BEST OF FESTIVALS

Die Sek­ti­on BEST OF FES­TI­VALS stellt jedes Jahr eine Büh­ne für preis­ge­krön­te High­lights der inter­na­tio­na­len Kurz­film­sze­ne bereit. Fort­wäh­rend wer­den auf klei­nen und gro­ßen Film­fes­ti­vals der gan­zen Welt her­aus­ra­gen­de Kurz­fil­me gezeigt und gekürt, die es im Anschluss schwer haben, im regu­lä­ren Kino­be­trieb ihren Platz zu behaup­ten. In drei Pro­gram­men ver­sam­meln wir hier unse­re Favo­ri­ten aus der aktu­el­len Saison.

Every year, the sec­tion BEST OF FES­TI­VALS pro­vi­des a stage for pri­ze-win­ning high­lights of the inter­na­tio­nal short film sce­ne. Around the glo­be, out­stan­ding short films are shown and award­ed, yet they often strugg­le to find a place in regu­lar cine­ma busi­ness. We gather our favo­ri­tes from the cur­rent sea­son in three programs.

All films not in the Eng­lish lan­guage will be scree­ned with Eng­lish subtitles.

Kura­ti­on: Johan­nes Dun­cker, Chris­to­pher Wienand

I SAW THE FACE OF THE DEVIL: Grand Pri­ze: Vila do Con­de Inter­na­tio­nal Short Film Fes­ti­val 2023
WAN­DER TO WON­DER: SXSW Grand Jury Award (Ani­ma­ted Short): SXSW 2024
THE MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT: Pal­me d’Or: Best Short Film: Can­nes Film Fes­ti­val 2024
SQUID FLEET: The Soap­box Award: Oden­se Inter­na­tio­nal Film Fes­ti­val 2023
BAD FOR A MOMENT: Pal­me d’Or (Spe­cial Men­ti­on): Best Short Film: Can­nes Film Fes­ti­val 2024

DIENS­TAG, 19.11. · 21:30 Uhr · FILM­HAUS KINO

MITT­WOCH, 20.11. · 20:00 Uhr · FILM­HAUS ATELIER

ON HOS­PI­TA­LI­TY – LAY­LA AL ATTAR AND HOTEL AL RAS­HEED: Main Pri­ze of the Jury of the NRW Minis­try of Cul­tu­re and Sci­ence: Inter­na­tio­na­le Kurz­film­ta­ge Ober­hau­sen 2024
CROSS MY HEART AND HOPE TO DIE: Best Short Film & Best Direc­tor (Short Film): Cine­ma­la­ya Inde­pen­dent Film Fes­ti­val 2024
THE BITCH: Gol­den Gate Award for Best Ani­ma­ted Short: San Fran­cis­co Inter­na­tio­nal Film Fes­ti­val 2024
THE STAG: Short Film Jury Award: Inter­na­tio­nal Fic­tion: Sun­dance Film Fes­ti­val 2024
BEAU­TIFUL MEN: Fes­ti­vals Con­ne­xi­on Award & Ale­xeï­eff — Par­ker Award: Anne­cy Inter­na­tio­nal Ani­ma­ted Film Fes­ti­val 2024

DON­NERS­TAG, 21.11. · 20:00 Uhr · FILM­FO­RUM

SAMS­TAG, 23.11. · 20:00 Uhr · FILM­HAUS ATELIER

AM I THE SKIN­NIEST PER­SON YOU’­VE EVER SEEN?: Bet­ty You­son Award for Best Cana­di­an Short Docu­men­ta­ry: Hot Docs 2024
SANS VOIX: Best Swiss Short Film: Locar­no Film Fes­ti­val 2024
BOGO­TÁ STO­RY: Best of the Fes­ti­val: Palm Springs Inter­na­tio­nal Short­Fest 2024
DIA­MOND BEAU­TY: Sil­ver Dra­gon: Kra­kow Film Fes­ti­val 2024

DON­NERS­TAG, 21.11. · 20:00 Uhr · FILM­HAUS ATELIER

SONN­TAG, 24.11. · 17:00 Uhr · OFF BROAD­WAY