Videoex is a Zürich-based Film festival for Experimental film and Video art. Starting in 1988, it is dedicated to the genre of experimental film. It occurs every year during the last two weeks of May.
The festival usually consists of a Swiss and an international competition, retrospectives of artists, a program dedicated to one or more filmmakers and a guest program. Besides its film program Videoex also hosts Expanded Cinema live acts, performances, discussions and workshops.
Videoex took place for the first time in December 1998 as a one-week experimental film screening at the cinema Xenix in Zürich. A manifold program has evolved that attracts an international audience and the number of submitted film and video works has increased every year. In 2008 more than 1800 works from over 50 countries were submitted.
The awards and jury members over the years are listed below.[1]
| International Awards | Jury for International Awards | Swiss Awards | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Juana Robles, Max Philipp Schmid | Jorge Jácome | Adam Jasper, Majid Movasseghi | |
| 2019 | Christine Hürzeler | Takashi Makino | Joke Ballintijn, Lucas Murari, Sebastián Díaz Morales | |
| 2018 | Silas Heizmann, Kezia Zurbrügg & Philipp Ritler | Daniel Jacoby & Yu Araki | Caspar Stracke, Diana Vidrascu, Greg de Cuir Jr | |
| 2017 | Ximena Cuevas, Richard Ashrowan, Richard Bott | Josh Weissbach, Aurèle Ferrier | ||
| 2016 | - | - | Tom Bogaert, Jela Hasler | |
| 2015 | Zapruder filmmakersgroup | Adam Szymczyk, Kim Knowles, Pieter-Paul Mortier | Max Philipp Schmid | |
| 2014 | Basma Alsharif, Sam Firth | Lukas Gut | ||
| 2013 | Jesse McLean | Aleksandra Sekulić, Sanja Grbin, Romeo Grünfelder | Pauline Julier | |
| 2012 | Angela Reginato | Jaap Pieters, Piero Pala, Dan Oki | Pauline Cazorla | |
| 2011 | Florence Aigner & Laurent Van Lancker, Till Roeskens | Maria Palacios Cruz, Seppo Renvall, Georges Salameh | Sabine Haerri | |
| 2010 | Jürgen Reble, Inger Lise Hansen | Julia Marx, Marcel Schwierin | Ariane Andereggen | |
| 2009 | Sebastian Diaz Morales | Mika Taanila, Sebestyén Kodolányi, Jeremy Rigsby | Klaus Fromherz | |
| 2008 | Erwin van’t Hart, Robert Buchschwenter, Alexandra Gramatke | Marie- Catherine Theiler & Jan Peters | ||
| 2007 | - | - | Elodie Pong, Rolf Hellat | |
| 2006 | Arash T. Riahi | Frédérique Devaux, Sébastien Ronceray, Stefanie Schulte-Strathaus | Michael Sasdi | |
| 2005 | Laura Waddington | Christine Noll Brinkmann, Barbara Pichler, Brent Klinkum | Ingo Giezendanner | |
| 2004 | Rachel Reupke | Michael Brynntrup, Norbert Pfaffenbichler, Florian Wüst | Ariane Andereggen | |
| 2003 | François Bucher (USA) | Yann Beauvais, Caspar Stracke, Suzanne Buchan | Max Philipp Schmid & Beat Brogle | |
| 2002 | Three awards ex aequo: Steve Matheson, Dominic Gagnon, Laura Waddington | Peter Mettler, Arjon Dunnenwind, Mike Hoolboom | Nicoletta Wartmann | |
| 2001 | Emily Vey Duke / Cooper Battersby | Gudrun Sommer, Robert Anderson, Rein Wolfs | Gabriela Gerber & Lukas Bardill | |
| 2000 | Daniel Kurjakovic, Hanspeter Ammann, Franziska Oliver | Two awards ex aequo: David Renggli, Jessie Fischer | ||
| 1998 | - | - | - |
The programs for each year are listed below.[2]
| Specials | Swiss Focus | Guest Cities/Country Program | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Charlotte Prodger, Flatform, Laure Prouvost | collectif fact | Argentina |
| 2019 | Barbara Hammer, Jonas Mekas | Uriel Orlow | Brazil |
| 2018 | African Metropolises | ||
| 2017 | Werner von Mutzenbecher | Mexico | |
| 2016 | Ursula Biemann | Beirut | |
| 2015 | Elodie Pong | Portugal | |
| 2014 | Katarina Schröter | Italy | |
| 2013 | - | Belgrad und Zagreb | |
| 2012 | Klaus Lutz | Warsaw and Lodz | |
| 2011 | Bruce Conner, Herbert Fritsch | Rudolph Burckhardt | Brussels |
| 2010 | Clemens Klopfenstein | Rotterdam and Amsterdam | |
| 2009 | Gustav Deutsch | Unabhängiges Video Schweiz (UVS) | Helsinki |
| 2008 | - | Videofemmes | London |
| 2007 | Béla Balázs Studio (BBS) | - | Geneva |
| 2006 | Sarah Morris, Marie Menken, Jaap Pieters | Swiss Experimental Films of the Sixties and Seventies | Paris |
| 2005 | - | - | |
| 2004 | Isa Hesse-Rabinovitch | - | |
| 2003 | Peter Liechti | - | |
| 2002 | Peter Mettler | - | |
| 2001 | - | - | |
| 2000 | Craig Baldwin, Mike Kelley, Vito Acconci, Ito Takashi | - | - |
| 1998 | John Maybury, Tony Oursler, Bill Viola, Helga Fanderl |
Videoex is organized by the non-profit association Videoex and supported by private and public funding agencies. The festival became a regional institution of the Canton of Zürich in 2012, and has been incorporated into the cultural mission statement of the City of Zürich.[3]