Winner film “Textfilm Made in Austria” 2014 Brigitta Falkner
Since 2011 Sigrun Höllrigl organises with partners such as 4youreye the Art Visuals & Poetry Festival, which took place once a year. Premiere was at 3raum–Anatomietheater on October, 17, 2011. The festival is dedicated to visualized literature. In 2013 the focus of the festival changed to the genre poetry film. Hubert Sielecki, former leader of the studio of experimenal animations, University of Applied Arts Vienna also supports the festival as its film curator.
In 2014 Art Visuals & Poetry organized the first time two poetry film competitions. Winner of the Austrian competition was the Viennese artist Brigitta Falkner with her film “Strategien der Wirtsfindung”.
International winner film “Special Award”: Jos van den Brok/Alfred Marseille
The international “Special Award” dedicated to Georg Trakls’ poem “Kaspar Hauser Lied” went to the artist group Jos van den Brok (Netherlands) and Alfred Marseille (France). Congrats to the winner, and thanks warmly to all who submitted!
Due to a limited budget we had to come down to one competition only. The call for entries 2015 is dedicated to German speaking countries. Deadline is September, 15, 2015. The Art Visuals &Poetry Film Festival will take place December 5-6, 2015 at METRO Kinokulturhaus in Vienna.
We are looking forward to your exciting films and hope to see you there!
Beside that, the Art Visuals & Poetry film festival is on tours and supports cultural events all over Austria with its poetry film screeenings.
