Since its FOUNDATION<\/span><\/strong> in 1985, the fes\u00adti\u00adval has been revolv\u00ading around cur\u00adrent, his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal, sociopo\u00adlit\u00adi\u00adcal, and cul\u00adtur\u00adal themes. In recent years the fes\u00adti\u00adval has focused on the ques\u00adtion of the Global North\u2019s respon\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty regard\u00ading its colo\u00adnial his\u00adto\u00adry and the resti\u00adtu\u00adtion of cul\u00adtur\u00adal goods as well as the increas\u00ading urban\u00adiza\u00adtion and its con\u00adse\u00adquences. Global soci\u00adetal asym\u00adme\u00adtries are, inevitably, recur\u00adring topics.<\/p>\n With #JUNCTIONS<\/span><\/strong> and the dig\u00adi\u00adti\u00adza\u00adtion of the fes\u00adti\u00adval in 2021, the Freiburg\u00ader Film\u00adfo\u00adrum has intro\u00adduced a new sec\u00adtion to its main film week pro\u00adgram while also broad\u00aden\u00ading its audi\u00adence beyond the analog cinema to Nairo\u00adbi and Karachi. The basic idea behind #JUNCTIONS<\/span><\/strong> is to simul\u00adta\u00adne\u00adous\u00adly screen films in dif\u00adfer\u00adent places then to bring the var\u00adi\u00adous audi\u00adences togeth\u00ader to engage in a tran\u00adscul\u00adtur\u00adal dis\u00adcus\u00adsion of the movies. The pro\u00adgrams are curat\u00aded togeth\u00ader with local groups. We were unfor\u00adtu\u00adnate\u00adly not able to carry out this format as planned in 2021 due to the pan\u00addem\u00adic, so it was the high\u00adlight of the fes\u00adti\u00adval in 2023. In addi\u00adtion to Freiburg, the #JUNCTION_locations<\/strong> were Nairo\u00adbi, Kenya, for the second time as well as Ahmed\u00adabad, India, for the first time.<\/p>\n The Filmforum\u2019s mis\u00adsion is to present a nuanced pic\u00adture of the real\u00adi\u00adty of people\u2019s lives in dif\u00adfer\u00adent con\u00adtexts. Thanks to dig\u00adi\u00adti\u00adza\u00adtion, the fes\u00adti\u00adval is becom\u00ading more diverse, and the pro\u00adgram selec\u00adtion more mul\u00adti\u00adfac\u00adeted, while enabling a transna\u00adtion\u00adal audi\u00adence to inter\u00adcon\u00adnect. A spe\u00adcial sec\u00adtion for young and activist cinema was cre\u00adat\u00aded in 2015 with the STUDENTS<\/span> PLATFORM<\/span><\/strong>. Stu\u00addents from many dif\u00adfer\u00adent uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties regard the fes\u00adti\u00adval as an oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty to take a field\u00adtrip and engage in dis\u00adcus\u00adsions about film.<\/p>\n In the twenty edi\u00adtions of the Film\u00adfo\u00adrum so far, rough\u00adly 800 films from 90 dif\u00adfer\u00adent coun\u00adtries from every con\u00adti\u00adnent have been shown and dis\u00adcussed with audiences.<\/p>\n