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WHAT WE’RE CURRENTLY DOING...
WHAT WE’VE DONE SO FAR...
AWARDS
Starter Film Production Award 2021 by the City of Munich
For AN ANNA
Starter Film Award 2021 by the City of Munich
For MAMANAM
Lyon Young Film Festival 2020, France
Prix On vous ment for MAMANAM
New York Festivals Advertising Awards 2020
Bronze Award for ROAD TO TOKYO
Special Commendation for artistic creativity by EURID at the WebAwards 2019, Brussels, Belgium for EUROPE, OLD LOVE
For AN ANNA
Starter Film Award 2021 by the City of Munich
For MAMANAM
Lyon Young Film Festival 2020, France
Prix On vous ment for MAMANAM
New York Festivals Advertising Awards 2020
Bronze Award for ROAD TO TOKYO
Special Commendation for artistic creativity by EURID at the WebAwards 2019, Brussels, Belgium for EUROPE, OLD LOVE
25th Palm Springs International ShortFest 2019, USA
Jury Award for Best Live-Action Short over 15 Minutes for SUMMER HIT
Winner of the Climate Clip Trophy Filmschoolfest Munich 2019
For MY GRANDMA
32th Film Festival Premier Plans d’Angers 2020, Angers, France
Audience Award European Student Films for SUMMER HIT
BAFTA Student Film Awards 2020
Shortlisted for SUMMER HIT and MAMANAM
25th International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience 2020, Chemnitz, Winner Best Short National for AN ANNA
Jury Award for Best Live-Action Short over 15 Minutes for SUMMER HIT
Winner of the Climate Clip Trophy Filmschoolfest Munich 2019
For MY GRANDMA
32th Film Festival Premier Plans d’Angers 2020, Angers, France
Audience Award European Student Films for SUMMER HIT
BAFTA Student Film Awards 2020
Shortlisted for SUMMER HIT and MAMANAM
25th International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience 2020, Chemnitz, Winner Best Short National for AN ANNA
FESTIVALS
AN ANNA
Outfest Los Angeles 2020, USA
Short Film Competition
Starter Film Production Award 2021 by the City of Munich
25th International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience 2020, Chemnitz, Germany
Winner Best Short National
BUFF International Film Festival Malmö 2021, Sweden
Panorama Section
Sehsüchte - 50th International Student Film Festival 2021
Leiden Shorts 2021, Leiden, Netherlands
QFFM Queer Film Festival Munich 2021
31st Bamberger Kurzfilmtage
Official Competition
International Women's Film Festival Dortmund | Cologne
Children and Youth Programme
SHORTS Trinational Film Festival 2021
Short Film Competition
MAMANAM
41th Max Ophüls Prize 2020, Saarbrücken
Short Film Competition
Starter Film Award 2021 by the City of Munich
43nd Poitiers Film Festival, Poitiers, France
Lyon Young Film Festival 2020, France
Prix On vous ment
25th International Short Film Week Regensburg
European Film Forum Scanorama, Vilnius, Lithuania
Special mention
23rd Equinoxio Film Festival, Bogotá, Columbia
Outfest Los Angeles 2020, USA
Short Film Competition
Starter Film Production Award 2021 by the City of Munich
25th International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience 2020, Chemnitz, Germany
Winner Best Short National
BUFF International Film Festival Malmö 2021, Sweden
Panorama Section
Sehsüchte - 50th International Student Film Festival 2021
Leiden Shorts 2021, Leiden, Netherlands
QFFM Queer Film Festival Munich 2021
31st Bamberger Kurzfilmtage
Official Competition
International Women's Film Festival Dortmund | Cologne
Children and Youth Programme
SHORTS Trinational Film Festival 2021
Short Film Competition
MAMANAM
41th Max Ophüls Prize 2020, Saarbrücken
Short Film Competition
Starter Film Award 2021 by the City of Munich
43nd Poitiers Film Festival, Poitiers, France
Lyon Young Film Festival 2020, France
Prix On vous ment
25th International Short Film Week Regensburg
Short Film Competition
European Film Forum Scanorama, Vilnius, Lithuania
Special mention
23rd Equinoxio Film Festival, Bogotá, Columbia
FILMZ - Festival of German Cinema, Mainz
Competition
BAFTA Student Film Awards 2020
Shortlisted
Exground Filmfest 2020, Wiesbaden
Made in Germany
Bundesfestival Junger Film 2020
Official Selection
Big Shorts Awards
Nominated for Best Cinematography
SUMMER HIT
(a selection)
2020 SXSW in Austin, Texas, USA
Official Selection
BAFTA Student Film Awards 2020
Shortlisted
Vimeo Staff Pick
Short of the Week
Selected by NOWNESS
20th minmax International Short Film Festival Ingolstadt, Germany
Competition
BAFTA Student Film Awards 2020
Shortlisted
Exground Filmfest 2020, Wiesbaden
Made in Germany
Bundesfestival Junger Film 2020
Official Selection
Big Shorts Awards
Nominated for Best Cinematography
SUMMER HIT
(a selection)
2020 SXSW in Austin, Texas, USA
Official Selection
BAFTA Student Film Awards 2020
Shortlisted
Vimeo Staff Pick
Short of the Week
Selected by NOWNESS
20th minmax International Short Film Festival Ingolstadt, Germany
32th Film Festival Premier Plans d’Angers 2020, Angers, France
Audience Award European Student Films
International Short Film Festival Wiz-Art, Lviv, Ukraine
Official Selection
In the Palace - International Short Film Festival, Bulgaria
Official Selection
25th Palm Springs International ShortFest 2019, USA
Jury Award for Best Live-Action Short over 15 Minutes
The 48th Kyiv International Film Festival Molodist, Ukraine
Alcine - Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
European Competition
40th Max Ophüls Prize 2019, Saarbrücken
Short Film Competition
42nd Poitiers Film Festival, Poitiers, France
37th Festival Tous Courts of Provence, Aix-en-Provence, France
Certified as “especially worthwhile” by
Deutsche Film- und Medienbewertung Wiesbaden
International Film Festival Cerdanya 2019, Catalonia, Spain
Best Shortfilm by an emerging director
19th SHORTS Trinational Film Festival 2019
Short Film Competition
Winner Audience Award
16th FiSH – The Film Festival in the city harbour of Rostock
Winner Audience Award
NUFF - Nordic Youth Film Festival, Tromsø, Norway International Shorts
Winner of the Special Prize for Europe and the future
Winner of Best Screenplay
Short Film Competition
42nd Poitiers Film Festival, Poitiers, France
37th Festival Tous Courts of Provence, Aix-en-Provence, France
Certified as “especially worthwhile” by
Deutsche Film- und Medienbewertung Wiesbaden
International Film Festival Cerdanya 2019, Catalonia, Spain
Best Shortfilm by an emerging director
19th SHORTS Trinational Film Festival 2019
Short Film Competition
Winner Audience Award
16th FiSH – The Film Festival in the city harbour of Rostock
Winner Audience Award
NUFF - Nordic Youth Film Festival, Tromsø, Norway International Shorts
Bundesfestival Junger Film 2019
Official SelectionWinner of the Special Prize for Europe and the future
Winner of Best Screenplay
CRUMBLE FISH
International KısaKes Short Film Festival 2018, Istanbul, Turkey
Official Competition
Bundesfestival Junger Film 2018
Winner Best Production Design
International Filmschoolfest Munich 2018
ROAD TO TOKYO
New York Festivals Advertising Awards 2020
Bronze Award
MY GRANDMA
Winner of the Climate Clip Trophy Filmschoolfest Munich 2019, Munich
26th International Short Film Week Regensburg
EUROPE, OLD LOVE
Special Commendation for artistic creativity by EURID at the WebAwards 2019, Brussels, Belgium
21st Dresdner Schmalfilmtage
International Found Footage Competition
DAS SOFORTBILD-SYSTEM 63
(a selection)
51st Hof International Film Festival
Official Selection
24th International Short Film Week Regensburg
27th International Filmfestival Innsbruck, Austria
Official Selection
23th Zlatý voči Festival, Prague, Czech Republic
Winner of the Student Award
12th International Five Lakes Filmfestival
Global University Film Awards, Hong Kong, China
International Filmschoolfest Munich 2017
New York Festivals Advertising Awards 2020
Bronze Award
MY GRANDMA
Winner of the Climate Clip Trophy Filmschoolfest Munich 2019, Munich
26th International Short Film Week Regensburg
EUROPE, OLD LOVE
Special Commendation for artistic creativity by EURID at the WebAwards 2019, Brussels, Belgium
21st Dresdner Schmalfilmtage
International Found Footage Competition
DAS SOFORTBILD-SYSTEM 63
(a selection)
51st Hof International Film Festival
Official Selection
24th International Short Film Week Regensburg
Short Film Competition
27th International Filmfestival Innsbruck, Austria
Official Selection
23th Zlatý voči Festival, Prague, Czech Republic
Winner of the Student Award
12th International Five Lakes Filmfestival
Short Film Competition
Global University Film Awards, Hong Kong, China
Short Film Competition
International Filmschoolfest Munich 2017
WHO WE ARE
GUTE ZEIT FILM is a film production company, based in Munich.
We are Linda Kokkores, Philipp Link and Lillian Malan.
As writers, directors and producers from Germany, Greece and South Africa we create films for an international audience. We produce short and feature projects with a focus on diverse and intercultural stories. Our approach combines documentary and fiction through cinematic aesthetic and experimental storytelling.
Our shorts have been successfully featured at international film festivals worldwide. SUMMER HIT won the Jury Award for Best Live-Action Short over 15 Minutes at 25th Palm Springs International ShortFest 2019. In 2020 our productions were shortlisted twice for the GSA BAFTA Student Awards, featured at SXSW20 and Outfest Los Angeles. Our short AN ANNA won the award for Best Short National at the Schlingel Festival.
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founded by Tobias Blickle, Max Scherer and Philipp Link
first short featured at 51st Hof International Film Festival
several shorts featured at multiple international film festivals
featured at Max Ophüls Prize, Saarbrücken
winner of Jury Award at ShortFest Palm Springs, California
SUMMER HIT wins at multiple international film festivals
launch of webseries EUROPE, OLD LOVE and
winner at .EU WebAwards in Brussels, Belgium
featured 2nd time at Max Ophüls Prize, Saarbrücken
featured at SXSW 2020 in Austin, Texas
shortlisted twice at the GSA BAFTA Student Awards
featured at Outfest Los Angeles, California
first short featured at 51st Hof International Film Festival
several shorts featured at multiple international film festivals
featured at Max Ophüls Prize, Saarbrücken
winner of Jury Award at ShortFest Palm Springs, California
SUMMER HIT wins at multiple international film festivals
launch of webseries EUROPE, OLD LOVE and
winner at .EU WebAwards in Brussels, Belgium
featured 2nd time at Max Ophüls Prize, Saarbrücken
featured at SXSW 2020 in Austin, Texas
shortlisted twice at the GSA BAFTA Student Awards
featured at Outfest Los Angeles, California
winner of Best Short National at Schlingel Festival
Linda Kokkores and Lillian Malan joined GZF as managing directors
winner of two Starter Film Awards by the City of Munich
winner of the RTLZWEI Doku Lab
Linda Kokkores and Lillian Malan joined GZF as managing directors
winner of two Starter Film Awards by the City of Munich
winner of the RTLZWEI Doku Lab
Lillian Malan was born in Pretoria, South Africa and grew up in Johannesburg. After working in marketing and art management in South Africa she graduated in Production and Media Business at HFF Munich.
Linda Kokkores was born and grew up in Athens, Greece. She graduated in film studies and European literature at Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz. Linda studied scriptwriting at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg, Germany.
Philipp Link was born in Stuttgart and grew up in southern Germany. He graduated in film studies and art history at Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz. Philipp studied scriptwriting at HFF Munich and founded GZF in 2017.