Film Leben Festival

About

Objectives:

• Sustained development of cinema, screenings & workshops and promoting new talents in this area;
• Create new Public for the medium film;
• Promote the interchange of experiences between the participants in the event;
• Elevate the skills of the participants;
• Promote the city of Ilmenau as a quality cultural tourism destination;
• Offer a quality cultural event accessible to every individual.

Awards

The jury has the disposition of the following prizes:

• Best Film of the Festival. The best short film of the festival gets a prize money of 1000 €.
• Best Film in each of the 8 Competition Categories.
• The audience award — the audience will vote for their favorite film of the festival

The audience will vote for their favourite film of the festival. 

Rules

• Film Leben Festival can only accept films that have been finished after June 1, 2016, and do not exceed the length of 20 minutes.
• Every entrant can submit more than one film, as long as every film is in separate categories. Though, one film may not be submitted in multiple categories.
• Submissions are to be made via Reelport.

Selection formats: mov, avi, mpg, flv, mp4 or other formats, after consultation with the Film Leben Festival team. 

Audio language: original

Subtitles language: English or German

Premiere Requirements

No premiere requirement

Jury and Organizers

Nathalie Ziomek (FESTIVAL MANAGER)

Angelique Wezel (FESTIVAL MANAGER)