On Sunday 8 November the 25th International Short Film Festival Berlin came to a celebratory end after a successful week. More than 500 films from 49 countries were shown in 16 competition programmes and 22 special programmes. In the competition programmes prizes were awarded with a total value of 31500 €. All winners were announced on Sunday 8 November. 13,000 visitors came to the festival this year, of which 2,200 attended the 2nd International Short Film Festival for Children and Y...

Münster has truly been gripped by film fever for 5 thrilling days and nights during the 13th Münster Film Festival. The city’s Cineplex welcomed around 7,000 visitors to the festival’s screenings, setting a new record. The expert juries debated the merits of each film into the early hours of the morning before finally deciding on the following winners. The European Feature Film Competition awards the best director an attractive € 7,500. The winner is: Pierre Schoeller for VERSAILLES (Fr...

16TH WASHINGTON JEWISH FILM FESTIVALDecember 1 - 1140 films • 9 countries • 5 venues • 10 daysThe 16th Washington Jewish Film Festival: An Exhibition of International Cinema presents 40 features, documentaries and shorts from 9 countries, in five venues, during the December 1 – 11, ten-day Festival. The Festival is presented by the Washington DCJCC's Morris Cafritz Center for the Arts and co-sponsored by the Embassy of Israel and Washington Jewish Week; and supported in part by a grant ...

"Alles auf Zucker" (Go for Zucker: An Unorthodox Comedy), the first Jewish comedy made in Germany since World War II, won "Lola" awards for best film, best director and best actor, as well as top honors for screenwriting, costume and music.The film, which cost just 1.5 million euros has been a surprise box office hit, beat the blockbuster "Der Untergang" (Downfall), about Hitler's final days, which went home empty-handed."I just beat Hitler!...It's just great that a little Communist guy of Jewis...