Originally launched in Brussels in 2007 by the United Nations Regional Information Centre (UNRIC), Ciné-ONU is now a Europe-wide initiative of regular film screenings of UN related topics followed by podium discussions with invited guests who were part of the film making process or are experts in the topic covered by the film.
In Austria, the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) Vienna started with "Ciné-ONU Vienna" in April 2012 and is honoured to partner with this human world (THW) film festival and Top Kino for the regular film screenings in Vienna planned to take place once a month.
The first screening of Ciné-ONU Vienna was the pre-premiere of the feature film "Little Dancer" by Austrian Director George Jecel on 23 April 2012 at Top Kino, followed by a discussion on human trafficking with the film director, UN experts and NGO representatives.
All film screenings are free of charge. For Ciné-ONU Vienna events at Top Kino, please come on time, as admission is on first come first served basis (Top Kino has a seating capacity of 109).
Ciné-ONU screenings are held in different languages, usually in the film's original language with English subtitles. Please check the screening invitation for language details of the particular film.
Please note the United Nations does not necessarily endorse the views and opinions expressed in films and discussions at Ciné-ONU events.
Photographs and videos are taken at Ciné-ONU events which may be used for promotional purposes on UN websites, on social media and in printed materials. Your participation in the event implies your consent to publish images/videos in which you and/or your children may be visible.
To mark World Teachers' Day, the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) Vienna, in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Austria, invite you to the Ciné-ONU Vienna screening of the documentary “Name Me Lawand”.
5 October 2026, 6:30 p.m., Top Kino, Vienna
To mark the International Year of the Woman Farmer, the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Vienna, in cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Forum, organized a screening of the documentary “Women Who Dig” at Top Kino Vienna. The documentary shows women in Canada who are working in and reimagining agriculture.
To mark International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, the documentary ‘The Last Ones of Auschwitz’ presenting the powerful testimonies of Holocaust survivors was screened as part of the film series Ciné-ONU Vienna at Top Kino. The film brings together 28 people who survived Auschwitz, some of the very last witnesses of this camp.
To mark Human Rights Day and as part of the Human Rights Film Tour, the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Vienna, together with the Human Rights Office of the City of Vienna, screened The Brink of Dreams. Shot over four years, the documentary follows an all-female street theatre troupe in southern Egypt challenging traditional gender roles.
To mark Disarmament Week, the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Vienna, in cooperation with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), organized a screening of the documentary Mineland at Top Kino Vienna. The film draws attention to the ongoing danger posed by partially undetectable landmines in Colombia.
To mark World Refugee Day, the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) Vienna, in cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Austria, screened the documentary “Another Summer” at the Top Kino Cinema. The film offers a powerful and deeply moving insight into the lived experiences of forced displacement as told by the individuals themselves.
Ahead of World Environment Day, which is marked on 5 June, the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) Vienna, in cooperation with the Embassy of Canada and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), screened the documentary “Plastic People – The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics” at the Top Kino Cinema in support of this year’s theme “Beat Plastic Pollution”.
The United Nations Information Service (UNIS) Vienna, in collaboration with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), screened the documentary “She Rises Up” at the Top Kino Cinema. The film reveals the role entrepreneurs and small businesses can play in women gaining financial independence and ultimately reducing poverty for all.
