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Projects for the festival can now be submitted until Friday, 8 August 2025.

On the shortest day of the year and as part of the International Short Film Day, the Audience Short Film Award of the City of Hof 2024 was presented at the Central Kino in Hof.

Good things happened in cinema in Hof

Inspiring films, packed theaters and an enthusiastic audience

This year the award goes to Lucas Dülligen for SCATTERED SUNSHINE.

This year's director's prize goes to JUPITER by Benjamin Pfohl, the production prize to PIGGY BANK by Christoph Schwarz.

Special mention for FISH AND CHEESE by Sina Guntermann

A special mention goes to WHEN I WENT TO VISIT THE BOYS by Katrin Schlösser.

This year the award goes to EN ATTENDANT LA NUIT by Céline Rouzet.

The German Cinema New Talent Award 2024 goes to JUPITER by Benjamin Pfohl.

This year's award goes to the author, director and producer Peter Goedel.

This year, the prize goes to the musician and composer Annette Focks.

The Hof International Film Festival opened with Emma Bading’s short film DOMESTICATED and the documentary ZEPPELIN OBEN RECHTS directed by Olli Dürr.

All films that premiere in the program of the Hof International Film Festival and have a minimum length of 79 minutes can qualify.

A variety of short films that tell moving stories and open up new perspectives on current issues

In homage to filmmaker Howard Ziehm, the 58th International Hofer Filmtage will present four films as well as a documentary by Christian Genzel about one of the most colorful pioneer figures of the sexual revolution.

Experiences that are both stirring and moving

With 34 long documentaries, we look at the world around us and at currently relevant topics.

This year's spectrum of films shows a variety of topics that directors and filmmakers are dealing with.

This year, the Hof International Film Festival kicks off with a very special film that wonderfully reconnects us with the fundamental values of our society.