With international films landing en masse on the shores of the island nation of Malta, the Malta Film Commission has issued a call for five tenders for training programmes.
The Czech and Slovak digital satellite platform Skylink announced it will add broadcasts of Hungarian channels.
COMPETITIONS:
From 5 to 10 November, the 23rd FilmFestival Cottbus will offer the best of current East European cinematography in the Feature Film and Short Feature Competitions. 21 of the close to 700 submitted films have made it to the competitions. In the Feature Film section, 11 films from 13 countries – one international première and ten German premières – will compete for the Main Prize endowed with 20,000 and the glass award sculpture Lubina. An international jury will decide. In the Short Feature Competition, 10 contributions from 9 countries – all of which are German premières – will compete for the prize of 3,500 euros. The film-makers search for traces of the past, shed light on current affairs and shortcomings and raise the question of how we would like to live.
Lists of films in the Feature Film Competition and the Short Feature Competition
Festivals 23-10-2013List of films in the Feature Film Competition:
The International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography has always appreciated the work of professional film critics, whose job was always to assist the audiences with their experience, erudition and knowledge of cinema.
RIGA: The Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS running through 27 October 2013 will unspool its Baltic competition on 25 October.
KATOWICE: The 4th edition of REGIOFUN, the International Festival of Film Producers running through 27 October, highlights the growing role of regional funds in film production, with eight films made in cooperation with those funds competing for its main prize.
FNE interviews Slovak documentary producer Barbara Harumova Hessova, selected to participate in the 2013 Emerging Producers workshop at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.
FNE interviews documentary producer Pavla Kubeckova, selected to participate in the 2013 Emerging Producers workshop at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.
