19.08.10
Open Air Tour ends in Jena
The Filmfest Summer Tour 2010 came to a successful conclusion last Tuesday evening in Jena. Despite continous rain 1,000 visitors came to the Kulturarena venue. Before this the tour also paid calls in Munich as well as to the Film Nights on the Banks of the Elbe in Dresden. A total of more than 3,000 ...read more
30.07.10
DEFA Promotion Prize Awarded in Munich
On Thursday evening, 29 July, the DEFA-Stiftung foundation in Munich awarded its Promotion Prize to participants in Filmfest Dresden's Perspectives for Animated Film Exchange Forum. The prize ...read more
27.07.10
Trio Assumes Management of Filmfest Dresden
The leadership of the International Short Film Festival is going to be assumed by three women. In terms of their management approach, they are dividing the various areas of responsibility between them: Karolin Kramheller is now in charge of the organisational management, while Katrin Küchler and ...read more
21.06.10
Summer Tour
In July Filmfest Dresden starts its Open Air Tournee across Germany. In Dresden, Munich and Jena we are going to present the highlights of the last Festival edition as well as the winners of the Golden Horsemen. On 24th July we are starting with the ...read more
29.04.10
Filmfest Dresden Says Thank You!
The 22. Filmfest Dresden has come to a successful conclusion and we would like to thank our audiences, guests and partners for a great festival week. Enthusiastic viewers, filmmakers from far and near, generous sponsors and supporters: Without all of you, the festival would not be what it is. May we ...read more
28.04.10
22. Filmfest Dresden Comes to Successful End
On Sunday evening (25. April) the 22. Filmfest Dresden came to a highly successful conclusion. Over the six festival days, about 21.000 visitors enjoyed ten competition and 25 special programmes. This year a total of 280 shorts from 35 countries were screened. One highpoint yet again was the awarding ...read more
25.04.10
And the winner is....
The Award Winners of the 22nd Filmfest Dresden: The Golden Horseman Animation Film in the International Competition was won by the French production Parade. The Golden Horseman Short Fiction Film went to Moja Biedna Glowa from Poland. The winners of the National Competition ...read more
22.04.10
Festival Brunch from 10 am - 17 pm
The Terrasse on Bischofsplatz square is the official festival cafe and is open from 10 a.m. everyday for all the guests. Because of its close proximity to all the festival locations and especially the Schauburg festival cinema, the Terrasse is the ideal meeting point for all festival ...read more
19.04.10
Filmfest is starting
Filmfest Dresden is rolling out the carpet! For the twentysecond time, international and national filmmakers and directors are welcome in Dresden from 20th to 25th April to present their latest short films at the festival. On 20th April 2010 at 7:30 pm at the official opening in Schauburg cinema ...read more
25.03.10
Tim Burtons Illustrator in Dresden
Christian De Vita, a member of the International Jury, is giving a workshop at the 22. Filmfest Dresden on Wes Anderson's latest cinema release "Fantastic Mr. Fox" on which he was the lead story artist and providing insights into the current animation film scene. The event which is open to the public ...read more
10.03.10
69 Films in the Competition Programmes
A few days ago, the selection of the films for the competition programmes of the 22nd Filmfest Dresden was completed: 31 short films will be screened in four National Competitions. At the same time 38 films are competing in the International Competition for the Golden Horsemen awards, including a current ...read more
23.02.10
Accreditation start
Accreditatons for this year's Filmfest Dresden are now possible. With an accreditation filmmakers and media representatives can visit film programmes as well as all other festival events such as discussions, workshops and parties free of charge. The accreditation fee amounts 30 € (20 € for ...read more
02.02.10
Application Deadline for Exchange Forum Ends
The application deadline for participating in the 2010 "Perspectives for Animated Film" exchange forum in Dresden and Belgrade has now passed. Interested filmmakers, producers and other parties who applied will be informed by us within the ...read more
01.02.10
22. Filmfest Dresden in All of Dresden Neustadt
With the closure of the Metropolis festival cinema on 31.12.2009, this year's Filmfest Dresden will be presented at a range of different venues throughout the Dresden Neustadt district. The Schauburg cinema is the central ...read more
25.01.10
Short summary: entries
Filmfest Dresden has already received 2,128 entries from 75 countries for the 22nd round of the festival this year. Of these, 1,330 films are battling it out in the International Competition and 483 in the National Competition for the much coveted Golden Horsemen. The most entries have come from Germany, ...read more
22.01.10
Reinforcements for the Selection Committee
Already in January the viewing and selection committee for the competition sections will commence their time-consuming work. In each case five members of the committee will view the films for the National and the International Competitions. ...read more
12.01.10
Exchange Forum Dresden - Belgrad 2010
Filmfest Dresden and Goethe-Institut offer young European filmmakers the unique opportunity for an international exchange within the framework of the 22nd Filmfest Dresden. The objective of this programme is to give up-and-coming talents the opportunity for building up international cooperations and ...read more