Audience Short Film Award 2024 goes to "No More Pool Time"

The Audience Short Film Award was presented to Jonas Baumann for his film "No More Pool Time" at the Central Kino Hof, in keeping with the shortest day of the year.

Auf dem Bild sind fünf Personen vor einem Kinovorhang zu sehen. Ein junger Mann in der Mitte hält eine Urkunde und einen Preis hoch.

Viewers were able to choose their favorite film from 62 short films in the program of the 58th Hof International Film Festival during the film festival in the cinema and online on HoF on Demand until 03.11.2024. This year's choice was the film NO MORE POOL TIME by Jonas Baumann. The prize is endowed with 2,500 euros.

NO MORE PO OLTIME satirically tells the dilemma of a new pool owner who gets caught in a moral conflict between the feel-good pool promise to his young daughter and his new partner's charity event for a drinking water project in Africa.

Jonas Baumann was born in Marxheim, Bavaria, in 1991 and studied theater and media studies in Bayreuth, followed by a degree in directing at the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy. NO MORE POOL TIME is his graduation film at the Film Academy and celebrated its premiere at the 58th Hof International Film Festival.

In addition to the winning film NO MORE POOL TIME, FIRE DRILL by Maximilian Villwock (20 min.) and the documentary WINDGEIST by Ester Miron (46 min.) were among the audience's top three favorite films.

The Audience Short Film Award of the City of Hof, endowed with 2,500 euros, was presented to the winner Jonas Baumann by the Mayor of Hof, Angela Bier, after the screening of the top 3 short films in the Central Kino. Thorsten Schaumann, Artistic Director of the Film Festival, moderated the event, which was also attended by Peter Nürmberger, Head of the Cultural Department of the City of Hof. The event was supported by the City of Hof, the Central Kino Hof and the "Friends of the Hof International Film Festival" association.