The history of German film festivals in the context of the film industry and the cinema landscape is still neither documented nor systematically reviewed. Rather, it has become apparent that even the film funding agencies of the federal states, the ministries of culture and even the Federal Statistical Office, no longer have any data or historical publications, especially from the period before the turn of the millennium.
This highlights the great desideratum and the necessity of a historical reappraisal of the development of the German film festival landscape. There is a great urgency for such a project. Because of the poor data situation, it is essential to reconstruct the history of German film festivals and thus of German cinema culture in a timely manner, also with the help of contemporary witnesses, otherwise it will remain hidden forever.
Filmfestival | gegründet | aktuelle/letzte Ausgabe | |
1 | Göttinger Filmfest | 1979 ? | ? |
2 | Europäisches Filmfest, Göttingen (Lumier/Film- und Kinoinitiative Göttingen e.V. (FKI)) | 1980 | 2019 |
3 | Kinderfilmfest Göttingen | 1984 | 2019 |
4 | Tage des unabhängigen Films, Osnabrück -> Unabhängiges Filmfest Osnabrück | 1986 | 2019 |
5 | Filmsalat Verden (Kommunales Kino) | 1987 | 2018 |
6 | Filmfest Braunschweig -> Braunschweig International Film Festival | 1987 | 2019 |
7 | Nordstadtfilmtage | 1988 | 1999 |
8 | European Media Art Festival – EMAF | 1988 | 2019 |
9 | Der Eisenstein – Internationales Kurzfilmfestival, Wilhelmshaven | 1989 | 2000 |
10 | Maritim-Filmtage Wilhelmshaven | 1989 | |
11 | Internationales Filmfest Emden (Aurich) -> Emden Norderney | 1990 | 2019 |
12 | Filmwerkschau Niedersachsen -> Inventur – Filmschau Niedersachsen | 1991 | 2001 |
13 | up-and-coming Film Festival Hannover | 1991 | 2019 |
14 | Göttinger Internationale Ethnographic Film Festival | 1993 | 2018 |
15 | Niedersächsischer Kinder- und Jugendfilmtag | 1993 | |
16 | Internationales Filmfest Oldenburg | 1994 | 2019 |
17 | Oldenburger Filmtage | 1994 | 2002 |
18 | Seh(n)-Süchte – Hamelner Kinder- Jugendfilmfestival | 1997 | |
19 | Lesbisch-Schwule Filmtage Hannover -> Perlen – Queer Film Festival | 1997 | |
20 | Best-Before Film- und Video-Tage, Hildesheim | 1997 | 2002 |
21 | SehPferdchen – Kinderfilmfest Hannover -> Sehpferdchen – Filmfest für die Generationen | 1998 | 2018 |
22 | Historisches Filmfest zum deutschen Film, Göttingen | ||
23 | Heiko Daxl & Ingeborg Fülepp GbR at European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück | ||
24 | Uelzener Filmtage – Niedersächsisches Schüler- und Jugendfilmfestival | ||
25 | Low-Budget-Filmfest, Göttingen (?) | ||
26 | Kinder- Jugendfilmfestival (= Kinderfilmfest Göttingen?) | ||
27 | Kinderkino „Sternschnuppe“, Hildesheim | ||
28 | Internat. Dok-Festival St. Petersburg | ||
29 | Fremde Kulturen im Kinderfilm (Lagerhalle Osnabrück) | ||
30 | Rock-Film-Festival | ||
31 | Touki-Bouki-Afrika Filmfestival | ||
32 | Braunschweiger Vor- und Kurzfilmfestival „Bravo“ | ||
33 | Medikinale Internationale Hannover | ||
34 | Filmtage Stadt Salzgitter | ||
35 | Französische Filmtage, Göttingen | ||
36 | Queerfilmfest, Bremen | 1994 | 2019 |