cinefest 2013
10th International Festival of German Film Heritage
Hamburg: 16 - 24 November 2013


organized by CineGraph and Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv

Verboten!
Film censorship in Europe

Since it first emerged as a popular medium, cinema has been subjected to censorship from a broad cross section of society. What started with small town police officers and narrow-minded teachers enforcing their opinions progressed to government institutions enforcing newly established censorship laws. Throughout history, changes in social structure as well as in sexual politics have directly influenced the limits of what was considered acceptable on the screen and repeatedly, political upheavals have sparked a tide of banned and forbidden films.

Cinefest 2013 will reopen famous cases of censorship, looking at films that were put under lock and key in a variety of situations: by the Nazis when they came to power in 1933, by the Communist party in East Germany, or by the Warsaw Pact states after their invasion of Czechoslovakia. Following the example of the BBFC – which has recently celebrated its centenary in London – we will examine the progression from film “censorship” to film “classification”.

CineGraph - Hamburgisches Centrum für Filmforschung e.V.
Schillerstr. 43, 22767 Hamburg
Tel: +49-(0)40-352194 / Fax: +49-(0)40-345864
email: info(at)cinefest.de

in Cooperation with
Kinemathek Hamburg - Kommunales Kino Metropolis
Deutsches Historisches Museum / Zeughauskino, Berlin
Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Wiesbaden
Narodní filmový archiv, Prag
FilmForum Udine/Gorizia
Filmarchiv Austria, Wien
Cinémathèque Suisse Lausanne / Filmpodium Zürich

with frienldy support from
absolutMedien, Berlin
Altoner Museum, Hamburg
Arte, Straßburg
Barefoot Wine
British Council, Berlin
British Film Institute, London
Budweiser Budvar
DEFA-Stiftung, Berlin
Deutsch-Tschechischer Zukunftsfonds, Prag
Deutsche Kinemathek - Museum für Film und Fernsehen, Berlin
Deutsches Filminstitut – DIF, Frankfurt
Due Baristi Espressobar, Hamburg
Filmmuseum Potsdam
Filmmuseum Wien
Hamburger Öffentlichen Bücherhallen
Hotel am Rothenbaum, Hamburg
Jugendinformationszentrum - JIZ, Hamburg
Omnimago, Ingelheim
Österreichisches Kulturforum, Berlin
Skoda Auto Deutschland GmbH
SK Limousines + Services, Hamburg
Slovenský Filmový Ústav, Bratislava
Slowakisches Institut, Berlin
Transit Film GmbH, München
Universität Hamburg – Institut für Neuere deutsche Literatur und Medienkultur

Media Partner: FilmDienst



CineGraph – Hamburgisches Centrum für Filmforschung e.V. is funded by the Hamburg Ministry of Culture.