6th EMFF - November 23rd-26th, 2016. Husum/Hüsem, North Frisia

Welcome to the 6th European Minority Film Festival

The 6th European Minority Film Festival takes place from 23rd - 26th Nov 2016 in Husum / Hüsem (North Frisia)

Laudatio

Goejûn! Liiw fölkjens!

Om te begjinnen wol ik de organisaasje fan dit European Minority Film Festival lokwinskje mei de tsiende jierdei. Sa’n festival in kear organisearje as eksperimint is te dwaan, mar dat ek noch tsien jier folhâlde, en better wurde, dat is echt in lokwinsk wurdich. Dêrom ús lokwinsken. Gratuliire / Auguri / Zorionak !

And now, let’s talk about movies. In ten years of European Minority Film Festival we have seen winners from Wales (2 times), Sápmi (once), the Basque Country (once) and last but not least a Soderjysk movie from just across the border. That movies from these four nations have been awarded is no coincidence.

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Download the jury's complete Laudatio as PDF (4 p.)

 

 

Download brochure about the Film Festival (PDF)

Programme

November 22th-24th, 2014, Husum/Hüsem, North Frisia

All events take place at
Kino Center Husum
Neustadt 114, D-25813 Husum
Phone +49 (0) 4841 2569

Final Gala takes place at
Husum Hus
Neustadt 95, D-25813 Husum

 

WEDNESDAY / MITTWOCH / WEENSDI November 23rd	THURSDAY / DONNERSTAG / TÖRSDI November 24th
7:00 pm / 19:00 Opening 7:20 pm / 19:20 Introduction to the Babel Film Festival 7:45 pm / 19:45 Short film: Nodas (sardu) 8:30 pm / 20:30 Dan Y Wenallt (welsh)	7:00 pm / 19:00 Short film: Loyalty (german-danish) 7:30 pm / 19:30 Short film: Áile ja Ákkhu (sami) 7:45 pm / 19:45 Sonata per a Violoncel (catalan)
FRIDAY / FREITAG / FRAIDI November 25th	SATURDAY / SONNABEND / SANEENE November 26th
7:00 pm / 19:00 Loreak (basque) 9:15 pm / 21:15 Bak (frysk)	6:00 pm / 18:00 Short film: Rúbaí (gaelic) 6:30 pm / 18:30 Amama (basque) 8:30 pm / 20:30 Final Gala at Husum Hus

About the Film Festival

The EMFF is a film festival on a European level for feature films in minority languages, which means those authochtonous small nations and minorities in particular without a so-called kin-state in the background. These are e.g. the Frisians in the Netherlands and Germany, the Sorbs in Germany, the Sami in Scandinavia, the Welsh, Scottish and Cornish in Great Britain, Sinti and Roma, Rhaetians in Switzerland, Basques and Catalans in Spain or Bretons in France.

Within the framework of the festival five chosen feature films, all with English or German subtitles and all from different regions, will be shown on three evenings. Among these films an independant Jury will vote the winner of the European Minority Film Award.

The festival is aimed at the cineastic minded people from North Friesland and other regions in Europe where small nations are situated. The organisers are expecting numerous representatives of the minorities and small nations which are organized in the Federal Union of European Nationalities. As guests actors and directors of certain feature films will also be invited.

 

The jury of the EMFF 2016:

Prof. Elin Fredsted (DK)
Miren Aperribay (E)
Antonello Zanda (I)
Onno Falkena (NL - head of jury)

 

The European Minority Film Festival is realised by:

 

In cooperation with

Babel Film Festival, Cagliari/Sardinia

 

Partners

SSF | Frasche Rädj - Friesenrat | Bundesbeauftragte für Kultur und Medien

 

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Former Festivals:

• 2014
• 2012
• 2010
• 2008
• 2006

About the organisers: Friisk Foriining

Last year the Friisk Foriining (Frisian Society) celebrated its 90th anniversary. Founded under the name of 'Friesisch-Schleswiger Verein' in the year 1923, the society has always considered the Frisian language and culture as independent and therefore on equal terms with the other languages and cul tural groups within the German-Danish border area. The society's main objective is to maintain and to develop the Frisian language and the Frisian identity.

The Friisk Foriining has about 600 members and regards the Frisians as being a people in their own right and an ethnic-autochthonous minority within Germany, comparable to the Sorbs in Lusatia. The most important objective is to protect and to promote the Frisian language and culture.

In cooperation with the Frisian youth organization 'Rökefloose' ('flock of ravens', www.roekefloose.de) the Foriining arranges events for young people and leisure activities, among other things. During these arrangements Frisian is spoken. In the area of school education, the Friisk Foriining cooperates with the Dansk Skoleforening (Danish School Association of the Danish minority in Southern Schleswig). The Skoleforening offers Frisian lessons in some of its schools and, furthermore, runs the only school in which classes are conducted in Frisian on an equal footing with Danish and German (www.risumskole.de).

The Foriining also arranges tours to other language minorities in Europe and offers a so-called 'Friisk Harfsthuuchschölj' for individuals and families every year. This 'Harfsthuuchschölj' offers courses over a period of 5 days, usually in October, where interested people can participate in various activities like computer workshops, story-writing, craft activities, history workshops etc., all held in Frisian language.

In a further project daily Frisian messages are produced for a commercial Internet radio (www.radio-mm.de), which can be downloaded under www.friiskforiining.podspot.de.

Since 2006 in a two-yearly rhythm the Friisk Foriining performs a European-wide film festival for feature films in minority languages.