UNDER_the_RADAR_Vienna

Festival Description:

The focus is on ANIMATED SHORT FILMS, with a non-exclusive emphasis on experimental and documentary work in the international section. Hybrids, composites, mixtures, crossbreeds, and combinations are welcomed and favoured. This year's motto and topic is: "Real Time Identity" - How the interaction with our image of the past and our idea of the future shapes the work in film, media, art, and connected hybrids at our current moment.

At UNDER_the_RADAR_Vienna we present and celebrate:
a n i m a t e d / m o v i n g / i m a g e s

2026 Call for Entries (Archive)

• All films submitted must have been produced after 1 January 2024 and must be shorter than 15 minutes.

Categories: 

• R a d a r - V i e n n a - I N T E R N A T I O N A L - A w a r d
• R a d a r - V i e n n a - A U S T R I A N - A w a r d
  This category is ONLY open to artists with AUSTRIAN nationality, or to artists who live or work in Austria and produced a film during their time in Austria. RADAR AUSTRIA is for anything that is artistic
  with a clear exploratory, experimental, reality-related direction.
• A N G E W A N D T E - A N I M A T I O N - A W A R D
  This category is only open to STUDENTS with AUSTRIAN nationality, or to artists who study in Austria and produced the submitted film during their studies at an Austrian educational institution. RADAR STUDENT is awarded to films with animation of any kind as a predominant element.

You can NOT submit a film to more than one category.
All submitted films will only be considered if they match the described criteria.

Important information:

• Regulations and entry via Film Freeway
• Deadline: 22 December 2025  (earlybird deadline), 15 January 2026 (regular deadline), 7 February 2026 (late deadline), 1 March 2026 (final deadline)

2019 Festival Schedule (Archive)

• Festival Schedule

NB: 2027 Festival Dates are tentative