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Special Opportunity For Filmmakers – Join The T-Port TalentBridge Online Training Session
Date: 27-07-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
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EFP Future Frames’ Hae-Sup Sin
Date: 24-07-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Swiss-Korean filmmaker Hae-Sup Sin’s (he/him) short film BAN DAL (HALF-MOON) explores international adoption, drawing upon his experiences growing up as part of a Korean family in Switzerland.
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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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Special Opportunity For Filmmakers – UP! : a new program to help usher in a new generation of Baltic film producers looking for new participants
Date: 10-06-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
UP! is a new intensive five-day training program designed for emerging Baltic film producers working with short films. The program aims to strengthen producers’ professional skills and introduce participants to the international short film ecosystem, principles of co-production, self-presentation, communication,...
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‘Minimal means for greater artistic freedom’ – German-Australian director Ella Knorz on growing up filmmaking
Date: 01-06-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
German-Australian filmmaker Ella Knorz grew up in Heidelberg and experimented with filmmaking from a young age. The creativity has paid off because her short film NINE DAYS IN AUGUST has made its way to film festivals including Drama International Film...
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Emma Huet and Tina Muffler on collective working, the ‘queer second puberty’, and their Dresden-winner BLEIFREI 95
Date: 28-05-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Emma Huet (he/him) and Tina Muffler (they/them) are two-thirds of the Kollektiv Schwestern, who met during a theatre programme and have directed several performances for the stage. Their first short film BLEIFREI 95, premiered at Locarno Film Festival, and recently...
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‘Stretch your hands, buy more pencils, and prepare for a very long ride’ Idan Levy
Date: 28-04-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Idan Levy has been a filmmaker and visual artist for over 20 years, and his latest film – JAMILA’S LOOP is a labour of love that has taken many years to complete. The film appears on T-Port courtesy of our...
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Anita Lester shares her multidisciplinary approach to film and life
Date: 23-04-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
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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Paula Weise and Finn Weigt’s ‘run and gun approach’ to filmmaking shines in URLAUBVERSUCHE (VACATION ATTEMPTS)
Date: 17-10-2024
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Paula Milena Weise and Finn Ole Weigt insist that they became filmmakers by accident, which matches the spontaneity inherent in their filmmaking style. But there’s no accident in their intuitive storytelling style – which bought them a Goldener Reiter prize...
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Natan Castay on His Journey as a Young Filmmaker, Exploring Contemporary Realities in HUMAN, NOT HUMAN
Date: 09-10-2024
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Natan Castay, a filmmaker from Brussels, shares insights into his debut film HUMAN, NOT HUMAN (En Attendant les Robots). In this candid interview, the filmmaker, who is affiliated with the Centre de l’audiovisuel a Bruxelles – which is represented on...
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How a Cannes Curator Discovers Hidden Film Gems: Insights from Kasia Karwan – T-Port Lighthouse Guest Curator 2024
Date: 01-10-2024
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Kasia Karwan, guest curator for the 2024/5 T-Port Lighthouse Selections, is the founder of Moonshot and a curator for the Cannes Film Festival’s short film committee. In this interview she shares her journey from cultural anthropology to the world of...
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Secrets of a Film Festival Veteran: Jukka-Pekka Laakso on What Makes Films Stand Out – T-Port Lighthouse Guest Curator 2024
Date: 18-09-2024
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
What makes a good film unforgettable? Jukka-Pekka Laakso, one of the guest curators for the 2024/5 T-Port Lighthouse Selections, as well as the long-standing festival director of the Tampere Film Festival, reveals what he looks for in standout short...
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Meet the T-Port Lighthouse 2024/5 Curators – Kasia Karwan and Jukka-Pekka Laakso
Date: 12-09-2024
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
We are excited to announce the two guest curators for this year’s T-Port Lighthouse Selections are Kasia Kaarwan and Jukka-Pekka Laakso. Find out more about them below. If you’re a filmmaker, you have until November 30 to submit your short...
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‘Good films. Nothing more, nothing less’ – An interview with Laurence Boyce, T-Port Lighthouse Guest Curator 2023
Date: 13-09-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
As we ramp up to the closing date of September 15th, for filmmakers to submit their shorts to be eligible for the 2023 T-Port Lighthouse Selections, we wanted to share a bit more about our esteemed curators – as well...
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‘In curating there is power for change’ – An interview with Maike Mia Höhne, T-Port Lighthouse Guest Curator 2023
Date: 22-08-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
As we ramp up to the closing date of September 15th, for filmmakers to submit their shorts to be eligible for the 2023 T-Port Lighthouse Selections, we wanted to share a bit more about our esteemed curators – as well...
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T-Port Lighthouse Selections 2023 – Curators Announced
Date: 10-08-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
We are excited to announce the two guest curators for this year’s T-Port Lighthouse Selections are Laurence Boyce and Maike Mia Höhne. These industry veterans will select a group of their favourite short films from T-Port’s extensive catalogue to make...
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Adding a tiny bit of hope – an interview with Oscar nominated director Anders Walter Hansen
Date: 01-03-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
We caught up with the Danish director whose film appears on T-Port courtesy of Premium Films, about hope, passion, and his Oscar-nominated short IVALU. Tell us about yourself I am 45-years-old, from Denmark. I live in Copenhagen and am currently...
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Oscar-nominated director Eirik Tveiten on the challenges of filming NIGHT RIDE
Date: 01-03-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Eirik Tveiten is no stranger to the short film format, having directed 14 shorts in his career so far. His most recent, NIGHT RIDE, follows protagonist Ebba on an unexpected journey, and garnered him an Oscar nod. We caught up...
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Yotam Knispel, director of LOVE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT on capturing the quiet horror of an impossible situation
Date: 24-02-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Rina can’t look at her son Dean, who’s under house arrest at her home. She has until tomorrow to decide if she can stand by his side. So begins Yotam Knispel’s award-winning short LOVE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT,...
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The filmmaker uncovering his true self in I ASKED HIM TO TAKE ME DANCING – Lighthouse Selections 2022
Date: 09-02-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
In order to make his documentary I ASKED HIM TO TAKE ME DANCING, filmmaker Hillel Rate carried his camera with him on first dates for six months. What ensues is a musing on what a person loses when they gain...
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Sam van Zoest on his ‘ode to friendship and happy creativity’ ALL THAT COULD BE – Lighthouse Selections 2022
Date: 26-01-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Filmmaker Sam van Zoest made his 2022 Lighthouse Selected film ALL THAT COULD BE, partially improvised, with a group of close friends, and it shows in the joy that comes through in the watching experience. Lighthouse curator Olha Raiter had...
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Follow the mysterious hum – Filmmaker Nicholas Lachapelle on blending sound and visual documentaries
Date: 20-01-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Filmmaker Nicholas Lachapelle’s documentary film ZUG ISLAND, presented on T-Port via our partners at Les Films du 3 Mars, focusses on a mysterious hum heard around an area of Michigan. What the filmmakers found was an abandoned neighbourhood devastated by...
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Hand-drawn mayhem in Studio Corallo’s DOOM CRUISE – Lighthouse Selections 2022
Date: 19-01-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Hannah Stragholz and Simon Steinhorst are Studio Corallo, an animation studio from Cologne, Germany whose film DOOM CRUISE arrived on T-Port through our partners at AG Kurzfilm, and was picked by Enrico Vannucci for our 2022 Lighthouse Selections. We caught...
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Our Highlights of 2022
Date: 17-01-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Happy new year to all of our followers, colleagues, filmmakers, and friends. Thank you so much for supporting T-Port. We are glad to share with you some of our highlights from the year. T-Port’s Lighthouse Selections In November of this...
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40 years of supporting upcoming filmmakers: we get Utopian with Theresa Winkler, Programme Head of the Max Ophüls Preis
Date: 16-01-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
The Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis takes place from the 23rd to 29th January 2023 in Saarbrücken, Germany. T-Port are partnering with MOP, we will be hosting a selection of their short films from Jan 30, straight after the event. We...
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Figuring it out along the way: An interview with Laurenz Otto – Director of AGAINST ALL ODDS – Lighthouse Selections 2022
Date: 12-01-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Director Laurenz Otto’s coming-of-age short made it to T-Port by being selected as part of German Films Next Generation Short Tiger, and was selected by our 2022 Lighthouse Selections curator Olha Raiter who described the film as “daring and imaginative.”...
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Looking for home: An interview with Roni Bahat, director of BEGIN – 2022 Lighthouse Selections
Date: 04-01-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Roni Bahat lives in Tel Aviv, where she was born and raised. Works at the New Fund for Cinema and TV (NFCT) as head of the Narrative Film Department and Producer of the WomanFilms Narrative Hub. She is a filmmaker...
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Searching for the filmmakers that will shape cinema: An interview with Montreal Festival du nouveau cinéma’s Head of Short and Feature Film Programmer Émilie Poirier
Date: 04-01-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
As the head of short and feature film programmer at Montreal’s Festival du nouveau cinema (FNC), Émilie Poirier knows a thing or two about how to pick the films that will help move the culture forward. We caught up with...
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Finding the fresh perspectives: An Interview with Eddie Bertozzi, Head of Pardi di domani Programming Office, Locarno Film Festival
Date: 16-12-2022
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Over the course of its 75-year history, the Locarno Film Festival has become one of the most important film events in the world. We were lucky enough to catch up with Locarno’s short film expert – Eddie Bertozzi, Head of...
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Watch the Official Trailer for our 2022 Lighthouse Selections
Date: 15-12-2022
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
We are proud to present the official 2022 T-Port Lighthouse Selections – a highly curated list of some of the best short films by emerging filmmakers T-Port has to offer. Thoughtfully curated by short film experts Olha Raiter (Lviv International...
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Tallinn Black Nights Script Pool organiser Triin Tramberg on why short films are important
Date: 10-11-2022
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
The sixth annual Script Pool Competition takes place from Nov 22 – 24 during the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. The Script Pool competition is part of Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event’s film market activities and the Discovery Campus educational programme....
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Techno inspiration and cinematic dreams: Director Ari Gilad on processing life through art and music
Date: 02-11-2022
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
From 6-10 November, our partners at Sapir College will be holding the Cinema South Festival. The Short Film Competition will feature 12 new short films from Israel and around the world. One contender is recent graduate Ari Gilad – who...
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From lollipops to Oscar nods. Eugen Merher shares his experiences directing in a foreign land for ‘The Boy Who Couldn’t Feel Pain’
Date: 28-10-2022
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Filmmaker Eugen Merher is finally ready to graduate from Filmakademie Baden Wurttemberg and make his mark on the world. And he’s off to a great start – having gained a nomination from the Student Academy Awards for his film “The...
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Rimantė Daugėlaitė – Head of the Baltic Pitching Forum on finding and showcasing exciting new voices from the region
Date: 06-10-2022
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
The 10th edition of the Baltic Pitching Forum is being held from 5-8 October in Vilnius, Lithuania. – To celebrate the event, which advertises itself as a unique platform for networking and bringing the latest short film projects from the...
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4 T-Port partner films make it to the final round of the Student Academy Awards!
Date: 07-09-2022
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts (USC) has two films in the running, Olivia Peace’s AGAINST REALITY and Josh Green’s WAVES APART. The latter is available to watch on T-Port. Columbia University has Gabriella Canal and Michael Fearon’s...
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From perfect inspiration to some serious on-set challenges, director Romi Menachem on everything she learned directing ‘Out of Play’
Date: 01-09-2022
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
30-year-old screenwriter and director Romi Menachem went through a lot with the cast and crew of her short film “Out of Play”. The film follows Bar (12), a longtime member of the boys’ clique and the class’s soccer team, who...
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T-Port Lighthouse Selections 2022 – Meet Our Special Guest Curators
Date: 31-08-2022
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
We are excited to announce this year’s T-Port Lighthouse Selections guest curators, these two industry experts have been specially selected because of their dedication to short film curation and advancing the art form of short films. Olha Raiter Olha Raiter...
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A straightforward story told unconventionally: Henrik Dyb Zwart shares the creative process behind “Everything at Once” before its premiere at Venice
Date: 25-08-2022
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Henryk Dyb Zwart’s film “Everything at Once” premieres at the Venice Film Festival on September 9 (courtesy of our partners at Festival Formula.) We caught up with the 34-year-old director to find out about his sources of inspiration from poetry...
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Denial, ambiguity, and mourning – a conversation with Audrey Karras, director of ‘One Last Breath’
Date: 21-07-2022
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Audrey Karras shot her short film “One Last Breath” in just 4 and a half days. We spoke to the French director about the challenges she encountered through the creative process, and how it was for her to work with...
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T-Port Talent Spotlight – Exploring the tragicomical with Alica Bednáriková
Date: 29-06-2022
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Ahead of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival this week we caught up with director Alica Bednáriková whose film “Liquid Bread / Chlieb Náš Každodenný” will be screened at the festival, presented by European Film Promotion’s Future Frames programme. The programme...
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T-Port Talent Spotlight – DIY filmmaking and the power of reality : An interview with filmmaker Jacob Perlmutter
Date: 16-06-2022
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Jacob Perlmutter made his film “A Wall” during lockdown. The narrative sees a repressed woman falling passionately in love with a wall in her house. We spoke to the filmmaker about the minimalist shoot and why he finds reality...
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T-Port Talent Spotlight: On mortality and defying your own expectations – an interview with director Pedro M. Afonso
Date: 14-06-2022
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Director Pedro M. Afonso’s short film “To Examine One’s Self” is currently available on T-Port via our partners Festival Formula. The film, which was inspired by practices described by his partner who was studying medicine, proved to be...
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