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Five Black Nights Stars Announced

Festivals 2018-11-08

Industry@Tallinn has selected five young actors and actresses to join the 2018 Black Nights Stars programme, to be presented during Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. Formerly Screen Stars Tallinn, Black Nights Stars runs for the second time, with the aim of promoting young actors and actresses from the Baltic Sea…

Breathing into Marble by Giedrė Beinoriūtė

Croatian films at 28th Festival of Eastern European Film in Cottbus

Festivals 2018-11-08

This year’s Cottbus Film Festival will screen one majority and two minority Croatian co-productions. The Load, by Ognjen Glavonić, will compete in the feature film programme, while F20, by Arsen Anton Ostojić, and Breathing into Marble, by Giedrė Beinoriūtė, will screen in the ‘Spectrum’ programme. The Cottbus Festival is taking…

Arras Film Festival: focus on Balkan 90’s war films

Festivals 2018-11-08

The Arras Film Festival kicked off on November 2nd and will run until the 11th. This year, besides its regular programme, the festival is organising a focus programme with the theme of the former Yugoslav war in the 90s named ‘Conflicts in the Balkans: The Ex-Yugoslav War’. A total of…

Honorary Mention for Goran Dević’s On the Water in Leipzig

Festivals 2018-11-08

The feature documentary film On the Water by writer and director Goran Dević received Honorary Mention at the 61st International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film from the jury of the international feature documentary film competition.

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival announces lineup for Rebels with a Cause

Festivals 2018-11-06

Entering its sophomore year, the competition programme Rebels with a Cause, showcasing films that experiment with form and rebel against conventional filmmaking tropes or political ideas.

"ADVOCATE FOR OUR RIGHTS" AT EnergaCAMERIMAGE 2018

Festivals 2018-11-06

EnergaCAMERIMAGE Film Festival and Polish Bar Council present a new film review: ADVOCATE FOR OUR RIGHTS

When the War Comes wins at Jihlava festival

Festivals 2018-11-06

The international jury, made up of film professionals, awarded the Silver Eye prize for best feature length film to the Czech-Croatian co-production by Jan Gebert at the 22nd Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival. Furthermore, the film also won at the 25th Astra Film Festival in Romania.

EnergaCAMERIMAGE INVITES TO OLIVER STAPLETON "ANY QUESTIONS" PANEL

Festivals 2018-11-05

Any Questions is a panel devoted to what you, the attendees, have always wanted to ask a Cinematographer but never had the chance.

11 films to compete in the Baltic Competition programme of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

Festivals 2018-11-02

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival announces the lineup of the Baltic Competition programme, brought back to life after a seven year hiatus. Three out of the 11 films announced are having their international premieres in Tallinn. Estonia will be represented by three films. The feature-length animation Captain Morten and the…

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival announces the focus programme of 2018: the 100-year-olds

Festivals 2018-10-31

Driven by Estonia’s 100th anniversary celebrations, the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival focuses on 12 countries that are celebrating their centenary this year, offering a rich retrospective with films made between 1958-1977.

Polish creative documentary DIAGNOSIS goes to IDFA // First Appearance Competition

Festivals 2018-10-25

DIAGNOSIS, a film about the subconscious of a city, directed by Ewa Podgórska, has been selected to the Competition during one of the biggest and most prestigious documentary film festivals in the world IDFA. The producer of the film is Małgorzata Wabińska (Entertain Pictures).

2018 RIGA IFF FORUM winners announced

Festivals 2018-10-23

Now in its third year, the Riga International Film festival (RIGA IFF) pitching FORUM for children's and youth film projects took place from October 18 -19 in the Baltic capital.

ENERGACAMERIMAGE 2018 MAIN COMPETITION LINE-UP

Festivals 2018-10-19

The Main Competition with the Golden Frog Award has been the most important part of the EnergaCAMERIMAGE Festival from its beginning. The Competition exists since 1993 i.e. since the first edition of the Festival. From the very beginning the idea behind the competition is to present the feature films where…

Berlinale, Toronto, Karlovy Vary – Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event projects have been successful at international film festivals this year

Festivals 2018-10-03

Several Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event projects from its different sections – B'EST EAVE workshops, Co-Production market, and Works in Progress – have been selected to the programmes of major festivals this year, winning awards at Karlovy Vary, Almaty, Odessa, Sochi, and Oostende film festivals.

Astra Film Festival 2018 Jury Announced

Festivals 2018-09-27

The 25th Sibiu International Festival Astra Film, which will take place from 15 to 21 October, has announced relevant film industry personalities as the 13 members of the Jury for its 5 competition sections: International, Central and Eastern Europe, Romania, Shorts, and Docschool. The jurors will choose the winners out…

THE ISRAELI CINEMATOGRAPHER BEJACH INTRODUCED AT THE MANAKI BROTHERS FESTIVAL, THE 100-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF BERGMAN’S BIRTH IS MARKED

Festivals 2018-09-27

September 27, Bitola – The festival day at the Manaki Brothers festival started with the introduction of the cinematographer of the film Foxtrot, Giora Bejach. The film was screened in the competition program for the Golden Camera 300 award. -We tried to put in different films, with different aesthetics and…

FILMS ABOUT TOUGH EUROPEAN QUESTIONS INTRODUCED AT THE MANAKI BROTHERS FESTIVAL

Festivals 2018-09-26

September 26, Bitola – Before leaving Macedonia, the Academy Award-winner Roger Deakins held a special Master Class only for the students attending the festival, a lot of questions were asked, the students used the rare opportunity to meet and get answers live from one of the great names of world…

RIGA IFF announces pitching FORUM line-up

Festivals 2018-09-25

The annual Riga International Film Festival (RIGA IFF) pitching FORUM for children's and youth film projects will take place from October 18-19 in the Latvian capital Riga.

THE KOSOVAR ACADEMY AWARD CANDIDATE PRESENTED AT THE MANAKI BROTHERS FESTIVAL, CLAUDIA CARDINALE AMAZED BY THE CITY OF OHRID

Festivals 2018-09-25

September 25, Bitola – Today’s festival day started with the introduction of the film from the European Cinema Perspectives program, The Marriage and the director Blerta Zeqiri. This is a Kosovar film which showcases an unusual love triangle, where, only two weeks before Anita and Bekim’s wedding, Bekim’s secret lover,…

Master Class with Roger Deakins: I like films that focus on characters

Festivals 2018-09-24

September 24, Bitola – At today’s press-conference, the crew from the film Noble Lies was introduced, the film that was screened last night in honor of Claudia Cardinale, the recipient of the Special Camera 300 for Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema Art. A surprise for the journalists today was the…