Due to the corona, the Munich Film School Festival will only take place digitally from November 12 to 22.
But it is also a great pleasure from home.
50 films from 22 countries from 35 film schools are represented
Julia von Heinz, official German Oscar candidate, is this year's jury president of the festival
The Filmschoolfest Munich is one of the most important student film festivals in the world and is an important meeting point for international talented directors
Today the Munich Film School Festival - and tomorrow the whole world?
Exclamation mark please!
Because this jury president can only be a good omen for all participants in this year's festival of film students in Munich.
Julia von Heinz, Germany's Oscar hope.
Her drama “And tomorrow the whole world” came out shortly before the new lockdown;
became the official German candidate in the race for the golden boy in Hollywood.
On February 5, 2021, the Academy will announce whether it will make it to the finals in the category “Best Foreign Language Film”.
Then the 44-year-old could clear away in Los Angeles on April 25, 2021.
Even if the nine letters of the Hollywood Sign don't shimmer as promisingly as they did in the thirties, forties and fifties, there is probably no one among the makers of the 50 films represented at the Munich festival who is not secretly as successful as that the Berliner Julia dreams of Heinz.
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Animated film: "My fat Ass and I" from Poland tells of the slimming mania.
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She's not one who peddles it.
But is happy to inspire young people.
And to encourage them to use the Filmschoolfest as a platform to get to know like-minded people from 22 countries from 35 film schools - even in these times anything but easy for the industry.
"Although the film students will not be able to exchange ideas live with one another this year, the Munich Film School Festival offers an important opportunity to present their films," emphasized the director in an interview with our newspaper.
It's not just a festival for the young artists.
At least as much for the audience, who can enjoy 23 feature films and 18 documentaries here until November 22nd.
No, again not live in the red cinema seat, but - you hardly want to write it anymore - digitally, from home.
If you groan in annoyance and don't feel like going to the next online festival, let me tell you: you're missing out on something precious.
The feeling of hope that arises when you discover the enormous diversity of the cinema of the future.
How completely different in their expressions the young women and men proceed, how different are the topics they work on.
In a very reflective way, they shed light on the ambivalences of the countries in which they live;
question their own being - and the past that shaped them.
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Growing up: “Kid” from Slovakia tells of David (Dávid Uzsák) who seeks love from men.
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The only seven-minute “She wants what she wants” by Quynh Le Nguyen (HFF Munich), for example.
Four women between 25 and 71 years of age tell fearlessly honestly about their own sexuality.
The film ends quite explicitly - the work of four courageous actresses and one courageous director.
Gregor Valentovic from Slovakia takes a look at male views of the world in “Kid”.
Its main character is gay and would like to deal with it as freely as any heterosexual, without fear of social repression.
Another tip: “Porfotto” from the Netherlands.
A disturbing glimpse into the world of society's losers.
And a reminder of how a second can change everything.
"Right now you have to support the young directors," emphasizes Julia von Heinz.
Nothing more pleasant than that!
The Filmschoolfest
runs from November 12 to 22, 2020 at www.filmschoolfest-munich.de.
Ticket: 99 cents, festival pass: 12.99 euros