Participation in juries

Virgil Widrich is a regular member of national and international juries or examination boards.

25. May 2022 – 30. May 2022	Together with Abigail Addison and Anastasiya Verlinska member of the jury for the second International Competition "AAAnimation Avantgarde" of the Vienna Shorts. www.viennashorts.com/
20. October 2021	Together with Shoko Takegasa, Lia G. Beltrami, Sébastien Simon and Abolfazel Jalili in the jury of the 38^th Tehran International Short Film Festival. www.tisff.ir
26. January 2021 – 29. April 2021	Jointly with Elke Groen and Antoinette Zwirchmayr on the jury of the "Outstanding Artist Award for Film" of the Federal Chancellery of Vienna.
19. November 2018 – 13. November 2018	Member of the international jury of "Tehran International Short Film Festival" together with Krzysztof Gierat, Per Fikse, Mick Hannigan, Thom Palmen, Mehrdad Oskouei and Sari Volanen. www.tisff.ir
25. April 2018 – 28. May 2018	Member of the appointment committee for the replacement of the professorship of "Sprachkunst" at the University of Applied Arts Vienna – together with Sandro Huber, Gabriele Rothemann, Eva Maria Stadler (Chair), Ernst Strouhal and Veronika Schnell. www.dieangewandte.at/sprachkunst
30. March 2018 – 04. April 2018	Jury member: The Globe International Silent Film Festival – Michigan State University – USA www.gisff.com/
27. February 2018 – 28. February 2018	Member of the Admissions Examination Board for the Bachelor's degree Cross-Disciplinary Strategies – Applied Studies in Art, Science, Philosophy and Global Challenges at University of Applied Arts Vienna, together with Ingeborg Reichle (Vorsitz), Renée Schroeder, Eva Maria Stadler, Cornelia Weber and Christine Böhler. dieangewandte.at/CrossDisciplinaryStrategies
22. November 2017 – 23. November 2017	Jury at "2 Days Animation Festival – Best Austrian Animation" www.animationfestival.at
15. November 2017	Together with Ingrid Brodnig, Elmar Giglinger, Stephan Schwingeler in the jury of "Content Vienna" for Vienna Business Agency. wirtschaftsagentur.at/kreativwirtschaft/wettbewerbe/content-vienna/
27. September 2017 – 28. September 2017	Member of the Admissions Examination Board for the Bachelor's degree Cross-Disciplinary Strategies – Applied Studies in Art, Science, Philosophy and Global Challenges at University of Applied Arts Vienna, together with Christine Böhler, Ingeborg Reichle (chair), Renée Schroeder, Eva Maria Stadler and Robert Trappl. dieangewandte.at/CrossDisciplinaryStrategies
22. May 2017	Jury member at "20 Seconds for Art" by "KÖR - Kunst im öffentlichen Raum", together with Gerald Bast, Marie-Therese Harnoncourt, Stefanie Paffendorf, Andrea Schurian and Berthold Ecker www.koer.or.at/en/20secondsforart/
22. March 2017 – 24. March 2017	Jury Presidency at "Austrian American Short Film Festival (AASFF)" of "Austrian Cultural Forum NYC" – Initiated and co-founded by ACFNY Director Christine Moser and curator Stephanie Falkeis. Jury: Marisa Mazria-Katz (journalist/editor), David Schwartz (Chief Curator of Museum of the Moving Image) and Virgil Widrich. www.acfny.org/event/aasff-2017-day-1/
15. October 2016	Jury member at "MY Sound Of Music Music Film Festival Salzburg" for the music video award "MYward". www.mysoundofmusic.at
19. June 2013	For the third time, Virgil Widrich is a member of the jury for the program "Neue Filmformate" of the bm:ukk (Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture). www.kunstkultur.bka.gv.at
29. June 2012	Member of the jury for the program "Neue Filmformate" of the bm:ukk (Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture). www.kunstkultur.bka.gv.at
22. June 2012 – 24. June 2012	Conception and presentation of a program with Austrian short films for the "Mashup Film Festival" at the "Forum des Images" Paris (22. to 24. June 2012). Also a member of the Jury at the same venue. www.mashupfilmfestival.fr
30. November 2011	Member of the Jury for the project "Film: the filmed Joke" at the class Graphic Design at the University of Applied Arts Vienna". www.klassekartak.com
04. July 2011	Member of the jury for the pilot-project of the bm:ukk (Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture): "Neue Filmformate". www.kunstkultur.bka.gv.at
26. March 2006 – 16. December 2008	Member of the Curatorium of Vienna Film Fund (Filmfonds Wien) from 26.3.2006 to 16.12.2008. www.filmfonds-wien.at
07. June 2004 – 13. June 2004	Member of the jury at the Filmfestival in Annecy 2004 – Festival International du Cinema d'Animation. www.annecy.org/
28. April 2004 – 28. March 2006	Member of the Supervisory Board of Austrian Film Institute (Österreichisches Filminstitut) from 28.4.2004 to 28.3.2006. www.filminstitut.at
22. April 2004 – 25. April 2004	Member of the jury at the "Prix Ars Electronica" in Linz. www.aec.at/prix/
30. January 2004	Member of the Jury at the ORF-film competition "Shorts on Screen 04". www.orf.at
29. October 2003 – 30. October 2003	Member of the jury for the call "Creative Industries Vienna 2003" of Wiener Wirtschaftsförderungsfonds. wirtschaftsagentur.at
04. November 2002 – 05. November 2002	Member of the jury for the call "Creative Industries Vienna 2002" of Wiener Wirtschaftsförderungsfonds. wirtschaftsagentur.at
07. June 2002	Member of the jury for the logo selection "Mozart2006 Salzburg".