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One World audiences vote for gorillas from Virunga National Park

Virunga, a docu-thriller about mountain gorillas shot in the middle of a war in the Congo, received the most votes from One World audiences and will take home the AVAST Foundation Audience Award.
11-03-2015

Press Information: 15th goEast Film Festival in Wiesbaden Expands Its Commitment to Fostering Young Talent

Press Information 11th March 2015 15th goEast Film Festival in Wiesbaden Expands Its Commitment to Fostering Young Talent with the Innovative Project Young Filmmakers for Peace This year goEast - Festival of Central and Eastern European Film will feature not one but two dedicated programmes for the fostering of young…
11-03-2015

Joshua Oppenheimer wins again: The Look of Silence named Best Film at One World 2015

Prague, 9 March 2015 – The juries of the 17th annual One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival granted eight awards, which will be presented during the closing ceremony of the festival in the Lucerna cinema in Prague on Wednesday, March 11. The award for Best Film this year…
09-03-2015

15th goEast Film Festival in Wiesbaden: Symposium Explores Legendary Producer Artur Brauner's Life's Work Between East and West

Films like ANASTASIA: THE CZAR'S LAST DAUGHTER and THE GOOD SOLDIER SCHWEJK were huge hits at the box office in West Germany of the 1950's and 60's; EUROPA EUROPA provoked heated debates in the 1990's.
03-03-2015

At the opening ceremony of Febiofest, “Professor Snape” from Harry Potter, Alan Rickman will receive the Kristian award and introduce his new film, A Little Chaos, starring Kate Winslet

At the opening ceremony of the International Film Festival Prague – Febiofest, the Kristian award for contribution to world cinema will not only be awarded to actress Kim Novak and Oscar-winning director Jean-Jacques Annaud, but also to one of today’s best British actors, Alan Rickman.
02-03-2015

Bernd Buder the new Artistic Director of the FilmFestival Cottbus

The FilmFestival Cottbus is delighted to announce that following an international job posting a new Artistic Director has been found for the next five years. Bernd Buder, until now the festival’s Programme Director who for the past two years was responsible for artistic direction in place of the departed Roland…
02-03-2015

Fwd: The 20th Vilnius IFF: 939 screenings and a city-wide celebration

This year, the largest film festival in Lithuania “Kino Pavasaris” will celebrate its 20th anniversary both inside and outside movie theatres. Fans of cinema will be able to see the most important new films and meet their creators during the festival, which will span two weeks starting March 19th, and…
25-02-2015

One World to present Edward Snowden documentary Citizenfour

The issue of internet privacy and the use of personal data by intelligence agencies are explored in the long-awaited documentary film Citizenfour. Czech audiences will get to see unique footage of interviews with whistle-blower Edward Snowden for the first time at One World. The festival will also present other films…
19-02-2015

BERLIN SILVER BEAR GOES TO POLISH COPRODUCTION ‘UNDER ELECTRIC CLOUDS’!

A great success of the Russian-Ukranian-Polish coproduction at the 65th Berlinale! The International Jury, with Darren Aronofsky as President, has awarded the Silver Bear to Evgeniy Privinov i Sergey Mikhalchuk, Cinematographers of ‘Under Electric Clouds’.
14-02-2015

East Doc Platform in Prague brings novelties for both documentary filmmakers and audience

The fourth edition of East Doc Platform, a significant documentary industry event in the Central and Eastern European region, organized by Institute of Documentary Filmin association with the One World International Human Rights Film Festival will take place in Prague, Czech Republic from March 2-8, 2015. Once again, 400 guests…
13-02-2015

“Nymphomaniac” marketing experts to speak at “Meeting Point – Vilnius” conference

Film industry professionals from various countries will gather at the sixth “Meeting Point – Vilnius”. The international conference – one of the largest in the region – will take place March 31– April 2. Organised by Vilnius IFF “Kino Pavasaris”, celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, it gives the opportunity…
12-02-2015

The FilmFestival Cottbus and connecting cottbus celebrate the start of the new season with the East European Brunch

Yesterday, the Film Festival Cottbus and the East-West co-production market connecting cottbus (coco) started the new season with each awarding one prize.
12-02-2015

Romanian Day at Berlin Film Festival

On February 11, 2015, two Romanian films included in the official selection at the Berlin Film Festival will have their gala premieres: Aferim!, directed by Radu Jude, will be screened in the Competition, and Why Me?, by Tudor Giurgiu, in Panorama Special. The same day, the teams of the two…
10-02-2015

ScripTeast at Berlinale 2015, 9th Edition, 7-10 February

11 projects from 7 Central and Eastern European countries are developed within 9th edition of ScripTeast.
07-02-2015

EAVE @ the 65th Berlin International Film Festival

EAVE is proud to announce once more a very strong presence of EAVE projects & producers at this year’s Berlin Film Festival
05-02-2015

Meet Jihlava IDFF at Rotterdam and Berlinale

The festival season is starting and you can meet our programme directors and other members of Jihlava IDFF team at many important festivals. The next opportunity after the end of Rotterdam IFF will be Berlinale. The director of Jihlava IDFF Marek Hovorka and Head of Industry Office Jarmila Outratová will…
30-01-2015

Fingers crossed for Chuck Norris vs. Communism at SUNDANCE!

The awards at the Sundance festival will be presented on Sunday! A great moment for our 2013 participants, Ilinca Calugareanu and Mara Adina, the team behind the debut Chuck Norris vs. Communism, competing in the World Documentary section. After the Directing Award victory for The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear,…
30-01-2015

Fipa 2015 in figures

The 28th edition of Fipa ended on Sunday, January 25th 2015 and once again, the event was a success with both professionals and general audience.
30-01-2015

Black Nights Film Festival @ Berlinale

19TH BLACK NIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL (PÖFF) November 13 - 29, 2015
30-01-2015