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At the annual Music Film Festival, Vienna's City Hall Square becomes the meeting point for music lovers and night-owls – because the focus is on music films and culinary delicacies. The range of music films shown covers everything from opera to pop. The Musikfilm Festival is free and runs all summer long — from June 28 to August 31, 2025!
The Cinema like never before at Augartenspitz presents a mix of popular movie classics and exciting new discoveries from Austria and around the world again from June 26. One focus this year is dedicated to the German filmmaker Wim Wenders on the occasion of his 80th birthday. The film series “Young in the 80s” shows cult films from back then - such as Dirty Dancing, La Boum and Pretty in Pink. A number of music films will also be shown under the motto “Summer of Voices”. Culinary delights are supplied by the Grünstern garden kitchen.
See you outdoors!
This year, Kino am Dach at the Main Library is all about love and big feelings. Titled “Love Stories,” the program includes national and international film classics that center around themes of love and relationships The movie line-up includes “In the Mood for Love,” “Call Me By Your Name,” “Only Lovers Left Alive,” and, of course, the quintessential Vienna love-story, “Before Sunrise.” Love on screen is as varied as love in real life — from rom-coms and dramas to epic films, musicals, and arthouse cult favorites. Austrian classics also play a big role at Kino am Dach; in fact, the opening film is none other than “Noch Lange Keine Lipizzaner!”
A traveling cinema in the old tradition is the Volxkino. It has pitched its tents at unusual locations for over thirty years: between market stalls or social housing buildings, in parks or on public squares. Apart from feature films and documentaries away from the mainstream, the Volxkino also focuses on Austrian film. The event starts at Karmelitermarkt in the 2nd district on June 5. From July 7-20, Karlsplatz will become KARLSkino as the Volxkino turns the square into an open-air movie theater. At KARLSkino, all films will be shown in the original language and some with English subtitles. Admission is free of charge on all dates.
The Pratersauna is a techno club that also has a beautiful garden. This year, for the first time, there is an open-air cinema called Praterflimmern. Well-known films from past years will be shown.
The film festival Stumm & Laut in Helmut Zilk Park in the Sonnwendviertel shows historic silent films accompanied by live music— Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin would be proud. Admission is also, of course, free.
The frame[o]ut Film Festival in the MuseumsQuartier presents a colorful cross-section of documentary films and numerous independent films from around the world on 16 evenings in July and August.
Music Film Festival at Vienna City Hall Square
June 28 – August 31, 2025
Free admission
www.filmfestival-rathausplatz.at
- Rathausplatz, 1010 Wien
Cinema like never before
June 26 – August 24, 2025
Ticket reservations at: reservierung@filmarchiv.at and 0800 808 133
Films in the original with German or English subtitles
www.kinowienochnie.at
- Augartenspitz/Obere Augartenstraße 1e, 1020 Wien
Cinema on the Roof
June 1 – September 13, 2025
Some films in German, others in the original version with subtitles
www.kinoamdach.at
- Urban-Loritz-Platz 2a, 1070 Wien
- http://www.buechereien.wien.at
Opening times
- Mo - Fr, 11:00 - 19:00
- Sa, 11:00 - 17:00
Volxkino
June 5 – September 20, 2025
Free admission
Some films in German, others in the original version with German subtitles
Various locations throughout Vienna
Starts at Karmelitermarkt June 5, from July 7 to July 20 on Karlsplatz
www.volxkino.at
- Krummbaumgasse / Leopoldsgasse / Haidgasse, 1020 Wien
Opening times
- Mo - Fr, 06:00 - 21:00
- Sa, 06:00 - 17:00
- Karlsplatz, 1040 Wien
- http://www.karlsplatz.org
Accessibility
Guiding system for the visually impaired with special "leading stones" (grooves and knobs), which can be felt with canes or feet - for the passage between the individual artistic institutions on Karlsplatz (e.g. Künstlerhaus, Musikverein) and for crossing the Friedrichstrasse-Lothringerstrasse intersection (which has heavy traffic), the traffic lights have audible signals.
Praterflimmern
June 17 - September 9, 2025
Some films in German, others in the original version with German subtitles
pratersauna.tv/praterflimmern
- Waldsteingartenstraße 135, 1020 Wien
- http://www.pratersauna.tv
Opening times
- Beach Club, free entry We - Sa, 15:00 - 22:00
- Club/Disco Fr - Sa, 23:00 - 06:00
Stumm & Laut
August 21-23, 2025
Free admission
Silent movies with live music
http://volxkino.at/stumm-laut
- Hlawkagasse 2, 1100 Wien
frame[o]ut Film Festival
July 11 – August 30, 2025
Every Friday and Saturday from 10.00 pm.
Free admission
Films in the original with German or English subtitles
frameout.at
- Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Wien
- office@mqw.at
- http://www.mqw.at
Vienna City Card
The FAB 5 Combi Ticket includes admission to the Architekturzentrum Wien, Kunsthalle Wien, Leopold Museum, mumok and MQ Freiraum.
Vienna City Card special price: €36 / Standard price: €42
Tickets available at MQ Point or online: https://tickets.mqw.at/webshop/webticket/shop?language=en&event=-12
Buy now with discount:
Accessibility
no steps
4 Parking spaces for people with disabilities
6 parking spaces within the MuseumsQuartier complex
Seeing eye dogs allowed
Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
Wheelchair service in the MQ-Point by the main entrance: daily 10 am – 7 pm free rental (form of ID left as a deposit). Inductive audio systems in the auditoriums (Hall E + G). Seeing-eye dogs by prior arrangement with the respective cultural institutions.
Access to all MuseumsQuartier institutions: no steps. All public elevators are suitable for wheelchairs.
