OUR VISION:
We accommodate aspiring filmmakers and invite them to a framework that includes the daily Breakfast with Filmmakers, workshops with industry frontrunners, like ZDF Digital, several Scene Talks about pressing issues, exhibitions, the Directors Coffee and networking events like Long Nights at the Jipsy Camp and the Gourmet-City-Tour through Mainz. Every year we present a new partner country (Norway, UK, Iran, Argentina, Spain) and dedicate each evening to another theme. We bring together a high-value audience, entertainment industry players, government departments, business leaders and the media to provoke change. Everyone is welcome who shares a passion for film and believes in the power of cinema. With the Arc Film Festival we have established a cultural event in the Rhine-Main area with focusing on artists and their work. Join the platform for filmmakers and film lovers to meet and have inspiring discussions and exiting interactions.
THE AREA:
Although, Mainz is an attractive media location in Germany, not least because ZDF is based here and, thanks to the University of Applied Sciences for Media Design, numerous filmmakers are active in the picturesque state capital. Rhineland-Palatinate was the last German state without film funding. We wanted to change that and have been working since 2016 to bring the responsible parties to the table. We’re celebrating with confetti and fanfare that in October 2021, the Media Funding RLP was launched, and we are looking forward to the future.