Competitive
- "Zero Plus" International Children's and Youth Film Festival, Tyumen & Tobolsk Cities (Siberia)
- Abloom Filmfestival, Oslo
- Anibar Animation Festival, Peja
- AniFest ROZAFA– International Film Festival for Children, for Teenagers and from Students, Shkoder
- Anima – Brussels International Animation Film Festival, Brussels
- Animafest - World Festival of Animated Film, Zagreb
- Animateka International Animation Film Festival, Ljubljana * Maribor
- Animex – International Festival of Animation & Computer Games, Middlesbrough
- ANIMOK, Viborg International Animation Festival for Children and Youth, Viborg
- Athens International Children's Film Festival, Athens
- Bielefelder Kinder- und Jugendfilmfest, Bielefeld
- BIKY – Busan International Kids & Youth Film Festival, Busan
- BUFF Filmfestival, Malmö
- Cactus International Children's & Youth Film Festival, Aosta
- Cannes Cinema: Ecrans Juniors, Cannes
- Carrousel International du Film – Festival international de cinéma jeunesse de Rimouski, Rimouski, Canada
- Cartoon Club – International Festival of Animation Cinema and Comics, Rimini
- Castellinaria Festival del cinema giovane, Bellinzona
- Chania Film Festival Edu, Chania, Crete
- Chicago International Children's Film Festival, Chicago
- Children and Youth Film Festival Just Film, Tallinn
- Children Film Festival - Cine Junior, Val-de-Marne
- Children Kinofest, 20 cities in Ukraine
- Children's Cinema Festival of Florianópolis, Florianópolis
- Children's Film Academy: Cinemira – Budapest International Children’s Film Festival, Budapest
- Children's Film Festival Seattle, Seattle
- Cinekid - International Film, Television and New Media Festival for Children and Young People, Amsterdam
- Cinemagic - International Film & Television Festival for Children and Young People, Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Corti a Ponte International Short Film festival – BY 3.20 section, Ponte San Nicolò (Padova)
- Docpoint / Dokkino, 21 cities all over Finland
- Doxs! - Documentaries for Children and Young People / Duisburger Filmwoche, Duisburg Bochum, Bottrop, Dortmund, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Moers
- Dubrovnik Film Festival – European Childrens Film Festival, Dubrovnik
- Dytiatko - Int. Children's Media Festival, Kharkiv
- Espinho International Animated Film Festival Cinanima, Espinho
- Fantoche International Animation Film Festival, Baden
- Fest – New Directors | New Films Festival, Espinho
- Festival Augenblick, Strasbourg
- Festival de Cinéma d'Alès Itinerances, Alès
- Festival du Cinema Jeune Public, Lausanne
- Festival Internacional de Cine Infantil de Valencia, Valencia
- Festival international de Cinéma du grain à démoudre, Gonfreville l'Orcher (Normandie)
- Filem'On – Brussels Children's Film Festival, Brussels & Ghent
- Filmfest Dresden - International Festival for Animation and Short Films, Dresden
- Filmfest München - CineKindl, Munich
- Filmkorte, Flensburg
- Free Zone Film Festival, Beograd, Nis, Novii Sad, Kragujevac
- Freeze Frame – International Film Festival for Kids of All Ages, Winnipeg MB R3B 1G7
- Giffoni Film Festival, Giffoni Valle Piana, Salerno
- Gijón Int. Film Festival, Gijón, Asturias
- Goldener Spatz, Deutsches Kinder-Medien-Festival at Erfurt & Gera, Erfurt & Gera
- IndieJunior, Lisboa
- IndieJunior Allianz, Porto
- Int. Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam IDFA, Amsterdam
- Int. Short Film Festival Hamburg; Children's Film Festival "Mo & Friese", Online, Hamburg
- Interfilm Short Film Festival: KuKi & Teen Screen - Short Films for Children and Young People, Berlin
- International Children and Youth Animation Film Festival Varaždin, Varaždin and Rijeka
- International Children's Film Festival Bangladesh, Dhanmondi, Dhaka 1205
- International Festival of Animated Films (ITFS), Section "Tricks for Kids", Stuttgart
- International Festival of Animated Films for Children, Bratislava
- International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Yerevan, Armenia
- International Film Festival for Children and Youth Ojo de Pescado, Valparaíso
- International Filmfestival Berlin, Generation, Berlin
- International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Oberhausen
- International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino!, Poznan
- Internationales Filmfest Emden Aurich Norderney, Emden Aurich Norderney
- Internationales Filmwochenende Würzburg, Würzburg
- Internationales Frauen* Film Fest Dortmund+Köln, Cologne & Dortmund & online
- JEF – Europees Jeugdfilmfestival Vlaanderen, Antwerp, Bruges, Ghent, Courtrai, Strombeek-bever
- JuniorFest - International Festival for Children and Youth, Plzen, Dobrany, Horsovsky Tyn, Prestice, Domazlice, Czech Republic
- Kidz Cinema, Mumbai and online
- KiKiFe Kinderkinofest Schwäbisch Gmünd, Schwaebisch Gmuend
- KinderFilmFest Münster, Münster
- Kinderfilmtage im Ruhrgebiet; Essen, Mülheim, Oberhausen, Essen, Mülheim, Oberhausen
- Kineko International Children's Film Festival Tokyo, Tokyo
- Kinofest Lünen, Lünen
- Kinolub Int. Film Festival for Children and Youth, Rzeszow and other cities in Southern Poland
- Kratka Forma – International Short Film Festival, Gornji Milanovac
- Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival (KICFF), Kristiansand
- La Matatena Festival Internacional de Cine para Niños, Ciudad de México
- Leeds Young Film Festival, Leeds
- Lucas – Int. Festival for Young Film Lovers, Frankfurt/M.
- Luxembourg City Film Festival, Luxembourg
- MICE - Mostra International Cinema Educatu, Valencia
- MilanoFilmFestival, Milano
- Molodist Film Festival, Kyiv
- Mon Premier Festival, Paris
- Monstrale, Halle/Saale
- Montreal International Children's Film Festival (FIFEM), Montréal (Québec)
- My First Festival – El Meu Primer Festival, Barcelona and Madrid
- New York International Children's Film Festival, New York
- Nordic Filmdays Luebeck/ Section Films for Children & Young People, Luebeck
- Odense International Film Festival, Odense
- Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People, Pyrgos and Amaliada
- Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival, Oulu
- Piccolo Grande Cinema, Milano
- Plein la Bobine – Sancy Film Festival for Young People, Issoire & La Bourboule
- Prix Jeunesse International - Kinder- und Jugendfernsehfestival: Online this Year!, München
- Providence Children's Film Festival, Providence, Rhode Island - USA
- Reel 2 Real – International Film Festival for Youth, Vancouver, Canada
- Salam – International Children and Youth Film Festival, Baku
- San Diego International Kids' Film Festival, San Diego
- Schlingel – International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience, Chemnitz
- Sevilla International Film Festival, Sevilla
- Smile International Film Festival, New Delhi and other places in India
- Stuttgarter Kinderfilmtage, Stuttgart
- Taiwan International Children's Film Festival (TICFF), Taipei
- Taoba International Youth Film Festival, Tbilisi
- Tel Aviv International Children's Film Festival (TAICFF), Tel Aviv
- Torino Film Festival, Torino
- Uelzener Filmtage, Niedersächsisches Schüler- und Jugendfilmfestival, Uelzen
- Unabhängiges FilmFest / Independent FilmFest, Osnabrück
- Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Uppsala
- Vienna International Children's Film Festival, Wien/Vienna
- Young Horizons International Film Festival, Warsaw, Wroclaw, Pozna?, and almost 20 other towns and cities
- Youngabout - International Film Festival for Young People, Bologna
- Your Cinema - International Competition Program for children and youth audience, as part of International Festival of Cinematographic Debuts "Spirit Of Fire", Khanty-Mansiysk and other cities in the district of UGRA (Siberia)
- Zlín Film Festival, International Festival for Children and Youth, Zlín
Sehsüchte – International Student Filmfestival of Konrad Wolff Film and Television University
Potsdam, Germany
25/04/2024 - 28/04/2024 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Rhythm: annual, next Festival afterwards (probably): Spring 2025
Competitive
Prizes: Best feature over 60 minutes, best feature under 60 minutes, best documentary over 60 minutes, best documentary under 60 minutes, Focus Prize, best animationfilm, best Teenfilm, best children's film, audience award, post-production prize, best camera, bes
Deadline for film entries: 07/01/2024 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Programs: Films made by Young Filmmakers
Number of films (app.): 100
Festival's recognition: international
Notes/description: Sehsüchte is the largest international student film festival in Europe. Plus, it has a long tradition of being the meeting place of up-and-coming filmmakers from around the world. Year after year, Sehsüchte attracts young filmmakers from all parts of the planet. Our goal is not only to offer a venue to up-and-coming filmmakers to showcase their works but also specifically to encourage communication between filmmakers and high professionals from the film and media industry.
Sehsüchte provides many opportunities for intercultural communication to take place: 100 international films by up-and-coming filmmakers, panel discussions, workshop discussions, professional workshops, parties, lounge evenings, and much more.
The special flair of our public festival is due to the close contact possible between audience members, industry insiders, and filmmakers. There are many cinematic discoveries to be made over the course of five eventful days and nights at the festival. Apart from films of all genres, there are workshop discussions to get you talking, the relaxing lounge to get you pondering, and the legendary Sehsüchte parties to get you dancing.
Contact:
Konrad Wolff Film and Television University
Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 11
14482 Potsdam
Germany
Internet: sehsuechte.de