Duke of Burgundy – Sapphic Film Series

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Join us at Villa Vida Café for the next Sapphic Film Series screening. On Thursday, 1 October 2026, we will show Peter Strickland’s The Duke of Burgundy from 19:00. Entry is free.

Stylish, intimate and unconventional, The Duke of Burgundy explores desire, power, intimacy and compromise through the relationship between two women. The film stars Sidse Babett Knudsen as Cynthia and Chiara D’Anna as Evelyn.

Date: Thursday, 1 October 2026Time: 19:00Location: Villa Vida Café, Linke Wienzeile 102, 1060 ViennaEntry: FreeFilm: The Duke of BurgundyDirector: Peter StricklandYear: 2014Runtime: Approx. 104 minutesLanguage: English

A Sapphic Film About Desire, Power and Intimacy

Cynthia and Evelyn are lovers whose relationship revolves around carefully constructed rituals of dominance and submission. However, their desires do not always align. As a result, maintaining their shared fantasy becomes increasingly complicated.

Rather than treating power as something simple or fixed, The Duke of Burgundy explores the negotiations, compromises and vulnerabilities within an intimate relationship. At the same time, the film creates a highly stylised world populated almost entirely by women.

Therefore, this is not a conventional romance. Instead, it is a sensual and sometimes strange exploration of what happens when fantasy, routine and everyday emotional needs begin to collide.

The Duke of Burgundy at Villa Vida Café

The screening is part of our Sapphic Film Series, which brings sapphic and queer cinema to Villa Vida Café.

Queer film can give us space to see relationships, desires and experiences that have often been marginalised on screen. Moreover, watching these films together offers something that streaming at home cannot: a shared queer cultural experience.

Whether you already know The Duke of Burgundy or are discovering it for the first time, you are welcome to join us.

Content Information

The Duke of Burgundy deals extensively with BDSM, dominance and submission, sexual fetishes and relationship power dynamics. It contains sexual content and nudity. The German FSK has classified the film 16+.

Providing this information allows everyone to make their own informed decision about whether the screening feels right for them.

Language

The film’s original language is English. We will have German subtitles.

If subtitles will be used for this screening, we recommend adding the specific subtitle language here once confirmed rather than promising subtitles before you know the screening version.

Accessibility at Villa Vida Café

Villa Vida Café is wheelchair accessible and has an accessible toilet. If you need assistance when you arrive or have specific accessibility requirements, please speak to a member of the Villa Vida team.

We want our events to be as accessible and welcoming as possible. Therefore, if you have questions about access before attending, you are welcome to contact us in advance.

Join the Sapphic Film Series in Vienna

Come to Villa Vida Café on Thursday, 1 October 2026 at 19:00 for a free screening of The Duke of Burgundy.

The Sapphic Film Series is open to queer community members, friends and anyone interested in sapphic and queer cinema. There is no need to already know the film or be a film expert. Simply come along, get comfortable and enjoy the screening.

Entry is free.

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