11/14/2021

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It's getting cozy: the tent is up, the party can start.

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Tickets please: Carolyn Schiroky and Daniela Schink from the FILMSCHOOLFEST team are waiting for the guests...

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... while Evelyn Voigt-Müller, head of the communications department, warms up the photo wall.

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Interview before the opening: Festival director Diana Iljine talks to Tobias Obermaier.

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The FILMSCHOOLFEST on your back: Talking and getting to know each other at the drinks before the Opening Ceremony.

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Cool out there: guests enjoy the warming mulled wine...

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... and in the tent it is cozy warm.

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In the camera light: Dany Saliba talks to BR about his film ROOM 16.

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Old acquaintances: Festival director Diana Iljine, former jury president Götz Otto and project manager Andrea Rudert.

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Beer & Bread: Guests fortify themselves with vegan sandwiches from Siggi's food truck...

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... and tasty beer from Hofbräu. Ludwig Sporrer and the artistic director of FILMFESTS MÜNCHEN Christoph Gröner also toast.

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We also have non-alcoholic drinks on offer: film-kola for film-fritzen.

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The best team: Elena Diesbach Head of International Office at HFF and Diana Iljine, Festival Director.

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Magic Piano: A welcome from FILMSCHOOLFEST's commercial director Thorsten Grieser.

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Welcome: Festival director Diana Iljine welcomes the international guests, visitors and sponsors and introduces the festival jury.

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A Welcome in English: Anton Biebl, Cultural Officer of the City of Munich, officially opens the festival.

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The first awards: The awards for the Climate Clips are presented by Gisela Scola and Brigitte Bruns from the Nagelschneider Foundation. Third place goes to TERRA ! / EARTH by Alice Gambara (left) and Giulia Betti, the first to FIGHT FAST FASHION by Miriam Welcker and Lili Zwirner (2nd from left)...

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... and second place goes to ZIZUMA by Sergio Alejandro N. Suárez from Colombia.

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The award winners with festival director Diana Iljine, and Gisela Scola and Brigitte Bruns from the Nagelschneider Foundation (award sponsors).

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A few more photos: The Interfilm jury deciding on the Prix Interculturel laureate:in...

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... the Längsfeld Jury, which will determine the Wolfgang Längsfeld Award winner...

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... and the festival jury, who decide on the remaining award winners at the festival, with festival director Diana Iljine.