Before your Eyes
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Dear readers,
we are not yet revealing which films the Taxi Film Festival will show, but we can already say that this year we are taking the step from a Berlin protest event to an international festival. It works. With current films and surprising views on our profession, we show new ideas and ways forward.
The Taxi Film Festival is a courageous event
The Taxi Film Festival is a wager on the creativity of global taxi culture and the importance of taxis for people on all continents. It could have gone wrong, but we were not disappointed. The bet was won. We can select the films from a large number of entries, with which we will provide insights into our profession and suggestions for its future. We are really happy because there is a lot of humanity, humour and fun.
A few numbers
1241 registered films today on 27.2.2025
Countries, sorted by number of submissions
143 India
132 Iran, Islamic Republic of
94 Brazil
67 France
61 Italy
58 China
55 Turkey
44 United States
37 Spain
35 Germany
33 Egypt
25 Argentina
15 United Kingdom
14 Bulgaria
14 Indonesia
13 Canada
13 Russian Federation
12 Austria
12 Bangladesh
11 Portugal
10 Greece
10 Mexico
10 Morocco
10 Ukraine
9 Republic of Korea
9 Poland
8 Pakistan
8 Taiwan
8 Uganda
7 Japan
7 Tunisia
6 Belgium
6 Nigeria
5 Lebanon
5 Malaysia
5 Romania
5 Sweden
5 United Arab Emirates
4 Algeria
4 Chile
4 Denmark
4 Georgia
4 Ireland
4 Israel
4 Netherlands
4 Serbia
4 South Africa
4 Sri Lanka
4 Thailand
3 Australia
3 Croatia
3 Hungary
3 Iraq
3 Jordan
3 Kazakhstan
3 Nepal
3 Puerto Rico
3 Syrian Arab Republic
3 Togo
2 Afghanistan
2 Bahrain
2 Belarus
2 Benin
2 Colombia
2 Cuba
2 Cyprus
2 Ecuador
2 Estonia
2 North Macedonia
2 Peru
2 Philippines
2 Saudi Arabia
2 Senegal
2 Slovenia
1 Armenia
1 Azerbaijan
1 Costa Rica
1 Côte d’Ivoire
1 Finland
1 Guinea
1 Hong Kong
1 Cambodia
1 Cameroon
1 Kenya
1 Kosovo
1 Kyrgyzstan
1 Latvia
1 Luxembourg
1 Madagascar
1 Mali
1 Norway
1 Palestine, State of
1 Rwanda
1 Uzbekistan
1 Venezuela
1 Zimbabwe
(The total of this table is smaller than the total number of entries because some entries do not include information about the country of origin.)
The selection committee reviews and comments on over 70 films. In the end, only 9 main films and fewer than 20 supporting films are allowed to remain. We will present the other great submissions on our website. Of course, we are happy to support all selected projects in getting into cinemas and into the programmes of television stations and streaming services.
Our open selection committee
The next and probably last open meeting of our selection committee for friends and taxi drivers will take place this Thursday, 30 January, starting at 3:00 pm.
Location: Ver.di union office
Otawistraße 15
13351 Berlin
near the Rehberge underground station.
If you would like to attend, please register by phone so that we can make sure we have enough coffee.
Telephone: +49 176 58 87 37 70
So much for today’s report, Monday 27 February 2025.
