Britspotting
britspotting (British & Irish Film Festival) was a year both in Berlin and, in compressed form, in several other German cities held forming Film Festival with a clear focus on England , Ireland , Northern Ireland , Scotland and Wales .
history
Britspotting was founded as a "british independent film festival" in 2000 and has developed over time in cooperation with the British Council into Germany's most important festival with productions from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Since the focus has been on Irish filmmaking since 2004, britspotting now stands for “British and Irish Film Festival”.
Britspotting sees itself as an annual retrospective on filmmaking in Great Britain and Ireland and presents the German film public with young and often still unknown film talents, as well as productions by renowned directors such as Ken Loach , Danny Boyle , Michael Winterbottom and Shane Meadows . Britspotting is a registered association. The festival team consists of around 50 volunteers, some of whom work full-time in the film industry: movie theater directors, distributors, producers, freelance journalists, students, graphic artists, designers, technicians and night club operators.
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The Britspotting jury includes film experts from Great Britain, Ireland, Germany and Switzerland. The short film award, however, is given by the audience. Directly after the performance, viewers can submit their ratings in the cinemas. Awards are given for “Best Feature Film”, “Best Documentary” and “Best Short”.
Award winner 2005
- Best Feature Film: A Way of Life by Amma Asante
- Best Documentary Film: Last Men Standing by Sacha Djurkovich & Hidden Gifts by Nick Higgins
- Best Short Film: Fluent Dysphasia by Daniel O'Hara
Prize winner 2006
- Best Feature Film: Mouth To Mouth by Alison Murray
- Best Documentary Film: Send Me Somewhere Special by Darren Hercher
- Best Short Film: Hibernation by John Williams
2007 award winner
- Best Feature Film: Tick Tock Lullaby by Lisa Gornick
- Best Short Film: People in Order - Age by Lenka Clayton & James Price
2008 award winners
- Best Feature Film: Special People by Justin Edgar
- Best Short Film: The one and only Herb McGwyer plays Wallis Island by Jamie Griffiths
Other Events
The addition of web animations and music video clips to the festival program, for example, or the examination of digital cinema and VoD not only represent the other sides of the art direction "film", they also document the current innovative developments in film production. In order to do justice to the requirement of promoting young talent, britspotting organizes various film seminars every year, the target group of which is just as much “beginners” as “those with film experience”. There were seminars on film production, script writing, co-production opportunities with different countries and distribution and sales organization. In addition, according to the motto: “Stop Dreaming, Start Shooting”, ultra-short film competitions such as “48-hour-film-challenge” and “music video challenge” were announced.