Friedrichshafen Film Festival – Now or Never / ZF Short-Film Award 2024

This year again, the Film Festival organised by the Friedrichshafen Cultural Office will feature award-winning short films and documentaries by young film-makers from Germany, Austria and Switzerland that are well worth seeing.

The Festival’s selection jury has compiled an exciting programme featuring many topical references. Once again, there are cinematic gems to discover, from short, animated films to powerful short documentaries to thirty-minute dramas, covering a broad spectrum of topics and film genres.

Screened at the film festival are entertaining, high-quality and socially relevant films. After the screenings, audiences have the opportunity to enjoy panel discussions with the film-makers in attendance, hosted by a moderator.

Competition for the 2024 ZF Short-Film Award

The Festival highlight is the competition for the ZF Short-Film Award worth EUR 15,000 and the ZF Art Foundation Audience Award worth EUR 1,000.

The grand finale of the thrilling Kurz und Gut competition is the presentation of both prizes by Matthias Lenz, Chairman, ZF Art Foundation on Saturday, March 2, at around 10.30 pm, Kiesel im k42.

Test screening of Jonis Rucksack by Paul Ploberger, 2023 winner

A very special and rare format this year is the test screening of Jonis Rucksack, the working title of Paul Ploberger’s new short-film production.

Last year, the Austrian director won the ZF Short Film Award with his short film Naked Men in the Woods. For the young film-maker, the prize money of 15,000 euros provided the incentive to make a new short-film, with the working title Jonis Rucksack. And while the film has not yet been completed, audiences at the Friedrichshafen Film Festival have the opportunity to preview it at a test screening. This very special and rare format offers audiences an insight into Ploberger’s creative process. The film-maker hopes to gain valuable feedback during the live broadcast that follows the screening and be able to share his first impressions with the audience.

Jonis Rucksack is about Lena, a young woman whose boyfriend Joni dies while travelling in Georgia. She travels to that country and finds out that Joni may have committed suicide. In disbelief, Lena decides to reconstruct Joni’s last few days in Georgia. During this process, she makes the acquaintance of art student Nana and learns that she and Joni shared a secret.

Test screening of Jonis Rucksack by Paul Ploberger, winner of the ZF Short Film Award 2023, on Friday, March 1, at 6.30 pm. Admission is free! Due to the limited number of seats available at the Kiesel venue, ticket reservations for the test screening are required.

Friedrichshafen Cultural Office Ticket Shop – 2024 Film Festival / Jonis Rucksack (AT) Tickets, K42, 88045 Friedrichshafen – order online (reservix.de)

Programme for the 2024 Friedrichshafen Film Festival
ZF Short-Film Award 2024 | ZF Art Foundation (zf-kunststiftung.com)
City of Friedrichshafen: Friedrichshafen Film Festival

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