10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SOIRÉE ALLEMANDE & MARKET SCREENINGS IN CLERMONT-FERRAND

As one of the screenings presented by the AG Kurzfilm, the 10th anniversary edition of the “Soirée Allemande · Coup de cœur – Le court métrage allemande”, a French-German cooperation of AG Kurzfilm, German Films, the International Short Film Festival Clermont-Ferrand, the Goethe-Institute Lyon and the KurzFilmAgentur Hamburg, traditionally celebrated its premiere at the festival on 2 February. Subsequently, the program tours Goethe-Institutes and festivals worldwide with French, German and English subtitles. From more than 430 German festival entries in Clermont-Ferrand eight films of various genres were selected for the program: ALIENATION by Laura Lehmus, TWO SUGARS AS ALWAYS by Thore Schwemann, SUNDAY ZERO by Jochen Kuhn, ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS by Philipp Dettmer, PITTER PATTER GOES MY HEART by Christoph Rainer, THREE STONES FOR JEAN GENET by Frieder Schlaich, ROADTRIP by Xaver Xylophon and TELECOMMANDER by Erik Schmitt. Celebrating the special occasion of the tenth anniversary, a surprise selection of films was projected onto the walls of Clermont-Ferrand during a short film walk with the Hamburg-based group A WALL IS A SCREEN. The second edition of the program “EMERGING ARTISTS – Contemporary Experimental Film and Video Art from Germany” was presented as a market screening. This program of the AG Kurzfilm and German Films was curated by representatives of notable German film festivals such as the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Berlinale Shorts or EMAF. It is available for screenings at festivals and art galleries. A further eleven outstanding German short films were presented in the market screening “Matinée Allemande · Coup de foudre – Le court métrage allemand”.