This year´tribute programme is dedicated to the legendary Hungarian director Ibolya Fekete. The fall of communism and subsequent re-formation of the Central and Eastern European region in the early 1990s has been well-documented in cinema. In Hungary, Ibolya Fekete has developed a sharp eye for the ...
The great European dreams that briefly took shape after the end of the Cold War are currently being gusted by the cold wind of crises. And Europe is wrestling with its identity. The various forces of attraction and repulsion, as well as the inner plurality of the European construct, are also ...
The 30th Filmfest Dresden is presenting this year's anniversary programme. One main focus this years is on "Europe", bringing 30 years of European and the festival's history together in several programmes. The Unfinished Adventure Named EuropeThe great European dreams after the end of the Cold War ...
For the first time, FILMFEST DRESDEN is awarding a prize for gender equality in short films in the anniversary year.The Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft (LAG) Jungen- und Männerarbeit Sachsen, Genderkompetenzzentrum Sachsen, and LAG Queeres Netzwerk Sachsen, donate the prize of 1000 euros. The project is ...
This year's festival trailer was created by animation artist Antje Heyn (Protoplanet Studio Berlin), who has already been represented twice at FILMFEST DRESDEN: in 2010 she won the Golden Horseman for the best German animated film and in 2016 she represented a film in our National Competition.Now ...
