GERMAN SHORT FILM ASSOCIATION CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY IN KIEV

The Long Night of German Short Films at the Molodist International Film Festival in Kiev is celebrating its 10th anniversary this fall. Since 2006, the German Short Film Association has been presenting a short film marathon with a selection of 30 German productions and the event has become a permanent program favorite. With support from German Films, German filmmakers travel to Kiev to present their films in person. This year’s anniversary program will be supplemented with an additional “best of” selection from previous years. The short film program EMERGING ARTISTS VOL. 2 will also be presented at Molodist, which is the oldest film festival in Ukraine and one of the most important industry meeting events in Eastern Europe. Since 2014, the German Short Film Association also offers workshops within the framework of the “Molodist Talent Workshops” for Ukrainian and German filmmakers. This fall, the information and discussion roundtable events with Andrea Wink (of the exGround Film Festival) will focus on the topics of film funding and international cooperations. New this year will be a workshop with the documentary filmmaker Jan Sobotka, who recently won the German Short Film Award. The aim of the workshop is to strengthen networking possibilities between German and Ukrainian filmmakers. The project is being supported by the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs.