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
- Films mostly in original English or with English subtitles
- 2025 dates: TBA (was Fridays & Saturdays Jul 12 – Aug 31 in 2024)
- See also:
- Vienna in July and August
- Film festivals
- English-language cinemas
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.
(At home in the MQ)
2025 dates, tickets & tips
Frameout typically runs on Friday and Saturday evenings from mid-July until the end of August, but I don’t have confirmation of dates for 2025 yet. The last edition took place from July 12th to August 31st.
That previous festival had a green “garden” theme running through it. Find the summer 2025 programme at the festival website, once details becomes available.
Entry is normally free (yay!), and you can usually 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 and August 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 at the same MuseumsQuartier location.
Address: Museumsquartier, Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Vienna