Filmfest Munchen (Munich)

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Munich, Germany June 2013, TBA
Call for Entry Deadline: April 2013, TBA
All films screened foe 2011 will be selected by festival programmers so unsolicited submissions cannot be considered.
Festival Data:
- Established: 1983
- Genre: Television, General
- Attendance: 74500
- Media Attendance: 600
- Accredited Industry Attendance: 2100
- Total Number of Films Screened: 214
- # of Features Screened: 214
- Competitive
- Retrospective
- Has Panels
Festival Website:
www.filmfest-muenchen.de
Festival Description:

Next to the Berlinale FILMFEST MÜNCHEN is Germany's largest festival with over 1,300,000 admissions since 1983. Annually, over 1,500 film-industry-related professionals from around the world as well as over 600 members of the press and media are accredited. Since 1983, FILMFEST MÜNCHEN has presented over 3,800 international, European or German premieres (feature films, documentaries, shorts and films for television). There are categories for straight to DVD and made for TV films. Annually a chosen country or region becomes the focus of an ethnic category.
Film Submissions:
- Accepts direct submissions
Email: info(at)filmfest-muenchen.de

Phone: (49) 0 89 38 19 04 64

Fax: (49) 0 89 38 19 04 61

Mailing Address: Sonnenstraße 21
Munich 80331
Germany

Email:	info(at)filmfest-muenchen.de
Phone:	(49) 0 89 38 19 04 64
Fax:	(49) 0 89 38 19 04 61
Mailing Address:	Sonnenstraße 21 Munich 80331 Germany

JUL 01, 2008 12:55PM FFW Festival Editor writes:

Award Winners Announced for the 2008 Filmfest Munchen

The Arri-Zeiss-Award being awarded for the first time goes to: "GOMORRHA"
Director: Matteo Garrone
Producer: Domenico Procacci

Arri-Zeiss-Award Jury Statement:
The jury awards its top prize to a film whose frightening portrait of a contemporary community transforms the familiar generic portraits of criminal life into a superbly enacted harshly realistic depiction of a modern day gomorrha. Its direction, its ensemble of creators and its fresh and original storytelling makes for a film experience that captures ones imagination as it effects our view of the everyday world.

The jury awards the ArriZeiss Award to GOMORRHA directed by Matteo Garrone and congratulates the Munich Film Festival on its accomplished and diverse program of feature films in this years international film competition.
The jury made its selection from a final nomination list of three films including Carlos Reygada's "SILENT LIGHT" and "IL DIVO" by Paolo Sorrentino and further wishes to congratulate all the filmmakers in the program and thank the Festival and its staff for their hard work and kindnesses.

CineVision Award: "EVERYBODY DIES BUT ME"
Director: Valeria Gaia Germanica
Producer: Igor Tolstunov

Jury Statement:
“Adolescents can laugh and cry almost at the same time. On the surface there are sudden fierce reactions, deeper down there is an innocence, a dreamy inner world.” That’s how Russian director Valeria Gaia Germanica describes the protagonists in her film "EVERYBODY DIES BUT ME." The excellent performances by her young cast bring the world of teenage emotions to the screen with authenticity and intensity. A lot of it may appear to be a horror scenario, but the characters’ strength and determination shows that there is hope for their future.
Also nominated: "HOME" and "LOS BASTARDOS."
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