FILMZ - Festival of German Cinema
FILMZ - Festival of German Cinema is the first feature film festival in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate . It has been held annually in the Rhineland-Palatinate state capital Mainz since 2001 . FILMZ is a public festival, which means that instead of a jury, the audience awards the prizes.
The festival
Since 2001 the festival has presented current, German-language productions from Germany, Austria and Switzerland every year. In addition to a feature film and a short film competition, FILMZ also organizes competitions in the medium- length film and documentary film sections . In addition, FILMZ brings young film productions from the region to the screen in its Local Short Films competition .
The festival also tries to create an atmosphere that is close to the audience outside the cinemas and thus to offer a forum for filmmakers and those interested in film alike, for example at the so-called FILMZirkel , which is open to both film guests and the public. In addition to the film program, the team organizes a supporting program on various festival days, which can range from a silent film concert to a flea market to a script pitching .
history
FILMZ has been a voluntarily organized festival of FILMZ eV (formerly Brainstream eV) since it was founded in 2001. In 2009, the Rhineland-Palatinate state capital Mainz took over the organization of the festival. Since then, FILMZ eV has been the organizer of the festival. It is mainly students who are behind the organization of the festival.
In 2012 the festival had to take a break. In addition to press accreditation, industry and student accreditation has also been possible since 2016.
In 2018, a crowdfunding phase was launched on startnext for further financial support . Further innovations in 2018 are the introduction of a new competition (55-FILMZ) and that of a festival sponsor who will present and accompany the festival.
Competitions and Prizes
In addition to a feature film and a short film competition, FILMZ has been organizing competitions in the medium-length film and documentary film categories since 2008 and 2010. The festival also shows non-competitive local films in all categories mentioned.
The feature film competition comes with the " Mainz Wheel " and a prize of 1,500 euros. In the medium length films competition, 750 euros are available like a trophy. The best short films will be rewarded with 300 or 500 euros and also with a trophy. The documentary film category is endowed with a prize of 800 euros.
The trash format "Gong Show" has been taking place with exground filmfest since 2013, and is endowed with a prize of 50 euros. The second local short film competition, 55-FILMZ, is new, and first place receives a trophy and 150 euros.
winner
| 2018 | Feature film | Supa Modo ( Likarion Wainaina ) |
| Medium length film | Facing Mecca ( Jan-Eric Mack ) | |
| documentary | Tracing Addai ( Esther Niemeier ) | |
| Short film | Mascarpone ( Jonas Riemer ) | |
| Local short film | My window ( Max Schäffer ) | |
| 2017 | Feature film | Blind & Ugly ( Tom Lass ) |
| Medium length film | Watu Wote - All of us ( Katja Benrath ) | |
| documentary | Marika's Missio ( Michael Schmitt ) | |
| Short film | Backstory (Joschka Laukeninks) | |
| Local short film | Mountain Fever (Frédéric Hambalek) | |
| 2016 | Feature film | Amateur Teens (Niklaus Hilber, Patrick Tönz) |
| Medium length film | Darling (Sebastian Schmidl) | |
| documentary | Iron (Benjamin Kahlmeyer) | |
| Short film | The bathtub (Tim Ellrich) | |
| Local short film | It was damp, dark and smelled of wood (Peter Meister) | |
| 2015 | Feature film | Ma Folie ( Andrina Mračnikar ) |
| 2014 | Feature film | Be My Baby ( Christina Schiewe ) |
| 2013 | Feature film | I feel disco (Axel Ranisch) |
| 2011 | Feature film | The Albanian (Johannes Naber) |
| 2010 | Feature film | My life off-screen ( Oliver Haffner ) |
| 2009 | Feature film | Don't worry (Aelrun Goette) |
| 2008 | Feature film | Breathing underwater (Winfried Oelsner) |
| 2007 | Feature film | Nothing works anymore (Florian M. Böder) |
| 2006 | Feature film | Clearcut (Patrick Tauss) |
| 2005 | Feature film & documentary | Truth or Dare (Jan Martin Scharf, Arne Nolting) |
| 2004 | Feature film & documentary | Ventricular fibrillation (Henrik Hölzemann) |
| 2003 | Feature film & documentary | Stranger Friend ( Elmar Fischer ) |
| 2002 | Feature film & documentary | Mr. Schmidt and Mr. Friedrich ( Ulrike Franke , Michael Loeken) |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ About FILMZ. (No longer available online.) FILMZ, archived from the original on December 19, 2014 ; Retrieved December 19, 2014 . 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.
- ↑ FILMZ 2014 again at the start. (No longer available online.) FILMZ, May 18, 2014, archived from the original on December 19, 2014 ; Retrieved December 19, 2014 . 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.
- ↑ Industry and student accreditations | Filmz. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 4, 2016 ; Retrieved November 3, 2016 . 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.
- ^ FILMZ eV: FILMZ - Festival of German Cinema. Retrieved October 19, 2018 .
- ↑ FILMZ - Festival of German Cinema: The Winners . Article dated November 14, 2018, accessed November 16, 2018.
- ↑ Filmz: Award ceremony at the Festival of German cinema in 2017 in Mainz . Article dated December 5, 2017, accessed December 5, 2017.
- ↑ The winners of FILMZ 2017 have been announced! | Filmz - Festival of German Cinema . Retrieved December 5, 2017.
