[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"festival-about-4591":3},{"festival":4,"years":20,"news":28,"about":29},{"entryId":5,"urlTitle":6,"status":7,"name":8,"originalName":9,"alsoKnownAs":10,"logo":11,"logoAppearance":12,"logoOg":18,"about":19,"isManaged":15},4591,"filmz-festival-des-deutschen-kinos-germany","open","FILMZ - Festival des deutschen Kinos","",[],"https:\u002F\u002Fimg.r.vurchel.com\u002Ffestivals\u002F_th600\u002Ffilmz-festival-des-deutschen-kinos-germany-6cq6btrt.png?v=b9e6e21b",{"mode":13,"edge":14,"edgeLight":15,"plateLight":16,"plateDark":17,"crop":14,"og":14},"plate",null,false,"none","light","\u002Fimg\u002F_og\u002F73121.jpg?v=b9e6e21b","Audience voting shapes FILMZ – Festival des deutschen Kinos in Mainz, where current German and German-language cinema competes across feature, medium-length, documentary and short-film sections. The short-film competitions include regional work from the Rhine-Main area, animation and unconventional films in the andersARTig section. The programme also includes a symposium, international co-productions in Spotlight, screenplay pitching and the 55-hour filmmaking challenge 55FILMZ. The festival dates back to 2001 and is organised by volunteers from FILMZ e.V.; the City of Mainz is its official presenting body. The dates for the 25th edition are 2–15 November 2026. Its programme adds a short-documentary competition and experimental-film screenings, with Capitol and CinéMayence as the principal cinemas.",[21,24,26],{"year":22,"hasAwards":15,"hasSelection":23},"2018",true,{"year":25,"hasAwards":15,"hasSelection":23},"2017",{"year":27,"hasAwards":15,"hasSelection":23},"2015",[],{"aboutHtml":30,"countries":31,"focus":33,"categories":34,"nextDates":35,"awardsPrizes":36,"rules":37,"website":38,"contacts":39,"editDate":73},"\u003Cp>Audience voting shapes FILMZ – Festival des deutschen Kinos in Mainz, where current German and German-language cinema competes across feature, medium-length, documentary and short-film sections. The short-film competitions include regional work from the Rhine-Main area, animation and unconventional films in the andersARTig section. The programme also includes a symposium, international co-productions in Spotlight, screenplay pitching and the 55-hour filmmaking challenge 55FILMZ.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The festival dates back to 2001 and is organised by volunteers from FILMZ e.V.; the City of Mainz is its official presenting body. The dates for the 25th edition are 2–15 November 2026. Its programme adds a short-documentary competition and experimental-film screenings, with Capitol and CinéMayence as the principal cinemas.\u003C\u002Fp>",[32],"Germany",[],[],"2 November 2026 — 15 November 2026","In 2026, the audience chooses the winners in eight competition sections: feature film, documentary, medium-length film, short film, local short film, andersARTig short film, animated short film and short documentary. The feature-film award includes the Mainzer Rad trophy and €1,500; the documentary award carries €1,500 and the medium-length award €800. The City of Mainz special prize for outstanding film achievements carries €2,500 and is selected by the competition curators. A separate €1,000 Medienförderung Rheinland-Pfalz special prize recognises a film with a cultural or economic connection to Rhineland-Palatinate.","The 2026 regulations cover German and German-language cinema. Films must be no more than two years old at the time of programme selection in mid-July and must not yet have had a German theatrical release. Short films are up to 20 minutes; the medium-length category covers 20–70 minutes. Submissions require an online screener; download links are not accepted. Any use of artificial intelligence must be disclosed in the submission and in the film; works without AI are preferred in selection. Selected films require a DCP. Films in languages other than German, and films with strong dialects, require German subtitles; English subtitles are requested for German-language films. Submitters must hold the screening rights and grant the festival the stated screening and promotional permissions. The official submission page contains the full conditions.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.filmz-mainz.de\u002F",[40,44,47,50,53,56,59,62,66,69],{"type":41,"value":42,"note":43},"Email","info@filmz-mainz.de","General enquiries",{"type":41,"value":45,"note":46},"langfilm@filmz-mainz.de","Feature-film submissions",{"type":41,"value":48,"note":49},"mittellangfilm@filmz-mainz.de","Medium-length film submissions",{"type":41,"value":51,"note":52},"dokumentarfilm@filmz-mainz.de","Documentary and short-documentary submissions",{"type":41,"value":54,"note":55},"kurzfilm@filmz-mainz.de","Short, local, animated and andersARTig submissions",{"type":41,"value":57,"note":58},"rahmenprogramm@filmz-mainz.de","Experimental-film submissions",{"type":41,"value":60,"note":61},"akkreditierung@filmz-mainz.de","Accreditation enquiries",{"type":63,"value":64,"note":65},"Website","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.filmz-mainz.de\u002Fprogramm\u002Feinreichen\u002F","Film submissions and full regulations",{"type":63,"value":67,"note":68},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.filmz-mainz.de\u002Fpresse-branche\u002Fakkreditierung\u002F","Industry, student and press accreditation",{"type":70,"value":71,"note":72},"Address","FILMZ e.V., c\u002Fo Landeshauptstadt Mainz, Kulturabteilung, Postfach 3820, 55028 Mainz, Germany","Postal address",1792236770]