TALLINN: The Italian debut The Great Beauty directed by Paolo Sorrentino was awarded the main prize of the EurAsia international competition at the 17 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival held 15 November-1 December.
TALLINN: The Baltic Event has announced the winning projects of its annual coproduction market (26-29 November) with the award for best project going to Romanian project Miracle in Cluj represented by producer Melinda Boros and director Botond Püsök of Romania’s Spotfilm.
FNE at Europa International Athens 2013: Sales agents focus on new distribution platforms
Region 29-11-2013ATHENS: The focus was on digital distribution and the new opportunities that new platforms like VOD can provide for European films at the second annual Europa International conference in Athens.
FNE at Europa Cinemas Athens 2013: Estonian Kino Artis Wins Best Programming Award
Estonia 26-11-2013ATHENS: Estonian cinema Kino Artis was awarded the prize for Best Programming of 2013 in the Europa Cinemas network at the 18th Europa Cinemas Conference in Athens held 21-24 November 2013.
MOSCOW: European film Promotion (EFP) will launch Westwind on 23-27 October 2013 with screening of 11 new European films at Moscow’s 35mm Cinema. Westwind is a special European Film Showcase which included networking opportunities for sales agents from Europe and local buyers.
MALTA: Malta’s top underwater and location services outfit, Film Corporation www.filmcorporation.com.mt , will be in MIPCOM with its newly produced TV content in the form of short documentaries formatted for lifestyle, culture or travel channels.
VENICE: The distinctive vision that Terry Gilliam brings to all his films is very much in evidence in The Zero Theorem although the chaotic world the director portrays does not seem to add up.
VENICE: The ex-Polish president and leader of Solidarity, Lech Walesa, stole the show as he appeared on the red carpet in Venice for the world premier of Andrzej Wajda’s biopic, Walesa, Man of Hope.
VENICE: Documentaries have been turning up and winning prizes at major film festivals in Berlin and Cannes in increasing numbers in recent years and Gianfranco Rosi’s stunning Sacro Gra is certainly a worthy addition to the trend.
VENICE: Few directors can match Stephen Frears when it comes to getting just the right mixture of laughter and tears from audience and still end up with a thought provoking and intelligent film.
