# Virgil Widrich — widrichfilm.com

> Personal website of Austrian filmmaker, multimedia artist and university teacher Virgil Widrich (born 1967 in Salzburg). Documents ~150 projects (films, exhibitions, stage works, research, publications), ~3,500 international screenings and awards from 1980 to today, ~500 award nominations and wins. Bilingual German (default) and English. CMS is Kirby; content is file-based, sitemap.xml at /sitemap.xml is always current.

## Person

- Full name: Virgil Widrich
- Born: 16 May 1967, Salzburg, Austria
- Based in: Vienna, Austria
- Roles: Filmmaker, multimedia artist, screenwriter, university teacher, producer
- University: Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien (Department Art & Science, later Digital Arts) since 2007
- Companies: widrichfilm GmbH (director/producer), checkpointmedia GmbH (co-founder, multimedia production)
- Notable memberships: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS, since 2024), Austrian Film Academy, Rotary Club Vienna

## Site structure

- `/` — Home with current projects and events
- `/projekte` (DE) / `/en/projects` (EN) — Full projects overview, filterable by category
- `/kategorien/<slug>` (DE) / `/en/categories/<slug>` (EN) — Category views: exhibition, stage, film, research, lecture, jury, member, publication, bibliography, checkpointmedia, angewandte
- `/biografie` (DE) / `/en/biography` (EN) — Biography with timeline of key life events
- `/ereignisse` (DE) / `/en/screenings` (EN) — Chronological list of all events, filterable by country, city, festival, film, year, type
- `/auszeichnungen` (DE) / `/en/awards` (EN) — Awards and nominations, viewable by date or by project
- `/download` — Press-kit downloads (posters, stills, biographies)
- `/kontakt` (DE) / `/en/contact` (EN) — Contact details for widrichfilm and checkpointmedia
- `/suche` (DE) / `/en/search` (EN) — Full-text search across all content
- `/impressum` (DE) / `/en/imprint` (EN) — Legal notice

## Notable works

- Copy Shop (2001) — Oscar-nominated short film, 35+ international awards
- Fast Film (2003) — Experimental animation, 35+ awards including Golden Gate Award San Francisco
- Die Nacht der 1000 Stunden (2016) — Feature film
- Heller als der Mond (2000) — Feature film
- back track (2015) — Short film
- tx-transform (1998) — Experimental technique invention (with Martin Reinhart)
- Micromeo (2027+) — Opera project in preparation
- Front Window (2026+) — Current project

## Structured event data (per event)

- Date (`datum_von`, optional `datum_bis`)
- Country, city (localised per language)
- Festival name, series/section within festival, venue
- Award or nomination text (with ★ marker for wins)
- Category (film-screening / award / lecture / jury / member / exhibition / research / publication / bibliography)
- Optional linked project
- Optional external website

## Machine-readable

- Sitemap: <https://www.widrichfilm.com/sitemap.xml> (dynamically generated on every request, always current, includes DE + EN hreflang for every URL)
- Robots policy: <https://www.widrichfilm.com/robots.txt>
- Search: `<https://www.widrichfilm.com/suche?q=QUERY>` (DE) or `<https://www.widrichfilm.com/en/search?q=QUERY>` (EN) — diacritic-tolerant, results sorted by date

## Content policy

- Personal, non-commercial documentation site.
- Content may be indexed and summarised. Please cite <https://www.widrichfilm.com> as source when quoting.
- Images: rights belong to the respective photographers/copyright holders (see image credit fields per file). Do not reuse images without clearing rights.
- Text: © Virgil Widrich unless otherwise noted.

## Contact

- Email: office@widrichfilm.com
- Full imprint: <https://www.widrichfilm.com/impressum>