The Hof International Filmfestival is a German film festival that takes place in Hof,

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, every year in October. Apart from numerous foreign productions, the main focus traditionally is on German films. During six festival days, about 130 films (80 feature and documentary films as well as 50 short films) are shown in 8 theaters of 2 cinema centers, adding up to a total of 200 individual film presentations. With the exception of the retrospective, all films are German or world premieres.

History

Initiators of the festival were Heinz Badewitz and Uwe Brandner, who were also members of the Hof "New Jazz Group", together with the artist Werner Weinelt, who later on relocated his art gallery to the pub "Galeriehaus" in Hof. Badewitz, festival director until his death in 2016, and Brandner, had moved to Munich in 1963 where they made short films together. However, they had problems to find a cinema for their film presentations in Munich. Without further ado, Badewitz, who was born in Hof and knew the local cinema operators quite well, and Brandner decided to stage their films in the small town in Upper Franconia. Thus, a Hof short film festival came into existence in 1967 with an overall program duration of not more than 2,5 hours. In 1968, Badewitz was invited to take part in the German competition of the

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short film festival with his 2nd short film. The scandal surrounding Hellmuth Costard's contribution film "Besonders Wertvoll" ("Especially Worthwhile") was to lead the film makers to Hof, since they had withdrawn their works from the Oberhausen festival in protest – the starting signal for the 2nd Hof International Film Festival in 1968. Initially, the "Hofer Filmtage" were a mere audience-focused festival without any kind of competitions or awards. The festival rapidly developed into the main annual meeting point for the "Jungfilmer", the makers of the

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. Many upcoming directors present their debut films in Hof and maintain friendly connections with the festival for years. During the 25th anniversary festival in 1991,

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shapes the term of "Hof – Home of Films". The motto of the festival originates from Heinz Badewitz himself: "We don't need stars – we create them." In 1984, the horror movie ''

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has its world premiere at the International Hof Film Festival. Apart from that, director

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presents the world premiere of his horror movie '' Zombie – Dawn of the Dead'' at the filmfestival in Northern Bavaria.50 Jahre Hofer Filmtage: Die Guten von gestern
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, www.spiegel.de, Text zu Foto 2 in der Bilder-Galerie, 25 October 2016, retrieved 15 May 2020. During the preparations for the 50th anniversary festival in 2016, Heinz Badewitz passed away completely unexpectedly. The festival, however, took place as usual in the last week of October. It was organized by the festival team and many highly motivated volunteers. Curators of the film program were Linda Söffker, Alfred Holighaus and Thorsten Schaumann. Since the 51st International Hof Film Festival in 2017, Thorsten Schaumann has been the artistic director of the event. He initiated the format of HoF PLUS that accompanies the festival with panel discussions about current issues of the film business. He also fathered the HoF RENDEZVOUS, a format that features presentations of films from the previous festival throughout the following year. From 2018-2020, a cooperation with the International Film Festival Karlovy Vary took place presenting the European Film Promotion's Future Frames showcase. A traditional side event of the festival is the soccer game FC Filmwelt Hof vs. FC Hofer Filmtage that takes place on each year's festival Saturday. Every year a team of actors, directors and producers play against a team of eleven players from the festival organisation and festival supporters.

Festival 2020

The pandemic situation made it necessary to plan a hybrid festival, so that all films were also available online through the HoF-On-Demand streaming platform, restricted to Germany. With respect to reduced admission capacities, four additional venues were used for theatrical screenings. The hybrid format with streaming of most of the films during the physical edition of the festival and the following week was continued in 2021 and 2022.

Films

The festival covers the almost full spectrum of non-mainstream movies, the main focus being on films of German origin. Especially debut works from German film schools account for a large part of the program. However, the festival provides a showcase for non-domestic productions, too. Movies from all over Europe, the US, Australia and New Zealand, only to mention a few, are being shown. Out of 2,000-2,500 submissions, a selection of about 80 feature and documentary films as well as about 50 short films sum up to a total of about 130 approved program movies. In general, short films are screened together with longer films.

Festival guests

Since the first festival in 1967, many directors and actors have been present at the festival in person, gladly answering questions from the audience or taking part in the many discussion panels around the festival. Many of the film makers and actors have sustainably succeeded in the domestic and international film industry after their first appearance in Hof. These include:

Retrospective

Every year, a retrospective is dedicated to exceptional movie directors. The festival program features a section of the respective director's lifework. Traditionally, the artist is present at the festival in person, taking part in several discussion panels. Previous retrospectives: * 1976:

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* 1977:

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, United States;

, United States * 1978:

Monte Hellman Monte Hellman (; born Monte Jay Himmelbaum; July 12, 1929 – April 20, 2021) was an American film director, producer, writer, and editor. Hellman began his career as an editor's apprentice at ABC TV, and made his directorial debut with the ho ...

, United States * 1979:

Curtis Harrington Gene Curtis Harrington (September 17, 1926 – May 6, 2007) was an American film and television director whose work included experimental films, horror films and episodic television. He is considered one of the forerunners of New Queer Cinema. ...

, United States * 1980:

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* 1981:

Roger Corman Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926) is an American film director, producer, and actor. He has been called "The Pope of Pop Cinema" and is known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Many of Corman's films are based on works t ...

, United States * 1982:

Vernon Zimmerman Vernon Zimmerman is an American writer and director who made his debut as director with the 1962 short ''Lemon Hearts'' starring Taylor Mead. He collaborated with Terrence Malick on the script to his directorial debut, the road movie, ''Deadhead ...

, United States * 1983:

Samuel Fuller Samuel Michael Fuller (August 12, 1912 – October 30, 1997) was an American film director, screenwriter, novelist, journalist, and World War II veteran known for directing low-budget B movie, genre movies with controversial themes, often ...

, United States;

John Sayles John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist. He has twice been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, for ''Passion Fish'' (1992) and ''L ...

, United States * 1984: Paul Cox,

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; Vincent Ward,

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* 1985:

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, United States;

Jack Sholder Jack Sholder (born June 8, 1945 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a retired American Film director, director, best known for his work in the horror film genre, notably ''Alone in the Dark (1982 film), Alone in the Dark'', ''A Nightmare on Elm Str ...

, United States * 1986:

Lee Grant Lee Grant (born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal; October 31, during the mid-1920s) is an American actress, documentarian, and director. She made her film debut in 1951 as a young shoplifter in William Wyler's ''Detective Story'', co-starring Kirk Dougl ...

, United States * 1987:

Robert Frank Robert Frank (November 9, 1924 – September 9, 2019) was a Swiss photographer and documentary filmmaker, who became an American binational. His most notable work, the 1958 book titled ''The Americans'', earned Frank comparisons to a modern-da ...

, United States * 1988:

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;

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* 1989:

Henry Jaglom Henry David Jaglom (born January 26, 1938) is an English-born American actor, film director and playwright. Life and career Jaglom was born to a Jewish family in London, England, the son of Marie (née Stadthagen) and Simon M. Jaglom, who wor ...

, United States * 1990: Noburo Tanaka, Japan * 1991:

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, Canada;

André Forcier André Forcier (born Marc-André Forcier on July 19, 1947) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. His work has been linked to Latin American magic realism by its use of fantasy but is firmly rooted in Quebec's reality. His unromanticized, e ...

, Canada * 1992:

Alex Cox Alexander B. H. Cox (born 15 December 1954) is an English film director, screenwriter, actor, non-fiction author and broadcaster. Cox experienced success early in his career with ''Repo Man (film), Repo Man'' and ''Sid and Nancy'', but since th ...

, United States * 1993:

Mike Leigh Mike Leigh (born 20 February 1943) is an English film and theatre director, screenwriter and playwright. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and further at the Camberwell School of Art, the Central School of Art and Design ...

, United Kingdom * 1994:

Tim Burton Timothy Walter Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American filmmaker and animator. He is known for his gothic fantasy and horror films such as ''Beetlejuice'' (1988), ''Edward Scissorhands'' (1990), ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' (1993), ...

, United States;

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, New Zealand * 1995:

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, Vereinigte Staaten * 1996:

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* 1997:

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, Australia * 1998:

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, United Kingdom * 1999:

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, United States * 2000:

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, United States * 2001: Reflections on Germany * 2002:

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, United States * 2003:

Ulli Lommel Ulli Lommel (21 December 1944 – 2 December 2017) was a German actor and director, noted for his many collaborations with Rainer Werner Fassbinder and his association with the New German Cinema movement. Lommel spent time at The Factory and was ...

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/United States * 2004:

John McNaughton John McNaughton (born January 13, 1950) is an American film and television director, originally from Chicago, Illinois, whose works encompass the horror, thriller, drama and comedy film genres. His films include '' Henry: Portrait of a Seria ...

, United States * 2005: Constantin Costa-Gavras,

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* 2006: Review 40 years Hof International Film Festival * 2007:

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, United States * 2008:

Allison Anders Allison Anders (born November 16, 1954) is an American independent film director whose films include ''Gas Food Lodging'', ''Mi Vida Loca'' and ''Grace of My Heart''. Anders has collaborated with fellow UCLA School of Theater, Film and Televisio ...

, United States * 2009:

Lou Castel Lou Castel (born Ulv Quarzell; 28 May 1943) is a Swedish actor who became known through his work in Italian films. Life and career The son of a Swedish father and an Irish mother, Castel was born Ulv Quarzell in Bogotá, Colombia, where his fa ...

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* 2010:

Bob Rafelson Robert Jay Rafelson (February 21, 1933 – July 23, 2022) was an American film director, writer, and producer. He is regarded as one of the key figures in the founding of the New Hollywood movement of the 1970s. Among his best-known films as a ...

, United States * 2011: David Mackenzie, United Kingdom * 2012:

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, Germany * 2013:

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, United States * 2014:

Eran Riklis Eran Riklis ( he, ערן ריקליס; born October 2, 1954) is an Israeli filmmaker. His films include ''Cup Final'' (1991), ''The Syrian Bride'' (2004), ''Lemon Tree'' (2008) and '' Dancing Arabs'' (also known as ''A Borrowed Identity'') (201 ...

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* 2015:

Chris Petit Chris Petit (born 17 June 1949) is an English novelist and filmmaker. During the 1970s he was Film Editor for '' Time Out'' and wrote in ''Melody Maker''. His first film was the cult British road movie ''Radio On'', while his 1982 film ''An Unsu ...

, United Kingsom * 2016: 8 Klassiker der vergangenen 50 Jahre Hofer Filmtage * 2017:

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, France * 2018:

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, Franse * 2019:

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, Switzerland * 2020: no retrospective * 2021:

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, Germany * 2022:

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& Kollektiv, Germany

Festival awards

* '' Förderpreis Neues Deutsches Kino'' - Advancement Award New German Cinema : The ''Förderpreis Neues Deutsches Kino'' is a chance for young filmmakers. The award is endowed with 10,000 € and donated by

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, the

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(Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation) and the

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. Among all those German movies that have their international premiere at the festival, the "Best Film" will be awarded. An independent jury decide upon the award-winning film. * ''Filmpreis der Stadt Hof'' - Film Award of the City Hof : This prize has been awarded since 1986. It is actually a piece of art sculpture consisting of previous years' festival program catalogue pages. As a matter of fact, the winner is rewarded with artistically redesigned movie contents. It was created by Christina Mosif and Konrad Grässler in the frameworks of a project launched by the vocational school for product design in Selb, Bavaria. The award is dedicated to persons deeply connected with the town of Hof and the film festival itself. The winners are usually not represented with a film at the current festival. * ''Hofer Goldpreis'' - Hof Gold Award : The prize is donated by the Friedrich-Baur-Stiftung and awarded by the

Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste in München (Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts) is an association of renowned personalities in Munich, Bavaria. It was founded by the Free State of Bavaria in 1948, continuing a tradition established in 1808 by ...

in memoriam Heinz Badewitz. It replaces the Heinz Badewitz Award of 2016 and 2017. It is awarded for the best directing performance in a debut feature film. Every year, the academy assigns another tutor from their film and media art department who will decide upon the award winner. The prize itself is a certified 1 kg gold bar at a current value of about 35,000 €. Moreover, the award winner benefits from artistic advice with creating a new movie for the duration of one year. Every director whose feature film has its premiere at the festival automatically participates in the competition. In 2018, director

Edgar Reitz Edgar Reitz (born 1 November 1932) is a German filmmaker and Professor of Film at the Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung (State University of Design) in Karlsruhe. He is best-known for his internationally acclaimed '' Heimat film series'' (1 ...

was the awarding tutor. In 2019, director Bernhard Sinkel had the honor to decide upon and announce the award winner. * ''VGF Young Producers Award'' : Since 1994, the " Verwertungsgesellschaft für Nutzungsrechte an Filmwerken mbH (VGF) " has awarded the prize to the best movie of a young producer. An independent board of jurors evaluate all submitted German feature films with regard to overall quality as well as audience attractiveness. With 65,000 €, the prize is the highest endowed young producers award in Germany. The prize money is not for a specific purpose. It is meant to strengthen the equity capital ratio of young production companies. * ''Hans Vogt Movie Award'' : With this award, the small town of

Rehau Rehau is a Town#Germany, town in the Hof (district), district of Hof, in Bavaria, Germany. The first documented name of Rehau was "Resawe" in the year 1234. Rehau is situated in the Fichtelgebirge, 12 km southeast of Hof, Germany, Hof, and 12 ...

commemorates the pioneering achievement of Hans Vogt, who was born and grew up in the Rehau suburb of town Wurlitz. As an engineer, Hans Vogt was decisively involved in the invention of the sound film. Since 2013, the prize has been awarded to filmmakers who are innovatively and thoroughly concerned about their movie's overall sound performance. It is endowed with €5,000. * ''Granite Award - (Hofer Dokumentarfilmpreis)'' : The local Hermann und Bertl Müller Stiftung has rewarded the best German long documentary film with a prize money of 7,500 € since 2015. * ''Bild-Kunst Advancement Award'' : The award was suggested in 1997 by the "Course of Studies Film And Television / Department Production Design" of the Munich Film And Television Academy. It rewards the best production design and the best costume design of a feature film and is endowed with 2,500 €.

Awards no longer awarded

* ''German Film Promotion Prize'' : The ''Förderpreis Deutscher Film'', sponsored by HypoVereinsbank, Bavaria Film and Bayerisches Fernsehen, was awarded as a prize for young talents from 2005 to 2011. The prize was awarded for an outstanding artistic achievement in a German film that was screened in the programme of the Hof International Film Festival. The prize was replaced by the ''Förderpreis Neues Deutsches Kino'' in 2012. * ''Eastman Award for Young Talent'' : The "Eastman Award for Young Talent", donated by Kodak GmbH, was awarded from 1984 to 2012 and honoured one young director and his or her film. The prize was endowed with raw film material and was intended to help with the director's next production.

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