Competitions
Every year, thousands of short films all over this planet see the light in the projetor’s lens. From early on, the festival film stands out from his brothers and sisters, many of whom are likely never to leave the cosiness of their parents’ drawers. The festival film on the contrary responds to the call of the "15 minutes projection", sometimes even being just a few weeks old. Often they will abandon their homes wearing nothing but a plastic cover in order to expose themselves to the merciless gazes of the selection committees and to dream of the perfect projection.
We are proud to present a selection of promising young short films that prevailed over their 3600 competitors in a televised selection process. During the six days of the festival, they now do have the chance to leave their mark in the hearts and retinas of the audience and jury, competing for one of the coveted awards.
International Competition
Eight 90-minute programmes full of excellent shorts from around the world, what more could you possibly ask for? What? You want secret service activities, birds threatening to kill off mankind, burning embassies and torture chambers? Go watch television. On second thought, you might get what you’re looking for in our International Competition shorts, it might just look slightly different.
NoBudget Competition
In our No-Budget-programme pictures come to life. Some of those talking pictures are home-made, experimental, some are strange or even at times hard to follow. Yet one thing they all have in common: they are like pralines from a box of chocolates: You never know what you're getting.
Made in Germany
Germany plays host to the world this year, we’ve been told over and over again, but before all hell breaks loose in and around the football stadiums of this Federal Republic, we’ll be inviting Germany to join us. In three programmes we’ll be showing you that the Hanses, Fritzes and Elses of the short film world are out there in force doing their best (and maybe wurst). You, the audience, will get to decide which one of these Teutonic offerings will walk away with the coveted audience award.
Made in Hamburg
No other programme in our Festival offers you the chance to sit in a cinema with more best boys, script girls, dolly grips, proud boyfriends of first-time directors and incredibly attractive extras than our two collections of locally produced shorts called Made in Hamburg. Shot around the corner, edited next door and then brought straight to the projection room, these programmes present the freshest films from what has been termed the creative heart of Germany, all garnished with an audience and a jury award.
Three Minute Quickie
Our Three Minute Quickie films this year are even more nervous than they usually are. Filmmakers were asked to produce a cinematic take on trembling or shaking, and now we’ve got a full programme of shorts with a maximum length of three minutes quivering, shuddering, vibrating and, yes, oscillating all over the place. Probably more nerve-wrecking than working in an antique shop that specialises in fully functional old alarm clocks, but certainly also hugely more entertaining.
Mo&Friese Children’s Short Film Festival
This year’s 8th Mo&Friese Children’s Short Film Festival kicks off with an opening party including lots of shorts full of fun, excitement and adventure.
The Mo&Friese Children’s Short Film Festival will be offering its usual exciting programmes of shorts from 23 countries. During the Festival we will be showing 8 different Programmeswhich are suitable for children from the ages of 4, 6, 9 and 12. They can all be enjoyed during the school screenings and at the afternoon shows.
You can find more information on www.moundfriese.de
