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Selected Film Festivals and Awards in Germany

Selected Film-Festivals and Awards in Germany

The LUCAS International Children’s Film Festival was estabilished in 1974. Photo: Anna Leimbrinck © Lucas Filmfestival

Little Hollywood am Main: The LUCAS International Children’s Film Festival

LUCAS is Germany’s oldest children’s film festival. Its doors opened for the first time in 1974. Children are actively involved here. They are members of the jury and can have a go at film-making.More ...
Festival Director Dieter Kosslick Photo: © Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin

In the Eye of the Storm – Berlinale Director Dieter Kosslick in an Interview

Some 400 films will be screened over a period of eleven days at the Berlinale. Goethe.de spoke to festival director Dieter Kosslick about the films and themes at the 62nd Berlinale.More ...
Award winner in 2010: “Reise ohne Rückkehr“ Photo: © Evangelische-Medienzentrale-Bayern

The German Human Rights Film Award

The Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms came into general force in 1953. The German Human Rights Film Award presents awards every two years to significant media productions.More ...
Internet film festivals are the gourmet delicatessens for cinematic connoisseurs. Photo: © Webcuts

From Computer to Big Screen

The Internet has become a lot of things for a lot of people, including a preview platform for the works of young filmmakers. At online festivals like Bitfilm or Webcuts, they can go up against their peers or even get their movies into real theaters.More ...
The poster for the Turkish-German Film Festival 2011

The 16th Turkish-German Film Festival

From 17th to 27th March 2011 the 16th Turkish-German Film Festival took place in Nuremberg. About 50 films were shown giving comprehensive insight into filmmaking in Turkey and Germany.More ...
Section of the official poster for the 61st International Film Festival in Berlin; © Berlinale 2011

Jail instead of Jury – Best of the “Bears” 2011 without Jafar Panahi

The dark shadow of dictatorship cast over the 61st International Film Festival in Berlin not only due to the absence of jury member, Jafar Panahi, who is in prison in Iran, but the shadow was also to be seen on the screen.More ...
Plakatauschnitt 2011; © Max-Ophüls-Festival

The 32nd Max Ophüls Festival – The Power of the Class of 2011

The media and the jury gave the class of 2011 top marks for their committed, socio-critical approach, their cinematic craftsmanship and their originality.More ...
Filmfestival Cottbus 2010; © pool production – Foto Goethe

Import – Export! For 20 years the Cottbus Film Festival has been showcasing films from Eastern Europe

The cinema of Eastern Europe prides itself in its amazingly aesthetic diversity. Cottbus is the place to go to find it.More ...
Internationales Festival der Filmhochschulen; Plakatausschnitt 2010

The 30th International Festival of Film Schools – “A Particularly Good Year”

For the second time in a row the top prize at the Munich Festival of Film Schools went to a young Polish filmmaker.More ...
Logo der 44. Hofer Filmtage 2010

Keep It In The Family – Dark Secrets, Simmering Cooking Pots, Wicked Stepmothers – The Hof International Film Festival

Political films made in Germany these days are few and far between. There have been a few exceptions, but the majority of German films are set in another milieu – the family.More ...
Scene from “Natarang”; © Zee Talkies

New Indian Cinema at the Munich Filmfest 2010 – Anti-Heroes Larger Than Life

This year the Munich Film Festival is presenting a “new type” of Indian film.More ...
Christian Pfeil (left) and Daniel Sponsel (right); © DOK.fest - Maren Bornemann

Munich’s DOK.fest Under New Management – “Now We Know How To Go About it”

Daniel Sponsel and Christian Pfeil are the new managers at Munich’s long-established DOK.fest.More ...
The logo of the IFFF 2010; © IFFF

The International Women’s Film Festival in Dortmund and Cologne

The 2010 International Women’s Film Festival in Dortmund and Cologne showed around 100 films from over 30 countries.More ...
Part of the Poster for the retrospective 2010; Poster Design: Pentagram Design Berlin; © Berlinale

The 60th Anniversary Of The Berlinale – What Did Audiences Get Out Of It?

The Berlinale used its jubilee year for the world premiere of a elaborately restored version of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis.More ...
Logo; © Festiwelt-Berlin

“Festiwelt Berlin” – The Berlinale Is Not The Only Film Festival In Berlin

To make sure that film buffs do not miss anything, there is now a network to help them get organised.More ...
The 2009 LUX Prize was awarded on November 25 in the hemicycle of the European Parliament, in Strasbourg; © EU

The Lux – An Award for European Cinema

Back in 2007 the European Parliament launched the Lux – a film prize awarded every year - and since then the European filmmaking scene has moved more and more into the limelight.More ...
Section of the Festival Poster for 2009; © Internationale Hofer Filmtage

The Filmmakers’ Biosphere – the Hof International Film Festival

Every year at the end of October the German film scene descends on the Franconian town of Hof – the venue of the Hof International Film Festival.More ...
Members of the Indian delegation at the 2009 Munich Film Festival; © A. Wirwalski

More than Erotic and Exotic – Indian Filmmakers as Guests of the Munich Film Festival

About 20 professionals from the Indian film industry came to the 2009 Film Festival in this German filmmaking hub.More ...
Festivalposter 2009; © Max Ophüls Preis

A Forum For New Filmmaking Talent – 30 Years Of The Max Ophüls Film Prize

The Max Ophüls Film Prize is one of the most sought-after trophies for new filmmaking talent in the German-speaking world. Many of the big names in the business today took their first steps up the ladder of success in Saarbrücken.More ...
Night Train by Diao Yinan © Trigon-Film

Swelling Turnout at Independent Berlin Festival “Around the World in 14 Films“

Prominent filmmakers present selected international filmsMore ...
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Film-Festivals and prizes of the Goethe-Institut

Viele Goethe-Institute in aller Welt veranstalten jährlich Filmfestivals mit den neuesten deutschen Filmen. 80.000–100.000 Besucher sehen auf diese Weise jährlich neue deutsche Filme.

German Film Festival   deutschlietuviškai

Recent feature and documentary films from Germany, Austria and Switzerland (02.02.–24.02.2012)
© Goethe-Institut Vietnam

German Filmfestival in Vietnam 2011   deutschenglishTiếng Việt

Films by famous directors and surprise successes by young filmmakers (16.09.–17.10.2011)
© Goethe-Institut

Audi Festival of German Films   english

Once a year we are presenting the latest and best of German films including highlights from the Berlinale during our film festival.

DAS FILMFEST   deutschčesky

Recent feature and documentary films from Germany, Austria and Switzerland
(Prague, Brno, 19–28 October 2011)

Saksakino   deutsch

Recent feature and documentary films from Germany (Tallinn and Tartu 5.10.–16.10.2011)

Worth Seeing - Cinema At Its Best   deutschmagyar

New German films at the Sehenswert film festival in Budapest, September 22–28, 2011

The Celluloid Curtain   deutschenglish

A unique series of feature films made at the height of the Cold War on both sides of the Iron Curtain

Ciné Allemand 4   deutschfrançais

The youth film festival 2009–2011: German film-weeks in over 40 cities in France and for the first time also in Luxembourg.

German Film Festival 2011   deutschрусский

A high-qualified film program, well-known actors and directors are to be seen at this year's Festival in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Nowosibirsk

German Film Festival New Zealand   deutschenglish

2009 will see the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall. 20 years of change captured by a new generation of filmmakers. We will bring you the best of these stories. Watch Out!

Soirée Allemande 5   deutschfrançais

"Coup de cœur": German short films – world tour 2010

Film|Neu   deutschenglish

The newest films from German-speaking countries appeared in our 20th annual festival January 20-26, 2012 at Landmark’s E Street Cinema in Washington, DC.

Documentary Film Award   deutschenglish

Documentary Film Award of the Goethe-Institut

Week of German Films   deutschespañol

A selection of new German films listed in the various categories of the past Berlinale (Mexiko-City, Guadalajara, Monterrey, 5–25 August 2010)
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The Goethe-Institut Documentary Film Prize

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The Goethe-Institut Documentary Film Prize – in Leipzig for the first time

Once a year, the Goethe-Institut awards a documentary film prize and sends the award-winning film on a world tour.More ...

Prize-winners 2011

The 2011 Goethe-Institut Documentary Film Prize goes to "Peak" by Hannes LangMore ...
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Film-Competitions of the Goethe-Institut

Supporting young filmmakers from different countries in Europe and Africa, competitions are organised by the Goethe-Institut and partners like the Foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future” and the Art in Africa Foundation. Award ceremonies at film festivals like the Interfilm Short Film Festival in Berlin and the Munich International Festival of Film Schools

Crossing Boundaries   deutschenglishрусскийукраїнська

Third competition by the Foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future” and the Goethe-Institut

Pan-African short film competition   deutschenglishfrançaisportuguês

for young professional African film makers

All human beings are born free and equal...   deutschenglishрусский

International Short Film Competition

Gestures of Reconciliation   deutschenglishрусский

First international short film competition together with the foundation “Remembrance, responsibility and Future”

Berlinale Talent Campus 2011

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