The 26th kontrast Filmfestival will take place from
In short:
The kontrast filmfest 2027 takes place on three days between Friday, the 12th and Sunday, the 14th of February 2027. The opening film block starts on Friday from 7:00 pm. Further information can be found in our program overview.
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A single card costs 7 € (reduced for students 5 €).
A four-tickets-card costs 25 € (reduced for students 17 €).
On the registration-site, you will find all the relevant information and rules you need to submit a short film for the kontrast filmfest.
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27. kontrast filmfestival kontrast
12th to 14th of February 2027
International Youth Cultural Center Bayreuth – DAS ZENTRUM
There are two objectives we want to achieve with this Festival:
First we want to offer amateur film makers, who transform their ideas without financial support and therefore mostly with limited technical possibilities, a forum to show their work in public. Our second goal is to provide the audience with shortcuts of TV or cinema quality and feature highlights of shortcuts produced by individual professional film makers.
To achieve these two goals, we decided to do the following:
We will accept every format ranging from a video of an amateur film maker to a 16 mm film by a professional director up to 30 minutes in length on every possible subject that has ever been produced in this or the last century in this galaxy. And absolutely without any restriction in subject whatsoever!
On the other hand, we want to feature a different subject every year. The special theme for kontrast 2027 is
“Hoppala” (= Whoopsie Daisy)
This year’s special theme, “Hoppala”, is not just a word, but a way of life. In Franconian dialects, it is often pronounced more softly as “Hobbala”, conveying a somewhat lighter state of mind. Life isn’t taken all too seriously. A minor mishap, a mistake has happened? With a charming “Hoppala”, you have simultaneously apologised to the other person and also accepted and moved on from the mishap yourself, far removed from societal perfectionism.
But this seemingly innocent word holds further potential beyond its apologetic nature. It expresses astonishment at unexpected twists in life that make us laugh or reflect and open up new perspectives: “Hoppala, I hadn’t expected that!” What would life be without these surprising twists? Perhaps more predictable, but certainly more boring.
The films tell of mistakes or coincidences that can throw us off our usual course. The beauty of it is that life goes on regardless, along paths one would often not have expected.
Dear filmmakers,
through your work, the kontrast Film Festival celebrates precisely these surprising twists and turns in life. And we look forward to your films with that certain „Hoppala“ factor.
kontrast takes place in the International Youth Cultural Center Bayreuth – DAS ZENTRUM: