What you need to know

Film­haus (Fes­ti­val HQ), Film­fo­rum NRW, Licht­spie­le Kalk, Off Broad­way, mach­werk­haus köln. The fes­ti­val par­ty will take place at PÄFF. You can find the exact addres­ses here.

Doors open 15 minu­tes befo­re each pro­gram. Plea­se note: ent­ry is not gua­ran­teed after the program’s start­ing time indi­ca­ted on your ticket. Remai­ning seats may be given to peo­p­le on the wai­ting list to ensu­re as many guests as pos­si­ble can attend.

You can find the time­ta­ble here.

Tickets are available online only, through Raus­ge­gan­gen. All scree­nings have open seating.

Soli 5 €  | Regu­lar 9 € | Sup­port 14 €

– Soli­da­ri­ty tickets for peo­p­le who can­not afford a regu­lar ticket. By purcha­sing a sup­port ticket, you enable us to issue soli­da­ri­ty tickets. –

Hol­ders of a Cine­ville Pass can book tickets for free.

Yes, most scree­nings will sell out. Best to get your tickets early.

If a scree­ning is sold out online, a few remai­ning seats may beco­me available short­ly befo­re the start. Plea­se arri­ve ear­ly and ask the per­son­nel at the cine­ma ent­rance. THey will tell you if you can queue for remai­ning tickets.

Yes, you can get one free ticket for each scree­ning with your per­so­nal code. With your accre­di­ta­ti­on code, you can get your ticket via Raus­ge­gan­gen, two days pri­or to each scree­ning from 10:00 o’clock.

No, admis­si­on is free and is mana­ged on a first-come, first-ser­ved basis.

Here’s the link to the accre­di­ta­ti­on page.

tickets@kffk.de

accreditation@kffk.de

Loop: Ent­ry is pos­si­ble at any time during ope­ning hours; sea­ting may be limi­t­ed.
Vir­tu­al Rea­li­ty: Two vie­w­ing sta­ti­ons are available; on-site you can reser­ve a 30-minu­te slot.
Shorts on Wheels: Sea­ting may be limi­t­ed.
KFFK+: Free admis­si­on; limi­t­ed capa­ci­ty (allo­ca­ted on a “first come, first ser­ved” basis).

KFFK shows all kinds of films, not limi­t­ed to any gen­re, regi­on or form as long as they are shorter than 45 minu­tes (most films are 10–30 minutes).

Each regu­lar pro­gram­me shows 4–8 short films with a com­bi­ned length of around 80 minu­tes. Depen­ding on the pro­gram­me film­ma­kers will be pre­sent for a short Q&A ses­si­on after their films.

The time­ta­ble offers a over­view of the pro­gram­me orga­ni­zed by day, the pro­gram­me sec­tion page gives an over­view of the fes­ti­val sec­tion. You can also access the down­loa­da­ble PDF of our pro­gram­me brochure

COM­PE­TI­TI­ONS (WETT­BE­WER­BE): Films that com­pe­te for pri­zes award­ed by juries and the audience

PER­SPEC­TI­VES (PER­SPEK­TI­VEN): pro­gram­mes grou­ped around regio­nal or the­ma­tic topics.

SPE­CIALS: pro­gram­mes that have a spe­cial, event-like character

BEST OF FES­TI­VALS: three pro­gram­mes show­ca­sing films that won at other short film fes­ti­vals around the world

CHILD­REN’S PRO­GRAM­MES (KIN­DER­PRO­GRAM­ME): two pro­gram­mes for child­ren, one from age 4 and one from age 6.

BEY­OND THE CINE­MA: pro­gram­mes that take place out­side the clas­si­cal cine­ma expe­ri­ence: Shorts on Wheels, Loop, Vir­tu­al Reality

Yes. We host both an Ope­ning and a Clo­sing Event, and admis­si­on is free for both. Plea­se check our time­ta­ble for details.

All films are shown in their ori­gi­nal lan­guage with Eng­lish sub­tit­les. Lan­guage and sub­tit­ling infor­ma­ti­on can be found for each pro­gram­me in the Fes­ti­val Catalogue.

Yes. While the­re are no offi­ci­al net­wor­king events, the fes­ti­val offers ple­nty of infor­mal oppor­tu­ni­ties to meet and exch­an­ge with other film­ma­kers and guests befo­re and after scree­nings and at our evening events.

None of the pro­gram­mes have an offi­ci­al appr­oval for minors. The­re are two child­ren pro­gramms with films spe­ci­fi­cal­ly cho­sen for or young audience.

All venues are bar­ri­er-free, inclu­ding bar­ri­er-free toi­lets, except whe­re other­wi­se noted.

Film­haus ♿

Film­fo­rum – curr­ent­ly not barrier-free!

Licht­spie­le Kalk ♿

Off Broad­way ♿ (no bar­ri­er-free toilet!)

mach­werk­haus köln – curr­ent­ly not barrier-free!

Yes. Our KFFK+ show­ca­ses a sel­ec­tion of films for the Ger­man Com­pe­ti­ti­on. Films will be scree­ned with Ger­man sub­tit­les, Ger­man audio descrip­ti­ons for the visual­ly impai­red and Ger­man sign lan­guage. The Q&As with the film­ma­kers will also be trans­la­ted into Ger­man sign language.

kathi@kffk.de

info@kffk.de