Support your favourite programme as a programme partner
Making culture possible together
Every year, FILMFEST DRESDEN transforms the city into a hub for international and national short films. We curate programmes, select themes, invite filmmakers and create venues for encounters and exchange with great passion. Your enthusiastic audience makes the festival what it is – thank you for that!
However, the conditions under which independent culture is created are becoming increasingly difficult. While our production and implementation costs have been rising for years, funding has been shrinking at the same time. Significant funds have already been cut for 2025, and this year we are also affected by a budget freeze by the city of Dresden – a ten per cent cut. This situation affects large parts of the cultural landscape that supports our festival.
In order to continue offering a diverse and high-quality programme, we need your support. Every contribution helps to keep culture visible and accessible.
Every donation – large or small – helps us to continue creating fair conditions for filmmakers and to realise a vibrant festival programme for the city and its audience. Thank you very much for your support!
What your support stands for
You can specifically support the programme section that is close to your heart:
Kid's and youth programmes
Young film enthusiasts from Dresden actively help shape our programme: our ‘Young Curators’ views, discusses and selects films and develops titles and texts. At the festival, they present their favourites and engage in dialogue with filmmakers. This is how tomorrow's film culture is created – participatively and with enthusiasm.
Free open-air cinema in Dresden's historic city
Short films under the open sky, comfortably seated in deckchairs and against an impressive backdrop – and all with free admission. Our open-air cinema ensures that culture takes place in the middle of public space and remains accessible to all.
Special programmes
For everyone who loves curiosity, discourse and cinematic diversity: from animated series to country focuses to late-night genre programmes. Here, social, cultural and artistic perspectives that rarely appear in the mainstream become visible.
How you can support us
For everyone who simply wants to make culture possible.
Private individuals
| From €20 |
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| From €40 |
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Companies
Support FILMFEST DRESDEN programme highlights and connect your brand directly with the topics that are important to your target audience. You can ensure your visibility through moderator mentions and logo placement on the sponsor screen for the supported programmes – this will make your commitment to the festival visible.
Please contact us directly for the various options: Sandra Stränsch - straensch(at)filmfest-dresden.de / 0351-8294712
If you would like to support us in the long term, we would also be delighted to receive your declaration of friendship – as a friend of FILMFEST DRESDEN, you can expect thank-you gifts such as festival packages, free tickets and event invitations.
We would be delighted to welcome you as a sponsor or friend and to work together to make Dresden more colourful with short films.
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