Showtime! The FrauenFilmTage, Austria‘s most renowned women’s film festival, is getting ready for 2012.

For the past nine years the festival has created a unique space for women filmmakers from all around the globe, who want to present their work to an interested Austrian audience. Each year in March, right before the International Women’s Day, the women who work in front of as well as behind the camera are the center of attention. The festival’s program offers a great variety of current feature films and documentaries, some of which have been shown at major international festivals, some premieres. The topics range from women’s and sociopolitical issues all around the world to current affairs, arts, and many more. The popular question and answer sessions give the audience the chance to meet the filmmakers and to discuss the films with experts.

In addition, for the past two years the festival has presented a retrospective of the works of a successful Austrian filmmaker. The retrospective in 2010 and 2011 were dedicated to the female directors Karin Berger and Karin Brandauer. 2012 we dedicate the retrospecitve to the editor Karina Ressler

Looking forward to seeing you all at the next FrauenFilmTage!

Gabi Frimberger
Head of festival