International Women's Film Festival Dortmund / Cologne

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Festival logo

The International Women's Film Festival Dortmund | Cologne , short IFFF Dortmund | Cologne , is Germany's leading international women's film festival. It takes place annually alternately in Dortmund and Cologne and presents around 100 films and several international competitions with a program of current and historical films that have been specially shot and / or produced by women . In addition to the competition, the festival offers a range of information and (further) education opportunities for women and girls in the form of workshops, lectures and workshop discussions.

history

The International Women's Film Festival Dortmund | Cologne emerged in 2006 from the merger of the two women's film festivals, femme totale (Dortmund) and feminale (Cologne), founded in the 1980s , and is now the largest women's film festival in Germany.

The internationally oriented feminale was founded in 1983 by students of film studies at the University of Cologne and was the oldest women’s film festival in Germany.

structure

The program of the festival in Cologne is divided into three sections: Panorama, Querblick and a country focus. The Panorama section provides an overview of the current work of women filmmakers worldwide, regardless of the subject or genre of the film. Desired in the section ! - filmlust queer current lesbian, queer and transgender films are shown. The country focus gives insights into the film scene of a certain nation (2008: China, 2012: Poland) or cultural area (2012: Arab world).

In contrast, the film program in Dortmund always has one thematic focus (2007: music), international new discoveries, feature film debuts and an overview of the filmmaking of women worldwide.

Competitions

In Dortmund, two competitions are organized independently of the thematic focus and two prizes are awarded: The director's award, endowed by RWE and endowed with 25,000 euros, and the Dortmund Honorary Award for Documentary Film, endowed with 10,000 euros, which honors the entire work of a European documentary filmmaker.

In Cologne, young women directors are supported with the international debut feature film prize endowed with 10,000 euros. Since 2012, the national competition for female picture designers has been taking place, endowed with 5000 euros and awarded by a three-member jury of internationally renowned female picture designers. There is also an audience award of 1000 euros donated by the magazine choices . In 2014, Yesterday's Snow , a documentary by Yael Reuveny , won this Audience Award.

Web links