interfilm FESTIVAL 2009 Berlin

Commencing tomorrow, the International Short Film Festival Berlin (03-08 November) celebrates its 25th anniversary. From its humble beginnings in the 80’s as a Super-8 festival in independent Berlin cinemas, interfilm has steadily evolved to become an international festival of European standing and the capital’s most important short film festival.

500 short films from 110 countries have been selected from over 5,000 entries and will be shown during interfilm’s packed six day programme. Film aficionados will be able to indulge in a range of film formats from short fiction to animation, documentary and experimental films, right up to advertising and music clips – guaranteeing a comprehensive insight into the latest developments in short film production.

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A section dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall entitled Eastern Front/Western Front addresses incidents and experiences surrounding the building of the Wall, its demise and the time that followed.

Festival venues include the House of World Cultures, Maxim Gorki Theatre and Pfefferberg as well as the cinemas Babylon Berlin:Mitte, Filmtheater am Friedrichshain and Zeughauskino.

For more info and tickets, check out the official interfilm site. Planning a last minute trip, the Lux Eleven in Berlin is a great hub from which to experience the city and the festival.