Vor zwei Jahren erschien ein neues Festival auf der Leipziger Bildfläche: nahezu parallel zum „großen“ DOK Leipzig findet es nun auch 2021 wieder statt – das Videokunstfestival paradoks, das sich… Read More
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Leave Your Body – Videotage Hong Kong stellt virtuelles Projekt beim British Council SPARK-Festival vor
[/caption]In der London-Hongkong-Ausgabe von Leave Your Body ist der Künstler Gary Woodley eingeladen, gemeinsam mit dem Kurator Kyle Chung das kreative Potenzial der beiden einkommensschwachen Stadtviertel Alexandra Road Estate (London)… Read More
Kurzfilme fürs Kino – neu im Verleih
[/caption]Die Kurzfilmverleih Hamburg bietet ein neues Kurzfilmprogramm in abendfüllender Länge mit »Lieblingskurzfilmen« zum »abzappeln« an. Zum Programm mit dem Titel “Tanzgebot” gehören sieben Filme von verschiedenen RegisseurInnen aus verschiedenen Ländern…. Read More
Vimeo’s Black Filmmaker Serie “Stories in Place” – Film aus Kenia führt in Zuschauergunst
[/caption] Angesichts des Lockdowns konzipierte Vimeo mit Mailchimp die Kurzfilmserie “Stories in Place”. Unabhängige FilmemacherInnen konnten sich für Projekte bewerben, in denen sie kleine Lieblingsläden in ihrer Nachbarschaft porträtieren. Dabei… Read More
Frankfurter Filmfestivals fordern Festivalhaus – Machbarkeitsstudie veröffentlicht
[/caption] Seit Jahren fordert das Filmhaus Frankfurt zusammen mit lokalen Festivalveranstaltern neben einem höheren Förderetat für die Festivals in der Stadt ein gemeinsam nutzbares Festivalzentrum. Die Erwartungen sind so unterschiedlich… Read More
Musealisierung: Cannes baut seinem Festival ein Museum
[/caption]Der Bürgermeister von Cannes hat letzte Woche offiziell die den Baubeginn eines Museums für das Filmfestival von Cannes für den Sommer 2025 angekündigt. In einer Mitteilung der Stadt heißt es,… Read More
Festival Scope presents short films from the Cannes Quinzaine
The video-on-demand platform Festival Scope presents a selection of 7 short films from the Cannes Quinzaine des Réalisateurs 2021. Among the films are: The coming-of-age drama WHEN NIGHT MEETS… Read More
Cannes Special Edition of MyFrenchFilmFestival screens films for free
Cannes Special Edition of MyFrenchFilmFestival screens films for free. On the occasion of the Cannes Film Festival, currently back on location for the first time, MyFrenchFilmFestival is offering a Cannes… Read More
Black Maria Festival is now called Thomas Edison Film Festival – online program and tour announcement 2022
For its 40th anniversary, the Black Maria Film Festival has renamed itself the Thomas Edison Film Festival. Based in Hoboken, New Jersey, the touring festival typically screens and discusses short… Read More
The Obamas produced short animated films for Netflix
Netflix announced June 2 that the Obamas have produced a 10-part series that will stream on the platform beginning on Independence Day, July 4. Titled “We the People” – the… Read More
Disney+ “Launchpad”: Short films as original content on demand
Announced in 2019, the Launchpad program is designed to serve as an entry point for emerging filmmakers from underrepresented backgrounds. It opens the opportunity to showcase their diverse perspectives… Read More
Cineuropa cooperates with Talking Shorts for short film coverage
In 2018, the online portal Cineuropa, by its own account the leading source of information on European audio-visual culture, abandoned its short film section without a sound[1]. Now, however, short… Read More
Norwegian online video art archive handed over to Nasjonalmuseet (Oslo)
In 2012, the organization PNEK (Production Network for Electronic Art) on behalf of the Norwegian Ministry of Culture launched the pilot project Norsk Videokunstarkivet for archiving Norwegian media art…. Read More
More festivals open VoD platforms for streaming independently from festival date
The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival PÖFF launched the kino.poff.ee platform in March, which operates year-round, offering films for a fee. Every month, a new selection of films from… Read More
Nippon Connection – New Database and Video on Demand
The film festival Nippon Connection (Frankfurt) published its own film database of Japanese film, which is publicly available. With around 2080 entries, NIPPON ARCHIVE contains all the films shown… Read More
New auteur shorts competition – “Corti d’autore” in Locarno
In some communities, there is still an assumption that the short film scene is mainly dominated by up-and-coming filmmakers. The short film section of the Locarno Film Festival, Pardi di domani, is taking the opposite step with a newly announced competition. In the new section “Corti d’autore”, short films by directors who are already internationally known will be invited in the future. Read More
Program of Berlinale Shorts Announced
March 1 sees the launch of the professional visitors’ event, the Berlinale’s industry online offer. Until March 5, only trade audiences can view selected competition entries from the various sections… Read More
Short Films on Demand – Locarno Shorts Weeks 2021
For the third time, not just since all film festivals went online, the Locarno Film Festival presents its Shorts Weeks. Until the end of February, short films from the program… Read More
Last chance: Before the end of Flashplayer, media artist Timo Kahlen unlocks Net Art animations
As announced in 2017, Adobe will stop distributing and updating its Flash Player at the end of this year. Internet browser vendors are following suit more or less simultaneously,… Read More
New lockdown forces November festivals to cancel, online variations or postponements
November has always been a busy festival month. Due to the Corona pandemic, several spring festivals had also postponed their editions until autumn.
The recent lockdown in Germany and other (European) countries, with the closing of cinemas and the cancellation of all events, now confronts these festivals with the decision to cancel completely, to switch to online versions or to postpone. Read More
No short films for young audiences at the 71st Berlinale 2021 – Open letter to the directors of Berlinale
In 2021 NO SHORT FILMS will be shown in the GENERATION section of the Berlin International Film Festival. The cancellation of an entire platform for the short form at the Berlinale signifies the failure to address both the audience and industry.
Together with more than 30 international organizations, AG Kurzfilm – German Short Film Association drafted an OPEN LETTER addressed to the festival directors. Read More
Successful prank: short film no. 1 in the American Box Office
YouTubern from Westhampton (Long Island, NY) succeeded in conquering the American box office charts with a short film and for one day became the No. 1 in national sales…. Read More
Videotage Hong Kong publishes manifesto and invites in Content Lab for a “New Normal
The non-profit organisation Videotage in Hong Kong invites people to reflect on the consequences of the pandemic for art and culture and to take action. Against the background of… Read More
Film Festival Survival Pledge – voluntary commitment to loosen guidelines for the online presence of films
The US-American crowdfunding platform Seed&Spark collects on a list binding agreements from film distributors and festivals to waive for a limited period of time guidelines that exclude films that… Read More
We Are One Global Film Festival starts tomorrow on YouTube
The internationally positioned online festival “We are One” yesterday announced the program planning for its streamings from 29 May to 7 June. More than 100 films from 35 countries will… Read More
Croatian short films online for free
The Zagreb Film Festival in cooperation with the Croatian Audiovisual Center has founded the streaming platform croatian.film to make Croatian short film more visible. The bilingual platform offers a… Read More
French film history – temporarily free short films at the “Festival à la Maison
The French production and distribution company mk2 offers a curated selection of films in its own online magazine TROISCOULEURS in the section “Festival à la Maison”, which is available online… Read More
Short film specials in times of Corona
updated on 14 July 2020
Festivals have been cancelled or moved to the Internet, film starts have been postponed, and some cinemas are now opening under strict hygiene conditions. Public and also cultural life seemed to stand almost still for a long time. Many initiatives tried to creatively overcome the crisis and also offer short film compilations.
Here we would like to present a small collection of short film offers, which will be continuously updated. We would be happy to take up your suggestions, just send us a short message to info@shortfilm.de. Read More
Voting for the MuVi Award of the Short Film Festival Oberhausen
For many years – and not just since Corona – voting for the traditional MuVi Prize of the Short Film Festival Oberhausen has been taking place online. 255 music videos were submitted for the competition, twelve were selected to face the judgement of the expert jury and the audience. Read More
Oberhausen launches Kurzfilmtage Blog
Die Internationalen Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen sind als Festival wie so viele aktuell ebenfalls direkt von einer Absage betroffen. Bereits früh fiel die Entscheidung, das Festival als Online-Edition stattfinden zu lassen. Seit dem 3. April haben die Kurzfilmtage nun einen Blog gestartet, der zeitnah auf die aktuelle Krise reagieren soll. Der Blog soll auch ein Forum sein, in dem viele Leute zu Wort und viele Themen zur Sprache kommen, Beiträge zu ganz unterschiedlichen Themen sollen stattfinden – mal auf Deutsch, mal auf Englisch. Der Blog möchte den Prozess der Krise ebenso sichtbar machen, wie diejenigen, die von ihr betroffen sind. Read More