 Tampere Film Festival in 2011 | |
| Location | Tampere, Finland |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1969 |
| Language | International |
| Website | www |
The Tampere Film Festival (Finnish : Tampereen elokuvajuhlat) is a short film festival held every March, mostly at the Finnkino Plevna movie theatre, [1] in Tampere, Finland. It is accredited by the film producers' society FIAPF, and together with the short film festivals in Oberhausen and Clermont-Ferrand, it is among the most important European short film festivals. [2] [3] [4]
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The first festival was held in 1969. Since 1970, it has been held in its current form, which makes it the oldest short film festival in Northern Europe. [5] [6] [7] Approximately 500 short films are screened during the five days of the festival each year. [8]
On December 15, 2020, it was announced that the Tampere Film Festival will open a new international short film competition called Generation XYZ for 2021, which has been developed in cooperation with an American film production company XYZ Films. [9] Selected films will be showcased at the 2021 Tampere Film Festival and judged by an independent jury, and the winning film will be given a prize in the amount of €2,000. [10]