FilmArtFestival Mecklenburg-Pomerania
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| Location | Schwerin, Germany |
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| Language | International |
| Website | http://www.filmkunstfest-mv.de |
The FilmArtFestival Mecklenburg-Pomerania (German: filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is held annually in the city of Schwerin in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It was founded in 1991 and it is one of the largest film festivals in eastern Germany, attracting more than 17,000 visitors.[citation needed] It has competitions for best German-language feature film, documentary film and short film produced or co-produced in Germany, Austria or Switzerland. The main prize is the Fliegender Ochse ('Flying Ox'), a nod the ox on the coat of arms of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The main prize is endowed with 10,000 Euros given by the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The Findling Award is given by the , an umbrella organization for art house cinemas and film clubs.
The festival usually takes place in the first week of May.
Prize of Honour[]
Since 2002 the Prize of Honour, the Goldener Ochse ('Golden Ox') has been given to an honoured guest of the festival for special contributions to German film.
- 2002: Frank Beyer
- 2003: Mario Adorf
- 2004: Götz George
- 2005: Senta Berger and Michael Verhoeven
- 2006: Bruno Ganz
- 2007: Hannelore Elsner
- 2008: Klaus Maria Brandauer
- 2009: Michael Ballhaus
- 2010: Manfred Krug
- 2011: Katrin Sass
- 2012: Otto Sander
Programmes[]
The FilmArtFestival Mecklenburg-Pomerania is organised in various sections:
- Feature Film Competition
- Short Film Competition
- Documentary Film Competition
- Films of a guest country
- Retrospective
- Homage - Films with the winner of the honour prize
- Cinema of the World - Films that won FIPRESCI prizes at international film festivals
- Shot in M-V - A presentation of films shot in the state Mecklenburg-Pomerania.
- NDR-Special - Films produced by the North German Broadcast NDR
- SKY-Special - Films presented by the TV-Channel sky Germany
- Kid's Movies
- Forum for the Arts - Readings, Concerts, Exhibitions and Performances
Guest countries[]
- 1998: Sandinavia
- 1999: The Netherlands
- 2000: France
- 2001: Italy
- 2002: Poland
- 2003: Hungary
- 2004: Iceland
- 2005: Switzerland
- 2006: Portugal
- 2007: Norway
- 2008: Austria
- 2009: USA
- 2010: Germany
- 2011: Israel
- 2012: Russia
References[]
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- Film festivals in Germany
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