WIPE amateur film festival

30/10/2020

This year our WIPE festival is 5 years old, and as you already know, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we will not be able to host our anniversary festival on the scheduled dates. But we will definitely do it as soon as everything is normal again. We really hope that this will happen soon, and we will be able to meet again, watch amateur films, drink beer, and talk about them. In the meantime, during this weekend, you can check out some of this year's program works at wipe2020.tumblr.com. We understand that this cannot even nearly compensate for the absence of the festival this year. Because WIPE is a story not only about film, but also about its exhibiting, and its perception, and just about shared viewing, meeting, and communication.

Take care, stay amateur, and see you, hopefully, soon!

01/10/2020

Dear all,

Due to the increased number of COVID-19 cases here in Berlin and the additional restrictions imposed on public events, we are forced to cancel the screenings of the works scheduled for October 30 and 31. We are very sorry that this is happening. We can do nothing in this case, except to move our festival online and postpone the real edition to the time when everything will be normal again.

We will publish all the works (or rather those whose authors will allow us to do so) on Tumblr, as it seems to us that this is quite consistent with our festival's spirit. And, of course, as soon as the opportunity arises, we will carry out this edition of the festival as initially planned (with a bar, after-parties, and lots of fun) in our beautiful space in Berlin. We just don't see much point in running a festival under these circumstances and depriving all of us the opportunity to meet, drink beer together and chat about amateur film making. WIPE without a bar? No, thanks.

Thank you very much for your understanding! Stay safe and stay amateur.

27/08/2020

In two months we will see each other in Berlin to watch amateur films from all over the world together. See you soon and stay amateur. With masks on, of course.
Poster by Aglaya Demidenko

26/08/2020

WIPE amateur film festival's cover photo

08/04/2020

WIPE amateur film festival's cover photo

08/04/2020

WIPE amateur film festival

07/04/2020

WIPE amateur film festival's cover photo

07/04/2020

WIPE Berlin Amateur Film Festival

Dear friends, we finished a short film about our festival. You can watch it on our new website. We hope to see you at the end of October in Berlin, so we are still accepting applications for participation in the WIPE Berlin edition. Take care, and stay amateur in this turbulent time!

A laidback film festival in Berlin, where non-professional film creators meet their audience.

17/02/2020

WIPE amateur film festival's cover photo

03/02/2020

Update on the previous post: due to the large number of applications for our WIPE unselected session, we were forced to close open-call, since we collected a program for the next screening in two hours after we started to accept application. Thanks a lot for everyone sent us their works. We'll keep you updated on the next open call!

03/02/2020

Dear friends, the first test screening of the WIPE unselected series was just fine, so we are pleased to inform you that the first open-call for this series has been created. You can submit your work here https://filmfreeway.com/WIPE_unselected. Applications for the official editions of our festivals in Berlin and Moscow we are already accepting here https://filmfreeway.com/WIPE. Have a good week and stay amateur!

25/01/2020

WIPE amateur film festival's cover photo

21/01/2020

WIPE amateur film festival's cover photo

14/11/2019

Once again, many thanks to everyone who participated and everyone who watched the films of the participants in our last festival in Berlin, as well as to all those who made our after party so unforgettable. With your help, once again, we have seen how much cooler is to be an amateur than a professional.

The only thing that upsets us every time is the lack of the opportunity to show more amateur films due to time limitations. And that is why the next step in the development of our festival will be a series of screenings of amateur films from around the world, which we called Unselected.

We are doing away with the festival selection this time and will show all the films that we receive as part of the monthly open-calls.

Stay tuned and stay amateur! See you soon!

14/10/2019

WIPE 2019: "Four Go Ghost Hunting" by Steven Lancefield.

11/10/2019

WIPE 2019: "Hady" by Riccardo Di Gerlando

10/10/2019

WIPE 2019: "Snap!" by Francisco Javier García Gil

09/10/2019

The Halloween Pumpkin Massacre - Trailer - LAMA Filmworks (2018)

WIPE 2019: "The Halloween Pumpkin Massacre" by Martin Klanert.

Trailer zu unserem neuen Film "THE HALLOWEEN PUMPKIN MASSACRE", der im Oktober 2018 fertig gestellt wird.

08/10/2019

Apate - Short Film - Trailer

WIPE 2019: "Apate" by Maximilian Andreas

Four young friends with different life perspectives venture out of the suburbs and are confronted by a tragic fate at a mysterious place, questioning everything…

07/10/2019

6:24 (tràiler)

WIPE 2019: "6:24" by Elies Villalonga

05/10/2019

WIPE 2019: "Real Weapon" by Ann Rotaenko.

04/10/2019

WIPE 2019: "i want to" by Akhsassi Mohamed

03/10/2019

Disparue (Gone) bande-annonce / trailer

WIPE 2019: "Gone" by Joan Bentosela

English subtitles C’est le départ en famille pour le week-end : la mère, le père, les enfants, une mécanique bien huilée.…

27/09/2019

1 month to go to the 4th Berlin edition of WIPE!

18/09/2019

WIPE amateur film festival's cover photo

09/09/2019

The 4th Berlin edition of the festival will take place on October 26!

01/07/2019

WIPE amateur film festival

Dear friends, just a short reminder: if you are still thinking about participating in the Berlin edition of the festival, hurry up - two weeks are left before the deadline for submissions. More information here filmfreeway.com/WIPE

Amateur Film Festival WIPE is created to give viewers the opportunity to watch films of different genres made by non-professionals, who in turn will be able ...

30/06/2019

WIPE amateur film festival's cover photo

27/05/2019

WIPE amateur film festival's cover photo

27/05/2019

Dear friends, we'll meet in Moscow in less then 3 weeks for the second edition of WIPE Moscow! Stay tuned for the following program!

27/05/2019

WIPE amateur film festival's cover photo

10/04/2019

If you find yourself in Belgrade this week, do not miss the solo exhibition of the last WIPE participant Dionis Escorsa, curated by the festival director Arto Ushan. Opening of the exhibition is on Thursday at the Cultural Centre of Belgrade, and on Friday afternoon there will be a round table „Different Perspectives in Approaching Artists' Films“ in the framework of the Artists' Film International vol.12 with Arto Ushan among other curators and artists. More information here https://www.facebook.com/events/2396654153937143/ and here https://www.facebook.com/events/378474876324871/.

28/03/2019

04/03/2019

The submission season for WIPE 2019 is open! On filmfreeway.com/WIPE

29/10/2018

Meet the winners of the third edition of WIPE amateur film festival:

Best Film - "In the Garden there are Airplanes and Nightingales", Dima Markin, Russia

Best Director - Amy McCullough and Jimmie Buchanan Jr, "Gary and the Underworld", USA

Best Screenplay - Francisco Javier Garcia, "The Loop", Spain

Special Mention - "Selfish, The Principle", Anna Fujii, Japan

We congratulate the winners, but competition is not a main part of our festival. We all have to be focused on journey, not the destination.

Thank you all again for two nights full of great films and extraordinary people!

Keep filming, stay amateur and see you next year!