From November 14 through November 23, 2008, exground filmfest takes place in Wiesbaden for the 21st time: Within the ten festival days, around 250 short and feature films as well as videos will be shown – in the ancestral sections “American Independents”, “News from Asia”, “International” and “Documentary”, as well as in the contests “Deutscher Kurzfilm” (German short film), “ON VIDEO”, “Wiesbaden-Special”, and “Internationaler Jugendfilm” (International youth film). In addition, the exground filmfest team has compiled a series for this year’s country focus on Spain, and a retrospective on Basque director Julio Médem.
A novelty is the contest “BETTING ON SHORTS“, which is being screened simultaneously in different European cities. The audience places bets on the assumed winner in advance.
A further premiere can be celebrated in the extra events-category: A WALL IS A SCREEN offers a cinematic experience of the special kind: During a vespertine walk through the city, different films are being projected onto Wiesbaden house walls.
As always, among the many events of the supporting programme are the opening and closing parties, plus a CINEMAGICA LOUNGE with RAS-ANDI, the legendary exground-Gong-Show, and a filmmaker discussion on documentary film.
In line with this year’s country focus, exground filmfest will open on November 14, 2008, with Spanish film ROAD SPAIN. A seemingly cheated on husband looks back at his life so far, and spontaneously begins a trip through Spain. In this unorthodox road movie, director Jordi Vidal uses beautiful pictures to not only show the surprisingly varied country-sides of Spain, but also to mirror his protagonist’s different states of mind.
