Cinema under the stars
Cinema under the stars was an open-air cinema in Vienna held annually in the summer months from 1996 to 2016 . Until 2008 it took place in Augarten , from 2009 on Karlsplatz . The organizer was After Image Productions - an association for the promotion of outdoor cinemas and cultural events . After a break in 2017, the event took place again in 2018. In July 2018, curator Judith Wieser-Huber announced that she would no longer continue the festival for financial reasons. In 2019 the Kaleidoskop film festival, organized by the CineCollective , will take place at Karlsplatz.
history
Cinema under the stars began in 1996 as part of the centenary of the cinema as the first open-air cinema in Vienna in the Barockpark Augarten. At this location, the cinema had a 200 m 2 screen and around 900 seats. The spectator stands were on a grandstand. International cuisine was offered in a “gastronomy avenue”. Annual film specials were devoted to the subjects of hammer films , Ray Harryhausen , Dress Code, Mad Brains, Subversive Delight and Attack , among others . The program offered a mixture of classics, premieres and popular films from film history that were difficult to access for the public in their original version with subtitles.
In 1997 and 1998 the festival took place in cooperation with the international Viennale film festival Viennale . In 2001 there was a collaboration with SYNEMA , the Society for Film and Media, in which the film program was supplemented by a Sunday series of lectures entitled "déjà WIEN".
In 2002 the special “Amok” was devoted to globalization and violence. During a picnic, u. a. Franzobel and Paulus Hochgatterer . In 2003 there was a cooperation with the Austrian Film Museum under the title “Two Frog Magic”.
In 2004, the cinema under the stars welcomed Ray Harryhausen as a guest and presenter of his films as part of the film special of the same name . A selection of the works for which Harryhausen had created the special effects were shown: " The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms " (1953), " It Came From Beneath the Sea " (1955), " Earth vs. the Flying Saucers "(1956)," The 7 th Voyage of Sinbad "(1958) and" Jason and the Argonauts "(1963).
In 2006 Kino unter Sternen celebrated its 10th anniversary in a slightly different location because the previous location was endangered by the partly dilapidated flak tower in Augarten. This year it already counted around 25,000 visitors.
In 2009 the venue and concept were renewed. Since then, the festival has been taking place free of charge at the centrally located Karlsplatz in Vienna , where the number of seats is limited to 200. The program focus is on Austrian films with English subtitles. The supporting program includes lectures and discussions with filmmakers, actors, cultural scientists and film critics, readings and concerts.
In 2017 the festival was canceled in March. Curator Judith Wieser-Huber justified this with the change in festival funding by the City of Vienna in autumn 2016. Accordingly, the agreement on the amount of the subsidy would not have been made until the end of April 2017. The festival should take place again in 2018. The cinema under the stars was funded annually by the City of Vienna with 100,000 euros. In July 2018, curator Judith Wieser-Huber announced that she would no longer continue the festival for financial reasons.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b orf.at: “Cinema under the stars” ends . Article dated July 19, 2018, accessed July 19, 2018.
- ↑ orf.at: New summer cinema on Karlsplatz . Article dated June 14, 2019, accessed June 14, 2019.
- ↑ kaleidoskop.film . Retrieved June 14, 2019.
- ^ ORF : 25,000 visitors to "Kino unter Sternen" , August 21, 2006
- ^ Die Presse : "Kino unter Sternen" moves to Karlsplatz , April 27, 2009
- ↑ orf.at: This year no “cinema under the stars” . Article dated March 24, 2017, accessed March 9, 2018.
- ↑ orf.at: “Cinema under the stars” is making a comeback . Article dated March 9, 2018, accessed March 9, 2018.