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:
Yvy Heussler, Fabian Kühfuß, Nadja Weber

Office organisation and finances:
Ivonne Richter

Assistant to festival directors:
Ruben Schäfauer, Maggie Schnaudt

Programme management Competitions:
Ruben Schäfauer

Project management:
Fabian Kühfuß

Project management festival centre:
Ildikó Fillies, Amelie Hermann

Guest management and accreditation:
Amelie Hermann

Technical support:
Fender Schrade

Catalogue editor:
Nicole Rebmann, Ivonne Richter, Maggie Schnaudt, Yannick Tessenow

Social Media editor:
Täschi Fobler

Graphic concept and design:
Demian Bern, EXP.Edition

Print:
Druckhaus Stil+Find, Stuttgart

Website:
Alex Kern

Selection committee film:
Heike Ehrat, Täschi Fobler, Nici Halschke, Matthias Müller, Marc Olbrich, Ivonne Richter, Maggie Schnaudt, Yannick Tessenow, Giovanna Thiery

Selection committee Buggles Award:
Amelie Köppl, Jenny Le, Felix Pecher, Ruben Schäfauer, Maggie Schnaudt, Yannick Tessenow, Giovanna Thiery

Selection committee Expanded Media:
Jonathan Debik, Esther Fehn, Yvy Heussler, Fabian Kühfuß, Claudia Preker, Nadja Weber, Lili Weiss

Curators supportive programmes, programme Media Space and specials:
Florian Fischer, Bettina Korintenberg, Ivonne Richter, Giovanna Thiery

Children’s and youth programme:
Giovanna Thiery

Consulting Inclusion Programme:
Matthias Nagel, Agnes Nuber

Dramaturgical Companion, Outside Eye:
Emilio Jotter, Nicole Rebmann

Call for Mission Impossible:
Yannick Tessenow

Projektionists:
Thomas Eilenstein, Álvaro García, Matthias Müller

Media technicians Expanded Media Exhibition:
Roland Batroff, Fabian Kühfuß, Sander Wickersheim

Festival trailer:
Álvaro García, Oliver Feigl

Filmwinter Mascot:
Hansi Hinterseer

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

V.i.S.d.P.:
Wand 5 e.V.