FilmArtFestival Mecklenburg-Pomerania

FilmArtFestival Mecklenburg-Pomerania
Location	Schwerin, Germany
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. 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 Verband für Filmkommunikation, 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

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