Pupil (university cinema)

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The pupil eV - Cinema in the university has received the student's university theaters in student house on the campus Bockenheim the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main . The establishment is to be understood against the background of the nationwide founding of student film clubs in the 1950s.

history

Founded by students on December 17, 1951 on the Bockenheim campus, the volunteer group called “Filmstudio” showed specially shot semester shows (so-called pupils) on 16 mm film . When the student house opened in June 1953, a self-managed gaming facility was available. Game operations were resumed in 1973 under the name “Pupille” and moved to the ballroom.

In 1980 and 1992 the association was awarded the city's cinema prize by the city of Frankfurt am Main.

program

On average, around 30 films are shown each semester. The program consists of mostly full-length films, short film programs and supporting films, thematic series and work reviews.

Between 2012 and 2019, the Pupille was awarded the Cinema Culture Prize for non-commercial cinemas and initiatives by the State of Hesse every year. In 2013, the Kinematheksverbund awarded the Pupille a cinema prize in the “Concepts for program design” category.

The student house and the pupil were and are venues for initiatives and festivals, etc. a. Kinothek Asta Nielsen , Nippon Connection , exground filmfest, Lichter Filmfest , Filmkollektiv Frankfurt, Spectrale.

Technical Equipment

Two 35 mm Bauer 11 projectors , a 16 mm projector from Bell & Howell and a 4K digital projector based on the DCI standard from Sony .

literature

Newspaper article GRIP No. 53

See also

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Peter Mixture: A single village offers resistance. The work of pupille eV Kino in der Uni (1975-81) . In: Herbert Stettner (Hrsg.): Kino in der Stadt: Eine Frankfurter Chronik . Eichborn Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1984, ISBN 978-3-8218-0804-8 , p. 95 .
  2. ^ Raimund Gerz: The "other" cinema. Film clubs, initiatives and art house cinemas in Frankfurt . In: Rudolf Worschech (Hrsg.): Living Pictures of a City: Cinema and Film in Frankfurt am Main (exhibition catalog) . Deutsches Filmmuseum, Frankfurt am Main 1995, ISBN 978-3-88799-050-3 , p. 236 .
  3. ↑ Press release Hessian Cinema Prize Winners 2019. HessenFilm GmbH, accessed on December 14, 2019 .
  4. ↑ 2013 Cinema Prize awarded. In: filmportal.de. September 13, 2013, accessed December 14, 2019 .