ANDEREWELT. Festival

The ANDEREWELT. is a paradox; actually too good to be true. It is a place that is not so easy to find, hidden and yet so visible. A half-island in the north of Hesse. The view changes as soon as you cross the bridge. We enter a noticeably different world. Completely surrounded by ancient, lush green trees, so dense that you lose your bearings. And yet, there is this dull feeling of arriving. The rustling of the fresh air runs through the leaves and supplies us with oxygen. After a short walk, characterized by ever-increasing excitement about what awaits us at the end of the forest, we finally arrive. We reach the clearing and only now does the complete beauty of the island come into our field of vision.

The idea was born in summer 2020 during the filming of a movie, where the actors and the entire team spent two months on the half-island. The non-profit association "Kultur am Kragenhof e.V." has been in existence since 2021 and was founded by the stranded film crew, from a wide variety of backgrounds, as well as the owners of Gut Kragenhof to create a central contact point for culture enthusiasts. The journey began with the first festival edition in 2021.

Our network is based on a group of former students of the German Film and Television Academy, who have been making films together for more than a decade and also share a deep friendship. The resulting links in the field of art and culture are far-reaching and are also fundamentally reflected at the festival. Our colleagues come from a wide variety of backgrounds, as many of us pursue other arts alongside filmmaking or simply come from completely different professional worlds. The constantly changing and growing, even fluid movement is united by the pursuit of utopia and idealism.

We all invest our time in this joint project and everyone contributes enormously to the success of the festival in their desired area of responsibility. Thanks to the additional and incredibly energetic support of local youth and several volunteer supporters who set up their dwellings on the half-island 8 weeks before the festival and thus awaken the green oasis with bubbling life, we are able to open the gates of the sphere again on time on August 7th, 2025 to indulge in 4 days of unforgettable utopia with you.

Then become a supporter and take on one of the many responsible and creative tasks associated with the festival and make a significant contribution to the success of the utopia.

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