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Located in the northeastern corner of the German state of Bavaria, small town Hof is home to a long running film festival. Hof International Film Festival takes place annually in late October focussing on German language films complemented by a few foreign language productions[1].[2] Newcomer directors and producers get to premiere their debut motion pictures in Hof. Every year one film director is honoured with a retrospective of their work. Directors such as Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Werner Herzog, Peter Jackson, Jim Jarmusch, Amos Kollek, Mike Leigh, Ulrich Seidel, Tom Tykwer, Wim Wenders and Sönke Wortmann attended the festival in the past. Most major German media cover the festival every year[3].[4]

In 2012 there were about 130 screenings in two cinemas on six days. The 47th edition of Hof International Film Festival runs from 22 October until 27 October 2013.

History

In 1967 Heinz Badewitz[5] and two fellow film students organized a three hours movie theater night in Hof showing a few motion pictures. They called this event the 1st Hof Short Film Festival, having developed the idea after disappointing output at International Short Film Festival Oberhausen[6][7]. In Munich, where they studied at the time, cinema rentals had been too expensive to start a project of that kind. This event grew over the years to become Hof International Film Festival, also receiving international attention[8]. Badewitz has led the Festival from then until now.

Hof International Film Festival is completed by a traditional soccer match – FC Film World vs. FC Hof International Film Festival. Every year Badewitz selects a team of actors, directors and producers who play against a team of eleven players from the festival organisation and festival supporters.

References

  1. ^ "Selected German Film Festivals: Hof". German Films.
  2. ^ "Selected German Film Festivals: Hof". Goethe-Institut.
  3. ^ "Bilanz der Hofer Filmtage 2012". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
  4. ^ "Bilanz der Hofer Filmtage 2012". Die Zeit. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
  5. ^ "Biography Heinz Badewitz". Berlinale.
  6. ^ "Der Anstoss kam aus Oberhausen". Frankenpost. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
  7. ^ "Es lebe die Wurst". Die Zeit. Retrieved 2006-09-21.
  8. ^ "Schmid wins prestigious Hof film award". Screen Daily. Retrieved 2001-10-29.

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