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shnit No 8.
The Festival take place from the 6. until the 10. October in Berne, Cape Town and Cologne!
Call for Entries
Enter the international short film contest «shnit-Open 2010». We accept films of every genre. Cash prizes of more than CHF 40’000 (approx US$ 38′000 / Euro 29’000) are waiting for you. Deadline for Entries is 1st of July. Application and further information.
shnit Awards 2009
This year’s International Shortfilm Festival shnit 09 was a big succes with more than 22′000 visitors. In the international competition, the three winners of the shnit-Awards are Khen Shalem with „Ba-derech le Tel-Aviv“, Laurie Hill with „Photograph Of Jesus“ and Michael Fortune with „Terminal Communication“. Rafael Bolliger convinced the audience with his film „Fallen“ and wins the realtime competition 2009. Chris Niemeyer wins the Swiss Award 2009 with „Las Pelotas“ and Julia Kaiser wins the German Award 2009 with “Amoklove”. The audience price goes to Márton Szirmai for his film “Szalontüdo”.
shnit is in full swing!
The International shortfilm-festival shnit 2009 in Bern is in full swing: Crowded cinemas, fantastic partys & concerts and a vibrant festival center at the PROGR deliver unforgettable impressions. Join us and dive into the unique shnit-universe!
On Sunday evening, the four competitions of shnit 09 will close with a blazing finale: The filmmakers and their artworks will be honoured at the shnit Awards Night, plus the three short films from the realtime competition celebrate their world premiere in front of 600 spectators!
Presale is open!
From today, tickets can be bought on starticket.ch, at large SBB train stations und 300 other ticket agencies in whole Switzerland!
Discover the fresh shortfilm menu – next to the International competition shnit presents an interesting mix of audiovisual gourmet food for younger and older people with the colourful Special Programs.
shnit goes international!
The 7th edition of the shnit international shortfilmfestival will take place from october 7 – 11 at the same time in Berne, Switzerland and Cologne, Germany. shnit will thus be a truly international festival! Everything about the festival can now be found on this website!



