International Short Film Festival of Berlin

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Christine Kisorsy
Christine Kisorsy
Christine Kisorsy
Christine Kisorsy
Christine Kisorsy
Christine Kisorsy

Berlin, Germany November 2013, TBA
Call for Entry Deadline: June 2013, TBA
Festival Data:
- Established: 1982
- Genre: General
- Attendance: 12000
- Media Attendance: 45
- Accredited Industry Attendance: 140
- Total Number of Films Submitted: 3800
- Total Number of Films Screened: 451
- Total Screenings: 65
- Total National and International Premieres: 35
- # of Shorts Screened: 451
- Accreditations: ECFF
- Competitive
- Retrospective
- Film Market
- Catalog
- Has Panels
- Workshops
Festival Website:
www.interfilm.de
Festival Description:

The International Short Film Festival ‘interfilm' is a veritable meeting place for the international short film and video scenes. interfilm offers a wide variety of short features, animated films and documentaries to enthusiastic audiences that value these films as much as they cherish longer works. More than 400 short films and videos will be shown during the six days of the festival and an estimated 100 films are nominated to compete in the international competition. An international jury awards the ‘interfilm Short Awards' in the following categories:

International Competition

International Films for Children

International Films Against Violence and Intolerance

German Short Films

eject ‘The Long Night of the Unexpected'

Apart from the competitions, the festival includes historical short film programs, special focus programs, video programs, music clips, commercials, documentary films and computer animation, as well as the chance to catch up on highlights from previous interfilm festivals. It presents thematically related seminars, parties and of the ‘eject-night' where the audience chooses the weirdest and most wonderful film at ‘The Long Night of the Unexpected'. Accredited guests are welcome to view any of the festival entries at the film market.

interfilm Berlin organises the Berlin International Short Film Festival as well as interfilm Short Film Distribution . The festival has years of experience and ever-expanding contacts in the international cultural and short film sectors. interfilm's goal is to locate creative individuals and channel their fantastic ideas by bringing them together with others and presenting them in an international, culturally political framework and facilitating the exchange of imaginative concepts.

interfilm also initiated and co-presents an annual short film festival in the Berlin Underground called "Going Underground" in which the films can be viewed on monitors in train carriages. The festival is also a partner of the "Zebra Poetry Film Festival“ . Together with Siemens , interfilm held the world's first competition for short films realised using mobile telephones. Regular events are also held, such as the monthly "Shorts Attack“, which is an integral part of the cultural calendar in Berlin.

interfilm compiles short film programs that are shown all over the world as well as programs of the festival's highlights. Press coverage all year round is guaranteed, and this helps make the festival's program exceptional. Contacts with filmmakers and institutions span the globe. interfilm has presented itself in Bosnia, Croatia, Latvia, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Belarus, South Korea, Thailand, Australia, Mexico and the U.S…
Film Submissions:
- Accepts direct submissions
- Call for Entry: http:/ / www.interfilm.de/ fileadmin/ OrdnerRedakteure/ 1_interfilmFestival/ Downloads_2011/ if27_reglement.pdf
Email: festival(at)interfilm.de

Phone: (49) 030 - 25 29 13 21

Mailing Address: Tempelhofer Ufer 1a
Berlin 10961
Germany

Email:	festival(at)interfilm.de
Phone:	(49) 030 - 25 29 13 21
Mailing Address:	Tempelhofer Ufer 1a Berlin 10961 Germany

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DEC 07, 2007 04:04PM FFW Festival Editor writes:

Awards for the 2007 International Short Film Festival of Berlin

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION:
Jury: Sergio Barrejon, Rolf Giesen, Fabrice Marquat, Tommaso Mottola and Roswitha
Schreiner
Berlin-Brandenburg Short Film Award - Best Short Film: "Soft"
Directed By: Simon Ellis
England, 2006, 14 min
Prize: 6.000 €

Best Animation: "Isabelle au bois dormant" (Sleeping Betty)
Directed by: Claude Cloutier
Canada, 2007, 9 min
Prize: Transferral of digital data to 35mm valued
at 4.000 € from TrickWILK

Best Short Fiction: "Tanghi Argentini"
Directed by: Guido Thys
Belgium, 2006, 13 min
Post production valued at 7.000 € from das werk Novalisstrasse

Special Mention: "Personal Spectator"
Directed by: Jespers Emmanuel
Belgium, 2006, 14 min

Special Mention: "Madame Tutli-Putli"
Directed by: Chris Lavis
Canada, 2007, 17

GERMAN COMPETITION
Jury: Florian Lukas, Veit Helmer, Janin Reinhardt and Thomas Wobke
Best German Film: "Bende Sira" (It's My Turn)
Directed by: Ismet Ergun
Germany / Turkey, 2007 10 min
Prize: Post production, valued at 13.000 € from
das werk Novalisstrasse

Skoda Short Film Prize: "Peters Prinzip"
Directed by: Jim Lacy
Germany, 2007 05 min
Prize: 2.000 € in cash von Skoda Auto

Audience Award: "Der Aufreißer"
Directed By: Steffen Weinert
Germany, 2006 13 min
Prize: Film material and developing valued at 2.500 € from Fuji Kine Film und Film+Videoprint

Special Mention: "Hit the Floor"
Directed By: Kays Khalil
Germany, 2006 11 min

Special Mention: "Bum Bum"
Directed By: Richard Kropf & Marcus Schuster
Germany, 2006 16 min

DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Jury: Uli Gaulke, Angelika Kruger-Leißner, Dr. Gabriele Weyand and Marcus Winterbauer

Best Documentary - ZDFdokukanal (Documentary Channel) P
go to:
Directed By: Jenifer Malmqvist
and the film "13 lat i 10 Miesiecy / 13 Years
and 10 Months
Poland, 2006 9 min
Prize: Buying and broadcasting a short documentary film, 15 Minutes max. up to 2000 € from ZDFdokukanal

interfilm Dokumentary film award: "The Wrong Trainers"
Directed By: Kez Margrie
England, 2006 15 min
Prize: 1000 EUR cash from Bewegliche Ziele e.V.

Special Mention: "Rasende Liebe"
Directed By: Beni Wulser, Carlo Coppola & Jonas Meier
Switzerland, 2006 15 min

Special Mention: ""Is so"
Directed by: Anna Deutsch
Germany, 2006 2 min

CONFRONTATIONS – FILMS AGAINST VIOLENCE AND INTOLERANCE
Jury: Barbara Kisseler, Bernd Scherer, Jordis Triebel and Dorothee Wenner

Best Film Against Violence and Intolerance:
go to: "Uova" (Scrambled)
Directed by: Alessamdro Celli
Italy, 2006 04 min
Prize: 2.000 € cash von der Bundeszentrale fur politische Bildung

Bester Film gegen Gewalt und Intoleranz: ""Hoy es un Dia Distinto" (Today is a Different Day)
Directed By: Pablo Gonzalez
Colombia, 2006 11 min
Prize: 2.000 € cash from Bundeszentrale fur politische Bildung

Audience Award: "Trotzdem Danke"
Directed by: Mischa Leinkauf & Matthias Wermke
Germany, 2006 06 min
Prize: 500 € cash from Bewegliche Ziele e.V..

Kuki – THE CHILDRENS’ SHORT FILM COMPETITION
Jury: Nina Grabowski, Maximilian Brandle, Sam Keogh und Sophie Ella Bocher

KuKi 1st. Place : "Pauls Opa"
Directed By: Ove Sander, Maren Erdmann
Germany, 2007 19 min
Prize: 1.000 € in cash from Zapf Umzuge

KuKi 2nd. Place: "Voor een paar knikkers meer"
(For a Few Marbles More)
Directed by: Jelmar Hufen
Netherlands, 2006 11 min
Prize: 500 € in cash from Branchenbar - Public Data

KuKi 2nd. Place – Audience Award: "Un bisou pour le monde" (A Kiss for the World)
Directed By: Cyril Paris
France, 2007 09 min
Prize: 500 € in cash from Branchenbar - Public Data

Special Mention: "Bende Sira" (It's My Turn)
Directed By: Ismet Ergun
Germany / Turkey, 2007 10 min
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