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DUSTRY
Here, everything revolves around the industry. Whether it's accreditation, events, our juries, or the competition structure. You can jump directly to your desired area below.
Arrival
You can easily get to Regensburg by train or by bus. This is also how you get from the Munich Airport, Nuremberg and Frankfurt (Main) to Regensburg. You can also get there from Munich Airport by te Airport Liner. However, we recommend taking the direct train and checking in directly at the festival-center M26, which is three minutes by foot from the Central Station.
Safe Travels!
VIS
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Hotel Orphée
Above the restaurant at Untere Bachgasse No. 8 is our "Großes Haus," an expansive Baroque building with antique wooden floors, Baroque door frames, and beautiful stucco ceilings, sometimes with room sizes of 60 square meters. All rooms are uniquely and originally furnished. Here you will find antique furniture, chandeliers, old wardrobe trunks, and canopy beds. The attic rooms offer various views over the towers of Regensburg. There is an elevator available up to the 4th floor.
Untere Bachgasse 8,
93047 Regensburg
Tel: +49(0)941 596020
Fax: +49(0)941 59602199
Web: hotel-orphee.de/hotel
Altstadt Quartier Münchner Hof
"What a wealth of atmospheric, picturesque effects is spread over these squares and corners, streets and alleys," characterized the historian Karl Theodor Heigel in 1911 the peculiarities of Regensburg's Old Town.
In the midst of this narrow maze of streets lies the Hotel "Münchner Hof." The location, surrounded by high towers of nobility, medieval trading houses, and stately patrician residences, is unique in Regensburg. The two cathedral towers, standing at a height of 100 meters, are visible from the hotel. Just a stone's throw away from the hotel, the Stone Bridge spans the medieval marvel, the Danube.
Tändlergasse 9,
93047 Regensburg
Tel: +49 941 5844 0
Email: info@muenchner-hof.deWeb: muenchner-hof.de
Hotel Weidenhof
Our Hotel Weidenhof is a 3-star city hotel located in the heart of the historic Old Town in Regensburg. All the major attractions of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Regensburg are practically at our doorstep. Our guests can enjoy the comfort of a modern city hotel as well as the charm of an old townhouse. The bathrooms were modernized in 2017. Our parking spaces in the parking garage at Dachauplatz are just around the corner. You are welcome to unload your luggage directly in front of the hotel. The main train station is only 400m away. We are the ideal starting point for your visit to Regensburg.
We look forward to welcoming you,
Kathy & Leo with the team.
Maximilianstraße 23,
93047 Regensburg
Tel: +49(0)941 53031
Fax: +49(0)941 565166
Web: hotel-weidenhof.de
Elements Hotel
"The greatest sensuality is imagination" ... Christian Morgenstern (1871-1914). In the heart of the Old Town of Regensburg - right by the Cathedral - you'll find the somewhat different hotel. 4 floors... 4 elements... 4 times extravagance. Exclusive interior and contemporary design create a special atmosphere in historic rooms. Fire, water, earth, air - cold steel, sparkling amber, bubbling water, and heavenly beds...
Visit us now in the heart of the Old Town.Alter Kornmarkt 3,
93047 Regensburg
Tel: +49(0)941 38198600
Fax: +49(0)941 6965522
Email: info@hotel-elements.de
Web: www.hotel-elements.de
Goliath Hotel
In each of our 41 rooms, you will feel very comfortable. With great sensitivity, style, and at the highest level, we have given the rooms a distinctive character in terms of color, fabric, and material. Each one is unique, just like every individual. Let us know your favorite color, and experience truly stylish and cozy accommodation.
All rooms and suites are equipped with insulated windows, direct dial telephone, Wi-Fi, and flat-screen TV with cable connection, air conditioning, minibar, and safe. Our bathrooms, made of natural stone, are equipped with a bathtub or shower, bathrobes, makeup mirror, hairdryer, and separate toilet. We also offer wheelchair-accessible rooms for guests with disabilities.Goliathstraße 10
93047 Regensburg
Tel: +49(0)2000 90-0
Email: reservierung@hotel-goliath.de
Web: hotel-goliath.de
AG Kurzfilm
Consultation for Filmmakers
We understand short film as an independent and innovative medium, as an artistic form of expression, and as an experimental playground even for established filmmakers.
PART 1: How do I organize my festival submissions? What strategies are advisable? How can the AG Kurzfilm support filmmakers? What funding opportunities are available for short films in Germany?
PART 2: How does the FFA's reference funding for short films work? Jutta Wille, Managing Director of the AG Kurzfilm, aims to answer these and other questions while engaging filmmakers in discussions about their working conditions.
The AG Kurzfilm is the nationwide representation for German short films. Members of this umbrella organization include film festivals, film and art schools, short film distributors, as well as institutions within the film and cinema industry. Its goal is to enhance the public perception of German short films domestically and internationally, as well as to improve conditions for short film production and distribution.
Jutta Wille has served as a production manager and producer for various film productions. She began her tenure at the AG Kurzfilm in 2003 as a project coordinator and has been the Managing Director since 2013. Additionally, she regularly serves as a member of various festival juries and selection committees and has been involved with the Filmfest Dresden since 2002.
Masterclass Neozoon: Counter-Images
The film collective NEOZOON, founded in 2009 in Berlin and Paris, is renowned for its numerous experimental short films made from found footage, exploring sociological themes related to speciesism in capitalist societies. The film "LAKE OF FIRE" won the Candis Prize at the 2023 Kurzfilmwoche in Regensburg and was also honored with the highly prestigious Filmförderpreis at the Filmfest Dresden in the same year.
In a masterclass, Friederike Kersten from NEOZOON will discuss the de- and recontextualization of YouTube and archival footage, the films, and the collective's work.
After completing her studies in fine arts, Friederike Kersten obtained her master's degree from the University of Fine Arts in Braunschweig in 2000 and has since worked as an independent media artist. In 2009, she co-founded the film collective NEOZOON with her colleague Michaela Metzger, whose cinematic and artistic practice is based on the principle of found footage collage and engages with sociological questions of the Anthropocene. NEOZOON's films have received numerous awards and are showcased worldwide at film festivals, museums, and galleries.
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City of Films Regensburg
To title Regensburg as a film city, there's hardly any doubt. With five arthouse cinemas, six film festivals, various film days, open-air cinemas, the cinema pub, and much more – which city of this size can compare? We believe it's reason enough to gather all the film festivals this year and hear what they have to say and how their collaboration with the city works. Because one thing is for sure: our festivals involve a lot of passion, time, and energy – but not necessarily a lot of money, and sufficient visibility and reach, whether locally or nationally, are not always guaranteed.
Together with Wolfgang Dersch, the cultural commissioner of the city of Regensburg, and Carolyn Molski from Regensburg Tourism GmbH, we want to showcase what we stand for, share experiences and challenges, but also dare to explore opportunities and outlooks into the future. Everyone is cordially invited to participate constructively in the exchange.
Introducing themselves:
Regensburger Stummfilmwoche, since 1982
Int. Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg, since 1994
CinEScultura, since 2008
Transit Filmfest (formerly Heimspiel Filmfest), since 2009
Queerstreifen, since 2012
Hard:line Filmfest, since 2013
Su // 10.03.
M26 – Festival-Center
14:00
Lounge Talk: getty abortions – getty emotions
Detached from socially established, interchangeable representation conventions towards real faces with genuine emotions: the desktop essay GETTY ABORTIONS by Franzis Kabisch visualizes the portrayal of abortions in German-speaking media.
The moderated talk with Franzis Kabisch creates space to discuss questions and emotions triggered by the film. Additionally, further short excerpts from her texts will be read aloud. Because what does it mean to represent abortions (emptily)? What is the connection between their depiction and power relations? Which scenes, which images, which feelings have been ingrained in our minds through media portrayal? Whose face is being constructed?
The event is presented by 'Medical Students for Choice Regensburg,' a student working group dedicated to destigmatizing and making abortions visible in education and society.
Mo // 11.03.
W1 - Kultur-Café
17:30
Lounge Talk: Filmfestivals Lago & Clermont-Ferrand
This year, we have two guests from international short film festivals joining us, and we would like to engage in conversations with them, learn about their backgrounds and founding myths, as well as discover new visions and focal points.
Carlo Migotto co-founded the Lago Film Fest in Northern Italy and continues to shape it. The festival by the lake now takes place outdoors and is a small oasis for the perfect short film vacation. He will tell us about the cultural and creative plans he has for the rural region and shed light on the 'Capital of Independent Cinema.'
Christian Denier is a true short film guru. From 1981 to 2015, he was part of the organizing team of the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and remains connected to the festival today. Legends say that he had a significant influence on the founding of the Regensburg Short Film Week with his expertise. We will learn from him personally what truth lies behind these claims. The talk will be conducted in English.
Tue // 12.03.
W1 Kultur-Café
17:30
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Fees
The accreditation fee for industry professionals and students in the fields of film, media, architecture, and arts and culture is 25 euros. No fees are charged for two representatives of a film shown at our event. Additionally, members of the AG Kurzfilm, the Association of Bavarian Film Festivals e.V., partner festivals, and press representatives receive free accreditation.
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Špela Čadež
Špela Čadež is a well-known animation director and producer from Slovenia, known for her work in analog animation and her contributions to Slovenian animated film. She is the co-founder of Finta Studio and holds a degree in Visual Communication Design. Since 2008, she has specialized in puppet and paper cut animation and has received over 130 awards at international festivals, including Sundance, Clermont-Ferrand and Annecy. Her short film STEAKHOUSE was nominated for an Oscar and won the Jury Prize at the 2021 Annecy Animation Festival. In 2022, she received the Prešeren Award for her contributions to Slovenian culture.
Sven Pötting
Sven Pötting studied theater, film and television studies, German studies and history in Cologne and Málaga and then worked for various universities. He made contacts in the film industry through internships at the cinematheque of the Goethe Institute in Buenos Aires and at an arthouse film distributor in Cologne, as an acquisition manager at a film distributor and as a freelance curator. Since 2017 he has worked as a program coordinator at FILMFEST DRESDEN. He also writes articles for film magazines and specialist publications. He presents films and conducts film discussions at FILMFEST MÜNCHEN and at the INTERNATIONAL HOFER FILMTAGE. Since 2018 he has also been co-director of the Latin American Film Days Munich (LAFITA).
Narges Kalhor
Narges Kalhor, born Teheran, is an Iranian film director, video artist and film editor living in Germany. She studied at the University of Television and Film Munich from 2010 to 2019. She became known for her short film 'Shoot me' (2014), which was nominated for the German Short Film Award and the German Human Rights Film Award. Her graduation film 'In the Name of Scheherazade or the First Beer Garden in Teheran' received the Goethe Institute's Documentary Film Award at DOK Leipzig and was released in Swiss cinemas in 2020. In 2021, the film was shown at the Berlinale Forum. Her film SHAHID 2024 won the Caligari and Arthaus Cinema Award at the Berlinale 74.
Fabian Broicher
Fabian Broicher is a journalist and musician. He writes for Rolling Stone, the Munich Feuilleton and eclipsed, among others, and is a culture editor at the Munich radio station egoFM. After training as a media designer (image & sound), he worked in post-production at the Cologne film company Screenworks. This was followed by editorial work at Rolling Stone, Musikexpress and Metal Hammer before doing an internship at the radio. Since 2018 he has been a culture editor and film critic at egoFM, where he oversees the cinema show "egoFM Trailer". In 2024 he was a juror at the INTERNATIONAL GRENZLAND-FILMTAGE SELB for the best young film. He is also the drummer of the Regensburg band The Lindau Project, which reinterprets the music of the composer Florian Fricke and his band Popol Vuh..jpg)
Anna Zett
Anna Zett is an artist and author. Rooted in dissident and queer perspectives and trained in the humanities, film, dance and group analysis, she questions repressive structures and opens up space for free association and physical experience in the present. This results in pulsating videos, experimental radio plays, analytical texts, eerie objects, touchable installations and participatory live formats. Since the release of her first major video work DINOSAUR.GIF2014, Zett's work has been presented internationally in institutional and self-organized spaces. Her last film ES GIBT KEINE ANGST was awarded the Max Bresele Memorial Prize at the Regensburg Short Film Week in 2024. Anna Zett teaches in the class for performing arts at the HGB Leipzig and lives in Berlin.
Gerald Weber
Gerald Weber studied history, geography, philosophy and film studies in Vienna and Barcelona. Since 1997 he has been a permanent employee of sixpackfilm, a distributor and rental company for Austrian documentaries, short and experimental films. As part of sixpackfilm he regularly holds film-promoting events and represents Austrian and international film and video art at home and abroad. He is also a founding member of Projektor, the discussion forum for film and new media: co-organizer of the international symposium "film[SUBJECT]theory" (1996). Gerald has been a guest at the International Short Film Week Regensburg several times and is delighted to be there again.
Camille Salvetti
Camille Salvetti is a filmmaker who explores the interplay between people and architecture. She holds an MFA in Film Production from Concordia University Montreal, where she made the documentary CASA BONJARDIM as her thesis. The film premiered at RIDM - Montreal International Documentary Festival, screened at numerous festivals and won the Architecture Film Competition at the 2024 International Short Film Week in Regensburg. Today, Camille lives between Berlin and Porto. She works as a programmer for the Portuguese festival Cinema no Estendal and makes short films that explore how the built and destroyed environment shapes and influences daily life.
Jan Weber-Ebnet
Jan Weber-Ebnet is an architect and, together with Stephanie Reiterer, a partner in the non-profit company ‘bauwärts - Stadt Raum Bildung Kultur’. This company designs and moderates participatory processes for the development of urban districts, historical monuments, schools and vacant properties, such as the M26 in Regensburg. He is involved in the communication of building culture, including training courses for teachers and projects with children and young people. He is a founding member of ‘Kinokultur Rosenheim e.V.’, an association that activates public spaces with open-air cinema.
Nadine Trautzsch
Nadine Trautzsch is a distance learning professor for game design and game art at the IU International University. After her vocational training, she studied visual communication with a focus on conception and illustration at the Bauhaus University in Weimar. During her interdisciplinary and cross-project studies, she worked on the development of interactive products combining technology and visual aesthetics and their application in museum exhibitions, games and art. Since 2017, she has been running her own studio with a focus on user experience, interactive narrative formats, immersive technology and the use of gamification elements.
Sascha Gratza
Sascha Gratza is a freelance stage designer and artist in Regensburg. She studied interior design in Rosenheim and initially started as a stage design assistant at the Regensburg Theater, where she also worked as head of set design from 2004 to 2006. Since 2015 she has been a workshop trainer for design at the FOS BOS Straubing, and also works as a film teacher. She gives advanced training in the field of film to students. Her film ANYWAY was shown in the regional window in 2024.
Barbara Muhr
Barbara Muhr is a freelance artist with a focus on figurative painting. She studied fine art, art history and English and has worked in the academic field as well as in art education and curation. For her work she has been awarded the Straubing Cultural Promotion Prize, the Regensburg Cultural Promotion Prize, as well as other sponsorship prizes in Amberg, Passau and Meersburg and most recently the Ritter Foundation Cultural Prize in Straubing. Art residencies took her to Pilsen in 2021 and to Leipzig in 2024. She is a member of the BBK Niederbayern/Oberpfalz and the KunstvereinGRAZ, among others. Muhr lives and works in Regensburg and Straubing.
Bastian Zieglgruber
Bastian Zieglgruber has been active in the film and festival landscape for many years. The love of cinema and film runs like a thread through the life of the media studies graduate. He is currently working in program planning at the Filmgalerie im Leeren Beutel and at the Ostentorkino. In addition, he is an integral part of the Transit Filmfest, where he is involved in the content and structural design of the festival and is intensively involved in curatorial practice and the communication of film culture. He is particularly interested in fringe cinema, exciting and agitated films and filmmakers outside the mainstream, as well as innovative film art that often has to be (re)discovered.
Lulu Wille
Lulu, 24, comes from Dresden, has been fascinated by cinema since childhood and has attended countless (short) film festivals over the years. In addition to studies, Lulu works in a beautiful arthouse cinema in Dresden, has sung in the choir for many years and therefore attaches great importance to music and film sound. Apart from that, Lulu enjoys astronomy.
Johannes Kroeker
Johannes, 24, is a trained wood sculptor and passionate musician. He finds great enthusiasm in combining various media – whether sculpture, film, music, poetry, or dance – and enjoys collaborating with multiple artists on a shared project. This year, Johannes is also performing live as "Rote Rakete" at the Plattenfilme event. Additionally, one of his film projects is being featured in the Regional Film Competition.
Catharina Siemon
Catharina, 21, is studying architecture at the Technical University of Munich. Her passion for films began when she was at school in the cinemas of her hometown of Regensburg. In Munich, she also attended the International Film Festival and the Film School Festival at the University of Television and Film. Catharina sees films as an essential, irreplaceable way of telling stories and sharing emotions.
Laura Janich
Laura, 24, is studying medical informatics at the University of Augsburg. Since she was little, she has loved filming - preferably raw and close-up. In her work as a projectionist at the Breitwand cinema and at the Five Lakes Film Festival in Starnberg, she repeatedly experiences the direct effect of film on people and particularly appreciates the experimental and creative possibilities of short films.
Lukas Janich
Lukas, 22, is studying electrical engineering and information technology in Munich. At 18, his fascination with the cinema drove him to work as a projectionist and has never let go. Every late summer, he also works at the Five Lakes Film Festival. The thirty or so short and medium-length films are always a highlight of this festival for him.
COMPETITION STRUCTURE
AND PRIZES
Fees
The accreditation fee for industry professionals and students in the fields of film, media, architecture, and arts and culture is 25 euros. No fees are charged for two representatives of a film shown at our event. Additionally, members of the AG Kurzfilm, the Association of Bavarian Film Festivals e.V., partner festivals, and press representatives receive free accreditation.
International Competition
Short Film Award by the BR (Festival Main Prize) for Best Film, awarded by the international jury
€5,000 prize money, sponsored by Bavarian Broadcasting
BMW Group Award for Social Sustainability for a socially relevant film, awarded by the international jury
€4,000 prize money, sponsored by BMW Group Plant Regensburg
City of Regensburg Short Film Award, awarded by the Youngster Jury
€1,000 prize money, sponsored by the City of RegensburgArchitecture Film Award (cross-competition nomination) for an architecture-related film, awarded by the Architecture Window jury
€1,500 prize money, sponsored by the Architecture Circle Regensburg e.V., the Meeting Point Architecture Lower Bavaria-Upper Palatinate of the Bavarian Chamber of Architects (TANO), and Schnitzer& GmbH.
Cinema-Pub Award for the Audience Favorites in the German or International competition
€333 prize money, sponsored by Ostentor Schank & Lichtspiel GmbHGerman Competition
Candis Award for Best Film, awarded by the German expert jury
€1,500 prize money, sponsored by Ferdinand Schmack jun. GmbH
Sustainability Award for an environmentally relevant film, awarded by the German expert jury
€1,000 prize money, sponsored by REWAG and Stadtwerk.Regensburg
Max Bresele Memorial Prize for a politically relevant film, awarded by the German expert jury
€500 prize money, sponsored by Kunstverein Weiden e.V.Architecture Film Prize (across competition nomination) for an architecture-related film, awarded by the Architekturfenster Jury
€1,500 prize money, sponsored by the Architekturkreis Regensburg e.V., the Meeting Point Architecture Lower Bavaria-Upper Palatinate of the Bavarian Chamber of Architects (TANO), and Schnitzer& GmbH.
Kinokneipen-Prize for the Audience Favorites in the German or International Competition
€333 prize money, sponsored by Ostentor Schank & Lichtspiel GmbHArchitecture Film Competition
Architecture Film Award (cross-competition nomination) for a film related to architecture, awarded by the Architecture Window Jury.
€1,500 prize money, sponsored by the Architecture Circle Regensburg e.V., the Meeting Point Architecture Lower Bavaria-Upper Palatinate of the Bavarian Chamber of Architects (TANO), and Schnitzer& GmbH.Window to the Region
Regionalfenster Award, presented by the Regionalfenster Jury
2 x €500, sponsored by Oberpfalz Marketing
FFF Award for Best Bavarian Emerging Filmmaker (Across Competitions), presented by the Bayernfenster Jury
€1,500 cash prize, sponsored by the FilmFernsehFonds BayernBig Thanks to all the prize sponsors.
Bayerischer Rundfunk, BMW Group, Stadt Regensburg, FFF Bayern, Ferdinand Schmack jun. GmbH, REWAG und das Stadtwerk.Regensburg, Oberpfalz Marketing, Architekturkreis Regensburg e.V., TANO, Schnitzer&, Kunstverein Weiden e.V., Ostentor Schank & Lichtspiel GmbH, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (Stadtverband Regensburg)
INDUSTRY
EVENTS
Fees
The accreditation fee for industry professionals and students in the fields of film, media, architecture, and arts and culture is 25 euros. No fees are charged for two representatives of a film shown at our event. Additionally, members of the AG Kurzfilm, the Association of Bavarian Film Festivals e.V., partner festivals, and press representatives receive free accreditation.
Requirements
Industry professionals can accredit with us and thereby gain free or discounted access to all programs and events (excluding PLATTENFILME). Industry professionals include filmmakers, media professionals, festival representatives, and students of film and media-related courses.
Fees
The accreditation fee for industry professionals and students in the fields of film, media, architecture, and arts and culture is 30 euros. No fees are charged for two representatives of a film shown at our event. Additionally, members of the AG Kurzfilm, the Association of Bavarian Film Festivals e.V., partner festivals, and press representatives receive free accreditation.
Apply for accredition
The accreditation is exclusively done through a user account. Filmmakers who have submitted a film through our portal can apply for accreditation in their Filmchief account. All others are kindly requested to register anew.
ACCRE
DITATION
Proceduree
Film submissions for the 31st festival edition in 2025 are now possible. Submissions can be made via shortfilmdepot.com, FilmFreeWay or our portal . Anyone who wants to submit a film to us must accept the regulations .
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Only short films up to a maximum length of 30 minutes are accepted (Window to the Region max. 20 min,) .
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The year of production of the submitted film is 2023 or 2024.
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Only one film submission per filmmaker/director is allowed.
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Films submitted in previous years may not be submitted again.
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Submission period is from 01 June to 05 November 2024 inclusive. (Window to the Region: 31 December 2024)
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The allocation to a competition category is determined by the country of production. For more information, see section
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The pre-selection committee also proposes individual films from the submissions for special programmes.
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A screening fee (film rental) is not paid for submissions.
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A submission fee of EUR 12 (International Competition // Architecture Film Competition) and a submission fee of EUR
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6 / German Competition // Bavarian Competition) will be charged for participation.
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KURZFILMWOCHE reserves the right to make changes.
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SUBMISSIONS
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International Competition: productions from all countries
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German Competition: productions from Germany
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Architecture Film Competition: productions clearly related to architecture
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Bavarian Competition: productions from Bavaria
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Window to the Region: productions from Eastern Bavaria (German postcode ranges starting with: 84, 92, 93 and 94).
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Special Programs: film submissions can be screened in the Special Program, e.g. country focus, children’s and youth programs, genre programs. The special programs are curated from submissions and/or archive films.
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