VIFF Vienna Independent Film Festival


VIFF Vienna Independent Film Festival is an international film festival held annually in July in Vienna, capital of Austria. The festival focuses on independent cinema.

History

VIFF Vienna Independent Film Festival was held for the first time on 4-7 July 2016 in the cinemas UCI Kinowelt Millenium City and CineCenter. The festival program consisted of 38 films from 14 countries in international competition.
Opening film of the festival was God of Happiness by Dito Tsintsadze who won the Best Director award.
Grand Prix of the festival – The Golden Sphinx – was awarded to the Konkani film Let's dance to the rhythm directed by Bardroy Barretto.
Graham Streeter received the Best Feature Film award for his film Imperfect Sky.
The award for Best Documentary Film was awarded to Violins of Hope: Strings of the Holocaust narrated by Adrien Brody and directed by Lance Shultz.

Winners

2019

Grand Prix
Best Feature Film
Best Director
Best Original Screenplay
Best Short Film
Best Documentary Film
Best Experimental Film
Best Music Video
Best Actor
Best Supporting Actor
Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography
Best Film Score
Grand Prix
Best Feature Film
Best Director
Best Original Screenplay
Best Short Film
Best Documentary Film
Best Experimental Film
Best Music Video
Best Actor
Best Cinematography
Special Jury Prize
Grand Prix
Best Feature Film
Best Director
Best Original Screenplay
Best Short Film
Best Documentary Film
Best Experimental Film
Best Music Video
Best Actor
Best Supporting Actor
Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography
Grand Prix
Best Feature Film
Best Director
Best Original Screenplay
Best Short Film
Best Animated Film
Best Documentary Film
Best Experimental Film
Best Music Film
Best Music Video
Best Actor
Best Supporting Actor
Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography