Film city Munich
| Filmstadt München e. V. | |
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| legal form | registered association |
| founding | 1979 |
| Seat | Munich |
| precursor | Munich Film City Initiative |
| main emphasis | Film work |
| Managing directors | Monika Haas |
| Website | www.filmstadt-muenchen.de |
The initiative Filmstadt München e. V. exists since 1979 and is organized as a registered association. As an umbrella organization for twelve groups that organize film festivals in Munich, it pursues the goal of promoting continuous, demanding film work in Munich and making critical cinema possible. Members include the DOK.fest Munich and the short film festival Bunter Hund .
history
Filmmakers, media educators and cineastes joined forces in 1979 to form the Filmstadt München e. V. came together to create a counterbalance to the way in which films were made and shown in Munich back then, especially to the recently formed Filmwochen GmbH, which organizes the “glamorous” Munich Film Festival . There is no connection to Bavaria Filmstadt .
Groups such as The Team , the Pedagogical Action , Frauenkino eV , the Media Center and students were involved. The continuous film work, the closeness to the filmmakers of the AG Dok as well as the support of some city council members and Michael Farin from the cultural department allowed the members of the initiative to formulate a self-confident catalog of demands in 1984. In it, they demanded recognition of their cultural work and a minimum budget. This led to the establishment of the Filmstadt München e. V. , whose seat is the Munich Film Museum .
Ulla Weßler was the managing director from 1986 to June 2016, and Monika Haas has been her successor since June 2016.
aims
Right from the start, the initiators wanted continuous, demanding film work in the city and “promotion of the alternative, political film scene”. Her main areas of focus included New German Film , documentary films , films , children's films and films from the countries of origin of the former guest workers who have settled in Munich, i.e. Turkish, Greek and Italian films. Works that you have shot yourself should lead to a conscious use of the media, also as a reaction to private television.
Even today, the association designs measures that further develop and strengthen the cinematic infrastructure in Munich. This includes the coordination and financial support of film initiatives in Munich. The focus is on film culture in its diversity, in particular the neglected areas of non-commercial, neighborhood, social and cultural-political work with film with a focus on the foreigner and minority scene. The association relies on continuous work and aims to bring this film culture to the city districts.
Members
The association is the umbrella organization for twelve Munich groups that organize film events. The members are self-employed, but the Filmstadt München supports them with press work, funding applications and accounting.
- International Documentary Film Festival Munich .
- SinemaTürk Filmzentrum eV: Organizer of the Turkish Film Days
- Greek Film Forum eV: Organizer of the Greek Film Days *
- das Bunter Hund - International Short Film Festival Munich
- Kulturladen Westend / Die Geierwallis (organizer of the Bimovies film series )
- Children's cinema Munich e. V .: Organizer of the Children's and Youth Film Days
- Culture and space e. V .: among other things organizer of the judoks - documentary films for young audiences in the Pasinger factory
- UNDERDOX - international film festival document and experiment
- Circolo Cento Fiori eV
- Mediengruppe München: Organizer of the Ethnological Film Days
- Media center Munich of the JFF : Organizer of flimmern & rauschen , the district festival of the Bavarian youth film festival of the JUFINALE, as well as Kino Asyl
- VerSur: Organizer of the Latin American Film Days
Projects (selection)
The association coordinates and promotes a number of film festivals, including:
- Mediterranean Film Days
The Mediterranean Film Days are organized by the members Bunter Hund - International Short Film Festival Munich , Circolo Cento Fiori eV, DOK.fest , Greek Film Forum eV, Kinderkino München eV, SinemaTürk Filmzentrum eV and UNDERDOX. Together with the Munich City Library , the Munich Instituto Cervantes , the Institut français de Munich , the Istituto Italiano di Cultura , as well as the Center Català de Munic eV and the Serbian Cultural Association Munich eV , they have chosen the Mediterranean as their theme, Europe with North Africa and Asia connects.
- Turkish Film Days
- Bimovie Gender Women Films (since 1991).
This film series is organized by the Geierwallis, an open association of women who work in the film business themselves or who are enthusiastic about the cinema. Here, women and lesbian films are combined with films that question precisely this identity and representation politics.
In addition, the association organizes, for example, film series with lecture guests and exhibition projects on its own.
- Days of Ethnological Film
- Latin American Film Days
The film city of Munich is a cooperation partner of flimmern & rauschen , the district festival of the Bavarian youth film festival JUFINALE.
A number of projects are being developed in collaboration with the Munich City Library , the Munich Film Museum and the Instituto Cervantes in Munich.
Memberships
- Association of Bavarian Film Festivals
financing
The association was funded by the city administration up to and including 2007 with 202,200 euros annually, in 2008 the grants were increased to 237,200 euros. The city's annual subsidy now amounts to EUR 300,000.
literature
- Bernhard Blöchl: End of the performance. 30 years in the service of the film city of Munich: Ulla Weßler is retiring. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , No. 122, May 30, 2016, p. R18. Online document: Bernhard Blöchl: Portrait - End of the performance. In: sueddeutsche.de , No. 122, p. 29 May 2016, accessed on 8 June 2016 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Archive link ( Memento of the original from June 8, 2016 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. (PDF)
- ↑ a b c d e Bernhard Blöchl: End of the performance. 30 years in the service of the film city of Munich: Ulla Weßler is retiring. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , No. 122, May 30, 2016, p. R18. Online document: Bernhard Blöchl: Portrait - End of the performance. In: sueddeutsche.de , No. 122, p. 29 May 2016, accessed on 8 June 2016 .
- ^ A b c d State Capital Munich, Editor: Filmstadt München. In: muenchen.de. 2014, accessed June 8, 2016 .
- ^ A b Kulturreferat München, Department of Promotion of Art and Culture: grants in the field of culture; Motion No. 02-08 / A 04175, resolution of the General Assembly of the City Council on January 23, 2008. Public session.
- ↑ About us - Filmstadt München. (No longer available online.) In: filmstadt-muenchen.de. Archived from the original on June 8, 2016 ; accessed on June 8, 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.
- ↑ UNDERDOX about us. In: underdox-festival.de. Retrieved June 8, 2016 .
- ↑ Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com): Cultural projects as the key to integrating refugees - Culture - DW.COM - May 23, 2016. In: dw.com. June 9, 2016. Retrieved June 9, 2016 .
- ^ A b 9th Mediterranean Film Festival - Film City Munich. (No longer available online.) In: filmstadt-muenchen.de. February 2, 2014, archived from the original on June 8, 2016 ; accessed on June 8, 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.
- ↑ 27th Turkish Film Festival 2016 ( Memento of the original from June 8, 2016 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. , www.sinematurk-munchen.de, accessed on June 9, 2016.
- ^ A b Marion Herz: Press release on the 14th Bimovie series , May 13, 2008, www.bimovie.de, accessed on June 9, 2016.
- ↑ 14th Days of Ethnological Film 2014. Other worlds - see differently (PDF), www.matria.de, accessed on June 9, 2016.
- ^ Latin American Film Days Munich 2012 , www.ecos-online.de, accessed on June 9, 2016.
- ^ Latin American Film Days Munich. In: lateinamerikanische-filmtage-muenchen.de. November 19, 2015, accessed June 8, 2016 .
- ↑ flicker & rustle. In: jufinale.de. Retrieved June 8, 2016 .
- ^ Association of Bavarian Film Festivals: Press release January 14, 2014, founding of the Association of Bavarian Film Festivals. www.kurzfilmwoche.de, January 14, 2014, accessed on June 9, 2016.
