Open-air cinema

At the annual Music Film Festival, Vienna's City Hall Square becomes a meeting point for music lovers and night owls – with free film screenings and culinary delicacies. The cinema and dining areas are strictly separated this year. The cinema area has space for 500 people in boxes of 2 or 4; a free reservation is required. The range of music films shown covers everything from opera to pop. This year, the program focuses – how could it be otherwise in Beethoven year – on his 250th birthday.

The Cinema like never before on the Augartenspitz is being held this year under the title "Vienna like never before" and shows unusual movies about the city from the past 100 years. Classics such as The Third Man can be watched here, as can the cult film "Before Sunrise" with Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke, which was shot in Vienna. The restored version of "Die Stadt ohne Juden" (The City without Jews), Ulrich Seidl's "Hundstage" (Dog Days), Willi Forst's "Maskerade", the action thriller "Scorpio" with Burt Lancaster and Alain Delon, the erotic drama "The Night Porter" with Charlotte Rampling – no classic that makes reference to Vienna is omitted here. A comprehensive homage to the city. On the following day, the respective movie will be shown at the Metro Kinokulturhaus.

See you outdoors!

This year's Cinema on the Roof of the Main Library on the Gürtel is held under the slogan "Cinema against the Crisis". International prize-winning movies such as Ken Loach's drama "Sorry We Missed You", "Parasite", which cleaned up at the Oscars, Todd Phillips's "Joker" with the fantastic Joaquin Phoenix in the lead role, and the Nazi satire "Jojo Rabbit" are on the program. Fans of Austrian film will also get their money's worth: the repertoire ranges from Jessica Hausner's science fiction drama "Little Joe" to "Nevrland", a gripping mystery drama.

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. Austrian film is the focus of the Volxkino. The event kicks off with four dates on Jodok-Fink-Platz in front of the Piarist Church, which show exciting films about the Roman-Catholic church. Admission is free of charge on all dates.

The summer cinema in the sculpture garden of the Belvedere 21 is all about "Visions of Reality". Thematically it is about traveling to far-away worlds and looking the future. The repertoire ranges from David Cronenberg's "Existenz" to Paul Verhoeven's "Total Recall".

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.

dotdotdot, a small festival for short films, is held in the garden of the Austrian Folklore Museum. The focus this year is on contemporary puppet animation film.

Music Film Festival

July 4 – September 6, 2020
Free admission, but seat reservation required!
www.filmfestival-rathausplatz.at

Cinema like never before

July 9 – August 16, 2020
No tickets on the door; tickets can be reserved online
Films in the original with German or English subtitles
www.kinowienochnie.at

Cinema on the Roof

August 18 – September 27, 2020
No tickets on the door; tickets can be reserved online at: tickets.kinoamdach.at
Some films in German, others in the original version with subtitles
www.kinoamdach.at

Volxkino

July 1 – September 18, 2020
Free admission
Some films in German, others in the original version with German subtitles
Various locations throughout Vienna
Starts on Jodok-Fink-Platz in front of the Piarist Church
www.volxkino.at

Summer cinema at Belvedere 21

August 7-30, 2020
Ticket reservations online, can be combined with a museum visit
Movies in original versions with German subtitles
www.belvedere.at

frame[o]ut Film Festival

Free admission
July 17 – September 5, 2020
Films in the original with German or English subtitles
frameout.at

dotdotdot

July 5 – August 25, 2020
Every Su, Mo, Tu
Some films in German, others in the original version with subtitles
www.dotdotdot.at