The Austrian film festival SUBURBINALE takes place at the eastern outskirts of Vienna, where the suburbs connect to the national park “Lobau”. We are hosted by the city of Groß-Enzersdorf, a small township 500 metres off the world city. We started out in 2017 and are very happy to move into our 7 th edition 2025.

International filmmakers are welcome to share their views and stories on city expansion and the transitory areas between the urban and the rural. The festival wants to foster a inspiring dialogue about the challenges and chances of suburban life. We offer accommodation and traveling support, depending on our seasonal availability to filmmakers who are presenting their work at our festival.

We accept all cinematic forms. Be it narrative, documentary, essayistic or experimental. All filmmakers regardless of experience and budget are welcome to submit their works. To be selected your work must have a connection to our central theme - "THE SUBURBAN."

As all most cinemas in the immediate area have been closed by now the festival appropriates places that have lost their function as its playing grounds. This establishes an expanded dialog between film, space and audience that goes beyond classical cinema offerings.

All submissions are viewed by members of our international Jury.

Awards & Prizes

The SUBURBINALE is a non competitive festival.

All films chosen for the official selection will receive the "official selection" Laurel.
Our selection jury consists of international experts, and we ll try to get your film as much attention as possible.

Rules & Terms

To be considered for our selection your film must have some connection to the "suburban."

English or German subtitles are required for all films not in German of English language.

All entries must be available for screening during the festival.

We accept submissions over FilmFreeway with online screeners to streamline the viewing process for our selection jury and stay as green as possible during the selection process.

Filmmakers retain 100% all of the rights to their projects and materials that they submit to the SUBURNINALE Festival, but the film festival organizers reserve the right to use excerpts from the submitted films for promotional purpose.

The SUBURBINALE is not a competitive festival, yet every film selected receives our “official selection” laurel.

All filmmakers selected by the festival will be asked to provide promotional materials, but we ask that no promotional materials be sent until selection.

All selections will be showcased and promoted at the festivals homepage and via social media.

As screening formats in 2025 we accept DCPs or any we other digital format , preferably via download link. We can not screen analogue film.

By submitting to the festival, you agree to allow your submitted work to be screened by the festival during the festival run, for which you are submitting, at no charge to the festival.

By submitting, the filmmaker allows to advertise for them without infringing copyright of any kind of form and list them on social media platforms as well as our website. (www.suburbinale.com)

All fees are non-refundable.

The submitted film shall not imitate or plagiarize any copyrighted work. We require films to have all necessary rights and releases secured for us to feature them.

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless us, our officers, affiliates, employees, and partners from any and all claims and liability arising out of entering or transmitting your film to the SUBURBINALE Film Festival.

Dates and venues are subject to change if deemed appropriate by the festival.
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  • Hüseyin Albayrak

    Great Festival! Great People!! thank you all

    November 2025
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  • Carina Spreitzer

    I am very grateful that I was able to be part of the festival. The Suburbinale team is fantastic and very appreciative. It was a wonderful time and a great experience to be in an environment full of motivated, respectful and creative people.
    Thank you very much for showing Hofedl 18. It was a very special experience, not only for me but also for my family.

    November 2025
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  • Fueye Films

    Very good festival, thank you very much for the selection of El Ariston.

    November 2025
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  • Michael Dorfman

    We are honored to have our film screen at Suburbinale! Thank you for selecting our short film and sharing our message of sustainability and hope. Great communication! Highly recommend!!

    November 2025
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  • Alfred Hernandez

    I love this festival. Such an interesting forum for this nuanced topic. I was happy to screen my experimental video Angels Overpass this year.

    November 2025
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