19 - 23 MAY 2025
STADTKINO WIEN
STORIES OF WORK AND
WORKING LIVES
19 - 23 MAY 2025
STADTKINO WIEN
STORIES OF WORK AND
WORKING LIVES
FILMS
Opening
Short Film Program and Discussions with Filmmakers
Sterne zum Dessert
Comedy, F 2023, 111‘, German version
Careers in Film
Film and discussion
Harun-Farocki-Special
Workers Leaving the Factory, D 1995, 36', German
For Comparison, D/A 2009, 61', German version
Der Wert des Menschen
Drama, F 2015, 93‘, Original version with subtitles
Wir waren Kumpel
Documentary, G 2023, 104', Original language
Automotive (School Presentation)
Documentary, G 2020, 80', Original language
Apprenticeship in Pictures
Film and discussion
Für die Vielen
Documentary A 2022, Original language
Bottlemen
Documentary, SRB/SLO 2023, 84‘, Original version with subtitles
The Store
Drama, S 2023, 119‘, Original version with subtitles
Zu jeder Zeit
Documentary, F 2018, 105‘, Original version with subtitles
Film On for Talents
Film and discussion
Zehn Jahre
Documentary, CH 2024, 115‘, German version
Automotive
Documentary, G 2020, 80', Original language
On Falling
Drama, UK/P 2024, 104‘, Original version with subtitles
The Pickers – Bittere Früchte
Documentary, D 2024, 85‘, Original language
Gurbet – In der Fremde
Documentary, A 2008, Original language and Turkish with subtitles
Youth – Homecoming
Documentary, CHN/F/BE/NL 2023, 152', Original version with subtitles
United Workers
Video-Music Performance
Closing Party
Club-U – Künstlerhauspassage, Karlsplatz
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Work shapes our lives – and yet it often remains invisible in cinema. The Vienna Labour Film Festival changes that: for one working week, feature and documentary films shed light on the reality of work, careers, and education, examine working conditions, and explore paths for improvement. From supermarket shelves to mines, from factory halls to care facilities – the screen becomes a stage for lived experiences and societal reflection.
The accompanying programme also builds bridges between film and the world of work: filmmakers, policy makers and experts discuss work, identity and justice. The festival invites everyone – students, employees, people in vocational training or continuing education, and job seekers – to reflect together on a better future of work. Cinema is not only entertainment but also a tool for insight and an invitation to change.
18–22 MAY 2026 STADTKINO AND ADMIRALKINO VIENNA
Akademiestraße 13, 1010 Wien
stadtkinowien.at
01/71262760
Festival Management:
Jörg Markowitsch
Curators:
Jörg Markowitsch
Susi Rogenhofer
Stefan Schmid-Heher
Barbara Waschmann
Festival Team
Tessa Pittrof, Eva Steinheimer
Film Advisory Board:
Christoph Bart, Christoph Büttner, Reinhold Gaubitsch, Wiktoria Pelzer, Joachim Schätz, Eva Steinheimer, Ivana Veznikova, Konrad Wakolbinger
Special Thanks:
Dagmar Achleitner, Hans Aigner, Renate Anderl, Christa Auderlitzky, Antje Barabasch, Reinhard Bauer, Max Bergmann, Eva Brandt, Maximilian Buchleitner, Georg Csarmann, Judith Csarmann, Christian Dewald, Anna Dohalek, Roman Fasching, Ernst Gesslbauer, Winfried Göschl, Christa Grödl, Daniel Hadenius-Ebner, Katharina Handlos, Leon Hartl, Robert Hinterleitner, Norbert Horvath, Stefan Huber, Mirela Jasic, Gudrun Jöller, Christine Juen, Therese Kaiser, Tolga Karaaslan, Tanja Karlsböck, Martin Kenner, Matthias Kieber, Klaus Kienesberger, Kenan Kilic, Johannes Kopf, Norbert Lachmayr, Renate Lehner, Klaus Lehner, Rainer Lichtblau, Kofler Martin, Brigitte Matula, Sandra Menner, Nadia Messner, Marko Miloradovic, Stefan Niederwieser, Constanze Ödl, Vrääth Öhner, Peter Preitler, Martin Prinz, Alexander Prischl, Sherin Quell, , Johannes Rosenberger, Ingrid Rottenhofer, Gebetsroither Sabine, Herbert Schweiger, Kai Wichmann, Moritz Wildburger, Angelika Wolff, Marie-Noëlle Yazdanpanah, Alois Zauner
