CULTURE ARISES WHERE PEOPLE MEET
We want to make sure that everyone enjoys our venue, therefore we make sure to create a framework where everyone get can the most out of. All persons involved are to be brought together to discover innovative approaches with the new media and get them thinking about original concepts. The program includes the Breakfast with Filmmakers, the Directors’ Coffee and several so called Scene-Talks. The independent scene will be connected with established personalities. During the Arc Film Festival we create space for inspiration and conversation.
While we started with a great but small selection of 17 movies. Already in 2018 we’ve accommodated filmmakers from 17 countries (24 countries in total selection 2018). For having all filmmakers here we support the crews in getting the visa and accommodate for the entire period of the festival, arrange airport pick ups, additional workshops (cooperating with institutions like the zdf and regional institutions), the gourmet city tour throug, the gypsy camp, dinner nights and so on. We offer their wonderful films and video art works a stage with an interested audience and also make them the basis for inspiring discussions. After Oslo and London served as partner cities, we focused on cinematic perspectives from filmmakers in Tehran. Following a country spotlight on Argentina, Spain will take center stage in 2026. Through annually rotating partnerships with thematic festivals, we expand both our own horizons and those of our guests. We are proud that the Arc Film Festival is a founding member of the FFOF Network of the United Nations (Film for our Future), together with nine other highly renowned partners. Since 2017, partner festivals have included the Black & White Audiovisual Film Festival in Porto, the LGBT Festival in Cardiff, and the ambitious network that also includes Raindance, LUCCA Film Festival, and others.