https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Austria in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed One of Austria's most important anti-Nazi films was thought lost for decades, until it was uncovered by chance last year. Now experts must race to keep from losing The City Without Jews again - this time from decay. https://www.thelocal.at/20161201/austrias-race-against-time-to-save-anti-nazi-film Thu, 01 Dec 2016 09:00:54 +0100 austrias-race-against-time-to-save-anti-nazi-film With the Viennale film festival opening on Thursday, we thought it’s time to take a look at the best of Austrian cinema. https://www.thelocal.at/20161019/five-austrian-films-that-wont-make-you-depressed Wed, 19 Oct 2016 13:43:19 +0200 five-austrian-films-that-wont-make-you-depressed An Austrian-German student film has been nominated for the "best live action short film" Oscar by the jury – placing it alongside blockbuster movies and A-list actors. https://www.thelocal.at/20160115/austrian-german-live-action-short-takes-student-director-to-oscars Fri, 15 Jan 2016 08:47:07 +0100 austrian-german-live-action-short-takes-student-director-to-oscars An award-winning director will soon start work on Happy End, a film which will 'integrate' the migrant crisis affecting the French port into its plot. https://www.thelocal.at/20151230/new-film-to-be-shot-in-migrant-hotspot-calais Wed, 30 Dec 2015 17:34:08 +0100 new-film-to-be-shot-in-migrant-hotspot-calais Oscar winner Helen Mirren presented her new movie about Nazi-looted art in Berlin on Monday, saying Germany and Austria should not rest until all the works are returned. https://www.thelocal.at/20150210/emotional-mirren-brings-nazi-looted-art-film-to-berlin-fest Tue, 10 Feb 2015 10:41:00 +0100 emotional-mirren-brings-nazi-looted-art-film-to-berlin-fest Austria’s Film Archive is screening a retrospective of the work of a controversial Nazi-era Viennese film director in an attempt to reexamine his life and work https://www.thelocal.at/20141120/nazi-era-director-given-retrospective-in-vienna Thu, 20 Nov 2014 11:04:00 +0100 nazi-era-director-given-retrospective-in-vienna The Austrian-born Hollywood actress Hedy Lamarr is being given an honorary grave in Vienna's Central Cemetery on Friday, ahead of her 100th birthday on November 9th. https://www.thelocal.at/20141107/hollywood-pinup-and-inventor-given-vienna-grave Fri, 07 Nov 2014 13:27:00 +0100 hollywood-pinup-and-inventor-given-vienna-grave The Vienna International Film Festival opens on Thursday, showing new films from around the world, some of them international premieres. https://www.thelocal.at/20141022/viennale-festival-opens-with-historical-drama Wed, 22 Oct 2014 16:24:00 +0200 viennale-festival-opens-with-historical-drama Revenge drama Das finstere Tal (The Dark Valley) is Austria’s candidate for best foreign language film at the Oscars 2015. https://www.thelocal.at/20140903/austrian-western-film-is-candidate-for-oscars Wed, 03 Sep 2014 18:03:00 +0200 austrian-western-film-is-candidate-for-oscars A 34-year-old man has been arrested during the shoot for Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible 5 in Vienna after storming onto the filming location on Wednesday night and lashing out at people. https://www.thelocal.at/20140828/angry-rampage-on-tom-cruise-film-set Thu, 28 Aug 2014 13:59:00 +0200 angry-rampage-on-tom-cruise-film-set Hollywood star Tom Cruise is in Vienna to shoot scenes for his new film Mission Impossible 5. https://www.thelocal.at/20140821/cruise-in-vienna-for-mission-impossible-shoot Thu, 21 Aug 2014 14:13:00 +0200 cruise-in-vienna-for-mission-impossible-shoot Vienna in black and white - a tour around locations of The Third Man. https://www.thelocal.at/20140518/the-third-man-classic-film-noir-set-in-vienna Sun, 18 May 2014 19:47:00 +0200 the-third-man-classic-film-noir-set-in-vienna