T-Port Blog

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 to chat about great films, beautiful festival experiences, and why he loves his job. What […]
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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 the festival, their films, and why short films are important. What about your role and organisation do […]
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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 could put the entire event in danger. We talked to Julie Rousson, Programmer, Industry Events […]
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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 holds a professorship in production, Danny Krausz, to talk about what they have to offer […]
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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 with her to find out more about how STE work with upcoming filmmakers to help […]
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