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]
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]
Grand Prix winners
2023: Das Rotohr (Red Ears) by Paul Drey (Germany)[11]
2021: Al-Sit by Suzannah Mirghani (Qatar, Sudan)[12]
2020: Bab Sebta by Randa Maroufi (France, Morocco)
2019: Dulce by Angello Faccini, Guille Isa (United States, Colombia, Peru)
2018: Intimity von Elodie Dermange (dir.)
2017: Scris/Nescris – Written/Unwritten (dir. Adrian Silisteanu)[13]
2014: BUM BUM, The baby of the Fisher by Ivan Maximov (Russia)
