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To mark its 75th anniversary, the Vienna Festival is proclaiming a “Holy Spring” with the Republic of Gods: a mythical celebration of criticism of and a longing for the divine. In response, the Admiral Kino and the Stadtkino at the Künstlerhaus are setting out in search of goddesses, both ancient and modern. Because Alanis Morissette is God. And because Patti Smith is the Goddess of Punk – on stage at the Vienna Festival, on the screen at the Admiral Kino.
From 17 May to 15 June 2026, the Admiral Kino and Stadtkino Wien will become places of worship. Because goddesses are simply everywhere all at once.
Thank Goddess!
Sun, 17 May, 8.15pm – SAINT OMER
To mark the performance of Le Voyage de la Vénus Noire, written and performed by Alice Diop, at the Vienna Festival, the Stadtkino will screen Alice Diop’s impressive film SAINT OMER on 17 May 2026.
With a deliberately calm yet uncompromising visual language, she addresses themes such as identity, migration and colonialism. Her films tell the stories of people whose voices are rarely heard in the public sphere. Her work is characterised by Diop’s endeavour to bring unique life stories from the margins into the spotlight. In doing so, she transforms personal stories into political images.Tickets / Stadtkino im Künstlerhaus
Sun, 24 May, 7.30pm – GIRLS & GODS + Talk
GIRLS & GODS followed by a discussion with protagonist and activist Inna Shevchenko
In cooperation with the Vienna Festival as part of the film series: Thank Goddess!
Can feminism and religion coexist? Girls & Gods is a fearless journey, led by Inna Shevchenko, the author and initiator of the project, to answer precisely this question. Shevchenko, who once became known as the leader of FEMEN’s topless protests against patriarchal power structures, has now swapped protest for dialogue by inviting priestesses, imams, rabbis, theologians and other activists to open discussions.
Tickets / Stadtkino im KünstlerhausTue, 2 June, 8.30pm – DOGMA
A sharp-witted satire on religion that sparked debate, controversy and a cult following around the world.Bartleby (Ben Affleck) and Loki (Matt Damon), two banished angels who seek to exploit a loophole in theology to return to heaven, thereby inadvertently threatening to destroy all existence. A reluctant employee at an abortion clinic (Linda Fiorentino) is tasked with stopping them.
Tickets bald erhältlich / Admiral Kino
Sat, 6 June, 8.30pm – Everything Everywhere ...
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE is an epic, heart-warming and deeply human science fiction adventure about a Chinese immigrant who is having trouble with her tax return.Tickets bald erhältlich / Admiral Kino
Mon, 8 June, 8.30pm – Patti Smith: Dream of Life
Punk rock legend, beat poet, artist, mother, daughter, friend. For eleven years, photographer Steven Sebring accompanied the Goddess of Punk, Patti Smith, with his 16 mm camera.One moment he shows her in her home in Detroit, in carefully arranged still lifes; the next, he films her on the move. Then in trains, hotels, backstage with her son, with bandmates warming up in the dressing room, or on stage. Patti in her parents’ garden, at the graves of revered poets such as William Blake, Gregory Corso and Arthur Rimbaud, by the sea or in the streets of Rome. She herself recounts stories from her life, of moments of happiness, losses and utopias. “A worker, a mother, an artist, a human being” – a very personal portrait.
Wed, 10 June, 8.30pm – Suspiria
A remake of Dario Argento’s horror thriller of the same name. Dancer Susie finds herself at a dance school where the teachers belong to a mysterious coven of witches…Tickets bald erhältlich / Admiral Kino
Mon, 15 June, 8.30pm – Sita Sings the Blues
Tells the love story of Rama and the Hindu goddess Sita, using colourful animation techniques and musical numbers in the style of a Bollywood musical.Tickets bald erhältlich / Admiral Kino
