German film festivals found festival association
© Anja Köhne, Kassel At their first meeting on 4 July in Kassel, Germany, more than 60 German film festivals (list below) joined forces to found a film festival… Read More
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Competitions Exhibitions B3 und THE ARTS+ auf der Frankfurter Buchmesse 2019
[/caption]Die diesjährige Frankfurter Buchmesse (16.-20. Oktober 2019) stellt die Kultur in den Mittelpunkt des globalen gesellschaftlichen Diskurses. Gemeinsam mit den Vereinten Nationen (UN) und dem Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels startet… Read More
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News Stiftung imai eröffnet Videolounge im NRW-Forum Düsseldorf
[/caption]Im NRW-Forum Düsseldorf wurde am 18. Juli die Videolounge der Stiftung imai eröffnet. Damit macht das imai (inter media art institute) erstmals ihr einzigartiges Medienkunstarchiv dauerhaft zugänglich. Besucher*innen können… Read More
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News Disney introduces ‘experimental’ short circuit program and announces VoD release
In June, Walt Disney Animation Studios presented its Short Circuit program with three premieres at the Annecy Festival. According to the company, “The goal of this innovative program is to… Read More
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News Lumiere VOD database of European films on VoD platforms launched
The beta version of the first directory for European films on VoD services was recently opened in Strasbourg. The new index was created by the European Commission together with the… Read More
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Topic Short film festivals and video-on-demand Part 1: VoD initiatives launched by festivals
Video-on-Demand pioneer: Sundance Film Festival © Screenshot SundanceTV, 17/06/2019 Video-on-demand still makes up only a small share of the audio-visual market compared to other distribution channels such as television,… Read More
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Fait Divers News Crowdfunding success: saving the grave of Georges Méliès – the forefather of the short fiction film
The French illusionist and film pioneer Georges Méliès (1861-1938) was not only the inventor of technical film tricks, but also the founder of later film genres such as fantasy and… Read More
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Report Film Festivals for Web Series – Tentative First Steps
German audiences love series. Regardless of their distribution channel, on television or streamed on the internet, they are right on the top of the rankings, directly behind sports events. And… Read More
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Awards Awards May 2019
Fastnet Short Film Festival, Schull (Ireland) || 26.05.2019 Best Irish Film: DAY OUT, Virginia Gilber, Ireland Best International Film: FUCKING DRAMA, Michael Podogil, A Best Student: RECOVERY, Siofra Quinn Gates… Read More
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News Sweden: two new short film grants – lots of money for Mainstream
On 4 June 2019, the Swedish Film Institute and Sveriges Television presented to the public the joint funding programme “2121” – the “largest short film initiative in Swedish film history”…. Read More
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Report New: Online film distribution 99.media (France)
For some weeks now, the French organisation 99.media, based in Lyon (F), has been recommending itself as a provider and distributor of short documentaries. The online platform has been in existence since 2015. The organisation is also the initiator of a one-day film festival of the same name, held in a café in Lyon. According to co-founder Jérôme Plan, however, it was only now, after there had been requests from film clubs for film copies, that the idea of offering films that had previously only been streamed online for screening in cinemas was born. Read More
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News Short films at the 72nd Festival de Cannes – Palmes d’or for Greek-French production
For the official Cannes Competition, the 2019 Selection Commission has selected eleven short films from 4240 submissions with a running time between 7 and 15 minutes. These included nine… Read More
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Awards Awards April 2019
crossing europe filmfestival, Linz (A) || 30.04.2019 Local Artist Sachpreis: FLEISCHWOCHEN, Joachim Iseni, A Innovative Award – Local Artist: ANIMISTICA, Nikki Schuster, A / D / Mex Creative Region… Read More
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Report France: New CNC study – Record number of short films in the cinema
For the ninth time in a row, the French Centre national du cinéma et de l’image (CNC) has published a study on the situation of short film in France. The key questions were: What kind of short films are produced, how are they financed and what distribution channels do they benefit from? Read More
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News Relaunch: HAFFxKLIK Animation Festival (NL) – Call for Entries Open
In January 2018 the Holland Animation Filmfestival Utrecht (HAFF) announced that the board of the HAFF Foundation had decided to fundamentally reform the festival and that the previous director, Gerben… Read More
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News The international Short Film Conference has a new Board of Directors
At the beginning of April, the office of the Short Film Conference (SFC) announced the results of the elections to the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors consists of… Read More
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Awards Awards March 2019
Festival international de films de femmes, Créteil (F) || 31.03.2019 Meilleur court métrage étranger: THE DIVINE WAY, Ilaria Di Carlo, D Meilleur court métrage français: LA BOUCLE, Vanda Braems, F… Read More
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Report Two Years of “Pro Short” Short Film Association in Switzerland
Two years ago, filmmakers, festival organisers and producers came together in January in Solothurn to found the Pro Short Swiss short film association. That August, a manifesto was released… Read More
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News News from Lithuania
The Lithuanian Film Centre (Lietuvos kino centras)[1] has approved almost € 3 million for 42 film projects in its first financial period. These include two short fictional film projects, two… Read More
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Analysis Magazine Review of award-winning short films in 2018 – a brief analysis
In a tradition going back to 2008, we now present our annual review of award-winning short films over the past year. Listing the winners invariably results in a kind… Read More
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News “Film history for everyone”: VoD platform LaCinetek now also available in Germany
The LaCinetek video-on-demand platform has been established in France since 2015. The non-profit organization specializes in film history classics that are not offered on other streaming platforms, including numerous short… Read More
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Awards Awards January 2019
Österreichischer Filmpreis (A) || 31.01.2019 Bester Kurzfilm: ENTSCHULDIGUNG, ICH SUCHE DEN TISCHTENNISRAUM UND MEINE FREUNDIN, Bernhard Wenger, A Robert Prisen || 31.01.2019 Årets kortfilm Fiktion / Animation: MAJA, Marijana… Read More
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News Schirn Kunsthalle startet SHORTCUTS zur Kunstvermittlung
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Awards Awards November 2018
Lange Nacht des politischen Kurzfilms, Mainz (D) || 29.11.2018 1. Platz Fachjury: UM FILME PARA EHUANA (A FILM FOR EHUANA), Louise Botkay, BR 2. Platz Fachjury: VALEA JIULUI – NOTES,… Read More
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News European Short Film 2018 awarded in Seville – new procedure from 2019 onward
The European Film Academy awarded the 31st European Film Awards on 15.12.2018 in Seville. The awards ceremony in 23 categories and a film gala for the public took place shortly… Read More
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News Danish silent films are made digitally accessible
From 2019, under the direction of the Danish Film Institute, the entire Danish silent film heritage will be researched, restored and made digitally public. One focus of the project is the processing and communication of film history from the beginnings of cinema to the time of sound film as a ‘living film archive’. This includes an online platform with films and documents for educational institutions, film series in cinemas and a new silent film festival in organised by Cinematek of Copenhagen. Read More
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News Filmmaker from Grenada seeks crowdfunding donor for participation at the Biennale di Venezia
The island state of Grenada will take part in the Biennale di Venezia for the third time in 2019, thus catching up with Cuba in the Caribbean. In contrast… Read More
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News Turner Prize 2018 for mobile phone short films
On 4 December Charlotte Prodger received the £25,000 Turner Prize 2018 for the exhibition of her two short films BRIDGIT and STONEYMOLLAN TRAIL in Bergen Kunsthall (Norway). BRIDGIT is a… Read More
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Exhibitions Film und Video in aktuellen Kunstausstellungen
»Cao Fei: A Hollow in a World Too Full« bis 09.12.18 im Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong Ullen Center for Contemporary Art präsentiert die erste Soloausstellung von Cao Fei in… Read More
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Analysis Cinema-on-Demand – New Movie Exploitation Models
When the new communication technologies – which we generally call social media today – were implemented into mobile phones about 10 years ago, resourceful nerds and cinema-loving fans came… Read More