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Past is Now

In 2015 the partner region Ex-Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia) was our guest at Fotodoks. Exhibitions and festival programme focused on the current state and the potential of yesterday in today, on shifting boundaries and the promise of Europe.

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  • The Fotodoks poster 2015 (Design: Martin Steiner)
    The Fotodoks poster 2015 (Design: Martin Steiner)
  • The Fotodoks catalogue 2015 was again free of charge for all visitors of the exhibition. (Photo: Christoph Mukherjee)
    The Fotodoks catalogue 2015 was again free of charge for all visitors of the exhibition. (Photo: Christoph Mukherjee)
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  • The painter Vladimir Miladinović was an Artist in Residence in Munich and created brand new works from the newspaper archives of SZ and FAZ. (Photo: Robert Pupeter).
    The painter Vladimir Miladinović was an Artist in Residence in Munich and created brand new works from the newspaper archives of SZ and FAZ. (Photo: Robert Pupeter).
  • For the first time, the Fotodoks team went on a research trip in 2015 and visited all 7 countries of Ex-Yugoslavia. (Photo: Armin Smailovic)
    For the first time, the Fotodoks team went on a research trip in 2015 and visited all 7 countries of Ex-Yugoslavia. (Photo: Armin Smailovic)
  • Photographer Harald Hauswald showed the film 'Cyclist', which is based on his Stasi file. (Photo: Klaas Dierks)
    Photographer Harald Hauswald showed the film 'Cyclist', which is based on his Stasi file. (Photo: Klaas Dierks)
  • The first Tirol-Audience-Award, sponsored by Tirol Advertisement, was offered. (Photo: Monika Hoefler)
    The first Tirol-Audience-Award, sponsored by Tirol Advertisement, was offered. (Photo: Monika Hoefler)
  • Exciting lectures and a great atmosphere at the festival centre at MaximiliansForum. (Photo: Jann Wilken)
    Exciting lectures and a great atmosphere at the festival centre at MaximiliansForum. (Photo: Jann Wilken)

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Looking Forward Looking Back

The documentary positions of the PAST IS NOW exhibition at the Münchner Stadtmuseum went on a search for traces and reflected upon cultural stereotypes and musical myths; they looked back on 25 years of German reunification and the 20 years since the Dayton-Peace-Agreement, which ended the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Moreover, the partner exhibitions 1%: Privilege in a Time of Global Inequality at Marienhof, Paul Lowe: The Siege of Sarajevo at IFOG Academy and Fiery Greetings at Lothringer13 Halle were presented.

The First Audience-Award

For the first time, the Tirol-Audience-Award, endowed with € 2,500, was offered in 2015. Visitors of the PAST IS NOW exhibition voted for Tanja Kernweiss and her work on the myth of Kurt Cobain. The ZEITmagazine-Photo-Prize was awarded to the photographer Merlin Nadj-Torma: Since 2011 she accompanied the live of refugees at the Serbian-Hungarian border and documented their daily routine between optimism and despair.

Thinking About Documentary Photography

In lectures and panel discussions at the MaximiliansForum illustrious visitors such as Eva Leitolf, Harald Hauswald, Maurice Weiss, Ana Adamović, Simon Menner, Irina Ruppert and the 11 Freunde-authors Dirk Gieselmann and Fabian Jonas spoke about the yesterday, today and tomorrow. A premiere were the workshops with the magazine Der Greif and the Serbian photographer's collective Belgrade Raw. Our long-time partners from DOK.fest showed the film ‚In the Shadow of War’.

Exhibiting Photographers 2015

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