The festival programmme in 2012

Cinema

RECORD

This year's film programme mainly consists of observant works, the camera describes people, situations or follows life historys over an extended period of time. But also funny animations, video clips and fictional films have made it into the programme.

Exhibition

REVOLVE

This year's exhibition is titled "Notes from Reality" and will show monitor installations, kinetic light objects and artworks and especially many interactive projects.

Congress

RETHINK

The EMAF Congress will focus on how the internet changes the media landscape. The provocative hypothesis that "YouTube is now the biggest TV channel in the world" describes the change in media use from TV to internet-based media, sparking debates at the festival's congress.

Visitors will moreover be informed about the work of filmmakers from the Arabic region, especially artists from Syria and Egypt.

Performance

React

Live performances, media events, music, sound and power projects at the 25th European Media Art Festival.

Media Campus

The Media Campus is a platform for young artists from all over the world. Universities and art academies will present their current projects and programmes at the University Day and the Media Campus will also show a student-compiled film programme as well as different works in the field of our exhibition. Moreover there will be workshops for students in which they can realize own projects or work together with other young talents.