T-Port Blog

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

By: T-Port Team
24-10-2024
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Film Industry Insight, Professional
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 to cultural funding.  Hi Sven, what makes a great film and how do you separate […]
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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

By: T-Port Team
25-10-2023
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Film Industry Insight, Professional
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 she loves short films, what she’s looking for, and to gather her considerable insights into […]
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The Industry Interview with Sven Schwarz, Administrative Director of Short Film Festival Hamburg

By: T-Port Team
28-09-2023
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Film Festival, Film Industry Insight, Professional
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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Advice from the industry: An interview with Jukka-Pekka Laakso, Festival Director of Tampere Film Festival

By: T-Port Team
20-09-2023
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Film Festival, Film Industry Insight, Professional
    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 […]
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Protecting an institution in danger: An interview with Julie Rousson, from Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival

By: T-Port Team
13-06-2023
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Film Festival, Film Industry Insight, Professional
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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7 T-Port partner films headed to Cannes

By: T-Port Team
18-05-2022
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Awards, Film Festival
Fantastic news! 7 films by T-Port partners have been selected for Cannes – find out more below:    Scale for: La Semaine de la Critique Joseph Pierce  13min I  Animation I 2022 Salaud Morisset Driving along the motorway, Will loses his sense of scale. As his crippling drug addiction deepens, he struggles to unpick the sequence […]
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