VIENNALE 2018
This year’s Viennale is the first under the new director Eva Sangiorgi.
She no longer separates fiction and documentary films.
Dominik Tschütscher (CinemaNext) did most of the counting of the this year’s selection – thanks!
Feature-length films
130 current feature films (incl. classics?)
106 by male directors [81,5%]
22 by female directors [16.9%]
2 by mixed director teams [1.5%]
Short Films
33 short films in 7 programmes + pre-films
17 by male directors [51.5%]
14 by female directors [42.4%]
1 by a mixed director teams [3%]
1 by a trans person [3%]
In Focus JEAN-FRANÇOIS STÉVENIN
actor-director’s tribute
3 feature by himself
3 films by other male directors + 1 by mixed director team
In Focus JORGE ACHA
director’s tribute
with 4 films by himself
In Focus GÜRCAN KELTEK
director’s tribute
with 4 films + 4 short films by himself
In Focus ROBERTO MINERVINI
director’s tribute
with 5 films by himself
Special VISUAL JUSTICE
curated by female curator Nicole Brenez
with 7 combined film programmes
Special ANALOG PLEASURE
curated by female curator Katja Wiederspahn
3 feature films (2 male directors + 1 collective) + 1 short film programme by a collective
Special SURVIVING IMAGES
12 film programmes from the silent era by male directors
Special NEWS FROM THE ARCHIVE
7 programmes
6 by male directors [85.7%]
1 by female directors [14.3%]
Retrospective Filmmuseum
„THE B-FILM: HOLLYWOODS LOW-BUDGET-KINO 1935–1959“
curated by male curator Haden Guest
51 films
50 by male directors [98%]
1 by female directors (Ida Lupino) [1.9%]