Andrea Wink has dedicated most of her life to film.
She studied art history, classic archaeology and film studies and, in 1990, co-founded the film festival Wiesbaden “exground on screen”, today “exground filmfest”, Hessia’s biggest filmfestival. She is one of the directors of organisation and head of programming. Besides she is on the board of trustees of Wiesbadener Kinofestival e.V. who support not only exground filmfest (always in November) but also exground halftime in April/May as well as 4 film series in Wiesbaden’s most beautiful cinema, the Caligari Filmbühne.
Andrea is responsible for the two series “exground Film of the Month“ and “Filmcity Wiesbaden“. Besides her work on exground she also works for the German Filminstitute in Frankfurt, curating the student competition for the goEast-Festival and coordinating the festival’s training programme “goEast-Young Professionals“ as well as a project grant for young filmmakers from Germany, Central and Eastern Europe.
exground filmfest in Wiesbaden is one of Germany’s most important film festivals for international independent productions. It is an important meeting place for journalists, specialized visitors, and guests from the film business. Many (debut-) films from by now world wide renowned directors had their German or European premieres in Wiesbaden. To name but a few from the last years: FERRY TALES by Katja Esson, 9 SOULS by Toshiaki Toyoda, GERRY by Gus Van Sant, and THE THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA by Tommy Lee Jones. Guests in Wiesbaden have included German Film Award winner Oskar Roehler, Oscar winner Les Bernstein, Katja Esson (Oscar nominee), Susan Emshwiller (script writer for POLLOCK) as well as Adam Green with his film debut GEMSTONES CRACKIN’. The festival also comprises a range of accompanying programs, such as workshops, exhibitions, concerts, parties and panel discussions.
She studied art history, classic archaeology and film studies and, in 1990, co-founded the film festival Wiesbaden “exground on screen”, today “exground filmfest”, Hessia’s biggest filmfestival. She is one of the directors of organisation and head of programming. Besides she is on the board of trustees of Wiesbadener Kinofestival e.V. who support not only exground filmfest (always in November) but also exground halftime in April/May as well as 4 film series in Wiesbaden’s most beautiful cinema, the Caligari Filmbühne.
Andrea is responsible for the two series “exground Film of the Month“ and “Filmcity Wiesbaden“. Besides her work on exground she also works for the German Filminstitute in Frankfurt, curating the student competition for the goEast-Festival and coordinating the festival’s training programme “goEast-Young Professionals“ as well as a project grant for young filmmakers from Germany, Central and Eastern Europe.
a.wink@exground.com
exground filmfest in Wiesbaden is one of Germany’s most important film festivals for international independent productions. It is an important meeting place for journalists, specialized visitors, and guests from the film business. Many (debut-) films from by now world wide renowned directors had their German or European premieres in Wiesbaden. To name but a few from the last years: FERRY TALES by Katja Esson, 9 SOULS by Toshiaki Toyoda, GERRY by Gus Van Sant, and THE THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA by Tommy Lee Jones. Guests in Wiesbaden have included German Film Award winner Oskar Roehler, Oscar winner Les Bernstein, Katja Esson (Oscar nominee), Susan Emshwiller (script writer for POLLOCK) as well as Adam Green with his film debut GEMSTONES CRACKIN’. The festival also comprises a range of accompanying programs, such as workshops, exhibitions, concerts, parties and panel discussions.
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