Apart from the major subject-related THEME, the Festival has presented through the years also PROFILES of important filmmakers and institutions, some of whom have dealt with the short form for decades.
The profiles in 2010 are:
A list of previous profiles:
Eija-Lisa Ahtila (2000), Victor Alimpiev/Olga Stolpovskaya (2006), Craig Baldwin (2000), Guy Ben-Ner (2007), Majoleine Boonstra (2007), Jem Cohen (2001), Nicolás Echevarría (2009), Heinz Emigholz (2001), Factory of Found Clothes (2009), Herbert Fritsch (2009), Karpo Godina/Zelimir Zilnik (2002), Marina Grinić/Aina mid (2003), Bert Haanstra (1998), Stefan Hayn (2005), James Herbert (1999), Yamada Isao (2004), Ken Jacobs (1996), Jim Jennings (1998), Larry Jordan (2001), Kanai Katsu (2007),Patrice Kirchhofer (2008), Ken Kobland (2007),Andrew Kötting (2008) ,Mark Lewis (2005), Dušan Makavejev (2003), Matsumoto Toshio (2009), John Maybury (2002), Münchner Gruppe: Klaus Lemke/Rudolf Thome/Max Zihlmann (2003), Robert Nelson (2006), Jayne Parker (2004), Miranda Pennell (2006),Lis Rhodes (2008) ,Jòsef Robakowski (2005), Sarajevo Documentary School (2009), Boris Schafgans (2006), John Smith (2002), Robert Van Ackeren (2001), Laura Waddington (2005), Orson Welles (2000), Joyce Wieland (2002), Charles Wilp (2001), John Wood & Paul Harrison (1999) und Akram Zaatari (2008).
The Festival is also very interested in the presentation of 8mm films: past screenings include the nightshows with Karsten Bott and Frankfurter Städelschule (1998), Werner Schroeter (1999), Dagie Brundert and Ramona Welsh (2000), Jürgen Reble/Schmelzdahin (2001), Claudio Caldini (2003) as well as Anarchistische GummiZelle AGZ (2005).