Alpinale Short Film Festival

The Alpinale Short Film Festival (German: Alpinale Kurzfilmfestival) is a film festival in Bludenz, Vorarlberg (Austria). The short film festival draws around 1,000 visitors to Bludenz. Every year, about 30 hand-picked international short films are screened. The best films are awarded the Golden Unicorn.[1][2][3]

Alpinale Short Film Festival
Alpinale Short Film Festival
LocationBludenz, Austria
Founded1985
AwardsGolden Unicorn
DirectorsManuela Mylonas (since 2008)
Festival dateAugust
LanguageGerman
Websitehttps://alpinale.at

From 1985 to 2002, the festival took place in Bludenz, and from 2003 to 2019 in Nenzing. In 2020, the festival will be held in Bludenz again.[4] The 35th Alpinale took place between 11 and 15 August 2020 under strict regulations to prevent infections with Covid-19.[5][6][7]

The film language of all short films at the Alpinale is played in the original sound. For foreign language films, subtitles are displayed, while some English films are only provided without subtitles.[8]

The upcoming 36th Alpinale will take place between 8 and 12 August 2023.[9]

  • Alpinale Ländle Tour: Every spring, the Alpinale tours through Vorarlberg with favorite short films from the audience and the jury of the past short film festival, and also stops in Switzerland and Vienna. A selected program of audience favorites, as well as short films awarded the Golden Unicorn, will be shown on a big screen.[10]
  • Open air screening in Nenzing
    Vorarlberger Short Film Night: The Short Film Night has taken place every spring since 2010. All submitted Vorarlberg short films will be screened there and simultaneously publicly pre-judged for the festival in summer. The four finalists who compete in the "vorarlberg shorts" category at the Alpinale will be identified on the Vorarlberg Short Film Night.[11][12]
  • OBACHT! Horror Short Film Night: 14 horror themed short films are being screened at the Horror Short Film Night in autumn. The crowd may vote for the best film of the evening.[13]

Notes and references
  1. "Alpinale, Forum Österreichischer Filmfestivals". www.film-festivals.at. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  2. alpinale. "Veranstaltungen". ALPINALE (in German). Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  3. "Festival-Datenbank". Junge Filmszene im Bundesverband Jugend und Film (in German). Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  4. red, vorarlberg ORF at (2019-10-30). "Alpinale kehrt nach Bludenz zurück". vorarlberg.ORF.at (in German). Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  5. "ALPINALE short film festival". FilmFreeway. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  6. Julian (2020-07-29). "COVID19 Maßnahmen". ALPINALE Kurzfilmfestival (in Austrian German). Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  7. Ufer, Julia (2020-06-08). "35. Alpinale short film festival / Bludenz » CREATIVE AUSTRIA – Contemporary Culture". CREATIVE AUSTRIA – Contemporary Culture. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  8. "Alpinale 2021". www.vorarlberg-alpenregion.at (in German). Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  9. "Kurzfilmfestival 2023". ALPINALE Kurzfilmfestival (in German). Retrieved 2023-05-03.
  10. "LÄNDLE TOUR". ALPINALE (in German). 2019-09-13. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  11. "ALPINALE | IG Kultur". www.igkultur.at. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  12. alpinale. "Vorarlberger Kurzfilmnacht". ALPINALE (in German). Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  13. alpinale. "OBACHT! Horrorkurzfilmnacht". ALPINALE (in German). Retrieved 2020-06-07.


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