Welcome!
19. September to 1. October,
Vienna, Austria
Honored countries:
Mexico and Peru
Verano Vienés is more than a festival — it is a heartbeat.
A space where Latin America speaks with its own voice,
through images that cross borders,
through stories that are not translated but felt.
It is a bridge of memory, dignity, and dreams,
a meeting place between continents
where art becomes dialogue
and our stories — necessary and alive —
find their way to the heart of Europe.
It is a bridge of memory, dignity, and dreams,
a meeting place between continents
where art becomes dialogue
and our stories — necessary and alive —
find their way to the heart of Europe.
Agenda
All events are free of charge. For some, prior registration is required and will be specified. In general, the program will be held in English and the documentaries will be subtitled.
Opening Reception
19 September 18hrs.
Blutgasse 3
Opening of Winners exhibition
20 September 17:30hrs.
Stolzenthalergasse 14
Screening for children
and adults
26 September 16:30hrs.
Türkenstraße 15
Book presentation and documentary screening
27 September 17hrs.
Blutgasse 3
Festival closing reception
Octubre 1st. 18hrs.
Blutgasse 3
Day 1
19 September 18hrs. Verano Vienés Opening Reception
REGISTER NO LONGER AVAILABLE, THE VENUE REACHED ITS FULL CAPACITY.
1.Ribbon-cutting ceremony, toast, and opening of exhibitions:
Hector Adolfo Quintanar Pérez (México): "Beyond This Place of Wrath and Tears".
Inés Miguens (Argentina): "Voices of the Earth – The Song of the Earth Has a Woman’s Voice”
Eloy Valtierra Ruvalcaba (México): "Memory of Political Processes in Mexico"
Eloina Viveros (México): "Almolonga Carnival"
Michele Agostinis (Perú): "La marinera"
4.Screening of short documentary films:
"The Water Mark" de Diego Reynoso Orozco (13:22mins.)
Filmed almost entirely with a drone and with infrared technique, it shows the testimonies of inhabitants and the problems of a town that suffers from the pollution of its river by the industry.
"Eyes of the Earth" de Jorge Iván Castañeira Jaramillo (21:53 mins.)
An audiovisual essay created over seven years of journeys through territories in resistance in Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, Guatemala, and Argentina. The territory is not portrayed: it is listened to, breathed, and felt. In the face of the devastation caused by extractivism and neoliberalism, the images do not illustrate, they resist. The mountains, rivers, glaciers, and the voices that still rise up form a living archive that rebels against disappearance, oblivion, and the colonization of vision. More than offering answers, the film opens cracks and accompanies, presenting a visual song for life and other ways of imagining the future.
Attendance is limited, prior registration is required.
2. Recognition Ceremony
Presentation of the award to Peruvian photojournalist Santiago Junior Romaní Rodríguez, winner of the first edition of the Documentary Photography Contest.
Day 2
20 September 17:30hrs. Opening of Winners exhibition Documentary Photography
Place: Sede de Verano Vienés, Stolzenthalergasse 14, 1080, Viena
Allan Laurent Colin (México), "Habitad, desaparición"
Lesly Lisset Romero Montiel (México), "Rostros que dan vida"
Jorge Rosendo Negroe Alvarez (México), "Selección de amputados"
Adriana Guadalupe Muñoz Guzmán (México), "Xoaltentli: guardiana onírica de los mundos"
Alfredo Samuel Gamio Parrilla (México), "Pequeños pescadores"
Maria Cecilia Alvarado Dominguez (México), "La novia itsmeña"
María Gloria Martínez Navor (México), "Lupitas"
Fernando Franco Sevilla (México), "Manifestaciones Culturales del Sincretismo en México"
Alejandro Salas Guerrero (México), "Quema de Toritos Tultepec"
Luis Santiago Merchan Mayorga (Colombia), "Las Zaragozas"
Alvaro Gabriel Diaz Rodriguez (Mexico), "Fantasmas migrantes"
Aníbal Enrique Vivaceta de la Fuente (Chile), "Eoeoeo. Ramadas"
Martha Patricia Lugo Chavez (México), "Mi lindo Tlaltenco"
1st. Place: Santiago Junior Romaní Rodriguez (Perú): "Ucayali bajo el agua: crónica visual de las inundaciones en Pucallpa"
2nd. Place: Iker Adrián Radilla Ramos (México), "Horizontes fragmentados"
3rd. Place: Manuel Fernando Cerón Hernández, (México), "Perdonar al tiempo"
Honorable Mentions Paola Adriana García Ruiz, (México), "Mujeres que luchan";
Lisbeth del Carmen Altamar Gomez, (Venezuela), "Memorias Ancestrales"
Selected Artists:
No prior registration is required
Day 3
26 September 16:30hrs. Screening for children and adults
Place: Instituto Cultural de México en Viena, Türkenstraße 15, 1090, Viena
In partnership with Festival de Cine Infantil Oftálmica y Docs Mx (Mexico)
Screening of short films made by children and for children, some of them in
Indigenous languages. All films are subtitled in English:
"La Xonaca"
"Jaripeo"
"El son de Jáltipan"
"El Zapateado mágico"
Documentary Screening:
"Sketches On the Sky" Director: Ligia Cortés Aguila
Attendance is limited, prior registration is required.
Day 4
27 de septiembre 18:00hrs. Book presentation and Film Screening
Book Presentation
“An Army of Armed Children Running in Sandals”
by Mexican Anthropologist and Photojournalist Héctor Adolfo Quintanar Pérez
(with videoconference link) with John Herzog, Vice President of the Austrian Journalists Club.
Film Screening
"With One Foot in Glory" (Mexico) by director José Eduardo Esparza Tovar (01:48:53 hrs.)
Attendance is limited, prior registration is required.
Day 5
October 1st. 18h. Closing Reception
Screening of the Documentary:
“Kueka, Ancestral Memory” (01:04:55 hrs.) with the presence of Venezuelan director María de los Ángeles Peña Fonseca.
Closing presentation by soprano Patricia Trujano and
pianist Juan Carlos Paniagua Bustamante
Closing Toast
Attendance is limited, prior registration is required.
With deep gratitude to our sponsors and partners for making
Verano Vienés possible.
