Film Festival ContraVision
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The International Short Film Festival ContraVision is an annual film festival held in Berlin, Germany, devoted to short film, student film, animation, experimental film and documentary films. The screened films range from the no-budget scene and amateurs to commercial productions. The festival has no genre restrictions but a limitation of film lenght up to 30 minutes. The winners of the competition are selected by the audience. Established in 1992, the Film Festival ContraVision is organised by the German registered association Contra Medienwerkstatt. The festival takes place in the arthouse cinema "Blow Up" since 1995. The cinema is specialized in the film pool of the formerly state film monopoly in the German Democratic Republic DEFA.