New festival date April 7-10, 2026

In 2026, we tried something new for the first time: we attempted to position the Vienna Poetry Film Festival as ideally as possible within Vienna's calendar of events and cultural activities. The festival was therefore moved from autumn to spring, before the Vienna Festival. The 8th edition of the Vienna Art Visuals & Poetry Film Festival is planned for April 7-10, 2026.

However, in our search for the ideal festival date, unforeseen organizational obstacles arose, so that in the future we will return to holding the festival in the fall, as was always the case in the past. What makes our festival special is that we keep the poetry film competitions open for several months. This ensures a high quality of submissions.

Apart from that, we are excited to see how the current world situation is reflected in poetry films and look forward to seeing the new films with you! 

Deadline for poetry film submissions will be the 15th of December 2025.