Welcome

KLAPPE AUF! is unique, as it focuses on the concept that our festival’s film selection and moderation used, be chosen and presented by a variety of people with and without disability. The organisation and structure of the programs is also designed on a similar basis. The festival takes place every two years, held in the city of Hamburg, Germany. The highly esteemed director, Fatih Akin, is the festival’s main patron.
It is our aim to create the greatest level of accessibility to our festival. This means that all of the films presented will be done so with Captions for the hearing impaired, as well as Audio Description made available for the visually impaired. The Audio Description is directly recorded by voice-over-artists and can be heard with headphones. The festival will also be attended by Sign Language Interpreters and Captioners (STTRs). All venues will be barrier-free and wheelchair friendly.

Dates & Submission

Festival Dates: 8.11. – 10.11. 2019, Metropolis Kino, Hamburg

Films from all genres may be submitted from, 15.9.2018. “Feelings and other catastrophes”, is the theme for our 4th Short Film Festival, 2019. The deadline is 15.01.2019. The films should not exceed a maximum length of approx. 15 min., and must be available in a German language version, or the films must have been produced without dialogue. Films accepted will have been produced and completed from no earlier than, 31.12.2015.There will be three jury prizes of 1500€, 1000€ and 500€. There will be a people’s choice award of 1000€. In addition, there is a team prize of 1000€, which is awarded by the inclusive festival team.

Festival Trailer 2019

“Feelings and other catastrophes”