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 Stadthaus N1 in Mannheim, the main festival venue, pictured here in 2014 for the 63rd IFFMH | |
| Location | Mannheim and Heidelberg, Germany |
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| Founded | 1952 |
| Awards | International Newcomer Award Mannheim-Heidelberg |
| Artistic director | Sascha Keilholz |
| Website | iffmh |
The Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival (German: Internationales Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg), often referred to by the German-language initialism IFFMH, is an annual film festival established in 1952 hosted jointly by the cities of Mannheim and Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg, the southwest region of Germany.
The festival focuses on arthouse and auteur cinema produced by international newcomer directors, and historically it served as a springboard for many experimental filmmakers from cinemas that have been overlooked by Western audiences. It is the second-oldest film festival in Germany, behind only the Berlinale. Originally held in Mannheim, since 1994 is co-hosted by Mannheim and Heidelberg, two neighboring cities which are less than 20 kilometers away from each other. The festival usually takes places in October or November.
The last edition, the 70th IFFMH, was held in November 2021, and the next edition is scheduled to take place on 17–27 November 2022.[1]
- ^ "Internationales Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg". IFFMH. Retrieved 9 August 2022.