The press conference of the 31 Filmfest Dresden takes place on 5 March at 11 am in the Filmtheater Schauburg Dresden cinema. Festival Director Sylke Gottlebe together with representatives of the selection committees are providing insights into this year’s festival programme and presenting current ...
Focus on Cuba // Invectivity in Short Film // Tribute to Derek Jarman // Christian Borchert Retrospective Until the 31st edition of Filmfest Dresden flickers across the silver screens from 9 to 14 April 2019 and lures film-loving audiences and interested media professionals to the capital of Saxony, ...
The 30th FILMFEST DRESDEN, one of the best endowed short film festivals in Europe, announced the prize winners in its National Competition and International Competition sections today. At the Awards Ceremony in the Kleines Haus of Staatsschauspiel Dresden venue this evening, a total of ten Golden ...
The curtains are about to be raised: Starting tomorrow, FILMFEST DRESDEN is celebrating its 30th anniversary over six festive days. Short film fans and media professionals from across the planet are ready to enjoy screenings, events and special shows all about short film, with several top-name ...
The 30th Filmfest Dresden is presenting this year's anniversary programme. From 17 to 22 April, 270 short films, as well as panel discussions and numerous other events are enticing short film fans from across the world once more to the capital city of Saxony. One main focus this years is on ...
FILMFEST DRESDEN, which was founded in 1989, is counted among the most renowned and best endowed short film festivals in Europe. Each year over the six festival days in mid-April, it brings the latest short film productions from Germany, Europe and the world to the cinema screens in the capital of Saxony, and attracts up until 20,000 visitors, including more than 500 accredited media professionals.
Each year, more than 2,500 short films from 100 countries are submitted for selection in the Regional, National and International Competition sections. Prize money totalling over €70,000 is awarded in the National and International Competitions for animated and fiction films, together with seven special prizes. These include the DEFA Promotion Prize Animation, the ARTE Short Fiction Film Prize, the LUCA - Film Award for Gender Diversity, as well as the Saxon Promotion Prize, which is endowed with €20,000.
In addition to the competitions, the festival also has an extensive range of special programmes which focus on specific themes and countries, as well as retrospectives and film programmes for children and adolescents. Since 2012, the festival’s "etc. - events.trainings.connections" section has also organised panel discussions, talks, workshops, exhibitions and receptions for media professionals attending the festival as an addition to the film programmes.
FILMFEST DRESDEN is listed as an official reference festival by Germany’s main film funding body, the FFA. It is a member of AG Kurzfilm, the federal German short film association, the European Film Academy (EFA) and the Filmverbands Sachsen e.V., the film association in Saxony, as well as being involved in the Netzwerk Kultur Dresden local culture network, the WOD initiative for a cosmopolitan Dresden and the Kulturloge Dresden, which brings culture to low income individuals.
The 34 FILMFEST DRESDEN is being held from 5 to 10 April 2022.
