FESTIVAL Opening, Main Exhibition

Winners of Open Call »Life After Extinction?«

Main exhibition

Free admission on 21/11/2025 at 19:00. For access to the festival headquarters at a time other than the festival opening, you need your festival pass or a day ticket of €8.
21/11/2025 | 19:00 – 22:00
21/11/2025–30/11/2025 Mon–Thu 14–19:00, Fri 12–19:00, Sat–Sun 11–19:00
Atelierhaus der Akademie der Bildenen Künste Wien
> Lehargasse 6-8, 1060

ROTLICHT Festival for Analog Photography was excited to receive 332 submissions from 43 countries engaging with the possibility of »Life After Extinction?« which was the theme of this year’s Open Call. Inspired by the need and desire to broach a difficult and arguably disheartening topic, the jury was delighted to find artists from various parts of the globe reflecting on the end of life through speculative, political, and satirical means.

These are the 20 winners, from 15 different countries, and the names of their projects (in alphabetical order by last name):

Abdelrahman Alkahlout, Regina Anzenberger, Leen Aoun, Victoria Margarita Ahrens, Mia Baraka, Carlos Del Rio-Bermudez, Olesya Gonserovskaya and Dmitry Koldyaev, The Hays, Tamara Kalo, Alicja Lesiów, Haohui Liu, Craig Mehra, Ella Morton, Andrew Rovenko, Tim Rod, Aindreas Scholz, Jorden Senior, Maryna Shchehelska, Tanya Traboulsi, Carlotta Valente

More information about the Open Call Winners 2025

We are providing the guided tours on following days:

Saturday, 22.11. at 15:00,
Sunday, 23.11. at 11:00,
Sunday, 23.11. at 15:00