Berlin Short Film Festival

Berlin Short Film Festival
Location Berlin, Germany
Founded 2014
Language International
Website Official Website

Berlin Short Film Festival is a film festival with a special emphasis on independent short films, which annually takes place in Berlin, Germany. It screens German and international short films with a runtime under 50 minutes and awards them in various categories.[1]

About

The festival was founded in 2014 and takes place at historic Babylon cinema in Berlin[2] The selection of the festival is international, and it awards films in eight categories.[3] Many international filmmakers attend the event, and foreign language films are usually screened with English subtitles due to the international audience.[4]

Winners

2015[5]

  • Best Short Film: Endangered Species (Director: Ira Schneider)
  • Best Short Documentary: Above & Below: Galapagos National Park (Directors: Florian Fischer, Michael Kugler)
  • Best Short Short Film: Clairvoyance (Director: Hiroki Yokoyama)
  • Best Sci-Fi Short Film: The Long Slow Flight of the Ashbot (Director: Colin West McDonald)
  • Best Horror Short Film: The Graveyard Shift (Director: Peter Feysa)
  • Best Experimental Short Film: conform! (Directors: Alexander Bobenko, Charles Gunn)
  • Best Comedy Short Film: The Critic (Director: Alexander Tuschinski)
  • Best Music Video: IceTruckFuckHardcore (Directors: Johannes Lohmann, Christoph Hertel)

2014[6]

  • Best Short Film: Too Bad (Director: Lorenzo Berghella)
  • Best German Short Film: Roughtown (Director: Gabriele Heberling)
  • Best Short Documentary: Shakespeare’s Intermission (Director: Diana Nilles)
  • Best Sci-Fi/Horror Short Film: O (Director: July Allard)
  • Best Experimental Short Film: Frollein Frappe (Director: Vanessa Aab)
  • Best Short Short Film: Interior (Director: Immanuel Esser)
  • Best Music Video: Seduction (Director: Parker Ellerman)

Reception

Friends of short films may rejoice: Inside the Babylon, "Berlin Short Film Festival" showcases (...) the best short films of Europe.

— Sebastian Bauer, article in B.Z.[7]

It’s a big chance to talk about short movies far away from the established industry, a great opportunity of getting new input. But there’s also a big focus on networking and building a big community.

— Article in Kaltblut Magazine, 2015.[8]

BSFF offers Berliners and visitors an extraordinary chance to glimpse the future of cinema.

— Article on homepage of Babylon cinema, 2014.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Camilla Egan: Berlin Short Film Festival. Published in Exberliner Magazine". Retrieved 2015-07-07.
  2. ↑ "Kaltblut Magazine: Article about the festival". Retrieved 2015-07-07.
  3. ↑ "Fritz Magazine: Note about the Festival". Retrieved 2015-07-07.
  4. ↑ "Ask Helmut: Article about the Festival". Retrieved 2015-07-08.
  5. ↑ "Berlin Short Film Festival Official Website: List of Winners 2015". Archived from the original on 2015-07-08. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
  6. ↑ "Berlin Short Film Festival Official Website: List of Winners 2014". Retrieved 2015-07-08.
  7. ↑ "BZ - Article about the festival. Original quote in German: "Freunde des Kurzfilms dürfen sich freuen: Im Babylon werden auf dem "Berlin Short Film Festival" (...) die besten Kurzfilme Europas gezeigt. "". Retrieved 2015-07-07. .
  8. ↑ "Kaltblut-Magazin: article about Berlin Short Film Festival". Retrieved 2015-07-07. .
  9. ↑ "Babylon Cinema: Official homepage. Article about the festival". Retrieved 2015-07-07. .
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