exground filmfest in Wiesbaden is amongst Germany\u2019s most important film festivals for international independent productions. exground filmfest is an important meeting place for journalists, specialized visitors, and guests from the film business.<\/p>\n
Many (debut-) films from by now world wide renowned directors had their German or European premieres in Wiesbaden. To name but a few from the last years: 9 SOULS by Toshiaki Toyoda, GERRY by Gus Van Sant, THE THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA by Tommy Lee Jones, DEPARTURES by Yojiro Takita, SOMEWHERE TONIGHT by Michael Di Jiacomo, GANTZ 2: PERFECT ANSWER by Shinsuke Sato, AFTER LUCIA by Michel Franco and BETHLEHEM by Yuval Adler.<\/p>\n
Guests in Wiesbaden included German Film Award winner Oskar Roehler, Oscar winner Les Bernstein, Katja Esson (Oscar nominee), Susan Emshwiller (script writer for POLLOCK), Adam Green with his film debut GEMSTONES CRACKIN\u2019, New Wave icon Anne Clark as well as the German shooting stars Josefine Preu\u00df, Simon Gosejohann, Dietrich Br\u00fcggemann, Axel Ranisch, Aylin Tezel and Sophie Linnenbaum.<\/p>\n
Accompanying programs, such as workshops, exhibitions, concerts, lectures, parties and panel discussions, top off exground filmfest.<\/p>\n
American Independents<\/strong><\/p>\n Independent US productions: from masterpieces with celebrity casts via genuine “Indies” low-budget films with cult potential.<\/p>\n Made in Germany<\/strong><\/p>\n Brand-new productions from Germany of special quality and originality \u2013 arthouse, low-budget films as well as trash jewels and genre films with international format.<\/p>\n European Cinema<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Box office smash hits, artistically innovative films, and\u00a0<\/span>highlights from big festivals.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n World Cinema<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n A<\/span>rtistically innovative films, and underground cult movies from all over the world.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Short film programs covering all genres<\/strong><\/p>\n The shorter the better: at exground filmfest, this is true amongst all genres \u2013 and especially for the short film programs loved so much by the audience.<\/p>\n Focus<\/strong><\/p>\n Every year, exground filmfest takes a special look at the filmic work of a specific country. In cooperation with colleges and local institutions, we already presented big and small masterpieces from Fennoscandia, Austria, Great Britain, France, Canada, the Benelux countries, Spain, Sweden, Latin America, Israel, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Greece, Iran, Turkey, the Philippines, Brazil, Italy, the USA as well as Portugal. In 2024, the thematic focus will be flight and expulsion.<\/p>\n Retrospective\/Homage<\/strong><\/p>\n In special festival years, exground filmfest dedicates a program to a specific director\u2019s work. These compact and exquisite screenings already presented directors as Abel Ferrara, Michael Haneke, Mike Figgis, Claire Denis, David Cronenberg, Julio M\u00e9dem, Roy Andersson, Eyal Sivan and an homage to German actor and director Ulli Lommel and a retrospective of films by Teresa Villaverde, among others.<\/p>\n exground filmfest\u2019s contest programs have become an important forum for numerous promising young filmmakers \u2013 not least due to the huge audience interest in works off the cinema mainstream. At exground filmfest 37, cash prizes and non-cash prizes of almost EUR 19,000 will be awarded.<\/p>\n German Feature Film Competition “DAS BRETT”<\/strong><\/p>\n The EUR 1,500 prize for the best film in the Made in Germany series was awarded in the first few years by a jury of prisoners from Wiesbaden Prison; as this jury has unfortunaley been cancelled since 2020 for a variety of reasons, the audience will once again decide on the winning film and the prize money donated by us, which has now been increased to EUR 3,000.<\/p>\n German Short Film Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n One of the traditional highlights and audience hits, a n<\/u>ationwide contest for the best German short film, endowed with EUR 6,000.<\/p>\n International Short Film Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n A professional jury will hand out the award for the best international short film, endowed with EUR 2,000.<\/p>\n Wiesbaden-Special \u2013 Short Film Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n Contest for short films by Wiesbaden production companies or local directors, audience award endowed with EUR 500.<\/p>\n youth days \u2013 International Youth Film Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n A youth jury will award the best international feature film from the youth days program with EUR 2,500 \u2013 and the best international youth days short film with EUR 500. In 2013, an additional audience award was introduced \u2013 endowed with a prize money of EUR 1,000.<\/p>\n youth days \u2013 Wiesbaden Youth Film Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n The youth days section is rounded off with the Wiesbaden Youth Film Competition \u2013 the short film contest for local up-and-coming directors between twelve and 18 years, endowed with a total of EUR 700.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" exground filmfest in Wiesbaden is amongst Germany\u2019s most important film festivals for international independent productions. exground filmfest is an important meeting place for journalists, specialized visitors, and guests from the film business. Many (debut-) films from by now world wide renowned directors had their German or European premieres in Wiesbaden. 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