Filmmaking

How best can film festivals, programmers, residencies, distributors, and sales support short films in their making? This panel talk proposes to take a closer look at the production-distribution cycle as a chain, that is as strong as the...

Delphine Jeanneret (Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur) moderates this conversation on how cinematic art serves as a powerful catalyst for shifting public perception and how it has been closely linked with activist causes since its...

With the rise of submission platforms, short film distribution seems easier today compared to a decade ago. However, this is not quite the case. For many filmmakers, working with professional companies that submit their films to festivals...

This panel offers answers to all the questions filmmakers may ask themselves about the distribution of their films. Why work with a distributor and when to contact them? How do we define a distribution strategy? What are the dos and...

This panel discussion gives you the opportunity to listen to the point-of-view of filmmakers and those that represent them. How are they dealing with postponed festivals, canceled premieres, online screenings, and the lack of human...

Film festivals have been canceled or are taking place online, cinemas are closed and film production has been suspended. How do you deal with this as a novice player in the film industry? What is the impact on film development? And what is...

The relationship between short and feature films has been tricky since the very beginning. Born as ethnographical and documentary clips in 1895, very soon cinema found its fictional language to narrate short stories before developing a new...

The two Austrian directors and screenwriters Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala have made a name for themselves with their genre collaborations. A success with critics and audiences alike, their works—including Kern (2013) and Ich seh, Ich...

A glance at this year’s competitions tells you that gender is a major theme among filmmakers. Many films explore the subject, whether as sexual self-determination, gender reassignments, or same-sex marriages.