42nd edition
2009 | 19 - 25 April
The Humboldt Film Festival is gearing up for its 42nd year as the oldest student-run film festival in the world. In Douglas Adams' science fiction masterpiece THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, the number 42 turns out to be the answer to "the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything." In memorium of Adams' vastly creative mind and in celebration of our 42nd anniversary, we are particularly seeking films this year that ask meaningful questions. What is YOUR ultimate question?
Best Narrative Short Film
France | 2007
Director: Fabrice Maruca
33
Audience Choice
France | 2007
Director: Fabrice Maruca
33
United Kingdom | Sep 2008 | 6:35
Director: Philip Lepherd
Four friends discuss cult-recruitment techniques over dinner. Three of them know an awful lot about the subject.
France | 2007
Director: Fabrice Maruca
Pierre has prepared a surprise for his wife Brigitte's birthday. But a series of harmless incidents (like a draft and a sun beam reflected off a windo...
33
Short film types screened

Fiction / Live action

Animation

Documentary

Experimental

Music video
Competition and rewards

International competition

No cash awards

No screening fees