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LET'S CEE Short Film Competition

Curators: Arash & Arman T. Riahi
23-09-2015

Free Spirit Competition at 31st WFF

14 films from all over the world will compete for the Free Spirit Award at 31st Warsaw Film Festival. The International Jury consisting of- Bodo Kox, director from Poland, winner of Polish Film Award for a discovery of the year- Bence Miklauzic, director from Hungary, we presented at the WFF…
22-09-2015

FilmFestival Cottbus | globalEAST

Goedendag Cottbus! - >globalEAST< Travels to the NetherlandsFacts:- Programme Section >globalEAST concentrating on the Netherlads- famous Dutch director Ineke Smits in the International Jury- Dutch ambassador attending the film festival openingThe global cinema discovery tour continues: After last year´s trip to Italy, the 25th FilmFestival Cottbus now sets off to…
22-09-2015

BIAFF 2015 CLOSING CEREMONY AND AWARDS

On 20 September, at 19.00 in Batumi Summer Theater BIAFF Film festival closing ceremony took place. International Jury awarded prizes in three-competition section – International Feature Films, Doc Films and Short Films section. BIAFF international competition section’s Jury consisting of five members Alexander Mindadze, Russia (Head of Jury), Niki Karimi,…
21-09-2015

Documentary Competition at 31st WFF

We present 15 titles, which will compete for The Best Documentary Award at 31st Warsaw Film Festival.The International Jury consisting of- Karolina Bielawska, director (Poland),- Dorota Lech, selekcjonerka festiwalu Hot Docs (Kanada)- Bettina Wilhelm, director and writer (Germany)will evaluate films in competition. Autism in Love / Autyzm i miłość, dir.…
20-09-2015

LET'S CEE GUIDE

Electronic and as a PDF file for downloading: the new LET’S CEE FILM FESTIVAL GUIDE is now available!
19-09-2015

Special Screenings at 31. WFF

Warsaw Film Festival Special Screenings of this year’s edition of Warsaw Film Festival – a noncompetitive section focused on new films by acclaimed directors from all over the world including a World Premiere of Life is Like a Trumpet / Zivot je truba by Antonio Nuić from Croatia. Afterthough /…
19-09-2015

The Prizewinners of the Young Gala of the 40th Gdynia Film Festival!

A day before the closing of the 40th Gdynia Film Festival, the Young Cinema Competition, the Short Film Competition and non-regulatory awards were given out during the Young Gala held in the Musical Theatre. THE LUCJAN BOKINIEC AWARD FOR THE BEST FILM IN THE YOUNG CINEMA COMPETITION - Paweł Hejbudzki…
19-09-2015

CEENEMA AT ITS BEST!

LET’S CEE Film Festival 2015PRESS RELEASE Reprint free of charge 16th September 2015, 11.00 am, Vienna Culture/Film/Festival/Program CEEnema at its best! From 1st to 11th October 2015, the fourth LET'S CEE Film Festival will be held in Vienna. 118 outstanding productions from Central and Eastern Europe, including the Caucasus region…
18-09-2015

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival unveils four competition titles

Tallinn – Northeastern Europe’s largest film celebration, the 19th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (BNFF) is proud to reveal four hot competition titles ahead of the rest of its selection - two in Main Competition and two in its inaugural First Features Competition, all world and international premieres.
15-09-2015

Set your calendars – from now on, ZFF comes in November!

The 13th ZFF takes place in November and lasts an extra day – which makes it nine days in total! ▪ Competition focuses on fiction, documentaries move to attractive off-programmes ▪ 10th anniversary of the Checkers section and 100th birthday of Orson Welles!
15-09-2015

PUBLIC MASTER CLASSES AT - BIAFF FESTIVAL - “ALTERNATIVE WAVE 2015”

The first edition of Alternative Wave initiates the convention of young filmmakers with alternative financing, distribution, development strategies and new creative approaches. The idea behind this first time event is, that many filmmakers do not have access to public funding or sources of financing and conventional distribution. While paradigms along…
15-09-2015

31st WFF - first titles announced

Only a month remains to the start of the 31st Warsaw Film Festival. This year’s edition begins on the 9th of October and lasts for next ten days, until the 18th of October. In festival’s programme, like every year, there is a place for Polish films, films co-produced by Poland…
14-09-2015

32 Romanian documentaries selected for Astra Film Sibiu 2015

32 documentaries linked to Romania by their subject or author will be screened between 5 and 11 October 2015 at Astra Film Festival, number that matches the collected perspectives on day to day life that have been produced over the past two years. As it happens every year at AFF,…
14-09-2015

BIAFF FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES JURY AND LINE-UP OF INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILMS COMPETITION PROGRAM

X Batumi International Art-house Film Festival which will be held in Batumi during September 13-20, 2015, anounces internatinal feature films competitoin outline and Jury. BIAFF 2015 International Feature Film Jury will be presented by: Alexander Mindadze, Russia Niki Karimi, Iran Christopher Goodwin, UK Nicolas Ronchi, France George Ovashvili, Georgia In…
07-09-2015

BIAFF INDUSTRY PLATFORM - ALTERNATIVE WAVE 2015

The first edition of Alternative Wave initiates the convention of young filmmakers with alternative financing, distribution, development strategies and new creative approaches. The idea behind this first time event is, that many filmmakers do not have access to public funding or sources of financing and conventional distribution. While paradigms along…
07-09-2015

Sofia IFF 2016: Open Call for Entries!

OPEN CALL FOR ENTRIES The 20th anniversary edition of Sofia International Film Festival will take place between 10th and 20th of March 2016 in Sofia, Bulgaria, with additional programmes in Sofia, Burgas, Plovdiv and Varna by the end of March. You are welcome to submit your films online. Terms &…
03-09-2015

Astra Film Sibiu 2015 in the league of major European festivals

The 21st edition of Astra Film – the International Film Festival of Sibiu will be held between 5 and 11 October 2015. A record number of 1500 films from over 90 countries were submitted in the 4 competitions of the festival and the official selection gathers 130 films from every…
02-09-2015

BIAFF FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION JURY FOR FEATURE, DOC AND SHORT FILMS SECTIONS FOR 2015 PROGRAM

X Batumi International Art-house Film Festival which will be held in Batumi during September 13-20, 2015 announces the International Jury. BIAFF Feature Films Jury Alexander Mindadze, Russia Niki Karimi, Iran Christopher Goodwin, UK Nicolas Ronchi, France George Ovashvili, Georgia BIAFF Doc Films Jury Head – Zelimer Zilnik, Serbia Wojciech Szczudlo,…
31-08-2015

ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL APPOINTS NEW DIRECTOR

Organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV), the Istanbul Film Festival goes through a restructuring after 9 years. Azize Tan, Festival Director for the last 9 years, hands the post over to Assistant Director Kerem Ayan. As of October, Azize Tan is stepping down as Director of…
25-08-2015