Award | Tag | Zeit | Ort |
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Hans Vogt Award | Wednesday | 19:30 | Private |
German Cinema New Talent Award | Thursday | 18:00 | Freiheitshalle |
Award of the City of Hof | Thursday | 18:00 | Freiheitshalle |
Pharos Shiver Screen Award | Friday | 17:00 | Scala 1 |
Granit Hof Documentary Award | Friday | 19:45 | Scala 1 |
Short Film Awards of the City of Hof | Friday | 22:15 | Scala 1 |
Hof Critics Award | Saturday | 14:45 | Scala 1 |
Bild-Kunst Award | Saturday | 17:30 | Scala 1 |
Friedrich Baur Gold Award | Saturday | 19:00 | Bürgergesellschaft |
The German Cinema New Talent Award for Best Film is endowed with 10,000 euros and awarded by Bavaria Film, Bayerischer Rundfunk and the DZ Bank. The prize is awarded to filmmakers for their first, second or third German-produced feature film with a minimum length of 79 minutes which premieres in the program of the Hof International Film Festival. An independent jury selects the winners.
The Jury
This prize was first presented in 1986. The prize itself is an object from the State Technical College for Product Design in Selb and is dedicated to persons closely connected to Hof and the festival. The awardees are generally not represented with a film in the official festival program during the year the award is presented.
The Jury Short Film Award of the City of Hof is determined by a jury consisting of three members for short films from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. For the Audience Short Film Award of the City of Hof, on the other hand, visitors can vote for all short films in the cinema as well as digitally at our streaming festival. The prizes are each endowed with Euro 2.500.
The Jury
Audience Short Film Award
For the Audience Short Film Award of the City of Hof, you can cast your vote for all short films both in the cinema and at our streaming festival. Please rate a short film with one to five stars, five stars is the top rating.
The Friedrich Baur Gold Award is presented for the best direction in a first feature film by the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts in memoriam Heinz Badewitz. The prize consists of a certified gold bar worth around 35,000 euros. In addition, the prize includes artistic advice for the development of a new film project over a period of one year. This year's mentor for the Gold Award is Hans Steinbichler, director and writer.
Mentor
The prize is awarded by the city of Rehau to a filmmaker who has made innovative and creative efforts to express and enhance the quality of film sound in his or her work and is endowed with € 5,000.
The Hermann and Bertl Müller Foundation, which is based in Hof, has been awarding the prize, endowed with 7,500 euros, since 2015 for the best feature-length documentary film from German, Swiss or Austrian production. The prize is designed in cooperation with the European Training Centre for Stonemasonry and Stone Sculpting in Wunsiedel according to a design by Mohamed Naguib. The Egyptian is an award-winning sculptor and lecturer at the University of Alexandria.
The Jury
The Bild-Kunst Award for Best Costume Design and Best Set Design was founded in 1997 as an award for the best production design by the "Film and Television Production Design" course at the HFF Munich. In 2010, the award was expanded to include the prize for "Best Costume Design", awarded by the Association of Professional Groups for Production Design and Costume Design (VSK). In addition, the Kulturwerk Foundation of VG BILD-KUNST was acquired as the main sponsor. Since then, the two prizes have been endowed with € 2,500 each.
The Jury
The Hof Critics Award will be awarded at the Hof International Film Festival to a feature film debut from Austria, Switzerland or Germany. The award recognizes a director and the production company that creatively explore innovative avenues and/or address socially relevant issues.
The Jury
The Pharos Shiver Screen Award will be presented to a film from the genres of thriller, horror, action, science fiction, etc. and is endowed with 2,500 euros. The award is international in scope and can be for a short or first or second feature-length film. The prize is supplemented by mentoring and an option for world distribution through The Playmaker Munich.
The Jury