Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival (Sehsüchte Internationales Studierendenfilmfestival)

Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival

Sehsüchte Internationales Studierendenfilmfestival

Also known as: Sehsüchte, Sehsuechte, Internationales Studentenfilmfestival Sehsüchte
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Students at Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF organise Sehsüchte in Potsdam, with a new team taking responsibility for each edition. The festival is a teaching project of the university’s Media Studies programme, combining film curation and festival production with academic study. Its roots lie in the student film days established in 1972; the Sehsüchte name dates to 1995.

The programme spans fiction, documentary, animation and experimental film. Alongside screenings, Schreibsüchte presents screenplays and live pitches, while the exhibition and virtual reality sections explore audiovisual work beyond the cinema screen. The 56th edition dates are 21–25 April 2027 in Potsdam, under the motto “Who Told You That?”.

Country

Germany

Categories

Animation, Documentary, Experimental, Feature, Music Video, Short, Student, Virtual Reality, Screenplay

Dates

21 April 2027 — 25 April 2027

Awards and prizes

The 2027 awards include Best International Feature Film, Best German Feature Film, Best International Documentary, Best German Documentary, Best Animated Film, Best Children’s Film, Best Youth Film, Best Music Video, Best Screenplay and Best Pitch.

Festival rules

The organiser’s submission listing states that full regulations for the 2027 edition are published when the call for entries opens. Submissions are free of charge. Future: Kids and Future: Teens films with dialogue require English subtitles; invited films also require a German or English dialogue list and must meet the relevant German FSK age classification.

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