STF

Stiftung Tri-Ergon Filmwerk

Private foundation

About the funder

The Tri-Ergon Filmwerk Foundation is a non-profit asset foundation based in Bielefeld, dedicated to collecting, maintaining, and preserving equipment related to cinema, film, and sound technology. With an extensive media-technical archive and historically significant regional film documents, it preserves contemporary history and makes it publicly accessible. Since its founding in 2015, it has realized exhibitions, restoration projects, documentaries, and seminars, and in 2022 opened the MuMa Forum as a vibrant venue for film culture.

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Mission & Vision

Our mission is to preserve film history and technology in all its facets and to make it accessible for future generations. Through exhibitions, restorations, archiving, and knowledge transfer, we promote understanding of the cultural and technological development of the moving image.

Target groups

The foundation's offerings are aimed at film and media historians as well as researchers, students, and educators in film studies and media technology, culture enthusiasts and the general public, institutions and museums seeking to organize exhibitions and educational programs, as well as support associations and sponsors wishing to promote film culture.