About

For over 35 years, the Festival has been devoted to crossing the border between cinema and media art with an adventurous international programme comprising films, workshops, Expanded Media exhibition and performances for people of all ages. The Festival’s core are the international competitions for short film and the international competition Expanded Media (exhibition) – flanked by a comprehensive programme.
Every year, the Filmwinter Stuttgart has a new motto that is reflected in the design, supporting programme and the whole aura of the festival.

Wand 5 e.V. are the organisers of the Filmwinter Stuttgart. Supporting independent media culture is the association’s aim and one of their characteristics is to foresee, accompany and question the term of media culture. To do this, more than 30 locations in Stuttgart with various formats have played a part.
Wand 5 are co-founders of „Initiative für ein Neues Kommunales Kino in Stuttgart“ (an initiative to revive the municipal cinema in Stuttgart), „AG Kurzfilm - Bundesverband Deutscher Kurzfilm“ (Federal Short Film Association for German Short Film), and present the plattform Media Space.

Media Space wants to offer a platform for a media discourse in Stuttgart to discuss topics and present projects but also a place of productive and direct debate. The platform will be a year-round initiative by Wand 5 e.V., organisers of Stuttgarter Filmwinter – Festival for Expanded Media. The interdisciplinary approach allows an exchange for related disciplines and promotes the exploration of other perspectives through formats such as workshops, lectures, live-acts and Network Culture works.

Festival Directors: Giovanna Thiery, Ivonne Richter

Programme Management Film: Giovanna Thiery

Programme Management Expanded Media: Fabian Kühfuß, Nadja Weber

Organisation and Finances: Ivonne Richter

Assistant to Festival Directors: Carlotta Huber

Project Management: Ildikó Fillies, Fabian Kühfuß, Sven Wowra

Guest Management and Accreditation: Linda von Wedelstedt

Technical Support: Fender Schrade

Catalogue Editor: Mirjam Rundel

Social Media Editor: Ronja Häußer

Graphic Concept and Design: Demian Bern, EXP.Edition

Print: Offizin Scheufele, Stuttgart

Translation: Nici Halschke

Website: Alex Kern

Selection Committee Film: Täschi Fobler, Nici Halschke, Matthias Müller, Ivonne Richter, Yannick Tessenow, Giovanna Thiery

Selection Committee 2 Minutes Short Film Award: Ronja Häußer, Carlotta Huber, Ivonne Richter, Maggie Schnaudt, Linda von Wedelstedt

Selection Committee Buggles Award: Carlotta Huber, Amelie Köppl, Felix Pecher, Ruben Schäfauer, Yannick Tessenow, Giovanna Thiery

Selection Committee Expanded Media: Elena Sofie Böhler, Cindy Cordt, Fabian Kühfuß, Claudia Preker, Nadja Weber

Special Programme, Media Space Programme: Florian Fischer, Ivonne Richter, Giovanna Thiery

Children’s and Youth Programme Management: Giovanna Thiery, Emilio Jotter

Filmwinter Wizard: Oliver Mahn

Projektionists: Thomas Eilenstein, Matthias Müller

Media Technicians & Architecture Expanded Media: Roland Batroff, Steffen Osvath, Sander Wickersheim

Festival Trailer: „Medien im Raum“ AG am Johannes Kepler Gymnasium Stuttgart / Oliver Feigl

Board of Wand 5 e. V.: Matthias Müller, Michi Gronenborn, Petra Rühle

Responsible according to Press Law: Wand 5 e. V.