CLERMONT-FERRAND –
A MECCA FOR GERMAN SHORTS
>Over the past years, the International Short Film Festival Clermont-Ferrand has developed into a steady platform for the presentation of German short films. Not only were the German Short Film Association (AG Kurzfilm) and German Films on hand with market screenings and a booth at the festival’s film market, there were also three German shorts in the competitions: BEEKE by Charlotte Rolfes and ROADTRIP by Xaver Xylophon in the International Competition, and SEVEN TIMES A DAY WE BEMOAN OUR LOT AND AT NIGHT WE GET UP TO AVOID DREAMING by Susann Maria Hempel was selected for the Lab Competition.
At the German market stand, representatives of international short film festivals and organizations picked up the latest edition of the popular catalogue “German Short Films” and its accompanying preview DVDs. The latest edition of the “SHORT report”, the biennial magazine on German Short Film, was also presented.
Additionally, for the sixth time the AG Kurzfilm was again one of the partners of the international industry event Euro Connection Co-Production Forum. Being responsible for the German applications, a jury appointed by the association selected OPINCI, the latest short film project of the Berlin-based production company LUKAS THIELE FILMPRODUKTION, for the pitching to potential co-production partners.