Achievements
Here you will find a compilation of film festival successes, TV broadcasts and cinema exploitations of student projects:
Victor Martini’s Blutgeld won the Grand Jury Award as best short at the New York International Film Awards. Martini himself was awarded as the Best Young Filmmaker at the New York Film Awards. Press
Weil ich Leo bin
Tanja/Tajo Hurrle’s Bachelor film had screenings at Vancouver International Women in Film Festival and BUFF Malmö Film Festival, Reelout Queer Film Festival and at the self claiming largest children’s film festival in the world, also one of only two Oscar-qualifying festivals: Chicago International Children‘s Film Festival!
Bandsalat
Tanja Hurrle’s short film won first place in the „Young Professionals“ category at the Visionale Hessen.
Der Tod ist voll in Ordnung
The short film by Theresa Wort was screened at the Lichter Filmfest 2018.
Drive In
The film by Dennis Baumann was shown at the Lichter Filmfest 2018.
Ink of Yam
The graduation film by Tom Fröhlich (director) and Christoph Bockisch (cinematographer) wins the Hessischen Hochschul Filmpreis which is endowed with 7.550 € and is screened at the Hofer Filmfestival and Lichter Filmfest.
Hinter dem Meer
Janis Marx’s graduation film was running in the Regional Competitionof the 10 Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt International.
Durch deine Augen
The short film by Florian Stratenwerth and Max Rainer will be screened in the Regional Short Film Programme of the 10 Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt International.
8.31
Philipp Drehmann, Matthias Kreter and Raúl Sammler win first prize with their short film project at the BETS pitching event at the Berlinale.
Masala Chai
Marco Hülser’s graduation film wins 2nd place at the BETS pitching event at the Berlinale. The film was also screened at the Genzfilmtagen, the Pakistan International Film Festival and on hr Fernsehen.
Nächstenliebe
Simon Pilarski’s thesis wins the Hessischen Hochschulfilmpreis 2016, which is endowed with €7,500.
Crazy Chong
Vince Dolezal’s term paper wins third place in the special competition of the Hessian State Agency for Civic Education: „Grenz-Erfahrungen“ at Visionale Hessen 2016.
Alles Renkt sich wieder ein
The final project by Gabriel Sahm, Bernd Macht and Oliver Geibel won 1st place in the „Professionals“ category at the Nürnberger Jugendfilmfestival .
The film also won the „Best Cinematography“ award at the „Around International Film Festivals“ in March 2016
Zusammen Allein
Marco Hülser’s term paper ran at the renowned Festival Max Ophüls Preis.
Find your fate
Theo von Asmuth’s graduation film won second place in the European Film School category at the Cannes Lion and the New Ways Award from Porsche.
Alumni
Here you will find selected examples of former Motion Pictures students who are now working successfully in the media industry.