With Operation Hydra, Antonis Lepeniotis has created a monumental film that does not seek to focus solely on a particular episode from the war, but skilfully moves between the political sphere and personal drama. Restored by Filmarchiv Austria and presented on the Filmarchiv On channel.
Recognised over the years as a pioneering contribution to Austrian queer cinema, There is Beauty in Being Gay also represents a special time capsule that seems to tell two intertwined stories: fear and prejudice, how we were and how we are. At the Vienna Shorts 2026.
One Forty aims directly at the essentials and in telling us about the life of Karl Wallner initiates a much broader and more complex discourse. All this, as we can well imagine, with Ulrich Seidl’s characteristic approach.
La Esperanza, shot in Super8, is a documentary that leaves nothing to imagination, that faithfully testifies to what is happening on the other side of the world, that shows us painful images and that, through the stories of those who are personally involved in this ‘rebirth journey’, gives life to a sincere and exhaustive fresco of the life of a people who are still paying the consequences of years of dictatorship.
Watching a film like Exit…but no Panic, Franz Novotny’s first feature film, can be compared to a rollercoaster ride. Irreverent, shocking, surprising, funny and amusing, this work has become a real cult in Austrian cinema.