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Welcome to the 5th Vienna International Film Awards! :-)

The Vienna International Film Awards (VIFA) is an annual film festival held in the beautiful city of Vienna with live screenings and our famous red carpet award ceremony.

VIFA accepts short-films in various genres and categories from across the globe.

Our judges consist of international filmmakers and industry professionals.

To view the judges of our festival please make sure to visit us on:
www.viennainternationalfilmawards.com

VIFA is an IMDb qualifying film festival.

Our festival is run by a small group of volunteers, film enthusiasts, and professional film judges.

The objective of VIFA is to provide support to independent filmmakers, help promote their talent and to give them the unique chance to present their work to industry professionals with vast experience in their field.

In case you still have any questions about our festival, please don’t hesitate to send us a message and we will get back to you within 24 hours.

Awards & Prizes

VIFA 2024 CATEGORIES:

Best Director

Best Directress

Best Actor

Best Actress

Best Cinematography

Best Production Design

Best Costume Design (NEW!)

All Artisan/Technical Categories (NEW! - money saver! 50% Discount!)

Best Comedy

Best Romance

Best Horror

Best Thriller

Best Drama

Best Documentary

Best Science Fiction / Fantasy

Best Action / Adventure

Best Dance / Musical

Best Animated

Best Experimental

Best Music Video

Best of Austria

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VIFA 2024 AWARDS:

10 official selections in each category.

1 award winning film in each category.

60 selected films - 3 films per category - will be screened in a Movie Theater in front of a live audience at our Screening Events in Vienna.

In addition to our Live Screenings, we will also host a Red Carpet Award Show, Workshops and Networking Events.

The winning films will receive our official VIFA laurels, a trophy and a certificate.

Austrian short films that make it into our official selection will receive a free one-year-membership with the Austrian Directors Association.

Rules & Terms

1) Films that are not in English are required to have English subtitles.

2) Duration 25 minutes and under.

3) Films must be 2021 or newer to be able to submit.

4) When submitting in multiple categories, make sure to submit each category separately.

5) To submit a film you have to own all rights or have permission from the owner of the content to submit the film to us.

6) Student Films will require proof of student ID to qualify for the discounted rate. Any non-student films submitted into the category will be disqualified.

7) Only online submissions using FilmFreeway are accepted.

8) VIFA reserves the right to refuse acceptance of submissions deemed by the festival to be inappropriate and violating the Rules and Terms. Should you wish to question VIFA about the decision, you can contact us by email.

9) All fees are non-refundable.

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  • Amey Khanwalkar

    Well, I appreciate the way they approached us on social networking to participate in the Festival and we did in multiple categories. We were only selected, as I guess our genre did not fit the Jury choice and the audience. But pleasure to be selected.

    February 2024
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    Response from festival:

    Hi Amey, thank you for your review! It was great to have your film "The Girl at the airport" at our festival -> Our team really enjoyed watching your film and we are proud that you received an official selection at VIFA 2023! We hope we will see more of your talent soon and we are looking forward to welcome you in person in Vienna soon :-)

  • brian huey

    The PERPETUAL production team, cast and crew are so honored to be a part of the VIENNA Awards —- and to be a finalist. We hope to bring you more in 2024. The festival team is incredible. 🍿 BrianHuey.com —📚Author of the PERPETUAL series. 🎥 HueyMedia.com

    February 2024
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    Response from festival:

    Hi Brian, it was an honour and a pleasure having your film at our festival! We are looking forward to your next project and can't wait to see it! :-) Thank you & all the best from Vienna!

  • Adam Szudrich

    Thank you to the team at Vienna International Film Awards for selecting Slow Dating for the festival. Great communication. Nice experience.

    January 2024
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    Response from festival:

    Hi Adam, thank you for your review, we are glad that you had a great experience at VIFA 2023 and hope to see more of your work soon! :-)

  • A T Beaune 唐博訥

    What an honour to have ‘Melodia’ officially selected for the Vienna International Film Awards. The film’s artistic ties to Vienna through L v Beethoven and Gustav Klimt made the citation for production design especially gratifying for our Taiwanese team.

    Communication throughout was cordial, clear, and timely. I regret that we were unable to send a representative from our cast to walk the VIFA red carpet in person, yet all of us were delighted to follow events thanks to the detailed invitation and timely news. Congratulations to all who participated, from affair and in person. Here’s wishing our fellow film lovers at VIFA all success going forward.

    A T Beaune
    Director, ‘Melodia: a short film in rondo form’
    https://linktr.ee/atbeaune

    January 2024
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    Response from festival:

    Hi A T Beaune, thank you for your kind words and we are delighted that you were pleased with your experience at our festival!
    We hope to see more of you work this year and it would be amazing to meet you in person at VIFA 2024!
    All the best from Vienna and keep up the great work! :-)

  • Charvi Rammohan

    I had a wondeful experience with VIFA. I was regularly updated about the festival and it was an honour to have had my movie compete with amazing works from other filmmakers.

    December 2023
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    Response from festival:

    Hi Charvi, thank you for your kind words, we are happy that you had a great time at VIFA! Hopefully we can see more of your work this year and meet you in Vienna in December! :-)