In 1967 Heinz Badewitz and two fellow film students organized a three hours movie theater night in Hof showing a few motion pictures . They called this event the 1st Hof Short Film Festival , having developed the idea after disappointing output at International Short Film Festival Oberhausen . In Munich , where they studied at the time , cinema rentals had been too expensive to start a project of that kind . This event grew over the years to become Hof International Film Festival , also receiving international attention . Badewitz led the Festival from the beginning until his death in 2016 . The 50th anniversary edition of the festival was curated in 2016 by Linda Söffker , Alfred Holighaus and Thorsten Schaumann . Since 2017 , Schaumann has been the artistic director . In 2018 , there was a cooperation between the Hof International Film Festival and the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for the first time
International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
Hof International Film Festival