QUEERTACTICS short film competition for queer_feminist works
A five-member jury consisting of three to four external experts as well as the QUEERTACTICS organizers Dagmar Fink and Katja Wiederspahn – with the support of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna – will award three prizes of EUR 1000 each:
1/ the GOLDEN MEDUSA for the most challenging gender portrayal(s)
2/ the GOLDEN MEDUSA for the queerest aesthetics
3/ the GOLDEN MEDUSA for the best LGBTIQ+ document
Prize money: EUR 1000 each
Running time: up to 30 minutes
Submission deadline: September 30, 2025
Award ceremony: November 16, 2025
Countries of production: either produced in Austria or by Austrian directors
Production period: not older than two years, i.e. not completed before October 2023
Submission: please exclusively by email to office@queertactics.at (viewing link plus film description max. 1 A4 page)
Exhibition formats: 35mm, 16mm, Super8, DCP (other digital exhibition formats after prior agreement)
There are no restrictions regarding possible film genres, nor regarding the context in which the films have been made. We would like to invite filmmakers from diverse communities to submit their work. Explicitly activist works are just as welcome as experimental films that were initially created for a gallery context – as well as, for example, industrial films, porn films or westerns.
The award ceremony will take place on November 16, 2025, in the course of this year’s closing gala of QUEERTACTICS . QUEER_FEMINIST FILM FESTIVAL VIENNA. We will present the award winning films as well as a selection of the nominated works.