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The 70th edition of the Locarno Festival closes this evening
The 2017 edition, the fifth under Carlo Chatrian as artistic director, has ended successfully and has been crowned by the Pardo d’oro for the film MRS. FANG directed by WANG Bing. 261 films in 11 days, 16 under the open sky in the Piazza Grande and 18 in the Concorso…
The SIGNS OF LIFE AWARD to COCOTE
Locarno Festival’s Signs of Life Award electronic-art.foundation for Best Film has been granted to COCOTE by Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias. Signs of Life aims to explore new ground, narrative forms and innovative cinematic language. Originally out-of-competition when founded in 2014, Signs of Life is now a competitive section.…
11th TIDF is now calling for entries!
TIDF is looking for documentaries that are most creative, closely connected to social and human interests, and have unique points of view! The 11th TIDF will take place on May 4-13, 2018. Three major competitions with 11 awards and more than US$70,000 total cash-prize await. The entry deadline is December…
SHORT MATTERS! - SHORT FILMS OF EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY (EFA) AT BIAFF 2017
BIAFF festival continues cooperation with European Film Academy (EFA) which was started in 2011 and during BIAFF festival in September 2017 will be presented EFA’s short films program - SHORT MATTERS! SHORT MATTERS! is the European Film Academy’s short film tour which brings the short films nominated for the European…
Winners announced for 2017 Open Doors Hub and Lab
The names of prizewinners for the Open Doors Hub coproduction platform and the Open Doors Lab producer-training workshop were announced today, 8 August. The 2017 session was the second in the three-year cycle dedicated by Open Doors to exploring eight countries in Southern Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives, Myanmar,…
BIAFF Batumi Art-house Film Festival management is preparing for its XII edition
XII Batumi International Art-house Film Festival will be held in Batumi during September 17-24 September, 2017, closed film submission on 1 August. Festival organizer – “Batumi Art-house ARGANI”, official partner – Batumi City Hall. BIAFF festival management finalized the submissions to festival. The complete program will be announced by 1…
Industry Report: StepIn
Summary from Variety correspondent Nick Vivarelli A group of 50 prominent European independent film industry execs assembled Thursday for the Locarno Festival’s StepIn think tank to discuss the timely topic of “The Theatrical Experience and the Future of Auteur Cinema in the Age of Global Streaming Platforms and Social Networks.”…
Fantasia 2017 Awards: Agnieszka Holland's Spoor Wins Top Prize
The festival's Best Film Award was presented to Agnieszka Holland's gripping crime thriller Spoor / Pokot. The subversive Polish masterpiece was previously selected to compete for the Golden Bear at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival and won that festival's Alfred Bauer Prize. Cheval Noir Award Best Film: Spoor /…
Sarajevo Film Festival Proudly Presents Jury of the Competition Programme
Jury of the Competition Programme – Feature Film President of the JuryMICHEL FRANCODirector, Writer, Producer, Mexico MARK ADAMSArtistic Director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival, UK GORAN BOGDANActor, B&H, Croatia FATMA AL REMAIHIChief Executive Officer of Doha Film Institute, Qatar MELISA SÖZENActress, Turkey Jury of the Competition Programme – Documentary…
Programme of the 23rd Sarajevo Film Festival Announced
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Films in the Main Competition and the Visions Apart Competition of the 42nd Polish Film Festival in Gdyni
We know the selection results for the Main Competition and the Visions Apart Competition of the 42nd Polish Film Festival in Gdynia. Seventeen films have been qualified for the Main Competition of the 42nd PFF. They will compete over the Golden Lions and other statutory and non-statutory awards. More than…
Network Meeting Between the Odessa International Film Festival and the FilmFestival Cottbus in Ukraine
At the 8th Odessa International Film Festival, a panel discussed how film festivals can invigorate civil society dialogue in Eastern Europe. The discussion was part of a network meeting that has been jointly organised with the FilmFestival Cottbus. The event is supported by the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic…
Sarajevo Film Festival proudly presents Kinoscope Programme 2017.
This section consists of 17 films from around the globe excluding the Southeastern European territories which compose the festival’s competition strand. Read more
26 titles in the Short Film Competition of the 42nd Polish Film Festival
We already know the selection results for the Short Film Competition of the 42nd Polish Film Festival. The Short Film Competition was created as a combination of two earlier competitions held as part of the Gdynia Festival – the Short Film Competition and the Young Cinema Competition. Films that have…
Oliver Stone to Receive the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo
Sarajevo Film Festival is honored to pay tribute to the preeminent filmmaker Oliver Stone, who will also receive Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award for his extraordinary contribution to the art of film at the 23rd edition of the Festival. Read more
Details released about this year's edition of New Horizons Studio+
The eighth edition of New Horizons Studio+ will take place 5-8 August during the 17th T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival (3-13 August 2017). New Horizons Studio+, organized by the New Horizons Association and Creative Europe Desk Polska, involves four days of workshops and lectures on various aspects related to…
THE 54TH INTERNATIONAL ANTALYA FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES KEY HIRES TO BOOST INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE
This year in its 54th edition, the Antalya Film Festival is bringing the Turkish and global film industry closer together with the mission of establishing a cultural and communications platform and increasing its influence on an international level. Aiming at promoting Antalya internationally as a film-friendly city, the festival has…
Awards of the 64th Pula Film Festival
The awards of the 64th Pula Film Festival were presented today. At this year's edition of the Festival, the most abundant yet, a total of 170 films have been screened, of which 88 premieres, across 15 different film programmes. This year, the films have been evaluated by four different juries: …
Bartosz Nowacki's film On the Road at the L.A. Shorts International Film Festival in Los Angeles.
Bartosz Nowacki's film On the Road is qualified for the 21st edition of L.A. SHORTS in Los Angeles. LA Shorts International Film Festival ranks among the most prestigious and largest international short film festivals in the world. The festival is accredited by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences,…
A Sunday in the Country near Wrocław in 2017– participants and guests
A collaboration of Wrocław's T-Mobile New Horizons IFF and the European Film Academy (EFA), the 6th edition of 'A Sunday in the Country' gathers a dozen of young film journalists from Europe for a retretat/workshop in the first weekend of the festival. The participants gather for 3 days in a…
