Filmfest München, Dok.fest and Fantasy Filmfest: Important festivals
Film Festivals in Munich: Tips for cinema fans
Munich is home to several - also internationally - renowned film festivals. We present the most important ones here:
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Filmfest München: One of the most important film festivals in Germany
The Filmfest München takes place in late June/early July every year: It's all about actors, directors and storylines, featuring World Cinema as well as German films. American Independent films are shown alongside German Feature films and TV movies, new cinematic discoveries from around the world and international, European and German premieres.
The programme is completed by retrospectives, tributes and special screenings. The festival honours a personality from the world of international cinema with the CineMerit Award. Prize winners include Geraldine Chaplin, Milos Forman and Jacqueline Bisset.
Fantasy Filmfest München: A must for horror fans
Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror films and Thrillers: for a few weeks in July and August every year you can dive into the fascinating, sometimes scary world of fantasy films in Munich. The two cinemas taking part are City Kino and Cinema.
Dok.fest: Here the focus is on documentaries
This international festival of documentary films was held in 1985 for the first time and has attracted almost all internationally renowned documentary film makers. An independent international jury awards the Bavarian Television Documentary Film Prize and it is open to international competitors. The festival is especially dedicated to films from regions where economic and political factors make it extremely difficult to produce documentary films. A new section offers a stage for new films from Bavaria - including films produced by non-professionals and newcomers.
Bunter Hund: International Shortfilm Festival
The Munich Shortfilm Festival is getting more and more popular. It is open to more experienced filmmakers as well as to beginners. And what makes this festival very special: the audience is the jury. Every visitor evaluates the films he watched. This way not necessarily the most professionally shot films make it to the finals, but those films loved by the audience for unusual ideas, cool stories or unique styles.
