PLZEN: Some of the Czech Republic's leading filmmakers will be represented in the more than 20 films screening in the Finale Plzen documentary competition.
{mosimage}BUDAPEST: Mihaly Schwechtj is developing Heat, a black-comedy set in a small village an involving love, friendship, sex, lies and some pregnant goats.
Höség/Heat is produced by László Kántor with Új Budapest Filmstúdió Kft (www.ujbudapestfilmstudio.hu). The project was selected at Binger Filmlab (www.binger.nl) for development, at Cinelink-Sarajevo (http://www.sff.ba/en/cinelink), and it was on the short list of the Sundance Film Festival (http://www.sundance.org/festival/). Foreign coproducers are expected. Possible co-producers are Helena Danielson together with the Swedish HEPP Film (www.heppfilm.se), and John Keville together Conor Barry Irish producers –SPFilms, Kántor told FNE.
SPI International (www.spiintl.com) will launch Filmbox Live, consisting of live-streaming TV channels, in Turkey in June.
Domestic films claimed 44 percent of the Finnish market, with over one million admissions.
{mosimage}WARSAW: TVP and BBC will co-produce Spies in Warsaw, a series based on Alan Furst's bestselling novel.
The shoot for the first feature co-production made between Polish public broadcaster TVP (www.tvp.pl) and BBC (www.bbc.co.uk) will launch in Warsaw on 11 April 2012 and will take place only at Polish locations including Krakow.
MEDIA Mundus backing confirmed for joint programme by EFP, OMDC and TIFF
Successful PRODUCERS LAB TORONTO to be continued at 2012 Toronto International Film Festival
Crossing the Atlantic with their luggage full of cinematic ideas, 12 hand-picked
and dynamic European producers will meet their 12 talented Canadian counterparts
at the Toronto International Film Festival, from September 5 - 8 to find
joint film projects. The first two editions of PRODUCERS LAB TORONTO were so
successful that almost all of the participants from 2010 and 2011 are in contact
with one another and 27 projects are actively in development. Consequently, the
MEDIA Mundus programme of the European Union has now confirmed financial
backing of the platform for the third year running.
The forum is organized by European Film Promotion (EFP) in collaboration
with the Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) and TIFF and
effectively pools the European and Canadian creative, technical and financial
resources of the three organizations.
>>> Read full press release on www.efp-online.com
OUT OF COMPETITION EVENTS AT GDYNIA FILM FESTIVAL
At the beginning of April, the titles of films competing for Golden Lions at 37th Gdynia Film Festival will be announced. However, the celebration of Polish cinema in Gdynia does not boil down to competitions. Masterclasses, exhibitions, and the Independent Cinema Review are only some of many events prepared for this year...
The
masterclass series introduced last year has received an exceptionally warm
reception. It was a unique opportunity to hear directors analyze one scene
from their films. Therefore, it is no surprise that during the 37th
edition of the festival the audience will again have a chance to
participate in film classes. This time, as part of the series Masterclass:
the Anatomy of the Scene also other film professionals will accompany the
invited directors. Juliusz Machulski and Kazimierz Kutz will be joined by
their cinematographers: Witold Adamek and Jerzy Wójcik. Another
masterclass will guest Michał Leszczyński, film editor regularly
cooperating with Lukas Moodysson. Together with Andrey Tarkovskiy he has
edited the last film made by the Russian director, The
Sacrifice.
Polish masterpieces Nobody’s Calling and Squadron will
be not only analyzed during masterclasses, but also screened in the Pure
Classics section, which is dedicated to digitally remastered classic
Polish films. Apart from the mentioned titles by Kutz and Machulski, the
festival audience will have an opportunity to watch remastered films from
the KinoRP Project: Krzysztof Zanussi’s Camouflage, Leon Buczkowski’s The
Eagle and Tadeusz Chmielewski’s I Don’t Like Mondays. The classics series
will be also a rare opportunity to attend a special screening of Young
Girls of Wilko directed by Andrzej Wajda.
For the first time, apart
from classic Polish movies the festival program includes the Unknown
Pieces, a review of largely forgotten films directed by some of the
greatest Polish film makers: Janusz Majewski’s The Office, Tadeusz
Chmielewski’s Quiet Is the Night, two films by Stanisław Różewicz: Na
melinę (To the Honky-tonk) and Beer as well as Yesterday in Fact by Jan
Rybkowski.
Just like
last year, also this time the festival audience will have an opportunity
to take part in How It’s Made, a series of meetings with filmmakers whose
films have been selected for the Main Competition. The participants will
learn about tricks of the trade used in the featured pictures.
The
program of the forthcoming festival will traditionally include the
Independent Cinema Competition, in which the audience votes for their
favourite film, as well as open-air screenings in Film From the Sea and
Films from Gdynia series. The Polonica section will again feature foreign
films made in cooperation with Polish film makers.
Apart from
screenings, Gdynia Film Festival offers a series of events inspired by
cinema. A of now, the organizers are already inviting all to see some
noteworthy exhibitions.
The Film Museum in Łódź has prepared
exhibitions dedicated to two great Polish directors. The first one,
organized to celebrate Jerzy Hoffman’s eightieth birthday, was made
together with the Zodiak Jerzy Hoffman Film Production Company and the
National Film Archive in Warsaw. The second is devoted to Jerzy
Kawalerowicz and will be accompanied by a multimedia presentation
featuring interviews with actors, collaborators and friends of this one of
the most acclaimed Polish directors.
Gdynia Music Theatre will show
“Posters to Films That Were Never Made” by Andrzej Dudziński while in the
Naval Musem, Henryk Pietkiewicz will once again present portrait photos of
people from the Polish film industry.
Gdynia Film Festival does not
forget about the youngest audience. Gdynia for Children section, prepared
under the patronage of the Polish Filmmakers Association, will be also
shown in nearby Polish cities: Elbląg, Tczew, Lębork and Cieplew. The
other project addressed to children is called “Smile”. Marek Wysoczyński,
author of the World Smile Archive, will collect “smiling” autographs from
the participants of the 37th GFF on the special edition of the festival
poster while little patients from Gdynia Hospital will draw smiling faces
with the help of the Mayor of Gdynia Wojciech Szczurek and a special
mystery guest.
27.04 – 06.05.2012 Krakow, Poland
Registration is open till March 31st 2012.
It has been seven years thanks to the initiative of Slawomir Idziak filmmakers from Poland and Europe meet to develop their ideas and make films to learn new technologies. In 2012 for the second time it will take place in Krakow, Poland (from April 27th till May 6th, 2012). Co-organizer of Film Spring Open - Air 2012 is the Krakow Film Commission.
INTERACTIVE CINEMA
We invite our participants to create an interactive film show. All films made at Film Spring Open-Air will be related to a music show, so called mastertrack. The soundtrack from this event will serve as a timeline, whichgives time reference to other tracks. This means that following film tracks can show events that are taking place in another place but at exactly the same time.
Finally, Film Spring Open will show selected films on the Internet on a specially designed Interactive Interface (so-called Interface ID) build in cooperation with National Audiovisual Institute.
The viewers will also have the possibility to see the effects of our work on FilmSpring YouTube Channel so that films made by our participants could reach millions of viewers around the world.
FUTURE OF CINEMA AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES
Following our main objective, which is future of cinema and new technologies, Film Spring Open-Air 2012 program focuses on workshops (including hands-on tests of equipment and software) as well as professional lectures.
Apart from a continuation of successful 3D Workshops and Documentary Workshops it will be also dedicated to interactive dramaturgy, meetings with outstanding filmmakers and new production models of low-budget films.
Many professionals have already expressed their interest to become our speakers to share their knowledge and experience during our workshops, among the others:
Sławomir Idziak (DOP), Neil Corbould (SFX), Bogdan Dziworski (documentary director), Kaspar Kallas (editor), Detlev Buck (director), JanuszJózefowicz (director), Jan Komasa (director),Andrzej Jakimowski (director), Tomasz Bagiński (director) and Platige Image, Lech Majewski (director), AndrzejWaluk (stereographer), Daniele Siragusano (stereographer), Łukasz Baka (stereographer), Robert Chaciński (digital image technician) as well as representatives from CD Projekt RED Studio (authors of “The Witcher”) and Google/YouTube (Presentation of the opportunities that YouTube offers to filmmakers and authors to promote content and its monetization.)
Hands-on tests of equipment and software of the following companies are planned:
(Panasonic Europe, Hewlett-Packard, Adobe Systems, RCS Apple Authorized Reseller, Screen Plane GmbH, FGV Schmidle, Zodiak Jerzy Hoffman Film Production, Luks Film Lighting)
3D WORKSHOPS CONTINUED
After a great success of 3D Workshops in 2011, FilmSpringers have recently worked with DOP Slawomir Idziak on the shooting plan of high-budget German production in 3D, "Measuring the World". We will present newest technologies for 3D films (shooting and postproduction ones).
For more information about Film Spring Open-Air please visit the following links:
Online registration is open till March 31st 2012, for more information click on links:
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Two documentaries produced by Wajda Studio, "Losing Sonia" by Radka Franczak and "3 Days of Freedom," by Łukasz Borowski, were selected for the programme of the 18th Visions du Réel Festival in Nyon, Switzerland.
"Losing Sonia" is the latest production of Wajda Studio (co-produced by Otter Films Anna Wydra), whose world premiere will take place at this year's Visions du Réel Festival (20 - 27 April), where the film will be screened in the International Competition for Middle Length Films. The Radka Franczak documentary shows how a seemingly rigid monastery can be a place full of life, beauty and artistic expression. Sonia, a young nun, paints icons in the night and then sleeps until noon. She has a dog, cats, exotic birds, and a body that rebelled against the strict rigour of the monks. Trying to understand her and the meaning of her life choices, we come to Sonia’s family, marked with the history of Russia. At the same time, the film is a journey inside the Orthodox church, showing that the deep spirituality of the nation is being reborn. "Losing Sonia" tells the story of an unusual woman who, within the walls of the monastery, is trying to rebuild the values that Russian society has lost under successive political regimes.
"Losing Sonia" is Radka Franczak's debut middle length film production. The director alludes to the topic of her previous short documentary film – "Stiepan"
(produced by Wajda Studio, 2006), which was a record of a conversation
with a random traveller at the train station in Terespol. In 13 minutes,
a 75-year-old Russian recounts his life story – the story of a deeply
religious man who, despite severe persecutions, refused to renounce his
beliefs.
One of the five cameramen is Michael Ackerman, an American photographer known for his radical and unique approach to photography.
Screenings of “Losing Sonia” at Visions du Réel: 22 and 23 April
Poland’s biggest film event and one of the key festivals in Central and Eastern Europe has changed the name to T-Mobile New HorizonsInternational Film Festival after the current main sponsor, the local mobile operator Era, has changed its brand to T-Mobile.
Since 2003, the festival was known as Era New Horizons but after introducing the global brand of T-Mobile to Poland in2011, Era was dropped from the name of the 11. edition of the Wrocław-based event. Now, the name of the key partner regains its place in the name of the festival.
Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa – the operator of the T-Mobile brand in Poland - is one of the key sponsors of cultural, sport, educational and charity events in Poland. The T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival is one of its most important projects.
12. T-Mobile New Horizons IFF will be held on 19-29 July 2012. Part of the 12th edition will be a review of new Mexican cinema and a retrospective of its famous representative Carlos Reygadas. Other retrospectives include films by the Yugoslavian director Dušan Makavejev, Austrian director Ulrich Seidl and the avant-garde author Peter Tscherkassky.
Polish Days - a new industry event focused on presentation of the latest Polish films to an international industry audience will take place during the first weekend of the festival on 21-23 July 2012.
More info: Jan Naszewski, International Promotion & PR, New Horizons IFF, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
