FilmArtFestival Mecklenburg-Pomerania
The FilmArtFestival Mecklenburg-Pomerania 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, 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 has been given to an honoured guest of the festival for special contributions to German film.
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
