International Short Film Festival Winterthur

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Winterthur, Switzerland November 2013, TBA
Call for Entry Deadline: July 2013, TBA
Festival Data:
- Established: 1997
- Genre: General
- Total Number of Films Submitted: 2300
- Accreditations: ECFF
- Competitive
- Has Panels
Festival Website:
www.kurzfilmtage.ch
Festival Description:

This festival screens short films in competitive categories that include:

Main Prize of the International Competition for the Best Film with a prize of 7100€ provided by Kulturstiftung Winterthur.

The Encouragement Award of the International Competition for an extraordinarily talented director with a prize of 5920€ provided by the Swiss Television SF.

Prize for the Best Swiss Entry of the National or International Competition for the Best Swiss production with a prize of 4730€ provided by Suissimage, the Swiss Authors' Society SSA and the International Short Film Festival Winterthur.

Audience Prize for the film getting the most votes from the audience with a prize of 4730€ provided by Zürcher Kantonalbank.

There are also Special Screenings and Panel discussions that focus on short films, with filmmakers from abroad and at home as well as with representatives of Swiss film funding bodies.
Film Submissions:
- Submission formats: Beta-SP, Digi-Beta, 35mm, Other
- Call for Entry: http:/ / www.kurzfilmtage.ch/ default.aspx?ID1=26&ID2=43
Email: info(at)kurzfilmtage.ch

Phone: (41) 52 212 11 66

Fax: (41) 52 212 11 72

Mailing Address: Steiggasse 2 Postfach
Winterthur CH-8042
Switzerland

Email:	info(at)kurzfilmtage.ch
Phone:	(41) 52 212 11 66
Fax:	(41) 52 212 11 72
Mailing Address:	Steiggasse 2 Postfach Winterthur CH-8042 Switzerland

DEC 11, 2007 11:29AM FFW Festival Editor writes:

Award WInners for the 2007 International Short Film Festival Winterthur

Grand Prize of the International Competition: "René"
Directed by: Tobias Nölle (Switzerland 2007)
Prize: 12'000 Swiss Francs (€ 7'100) for the best film, provided by Kulturstiftung Winterthur
Jury Motivations:
The psychogram of an oddball on the fringes of society. The film invokes a dense atmosphere and creates its own universe, which doesn’t adhere to the norms of classical dramaturgy, and thus enables "René" to give us a naked and fresh look on the phenomenon of isolation in our society.

Promotional Award of the International Competition: "Hoy no estoy"
Directed by: Gustavo Taretto (Argentina 2007)
Prize: 10'000 Swiss Francs (€ 5'920) for an extraordinarily talented director, provided by the Swiss Television
Jury Motivations:
An urban fairytale about disappearing into the blind spots of modern architecture. With its sharp eye for urban landscapes, this meticulous and imaginative film calls to mind the modernist magic of Jacques Tati, but it keeps an originality of vision that challenges our perspectives of space.

Prize for the Best Swiss Entry of the National or International Competition: "Twist"
Directed by: Alexia Walther (Switzerland/France 2006
Prize: 8'000 Swiss Francs (€ 4'730) for the best Swiss production, provided by Suissimage, the Swiss Authors' Society SSA and the International Short Film Festival Winterthur.
Jury Motivations:
A film like a poem. Associative, lyrical, and dream-like, "Twist" is a liberating experience that blasts away the formal conventions of narrative.

Audience Prize: "Il neige à Marrakech"
Directed By: Hicham Alhayat (Switzerland 2006)
Prize: 8'000 Swiss Francs (€ 4'730) for the film getting the most votes from the audience, provided by Zürcher Kantonalbank.

Special Mention: "We will win"
Directed by: Mahmoud Hojeij (Lebanon 2006)
Jury Motivations:
This seemingly simple political allegory attacks the big issue of political conflict in the Middle East, but brings it to a human level and even dares to use humur.
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