ArtFilmBiennale
The KunstFilmBiennale is an annual international film festival in the field of art film in Cologne .
Emergence
The KunstFilmBiennale was launched in 2002 by art critic , filmmaker and author Heinz Peter Schwerfel . The Cologne art film festival quickly developed into a recognized meeting place for the international scene of media artists . The festival is to be a "mixture of exhibition and festival, with short- and long international, experimental and narrative films, [...] with and junior competition , retrospectives and tributes ." The films are shown in cinemas , museums and galleries in Cologne and Bonn .
Prices
Various prizes are awarded within the KunstFilmBiennale . Mention should be made of the prize of the International Competition (PdIW) endowed with 15,000 euros from the Filmstiftung NRW and the Bild-Kunst-Förderpreis for experimental film (BKF) endowed with 25,000 euros. Both the award and the prize money can be shared among several artists. Within the international competition, the films also compete for the prize of the Association of German Film Critics (PdVddF). In 2009, for the first time, two audience prizes were awarded in the international competition of the KunstFilmBiennale. The Nico of the City of Cologne for films of 60 minutes or more (N Köln) and the Nico of the SK Stiftung Kultur for films up to 60 minutes (N Kultur), each endowed with 1,000 euros.
jury
The jury is made up of experts from the fields of art , film and related sciences , who change each year . Jury members so far have included Gus van Sant , Julia Stoschek , Stephan Berg , Rolf Bier , Amira Casar , Harun Farocki , Gundolf S. Freyermuth , Isaac Julien , Michael Althen , Shirin Neshat , Marcel Odenbach , Daniel Kothenschulte , Bjørn Melhus .
Award winners
2002
- Clemens von Wedemeyer (BKF)
2003
- Isaac Julien (PdIW)
- Mirko Kubein (BKF)
- Harald Hund and Paul Horn (PdVddF)
Special mention by the jury: Valérie Jouve, Julius Werner, Christian Meyer, Mark Lewis
2004
- Clemens Pichler (BKF)
- Maria Gibert, Johanna Hodde and Olga Lux (BKF)
Special mention by the jury: Robert Seidel
2005
- Artur Zmijewski (PdIW)
- Anna Gaskell (PdVddF)
- Johan Grimonprez (BKF)
- Stephan-Flint Müller (BKF)
Special mention by the jury: Kenji Ouellet, Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet
2007
- Florian Gwinner (BKF)
- Sylvia Schadelbauer (BKF)
- Guy Ben-Ner (PdIW), Israel, for his film Stealing Beauty
- Julian Rosefeldt (PdIW)
- Doug Aitken (PdVddF)
Special mention by the jury: Timo Katz, Daniel Burkhardt
2009
- Jani Ruscica (PdIW)
- Vasilij Sigarev (PdIW)
- Adam Leech (PdVddF)
- Samuel Maoz (N Cologne)
- Sam Taylor-Wood (N Culture)
- Jana Debus (BKF)
- Marc Thümmler (BKF)
- Mirko Martin (BKF)
Special mention by the jury: Bruno Dumont
Quotes
"In the seventh year of its existence, the KunstFilmBiennale has become an integral part of Rhenish cultural life."
"As a unique mixture of exhibition and festival, equipped with short and feature films, experimental and narrative films, the Cologne KunstFilmBiennale has been systematically exploring the boundary between art and cinema since 2002."
Web links
- Official website of the KunstFilmBiennale ( Memento from September 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. kunstfilmbiennale.de ( Memento of the original dated February 8, 2007 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.
- ↑ art Kunstmagazin, October 26th, 2009 ( Memento of the original of July 2nd, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Kulturstiftung NRW: KunstFilmBiennale
