Mittwoch, 13. November 2024

November 15, 2024 - 43rd Filmschoolfest Munich opens

The 43rd Filmschoolfest Munich opens on November 15th


What topics concern young filmmakers and what new aesthetic impulses do they provide? ...And who will the 11 prize winners be?


43rd FILMSCHOOLFEST MUNICH from November 15th to 23rd


Munich. The 43rd Filmschoolfest Munich opens on November 15th. Young filmmakers from all over the world will present their latest work in Munich for nine whole days. The FESTIVAL OF FUTURE STORYTELLERS offers a film festival that connects to other art forms and media formats. A total of eleven prizes worth 47,000 euros will be awarded at the FSF. At the event, young people in the film industry can exchange ideas with the audience and with international and local film students. A total of 60 films from 28 countries (including Myanmar, Vietnam, Finland, Mexico and Lithuania) will be shown over the nine days in 15 varied programs. A total of eleven awards will be given out, which address two competition categories: the well-known International Short Film Competition and a new DACH competition that only presents entries from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. This year the new QMS Award will also be added. All participants are looking forward to the Award Ceremony (with Young Indie Party) on November 22nd. Both events can only be attended by invitation.

Munich - Marienplatz: View of the town hall and the Frauenkirche towers, photo: Helga Waess


Newly nominated short films for the European Film Prize at the 43rd FILMSCHOOLFEST MUNICH (November 15th to 23rd)

The Short Film Palme d’Or winner “The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent” by Nebojša Slijepčević) will certainly be well attended.


The artistic management duo Christoph Gröner and Julia Weigl: 

“Young talent has always been the focus of the Filmschoolfest. The needs of film students and young creatives have changed significantly in recent years - more networking, more experimentation, more inspiration are therefore at the core of the newly designed Festival of Future Storytellers - divided into the pillars Films, Talks, Labs. And everything is easily accessible for anyone interested in film.”


New are the free, top-class talks and labs

  •  Hans Steinbichler presents his new short film “Pasolini” together with main actor Clemens Schick; 
  • Screenwriter Moritz Binder talks about his work on the Venice hit “September 5”
  • The HFF CreatiF Center invites you to a think tank 
  • and the award-winning XR artist and futurist Karen Palmer offers the unique opportunity (and the only lab in Europe) with her “Hack the Future Lab” (in cooperation with Mediennetzwerk Bayern) to work on her new XR experience “Consensus Gentium II” and to collaborate with their idea of ​​a protopian future.   



The partners of the festival and prize donors of the festival are:


  • Warner. Bros Discovery Deutschland and FFF Bayern – awarded the prize for the best queer film in the overall program, 
  • as well as the Young Talent FoundationBerlin as the award sponsor for the best animated film
  • This year, Adobe will not only award the rich prize for Best Film in the international competition, 
  • but also as co-host of the newly launched Young Indie Party


Become a new partner: 

  •  the Franz Meiller Foundation 
  • and SPOT media & film, media service for the German-speaking entertainment industry, 


FILMSCHOOLFEST MUNICH – November 15th to 23rd, 2024


All information about the program & tickets:

  • www.filmschoolfest-munich.de (copy link into browser) 


Venue:

HFF – University of Television and Film Munich

Bernd-Eichinger-Platz 1

80333 Munich