shnit - International short film festival - Bern/ Switzerland - Köln/ Germany http://www.shnit.ch Short film festival Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:57:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Call for entries http://www.shnit.ch/en/2010/06/call-for-entries-2/ http://www.shnit.ch/en/2010/06/call-for-entries-2/#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:05:05 +0000 shnit http://www.shnit.ch/?p=3193 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.

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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.

]]> http://www.shnit.ch/en/2010/06/call-for-entries-4/feed/ 0 shnit happens http://www.shnit.ch/en/2010/06/shnit-happens-3/ http://www.shnit.ch/en/2010/06/shnit-happens-3/#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:17:41 +0000 shnit http://www.shnit.ch/?p=3258 The eighth edition of the International Shortfilmfestival shnit takes place from the 6th – 10th of October 2010 in Bern, Switzerland and simultaneously in Cologne, Germany. The thriving and vibrant festival offers an ideal platform to show your short films to an large audience and to compete in the international competition shnit Open.

]]> http://www.shnit.ch/en/2010/06/shnit-happens-3/feed/ 0 shnit Awards 2009 http://www.shnit.ch/en/2009/10/shnit-the-end/ http://www.shnit.ch/en/2009/10/shnit-the-end/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:04:10 +0000 shnit http://www.shnit.ch/?p=2599 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”.

International competition shnit-Open 2009

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«LONG JOHN»

Jury price, ≥ 10 min, CHF 13′000

Ba-derech le Tel-Aviv | 16min | fic | ISR 2008

Directed by Khen Shalem

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«MAGIC JACK»

Jury price, 4 – 10 min, CHF 10′000

Photograph Of Jesus | 7min | ani/exp (GBR 2008)

Directed by Laurie Hill

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SO32 B04_Terminal Communication_2009 Still 01«SMART JOE»

Jury price,  ≤ 4min, CHF 7′000

Terminal Communication | 3min | doc/exp (IRL 2008)

Directed by Michael Fortune

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shnit Audience Award 2009

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Audience price, CHF 5′000

Szalontüdo | 7min | fic (HUN 2006)

Directed by Márton Szirmai

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Swiss Competition – Swissmade 2009

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Swiss Award 2009

Jury price, CHF 5′000

Las Pelotas | 14min | fic (SUI 2009)

Directed by Chris Niemeyer

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German Competition – Made in Germany 2009

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German Award 2009

Jury price, CHF 5′000

Amoklove | 9min | fic (GER 2008)

Directed by Julia C. Kaiser

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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!

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shnit Awards Night | Theater National | Sunday 11.10.09 | 20h | » Ticket

Best-of-shnit | Sunday 11.10.09
19:00 – 20:30 | Aula PROGR | » Ticket
19:00 – 20:30 | Kino Rex | » Ticket
21:00 – 22:30 | Aula PROGR | » Ticket
21:00 – 22:30 | Kino Rex | » Ticket

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» More Information about the realtime competition

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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.

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Helfer gesucht!
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