FilmFestival Cottbus – Festival of East European Cinema
• The leading Festival of East European Cinema
• Every year a representative survey of the contemporary feature film production of the Central- and Eastern European area
• Internationally unique in terms of its comprehensive programme and the diversity of participating countries; high quality, contemporary selection of films
• Defined programme profile including shorts and children’s and youth films with an emphasis on feature films
• Prizes with a total value of 67.000 Euros
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Trailer 18th FilmFestival Cottbus

In cooperation with the Film and Televison Academy "Konrad Wolf" in Potsdam-Babelsberg (HFF) and with the support of KODAK and Babelsberg Postproduction the this years festival trailer has been produced under the supervision of Prof. Helke Misselwitz.
The trailer is directed by the HFF students Axel Ranisch and Monika Anna Wojtyllo.

The Polish-born Monika Anna Wojtyllo presented her first feature POLSKA LOVE SERENADE at a number of festivals in 2008 (among others: film festival Saarbrücken).Her short film HOG HEAVEN was part of the program slot "Eastern Europe in Babelsberg" of the16th Cottbus festival 2006.
Axel Ranisch has already realized more than 70 short films. His recent feature film DER WILL DOCH NUR SPIELEN! was to be seen at the this years edition of the Max Ophüls Preis film festival in Saarbrücken too.



Directors Axel Ranisch, Monika Anna Wojtylla
Photography Jakub Bejnarowicz
Sound design Marian Mentrup
Music Johannes Repka
Compositing Juliane Dummler
Montage Daniel Stephan
Cast Annelie Knobloch, Heiko Pinkowski
Producer Jessica Böhnisch
Production Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen „Konrad Wolf“
Production Manager Anya Grünewald