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The International Feature Conference organized once a year in a different country each time.

It all started in 1974 in Berlin under the benign dictatorship of Peter Leonard Braun (photo), a German feature-maker.

Read statement P.L. Braun: ‘The Genesis’ 1999, March 29

He set up what he liked to call ‘an annual conference of shoemakers’, a forum for discussing each other’s work with sometimes ruthless honesty.
The number of participants grew steadily up to the maximum of 70, and in the recent years it has been difficult to keep the number that low.

In 1995 Leo handed over power to an EBU committee chaired by Belgium’s Edwin Brys.

Read statement E Brys: 1999, March

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IFC Since 1974 and some facts surround …

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* 47^th IFC, (Virtual) Cologne, DE, 2021, May 15-18

* 46th IFC, Rome, IT, 2020, (planned: May 24-28), worked out in
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* 45th IFC, Cork, IE, 2019, April 7-11

* 44^th IFC, Prague, CZ, 2018, May 20-24

* 43^rd IFC, Stockholm, SE, 2017, May 7-11

* 42^nd IFC, Vienna, AT, 2016, May 8-12

* 41^st IFC, Lublin, PL, 2015, May 17-21

* 40^th IFC, Leipzig, DE, 2014, May 11-15

* 39^th IFC, Bergen, NO, 2013, May 12-16

* 38^th IFC, London, UK, 2012, May 13-17

• (2012 April 13, farewell to ‘posterous.com’ OLD IFC website (again) – rebuild at / main entrance now: bit.ly/EBU-IFC (with re-direct to: ifc2.wordpress.com)

* 37^th IFC, Hilversum, NL, 2011, May 15-19

• (farewell to ‘blog-city.com’ IFC website – remnants, rebuild at ‘posterous.com’)
  

* 36^th IFC, Hameenlinna, Finland, 2010, May 9-13

* 35^th IFC, Dublin, Ireland 2009, May 9-14

* 34^th IFC, Varna, Bulgaria, 2008, June 14-19

* 33^rd IFC, Copenhagen, 2007, Apr 28-May 03

* 32^nd IFC, Vienna, 2006, Apr 29-May 04

• Kick-off IFC Wiki

* 31^st IFC, Sinaia, Romania, 2005, Apr 30-May 05

• 2004, Oct 20, 30 Years of IFC, A “Night of the IFC, Berlin, and the international radio documentaries in a CD box!
• 2004, Sep 06, This IFC Weblog is the Winner the ‘Blog-City Competion’ , hounderds of new visitors

* 30^th IFC, Lucerne, 2004, May 29-Jun 03

• 2004, Apr 11, IFC Weblog ‘ifc-online.tk’ on-line.
• 2003, Oct 08, IFC Website ‘ifc-online.org’ off-line.

* 29^th IFC, Toronto, 2003, Aug 30-Sep 04

* 28^th IFC, Zagreb, 2002, Apr 20-25

• and the Croatian Report

* 27^th IFC, Sydney, 2001, Apr 28-May 03

• 2000, Apr 18, IFC Website ‘ifc-online.org’ on-line.

* 26^th IFC, Berlin, 2000, Apr 10-14

* 25^th IFC, Amsterdam, 1999, Apr 19-23

• 1999, Apr 19, first IFC Website (by ‘NetCetera.nl’, Friso, Hans and Willem)

* 24^th IFC, Warsaw, 1998, Apr 26-30

* 23^rd IFC, Oslo, 1997, Apr 20-24

* 22^nd IFC , London, 1996, Sep 15-19

* 21st IFC , Basel, 1995, Jun 26-30

* 20^th IFC, Budapest, 1994, Apr 25-29 (searching for info)

* 19^th IFC, Berlin, 1993, Apr 05-09 (searching for info)

* 18^th IFC , Copenhagen, 1992, May 04-08

* 17^th IFC, Berlin, 1991, Apr 22-26 (searching for info)

• first IFC in eastern part of Berlin

* 16^th IFC, Dublin, 1990, Apr 30-May 04 (searching for info)

* 15^th IFC, Berlin, 1989, May 01-05 (searching for info)

* 14^th IFC, Sydney, 1988, May 23-27 (searching for info)

* 13^th IFC, Berlin, 1987, Apr 06-10 (searching for info)

* 12^th IFC, Brussels, 1986, May 26-30 (searching for info)

* 11^th IFC, Berlin, 1985, Apr 01-05 (searching for info)

* 10^th IFC, Helsinki, 1984, Jun 25-29 (searching for info)

* 09^th IFC, Berlin, 1983, Apr 18-22 (searching for info)

* 08^th IFC, Montréal, 1982, Jun 14-18 (searching for info)

* 07^th IFC, Berlin, 1981, Apr 06-10 (searching for info)

* 06^th IFC, Stockholm, 1980, Jun 02-06

* 05^th IFC, Berlin, 1979, Apr 02-06 (searching for info)

* 04^th IFC, Vienna, 1978, May 21-26 (searching for info)

* 03^rd IFC, Berlin, 1977, May 23-26 (searching for info)

* 02^nd IFC, Berlin, 1976, May 24-28 (searching for info)

* 01^th IFC, Berlin, 1975, Jun 23-27 (searching for info)

* Start IFC, Ohrid, Macedonië, 1974

• Read ‘The Genesis’ 1999, March 29