Hof International Film Festival

The Hof International Film Festival is a film festival held annually in Hof in Bavaria. Apart from individual foreign productions is especially the German film in focus. Currently, in the presence of known magnitudes of the film industry, offered six days in two cinemas and a total of eight cinemas around 130 performances.

Formation

Initiators of the festival were the three members of the Hofer " New Jazz Group " Uwe Brandner, Heinz bath wit and Werner Weinelt. Bath joke, then as now, festival director, and Brandner moved to Munich and shot there since 1963 short films. Bathing wit and Brandner had trouble finding a cinema for the screening of their short films. Due to still existing contacts to Hofer theater operators, they shifted the Film Festival in bath wit ' hometown yard, so 1967 Hofer short film festival arose from 2 ½ hours program.

1968 bathing joke was received with his second short film in the German Competition in Oberhausen. The scandal surrounding the paper " Especially Valuable " by Hellmuth Costard led to the relocation to court because the filmmakers in protest withdrew their works from the festival in Oberhausen. That was the start of the second Hof International Film Festival in 1969.

Accompanying the Hof Film Festival by a traditional football game - the FC film world against FC Hof International Film Festival. Bathing wit represents an annual selection of actors, directors and producers who, playing against the team of FC Hof Film Festival, consisting of employees and fans.

Movies

The festival covers almost the entire spectrum of the film far from the mainstream. At the origin of the films, the focus is on the German film. Productions German film academies (especially first works ) take here a large part. Many productions from abroad will be shown: For all countries of Europe (especially Scandinavia, Germany's neighbors, the Balkans ) as well as the USA, Australia or New Zealand. Of the total of 130 films are usually about 90 feature films / documentaries and 40 short films. These are selected from approximately 2000 to 2500 entries. Instrumental in the selection is the festival director Heinz bathing joke that so many actors and directors provides a springboard.

According to court since the founding of the festival already traveled to a lot of the directors and actors of the films and answered questions from moviegoers and took part in discussions in the film days. Some of the guests has been able to be present after the introduction of their first work in court permanently in the German and international film scene. Here is a selection of personalities:

Retrospective

Furthermore, directors will annually a retrospective dedicated to the always arrive in person. Every year, a section of the life's work of a famous artist is included in the program. It found, among other things discussions with the guest instead. In the center stood so far:

Prices

  • Young German Cinema; HypoVereinsbank, Bavaria Film and Bavarian Television
  • Film Award of the city court; city ​​of Hof
  • Eastman Award for young talent; Kodak GmbH
  • Award for Best Production Design; S / F / K Association

Quotes

"The great fall collection of German film, by Heinz bathing joke usually presented in person on the catwalk of the Hof Film Days"

" As before, the farm, the Berlinale, but before Munich, the showcase of German cinema. "

"Even as an established festival even the Bavarian State Chancellery is sponsoring called - have not lost their provincial and at the same time cosmopolitan charm, the Hof International Film Festival. Where else the bandwidth is as large as in court ... ""

" Court was and is the festival of radical occupied Achtundsechzigers and its allies, who have done more for the German film as the Berlinale, Oberhausen, Munich and Mannheim together. "

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