The inaugural Fokus Film Festival opened at Edinburgh Filmhouse last night with Sebastian Schipper's Victoria. The festival - a collaboration between Filmhouse and the Goethe-Insitut in Glasgow - runs until December 14 and has been deliberately subtitled "films from Germany" by the Institut's project director Konrad Siller.
At the opening reception in the city's Akva bar, he explained that the intention was not to show "German cinema, whatever that might be". Instead, they were aiming to show films from a "distinct geographical and political area in Europe" that would encourage audiences to reflect on things which are important to modern German society. He added: "I hope it will be exciting, hopeful and useful."
The reception was also attended by Goethe-Instut director Nikolai Petersen, who recently moved to his Scots posting from Caracas in Venezuela. The German Consul-General Jens-Peter Voss was also in attendance. Edinburgh Film Festival has previously showcased New German.
At the opening reception in the city's Akva bar, he explained that the intention was not to show "German cinema, whatever that might be". Instead, they were aiming to show films from a "distinct geographical and political area in Europe" that would encourage audiences to reflect on things which are important to modern German society. He added: "I hope it will be exciting, hopeful and useful."
The reception was also attended by Goethe-Instut director Nikolai Petersen, who recently moved to his Scots posting from Caracas in Venezuela. The German Consul-General Jens-Peter Voss was also in attendance. Edinburgh Film Festival has previously showcased New German.
- 11/21/2015
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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