Stuttgart Filmwinter - Festival for Expanded Media
Stuttgarter Filmwinter Wand5 e.V. im Filmhaus
Friedrichstrasse 23 a
70174 Stuttgart
Germany
phone +49-7 11-9 93 39 80
fax +49-7 11-99 33 98 10
http://www.filmwinter.de
email: wanda@wand5.de
Curator (Film)
Giovanna Thiery
Curator (New Media)
Xenia Leydel
Year of Foundation 1987
Event Date from 18 January 2007 till 21 January 2007
in Stuttgart, Germany
International Competition
Sections Film and Video Competition, Micro Cinema, New Media, Installations, Performances, Workshops
Genres Animated Films, Art, Documentary Films, Experimental Films, Feature Films Cinema, Fiction, Multimedia, Music, Short Films
Terms of Entry films: 30 min. or less, no restrictions regarding year of production, previous exploitation in Germany is possible; no subtitles necessary
Format 16mm, 35mm, Betacam SP, CD-ROM, Internet, Super 8, U-Matic, VHS PAL, VHS NTSC, S-VHS, DV
Registration Deadline 01 September 2006
Fees none
Attendance Figures 10,000
Participants of the Film Industry independent producers and distributors, executives of many film institutions; mostly students who are interested in innovative films and media installations
Prizes/Awards Team-Work Award (Euro 2,000)
Norman Award (Best Film/Video, Euro 4,000)
Award for New Media (Best CD-ROM, Internet; Euro 4,000)
Milla & Partner Award for Media in Space (Best Installation, Euro 2,500)
Wand5 Award
Number of Films Shown film/video competition: approx. 50 films
Media Coverage film and media critics, mostly local media coverage
Specific Characteristics The Festival ist a member of the network European Coordination of Film Festivals.
Evaluation This festival is dedicated to the interplay between films and new media, with the spotlight on video art and experimental film, and to a lesser extent, on short films and documentaries. It has become one of the main festivals for film media art in Europe, and the clientele is accordingly interdisciplinary.
Parallel to the festival, several exhibitions take place. Since the organizer, "Wand 5", is also active in the distribution, this is a good chance to position films of this type in the German-speaking market. Since 2006, the section "Micro Cinema" has been added to the festival, dedicated to films for portable devices like cellphones.