interfilm Around the World
interfilm Berlin is committed to the short film genre year-round, not just during the festival. For years, interfilm has been in close contact with filmmakers and institutions worldwide. Films from our distribution and competitions are shown at partner festivals, in regular film programs or special events all over the world – from Kiev to New York, from Venezuela to Australia. This is a chronological overview of these diverse activities.
London / England
Candella Film Festival Manchester / Salford University Manchester
January 17th 2011
In Cooperation with Candella Film Festival Manchester and Salford University Manchester interfilm presented Highlights of the festival 2010 at Non-Multiplex Cinema London. Presented by Andrea Schwemmer.
Odense / Denmark
Odense short film festival
August 20th 2010
http://filmfestival.dk
Heinz Hermanns invited to participate on the jury and present 2 programs: German shorts and a best-of selection from the last 8 Going Underground Short Film Festivals – short films anually screened in the Berlin subway
Shanghai / China
Goethe Institute Shanghai
15.-17. July 2010
http://www.goethe.de/ins/cn/sha/deindex.htm
Heinz Hermanns to present a best of interfilm 25 program, a program of new German shorts, and a Berlin short film program at the Goethe Institute Shanghai.
Taipei / Taiwan
Taipei International Film Festival
June 25th - July 11th 2010
http://www.taipeiff.org.tw
Heinz Hermanns to present a Best Of interfilm 25 program on the 6th and 7th of July in the Shin Kong Cineplex theatre 3 at 7pm and 7.50pm
Lagow / Polen
39. Lagow Film Summer / 39. Lubuskie Lato Filmowe
20.-27.June 2010
http://www.llf.pl
interfilm traditionally shows a selection of best shorts on the 25th of June in Lagow.
Gorthahork - Donegal / Irland
International Documentary Film Festival Guth Gafa
June 11th to 13th
One of this year’s International Documentary Film Festival Guth Gafa family specials is the animated shorts series Tricks for Kids presented by Kuki and interfilm. The animated shorts without dialogues presented by Heinz Hermanns are telling adventurous stories using many different animations techniques.
Melbourne / Australia
St Kilda Short Film Festival
May 25th - 30st
www.stkildafilmfestival.com.au
interfilm presents 4 short film programs: Berlin – The Wall and Beyond, Operation Stasi – A State in Panic, Confrontations and German Films are introduced by Matthias Groll.
Shenzhen / China
1st Chinese International (King Bonn) New Media Shorts Award
Mai 14th - 17th 2010
Heinz Hermanns presents a program from the interfilm distribution at the film market. Additionally interfilm films got selected for the international competition.
Cannes / France
Festival de Cannes
Mai 14th - 19th 2010
Christian Gesell, interfilm's Head of Sales is present at the Short Film Corner representing interfilm at its great sales catalogue!
Brussels / Belgium
Brussels Shortfilm Festival
April 29th to Mai 4th, 2010
A program about Stasi and films from DEFA and others in Every Day between the Fronts got presented by Matthias Groll.
Modica, Ispica / Italy, Sicily
Fitzcarraldo Cine Club Ragusa - open air between Modica and Ispica
March 2nd, 2010
www.fitzcarraldo.org
Heinz Hermanns presents a Best of interfilm programme.
Catania / Italy, Sicily
Fuoricircuito Cineclub Affilata – al ZO centro culture contemporanee
April 28th, 2010
Heinz Hermanns presents a Best of interfilm programme and a short documentary programme at ZO cultural center and at the Catania university
Nicosia / Cyprus
3rd Nicosia Documentary Film Festival
March 24th -28 th, 2010
www.cyprusdocfest.org
Heinz Hermanns presented a programme with animated shorts for children at the Nicosia Doc Film Festival.
Nürnberg / Germany
15. Film Festival Turkey/Germany
March 4th – 14th, 2010
www.fftd.net
Heinz Hermanns is a member of the short film jury for the German-Turkish film festival together with Cem Özdemir and Tülin Özen.
Manchester/ England
Corner House Cinema
September 30th, 2009
Festival director Heinz Hermanns presented a Best of interfilm festival on the 30th of September at the
Klaipeda, Kaunas, Vilnius - Lithuania
Tinklai Film Festival
August 30th, 2009
www.tinklai.net
Festival director Heinz Hermanns presented a German short film programme at the Tinklai Film Festival between the 18s and 21st of September in Klaipeda. The films where later shown also in Vilnius and Kaunas.
Changchun, China
2nd International Animation Comics & Games Forum at Jilin Animation Institute
September 14th - 17th, 2009
Christian Gesell, interfilm's Head of Sales was invited to give a lecture on the international distribution of independent films.
Venice / Italy
Circuito Off Short film Festival
September 2nd -5th, 2009
http://www.circuitooff.com
Christian Gesell and his Colleague Sophie-Luise Werner attended the Market of this wonderfully located festival presenting interfilm and looking for films.
Peking/Bejing - China
4th Aniwow - International Student Animation Festival
October 22nd to 25th 2009
www.aniwow-online.com
The festival is the first international student animation festival in China which is approved by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television and supported by Beijing Municipal People's Government.Adhering to the principles of authority, originality, academic stress and internationalization, the festival aims to construct a globally renowned platform to show the achievement of cartoon and animation in the world and promote China’s original cartoon and animation films. Heinz Hermanns will present an animation short film programme and discus with the students.
Cyprus
8th Countryside Documentary and Animated Film Festival
July 30st to August 3rd 2009
www.cyprusanimafest.org
The Festival has rekindled cultural activities in the Cypriot countryside, offering a unique combination of education and entertainment. This event combines open-air screenings and an impressive array of printmaking, sculpture, illustration and animation masterclasses. Heinz Hermanns will present a best of animated short films from the last 2 years of interfilm
Croatia
Tabor Film Festival
1st to 6th July 2009
www.taborfilmfestival.com
Matthias Groll again joins the festival. He presents two programs for children - one for the age of plus five years, one for the age of plus eight years. Additionally he presents a program of east.German film culture curated by Conny Klaus.
Poland
Lagow Film Summer
June 21st to 27th 2009
interfilm shows traditionally a selection of the best shorts of the last two years at 18:30 on the 22nd of June in POD BASZTA presented by Anya Beyerdorf.
Columbia
Bogotá - Short film festival El Espejo
June 24th to 30st 2009
www.elespejofilmfestival.com
Heinz Hermanns being a member in the jury and shows one mixed animated, experimental and short fiction programme with German shorts, the programme „Short in Berlin“, with films from Berlin before and after the fall of the wall and one international Best of interfilm programme.
Australia
St Kilda Film Festival – Melbourne
Mai 26th - 3th 2009
www.stkildafilmfestival.com.au
Stephanie Hofmaier personally prensents three interfilm programs: Best of German Shorts, Confrontations - Against Violence and Intolerance and a Mexican Special.
Italy
Catania, Sicily
Mai 25th to 27th 2009
Heinz Hermanns and Conny Klauß present 2 programmes from East and West Germany at the University of Catania on the 25th of May. At the cultural center ZO there will be also shown a Best of interfilm 24 on Wednesday the 27.5. presented by our festival director.
Austria
Vienna shorts
Mai 14th to 20th 2009
http://www.viennashorts.com
Heinz Hermanns presents the programme Short in Berlin –shorts about Berlin before and after the fall of the wall.
Madagascar
Antananarivo - 4emes Rencontres Nationales du Film Court
21th-25th April 2009
www.rfc.ccac.mg
interfilm presented by festival director Heinz Hermanns presented three programmes during the 4th short film festival in Madagascar. One international animation programme for children without dialogues, one mixed animated, experimental and short fiction programme with German shorts and the programme „Short in Berlin“, with films from Berlin before and after the fall of the wall.
Ukraine
Kiev - Goethe Institut
April 27th 2009
Kiev - Cinema Zowten
April 28th 2009
http://www.goethe-Institut-kiev
Heinz Hermanns presented the programme Short in Berlin –shorts about Berlin before and after the fall of the wall and one international Best of programme. The programmes were both time totally sold out and will be repeated in Kiev and Odessa in May.
Minsk, Belarus
Cinema House
April 9th, 2009
interfilm presented a international selection of short films
Canada
13. Regard Sur Le Court - Metrage Ou Saguenay in Chicoutimi
March 2009
http://www.caravane.tv/regard
interfilm Berlin was invited for a carte blanche and took the chance to present a German Short Film Selection Programme. The Programme consisting of recent award winning german shorts was introduced by interfilm festival producer Alexander Stein and well received by a captivated audience of 250 cinephiles.
Mexico
FICCO - Festival Internacional de Cine Contemporaneo de la ciudad de Mexico
February 17th March 1st 2009
http://www.ficco.com.mx
Heinz Hermanns presents the most interesting short films of the past years in five very different one hour programs: tricks for kids, animated, experimentals, no comment documentaries and short fiction stories.
Brazil
Cachaça Cinema Clube in the Odeon Cinema - Rio de Janeiro
December 3rd 2008
www.cachacacinemaclube.com.br
Kurz in Berlin - Berlin shorts from before and after the Berlin wall presented by Heinz Hermanns
South Korea
3rd Int. College Peace Film Festival - ICPFF 2008 - Kangwon-Do
November 27th -30st 2008
http://www.icpff.com
interfilm Short film selection.
Brazil
Dance and Media Art Center - Fortaleza
November 2008
Best of interfilm 23 and 24 presented by Heinz Hermanns
Russia
Pobeda Cinema - Novosibirsk
November 26th 2008
http://www.kriwi.com/interfilmwostok
Walera Kanischtscheff presented a Best of interfilm in the beautiful old cinema of the city
Moscow / Russia
2nd Debut short film festival
24.11.2008
www.spiritoffire.ru
Walera Kanischtscheff presented a Best of interfilm selection
Brazil
1st Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife
November 13th -20th 2008
www.janeladecinema.com.br
Heinz Hermanns presented short films from this and last year´s festival at the first short film festival in the city of Recife in Brazil.
Venezuela
1st Festival de Cine Nacional Margarita – Isla Margarita
October 9th -15th 2008
www.festivalesamazonia.org.ve
Heinz Hermanns presented a Best of interfilm Programme at the first Festival de Cine Nacional on the Caribbean island Margarita. He was also invited to be a jury member for the best Venezuelan short that won 10.000 dollars. On a panel with young filmmakers Heinz Hermanns talked about the international short film situation and the work of interfilm.
Croatia
Tabor Film Festival
July 11th -19th 2008
www.taborfilmfestival.com
The festival presented the Berlin short film programme: Kurz in Berlin
Poland
Toffi – Torun International Film festival
July
www.festivaltoffi.pl
Heinz Hermanns was member of the jury for international student short films
Canada
World Wide Short Film Festival Toronto
10th - 15th June 2008
www.worldwideshortfilmfest.com
Alexander Stein was member in the international Jury and took part in a a panel about festival politcs..
Russia
Message to Man – international documentary, short and animated films festival – St Petersburg
June 15th - 22th 2008
www.message-to-man.spb.ru
Heinz Hermanns and Walera Kanischtschev presented 3 programmes: “Clip it” (music and animation), “Best of interfilm” and “No comment” (documentaries without dialogues)
Bosnia
Kratkofil – 2nd international short film festival Banja Luca
June 11th -15th 2008
kratkofil.org
Heinz Hermanns was in the Jury and gave a seminar about film festivals. Three programmes were presented: Shorts for Kids, Short in Berlin, German Shorts
Mexico
Centro – University for Design and Media
Mexico City
4 hour seminar about short film language with examples of experimental, documentary, animation, fiction and fusion short films with Heinz Hermanns. Around 150 film students attented the event.
Mexico
Morelia Film Festival – 5 hour Masterclass – Morelia
Seminar about short film language with examples of experimental, documentary, animation, fiction and fusion short films with Heinz Hermanns. About 50 students and film professionals attented the event.
Taiwan
Taipei International Film Festival – Taipei
June 20st – July 7th 2008
www.taipeiff.org.tw
Heinz Hermanns was in the Jury for international Student short films and presented a Best of interfilm programme (2 screenings - 1000 spectators)
Taiwan
Taipeh National University / Department for Audiovisual Design and Animation
4th May 2008
www.ntnu.edu.tw
Alexander Stein presents a lecture and a short film screening within a 3 day Congress concerning the Development of Grafic, Design and Animation in Audiovisual Media.Participants from Japan, Taiwan, USA und Germany. Theme of the lecture and short film screening was "European Animation Short Film as a converging Media and strategies of European Short Film Festivals and Distributions to promote Animation Short Film". This lecture was attended by an audience of 200 students and university teachers.
Australia
St Kilda Film Festival – Melbourne
May 6th - 11th 2008
www.stkildafilmfestival.com.au
Korean Short Films und Films against Intolerance curated by Heinz Hermanns and Malcolm Blaylock presented by Christian Gesell.
Italy
Ass. Fitzcaraldo in Ragusa, Sicily
May 8th 2008
www.fitzcarraldo.org
Short film programme – Best of interfilm 2007
Italy
ZO - cultural center Catania - Sicily
May 14th 2008
www.zoculture.it
Screening of Best of interfilm 2007 programme presented by Heinz Hermanns
Italy
University of Catania - Department for Philosophy/Media Class – Sicily
May 12th 2008
www.unict.it
Seminar with new shorts from interfilm with Heinz Hermanns
Taiwan
GIFT – Yilan Green International Film Festival - Yilan, Taiwan
April 19th -26th 2008
www.gift.org
Short film programme with environmental short films curated by Heinz Hermanns
Russland
Vladivostok International Filmfestival
15.-22. September .2007
http://www.viff.ru/en/program/?films,42
Heinz Hermanns & Walera Kanischtscheff präsentieren 2 Programme: Dokumentarfilme ohne Dialoge und ein Best of der letzte 2 Jahre.
China
The 1st Aniwow! Festival
September 2007
www.aniwow.org
Heinz Hermanns zeigt ein Programm int. Kurzanimationen beim internationalen Studentenfilmfestival in Peking /Bejing Aniwow
Schweiz
Kurzfilmnacht-Tour 07
30.3. bis 18. Mai 2007
www.kurzfilmnacht-tour.ch
Die Kurzfilmnacht-Tour 07 brachte das interfilm Kurzfilmprogrammen 'Kurz in Berlin' und Christian Gesell durch acht Städte der deutschsprachigen Schweiz.
Organisiert von swissfilms (www.swissfilms.ch)
Argentinien
Mar de plata film festival
8. – 18. März 2007
www.mardelplatafilmfest.com
Festivalleiter Heinz Hermanns ist Jurymitglied und präsentiert Highlights des vergangenen Festivals in Berlin.
Brazil
Cachaça Cinema Club in Rio de Janeiro
6./ 8. und 10. Dez. 2006
www.curtacinema.com.br
Der Cachaça Cinema Club lud interfilm Berlin zum Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival ein, eine Auswahl internationaler Kurzfilme zu präsentieren. Heinz Hermanns bringt Festival-Highlights nach Korea. Er wird in guter Cachaça Cinema Club-Tradition reichlich Cachaça trinken. Der Club veranstaltet – ähnlich wie interfilm mit Shorts Attack in Berlin – monatliche Kurzfilmveranstaltungen. Im Sommer war der Club bei Shorts Attack in Berlin zu Gast.
Korea
Micromoviefilmfestival in Seoul
Dez. 2006
Beim Micromoviefilmfestival in Seoul an der Womens University zeigen wir eine Auswahl von Minimovies – Kurzfilme, die kurz sind – zwischen 30 und 180 Sekunden -, und größtenteils beim Going Underground-Filmfest in der Berliner U-Bahn liefen.
Tschech Republik
2nd Prague Shorts Film Festival
15.-18. Nov. 2006
www.pragueshorts.com
Gleich nach dem interfilm Festival 2006 eilte Heinz Hermanns nach Prag, um ein Auswahl aus dem Internationalen Wettbewerb zu präsentieren. Er war zudem Jurymitglied. Die Qualität der präsentierten Filme fand große Beachtung – das Programm sei eines der Besten des Festivals gewesen.
Spanien
18. Girona Film Festival
11. - 14. Okt.2006
www.gironafilmfestival.com
Berlin meets Girona!
Heinz Hermanns brachte ein Programm Berlin-Filme auf das Festival.
Korea
Juan Media Festival in Incheon
22.-28.Sept. 2006
www.JuMF.or.kr
interfilm-Festivalleiter Heinz Hermanns präsentierte persönlich zwei Programme: Animationen und Fiction Filme - die einzigen asienübergreifenden Programme des Festivals.
Polen
Klub Kultury Filmowej beim Film Festival Lagow
2. – 9 Juli 2006
www.llf.pl
Bereits zum 9. Mal fand in diesem Jahr das Brooklyn Film Festival im Brooklyn Museum statt. interfilm Festivalleiter Heinz Hermanns präsentierte am Abschlusstag im Programm "Love, Accidents and other Disasters" Highlights des letzen Festivals.
USA
Brooklyn International Short Film Festival
2. – 11. Juni 2006
www.wbff.org
Bereits zum 9. Mal fand in diesem Jahr das Brooklyn Film Festival im Brooklyn Museum statt. interfilm Festivalleiter Heinz Hermanns präsentierte am Abschlusstag im Programm "Love, Accidents and other Disasters" Highlights des letzen Festivals.
Caracas / Venezuela
Internationales Dokumentarfilmfestival
29. Mai – 4. Juni 2006
www.cnac.gob.ve
Auch auf dem Internationalen Dokumentarfilmfestival in Caracas war interfilm Berlin in diesem Jahr vertreten: präsentiert wurden Dokumentarkurzfilme des letzten Festivals aus acht europäischen Ländern. Festivalleiter Heinz Hermanns führte in das Programm ein. Außerdem referierte Heinz Hermanns zwischen dem 14. Mai und dem 22. Mai über das Genre Kurzfilm an Schulen und Universitäten in Caracas, Maracaibo und Merida.
Melbourne / Australia
St. Kilda Film Festival
30. May – 04. June 2006
www.stkildafilmfestival.com.au
Auch im Jahr 2006 setzte interfilm die enge Zusammenarbeit mit dem St. Kilda Filmfestival fort. Auf dem ältesten und größten Kurzfilmfest Australiens wurde das Programm "Konfrontationen - Gegen Gewalt und Intoleranz" des letzten Festivals gezeigt. Geschäftsführer Alexander Stein war persönlich anwesend. In Zusammenarbeit mit der European Film Academy zeigte interfilm außerdem ein Programm der Nominierten für den Prix UIP (Europäischer Film Award). Erstmals in der Geschichte des Wettbewerbs waren die nominierten Filme damit auch außerhalb Europas zu sehen.
Mumbai (Bombay) / India
The Short Circuit
7. Mai 2006
´In 80 Minuten um die Welt´ - interfilm präsentiert Verleih-Highlights beim ´Short Circuit´, einem Ableger des Mocha-Filmclubs von Kunal Jhaveri. Matthias Groll wird persönlich anwesend sein.
Albania
Tiff - TIRANA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
5. bis 11. Dezember 2005
www.tiranafilmfest.com
interfilm ist geladen, beim Tiff - TIRANA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL in Albanien ein internationales Kurzfilmprogramm zu präsentieren. Matthias Groll (interfilm Verleih) präsentiert das Programm und ist Jury Mitglied im internationalen Wettbewerb (5. bis 11. Dezember 2005).
Gdynia / Polen
XXX Festiwal Polskich Filmów Fabularnych
12. – 17. September 2005
www.festiwalfilmow.pl
interfilm war zu Gast in Polen und präsentierte in Zusammenarbeit mit der Polish Filmmakers Association (stowarzyszenie filmowców polskich) eine Kurzfilm-Auswahl für Kinder.
USA
Scanners: The 2005 New York Video Festival
July 27 - 31 200
www.filmlinc.com
interfilm präsentiert im WALTER READE THEATER:
ANIMATE: Eine exzellente Mischung aus klassischen Animationen und Experimentalfilmen - eine Auswahl aus dem 20th interfilm Kurzfilmfestival, gemeinsam kuratiert mit film society of the Lincoln Center
Screening am Do., 28.07 um 16:00 Uhr und Fr., 29.07. um 18:00 Uhr.
Filme: Rock the World (U.S., 2004), We Have Decided Not To Die (Australia, 2003), The Raftman's Razor (U.S., 2004), Mr.Cloth / Sr. Trapo (Spain, 2002), Lights (Japan, 2003), Obras (France, 2004), Contamination (England 2003), Petit savon parfumé (France, 2002) Generation (New Zealand, 2004), Little Things (England, 2004) ration (New Zealand, 2004), Little Things (England, 2004)
Lärz / Deutschland
FUSION FESTIVAL
30. Juni - 03. Juli ´05
www.fusion-festival.de
Vom 30. Juni - 03. Juli ´05 war interfilm zu Gast auf der legendären ´Fusion´ an der Mecklenburgischen Seenplatte. Galina Amashukeli präsentierte die vier Kurzfilmprogramme ´Liebe und Desaster´, ´Tricks für Kids´, ´Konfronationen - gegen Gewalt und Intoleranz´ und ´Experimente & Animationen´.
Melbourne /Australien
St. Kilda Film Festival
24. – 29. Mai 2005
www.stkildafilmfestival.com.au
Zum vierten Mal präsentierte interfilm das Programm "Konfrontationen" auf dem größten und ältesten Kurzfilmfestival Australiens. Die Kurzfilme gegen Gewalt und Intoleranz haben sich zu einem festen Bestandteil des interfilm-Partnerfestivals entwickelt.
Außerdem wurde nach der erfolgreichen Premiere des MicroMovie AWARDS für Handy-Made Kurzfilme während des interfilm Festivals 2005, von Siemens der Wettbewerb ein zweites Mal ausgeschrieben. Diesmal produzierten Filmemacher aus Australien und Südostasien 90-sekündige Kurzfilme mit dem Mobiltelefon SX1. Die Ergebnisse sind weiterhon online unter www.micromovie-award.com zu sehen.
Mostar / Bosnien-Herzegovina
4. FESTIVAL KRATKOG FILMA
25. - 29. Mai 2005
www.film-klub.org
Erstmals war interfilm zu Gast in Mostar, um die Kurzfilm-Auswahl "German Deluxe" zu präsentieren.
Buenos Aires / Argentinien
argenKINO – Festival de Cortometrajes Alemanes en Buenos Aires
19. - 22. Mai 2005
www.argenkino.de
interfilm zeigte auf dem binationalen Festival argenKINO die Programme "Best of interfilm" und "Best of Daydreams". Das argentinische Festival bietet eine Plattform für den deutschen Kurzfilm in Buenos Aires und trägt zur Vertiefung der interkulturellen Beziehungen zwischen Deutschland und Argentinien bei.
