page_title: European Media Art Festival
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: European Media Art Festival / History
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Innenhof des Osnabrücker SchlossesEnglish: Inner courtyard of the Osnabrück Castle
context_page_description: The European Media Art Festival is an annual festival and congress for film and media art which takes place every April/May in Osnabrück, Germany.
context_section_description: The European Media Art Festival  started in 1981 as an experimental film workshop (the official organising body is still called the "Experimentalfilm Workshop"), with the intention of providing a platform of expression for innovative and experimental art from the genres of film, video, multimedia and new media. The first workshop was organised by the Department of Media Studies at the University of Osnabrück. In 1988, the "Film and Television Year" proclaimed by the European Economic Community offered an opportunity to expand the workshop into something greater. A team of students developed the concept under the new title "European Media Art Festival".
caption: Osnabrück Castle, main building of the University of Osnabrück (view from the inner court)
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