Indian Film Festival Stuttgart

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Festival poster 2006

The Indian Film Festival Stuttgart is one of the largest Indian film festivals in Europe, which has been organized by the Baden-Württemberg Film Office every year in the second week of July since 2004 . Until 2011 the festival was called Bollywood and beyond . The name change is intended to clarify that not primarily known as "Bollywood" in the festival program mainstream - Hindi film productions , but current film productions are shown from all regions of the subcontinent. The Indian Film Festival Stuttgart reflects the growing internationalization of Indian films as well as the interest in Indian culture in Germany.

history

The impetus for the festival was provided by the city partnership between Mumbai (Bombay, seat of the Indian film industry) and Stuttgart , which has existed since 1968 and which still shapes the festival today: At the beginning of 2004, a business delegation visited with the mayor of the state capital Stuttgart, Wolfgang Schuster and the Indian honorary consul Andreas Lapp, India. During this visit, the media and film location for the region of Stuttgart and Baden-Württemberg was presented in Mumbai. The idea was developed to found an Indian film festival.

Movies

The focus of the festival are films that present Indian cinema in all its diversity. Accordingly, the festival program includes classic Bollywood productions, but also shows films from all regions and parts of India. In addition to the big Bollywood productions, the Indian film landscape also offers ambitious independent , documentary and short films that show a differentiated and thoroughly critical view. These are often classic art-house productions that portray the life and problems of the people in India.

Festival program

In addition to the film screening, the festival includes numerous events that thematically accompany and enrich the film program. In addition to parties, tea talks (roundtables) provide information on economic and cultural issues. The festival is therefore not only aimed at film fans, but also at those interested in India, media professionals, music lovers, literature enthusiasts, those interested in culture as well as interested parties and experts from politics, culture, tourism, art and business.

Visitor numbers

According to the organizers, the film festival attracted around 3,500 visitors when it was founded in 2004. In 2012, around 7,000 fans of Indian film culture attended the festival.

Prices

In the competition for five prizes, feature films, short films and documentaries will compete. The German Star of India for the best feature film is endowed with 4,000 euros and is awarded by Honorary Consul Andreas Lapp. The German Star of India for the best documentary film is endowed with 1000 euros and is awarded by a three-person jury. The German Star of India for Best Short Film, also endowed with 1000 euros. The Directors Vision Award is aimed at directors who ambitiously focus on a cultural, social or societal grievance in their film contribution. The Audience Award, endowed with 1000 euros, is chosen by the audience from all the films shown at the festival.

Award winners

German Star of India - Best Feature Film

German Star of India - Best Short Film

German Star of India - Best Documentary

Director's Vision Award

Audience award

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Indian Film Festival in Stuttgart Dots of color on a dark background Stuttgarter Zeitung , July 12, 2012
  2. ^ Stuttgart: 56 Indian films at the festival "Bollywood and beyond" , Der Tagesspiegel , July 9, 2008
  3. ^ "Bollywood and beyond" India's cinema conquers the republic , Focus , July 17, 2005
  4. ↑ 10th Indian Film Festival Stuttgart 2013: Prices ( Memento of the original from August 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , last accessed on August 9, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.indisches-filmfestival.de