Vienna, the former music capital of Europe, has become increasingly relevant again. With the wry approach that is typical of this city, the young underground music scene there romanticizes the raw and rabid.
Hedonist and nihilist at the same time, the young Viennese artists embody the opposite of self-optimization. They are unadjusted, eccentric characters – and they are filling concert halls not only in Austria, but also in Germany and Switzerland. VIENNA CALLING starts with the aim of being a music documentary. But increasingly, the true protagonist emerges as the city of Vienna itself. Like a flâneur, the camera saunters by day and night through the lanes, bars and casual joints of Vienna, taking diversions, becoming lost only to find its way again.
The strolling rhythm is instigated by the music, performed by Viennese artists and their famous charm or "Schmäh". Part documentary, part staged, interwoven with musical performances, the project gradually reveals itself as a mosaic of eccentricity. VIENNA CALLING digs deep into the catacombs of Viennese culture far from the mainstream. With its many performances and semi-fictional scenes, VIENNA CALLING is not a music documentary in the classic sense of the word, but rather a docu-musical.
The film provides a stage for Viennese artists like the Turkish-Austrian duo EsRAP, who are first generation immigrants, non-binary rap artist Kerosin95, radical feminist authors Stefanie Sargnagel and Lydia Haider, songwriters Voodoo Ju?rgens and Der Nino aus Wien, and many more. VIENNA CALLING is a poetic approximation to the underground scene of an old European metropolis that experiences the current cultural changes and conflicts of our time. Viennese artists take the room they need for their art in a city that becomes increasingly gentrified. VIENNA CALLING is an homage to daring artists, it is about the hardships of creating art and art's need for space and independence.
Diagonal 2023, AT | DOK.fest München 2023, DE | Beyond Borders 2023, GR | Unerhört Festival Hamburg 2023, DE | Nancy IFF 2023, FR | Filmtage Osnabrück 2023, DE | Cologne Film Festival 2023, DE | Szemrevaló - Sehenswert 2023, HU | Das Filmfest - Festival des deutschsprachigen Films 2023, CZ
QUEERPANORAMA
ein Film von Jun Li
USA/Hong Kong/China 2025, 87 Minuten, OF mit dt. UT
FSK ab 16 PANORAMA BERLINALE 2025!
Mo 12.1., 20.00, Votivkino Wien
Mi, 14.1., 20.40, KIZ Royal Kino, Graz
Mo 26.1., 20.30 Cinematograph Innsbruck
Di 27.1., 20.10, Volkskino Klagenfurt
Ein Film von Martin Nguyen
10.2. Wiener Kinostart-Premiere: VILLAGE CINEMA
17.30 Signierstunde RENATE WELSH, anschliessend 18.30 Film + Gespräch mit Martin Nguyen und Renate Welsh
In Kooperation mit der Tageszeitung KURIER und THALIA
13.2., 20.00 Innsbruck - Premiere im LEOKINO, mit Regisseur Martin Nguyen
Ab 13.2. in folgenden Kinos:
Wien: Village Cinema
Innsbruck: Leokino
Wels: Programmkino Wels
22.2., 13.00 Matinée im Filmhaus, mit RENATE WELSH
27.2., 18.30 Graz-Premiere mit Renate Welsh und Martin Nguyen
Ab 27.2. in folgenden Kinos:
Moviemento Linz
KIZ Royal Graz
6.3., Kino im Kesselhaus, mit Regisseur Martin Ngyuen
10.3. Klagenfurt: 18.00 Lesung Renate Welsh im Musilinstitut, 19.30 Filmvorführung im VOLKSKINO mit Martin Nguyen und Renate Welsh
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weitere Termine in Kürze
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Indian Premiere at AUROVILLE FILM FESTIVAL
21st January 2026
Erlebt echte Kinomomente bei euch im Ort!
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Kino Vod Club, Watch AUT
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International Premiere @ INT. FF ROTTERDAM
Indian Premiere at AUROVILLE FILM FESTIVAL
21st January 2026
30 Jan - 3 Feb INT. FF ROTTERDAM
11 - 17 Feb EFM / BERLINALE