A fleeting view of a garden through a window. The sky a radiant blue, completely cloudless. A close-up of an insect, intently pursuing its purpose. In James Edmonds’ filmic universe,… Read More
James Edmonds – Flickering Everyday
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Return to the cinema? Streamers shuffle the film industry and redistribute cards
Around the year 2000 the former Big Six, now Big Five after the merger of Disney and Fox, the six big Hollywood film studios, released more than 200 movies a… Read More
Short film festivals and video-on-demand Part 2: Collaborations with VoD providers
Video-on-demand is a viable option for film festivals that want to extend their reach by offering users anytime, anywhere access to films on the internet. In this second part of… Read More
Awards July 2019
Experimental Film and Video Festival Seoul (Korea) || 31.07.2019 Best EXiS Award: E-TICKET, Simon Liu, Hong Kong Korean EXiS Award: LAOMEDEIA, Youjin Moon, USA JungWoon Award: PRAYER TO OUR FATHER,… Read More
Awards June 2019
Edinburgh International Film Festival (UK) || 30.06.2019 Best Short Film: TELEFONUL (THE CALL), Anca Damian, ROM Euganea Film Festival, Padua (I) || 30.06.2019 Primo Premio Concurso internazionale animazione: AUGENBLICKE,… Read More
Jeffrey Katzenberg announces premium short form video platform Quibi – Hollywood meets Silicon Valley
The rapid increase in the production of short video forms for mobile terminals is obvious. But most of what we see is user-generated contributions from amateurs. Hollywood producer legend Jeffrey… Read More
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
Contra Images – The Video Works of the NEOZOON Collective
Just a lovely animal. In “Buck Fever”, a video work from the NEOZOON female artist collective, armed people kill non-human animals for pleasure, and then pose beside the carcasses for… Read More
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
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
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
The Secret Film History of Argentina
The synonymous usage of the terms “experimental film” and “avant-garde film” is a relatively recent phenomenon: In Germany, designating a work as “experimental” had a negative connotation for a long time. This is related to the situation whereby in the turbulent 1960s, influential writers such as Hans Magnus Enzensberger (Die Aporien der Avantgarde/The Aporia of the Avant-Garde, 1962) or Siegfried Kracauer (Theorie des Films/Theory of Film, 1964) demanded of art, and indeed in general, that it should not occur “remote from everyday life” either parallel to or outside society, but rather assume responsibility. Read More
Only Our Data Volume Can Stop Us Now!
People are viewing films and series on their smart phones. There, I’ve said it. It makes the eyes of cinema purists well up with tears of wrath, but a long underrated format is finally stepping into the limelight: The web series. Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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
In Danger and Deep Distress, the Middleway Spells Certain Death
The film collective Spengemann / Eichberg / Goldkamp / Hans
Spengemann, Eichberg, Goldkamp, Hans – four names arranged in a circle appear at the end of the credits of several short films that were made in the context of the HFBK Hamburg (University of Fine Arts Hamburg) since 2014. The four filmmakers flippantly describe the logo, composed of their surnames, as a “sticker”: a sticker can be attached to a film, but should not infringe upon it in any way. Read More
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
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
Robert Seidel – Laboratory for the Sublime
“I’d like to create images that fuel the illusions of memory,” says the artist Robert Seidel (1), who positions his work between film and projection art. This conflicting field of… Read More
A prizewinning short film on its way into the schooling and education field: The release of JOE BOOTS – a case study
Short documentary, fiction and animated films work especially well in educational settings, and not just because of their lengths. They also have the potential to trigger off discussions and learning processes. But not all of them are suitable for this. Read More
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
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
Withoutabox will be discontinued – Settlement until 2019
At the end of October, the film submission platform Withoutabox announced that it would be ceasing operations by 30 October 2019. All obligations towards filmmakers and festivals are to have… Read More
New Festival Types Exploiting Deluge of Films
The first two articles on the subject of film festivals focused on rip-off, pseudo festivals, as well as on a new type of festival being held in city-centre cinemas. The third part of the series is exploring the consequences of this development for the existing film and festival landscape, which is characterised by a deluge of films and a glut of festivals. Conclusions must be drawn from this that challenge all those involved to find new approaches: The filmmakers, festival organisers and cinema operators, as well as those on the film funding and support policy level. Read More
Brenda Lien – Cinematic Narratives
“I’m a fan of fast movies,” says Brenda Lien. She values aesthetic compositions that get to the point. Beauty videos and make-up tutorials, cat films and digital meditation sessions: Over… Read More
Belgian Short Film Agency with Interesting Aspects Active since 2016
In 2016, “L’agence belge du court métrage” was founded in Brussels by filmmakers, producers and festival organisers. Its initiators, who manage the agency today, include Pascal Hologne and Anne-Françoise… Read More