The Austrian Film Museum (German: Österreichisches Filmmuseum) is a film archive and museum located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Peter Konlechner and Peter Kubelka in 1964 as a non-profit organization. In February 1964, independent filmmaker Peter Kubelka and film enthusiast Peter Konlechner founded the Austrian Film Museum. They had met in 1962 at the "Internationale Kurzfilmwoche" (International Short Film Week), which Konlechner organized as part of his student film club Cinestudio at the Technical University of Vienna. The Austrian Film Museum aimed to preserve films and present them to the public, affirming what the founders thought to be the two roles of film: "as the most important form of artistic expression in modernity and as the chief historiographical source of the 20th century." This effort was financially supported through the Austrian government as well as the City of Vienna. Private sponsors alongside the membership and admission fees have kept the establishment functioning. Within a year's time of its inception, the Austrian Film Museum was inducted as a member of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF). After changing venues during its first 18 months, the Film Museum found its permanent location for film presentations and office space in Vienna's first district in the Albertina building in the course of 1965. The events of the Filmmuseum were accompanied by great audience interest. Especially the retrospectives, which the Film Museum organized as part of the Viennale since 1966, gave it a unique rank in the German-speaking countries. More information...
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