01.SCREENINGS

The center piece of the Kassel Dokfest is the film program, divided into three sections:

02.MONITORING

Up to 16 contemporary media installations and sculptures by up-and-coming as well as well-known artists will be presented at the exhibition Monitoring.

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03.DOKFEST LOUNGE

The DokfestLounge is not only the location for audiovisual performances by international artists, VJs and DJs but also the nocturnal meeting point for our guests after 10.30 pm.

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04.INTERFICTION

The Workshop symposium interfiction offers lectures, presentations and workshop-sessions concerning a yearly changing topic, which takes a closer look at the political, social and artistic aspects of the medium internet.

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05.JUNGES DOKFEST

This educational side program is aimed at school students from the 7th till the 13th grade as well as teachers. The project consists of special film programs as well as workshops about film analysis and criticism under the guidance of media educators.

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06.DOKFEST FORUM

The DokfestForum offers panels, lectures and screenings that raise questions about the interfaces between film and art. During the daytime the DokfestForum as a festival meeting point will provide a café with a video library for accredited guests.

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07.EDUCATION

With the Hessian University Film Day, the presentation of a European Film College and hands-on workshops and lectures, the Kassel Dokfest offers possibilities for further education, information on education opportunities and access to professional networks for (Hessian) up-and-coming filmmakers.

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The winners of the 31st Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival / 17.11.2014

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During the closing ceremony on Sunday evening, the four festival prizes of the 31st Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival were awarded.

A first assessment of these six days of the festival shows: More than 14,000 visitors took advantage of the diversity that the festival had to offer. Due to the new section DokfestGeneration almost 800 more visitors came to the film screenings. 580 accredited guests from all over the world were enthusiastic about the wide range of the Kassel Dokfest. This.once again demonstrated the reputation for success and the respect that the Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival has earned in the German and international media and festival scene.

 

WINNERS 2014:

The Golden Key, worth 5,000 Euros, for the most impressive documentary by an up-and-coming filmmaker, which is supported by the City of Kassel, went to The Private Life of Fenfen by Leslie Tai.

Eugène Gabana Le Pétrolier by Jeanne Delafosse and Camille Plagnet received a special mention.

The Golden Hercules honors the best cinematic production from Northern Hesse. The prize is worth 3,000 Euros and is sponsored by the Machbar GmbH, Kassel. This traditional prize of the Kassel Dokfest went to Emil by Martin Schmidt.

Julia Geiß received a special mention for her film Vier danach – Highland's Kinder.

The junges dokfest: A38-Production Grant Kassel-Halle went to Guido Hendrikx for his film Escort.

This scholarship is supported by the LPR Hessen (Hesse Regulatory Authority for Commercial Broadcasting and New Media) and the Media Institute of Saxony-Anhalt to the amount of up to 3,000 Euros in living costs and a maximum of 1,000 Euros in travel expenses, and is awarded in collaboration with Werkleitz – Zentrum für Medienkunst, who put in up to 4,000 Euros (in the form of equipment and technical and personal services).

The Golden Cube for the best installation of the exhibition Monitoring, donated by Kassel software company Micromata GmbH, which is endowed with prize money of 3,500 Euros, was awarded to Bertrand Flanet and his installation Unmanned Distances.  

Daniel Laufer received a special mention for his work REDUX.

 

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

 

You can find the full jury statements as well as photos from this year's Kassel Dokfest soon on our homepage. All winning entries will be repeated on Saturday, 22 November, 2014, at the BALi Kino.

 

PICTURE: Award winners and jury members present at the closing ceremony (Copyright: Sven Hein/ Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival)

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