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Kurzfilmfestival Köln – KFFK

Kurzfilmfestival Köln – KFFK

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Kurzfilmfestival Köln – KFFK | Short Film Festival Cologne

Function: German Competition selection committee, festival team, curation of special programs, event and program management

The KFFK / Kurzfilmfestival Köln (formerly European Short Film Festival Cologne UNLIMITED) is a short film festival lasting several days, which has been held in Cologne every November since 2006.

The German Competition forms the core of the festival programme. Five thematically structured programmes will feature the film selected by the German Competition selection committee chosen from the over 700 entries (as of 2017). In addition to three jury prizes, an audience prize is also awarded. International short films are also featured in the special programme Country Focus.
In the program „Kölner Fenster“, two blocks of short films from the Cologne Film Schools and independent productions from the city are presented. Other special programmes of the festival are the festival focus, the New Aesthetic series, which began in 2013 and focuses on life in the digital age, presenting internet and web-based films. In cooperation with the Cologne children’s film festival „Cinepänz“, the festival also shows two children’s programmes and offers film workshops for children.

The additional supporting programme includes talk and forum events where the festival audience can exchange ideas with the filmmakers.

www.kffk.de

Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf

Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf

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Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf

 Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Media and Cultural Studies 

Practical exercise: Film PR & film festival curation – a look behind the scenes

Lecturer: Jennifer Jones, Semester tba (Because of the Corona pandemic this course had to be postponed)

The block event/practical exercise offers students the opportunity to deal with the work in the field of film PR and film festival curation both practically and theoretically.

In the first part, press work before and after a theatrical release will be discussed using the example of a recently released film (documentary or art house feature film). The film will be viewed and discussed together in the classroom. Subsequently, different forms and formats of reporting and media will be analysed – from film criticism in the daily newspapers, on television and on the radio to interviews with actors and directors and the reception in specialist magazines.

The second part of the block event will focus on the topic of film curation. A short introduction to film festivals and festival organization as well as to the practice of film programming will be provided with a focus on the genre of short film. Viewing as a central part of the preparation of a film festival will be experienced in a very practical way: Selected short films will be viewed and discussed together with regard to the preparatory and curatorial measures in the case of an international short film festival to take place in 2021.

 
Praxisübung: Filmpresse & Filmfestival-Kuration – Ein Blick hinter die Kulissen

 

 
Dozentin: Jennifer Jones
 
Die Blockveranstaltung / Praxisübung bietet Studierenden die Möglichkeit, sich praktisch und theoretisch mit der Arbeit im Bereich Film-PR und Filmfestival-Kuration auseinanderzusetzen.
 
Im ersten Teil wird die Pressearbeit vor und nach dem Kinostart am Beispiel von einem aktuellen Film (tba – Dokumentarfilm oder Arthouse Spielfilm) thematisiert. Der Film wird gemeinsam gesichtet und diskutiert. Im Anschluss werden verschiedene Formen und Formate der Berichterstattung über diese Filme analysiert – von der Filmkritik in der Tageszeitung, im Fernsehen und im Radio über Interviews mit Schauspieler/innen und Regisseur/innen bis zur Rezeption in Fachzeitschriften.
 
Im zweiten Teil der Blockveranstaltung wird das Thema Filmkuration im Mittelpunkt stehen. Eine kurze Einleitung über Filmfestivals und Festivalorganisation sowie über die Praxis der Film-Programmierung wird vorgesehen, mit Schwerpunkt auf dem Genre des Kurzfilms. Die Sichtung als zentraler Bestandteil der Vorbereitung eines Filmfestivals wird ganz praktisch erfahren: Ausgewählte Kurzfilme werden gemeinsam gesichtet und diskutiert im Hinblick auf die vorbereitende und kuratorische Maßnahmen eines internationalen Kurzfilmfestivals in 2020.
IFFF – Internationales Frauen* Film Fest Dortmund | Köln

IFFF – Internationales Frauen* Film Fest Dortmund | Köln

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Internationales Frauen* Film Fest Dortmund | Köln


International Women’s* Film Festival Dortmund | Köln


Function: Co-Curator – International Debüt Feature Film Competition (since 2022)




Internationales Frauen* Film Fest Dortmund+Köln is Germany’s largest forum for women in the film industry and presents outstanding films by women spanning all genres and styles. For almost 40 years the festival has played an active role in ensuring that films by women directors are seen, appreciated and celebrated. We promote the influence of women in all fields of the cinema industry, mainly as directors, but also cinematographers, producers, scriptwriters, composers, songwriters and, actors to name but a few.


IFFF Dortmund+Köln was born out of the 2006 merging of the two women’s film festivals femme totale (Dortmund) and Feminale (Cologne).


www.frauenfilmfest.com




    


            
        

        
		

		
	

	
	



                        

	    
	                

                                                            
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Buskopolis Festival of Cinematic Oddities, Pennsylvania USA


September 18 – 19, 2020


Function: Guest Programmer (since 2019)






The Buskopolis Festival of Cinematic Oddities returns to Huntingdon’s Clifton 5 Theater September 18 – 19, 2020 to explore some of the square pegs of movie history, as well as the proud misfits of present-day filmdom who defy genre. The hope of the festival is to unearth oddities from all corners of the filmmaking world – without concern for vintage, budget or notoriety. The festival will host a curated selection of offbeat and unusual feature films as well as juried screenings of international short films. Guest speakers will be on hand to introduce our features and Q&A will be held with our visiting filmmakers.


Admission to the all-ages program during our Saturday matinee is free to anyone 18 and under.


In an era of infinite choices, audiences seem infinitely more apt to follow the beaten path.  We would like to take your hand and lead you slightly astray, if we may; but in doing so, we also hope to entertain you.


Festival Director: Tim Busko


http://buskopolisfilms.com/OddityFestival.html