Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Poster for documentary film festival
Centre
Arri Kino cinema
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Mathäser cinema
Munich - the Bavarian Hollywood
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Geiselgasteig &
film. Gasteig is the festival cen-
tre, and screenings are held at
various cinemas throughout the
city. An offshoot of the film festi-
val, the International Festival of
Film Academies is in November.
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www.filmfest-muenchen.de
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University of Television
Bavaria Filmstadt
Second only to Berlin's film
industry, Geiselgasteig has been
a centre for film since 1910. Major
productions have been shot here
well into the modern era, including
Petersen's
Das Boot
, and films by
Bergman and Fassbinder. Today,
Bavaria Filmstadt presents screen-
ings and live shows on the back
lot.
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Geiselgasteig, Bavariafilmplatz 7
• (089) 64 99 20 00 • mid-Mar-Oct:
9am-4pm; Nov-Feb: 10am-3pm
daily • www.filmstadt.de
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Filmfest München
and Film Munich (HFF)
A training ground for film profes-
sionals since 1967, the university's
famous graduates include Wim
Wenders and Roland Emmerich.
Regular film screenings are
held in the in-house cinema.
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Frankenthaler Str. 23 • (089) 68 95 70
• www.hff-muenchen.de
Since 1983, the largest Ger-
man public film festival has been
screening the latest international
films at the end of June. Movie
buffs love the Indies event, a
series on independent American
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Münchner Filmmuseum
im Stadtmuseum
This dream theatre for cinephiles
has been renovated and equipped
with the latest projection tech-
nology for all movie formats. For
40 years, it has been showing
foreign films, series, films from
the museum's archives, and
famous silent-film reconstruc-
tions, often with live music.
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St-Jakobs-Platz 1
•
Map L5
•
(089)
23 32 23 48
•
wheelchair accessible
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International Documen-
tary Film Festival
May is the month of documen-
tary film in Munich. The pro-
gramme includes documentary,
topical, and Bavarian films, forum
discussions with filmmakers, and
a best-of-programme event.
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(089) 51 39 97 88
•
www.dokfest-muenchen.de
Filmfest München programme from 2010
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For an overview of cinemas, current screenings, and other film-
related events, visit
www.artechock.de/film
