Amateurfilm

Amateur Filmmaking, common form of non-professional filmmaking since the beginnings of Film. The first amateur fimmaking club in Austria was founded in 1927 as the "Klub der Kinoamateure Österreichs" (KdKÖ - Austrian Cinema Amateurs' Club). During the National Socialist period, amateur filmmakers were united in the "Bund Deutscher Film-Amateure" (BDFA - Federation of German Film Amateurs). After 1945, numerous other clubs arose in addition to the KdKÖ and some were united in the 1960s in the "Dachverband österreichischer Amateurfilm-Vereine (Federation of Austrian Amateur Fimmaking Clubs, since 1964 "Verband österreichischer Film- und Videoamateure" - Federation of Austrian Film and Video Amateurs [VÖFA]). At first, a distinction was made between narrow and small-frame formats as well as the subjects of the films; newer developments have also placed video (VTR) and computers in the field of amateur fimmaking.

Further reading: F. Schlager, Amateurfilm in Österreich, 1994.