The IFFC (International Film Festival Cologne) is an emerging film festival created to highlight the international talent of emerging and established filmmakers alike.
By featuring categories such as “Best Feature Film”, “Best Music Video” and “Best Web Series”, the focus lies on highlighting the broad landscape of different kinds of storytelling.
We received submissions from 46 different countries and curated 41 Projects over 2 Days in 4 Theaters with 825 seats.
Despite Covid-19, we were able to invite several international guests to Cologne and had 0 infections!
Such as the creators of "Für Umme//For Peanuts", a German mini web series, which exclusively screened at the IFFC and was added to Amazon Prime Video 4 days later.
It´s the first mini web series ever to be bought and streamed by Amazon.
The Cinegate Price, worth 7.500€ in rental equipment, was won by Lina Zacher for her amazing work on her documentary "Fonja".
The „filmmakers-award“ was given to Oscar- winning actress Rachel Shenton, for her outstanding performance in „A Glimpse“.
Our Jury consisted of 16 members featuring award winning and successful industry professionals, such as Iris Baumüller (Casting Director) which had cast over 80 Feature Films and many Tv Shows like Netflix`s "Barbarians".
Find a list of all Jury members on our website.
The next edition will run 4 days to give every film the attention it deserves and to encourage networking.
Besides showcasing amazing work by international filmmakers, we will have creator talks, masterclasses and workshops as well as big tech companies and developers involved.
Our partners include Astera, Teltec and Cinegate.
There will be 10 awards for:
Best Feature Film
Best Short Film
Best Screenplay
Best Acting Ensemble
Best Acting Performance by an Actor/Actress
Best Cinematography
Best Documentary
Best Web Series
Best Music Video
Best Experimental Film
There will be 5-10 nominations per category.
All nominated films will be screened at the IFFC.
At the end of the IFFC, all winners will be announced at the award ceremony.
Every winner of each category is going to receive a statue and an award certificate.
Some Awards come with a prize, like the Cinegate-Prize (worth 7.500€).