Elisabeth Büttner Scholarship for Film Culture
Submit a project proposal in film preservation, film heritage, film programming, or curatorship that contributes to Austrian film culture and engages critically with Austrian film history and theory.
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Get matched →The Elisabeth Büttner Project Scholarship for Film Culture supports curators, archivists, programmers, scholars, and educators working in film and cinema. Eligible projects must contribute to Austrian film culture and engage with Austrian film history and film theory, including work in film preservation, film heritage, film programming, and curatorship. Artistic research projects are explicitly encouraged. Projects may take place domestically or internationally and may be connected to a film cultural institution such as archives, cinemas, or film festivals.
Applicants must be curators, archivists, programmers, scholars, or educators in film with Austrian citizenship or permanent residence in Austria. Students are not eligible except for PhD or doctoral candidates. Projects that are already part of annual or project funding cannot receive this additional support.
31 October 2026
Bundesministerium für Wohnen, Kunst, Kultur, Medien und Sport, Abteilung IV/A/3 Film, Concordiaplatz 2, 1010 Wien. Mag. Matthias Hankel: +43 1 716 06851034, [email protected]
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