Festival Calendar
Tampere International Short Film Festival
Tampere International Short Film Festival
P.O. Box 305
33101 Tampere
phone +358-3-223 5681
fax +3 58-3-2 23 01 21
http://www.tamperefilmfestival.fi
email: office@tamperefilmfestival.fi
Festival Director
Mr. Jukka-Pekka Laakso
Executive Director/Contact for German Entries
Mr. Juhani Alanen
juhani.alanen@tamperefilmfestival.fi
Year of Foundation 1970
Event Date from 06 March 2013 till 10 March 2013
in Tampere, Finland
International Competition
Sections International and national competitions for animated, documentary and fiction short films, Filmmarket and Special Feature Film Screenings
Terms of Entry max. 30 min., films may not be older than two years, prior screenings are accepted, if there are no subtitles, the festival organizes the electronic subtitling in English or Finnish; national premiere recommended
Subtitles
Format 16 mm, 35 mm, Beta SP PAL, DigiBeta PAL, DVD PAL
Registration Deadline 01 December 2012
Fees none
Attendance Figures 31,000
Participants of the Film Industry approx. 500 professionals of the Film Industry, before all TV buyers, mainly from Scandinavia and international festival scouts
Prizes/Awards Grand Prix (Best Film, €5,000), Best Animation (€1,500), Best Documentary (€1,500), Best Fiction (€1,500), EFA Award Tampere (€2,000; Nomination for the European Film Awards)
2012
International Competition
GROWTH (WACHSTUM) by Florian Heinzen-Ziob
METEOR by Matthias Müller & Christoph Girardet
MILA CAOS by Simon Jaikiriuma Paetau (DE/CU)
End of Days
ARMADINGEN by Philipp Käßbohrer
Queerscenes
THE BEST GIFT (DAS SCHÖNSTE GESCHENK) by Leila Mukhida, Subir Che Selia
THE MULTITUDE IS FEVERISH by Vika Kirchenbauer Mara Mattuschka
S.O.S. EXTRATERRESTRIA by Mara Mattuschka (AT/DE)
European Film Awards 2011
DERBY by Paul Negoescu (RO/DE)
JESSI by Mariejosephin Schneider
SILENT RIVER (APELE TAC) by Anca Miruna Lazarescu (DE/RO)
Michael Glawogger
WHORES' GLORY by Michael Glawogger (AT/DE), Quintefilm
WORKINGMAN'S DEATH by Michael Glawogger (AT/DE), Quintefilm
Canon of Short Films: Magical Views
PAPAGENO by Lotte Reiniger (1935)
Carte Blanche: Saara Cantell
SURPRISE! by Veit Helmer (1995)
Animation - Anit Prop
ABOUT THE TREE WHICH WANTED TO HAVE DIFFERENT LEAFS (VOM BÄUMELEIN, DAS ANDERE BLÄTTER HAT GEWOLLT) by Heinz Wolfgang Tischmeyer & Fritz Wenneis (1940)
ANIMATED FILM WITH PLIETSCH AND PLEMM (TRICKFILM MIT PLIETSCH UND PLEMM, 1957)
THE BAADER MEINHOF KIT by John Frickey & Till Penzek (2008)
THE BATTLE OF MIGGERSHAUSEN (DIE SCHLACHT UM MIGGERSHAUSEN) by Gregor Woelz (1937)
BLACK-WHITE-RED (SCHWARZ-WEISS-ROT) by Helmut Herbst (1964)
THE BREAKDOWN (DIE PANNE) by Lutz Stützner & Klaus Georgi (1989)
THE CONFESSION (DIE BEICHTE) by Jochen Kuhn (1990)
DON'T FEAR THE ATOM (KEINE ANGST VORM ATOM) by John Frickey & Till Penzek (2007)
THE ECONOMIC MIRACLE (DER WIRTSCHAFTSWUNDERBAUM, 1957)
EINMART by Lutz Dammbeck (1981)
FINANCIAL CRISIS (BANKENKRISE) by John Frickey & Till Penzek (2008)
GARDEN GNOMES (DIE GARTENZWERGE) by Wolfgang Urchs (1961)
GLOBOL MOTH PROTECTION (GLOBOL MOTTENSCHUTZ, 1947)
HAVE A TASTE OF NUCLEAR WASTE (KEINE ANGST VORM ENDLAGER) by John Frickey & Till Penzek (2008)
THE IDEA (L'IDÉE) by Berthold Bartosch (DE/FR, 1932)
JOHN BULL by Julius Pinschewer (1917)
THE MAMMAL (DAS SÄUGETIER) by Robert Leonhard (1917)
MONUMENT by Lutz Stützner & Klaus Georgi (1990)
SEMICOLON BALLET (STRICH-PUNKT-BALLETT) by Herbert Seggelke (1943/52)
SENSATION OF THE CENTURY (SENSATION DES JAHRHUNDERTS) by Otto Sacher (1959)
THE TROUBLEMAKER (DER STÖRENFRIED) by Hans Held (1940)
YOU ARE A TERRORIST (DU BIST TERRORIST) by Alexander Lehmann (2009)
Number of Films Shown about 500 films from 45 countries; 2,500 productions participate in the film market
Media Coverage broad national media coverage (print press, TV, radio)
Specific Characteristics Recognized by FIAPF (International Federation of Film Producers Associations) as Documentary and/or Short Film Festival. The winner of the short film competition automatically qualifies for the OSCAR competition for the Best Short Film. The winner of the short film competition is automatically nominated for the European Film Awards.Evaluation Tampere is the main short film event in Europe, next to Clermont-Ferrand and Oberhausen, and one of the most attractive film festivals in Northern Europe. The festival atmosphere is extremely friendly and communicative. Top program of short films and documentaries. A international competition for shorts made by children was introduced 2004. The festival is of strong national significance with many buyers and media representatives from Finland and a large number of international short film festival scouts.
Services Festival covers the return costs of the screening print and three hotel nights for the director of the film in the competition.
