Dear filmmakers and friends,

the international REC-Filmfestival Berlin has it’s 28^th edition this year and you can be a part of it.

The preparations are running at full speed and we are looking forward to receive your films.

The deadline for entries is the 20th of June 2019 – you should submit your entries NOW!

To everyone, who did not submit yet, a little reminder:

• there is no thematic precondition
• content and form of your film is free
• there is no limit of length
• there is no entry-fee

Our competitions take place in two different age-groups:

Filmmakers age 6 to 15 years follow this link:
REC for Kids – submitting

Filmmakers age 16 to 27 years follow this link:
REC internationales Filmfestival

Attention: the films you sent us should be made in the years 2017-2019.

Send us your films as download
(we accept files  in mpeg4, or h264, they shouldn’t exceed 100 MB per minute of video. Download-links have to be valid until the end of the festival.)

until the 20th of June 2019 !

You will find the entry-form on the website of Filmfestivals4U:
https://www.filmfestivals4u.net/index.php?lang=en
Login on that website as filmmaker, fill out the entry-form, send it digital with download-address

On Filmfestival4U you also can apply for several other festivals.

From all sent in films a selection committee will select the films for the programme. This selection will be ready about early August 2019.
The festival itself will take place from the 18th to the 22nd of September 2019 in the „ufa-Fabrik“ in Berlin-Tempelhof.
The REC-Filmfestival bestows prizes up to 3.000 EURO and moreover it nominates films for further international festivals.

We are looking forward to receive your films and to see you in Berlin!
Your festivalteam

Now entries can be made for the REC Filmfestival 2019

For REC – Internationales junges Filmfestival young filmmakers age 16 to 27 can submit films (filmmakers age 6 to 15 can submit at REC for Kids).
All topics, genres and length of films are allowed.
Deadline for entries is the 20th of June 2019.

Further information: Submit 2019

The 28th REC-Filmfestival will take place in from the 18th to 22nd of September 2019.

The 27th REC Filmfestival at ufaFabrik, from 19th to 23rd of September 2018:
5 days of exciting movie clips and professional feedback, ambitious discussion and international contacts, as well as lots of fun and new experiences!

This were the Awarded Films 2018

For the program we had chosen 69 clips from 20 countries out of more than 700 entries :
REC Filmfestival 2018 – program english

For freshest photos and information visit us on facebook

These were the awards 2018:
Silver and Golden Clips in two age bands (6-15, 16-27), the Doku-Clip (bestowed by Dokfestival Leipzig) and a traineeship with one of the next movie or tv productions of ZIEGLER FILM GmbH & Co.KG.

For „REC For Kids“ 2018 we had two juries:
A jury with professional media pedagogics and film makers:
Marie-Ulrike Callenius and Ralph Etter
and a jury of kids with:
Ronja Tenhaven, Diana Stoffel, Wanda Stoffel, Noam Schwitzke.

The jury for „REC International Young Filmfestival 2018“ were:
Jan Tenhaven, Regina Holzkamp and Jannis Alexander Kiefer – they watched all films at the festival, gave you a professional feedback and in the end made out the winners.

3rd day of REC-Filmfestival

– 19th to 23rd of September 2018
– an international competition for films
– made by kids (6-15 years) and young professionals (16-27 years)
– 69 films from 20 countries

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Latest information:
The lecture „From YouTuber to Filmmaker“ (Friday 4:00 pm) is cancelled
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The program:

Wednesday morning we started with REC for Kids:
At 9 am and 11 am we showed a programme with films for kids. There were also workshops to make videos and radio reports yourself.

The competition of young professionals started on Wednesday evening:
REC – International Young Film Festival
At 6 p.m. the programme began with the films of the young professionals:
The „Shorts Kaleidoscope“ – 7 films from 4 countries

And at 20:15 the ceremonial opening began with the presentation of the juries, an overview of the topics and programme focal points and, of course, films.

Today
we show programs for kids from 9 – 13 o’clock each day
and from 19 o’clock programs with films of young professionals.
There will also be exciting workshops

On Saturday at 14 o’clock there is a program with films for the whole family,
the big award ceremony starts at 4 pm – 10 prizes from 5 juries will be awarded.
Afterwards we show the award-winning films.

Here you will find an overview of the complete programme:
REC Filmfestival 2018 – program english

And this is how you get to the festival: ufaFABRIK

We are looking forward to see you!

We’ve been sitting together for two weeks now and we’ve seen all the submissions – it wasn’t an easy decision. Now we have selected 69 films from 20 countries. Here it is now – the  REC Filmfestival 2018 – program english

• focal points
• workshops
• The Jury 2018
• REC 2018 Trailer

The REC-Filmfestival 2018 will take place from September 19-23 at ufaFABRIK in Berlin-Tempelhof.

The deadline for entries was on the 30th of June 2018. Nearly 700 films from 35 countries had been submitted, that is in total 91 hours. Now we are selecting the films. The program will be published here in August.

The REC-Filmfestival 2018 will take place from September 19-23 at ufaFABRIK in Berlin-Tempelhof.

Only a few days for submitting films for REC 2018!
Deadline for entries is the 30th of June 2018!

For REC – Internationales junges Filmfestival young filmmakers age 16 to 27 can submit films (filmmakers age 6 to 15 can submit at REC for Kids). All topics, genres and length of films are allowed. Deadline for entries is the 30th of June 2018.

Further information: Submit 2018

The 27th REC-Filmfestival will take place in from the 19th to 23rd of September 2018.

Now entries can be made for the REC Filmfestival 2018

For REC – Internationales junges Filmfestival young filmmakers age 16 to 27 can submit films (filmmakers age 6 to 15 can submit at REC for Kids). All topics, genres and length of films are allowed. Deadline for entries is the 30th of June 2018.

Further information: Submit 2018

The 27th REC-Filmfestival will take place in from the 19th to 23rd of September 2018.

The 26th REC Filmfestival at ufaFabrik, from 20th to 24th of September 2017:
5 days of exciting movie clips and professional feedback, ambitious discussion and international contacts, as well as lots of fun and new experiences!

This were the Awarded Films 2017

For the program we had chosen 70 clips from 19 countries out of more than 700 entries :
REC Filmfestival 2017 – Program english

For freshest photos and information visit us on facebook

These were the awards 2017:
Silver and Golden Clips in two age bands (6-15, 16-27), the Doku-Clip (bestowed by Dokfestival Leipzig) and a traineeship with one of the next movie or tv productions of ZIEGLER FILM GmbH & Co.KG.
And the YCN award was given for the best european junior films. YCN (Youth Cinema Network) is a grouping of 25 European youth film festivals and media workshops, which will hold it’s convention at ufaFabrik, together with gripping workshops.

This year’s jury for „REC International Young Filmfestival“ were:
Grit Lemke, Jeannette-Maria Giza and Zora Rux – they’ll watched all films at the festival, gave you a professional feedback and in the end made out the winners.

The jury „REC For Kids“ 2017 consists of kids with movie experience as well as professional media pedagogics and film makers:
Dagmar Jotzo, Cato Messner, Luca Rössler and Petra Sattler.

Impressions

a video:   REC 2018 – Impressionen

and the Photos:

REC 2017 Preisverleihung mit Bezirksstadtrat Oliver Schworck, Moderator Joscha Stracke, Jury: Petra Sattler, Luca Rössler, Cato Meßner, Dagmar Jotzo

REC 2017 Preisverleihung: Torbjörn Jackson (Novemberfestivalen Schweden) nimmt stellvertretend den Goldenen Clip an für Brynhildur Thorarinsdottir

REC 2017 Preisverleihung: Iu Chung Hong (Hongkong) erhält eine lobende Erwähnung

REC 2017 Preisverleihung: Tanja Hurrle erhält den Ziegler-Film Förderpreis

REC 2017 Preisverleihung: Das REC-Festivalteam

REC 2017 – Filmgespräch: Detlef Fluch (Moderator) mit Jannis Alexander Kiefer (Gewinner des Doku-Clips)

REC 2017 Preisverleihung: Zuschauer

REC 2017 – Moderator Joscha Stracke

REC 2017 – Jury: Grit Lemke, Zora Rux, Jeannette-Maria Giza

REC 2017 – Zuschauer

REC 2017 – Vortrag von Frau Prof. Regina Ziegler

REC 2017 – Steadycam-Workshop mit Cindy Lehmann (CIMDATA)

REC 2017 – YCN Meeting

REC 2017 – Radioworkshop mi Mario Prause

REC 2017 – Workshop Animationsfilm mit Studio DA und Zuckerwattenkrawatten Kreativstudio

REC 2017 Filmgespräch: Kiezpfade

REC 2017 – Publikum

We have received more than 700 films from 36 countries. We have selected 69 films from 19 countries. Beside we are offering interesting workshops.  further information
Here you can download the REC Filmfestival 2017 – Program english