Springboard to success This Festival is one of the oldest in the world. For more than 50 years it has been a forum for independent films with a personal touch- in brief author's cinema. Every year, up-and-coming stars are discovered at our Festival. Many world-famous directors started their careers in Mannheim-Heidelberg:  R. W. Fassbinder - 1998, Frédéric Fonteyne, »Max et Bobo«
- 1998, Hiner Saleem, »Viva la Mariée«
- 1997, Thomas Vinterberg, »The Greatest Heroes«
- 1996, Lou Ye, »Weekend Lover«
- 1993, Bryan Singer, »Public Access«
- 1989, Jan Schütte, »Verloren in Amerika«
- 1986, Sara Driver, »Sleepwalk«
- 1984, Atom Egoyan, »Next of Kin«
- 1984, Lars von Trier, »Element of Crime«
- 1980, Jim Jarmusch, »Permanent Vacation«
- 1975, Krzysztof Kieslowski, »Personel«
- 1970, Theodor Angelopoulos, »Anaparastassi«
- 1969, Wim Wenders, »Alabama«
- 1969, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, »Katzelmacher«
- 1966, Jiri Menzel, »Dovanè«
- 1963, Chris Marker, »La Jetée«
- 1963, Vera Chytilova, »O necem jinem«
- 1959, Agnes Varda, »O Saisons, o Chateaux«
- 1959, François Truffaut, »Les Mistons«
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