EFM Accreditation

For applications by employees of companies and organisations, their participation in the festival and/or EFM must be of relevance to their company. The respective function/position of the employee in the company is a deciding factor. We require the following up-to-date information to assess such accreditation applications:

• Your company’s field of activities
  Company profile with detailed project list. For projects in development, we ask for apposite basic data

• Your position in the company
  Your job title in English.

Evidence of activity must be provided by referring to a currently maintained website or by uploading apposite documents (in German/English).

Please understand that the number of accreditations per company is limited. For this reason, we recommend registering a company’s employees online in the order of priority to the company. Only permanent employees of the company/organisation in question can be accredited. Interns cannot receive accreditation.

Notes for specific groups:

• Buyers (cinema, TV, streaming platform) must upload proof of their purchases over the last three years in their application – especially if they want to apply for a Buyers Badge. Buyer’s status cannot be purchased but is allocated to a limited number of people by the EFM. You are considered for a Buyers status if you order a (Online) Market Badge and select "Acquisition / Buyer" in the occupational field dropdown in the accreditation application (to be found under “Professional role of the applicant”).

• For employees of production and distribution companies, an active and consistent focus on short and/or feature films or high-quality fictional/documentary series is crucial. Some of the productions for which the applicant has been responsible should already have screened at international festivals and/or have had a wide release (cinema, TV, streaming platform). Commercials do not serve as proof of professional activity.

• Persons working for a film or cultural institution, a museum, cinema or film festival can only be accredited if they have a curating/managerial position in the respective organisation.

• Commissioning editors must currently be working in an editorial department for feature films, television films, documentaries, children’s films or series (the editorial department of the TV station must be specified when submitting the application).

• Persons working for a cinema can only be accredited if they have a curating position in the cinema.

• University employees must currently be teaching and/or researching on a course whose central focus is on film (specialisms can include: production, directing, screenwriting, acting, film archives, film business, production design, casting, post-production, film theory).

• In the case of lawyers and employees in legal departments, the applicants’ everyday work must be related to legal matters connected to a film production or distribution company. Law firms must attach a letter from the film company confirming that the firm represents their legal affairs.

We require the following up-to-date information to assess your accreditation application:

• A CV including a detailed filmography
  Films/projects must be dated with the applicant’s role clearly evident. Festival screenings, awards and positive funding decisions should be included in the filmography and any current grants listed. Apposite basic data is required for projects in development.

A precondition for an accreditation is proof of your current professional activity within the film industry. The applicant’s activities during the last three years are decisive for an accreditation. Please only send relevant links/documents (in German or English) and collate the information. Proof of activity must be provided via at least one of the following:

• A link to a website and/or freely accessible film databases

• A document that explains/provides evidence of activities in the film industry

• A letter explaining your motivation for wishing to participate in the festival/EFM.

Notes for specific groups:

• People working in the areas of direction, script, production, production design, camera, casting, costume, post-production (editing, music, visual effects, etc.) should have played a key role in the respective craft. For ​​short and/or feature-length films and high-quality fictional/documentary series, some of the productions should already have had a wide release (cinema/TV/streaming platform).

• Actors must have continuously worked in leading or supporting roles in the following productions: anually at least one feature-length film (all genres, minimum running time: 60 minutes) or two short films or a high-quality series (several episodes with a minimum running time of 30 minutes). The productions must have already had a wide release (cinema/TV/streaming platform).

• For consultants and film financiers, the applicants’ day-to-day work must be related to the film industry. An apposite list of completed projects and projects in development or a list of customers is required as evidence.

• Local film associations must provide evidence of their current programme which should take place at regular intervals (at least once a month). A maximum of two accreditations are awarded per film association.