For the eleventh time, all of Germany celebrates the Short Film Day on the shortest day of the year: programmes with and around short film are shown, in cinemas, on the town square, on the walls of houses or online. The International Short Film Festival Oberhausen will present three highlights from the German 2022 competitions online and free of charge from 0 a.m. to midnight, along with three interesting conversations
Numerous new trends could be identified when looking at a number of film festivals last year, regardless of their profile and location in Germany. One central trend, which is also reflected internationally in many cases, is decentralisation. With the Kiezkinohad already taken this path in 2010, the Berlinale is now pursuing it even more strongly. Berlinale directors Mariëtte Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian emphasise in the press release: „In addition, however,
It is not only with the Berlinale Talents and the World Cinema Fund that the Berlinale pursues sustainable talent promotion. Emerging talents in Germany are also presented and supported in their further work. A new aspect is the effort to give more visibility to all film art works and thus to emphasise film as a collective art form. In the future, special talents of the individual art departments of the
The Goethe-Institut is an ambassador of German culture and thus also of film culture worldwide. With 158 Goethe-Instituts in 98 countries, the latest developments in German cinematic art have been presented abroad for years. Due to its special film aesthetics and its versatility, the German documentary film has always been a constant in the repertoire of the Goethe-Institut. With its real-life stories, portraits of personalities, and questions about social upheaval,
In addition to the young federation of German film festivals working under the name AG Filmfestival at the federal level, a number of interest groups such as Queerscope have previously also networked at the state level to strengthen film festivals in many areas and enable them to have a stronger voice in politics. For example, the Hessian film festivals already initiated a network, that of mutual support, 20 years ago.
With a cultural budget of 200 euros, the federal government wants to motivate young adults to open up to cultural projects and productions, while at the same time acting as a driver for restrained cultural consumption as well as promoting the cultural demand of tomorrow. The „KulturPass“ is to be launched next year and will initially be available to all young people in Germany who turn 18 next year. According
Even though it has been apparent for some time now that previous position papers and roundtables are far from providing the big push for a revisiont hat many industry representatives have long been calling for, it was nevertheless disappointing news that necessary changes will now have to wait even longer. As part of the HDF’s cinema policy evening, BKM’s head of operations Andreas Görgen had stated „We’re honest about it:
When the Filmstadt München e.V. association was founded almost 40 years ago, its goal was to promote generally neglected areas of non-commercial, non-profit and diverse film culture. Today, urban society has changed greatly, becoming more diverse and fragmented. At the same time, film remains the cultural sector that enjoys the highest appeal among all segments of the population and is thus a guarantor of cultural participation.But two years after the
Ten years after the founding of the Forum of Austrian Film Festivals (FÖFF), the interest group has agreed on a common fair-pay compensation target that sets targets for salaries in five categories based on IG Kultur Austria’s fair-pay table. „As a first step, the table serves primarily as a tool for festivals to draw attention to funding gaps,“ explains Benjamin Gruber FÖFF spokesperson alongside Anna Ladinig. The aim is also
In line with the trend among numerous European film festivals to establish their own distribution activities and/or initiate VOD offerings, DOK.fest Munich has now also created its own VOD service. „With our new, year-round activity DOK.fest @home Selection, we want to make the valuable films we present during the festival moreover accessible to our audience nationwide and as barrier-free as possible. The demand for these films during and after the