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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A38-Production-Grant Kassel-Halle

Stemming from a long cooperation, the Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival and Werkleitz – Center for Media Art award the A38 – Production grant together. The up to two month scholarship is made possible through the commitment of the Regulatory Authority for Commercial Broadcasting in Hesse (LPR Hessen) and...

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Jury 2016

Christian Klisan

Ann Sophie Lindström

Ruth Annette Schriefers

Peter Zorn

Youth Jury 2016

Roya Haupt

Anton Leolo Scheid

Mara Vukorep

Award winners

2016: Benjamin Kahlmeyer: Eisen

2015 Khaldiya Jibawi: Another Kind of Girl

2014 Guido Hendrikx: Escort

2013 Patrick Richter: Neununddreißig
2012 Marc Schmidt: De Regels van Matthijs
2011 Léo Médard: Tao m'a dit…
2010 Kara Blake: The Delian Mode
2009 Hannes Lang: Leavenworth, WA
2008 Joanna Rytel: To Think Things You Don’t Want to
2007 Anne-Kristin Jahn: Generation Model
2006 Jürgen Brügger, Jörg Haaßengier: Kopfende Haßloch
2005 Curtis Burz: VIRGINia
2004 Britt Dunse: Norden
2003 Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay: Live to tell
2002 Oliver Husain: Q
2001 Florian Thalhofer: Korsakow Syndrom

Nominees 2016

Angela Christlieb (Whatever Happened to Gelitin), Florian Dedek (Dann muss es ja ein was weiß ich was Gutes geben), Teboho Edkins (Initiation),Marcin Filipowicz (Trampkarze), Ester Gould (A Strange Love Affair with Ego), Paul Heintz (Non Contractuel), Leonhard Hofmann (Shlomi & Mazy), Zhou Hongbo (Jijing Yu Jinji), Benjamin Kahlmeyer (Eisen), Jannis Alexander Kiefer (ein moment bei unserer großmutter), Didem Pekün (Of Dice and Men), Muhammad Umar Saeed (The Learning Alliance), belit sağ (Eylül – Ekim 2015, Cizre), Faraz Shariat (Ich bin euer Sohn), Mayye Zayed (Zakerat Abad El-Shams)

Foto: Michael Wolf / laif