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Welcome to shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival 5.—15.10.2023

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2023

This is us

As ambitious as it is unforgettably bold, shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival unfolds simultaneously in multiple cities on five continents, bringing together more than 35 000 filmmakers and film lovers in ways rarely experienced elsewhere on the festival circuit. Over its 12 days, shnit celebrates more than 200 short films of all genres and styles.

A worldwide festival

A truly international short film festival:
shnit is a 12-day celebration of short film, hosted simultaneously in multiple cities around the
world as shnit PLAYGROUNDS & shnit SHORTS, and ending in the star-studded shnit FINALE.

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Awards & Jury

THE FLAMING FAUN – «The faun, a mythological sylvan spirit or spirit of the forest, guides us through the twisting jungles of the film business.» For sixteen years, the shnit International Competitions has presented THE FLAMING FAUN statuette to filmmakers from all around the world.

Meet the team

«A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.» [John Lennon] The shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival would like to thank all its partners, sponsors and supporters for their valuable cooperation. They contribute financially and materially to shnit and thus lay the foundation for the festival. A big thank you goes to all volunteers, to the members of the organizing committee and to the staff and managers. They all make an inexhaustible, highly valued and irreplaceable contribution to this festival – most of them on an honorary basis. Thank you very much! Last but not least: We would like to thank the filmmakers from all over the world for the overwhelming number of submitted short films, from which we were able to select the finest works for the programme of the 19th edition of the shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival and which we are happy to present to you – our highly appreciated audience!

ANGIE SARMIENTO
PLAYGROUND MANAGER BUENOS AIRES
ALASDAIR MCCULLOCH
PLAYGROUND MANAGER CAPE TOWN
CLAIRE SCHNEEMANN
PLAYGROUND MANAGER BUENOS AIRES
GIDEON IP KA FAI
PLAYGROUND MANAGER HONG KONG
HO FUNG
PLAYGROUND MANAGER HONG KONG
HUMBERTO GONZÁLEZ BUSTILLO
PLAYGROUND MANAGER BUENOS AIRES
JOSUÉ FISCHEL
PLAYGROUND MANAGER SAN JOSÉ
KARMEN RAMÍREZ BOSCÁN
PLAYGROUND MANAGER BUENOS AIRES
LAURA HOFFMAN
MANAGER SHNIT SHORTS
LENA TAZETDINOVA
PLAYGROUND MANAGER BUENOS AIRES
LUCILE BOURLIAUD
PLAYGROUND MANAGER BUENOS AIRES
NATALIA KUDRYAVTSEVA
PLAYGROUND MANAGER BUENOS AIRES
SYDNEY FLETCHER
PLAYGROUND MANAGER BUENOS AIRES
TAREK ABOUAMIN
PLAYGROUND MANAGER CAIRO
TATYANA IVKINA
PLAYGROUND MANAGER MOSCOW
TOBIAS STRAKA
PLAYGROUND MANAGER SHNIT FINALE
YANNA BURYAK
PLAYGROUND MANAGER BUENOS AIRES

Our annual designs

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2020

More about us

shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival is a premier venue for the exhibition and celebration of short films. The festival is an exceptional twelve day event with a unique concept – a transnational film festival simultaneously taking place in multiple cities on five continents worldwide, with three main components: shnit PLAYGROUNDS, taking place in all of our PLAYGROUND cities around the world, shnit SHORTS, in cinemas in various cities, and our shnit FINALE awards ceremony.

The international competitions includes five award categories and attracts award-winning short filmmakers from around the globe. As a result, shnit presents a competition program of exceptional quality and density. Every year thousands of short films reach the programme commission. Once even over 10.000 from 142 countries. Last year more than 130 masterpieces from 43 countries were selected for the international competitions.

In addition, each PLAYGROUND presents National Jury and Audience Awards, in a CLOSING NIGHT ceremony held before the FINALE in each PLAYGROUND city.

In its seventeen years of existence, shnit has become a major international short film festival that reinvents itself in ever new forms. What started as a local initiative in in the heard of Europe is now a transnational event that connects and inspires makers and fans of short films across the globe. With its cinematic treats and air of celebration of the art of the short, shnit fascinates over 35.000 visitors around the world and is fast becoming spoken of as one of the most exciting short film festivals in the world.

shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival is a non-profit organization. The annual festival is curated and centrally coordinated in cooperation with our PLAYGROUND executives. The organization is built on principles of excellence and professionalism, rendering the global expansion of the festival possible. As such, shnit delivers a highest quality program of new and established international short films. shnit is a member festival of the Short Film Conference and operates within a code of conduct accepted and agreed upon by its network of short film festivals.

The awards

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