LJUBLJANA: The Icelandic action-thriller Woman at War directed by Benedict Erlingsson won Best Film at the 29th Ljulblana IFF, which ended on 18 November 2018.
TALLINN: Ten films from Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia, and one Finnish film, will be presented in the Baltic Event Works in Progres,s taking place during the Black Nights festival, running through 2 December 2018. The films will be competing for a 3,000 EUR prize to aid in promotion and distribution in the Baltics.
BYDGOSZCZ: Ji Yong Kim won the Golden Frog, the top prize of the 26th edition of the festival honouring cinematographers EnergaCAMERIMAGE, for the South Korean film The Fortress directed by Dong-Hyuk Hwang. The festival ended with the awards ceremony on 17 November 2018.
MAIN COMPETITION
Golden Frog: The Fortress
cin. Ji Yong Kim
dir. Dong-Hyuk Hwang
Silver Frog: Cold War
cin. Łukasz Żal
dir. Paweł Pawlikowski
Bronze Frog: Roma
cin. Alfonso Cuarón
dir. Alfonso Cuarón
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FIPRESCI AWARD
The International Critics Prize to the director of the best film in the Main Competition – under specific consideration of its cinematography: Peterloo
cin. Dick Pope
dir. Mike Leigh
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AUDIENCE AWARD
Camerimage Audience Award: The Favourite
cin. Robbie Ryan
dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
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POLISH FILMS COMPETITION
Best Polish Film: Nina
cin. Tomasz Naumiuk
dir. Olga Chajdas
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STUDENT ETUDES COMPETITION
Laszlo Kovacs Student Award - Golden Tadpole – Sirene
cin. Douwe Hennink
dir. Zara Dwinger
school: Nederlandse Filmacademie - Netherlands Film Academy (AHK)
Silver Tadpole: Almost Everything
cin. Simon Bitterli
dir. Lisa Gertsch
school: Zürcher Hochschule der Künste - Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK)
Bronze Tadpole: Them
cin. Holger Jungnickel
dir. Tim Dünschede
school: Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin - German Film and Television Academy (dffb), Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München - University of Television and Film Munich (HFF München), Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH
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DOCUMENTARY FEATURES COMPETITION
Golden Frog — best documentary feature: When the Bull Cried
cin. Karen Vázquez Guadarrama
dir. Bart Goossesn, Karen Vázquez Guadarrama
Golden Frog — best docudrama: I, Dolours
cin. Kate McCullough
dir. Maurice Sweeney
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DOCUMENTARY SHORTS COMPETITION
Golden Frog — Grand Prix: Horse Riders
cin. Tomasz Wolski
dir. Anna Gawlita
Special Mention: Pain Is Mine
cin. Farshid Akhlaghi
dir. Farshid Akhlaghi
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DIRECTORS’ DEBUTS COMPETITION
under the patronage of the Polish Filmmakers Association (SFP)
Best Director's Debut: The Guilty
cin. Jasper J. Spanning
dir. Gustav Möller
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CINEMATOGRAPHERS’ DEBUTS COMPETITION
under the patronage of the Polish Filmmakers Association (SFP)
Best Cinematographer's Debut: Obey
cin. Albert Salas
dir. Jamie Jones
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MUSIC VIDEOS COMPETITION
Best Music Video: Novo Amor "Birthplace"
cin. Nihal Friedel
dir. Jorik Dozy, Sil Van Der Woerd
Best Cinematography In A Music Video: Childish Gambino "This Is America"
cin. Larkin Seiple
dir. Hiro Murai
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FIRST LOOK - TV PILOTS COMPETITION
Best Pilot: Patrick Melrose: Bad News
cin. James Friend
dir. Edward Berger
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ADVERTISING SPOTS COMPETITION “EUROPEAN FUNDS IN FOCUS”
Organised in co-operation with Kujawsko-Pomorskie Region
Main Award: The Marshal Office of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship for Zmieniamy Podkarpackie z Funduszami Europejskimi - Dołącz do bohaterów lokalnych zmian. Katarzyna Być – Pracownia Ceramiki i Rękodzieła Być
Special mention: The Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship for Województwo Kujawsko-Pomorskie mecenasem kultury w regionie
Docs from IDF's programmes are part of the line-up at IDFA in Amsterdam.
ZAGREB: The Croatian multiplex chain Blitz CineStar opened a three-screen miniplex in Pula, the first one in the city, on 7 November 2018.
BERLIN: The second European VoD Meetings, a professional training course organised by EuroVoD and supported by the Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme, will take place 6 – 9 February 2019 in Berlin. Applications for the programme are being accepted through 10 December 2018, with scholarships and rebates available to participants from low audiovisual production countries and start-ups.
BRATISLAVA: The Slovak/Czech animated short film Mimi & Lisa: Christmas Lights Mystery will premiere on 21 November in France, a day later in Slovak cinemas, on 6 December in the Czech Republic. The film is produced by Fool Moon and coproduced by Slovak Radio & TV and MAUR Film.
The Bulgarian feature film "IRINA" by Nadejda Koseva won top awards in Minsk, Tirana and Cottbus
Festivals 14-11-2018“IRINA” triumphed on the stage of three important international film festivals last week.
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival announces the juries for all competition programmes
Festivals 14-11-2018Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival announces the lineups of seven juries that will be evaluating the films screening in the five competition programmes of the festival. The awards will be announced at the festival’s Award Ceremony, which takes place on the 1st of December.
