Gala Nights and Special Events

Gala Nights and Special Events 2011

A "Journey through Time" in five nights
Five nights - five decades.
From 13 November 2011 to 19 November 2011 in Mannheim and in Heidelberg with a typical film of the decade, matching music and a surprise.

Programme of the sidebar "Journey through time"

Entrance fee of the founding year of 1952 (1,80 DM bis 2,20 DM): Entrance € 1
 

GALA Master of Cinema for Andreas Dresen
Thursday, 10 November 2011
8 pm
Mannheim Stadthaus
With laudatory speech & award ceremony. Afterwards: screening of the film "Whisky mit Wodka"
10.30 pm public press conference with Andreas Dresen. 

German Director Andreas Dresen will be awarded with the Master of Cinema Award of the upcoming 60th International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg 2011. In its 60th year, the Festival will thus honour an internationally renowned filmmaker who was recently awarded at the Cannes film festival and who took an early step on his career ladder in Mannheim: in 1990, Dresen showed one of his first short films „Zug in die Ferne“ in Competition at the then so called International Film Week Mannheim (and got awarded with three prizes).


Entrance fee of 1952 (founding year of the festival): 1,80 DM = € 1

GALA FESTIVAL OPENING
Friday, 11 November 2011
8 pm
Heidelberg, Kino im Schlossgarten I
with many guests of honour and the opening film OKKAR EIGIN OSLÓ by Reynir Lyngdal
Afterwards: Opening Party

€ 9 / € 8 (reduced*)

ANNIVERSARY GALA FOR THE 60th INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL MANNHEIM HEIDELBERG
Saturday, 12 November 2011
8 pm
Kino I im Stadthaus N1, Mannheim
with State Secretary Jürgen Walter, Ministry of Science, Research and Art of Baden-Württem- berg, Dr. Peter Kurz, Lord Mayor of Mannheim

Premiere of the anniversary film "Sensuality & Truth. A journey through 60 years of authorial cinema at the International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg." (by Dr. Michael Kötz)

Entrance fee of the founding year of 1952 (1,80 DM to 2,20 DM)! Entrance fee € 1

GALA FESTIVAL FINALE
Sunday, 20 November
7 pm
Kino I and II at the Stadthaus N1, Mannheim
Major award ceremony with the juries and international laureates, screening of the main award film, and a proper Closing Night Party on the festival floor.

Both in combination for € 7,50 / € 6,50 (reduced*)

All good things come to an end, and so do the wonderful festival days with all the great films and even greater encounters with filmmakers and film fans. At the end there are usually tears of joy. You can see those right at the award ceremony or enjoy them later, at the party, where you can also congratulate the laureates. Or you can catch up on the awarded films. 

  * Reduced prices are available for pupils, students, pensioners, unemployed people, severely handicapped people.
                 Only upon showing an adequate pass/card.