From the 3rd to the 9th of September 2017, in Timișoara, recent productions from 16 countries, nationally and internationally awarded, exhibitions, debates, concerts, film workshops in various projection spaces (Cinema Timiș, Libertății Square, Iulius Mall, Cetate, Dacia Square, Hall 2 of the National Theater, Casa Artelor, Cărturești) will all be gathered in the Central European Film Festival.
From a competitive and thematic point of view the Central European Film Festival is emerging this year as an interethnic and intercultural dialogue through selected films, as well as through many other related artistic events. Therefore prepare yourselves for exploration, search, contemplation in a cultural melange from which we’ll mention:
Happy End Meets EYOT: The cineconcert from the opening of CEFF at 21:00, in Libertății Square is a combination of jazz and film, creative sounds portrayed by the Serbian quartet EYOT with gorgeous images of Czech director Oldřich Lipský’s 1967 film Happy End.
An Exhibition of Foreign Posters of Romanian Films from the communist period can be seen during the whole festival in the entrance area of Timiş Cinema. It features 40 foreign and Romanian designed posters for the export of films made during 1965-1985 and shows a selection from the impressive collection of American producer Christopher Landry.
Book launches: "J. Negulescu, a Romanian in Hollywood" by Manuela Cernat, Rasvan Popescu's "The Fish with Wings", "Pseudokinematikos 3. Between Life and Movies" by Marian Sorin Rădulescu, "Radu Gabrea. Biography of an Achievement" by Călin Stănculescu. The conference "Multi- and Interculturality in Banat region seen in Romanian and European Contexts" and the symposium on the "Creative Europe" EU cultural programme will also bring new ideas to light.
The sections of the festival are:
Competition: fiction films from the last two years and having a certain degree of representativeness for specific countries as they have been awarded prizes at festivals in the respective countries or have been nominated for the Oscar for Foreign Film by a national jury will enter this section. This year's competition will bring together films from the Central European countries (Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania) and films from South-Eastern European countries (Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Greece, Albania).
Panorama: new and exciting films from around the globe are featured in this section, movies that are intensely discussed and which the Romanian public has not yet had the chance to watch.
EU Capitals of Culture: will start with documentaries about cities that will become European Capitals of Culture in 2021: Timișoara, Novi Sad (Serbia) and Eleusis (Greece).
Student films: a selection of recent short films by students of the National University of Theatre and Cinematography "I.L. Caragiale".
Yiddish Movies: A collection of classic films restored and offered by Brandeis University and the New York Jewish Film Center.
Radu Gabrea Retrospective: A tribute to Radu Gabrea (1937-2017), the great Romanian director and initiator of this festival, including some of his best films.
Cultural diversity and minorities: Fiction and documentary films that promote cultural, linguistic, cultural tolerance and diversity.
Short Matters! A selection from the European Film Academy short film festival, which brings short films nominated for European Cinema Awards to European film festivals, and is presented at CEFF by our partners form Timishort Film Festival.
Bela Lugoji Cinema in Lugoj, On September 11 and 12 the winner of the Best Movie award of the CEFF 2017 edition and La Danseuse by french director Stephanie di Giusto will be shown in Lugoj.
CEFF is organized by the Euro Fest Association in cooperation with Timișoara City Hall, and co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Identity, the Romanian Cultural Institute, the Timiș County Council, the Union of the Romanian Fillmakers (UCIN) and with the help of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Romania.
Sponsors: KPMG Romania, Casa Auto, Brewtiful.
Partners: Serbian Cinematheque, Association of the German Economic Club, New Acropolis Association, Cartureşti, German Cultural Centre, Cinetic, Jewish Community of Timişoara, County Department for Culture, Faculty of Music at the West University of Timişoara, FITT, Gărâna Jazz, French Institute Timișoara, Iulius Mall, La Căpițe, Museum of Art Timișoara, OSUT, Ozz Vintage House, Retim, Merlin Theatre, National Theatre Timișoara, Teddy Necula, Via Rumania, Kimball Electonics, Asociația Piața Unirii, UNATC, UVT.
Entrance to all events in the festival is free.
More information at http://www.cefftm.ro or at https://www.facebook.com/CEFFTM/
Contact
Diana Petruţ
PR Central European Film Festival Timișoara
Tel. 0731048583
BIAFF 2017 announces Line-Up of International Competition – Doc and Feature films Sections
Festivals 24-08-2017XII Batumi International Art-house Film Festival will be held in Batumi during September 17-24 September, 2017. Festival organizer – “Batumi Art-house ARGANI”, official partner – Batumi City Hall.
BIAFF festival management finalized the selection of films for international competition sections for Doc and Feature Films.
BIAFF line-up of feature films competition section:
- A Man of Integrity, Mohammad Rasoulof, Iran, 2017, 117min.
- Birds are Singing in Kigali, Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze, Poland, 2017, 113 min.
- Claire Obscure, Yesim Ustaoglu, Turkey/Poland/France, 2016; 100 min.
- Dede, Mari Khachvani, Georgia/Qatar, 2017; 97 min.
- Gentle Creature, Sergei Loznitsa, Ukraine/Germany/Netherlands/Russia/Lithuania, 2017; 143 min.
- How Viktor “the Garlic” Took Alexey “the Stud” to the Nursing Home, Alexander Hant, Russia, 2017; 90 min.
- Jupiter’s Moon, Kornél Mundruczó, Hungary / Germany, 2017, 123min
- More, Onur Saylak, Turkey, 2017, 115 min.
- Party, Sally Potter, UK, 2017; 71 min.
- Take OFF, Ehsan Abdipour, Iran, 2017
Nominations of Feature Films Competition Section - International Jury consisting of 5 members and headed by famous Iranian film director Mohsen Makhmalbaf will award prizes in following nominations - Grand Prix, Best Director, Best Male Actor, Best Female Actor, Jury Special prize
BIAFF line-up of Doc films competition section:
- Austerlitz, Sergei Loznitsa, Germany, 2016; 94 min.
- Burma Storybook, Peter Lom, Netherlands/Norway, 2017; 81
- City of Ghosts, Matthew Heineman, USA, 2017; 90 min
- City of Sun, Rati Oneli, Georgia, USA, Qatar, Netherlands, 2017; 104 min.
- Dixie Land, Roman Bondarchuk, Ukraine/ Latvia/ Germany, 2016; 60 min.
- Liberation Day, Uģis Olte, Morten Traavik, Norway/Latvia, 2016; 100 min.
- My Suburban Stories, Yunus Kurkut, Turkey, 2017
- Taste of Cement, Ziad Kalthoum, Germany, Lebanon, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, 2017; 85 min.
- To Stay Alive – A Method, Arno Hagers, Erik Lieshout, Reinier van Brummelen, Netherlands/Belgium, 2016, 70 min
Nominations of Doc competition section - International Jury consisting of 5 members and headed by Georgian film director Alexander Rekhviashvili will award prizes in following nominations - Best Doc Film, Jury Special Mention
BIAFF film screenings locations - Cinema “Apollo”, Hotel “Wyndham” conference hall, OPEN AIR cinema at ERA Square
How to Attend BIAFF festival - Attending Film Screenings are free of charge. To attend film screenings in cinema APOLLO person should take “FREE TICKETS” (it is used for better control and access to film screenings) in cinema APOLO at BIAFF info center.
Media Accreditation – representatives of various media, can apply for accreditation via online - http://biaff.org/media-acreditation
Festival Sponsors – Batumi City Hall, Ministry of Culture of Georgia, Georgian National Film Center, Ministry of Cultura of Ajara AR, Hotel Wyndham Batumi
Festival Supporters – British Council, Goethe Institute Georgia, Cinema APOLLO, Hotel Rcheuli, Hotel Batumi Plaza, Tourism Department of Ajara AR, HQ propaganda, Tour Company “Wonderland”
Festival Media Partners – Georgian Public Broadcaster, Radio Fortuna/Fortuna+, Adjara TV, Publicity Group (www.publicity.ge), www.newswire.ge, Film New Europe (www.filmneweurope.com), Newspaper BATUMELEBI, netgazeti.ge
Contact information: Tel: 599-482181, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , For accreditation – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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WARSAW: Film professionals from Poland, Czech Republic, Georgia and Romania are among the mentors of the 5th SOFA - School of Film Agents. The first part of the workshop will be held in Warsaw from 27 August to 1 September 2017, while the second one will take place in Tbilisi from 22 to 28 April 2018.
Only few more days before some of Europe’s leading film professionals reach Warsaw to conduct the 5th SOFA workshop. Who will be guiding this year’s participants in Poland?
WARSAW: Dariusz Gajewski is currently shooting Legions, a major costume drama about the Polish Legions set up by Józef Piłsudski (1867-1935).
BERLIN: Thirteen majority and minority coproductions from CEE countries are among the 51 titles in EFA Feature Film Selection, the list of feature fiction films recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2017.
It is with great pleasure that the European Film Academy and EFA Productions announce the titles of the 51 films on this year’s EFA Feature Film Selection, the list of feature fiction films recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2017! With 31 European countries represented, the list once again illustrates the great diversity in European cinema.
Polish Days co-organized by the Polish Film Institute are the most important industry event of T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival, where industry representatives including programmers, sales agents, producers, film funds and distributors from all over the world meet to watch the latest Polish films at closed screenings. This year's edition of Polish Days took place on 8-10 August.
Five completed Polish films and nine works-in-progress were shown at closed screenings during the event. Eleven projects in development were also pitched to the international audience. All presentations were followed by one-on-one sessions.
The event has been gaining international interest and strengthening its position in recent years. This year around 250 key Polish and international guests were present in Wrocław, including producers, film funds and festival programmers (Cannes, Berlin, Rotterdam, Tribeca among others), as well as a number of international and domestic buyers.
Among the works shown in full at closed screenings were Panic Attack by Paweł Maślona, Wild Roses by Anna Jadowska, Thrice Falls the Saint by Jacek Januszyk, Tower. A Bright Day by Jagoda Szelc and The Reconciliation by Maciej Sobieszczański.
The works-in-progress section presented 9 films, including Back Home by Magdalena Łazarkiewicz, The Mute by Bartek Konopka,Speedway by Dorota Kędzierzawska, The Fastest by Łukasz Palkowski, The Man with the Magic Box by Bodo Kox among others.
Pitchings presented Polish films at an earlier stage of development and production. Among them, new works by Jan Komasa (Corpus Christi), Borys Lankosz (Dark, Almost Nighttime), Karolina Bielawska (Neon Tears), Kuba Czekaj (Lipstick on the Glass), Magnus von Horn (Sweat), Norman Leto (Pilot 9/11).
Awards from Aeroplan Studios and ColorOffOn Film went to the projects: Lipstick on the Glass by Kuba Czekaj and The War Has Ended by Hagar Ben Asher respectively.
The scholarship from EAVE was awarded to Beata Rzeźniczek from Madants, representing project The War Has Ended directed by Hagar Ben-Asher
Event partners included the Wrocław Film Commission, the Mazovia Warsaw Film Commission, the Łódź Film Commission, the Krakow Film Commission, the Podkarpackie Film Commission, the National Audiovisual Institute, Coloroffon, Aeroplan Studios and EAVE. Media partners included Film Pro, Film New Europe and Film & TV Kamera.
SAREJEVO: Alen Drljević’s debut feature Men Don’t Cry has been chosen as the official candidate from Bosnia and Herzegovina for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences nomination in the Best Foreign Language Film category. The 90th Oscars will be held on 4 March 2018.
The 8th edition of New Horizons Studio+ took place 5-8 August during the 17th T-Mobile New Horizons IFF (3-13 August 2017)
Festivals 18-08-2017Organized by the New Horizons Association and Creative Europe Desk Poland, it consisted of workshops and lectures on various aspects related to the project promotion and development.
Studio New Horizons+ selected European director-producer pairs who are developing their first or second feature film. 10 emerging talents from Poland and 10 from Hungary, Austria, Germany, Romania, and the United Kingdom took part in the programme under the supervision of the following experts: David Pope (London Film Academy); Alya Belgaroui (EAVE), sales agent representing Wild Bunch; Aranka Matits (EAVE), representing Featurette; Raquel Cabrera from The Film Agency; Mark Lautman from Intermission Film; Jakub Duszyński from Gutek Film; and Jan Naszewski from New Europe Film Sales.
The New Horizons Studio+ program was completed with an insightful lecture “Film Trailers” by the special guest from the UK Mark Lautman from Intermission Film, which was given as a part of Creativity Talks organized by the British Council.
The participants took part in the pitching contest. The jury selecting the best pitch (composed of Aranka Matits, Raquel Cabrera and David Pope) decided to split the awards into two parts.
Statement from the Jury:
We are very impressed with the evolution of each project – in the span of just four days.
We hope to have provided an inspiring and nourishing environment for both directors and producers; and that sharing our ideas, suggestions and experience will be of use to them as their pursue their burgeoning carriers. We, for sure, will leave Wrocław feeling inspired by their vision and drive.
QUEENS – an Honourable Mention at the New Horizons Studio+ Pitching
We were impressed by the evolution from when the director-producer team first introduced the project where they were grabbling with genre labels, tonality and social context to a pitch that engaged us with nuanced characters and made us curious to find out how they will resolve their dilemmas. The Honourable Mention goes to QUEENS, directed by Stefan Bohun and produced by David Bohun.
FISHEYE – the Winner of the New Horizons Studio+ Pitching Contest and recipient of the London Film Academy Award
The New Horizons Studio+ /The London Film Academy Award goes to FISHEYE (directed by Michał Szcześniak and produced by Ewa Turczańska), a project that painted a very clear picture of what the team behind it wants to accomplish. The pitch presented effectively the promise of the story and its universe as well as articulating all the specific creative contributions of the range of collaborators that are involved in each and every filmmaking process.
The award is project consultation with David Pope (London Film Academy).
Congratulations to the winners and thank to all the participants and partners: EAVE, London Film Academy, Romanian Institute of Culture, German Films and the Austrian Cultural Forum, as well as media partners: Film & TV Kamera, Film Pro and Film New Europe.
