlheinz Stockhausen).

1993

October 26 – November 26
“Wien Modern 1993" from 26 October to 26 November 1993 at Wiener Konzerthaus: PR for the sales of the “General passes”
August 2 – August 5
Translation of the German subtitles for Peter Greenaway’s film The Baby of Mâcon.
May 26 – July 27
Work on the CALSI project for the Vienna Festival exhibit entitled “Der Zerbrochene Spiegel.” In this project, the largest computer-generated image in the world, which was entered into the “Guinness Book of Records”, is affixed to the outer wall of the Kunsthalle. Curators: Kaspar König, Hans Ulrich Obrist.

From the press release: *on the occasion of the Festival exhibition “The Broken Mirror”, Ed Ruscha, the American superstar of pop art, visits Austria and designs the two largest posters that Europe has ever seen: 10 by 40 meters at the “Messepalast” and 10 times 54 meters at the “Kunsthalle”. This worldwide unique project was only possible through the cooperation of Kunsthalle Wien, Wiener Festwochen, Museum in Progress and ArtBekoCreativ, the inventors of the CALSI technique.*

“Der Zerbrochene Spiegel”, 26. May to 25. July 1993 Museumsquartier/Messepalast Halle B and Kunsthalle Wien
March 26
Screening for the Diagonale team, including Peter Tscherkassky and Martin Schweighofer, Gumpendorferstr. 28/16, 26.03.1993, 20:00.
→ The Spirit of Time
March 15 – December 8
In March, work begins on a total overhaul of the Diagonale, the new “Festival of Austrian Film.” The foundation of the new festival is put into place together with Martin Schweighofer and Peter Tscherkassky: programming, organisation, infrastructure, sponsor acquisition, ticket-sales system, visitor organisation and service, catalogue production, events and marketing for them, and advertising.
→ Diagonale 1993 – Festival of Austrian Film
March 13 – March 27
“Hörgänge – Musik in Österreich 1993" from 13 to 27 March 1992 at Wiener Konzerthaus: PR for the sales of the “General passes”
February 27 – March 7
“Resonanzen 1993" from 27 February to 7 March 1993 at Wiener Konzerthaus: PR for the sales of the “General passes”

1992

October 24 – November 27
Frank Zappa live at Wiener Konzerthaus: “The Yellow Shark” with Shankar, LaLaLa Human Steps and Trilok Gurtu on 26. and 27 September 1992. PR for the ticket sales to students.
October 24 – November 27
“Wien Modern 1992" from 24 October to 27 November 1992 at Wiener Konzerthaus: PR for the sales of the “General passes”
October 5 – November 19
Press relations for the exhibition “About Painting - Encounters with History”. Artistic Director: René Block

Academy of Fine Arts, Schillerplatz 3, 1010 Vienna
Opening on 19.11.1992 at 20.00.
Exhibition from 20.11. until 31.12.1992
Open: daily, (except Tuesday) from 10:00 to 18.00
24./25. and 26.12.1992 closed.

Participating artists: Richard Hamilton, Rémy Zaugg, On Kawara, Imi Knoebel, Per Kirkeby and Ilya Kabakov.
October 1 – November 20
First artistic cooperation on a short film by Peter Greenaway, “The falls remake,” which was not completed after a few shooting days in Vienna (5.11. to 12.11.1992).
September 2
Registered address: Gumpendorferstraße 28/16, 1060 Vienna
June 11 – November 8
Six months of work on Peter Greenaway’s internationally acclaimed exhibit “100 Objects to represent the world” in Vienna’s Hofburg, the Semper Depot and the Academy of Fine Arts.
→ 100 Objects to represent the world
June 3
Completion of WIFI seminar “Freelance – difficulties, opportunities and paths”
April 23 – May 4
“Hörgänge – Musik in Österreich 1992" from 23. April to 4 May 1992 at Wiener Konzerthaus: PR for the sales of the “General passes”
March 19
Together with Johannes Rosenberger, Constantin Wulff and other filmmakers co-founding of the Association “Navigator Film”.

1991

December 22
Five years after the completion Matinee for the former film crew, Mönchsberg 17, 5020 Salzburg, 22.12.1991 at 11:00
→ The Spirit of Time
November 3 – November 2
Activities for the advertising agency “Hagler & Partner” in Vienna. Text and design of advertising campaigns for Philips, VMG u.v.a.
October 18 – November 24
“Wien Modern 1991" from 18 October to 24 November 1991 at Wiener Konzerthaus: PR for the sales of the “General passes”
September 26
Registered address: Lange Gasse 24/14, 1080 Vienna
August 31
Newspaper article in the Salzburger Nachrichten about the experiences as a prop man on the production of “The Magic Flute” at the Grosses Festspielhaus Salzburg. Download PDF
July 1
Return to work with computers: An animation film database is developed for the Academy of Applied Arts in Vienna to administer the presentation of films at festivals around the world. The fact that computers and film are progressively growing into a single medium does not go unnoticed after 1991: start of work with CD-ROMs.
June 15 – June 26
Commissioned by Radio Kärnten content consulting and organisation of the “Woche der Begegnung 1991", Burghof, Paradeisergasse 7, 9010 Klagenfurt, 15. to 26.6.1991, at 23:00 daily.
June 13
The precarious situations experienced by art cinemas in Vienna begin to affect “Classic Films.” The distributor is sold to one of the partners and reduces the extent of its activities.
→ Classic Films – Film distribution

1990

September 15 – October 31
Beginning of years of cooperation in marketing the then-new series of concerts put on by Vienna’s Konzerthaus,”Wien modern,” for Karsten Witt.
May 4 – June 2
Invitation to Hollywood. John Bailey’s assistant for the comedy The Search for intelligent life in the universe with Lily Tomlin (“Nashville,” “The Player,” “Short Cuts”).

1989

January 2
Met the cameraman and director John Bailey (camera for American Gigolo, Mishima, Silverado, As Good As It Gets).
January 1
Participation in planning a retrospective of Laurel & Hardy films, which were presented in the uncut original version for the first time. This successful project toured Austria and was later shown in theatres in Germany.
→ Classic Films – Film distribution

1988

March 17
On the occasion “50 years after the ‘Anschluss’” lecture at the Academic high school in Salzburg on “concepts of the enemy” for the 7th and 8th grade.
Akademisches Gymnasium Salzburg, Am Rainberg, Sinnhubstraße 15, 5020 Salzburg, 17.3.1988 from 8:00 to 12:00 and 13:00 to 16:00 Uhr.
January 1
Classic Films’ re-release of films by Andy Warhol and Max Fleischer as part of retrospectives. Distribution of all works of Wim Wenders in Austria begins.
→ Classic Films – Film distribution

1987

August 8 – August 9
Shooting of the signature for “Classic Films” with letters and light.
→ Classic Films – Film distribution
June 3 – June 7
From 3.6. to 7.6.1987 Classic Films invites Michael J. Weldon (author of Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film) to Vienna to present a retrospective of B-movies in “Movie - das Kino”. The show includes Hideous Sun Demon (1959), Robot Monster (1953), Carnival of Souls (1962) und Dementia/Daughter of Horror (1955).
→ Classic Films – Film distribution
May 7
Classic Films, a film distribution company specializing in art films, is founded in May 1987. Distribution of Drowning by Numbers marks the beginning of long-term contact with Peter Greenaway.
→ Classic Films – Film distribution
April 28
Das Kino – Salzburg – Austria
→ The Spirit of Time

1986

November 1
For the US TV series “War and Remembrance” one night long extra at Heldenplatz (which stood for the destroyed Berlin).
January 12 – November 30
A science-fiction film which takes place in a microcosm is planned, but not realised.
→ Micromeo
January 10
Leaves the Vienna Film Academy after a few weeks.

1985

December 11
At age 18, his first public speech (on “Vom Geist der Zeit” at the invitation of the Academy of Design in Linz).
→ The Spirit of Time
October 30
Invitation to Cinecitta from Johannes Schaaf to the shooting of Michael Ende’s Momo. The Name of the Rose with Sean Connery is being shot in the neighbouring studios at the same time – the process is being observed quite closely.
October 16
“Vom Geist der Zeit” is screened at the Austrian Film Days in Wels. The film consists of over 1.000 shots, some of which were exposed over 20 times in the camera. Horst Christoph wrote the following comment in Profil: “Two hours of cinematic fireworks!”
→ The Spirit of Time
October 12
Registered address: Kleine Stadtgutgasse 6-8, 1020 Vienna
October 8
Barely passes his A-levels at the Akademisches Gymnasium in Salzburg.
September 27
Accepted at the Vienna Film Academy.
April 21
Salzburg – Austria
→ The Spirit of Time

1984

January 1
This year marks the beginning of his growing love of computers: He programs a number of video games on a Sinclair computer with colourful keys.
January 1
Work as an extra and then property man for the Salzburg Festival for productions by Jean-Pierre Ponelle, Michael Hampe, Gernot Friedel, Johannes Schaaf and Herbert von Karajan to raise the Schilling 70,000 (today about Euro 5.000) budget for “Vom Geist der Zeit.”
→ The Spirit of Time

1983

January 1
After lengthy preparations, work begins on his first full-length feature film, “Vom Geist der Zeit.” (“The Spirit of Time”) While his grades drop, a 14-month shooting produces a 112-minute genre cross-over mixing action, horror and science fiction in the past, present and future. Peter Handke plays a guest role as an excited passer-by and lay actors from his school play the other parts. The living room in his parents’ house is closed for a period of almost two years due to filming.
→ The Spirit of Time

1982

November 12
World premiere of “Monster in Salzburg” on 12.11.1982 at 18:00 hrs in his parents’ house, Mönchsberg 17, 5020 Salzburg.
→ Monster in Salzburg
October 30
Completion of the sound for “Monster in Salzburg”.
→ Monster in Salzburg
August 21
Creates on 21.8.1982 a 17-minute documentation of the performance of “Everyman for Children” In the garden of the neighbors.
January 1 – November 12
Production of his first film with real actors at age 15. Libgart Schwarz, star of the Berliner Schaubühne, plays a role in a Godzilla-inspired science-fiction film entitled “Monster in Salzburg.” Models are built of a number of Salzburg’s streets for this work. The monster is a 30-cm wooden doll with yarn hair, which is brought to life by means of stop-motion. His study of film theory begins this year with the purchase of numerous relevant books and the analysis of screenplays.
→ Monster in Salzburg

1981

October 30
Gets his first Super-8 movie camera with sound, a Braun Nizo 3056 in the fall.
October 2 – October 3
Creation of a cartoon titled “For Susi”.
January 1 – May 2
Watching a documentary on Walt Disney on television, he starts working on his own animated film. Within five months between 23.12.1980 and 2.5.1981, the animated film Auch Farbe kann träumen” (“Color can dream”) is produced from more than 1,000 cut-up overhead transparencies.
→ Color can dream

1980

December 24 – February 4
“Christmas 1980": From the box text: “My fifth sound film was a pure casual work. On 23.12.1980 I was given two REVUE-films, which I shot during the Christmas preparations and the Christmas party. At the same time, a hidden cassette recorder recorded our very wrong singing. The film was edited on 26.1.1981 and set to music on 4.2.1981. It is 26 meters or 5:36 min long. Virgil Widrich, 6.2.1981"
December 3 – December 8
A first test for a longer animated film: between 3 and 8.12.1980 an animation is created about a small man that failed to open a refrigerator. Length: 17 seconds.
→ Color can dream
September 30
Completion of dubbing and scoring.
→ 3 times Ulf
September 20
Completion of picture editing.
→ 3 times Ulf
September 2 – September 30
In Autumn a portrait of the Carinthian “mirror artist” Arnulf Komposch entitled “3 x Ulf” is made. From September 2nd to 4th 1980, Shooting takes place in his workshop and living quarters in Klagenfurt, Tarviserstraße 4H.
→ 3 times Ulf
August 22
Completion of the sound editing.
→ Fried Meat
August 12
Completion of the image editing.
→ Fried Meat
June 14 – August 1
Filming for “Fried Meat” on 14. and 22.6., 25.7. and 1.8.1980 in Salzburg on the Mönchsberg.
→ Fried Meat
June 14 – August 22
“Gebratenes Fleisch”, a story of crime and cannibalism inspired by Roald Dahl, is shot in Summer.
→ Fried Meat
May 24
Sound editing completion of “Gusti Kupelwieser”.
→ Gusti Kupelwieser
May 24
Sound editing completion of “My Homelife”.
→ My Homelife
April 28
Film editing completion of the documentary “Gusti Kupelwieser”.
→ Gusti Kupelwieser
April 6 – April 16
Filming of the documentary “Gusti Kupelwieser”, about the grandmother of the director (1907-1987).
→ Gusti Kupelwieser
March 27
Film editing completion of “My Homelife”.
→ My Homelife
March 1 – May 24
“My Homelife”, a documentary about his parent’s old house is shot and finished in Spring.
→ My Homelife
February 11 – December 31
Aged 12, finally given his first Super-8 camera, a Revue Cockpit S8L, and shoots his first three films that same year.

1979

September 27
Daily observation of Ronald Neame filming the spy comedy Hopscotch with Walter Matthau and Glenda Jackson near his parents’ house.
August 7
First appearance as an extra in a production of the Salzburg Festival on August 7, 1979: “Die Zauberflöte” at the Felsenreitschule under the direction of Jean-Pierre Ponnelle.

1977

September 22
On September 22, 1977, Maria Lassnig is shooting a part of her film “Fairy Tale” at the house Mönchsberg 17 in Salzburg. Together with the sisters Mechtild and Theresa performer with a suit of armor.

1973

January 1
First time in a cinema. After a showing of Bambi, his parents explain that visiting the actors behind the stage is not possible. First impression of the way film works.

1967

May 19
Registered address: Mönchsberg 17, 5020 Salzburg
May 16
Born in Salzburg on May 16, 1967, and grows up in a 500-year-old house on the Mönchsberg. Neighbor of Peter Handke; Wim Wenders is a frequent visitor.