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

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2026
June 24

Member of the examination committee for the Master programme Experimental Game Cultures at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, together with Margarete Jahrmann and Clara Hirschmanner, for Alexandra Gašparovičová, Martin Gius, Tamás Hegyi, Sebastian Alexander Konzett, Eperke Remetei-Filep, Lea van Hall, Miro Wallner.
June 24

Chair of the examination committee for the Master programme Art & Science at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Rimon Alyagon Darr, Anna Buchner, Dejan Markovic, Jiun-You Ou.
June 17

Member of the examination committee for the PhD in Art programme at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Margit Busch.
May 29

Jury member for the "Austrian Art Alumni Award" 2026, awarded by the Federal Ministry for Women, Science and Research.
January 22

Member of the examination committee for the PhD in Philosophy programme at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Anita Peretti.
January 21

Chair of the examination committee for the Master programme Art & Science at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Alice Bastam, Camille Belmin, Sabrina Bühn, Martina Moro, Dunia Sahir, Márton Zalka.
2025
December 3

As representative of the Senate of the University of Applied Arts, member of the jury for the ‘Oskar Kokoschka Prize 2025’.
June 26

Review of an application within the funding programme zukunft.niedersachsen of VolkswagenStiftung, 26 June 2025.
June 18

Chair of the examination committee for the Master programme Art & Science at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Rebeka Csombordi, Gabriela Gažová, Theresa Hajek, Lilian Kaufmann, Rebecca Martínková, Nicholas Matranga, Flora Šafář.
June 17

Member of the examination committee for the Diploma programme Design, Graphic Design at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Winona Hudec, Philipp Köll, Jonas Nath, Maximilian Prag.
January 22

Chair of the examination committee for the Master programme Art & Science at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Barbara Böröcz, Toqa Eissa, Leah Olson-Ury, Peter Reischl, Sophie Schmidt.
2024
June 19

Chair of the examination committee for the Master programme Art & Science at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Catalina Paz Escalona, Daniela Inés Peláez Robles, Claus Schöning.
June 5

Member of the examination committee for the PhD in Philosophy programme at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Friedemann Arbel-Derschmidt, Madeleine Span.
February 29

Member of the appointment committee for the professorship „Conservation and Restoration“ at the University of Applied Arts Vienna
January 24

Member of the examination committee for the PhD in Philosophy programme at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Barbara Macek.
January 24

Chair of the examination committee for the Master programme Art & Science at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Lucie David, Eugénie Desmedt, Ruben Gutzat, Naoki Matsuyama, Lindsey Nicholson, Els van Houtert, Irene Zluwa.
January 24

Member of the examination committee for the PhD in Art programme at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Ana Rajčević.
2023
June 21

Chair of the examination committee for the Master programme Art & Science at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Maria Bācilā, Mila Balzhieva, Hanin Eisa, Ivonne Gracia Murillo, Karl Kaisel, Christos Kyritopoulos-Ninas, Chloë Lalonde, Malashree Suvedi, Theresa von Matthey, Miloš Vučićević.
May 23

Member of the examination committee for the PhD in Philosophy programme at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Marc Schuran.
March 16

Member of the examination committee for the PhD in Art programme at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Barbara Stephanie Ruder.
January 25

Chair of the examination committee for the Master programme Art & Science at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Jannis Neumann.
2022
October 24

Member of the appointment committee for the professorship „Geometry“ at the University of Applied Arts Vienna
September 12

Member of the appointment committee for the professorship „Digital Arts“ at the University of Applied Arts Vienna
June 23

Chair of the examination committee for the Master programme Art & Science at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Marina Leblhuber, Istem Özen Ruber.
June 20

Member of the examination committee for the PhD in Philosophy programme at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Simon Huber.
May 25

Together with Abigail Addison and Anastasiya Verlinska member of the jury for the second International Competition “AAAnimation Avantgarde” of the Vienna Shorts.
January 19

Chair of the examination committee for the Master programme Art & Science at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Helen Emily Davy, Nóra Lengyel, Zsuzsánna Rózsavölgyi.
2021
October 20

Together with Shoko Takegasa, Lia G. Beltrami, Sébastien Simon and Abolfazel Jalili in the jury of the 38th Tehran International Short Film Festival.
June 23

Chair of the examination committee for the Master programme Art & Science at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Chiara Campanile, Alfredo Ledesma Quintana, Marthin Rozo Castaño, Mauricio Ernesto Suárez Ramos, Anna Téglássy, Eirini Tiniakou.
February 12

Member of the examination committee for the PhD in Philosophy programme at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Sergio Patricio Valenzuela Valdés.
February 10

Member of the admission committee for the Master programme “Global Challenges and Sustainable Developments” at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, together with Bouchra Khalili and Nanna Heidenreich (pre-selection 10 Feb, interviews 23 Feb, final 26 Feb 2021).
January 26

Jointly with Elke Groen and Antoinette Zwirchmayr on the jury of the “Outstanding Artist Award for Film” of the Federal Chancellery of Vienna.
January 20

Chair of the examination committee for the Master programme Art & Science at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Paula Andrea Flores Ramirez, Monica Locascio, Marko Marković, Lale Rodgarkia-Dara, Laura Stoll.
2020
June 17

Chair of the examination committee for the Master programme Art & Science at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Golnaz Bashiri, Rosie Benn-Squire.
January 15

Chair of the examination committee for the Master programme Art & Science at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Athanasios Gramosis, Jasmina Grudnik.
2019
December 10

Substitute member of the appointment committee for the professorship „Language Arts“ at the University of Applied Arts Vienna
June 14

Chair of the examination committee for the Master programme Art & Science at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Daniela Brill, Raphael Lippuner, Frédérique Neuts, Denise Schellmann, Marc Schuran.
January 16

Chair of the examination committee for the Master programme Art & Science at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Anna Lerchbaumer, Andrea Carolina Vezga Acevedo.
2018
November 19

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.
June 13

Chair of the examination committee for the Master programme Art & Science at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Gabriela Guadalupe Aldrete Hernández, Barbara Macek, Mariia Panina.
April 25

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.
March 30

Jury member: The Globe International Silent Film Festival – Michigan State University – USA
February 27

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.
2017
November 22

Jury at “2 Days Animation Festival – Best Austrian Animation”
November 15

Together with Ingrid Brodnig, Elmar Giglinger, Stephan Schwingeler in the jury of “Content Vienna” for Vienna Business Agency.
September 27

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.
June 14

Chair of the examination committee for the Master programme Art & Science at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Kilian Jörg, Michaela Putz, Chin Tsao, Maria Cristina Vieira Dos Santos De Almeida Trabulo.
May 22

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
March 22

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.
January 18

Chair of the examination committee for the Master programme Art & Science at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Christoph Perl, Konstantinos Politis, Marwa Sarah.
2016
October 15

Jury member at “MY Sound Of Music Music Film Festival Salzburg” for the music video award “MYward”.
June 15

Chair of the examination committee for the Master programme Art & Science at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Margit Busch, Benedict Endler, Maria Hilber, Adrijan Karavdić, Sebastian Kienzl, Stefanie Kömeda, Nemanja Popadić, Anna Sophie Santner, Harold Vladár.
January 18

Chair of the examination committee for the Master programme Art & Science at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Matilde Igual Capdevila, Isidora Krstić, Mateusz Jan Kula, Martina Lang.
2015
June 17

Chair of the examination committee for the Master programme Art & Science at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Slawomir Bobola, Ana Daldon, Solmaz Farhang Dareh Shori, Michaela Grass, Martin Grödl, Moritz Resl, Simon Sailer.
2014
June 16

Chair of the examination committee for the Master programme Art & Science at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Joan Carles Balleste Coma, Michal Marencik, Václav Pelousek, Anita Peretti, Julia Rublow, Sergio Patricio Valenzuela Valdés.
January 21

Chair of the examination committee for the Master programme Art & Science at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for David Palme, Sabine Teichert.
2013
June 19

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).
June 18

Chair of the examination committee for the Master programme Art & Science at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Michael Bachhofer, Alin Cirstea, Romana Egartner, Anna Fater, Anna Fríđa Jónsdóttir, Iulian Moise, Paola del Rocio Otero Talvera, Zhinous Rowshan, Beniamin Urbanek.
January 21

Chair of the examination committee for the Master programme Art & Science at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Rudolf Friemel.
2012
June 29

Member of the jury for the program “Neue Filmformate” of the bm:ukk (Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture).
June 22

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.
June 20

Chair of the examination committee for the Master programme Art & Science at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Ashley Holwell, Brigitte Zwick.
2011
November 30

Member of the Jury for the project “Film: the filmed Joke” at the class Graphic Design at the University of Applied Arts Vienna”.
July 4

Member of the jury for the pilot-project of the bm:ukk (Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture): “Neue Filmformate”.
June 21

Chair of the examination committee for the Master programme Applied Media Design – Art & Science Visualization at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Leon Ploszczanski, Richard Schwarz, Andrea Weidlich.
2010
June 16

Chair of the examination committee for the Diploma programme Media Design, Digital Art at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Mario Fischer, Thomas Frierss, Mischan Gholizadeh Toosarani, Mateusz Stanislaw Gorecki, Andreas Haider, Elke Krampl, Joseph Renner Lucero, Gülüzar Özdemir, Julian Palacz, Martina Schönherr, Peter Tilg, Nina Tommasi, Florian Waldner.
June 16

Chair of the examination committee for the Diploma programme Media Design, TransArts at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Romana Egartner, Rudolf Fink, Nora Friedel, Rafael Fritsch, Alex Konrad, Sarah Daniela Lindmeier, Martin Erich Pammer, Björn Segschneider, Clemens Wihlidal.
April 20

Internal expert in the appointment procedure for the professorship „Art of Digital Media“ (Digital Arts) at the University of Applied Arts Vienna
2009
June 17

Chair of the examination committee for the Diploma programme Media Design, Digital Art at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Stefan Fahrngruber, Gottfried Haider, Raoul Haspel, Korinna Lindinger, Georg Novotny, Laura Trisanna Russo, Laura Skocek, Julia Johanna Staudach, Corinne Studer, Ilknur Yalvac.
June 17

Chair of the examination committee for the Diploma programme Media Design, TransArts at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Patrick Edward Anthofer, Kristina Feuchter, Monika Freyer-Luftensteiner, Gabriel Hadler, Phillip Hohenwarter, Thomas Alexander Kwapil, Wolfgang Lehrner, Philipp Luftensteiner, Leo Moringer, Lea Reichhart, Martin Gregor Rille, Samuel Baptist Schaab, Silvester Stöger, Lisa Truttmann.
January 21

Chair of the examination committee for the Diploma programme Media Design, Digital Art at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Mark Beckmann, Matthias Kassmannhuber, Daniel Kauer, Milos Paripovic.
January 21

Chair of the examination committee for the Diploma programme Media Design, TransArts at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Quirin Patrick Marius Brunnmeier, Christian Grillitsch, Katrin Handlbauer, Julia Hausberger, Sabine Höllwerth, Judith Hütter, Kathrin Elisabeth Kaiser, Lluis Lipp, Dayan Ozan Özoglu, Miha Presker, Ulla Rauter, Christian Schröder, Julia Schulz, Karla Spiluttini.
2008
June 16

Chair of the examination committee for the Diploma programme Media Design, Digital Art at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Ruth Brozek, Ilco Cvetkoski, Nina Kataeva, Reka Viktoria Nemet, Johannes Rumpfhuber, Günter Seyfried, Stephan Wiesinger, Friedrich Johann Zorn.
June 16

Chair of the examination committee for the Diploma programme Media Design, TransArts at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Synes Elischka, Florian Gruber, Eva Höfler, Claudia Larcher, Valentin Peter Ruhry, Gerald Wenzl.
June 16

Chair of the examination committee for the programme Visual Media Design at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Simon Häfele.
January 23

Member of the examination committee for the Diploma programme Stage Design at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Eva Christina Nyffeler.
January 23

Chair of the examination committee for the Diploma programme Media Design, Digital Art at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Lukas Gross, Anna Haber, Francesco Donowan Prijapratama, Markus Sulzbacher.
January 23

Chair of the examination committee for the Diploma programme Media Design, TransArts at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for Johanna Gradauer, Ronald Hakel, Oliver David Kargl.
2006
March 26

Member of the Curatorium of Vienna Film Fund (Filmfonds Wien) from 26.3.2006 to 16.12.2008.
2004
June 7

Member of the jury at the Filmfestival in Annecy 2004 – Festival International du Cinema d’Animation.
April 28

Member of the Supervisory Board of Austrian Film Institute (Österreichisches Filminstitut) from 28.4.2004 to 28.3.2006.
April 22

Member of the jury at the “Prix Ars Electronica” in Linz.
January 30

Member of the Jury at the ORF-film competition “Shorts on Screen 04".
2003
October 29

Member of the jury for the call “Creative Industries Vienna 2003" of Wiener Wirtschaftsförderungsfonds.
2002
November 4

Member of the jury for the call “Creative Industries Vienna 2002" of Wiener Wirtschaftsförderungsfonds.
June 7

Member of the jury for the logo selection “Mozart2006 Salzburg”.