The Vienna Poetry Film competitions were closed on the 7th of April 2017. In all we have received 176 films from all over the world. That´s much more than last time. The festival was growing due to the huge interest of film makers to present their work.
by Manuel Vilarinho (POR)
CHAMADA GERAL ★★★ SPECIAL MENTION ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival 2016 ★★★
★★★ Winner Cyclops Videopoetry Film Festival Kiev, Ukraine 2017 ★★★
International selection Art Visuals & Poetry Film Festival Vienna 2017
The Viennese Art Visuals & Poetry Film Festival became 2017 the second-largest Poetry Film Festival word-wide. 36 film artists joined the festival. There were two short fim competitions and 4 competitions film blocks. But there was also a large international side program.
Hubert Sielecki Award donated by Hubert Sielecki to an Austrian poetry film of his choice
Art Visuals & Poetry Poetry Film Award 2017 dedicated to films in German speaking countries
We have created a second international competition based on a given festival poem: Rainer Maria Rilkes' poem "To Lou Andre-Salome".
This side program of the Vienna Poetry Film Festival is unique, because you can get an overview about the major poetry film festivals in Europe. It´s a mixed media film screening. We will present also the winner films of the word-wide largest poetry film festival ZEBRA and some finalists of the Weimar Poetry Film Award.
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