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 July 4 to September 6, 2026!

The Cinema like never before at the Augartenspitz is back on June 25 with a mix of beloved film classics and exciting new discoveries from Austria and around the world. This year's highlights include a journey through “New Hollywood” and tributes to Kristen Stewart and Timothée Chalamet. The Grünstern Gartenküche will provide food and drink. On Fridays and Saturdays, the Cinema Sessions will take place in the open-air atrium of the neighboring Film Archive, where newly restored silent films are paired with contemporary live music.

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The Kino am Dach on the roof of the Main Library at Gürtel screens select festival highlights and audience favorites from this year's cinema season, including films such as "Allegro Pastell", "Twinless", and "The Moment". Traditionally, Austrian film also plays a major role at Kino am Dach. Every Monday features Austrian productions. This year's cinematic focus, themed "Mind Games", features films that explore the fine line between conspiracy, illusion, and reality. What is reality, and what is merely a construct? Audience members are challenged to question their own perceptions. The program includes Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo" or Michael Haneke's "Funny Games".

A traveling cinema in the old tradition is the Volxkino. It has pitched its tents at unusual locations for over 35 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 10. From July 6-19, 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 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

7/4-9/6/2026
Free admission
www.filmfestival-rathausplatz.at

Cinema like never before

6/25-8/30/2026
Films in the original with German or English subtitles
Tickets reservations at: reservierung@filmarchiv.at and 0800 808 133
www.kinowienochnie.at

Cinema on the Roof

6/1-9/12/2026
Some films in German, others in the original version with subtitles
www.kinoamdach.at

Volxkino

6/10-9/19/2026
Free admission
Some films in German, others in the original version with German subtitles
Various locations throughout Vienna
Starts at Karmelitermarkt June 10, from July  6 to July 20 on Karlsplatz
www.volxkino.at

Stumm & Laut

8/20-8/22/2026
Free admission
Silent movies with live music
www.volxkino.at/stumm-und-laut

frame[o]ut Film Festival

7/18-9/6/2026
Every Friday and Saturday from 10.00 pm.
Free admission
Films in the original with German or English subtitles
frameout.at