YOUTH JURY
Youth JURY ÖW Austrian Competition
The Youth Jury is one of our flagship projects in the field of film education and will be held for the thirteenth time in 2026. The aim is to actively promote skills in dealing with the medium of film and to inspire enthusiasm for going to the cinema.
The young jurors are prepared in the weeks leading up to the festival by facilitators as part of a workshop. They watch films from the Austrian Competition together, discuss and analyze them, and ultimately arrive at a decision. At the festival, they present this decision in person to an audience and award the Youth Jury Prize, endowed with € 1,500.
For many years, the Youth Jury has been organized as an apprentice jury. In 2026, the jury consists of three apprentices training as retail salespersons and cleaning technicians from Wien Work, as well as seven apprentices from the City of Vienna training for the professions of administrative assistant and media specialist with a focus on agency services.
Jurors:
City of Vienna: Draginja Radenkovic, Gabriel Jelinek, Helen Bogale, Nico Beier, Sayd Hashemi, Simon Frey, Tina Höbart
Wien Work: Dominik Resch, Matthias Wenzel, Noah Ehn