Film festivals enrich the cultural activities of the City of Frankfurt. They represent the international film scene and create access to films which are not featured in regular cinema programmes. They are an important platform for public discussion and entice filmmakers, professional visitors, and film enthusiasts to come to Frankfurt. Since the mid-1990s, the number …

With our big kick-off event, the cultural development planning of the city of Frankfurt am Main started the participation phase on Tuesday, November 15, 2022. The event took place from 5 to 9 pm at the Zoo-Gesellschaftshaus and all cultural professionals and interested citizens of the city were cordially invited. At the kick-off, the results …

We have now published the results of the focus group discussions that were conducted as part of the data collection phase for the cultural development planning from autumn 2021 to early summer 2022. The aim of the interviews was to find out about the cultural interests and needs of specific target groups and to discuss …

From February to May 2022, 45 individual interviews were conducted with representatives of Frankfurt’s cultural institutions and from all sectors of the independent scene. The aim of the interviews was to talk to as many different cultural operators as possible and to gain extensive expert knowledge on the core topics of cultural participation, digitalisation, and …

In August and September 2022, the mobile information and survey format “kep.lab” took place at various locations in Frankfurt’s public spaces. Frankfurt’s citizens and cultural professionals were able to find out about the current status and the next steps of the two-year planning and participation process and to contribute their ideas and wishes for the …

As part of the cultural development planning, statistical data on visitors and wishes for the future of Frankfurt’s cultural landscape will be collected in selected cultural institutions in the coming months. The surveys will initially take place at the Jewish Museum Frankfurt, the Museum MMK für Moderne Kunst, and the Senckenberg Naturmuseum, and after the …

At the invitation of Dr. Ina Hartwig, Head of the Department of Culture, the steering committee for cultural development planning met for its first meeting on Thursday, 18 November. This marked the start of the process which has been planned to run for two years, and intended to set the course for the future development …