Imagine lounging outside on a balmy summer evening, surrounded by bars and art museums. Now add in a free movie on a big screen: you’ve got the Frameout experience.
- Open-air cinema in Vienna’s Museumsquartier (MQ)
- Free entry & an eclectic mix of movies
- 2026 theme is Frictions
- Most films in original English or with English subtitles
- 2026 dates: Fridays & Saturdays, Jul 10 – Aug 29
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Movies and the MQ
(An evening viewing with the mumok museum behind; press photo © Christoph Storn)
The Museumsquartier has a dynamic cultural vibe to it throughout the year, what with all the art, dance and other events going on in the complex.
But the MQ really comes alive in summer, when the main courtyards fill with people there to soak up the warmth and chat over a glass of something cold from the many open-air bars that pop up for the season.
One of the highlights of the MQ summer is the Frameout digital film festival, with outdoor screenings of a mix of films that seem to mirror the eclectic artistic surroundings.
Anything is possible: national & international movies, shorts, documentaries, science fiction, video art, action films, past classics, experimental films…anything.
Although the selection always follows a theme that changes each year. The 2026 edition, for example, has a “frictions” thread running through it.
(At home in the MQ)
2026 dates, tickets & tips
The 2026 Frameout runs on Friday and Saturday evenings from July 10th to August 29th.
Find the programme at the festival website, once details becomes available.
Entry is free (yay!), and you can borrow a wireless audio headset on site for a returnable deposit (typically around €20 or use photo ID).
The Viennese summer fills with open-air screenings, so check out the film festival listings and the guides to July, August and September for other cinematic possibilities.
How to get to Frameout
See the main Museumsquartier article for directions to the MQ complex. The screenings take place in Courtyard 8, which is between the mumok museum and the Architecture Centre.
Basically, you go into the MQ through the main entrance, turn right and walk past the giant grey mumok building on your left.
If the weather is bad (rarely in a Vienna summer), then the Frameout showings shift indoors to the MQ’s Arena21 location.
Address: Museumsquartier, Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Vienna