This week prizes were won by the DFFB films VIOLENTLY HAPPY (R/​B/​K: Pao­la Cal­vo, P: Andreas Hörl, Flo­ri­an Schnei­der, Maren Lüth­je) and LET THE SUMMER NEVER COME AGAIN (R/​B/​K: Alexan­dre Koberidze, P: Alexan­dre Koberidze, Nut­sa Tsikaridze, Keti Kip­i­ani). Pao­la Cal­vo, direc­tor of VIOLENTLY HAPPY, received the prize for Best Up-and-Com­ing Direc­tor of Pho­tog­ra­phy at the 10th Inter­na­tion­al Women’s Film Fes­ti­val in Dortmund/​Cologne. LET THE SUMMER NEVER COME AGAIN was award­ed the prize for Best Fea­ture Film at the 9th IBAFF Fes­ti­val Inter­na­cional de Cine de Mur­cia. We warm­ly con­grat­u­late the award win­ners.

More infor­ma­tion on IBAFF 2018 here.

More infor­ma­tion on the prize for Best Up-and-Com­ing Direc­tor of Pho­tog­ra­phy here.

We are very hap­py to announce that two DFFB alum­ni, Julian Radl­maier and Jide Tom Akin­leminu, were award­ed the Kom­pagnon Fel­low­ship with a stipend of €5000 today. The award sup­ports new projects by direc­tors and screen­writ­ers from Berli­nale Tal­ents 2018 and direc­tors from Per­spek­tive Deutsches Kino 2017.

Projects:

When a Farm Goes Aflame, the Flakes Fly Home to Bear the Tale by Jide Tom Akin­leminu

and

Blut­sauger by Julian Radl­maier

More infor­ma­tion here.