Lumière (cinema)

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The Lumière in Göttingen is a cinema with a hall as well as an event facility for lectures, exhibitions, theater performances and discussions with filmmakers . The premises of the cinema, which opened in 1986 at Geismarlandstrasse 19, are also used to host children's film festivals, silent film festivals and the Göttingen European Film Festival. The multiple award-winning operator, the Film- und Kino-Initiative Göttingen, is also the organizer of the open-air cinema in the Brauweg outdoor pool . Under the motto “Show other films differently” , the house, named after the Lumière brothers , cooperates with the aid organization Doctors Without Borders and the Georg-August University in Göttingen, among others .

history

In 1980 the film and cinema initiative Göttingen was founded with 80 members initially with the aim of establishing a municipal cinema in Göttingen. But it was only after years of searching for a space that the cinema at the Geismarlandstrasse location could be put into operation. One of the association's founders, Wilfried Arnold, then ran the company as managing director.

Other well-known employees of the Lumières include the sociologist and philosopher Elisabeth Quast, born in 1949, and the film director and film critic Dieter Geißler, born in 1939 .

European Film Festival Göttingen

Also in 1980 the Verein Film- und Kinoinitiative Göttingen eV established the Göttingen European Film Festival, which has been held annually since then, initially under the name of "Landesfilmtage". The focus is on the filmmaking of a previously selected country in Europe . The program regularly includes a photo exhibition and, if necessary, changing additional events. European premieres , “Young German Cinema” and short film programs under the heading “Europe in Shorts” are regularly on the program.

For the European Film Festival sponsored by nordmedia - Film- und Mediengesellschaft Niedersachsen / Bremen , which will take place from November 24th to December 3rd, 2017 on 3 screens in the Lumière cinema, in the Alfred Hessel Hall in the Old University Library and in the “Clubkino im ZHG "Was announced, around 40 premieres in the genres of feature films , documentaries and short films with a focus on Italy were planned. Festival director Helge Schweckendiek expected around 3500 visitors who could vote for the film for the Göttinger Liesel Audience Award .

Awards

The Lumière has received a number of prizes for both its program and its cultural work. Since 1992 the organizer has been awarded the Lower Saxony Cinema Program Prize annually. The prizes awarded at federal level include the 1st prize awarded by the Deutsche Kinemathek in Berlin in 2014 for Lumières “Local and social commitment on site”.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Alisa Altrock: Kino Lumière / celebration of the 30th birthday on the common page of the Göttinger Tageblatt and the Eichsfelder Tageblatt of October 25, 2016, updated on October 28, 2016, last accessed on September 4, 2017
  2. ↑ Compare the information from the German National Library (DNB)
  3. ↑ Compare the information from the DNB
  4. ↑ a b c o.V. : European Film Festival Göttingen on the website nordmedia.de [undated], last accessed on September 4, 2017
  5. ↑ epd film. Journal of the community work of Protestant journalism , vol. 12, 1995, p. 2; Preview over google books

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