Kitzbuehel ' '' is an Austrian international film festival focusing on emerging filmmakers that takes place in Kitzbuehel/Tyrol in the last week of August each year . The Film Festival Kitzbuehel offers filmmakers from all over the world the opportunity for their works to be shown , discussed and promoted . The festival comprises competitive sections for national and international '' fiction '' and '' documentary feature films '' as well as '' short films '' and a group of out-of-competition sections , including the '' Spotlights '' , '' In Persona '' , '' Heimat '' , '' Mountain Sport Shorts '' and a '' Retrospective '' . A particular emphasis is put on films from the EU and , starting in 2017 , Film Festival Kitzbuehel has entered partnerships with Transilvania International Film Festival , Sofia International Film Festival , and Bolzano Filmfestival Film Festival Kitzbuehel was founded in 2012 by Michael Reisch , Kathryn Perotti , Nina Hipfl-Reisch , Mike Mayr-Reisch , Josef Obermoser and Roman Benedetto . Since its first edition in 2013 , the festival has attracted increasing numbers of international guests and participants . Its location , the alpine town of Kitzbuehel , was previously mainly known for winter sports . The festival week features highlights such as the " Drive-In Cinema " showing cinema classics , as well as a screening at the highest cinema in Europe ( at 1.670 m ) , on Kitzbuehler Horn . In 2018 the film festival initiated screenings in the old town of Kitzbuehel , called " Cinema in the City " , which is for free and open to everyone . In February 2016 , Film Festival Kitzbuehel was accredited by FIAPF ( Federation Association Internationale des Producteurs de Films ) as a competitive feature film festival
Transilvania International Film Festival
Transilvania International Film Festival
Kitzbuehel Film Festival