Selected International Film Festivals
Cork Film Festival
Cork Film Festival
Emmet House
Emmet Place
Cork
phone +353-21-4 27 17 11
fax +353-21-4 27 59 45
http://www.corkfilmfest.org
email: info@corkfilmfest.org
Festival Director
Mr. Mick Hannigan
mick@corkfilmfest.org
Program Director/ Contact for German Entries
Ms. Una Feely
una@corkfilmfest.org
Year of Foundation 1956
Event Date from 10 November 2013 till 17 November 2013
in Cork, Ireland
Sections Short Film Competition, Documentary Panorama, New Irish Cinema, Tributes, UnReel (young audiences), Outlook Program (Gay/Lesbian), International Feature Films
Terms of Entry No prior screening in Ireland, there is no limit on the length of features and documentaries. To be eligible for the short film competitions, films must have been completed since July 1st 2011 and be 30 minutes or less in duration.
Subtitles English subtitles necessary
Format 16 mm, 35 mm, Beta SP PAL, DigiBeta PAL, DVD PAL
Registration Deadline 02 July 2012
Fees none
Attendance Figures 30,000
Participants of the Film Industry about 350 Irish (predominantly), UK and European distributors, sales agents and exhibitors
Prizes/Awards Best International Short Film (€ 4.000), Youth Jury Award for Best International Short, Audience Award for Best International Short, Outlook Award for Best Lesbain and Gay Film, Award of the festival
2012
World Cinema
JUST THE WIND by Bence Fliegauf (HU/DE/FR, The Post Republic)
TABU by Miguel Gomes (PT/DE/BR/FR, Komplizen Film)
Documentaries
NOT IN MY BACKYARD by Matthias Bittner (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, zischlermann filmproduktion)
Primary Schools - Features
MOON MAN (DER MONDMANN) by Stephan Schesch (DE/FR/IE, Schesch Filmkreation)
International Shorts
BALLET STORY by Daria Belova
THE CENTRIFUGE BRAIN PROJECT by Till Nowak
METEOR by Christoph Girardet, Matthias Müller
Shorts for Women
DEEP DOWN BALLET (JETZT ABER BALLETT) by Isabell Suba
Shorts for Men
COWS AND BELLS (WENN DIE KÜHE GLOCKEN TRAGEN) by Christian Günzler
Christoph Girardet
ABSENCE by Christoph Girardet
ALPSEE by Matthias Müller
BEACON by Christoph Girardet, Matthias Müller
CONTRE-JOUR by Christoph Girardet, Matthias Müller
KRISTALL by Christoph Girardet, Matthias Müller
MANUAL by Christoph Girardet, Matthias Müller
MAYBE SIAM by Christoph Girardet, Matthias Müller
MIRROR by Christoph Girardet, Matthias Müller
NERO by Christoph Girardet
PHOENIX TAPES by Christoph Girardet, Matthias Müller
PIANOFORTE by Christoph Girardet
VACANCY by Matthias Müller
Primary Schools Shorts Program
CARLOTTA AND THE CLOUD (CARLOTTA UND DIE WOLKE) by Daniel Acht
PIERRE AND THE SPINACH DRAGON (PIERRE UND DER SPINATDRACHE) by Helene Tragesser
Post Primary Shorts Program
BOB by Jacob Frey, Harry Fast
HANGING AROUND by Sébastien Wolf, Tinka Stock
Phil Collins at the National Sculpture Factory
THIS UNFORTUNATE THING BETWEEN US by Phil Collins (ZDF Kultur)
Number of Films Shown approx. 400 films from 30 different countries
Media Coverage primarily Irish media and UK/Europe and USA coverage
Evaluation Ireland's premier film festival. Cork is a showcase for the Irish film industry with a comprehensive program of New Irish Cinema, ranging from students' works to premieres of the latest features. Cork is especially committed to supporting the short film. Each year they screen over 100 contemporary shorts. Cork is only competitive for shorts and prizes are awarded to the directors of the best international, European and Irish short films, among other categories in their short film competitions.
Services The festival will cover the costs for the return of the screening copies.
