Culture arises, where people meet. The pandemic is hitting encounters, and to us it has always been important to bring the International filmmakers together. To have all filmmakers here we make sure you get your visa and accomodate you for the entire festival period. The Arc Film Festival has the credo to create a place, where encounters occur and the interests of the filmmakers take center stage. We are currently doing our best to make this possible for 2021.
We want to make sure that the filmmakers join our venue, therefore we make sure to create a framework where everyone get can the most out of. 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. All persons involved are to be brought together to discover innovative approaches with the new media and get them thinking about original concepts. During the Arc Film Festival we create space for inspiration and conversation.
Besides that we want to strengthen Mainz as an important media-location in Germany and create a new platform for personalities of the film industry to interact. The artistic movies and personal atmosphere shall motivate for interesting discussions and let the film festival grow to an extraordinary event.
In the start year 2017 we presented a selection of 17 movies, which were produced independently. We offer those wonderful movies a stage with an interested audience and also make them the basis for inspiring discussions. We want to establish a platform for filmmakers and their followers where there is plenty of room for discussions.
We are looking forward to seeing you and your masterpiece!
Sincere thanks and kind regards,
Your Team from Arc Film Festival
The prizes are endowed by production companies that encourage ongoing filmmakers, by now we had 9,500.000 € prize monies. The Arc is flexible: The jury will depict every year new awards. The "Arc of Senses" (Der Arc der Sinne) award can be seen as the grand prize and will be given every Year. Depending on the submitted films the jury will depict every year in what specific way the Arc of Senses will be given. A film with an outstanding Sound design could be given the Arc of Senses because it is very sensual for the "ear". In 2017 a movie won that was seen as a self-contained master piece.
Last years following categories have been awarded with prizes monies: Best Visual Storytelling, Special Narrative Style, New Media Award, Best Feature, Greatest Risk, Civil Eye, Best Scenography, Fresh View Award, Special Prize of the Jury, Audience Choice and Prize and of course the The Arc of Senses.