dear film friends,

We are pleased to be sponsored again this year, by our media partner Filmstarts .

Filmstarts is the largest online portal for film fans in Germany. Editor-in-chief Christoph Petersen and his team of passionate film fans will cover the program of this year’s edition.

In addition to comprehensive reporting, Filmstarts has sponsored the "Get Shorty Award" since 2016. For this, the audience in all festival cities selects the best film of the popular short film program "Get Shorty". Last year, the director Simon Filliot of the poetic puppet animation HEART OF GOLD received the award with a value of 2000€.