UNDER_the_RADAR in 2025 will be the 13th Austrian interdisciplinary film/media festival, featuring experimental film and media with animation, art, exploratory filmmaking, and digital culture.

The focus is on EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILMS or ANIMATION, hybrids,
composites, mixtures, crossbreeds, and combinations are welcomed and favored.
Straight forward narrative work in live action productions is not really our thing.
We look for an artistic and/or experimental approach.

The following festival-award categories will be awarded:

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
This category is open to any artists or students from the entire planet.
Films must have been produced after 1 January 2022
Films may be up to 15 minutes long.
RADAR INTERNATIONAL is for anything that is artistic
with a clear exploratory, experimental, reality-related direction.
If your film is using language (written or on the audio track),
it either has to be in English, or it has to include a translation
into English through embedded English subtitles.

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.
In case you do not fulfill these requirements your film will not be accepted for this category.
Films must have been produced after 1 January 2022.
Films may be up to 15 minutes long.

RADAR AUSTRIA is for anything that is artistic
with a clear exploratory, experimental, reality-related direction.
If your film is using language (written or on the audio track),
it either has to be in English, or it has to include a translation
into English through embedded English subtitles.

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.
In case you do not fulfill these requirements your film will not be accepted for this category.
Films must have been produced after 1 January 2022.
Films may be up to 15 minutes long.
RADAR STUDENT is awarded to films with animation of any kind as a predominant element.
Exploratory, experimenting and investigative work is preferred.
If your film is using language (written or on the audio track),
it either has to be in English, or it has to include a translation
into English through embedded English subtitles.

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

All films selected for screening automatically qualify for
the Radar Vienna Audience Award and Radar Vienna Special Mentions.

All films selected for RADAR AUSTRIA and ANGEWANDTE ANIMATION
automatically also qualify for the Hubert Sielecki Award.

RADAR AWARDS
Radar Vienna International Award ( - RADAR INTERNATIONAL)
Radar Vienna Austrian Award ( - RADAR AUSTRIA)

Exclusive Awards
Angewandte Animation Award
Radar Vienna Audience Award
Radar Vienna Special Mentions
Hubert Sielecki Award

All films submitted must have been produced after 1 January 2022
and must be shorter than 15 minutes.

All films selected for screening automatically qualify for
the Radar Vienna Audience Award and Radar Vienna Special Mentions.

All films selected for RADAR AUSTRIA and ANGEWANDTE ANIMATION AWARD
automatically qualify for the Hubert Sielecki Award.

You can submit a film to only ONE award category.

If your film had been selected for screening in a previous year, it can not get selected again for an award screening in the current year. If your film had been rejected in a previous year, it could not get selected again for an award screening in the current year.

RADAR INTERNATIONAL is open to any artists or students from the entire planet.

RADAR AUSTRIA is only open to artists of Austrian nationality,
or to artists who live or work in Austria and produced the submitted
film during their time in Austria.

The ANGEWANDTE ANIMATION AWARD is only open to students of Austrian nationality,
or to students who study in Austria and produced the submitted animation
during their studies at an Austrian educational institution after 1 April 2021

Copies for screening must be provided as .mp4 or .mov file-types
in case you have audio tracks, they have to be in 2 channels only.
ProRes422(HQ) is the preferred compression type for screening copies.

If your film is using language (written or on the audio track),
it either has to be in English, or it has to include a translation
into English through embedded English subtitles.

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  • john fadeff

    You do your work. Who knows how it'll come out. Once it's done you hope for the best - to have people sit in a dark theater and look. Being included in the program at RADAR Vienna, terrific, and a very great privilege. Our only regret is not having been there. Great communication and help. Thank you.

    September 2023
  • Francesca Svampa

    Great Festival! I would loved to be there in that amazing cinema with my 2 selected shorts. Gret communication, program and parallel activities.

    July 2023
  • tineke van veen

    Thank you so much for being part, with our film Unsettling Dust, of your great filmfestival!!!
    Barbara Prezelj and Tineke van Veen

    May 2023
  • Lou Sumray

    I was delighted to have my film selected and gutted I couldn't attend because I think this is such an interesting artistic festival that seems to offer a lot of food for thought. Communication and support was top notch and I definitely would like to visit another year.

    May 2023
  • An inspiring festival in the beautiful city of Vienna with a great selection of unconventional experimental films. The festival director Holger Lang was very friendly and helpful. There was a great art event in the evening. Unfortunately, we couldn't take part in the symposium, which would have been very interesting. We were happy to be there with our film "Downstream".

    May 2023