International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg
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Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival (German: Internationales Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg) is an annual film festival
held jointly by the cities of Mannheim
and Heidelberg
in Baden-Württemberg
. The festival was established in 1952. In Mannheim there are six cinema centres and 19 single cinemas.
The festival presents arthouse films of international newcomer directors. Established in 1952 originally in the city of Mannheim, it is the second oldest filmfestival in Germany (with the eldest being Berlin). Since 1994, it is held jointly by the cities Mannheim and Heidelberg, Germany. The festival takes place annually around November (2011: 10–20 November).
The festival presents films of independent newcomer directors and who are internationally widely unknown, focussing on arthouse and auteur films. The films selected must be premieres and thus films screened at Cannes, Locarno, Venice and any German festival are excluded.
In 2010, MANNHEIM MEETING PLACE was launched for the first time. The project succeeds the Festival's former co-production market MANNHEIM MEETINGS, focusing on the improvement of marketing opportunities of completed film projects. However, coporoduction meetings will still take place.
During the history of the festival, (debut) features of now famous directors such as Jim Jarmusch
, Thomas Vinterberg
, Bryan Singer
, Atom Egoyan
, François Truffaut
, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
, Krzysztof Kieslowski
, Lars von Trier
, or Rahmin Bahrani were first introduced to an international public at the festival.
2009 – Atom Egoyan
2006 – Aleksandr Sokurov
2004 – Wim Wenders
, Edgar Reitz
2003 – Raoul Ruiz
2002 – Zhang Yimou
1999 – Otar Iosseliani
1998 – Theodor Angelopoulos
Film festival
A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
held jointly by the cities of Mannheim
Mannheim
Mannheim is a city in southwestern Germany. With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, following the capital city of Stuttgart....
and Heidelberg
Heidelberg
-Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...
in Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...
. The festival was established in 1952. In Mannheim there are six cinema centres and 19 single cinemas.
The festival presents arthouse films of international newcomer directors. Established in 1952 originally in the city of Mannheim, it is the second oldest filmfestival in Germany (with the eldest being Berlin). Since 1994, it is held jointly by the cities Mannheim and Heidelberg, Germany. The festival takes place annually around November (2011: 10–20 November).
Festival profile
Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival aims at industry professionals as well as the audience, with over 1000 professional participants and circa 60 000 people attending the screenings in both cities. Subsequent to each screenings there are public panel discussions with the film's representatives.The festival presents films of independent newcomer directors and who are internationally widely unknown, focussing on arthouse and auteur films. The films selected must be premieres and thus films screened at Cannes, Locarno, Venice and any German festival are excluded.
In 2010, MANNHEIM MEETING PLACE was launched for the first time. The project succeeds the Festival's former co-production market MANNHEIM MEETINGS, focusing on the improvement of marketing opportunities of completed film projects. However, coporoduction meetings will still take place.
During the history of the festival, (debut) features of now famous directors such as Jim Jarmusch
Jim Jarmusch
James R. "Jim" Jarmusch is an American independent film director, screenwriter, actor, producer, editor and composer. Jarmusch has been a major proponent of independent cinema, particularly during the 1980s and 1990s.-Early life:...
, Thomas Vinterberg
Thomas Vinterberg
Thomas Vinterberg is a Danish film director who, along with Lars von Trier, co-founded the Dogme 95 movement in filmmaking, which established rules for simplifying movie production....
, Bryan Singer
Bryan Singer
Bryan Singer is an American film director and film producer. Singer won critical acclaim for his work on The Usual Suspects, and is especially well-known among fans of the science fiction and superhero genres for his work on the X-Men films and Superman Returns.-Early life:Singer was born in New...
, Atom Egoyan
Atom Egoyan
Atom Egoyan, OC is a critically acclaimed Armenian-Canadian stage director and film director. Egoyan made his career breakthrough with Exotica...
, François Truffaut
François Truffaut
François Roland Truffaut was an influential film critic and filmmaker and one of the founders of the French New Wave. In a film career lasting over a quarter of a century, he remains an icon of the French film industry. He was also a screenwriter, producer, and actor working on over twenty-five...
, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer Werner Maria Fassbinder was a German movie director, screenwriter and actor. He is considered one of the most important representatives of the New German Cinema.He maintained a frenetic pace in film-making...
, Krzysztof Kieslowski
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Krzysztof Kieślowski was an Academy Award nominated influential Polish film director and screenwriter, known internationally for The Double Life of Veronique and his film cycles The Decalogue and Three Colors.-Early life:...
, Lars von Trier
Lars von Trier
Lars von Trier is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He is closely associated with the Dogme 95 collective, although his own films have taken a variety of different approaches, and have frequently received strongly divided critical opinion....
, or Rahmin Bahrani were first introduced to an international public at the festival.
Competition and awards
- Main Award of Mannheim-Heidelberg for the best fiction feature film with a minimum length of 70 minutes.
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder Prize for the best unconventionally narrated feature film with a minimum length of 60 minutes.
- Special Award of the Jury for the best film with a minimum length of 40 minutes. Or for an extraordinary performance as actor, writer, director etc.
- Special Mentions for a remarkable film with outstanding acting, photography, music, montage etc.
- Audience Award for the film most liked by the Festival audiense, regardless of genre and length.
- The International Film Critics Prize issued by FIPRESCIFIPRESCIThe International Federation of Film Critics is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world for "the promotion and development of film culture and for the safeguarding of professional interests." It was founded in June 1930 in...
Jury - The Ecumenic Film Prize issued by an Ecumenic Jury
- Recommendations Of Cinema Owners
Master of Cinema award
In addition, since 1998 in sporadic intervals, the honorary Master of Cinema Award is issued to outstanding cineastic artist:2009 – Atom Egoyan
Atom Egoyan
Atom Egoyan, OC is a critically acclaimed Armenian-Canadian stage director and film director. Egoyan made his career breakthrough with Exotica...
2006 – Aleksandr Sokurov
2004 – Wim Wenders
Wim Wenders
Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders is a German film director, playwright, author, photographer and producer.-Early life:Wenders was born in Düsseldorf. He graduated from high school in Oberhausen in the Ruhr area. He then studied medicine and philosophy in Freiburg and Düsseldorf...
, Edgar Reitz
Edgar Reitz
Edgar Reitz is a German filmmaker and Professor of Film at the Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung in Karlsruhe.- Early life and education :...
2003 – Raoul Ruiz
Raoul Ruiz
Raúl Ernesto Ruiz Pino was a Chilean filmmaker.Ruiz spent some years at the Catholic University of Santa Fe, Argentina's cinema school. Back in Chile, he directed his first feature film Tres tristes tigres in the late 1960s, winning the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival...
2002 – Zhang Yimou
Zhang Yimou
Zhang Yimou is a Chinese film director, producer, writer and actor, and former cinematographer. He is counted amongst the Fifth Generation of Chinese filmmakers, having made his directorial debut in 1987 with Red Sorghum....
1999 – Otar Iosseliani
Otar Iosseliani
- Filmography :* Akvarel * Sapovnela * April / Ap'rili* Tudzhi * Falling Leaves, / Giorgobistve* Georgian Ancient Songs / Dzveli qartuli simgera...
1998 – Theodor Angelopoulos
2010
- Main Award of Mannheim-Heidelberg 10½, by Daniel GrouDaniel GrouDaniel Grou, frequently credited as Podz, is a Canadian film and television director. His credits include the films 10½ and Les 7 jours du Talion, as well as episodes of the television series Drop the Beat, The Hunger, Big Wolf on Campus, Vampire High, Les Bougon, Minuit, le soir and Au nom de la...
, Canada - Rainer Werner Fassbinder Prize Xun huan zuo le (The High Life), by Zhao Dayong, China
- Special Award of the International Jury Siyah Beyaz (Black and White), by Ahmet Boyacioglu, Turkey
- Special Mention of the International Jury Act of Dishonour, by Nelofer PaziraNelofer PaziraNelofer Pazira is an award-winning Afghan-Canadian director, actress, journalist and author. She grew up in Kabul, Afghanistan, where she lived through ten years of Soviet occupation before escaping with her family to Pakistan...
, Canada and Alicia Vikander for her performance in Till det som är vackert (Pure), by Lisa Langseth, Sweden - Audience Award Eva y Lola by Sabrina Farji, Argentina and Hold om mig (Hold me tight), by Kaspar Munk, Denmark
- International Film Critics' Prize awarded by the FIPRESCIFIPRESCIThe International Federation of Film Critics is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world for "the promotion and development of film culture and for the safeguarding of professional interests." It was founded in June 1930 in...
Xun huan zuo le (The High Life), by Zhao Dayong, China - Ecumenic Film Prize Hold om mig (Hold me tight), by Kaspar Munk, Denmark
- Recommendations of Cinema Owners Till det som är vackert (Pure), Lisa Langseth, Sweden; Win/Win, Jaap van Heusden, The Netherlands and Planes para manana, Juana Macías, Spain
2009
- Main Award of Mannheim-Heidelberg Postia Pappi Jaakobille (Letters to Father Jacob), Klaus HäröKlaus HäröKlaus Härö, born 31 March 1971 in Porvoo , Finland, Finland-Swedish film director. In 2004, Härö won Finland's State Prize for Art.-Films:*Letters to Father Jacob *The New Mankind *Mother of Mine...
, Finland - Rainer Werner Fassbinder Prize Miss KickiMiss Kicki-Plot:Kicki has, after several years abroad, returned to Sweden. Her 17-year old son - Viktor has been brought up by his grandmother and has a very distant relationship to his mother. In an effort to get reacquainted Kicki invites her son to join her on vacation in Taiwan...
, Hakon Liu, Sweden - Special Award of the International Jury Demsala Dawî: Sewaxan (The Last Season: Shawaks), Kazim Öz, Turkey
- Special Mention of the International Jury Jonathan Parker for (Untitled), USA and Séverine Cornamusaz for Coeur Animal (Animal Heart), Switzerland
- Audience Award Nurse.Fighter.Boy, Charles OfficerCharles OfficerCharles Officer is a Jamaican-Canadian writer, actor, director and former professional hockey player in the United States.-Director:Officer’s directorial debut, When Morning Comes, premiered at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival...
, Canada - International Film Critics' Prize Coeur Animal (Animal Heart), Séverine Cornamusaz, Switzerland
- Ecumenic Film Prize Coeur Animal (Animal Heart), Séverine Cornamusaz, Switzerland
- Recommendations of Cinema Owners Retorno a Hansala (Return to Hansala), Chus Gutiérrez, Spain; (Untitled), Jonathan Parker, USA and Nurse.Fighter.Boy, Charles OfficerCharles OfficerCharles Officer is a Jamaican-Canadian writer, actor, director and former professional hockey player in the United States.-Director:Officer’s directorial debut, When Morning Comes, premiered at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival...
, Canada
2008
- Main Award of Mannheim-Heidelberg Lluvia (Rain), Paula Hernández, Argentina
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder Prize Un roman policier (A Police Romance), Stéphanie Duvivier, France
- Special Award of the International Jury Másik Bolygó (Another Planet), Ferenc Moldoványi, Hungary
- Special Mention of the International Jury Isabelle BlaisIsabelle BlaisIsabelle Sophie Emilie Blais is a Canadian film and television actress and singer.-History:Isabelle Blais was born in 1975 in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. She is a graduate of the Montreal campus of the Conservatoire de musique et d'art dramatique du Québec...
for outstanding performance in BorderlineBorderline (2008 film)Borderline is a 2008 Canadian film directed by Lyne Charlebois and co-written with Marie-Sissi Labrèche, based on her novels Borderline and La Brèche...
, Canada; Lee Chi Yuan for Luan Qing Chun (Beautiful Crazy), Taiwan and K. M. MadhusudhananK. M. MadhusudhananK.M. Madhusudhanan is an Indian film maker and artist. Born in Allapuzha, a coastal district in Kerala, India. Started drawing at a very young age. After his preliminary education, studied painting in Fine Arts College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Later, studied print making at the Faculty of Fine...
for Bioscope, India - Audience Award Amanecer de un sueño (Awaking From a Dream), Freddy Mas Franqueza, Spain
- International Film Critics' Prize BorderlineBorderline (2008 film)Borderline is a 2008 Canadian film directed by Lyne Charlebois and co-written with Marie-Sissi Labrèche, based on her novels Borderline and La Brèche...
, Lyne Charlebois, Canada - Ecumenic Film Prize BorderlineBorderline (2008 film)Borderline is a 2008 Canadian film directed by Lyne Charlebois and co-written with Marie-Sissi Labrèche, based on her novels Borderline and La Brèche...
, Lyne Charlebois, Canada - Recommendations of Cinema Owners 14 kilometros (14 Kilometers), Gerardo Olivares, Spain; BorderlineBorderline (2008 film)Borderline is a 2008 Canadian film directed by Lyne Charlebois and co-written with Marie-Sissi Labrèche, based on her novels Borderline and La Brèche...
, Lyne Charlebois, Canada, Les murs porteurs (Cycles), Cyril Gelblat, France
External links
- Official website, in English and German
- Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...