Filmfest Düsseldorf

The Filmfest Düsseldorf is one of the biggest short film-festivals in Germany and is organized completely by students of media and cultural studies at the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf (HHU).   

At the end of November, we celebrate the short film over three days with a competition, where filmmakers can present their works to a broad audience. The first two days take place in the HHU where the biggest lecture hall gets turned into a cinema. 

From over 1000 international submissions, 20 films are chosen to be shown during the Filmfest. The genre and experience does not matter. Whoever manages to excite the audience in less than 30 minutes, deserves a spot in our program. The only criteria for the filmmakers are, that you are not allowed to have published more than five films beforehand and your submitted film has to have a length between 3 and 30 minutes. With these criteria we want to ensure that especially new filmmakers get the chance to share their films with a big audience.