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The Professional Interview Massimiliano Nardulli

Date: 23-07-2026

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

Following our recent online T-Port TalentBridge workshop on Script Development and strategic Networking, guest tutor Massimiliano Nardulli stopped to chat with us for the T-Blog about his career in the film industry and to share his wisdom for filmmakers coming...


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Lighthouse Selections 2026/7: ‘I wanted to become a film editor and hide away in a dark basement’

Date: 06-07-2026

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

Anne Gaschütz is no stranger to short films, as one of the founders of Talking Shorts, plus the director of Filmfest Dresden and a short film curator at Locarno Film Festival. We spoke to her about her journey into curation,...


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Lighthouse Selections 2026/7: Tribeca’s Ben Thompson shares his advice for upcoming curators and filmmakers

Date: 29-06-2026

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

Welsh/American Ben Thompson (he/him) grew up in the UK before heading to New York City where he began working as a screener for Tribeca Film Festival. Upon realising his love of curation, he worked his way up to becoming VP...


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Meet the T-Port Lighthouse 2026/7 Curators

Date: 11-06-2026

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

It is our pleasure to announce the two guest curators for the 2026/2027 T-Port Lighthouse Selections are Ben Thompson (Tribeca Film Festival) and Anne Gaschütz (Filmfest Dresden, Filmfest Locarno). These two experts will now have the task of selecting a...


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The Professional Interview: Jump Street Films’ Jamie Bialkower

Date: 15-04-2026

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

We are excited to share this interview with Jamie Bialkower with you. Jamie Bialkower is an Australian producer and distributor. After starting his career with the Village Roadshow Group, he launched Jump Street Films in 2004 as a boutique distribution...


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The Professional Interview Atilla Salih Yücer

Date: 01-04-2026

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

Fresh from our inaugural TalentBridge online filmmaker workshop, producer and 1st AD Atilla Salih Yücer stuck around to answer our questions about his journey into the film industry and his advice for upcoming industry types.


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The Professional Interview Connecting Cottbus’ Marjorie Bendeck

Date: 30-03-2026

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

Fresh from running a fun and fantastic class on pitching at our inaugural T-Port TalentBridge online workshop, Marjorie Bendeck shares some more of her industry expertise in our Professional Interview.


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T-Port State of the Industry Interviews: Cannes 2025

Date: 29-05-2025

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

This year at Cannes, we had the pleasure of spending time with an incredible group of 18 filmmakers whose projects were selected for the T-Port showcase and workshop. Every day, we met up for sessions where we got to know...


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Screen Talent NL’s Guido Franken on finding ‘talents and stories that matter’ in underrepresented places

Date: 21-03-2025

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

Founder and Chair of Screen Talent Netherlands, Guido Franken has been busy setting up a network of film industry training and linking organisations across the country in order to bring a new generation of Dutch filmmakers to the forefront. We...


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Short Films for Difficult Times: An Interview with Sven Pötting from Filmfest Dresden

Date: 24-10-2024

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

Sven Pötting is the Curator and Programme Coordinator with our partners at Filmfest Dresden. In this interview he shares his genuine love of cinema, the festival’s celebration of not only the short film format, but animation, and the current threats...


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T-Port State of the Industry Interviews: Pride Month Special

Date: 20-06-2024

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

June’s Pride Month calls us to recognise the voices and stories of the lesbian, gay,bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA) members of our communities alongside the struggle for equality and acceptance within our wider societies. Year-round we are truly...


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The busiest woman in the short film world – The Industry Interview with Anne Gaschütz from Filmfest Dresden and Locarno Film Festival

Date: 25-10-2023

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

Anne Gaschütz is a busy woman! Not only is she a co-director of Filmfest Dresden, but she is part of the Selection Committee at the Locarno Film Festival’s Pardi di domani. We caught up with her to find out why...


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The Industry Interview: Berlinale Generation and Filmfest Dresden’s Vincent Förster gives the inside scoop on programming for children and teens

Date: 17-10-2023

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

Vincent Förster is the Programme Manager for Shorts at Berlinale Generation as well as a member of the selection committee for International Competition at Filmfest Dresden. We caught up with him to find out more about what he does, why...


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The industry interview with Flavio Armone – Co-Founder and Managing Director of Lights On Film

Date: 11-10-2023

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

Lights On Films is a world sales company of quality cinema based in Italy. Their line up includes feature films and shorts from international emerging talents (which can be viewed by professional subscribers on T-Port). Their goal is to be...


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Sari Volanen, Short Film Commissioner with the Finnish broadcaster Yle and partner of the Baltic Pitching Forum shares her wisdom from the industry

Date: 04-10-2023

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

Our partners at Lithuanian Shorts will host the annual Baltic Pitching Forum starting from October 10th. We were fortunate to chat to Sari Volanen, the Commissioning Editor of Finnish public broadcaster Yleisradio (Yle), who presents the Pre-buy Award to one...


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The Industry Interview with Sven Schwarz, Administrative Director of Short Film Festival Hamburg

Date: 28-09-2023

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

Welcome to T-Port’s Industry Interviews, where we chat with people from the short film world about their roles, organisations, and the future of short film. This week we caught up with Sven Schwarz, the Administrative Director of Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg...


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Advice from the industry: An interview with Jukka-Pekka Laakso, Festival Director of Tampere Film Festival

Date: 20-09-2023

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

    Tampere Film Festival, Finland is one of the three largest short film festivals that happen annually in Europe – screening around 400 films every year and attracting approximately 30,000 visitors. We chatted to Festival Director Jukka-Pekka Laakso about...


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Protecting an institution in danger: An interview with Julie Rousson, from Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival

Date: 13-06-2023

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

The Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival and Market is a central part of the events calendar for short filmmakers and those in the wider industry. But the organisation recently announced that a substantial cut in their grant from the regional council...


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Filmakademie Wien’s Danny Krausz on instilling confidence and helping film students find their audiences

Date: 01-06-2023

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

T-Port’s newest partner Filmakademie Wien, the innovative educational and training centre for film and television professionals based in Vienna, Austria, has been raising film professionals for the past 70 years. We spoke to the Head of the Institution, who also...


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On networking, screenwriting, and becoming: In Conversation with Screen Talent Europe’s President, Marion Bouvier

Date: 05-05-2023

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

Marion Bouvier is the President of Screen Talent Europe, a network of film workshops and media centres around Europe whose goal is to help filmmakers exchange knowledge, experiences and methods through talent camps, network meetings and co-productions. We caught up...


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#No Filter – The Art of Short Film Curation

Date: 11-10-2021

Posted by: Info T-Port

*Industry panel by T-Port in collaboration with Sarajevo Film Festival* Every emerging filmmaker knows the uphill battle which is promoting your short film. Challenges, barriers, and “Filters” are constantly popping up, yet they serve to play an important role. How...


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T-Port & (Short) Film Distribution under Lockdown

Date: 09-06-2020

Posted by: Yael Nudelman

We were honoured to take part in the important discussion - "(Short) Film Distribution under Lockdown", featuring our very own International Manager Amos Geva.


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