Tampere Film Festival

Coordinates: 61°30′N 023°46′E / 61.500°N 23.767°E / 61.500; 23.767
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Tampere Film Festival
Tampere Film Festival in 2011
LocationTampere, Finland
Founded1969; 55 years ago (1969)
LanguageInternational
Websitewww.tamperefilmfestival.fi Edit this at Wikidata

The Tampere Film Festival (

Clermont-Ferrand, it is among the most important European short film festivals.[2][3][4]

The first festival was held in 1969. Since 1970, it has been held in its current form, which makes it the oldest short film festival in Northern Europe.[5][6][7] Approximately 500 short films are screened during the five days of the festival each year.[8]

On December 15, 2020, it was announced that the Tampere Film Festival will open a new international short film competition called Generation XYZ for 2021, which has been developed in cooperation with an American film production company XYZ Films.[9] Selected films will be showcased at the 2021 Tampere Film Festival and judged by an independent jury, and the winning film will be given a prize in the amount of €2,000.[10]

Grand Prix winners

Best European Short Film

  • 2018: Prisoner of Society by Rati Tsiteladze (Georgia)
  • 2017: Scris/Nescris by Adrian Silisteanu (Romania)
  • 2016: Small Talkby by Even Hafnor, Lisa Brooke Hansen (Norway)

References

  1. ^ Tällä viikolla (4.–9.3.2020): Tampere Film Festival, Mari Rantasila, Suomen Kameraseurojen Liitto, Virtudes... – Kulttuuritoimitus (in Finnish)
  2. ^ Oberhausen International Short Film Festival
  3. ^ Melbourne indie short film selected for Clermont-Ferrand and Tampere - FilmInk
  4. ^ "Accredited Festivals". Fiapf. 2024-01-15. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  5. ^ Tampere Film Festival | DOKweb
  6. ^ Experimental films and media art featured widely at Tampere Film Festival 2016 - AV-arkki
  7. ^ Grand Prix Award at Tampere Film Festival for Written/Unwritten by Adrian Silisteanu - Films in Frame
  8. ^ "Tampere 54th International Short Film Festival". European Festivals Association. 2023-12-20. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  9. ^ "Tampere Film Festival is launching a new competition for short genre films - Tampere Film Festival". 2020-12-15. Archived from the original on 2020-12-15. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
  10. ^ "Generation XYZ - Tampere Film Festival". 2021-01-14. Archived from the original on 2021-01-14. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
  11. ^ Nikkhah Azad, Navid (2023-03-12). "Tampere Film Festival announces award winners for 2023". Deed News. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
  12. ^ "Awarded Films 2021". Tampere Film Festival. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  13. ^ "Awarded Films 2017 - Tampere Film Festival". 2019-10-05. Archived from the original on 2019-10-05. Retrieved 2019-10-05.

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