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:
Marcus Kohlbach, Giovanna Thiery

Programme management film:
Giovanna Thiery

Programme management Media in Space & Network Culture:
Marcus Kohlbach

Office organisation and finances:
Ivonne Richter

Assistant to festival directors:
Yannick Tessenow

Programme management Competitions:
Suttiporn Khongchuai

Project management:
Fabian Kühfuß

Project management festival centre:
Jennifer Roser

Guest management and accreditation:
Mirjam Rundel

Technical support:
Fender Schrade

Catalogue editor / Social Media editor:
Yannick Tessenow, Täschi Fobler

Graphic concept and design:
Demian Bern, EXP.Edition

Print:
Druckhaus Stil, Stuttgart

Translation:
Nici Halschke

Selection committee film:
Täschi Fobler, Nici Halschke, Suttiporn Khongchuai, Matthias Müller, Ivonne Richter, Yannick Tessenow, Giovanna Thiery

Selection committee Buggles Award:
Walter Ercolino, Suttiporn Khongchuai, Amelie Köppl, Yannick Tessenow, Giovanna Thiery

Selection committee Media in Space:
Cindy Cordt, Andreas Dobrynin, Esther Fehn, Yvy Heussler, Marcus Kohlbach, Lina Neubeck, Nadja Weber, Lili Weiss

Selection committee Network Culture:
Cindy Cordt, Andreas Dobrynin, Esther Fehn, Yvy Heussler, Marcus Kohlbach, Lina Neubeck, Nadja Weber, Lili Weiss

Curators supportive programmes, programme Media Space and specials:
Marcus Kohlbach, Florian Fischer, Giovanna Thiery

Children’s and youth programme:
Giovanna Thiery

Projektionists:
Thomas Eilenstein, Matthias Müller

Media technicians Expanded Media Exhibition:
Steffen Osvath, Sander Wickersheim

Jury support Expanded Media Exhibition:
Lili Weiss

Festival trailer:
Giovanna Thiery, Matthias Müller, Schüler*innen des Johannes-Kepler-Gymnasium Stuttgart

Website:
Alex Kern

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

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