THREE STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS® 2022 GO TO GERMANY!
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences honoured the winners of the 49th edition of the Student Academy Awards® during a ceremony in Los Angeles on 20 October, 2022. Of the 10 short films receiving awards, three were produced at German film schools. Narrative film awards went to ALMOST HOME by Nils Keller (Gold Medal) and ROOMS by Welf Reinhart (Silver Medal), both films were produced at the University of Television and Film Munich (HFF). LAIKA & NEMO by Jan Gadermann and Sebastian Gadow (Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF) won the Silver Medal in the Animation category. While German film schools previously have been very successful at the Student Academy Awards®, this year's achievement is quite extraordinary since US and international films were competing together for the first time in each category. The winning films were selected from a total of 1,796 submissions from 614 film schools. All of the Student Academy Award-winning films are also eligible to participate in the upcoming Oscars®.
GERMAN SALES COMPANIES @TIFFCOM
As the industry event of Tokyo International Film Festival TIFFCOM was an online edition again this year, German Films was collaborating with TIFFCOM to give German sales companies the opportunity to present their films at online market screenings under the auspices of the German Pavilion. TIFFCOM Online was held from 25 - 27 October, 2022. The sales companies atlas international film, Picture Tree International, Magnet Film, Films Boutique, Pluto Film and Albatross World Sales participated in the German Pavilion.
TorinoFilmLab PRESENTS: THE TFL FILM PARADE
The TorinoFilmLab is throwing a watch party to celebrate its 15th anniversary, the TFL Film Parade will be showing a selection of titles picked from among over 150 films developed within the TFL’s programmes between 7 - 13 November, 2022. 7 days, 7 stories for free on Festival Scope. Discover the selected titles on Festival Scope. Explore the films' focus on Letterboxd.
