Videoex
Videoex (Experimental Film & Video Festival Zurich Switzerland) is the only annual festival in Switzerland that is explicitly dedicated to the genre of experimental film . The festival has existed since 1998 and takes place in the last two weeks of May.
In addition to an extensive competition, Videoex presents Swiss and international retrospectives, special programs and a new guest program every year. The festival also includes expanded cinema live acts , performances, discussions and workshops.
history
The festival took place for the first time in December 1998 at the Xenix cinema in Zurich as a week-long international experimental film show. In the meantime, a diverse program structure has grown out of this. Since the festival was founded in 1998, the number of film and video works submitted has risen annually for both the international and the Swiss competition. In 2008 there were over 1,800 works from 51 countries. Although Videoex only serves a small niche audience, the quality of the works selected has made it an important reference in the field of experimental film in recent years.
Prize winners and jury members
| year | Prize winner Swiss competition | International competition winner | International competition jury |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | - | - | - |
| 2000 | Two prizes ex aequo: David Renggli, Jessie Fischer | 3 prizes ex aequo: Dan Oki (NL), Mark Roth (USA), Walid Raad (LBN / USA) | Daniel Kurjakovic, Hanspeter Ammann, Franziska Oliver |
| 2001 | Gabriela Gerber & Lukas Bardill | Emily Vey Duke / Cooper Battersby (CAN) | Gudrun Sommer, Robert Anderson, Rein Wolfs |
| 2002 | Nicoletta Wartmann | Three prizes ex aequo: Steve Matheson (USA), Dominic Gagnon (CAN), Laura Waddington (GBR) | Peter Mettler, Arjon Dunnenwind, Mike Hoolboom |
| 2003 | Max Philipp Schmid & Beat Brogle | François Bucher (USA) | Yann Beauvais, Caspar Stracke, Suzanne Buchan |
| 2004 | Ariane Andereggen | Rachel Reupke (GBR) | Michael Brynntrup (DE), Norbert Pfaffenbichler, Florian Wüst |
| 2005 | Ingo Giezendanner | Laura Waddington (FR) | Christine Noll Brinkmann, Barbara Pichler, Brent Klinkum |
| 2006 | Michael Sasdi | Arash T. Riahi (AT) | Frédérique Devaux, Sébastien Ronceray, Stefanie Schulte-Strathaus |
| 2007 | Elodie Pong, Rolf Hellat | - | - |
| 2008 | Marie-Catherine Theiler & Jan Peters | Hito Steyerl (DE) | Erwin van't Hart, Robert Buchschwenter, Alexandra Gramatke |
| 2009 | Klaus Fromherz | Sebastian Diaz Morales (ARG) | Mika Taanila , Sebestyén Kodolányi, Jeremy Rigsby |
| 2010 | Ariane Andereggen | Jürgen Reble (DE), Inger Lise Hansen (NOR) | Julia Marx, Marcel Schwierin |
| 2011 | Sabine Haerri | Florence Aigner & Laurent Van Lancker (BEL), Till Roeskens (FR) | Maria Palacios Cruz, Seppo Renvall, Georges Salameh |
| 2012 | Pauline Cazorla | Angela Reginato (USA) | Jaap Pieters, Piero Pala, Dan Oki |
| 2013 | Pauline Julier | Jesse McLean (USA) | Aleksandra Sekulić, Sanja Grbin, Romeo Green Fields |
| 2014 | Lukas Gut | Basma Alsharif (KWT / USA), Sam Firth (GBR) | Ute Aurand, Stephen Partridge |
| 2015 | Max Philipp Schmid | Zapruder filmmakersgroup | Adam Szymczyk , Kim Knowles, Pieter-Paul Mortier |
| 2016 | Tom Bogaert, Jela Hasler | - | - |
| 2017 | Josh Weissbach, Aurèle Ferrier | Ismail Bahri (FR), Laure Prouvost (FR) | Ximena Cuevas, Richard Ashrowan, Richard Bott |
| 2018 | Silas Heizmann; Kezia Zurbrügg & Philipp Ritler | Daniel Jacoby & Yu Araki | Diana Vidrascu, Caspar Stracke, Greg de Cuir Jr |
| 2019 | Christine Hürzeler | Takashi Makino | Sebastián Díaz Morales, Joke Ballintijn, Lucas Murari |
program
| year | Special program | Swiss focus | Guest program |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | - | - | - |
| 2000 | Craig Baldwin, Mike Kelley , Vito Acconci , Takashi Itoh | - | - |
| 2001 | Bruce Conner , Pat O'Neill, Nam June Paik , Oskar Fischinger | - | - |
| 2002 | Michael Snow , Doug Aitken | Peter Mettler | - |
| 2003 | Mike Hoolboom, Stan Brakhage | Peter Liechti | - |
| 2004 | Harun Farocki | Isa Hesse-Rabinovitch | - |
| 2005 | Owen Land , Carolee Snowman | - | - |
| 2006 | Sarah Morris , Marie Menken , Jaap Pieters | Swiss Experimental Films of the Sixties and Seventies | Paris |
| 2007 | Béla Balázs Studio (BBS) | - | Geneva |
| 2008 | - | Videofemmes | London |
| 2009 | Gustav German | Independent Video Switzerland (UVS) | Helsinki |
| 2010 | Johan Grimonprez | Clemens Klopfenstein | Rotterdam and Amsterdam |
| 2011 | Bruce Conner , Herbert Fritsch | Rudolph Burckhardt | Brussels |
| 2012 | George Kuchar , Mike Kelley , Miranda Pennell, Mike Hoolboom | Klaus Lutz | Warsaw and Lodz |
| 2013 | Carolee Schneemann , Jean-Luc Godard , Chris Marker | - | Belgrade and Zagreb |
| 2014 | John Akomfrah, Ute Aurand, Robert Beavers | Katarina Schröter | Italy |
| 2015 | Hito Steyerl | Elodie Pong | Portugal |
| 2016 | Kenneth Anger , Laurie Anderson | Ursula Biemann | Beirut |
| 2017 | Omer Fast , Jean Rouch , Samuel Beckett | Werner von Mutzenbecher | Mexico |
| 2018 | Salomé Lamas, Filipa César | Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz | African Metropolises |
| 2019 | Barbara Hammer, Jonas Mekas | Uriel Orlov | Brazil |
Partners and sponsors
Videoex is organized by the non-profit association Videoex and supported by private and public bodies. The festival has been a regional institution of the Canton of Zurich since 2012 and has been included in the city of Zurich's cultural mission statement.
Individual references and sources
- ↑ Videoex Friends. Retrieved April 22, 2018 .