La.Meko Filmfestival Landau
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La.Meko Filmfestival Landau is a film festival
now held annually during November in the German
town of Landau
since 2001.
The idea for the festival originally came from the students of the department of Media Studies and Communications Psychology at the Koblenz-Landau University and the festival took its original name (FaMeKo) from an acronym of the title of this group (Fachschaft Medienpädagogik/Kommunikationspsychologie in German). The aim was that all amateur filmmakers would be eligible to take part in a short film competition, giving them the chance to present their work in public. Since 2010 the Festival has a more international orientation and changed its name to International Filmfestival Landau - La.Meko
The first festival was held on July 13, 2001 on the university campus. The second festival was a greater success than the first and took place on November 22 and November 23, 2002. Entries from film school
s were now also accepted. The Festival competition has several categories (jury award, animation, regional, international, audience award).
2011 will be the 10th festival. It will take place in November/December 2011, with the exact time to be fixed.
Film festival
A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
now held annually during November in the German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
town of Landau
Landau
Landau or Landau in der Pfalz is an autonomous city surrounded by the Südliche Weinstraße district of southern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a university town , a long-standing cultural centre, and a market and shopping town, surrounded by vineyards and wine-growing villages of the...
since 2001.
The idea for the festival originally came from the students of the department of Media Studies and Communications Psychology at the Koblenz-Landau University and the festival took its original name (FaMeKo) from an acronym of the title of this group (Fachschaft Medienpädagogik/Kommunikationspsychologie in German). The aim was that all amateur filmmakers would be eligible to take part in a short film competition, giving them the chance to present their work in public. Since 2010 the Festival has a more international orientation and changed its name to International Filmfestival Landau - La.Meko
The first festival was held on July 13, 2001 on the university campus. The second festival was a greater success than the first and took place on November 22 and November 23, 2002. Entries from film school
Film school
The term film school is used to describe any educational institution dedicated to teaching aspects of filmmaking, including such subjects as film production, film theory, digital media production, and screenwriting. Film history courses and hands-on technical training are usually incorporated into...
s were now also accepted. The Festival competition has several categories (jury award, animation, regional, international, audience award).
2011 will be the 10th festival. It will take place in November/December 2011, with the exact time to be fixed.