Student Film Festivals Germany

Berlin (March): Delphic Art Movie Award 2011 - DAMA 2011

Deadline: January
Categories: Shorts; documentaries
Requirements: Admitted to the contest are professionally made digital films (maximum duration: 10 minutes including credits), which were ideally made in cooperation between film-makers and artists or art historians. This includes also students of the respective fields. Answers to these questions are expected: What do national identity and tradition mean to contemporary art? What makes art fascinating? Which artistic achievements have coined the culture of a country the most in the last years? How can enthusiasm for art be conveyed to an uninvolved audience? No entry fee The period for submitting the DVDs and registration is from December 1st, 2010 to January 31st, 2011. Contest: March 9th – March 13th at the ITB Berlin 2011
Awards: International Jury Prize
Fees: None
Administrative address: International Delphic Council, Head Office, Stiftsweg 1, D-13187 Berlin, Germany
Tel: +49 (0)30 47 300171
Email address: tyllack@delphic.org
Website: http://www.delphic-games.com

Potsdam (April/May): Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival

Deadline: February
Categories: Features, documentary, animation, experimental, shorts, student films
Requirements: 16mm, 35mm, Beta SP, VHS, S-VHS. Films must have been produced during the two years before festival
Awards: Various cash prizes. Contact festival for details
Fees: None
Festival and administrative address: Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival, Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 11, D-14482 Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany
Tel: +49 331 62 02 780
Fax: +49 331 62 02 781
Email address: info@sehsuechte.de
Contact: Angela Burghagen, Conni Robe
Website: http://www.sehsuechte.de

Stuttgart Internationales Trickfilm-Festival – Festival of Animated Film May

Deadline:

December 1: International Competition, Young Animation (animated shorts from film or art school students) Tricks for Kids (films for children), AniMovie (feature length films)

January 15. Under Commission (commercial spots, music videos, TV idents)

Categories: Animation. Section for students: Young Animation

Requirements: 35mm, Digibeta Pal, Beta SP Pal, DCP. Films must have been produced not longer than 20 months previous to the Festival and must not exceed 35 minutes running time (except feature length: 60 minutes).

Awards:

International Competition

Grand Prix
State of Baden-Württemberg and City of Stuttgart Grand Award for animated film.
15.000 €.

International promotion award. Award for the best graduation film.
10.000 €.

SWR Audience Award
6.000 €, sponsored by Südwestrundfunk SWR.

Special Award: Music for Animation
5.000 €, sponsored by the GEMA Foundation.

Young Animation

Award for the best films student film.
2.500 € sponsored by the Landesanstalt für Kommunikation Baden-Württemberg.

Tricks for Kids

Award for the best children’s animated film.
4.000 € sponsored by Nick.

AniMovi

Award for the best animated feature Film
2.500 €, sponsored by SUPER RTL.

Under Commission

Award for animated commercials, music videos and TV trailers
2.500 €.

Sprecherpreis

Award for the best Speaker in a feature-length animated Film.
2.500 €.

German Screenplay Award.

Award for the best Germans screenplay for a feature length film.
5000 €, sponsored by Universum Film GmbH

Fee: none

Administrative address:

Film- und Medienfestival gGmbH
Schlossstr. 84
70176 Stuttgart

Germany

Tel.: +49-711-92546-0

Fax: +49-711-92546-150

itfs@festival-gmbh.de

Contact for film submissions: Andrea Bauer (Programme Management)

bauer@festival-gmbh.de

Managing Director, programme: Ulrich Wegenast

Managing Director, organization, finances: Dittmar Lumpp

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