BUCHAREST: The first edition of a new TV content market, the Golden Carpathian Market, is set for 25-28 August 2011 in Ploiesti in the Carpathian region of Romania. The event is a regionally-focused business market for the TV and digital media content industries from Central and East Europe plus Middle East and Middle Asia countries.
“The Mole” will make its world premiere in the World Competition of the 35th Montreal World FF
Press releases 26-07-2011It is a feature debut of Rafael Lewandowski and the cinematographer credit goes to Piotr Rosołowski. “The Mole” was produced by Metro Films and co-produced by KUIV Productions, Silesia-Film, Non Stop Film Service, Le Frensoy – studio national des arts contemporains, Vertigo, Trafik. The film received the financial support from the Polish Film Institute and City of Bielsko-Biała.
The 35th Montreal WFF runs from August 18 through 28 and makes the only “A” class film festival on the North American continent. The goal of the festival is to encourage cultural diversity and understanding among nations, to foster the cinema of all continents by stimulating the development of quality cinema, to promote filmmakers and innovative works, to discover and encourage new talents, and to promote meetings between cinema professionals from around the world. This year’s edition of the festival will present over 400 films from 70 countries. A last year Special Jury Prize went to “Venice” by Jan Jakub Kolski.
“The Mole” tells the story of Paweł (played by Borys Szyc) who is the son of a 'Solidarity' activist. His wife is Ewa, the daughter of a miner who had been killed during mine strike riots under communism. One day a photo of Paweł's father (Marian Dziędziel) is published in a paper. He is accused of having collaborated with the communist secret police in the 1980s (with "The Mole" as his code name), and of having informed on his collegues during the strike.
The film was screened in the main competition of the 36th Polish Film Festival in Gdynia and Marian Dziędziel won an award for the Best Actor In Supporting Actor. The film also stars: Wojciech Pszoniak, Magdalena Czerwińska, Sławomir Orzechowski and Bartłomiej Topa.
The distribution of Rafael Lewandowski’s film in Poland is handled by Kino Świat. The film is set for the theatrical release in Poland on August 5th.
The world rights are handled by the Wide Management.
Two Łódź productions: Opowieści z chłodni by Grzegorz Jaroszuk and Bez śniegu by Magnus von Horn will screen in the Pardi di domani / Leopards of Tomorrow short film competition of the 64th Locarno International Film Festival, one of the key film events in the world. Locarno's International Competition lineup also includes the feature animation, Polish – Romanian co-production, Crulic - Droga na drugą stronę (Crulic), directed by Anca Damian. The film will have its world premiere during the Festival. The film was partly shot in Poland, while Krakow area based Studio Alvernia handled post-production. The film's Polish co-producer is the Magellan Foundation. All three films were supported by the Polish Film Institute.
The 64th Locarno International Film Festival runs from August 3 through 13.
One of the Leopards of Tomorrow competition jury members is Luc Toutoungh, co-producer of Świteź (The Lost Town of Świteź) by Kamil Polak, which will also screen in Locarno.
Both competition short films already have a history of success. Produced by the National Film School in Łódź and by EasyBusyProductions, Opowieści z chłodni won the Targowa Street Film&Music Festival in Łódź. In April, the film won the Grand Prize and Audience Award at the "Łodzią po Wiśle" film festival in Warsaw. The film will also screen in the Polish Shorts section of the upcoming New Horizons film festival. Opowieści z chłodni is a tongue-in-cheek story about two supermarket employees who have two days to find their purpose in life.
Bez śniegu, produced by the National Film School in Łódź and by Lava Films, previously won the Lucjan Bokiniec Grand Prize in the Young Cinema Competition at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia, the Silver Hobbyhorse at the Krakow Film Festival, and 1st prize, the second most important award at "Łodzią po Wiśle". Inspired by real events, Magnus von Horn's film focuses on circumstances that led to a man shooting two boys in his backyard.
MALTA: The 13 part TV series Sinbad the Sailor produced by UK based Impossible Pictures for SKY TV will pump over 8 m euros into the Malta economy according to Malta Finance Minister Tonia Fenech.
16-23 July 2011 National Festival
9-23 July 2011 International Festival
Prize winners of the 58th Pula Film Festival (www.pulafilmfestival.hr)
National Competition Programme Jury
Jury: Živorad Tomić, film critic and director - president, Goran Dević, screenwriter and director, Stanko Herceg, cinematographer, Nataša Janjić, actress, Vladimir Tadej, screenwriter and director
NATIONAL PROGRAMME - minority co-productions section
Golden Arena for Best Cinematography goes to Sven Pepeonik for the film Good Night, Missy by Metod Pevec
Golden Arena for Best Actress in a Leading Role goes to Polona Juh for the role of Hana in the film Good Night, Missy by Metod Pevec
Golden Arena for Best Director goes to Metod Pevec for the film Good Night, Missy
NATIONAL PROGRAMME - main section
The Breza Award by Vjesnik for best debutant director goes to Daniel Kušan for the film Koko and the Ghosts
Special Golden Arena for Special Effects goes to the film Josef by Stanislav Tomić
Special Golden Arena for Sound goes to Frano Homen for the film Kotlovina by Tomislav Radić
Special Arena for Best Make-Up goes to Ana Bulajić Črček for the film Lea and Darija by Branko Ivanda
Golden Arena for Best Costume Design goes to Barbara Bourek for the film Lea and Darija by Branko Ivanda
Golden Arena for Best Art Direction goes to Iva Hušnjak for the film Lea and Darija by Branko Ivanda
Golden Arena for Best Music goes to Dinko Appelt for the film Koko and the Ghosts by Daniel Kušan
Golden Arena for Best Editing goes to Slaven Zečević for the film Koko and the Ghosts by Daniel Kušan
Golden Arena for Best Cinematography goes to Vanja Černjul for the film Daddy by Dalibor Matanić
Golden Arena for Best Actor in a Supporting Role goes to Boris Buzančić for the role of Grandpa in the film Kotlovina by Tomislav Radić
Golden Arena for Best Actor in a Leading Role goes to Draško Zidar for the role of Mirko in the film Kotlovina by Tomislav Radić
Golden Arena for Best Actress in a Supporting Role goes to Iva Mihalić for the role of Sister in the film Daddy by Dalibor Matanić
Golden Arena for Best Actress in a Leading Role goes to Mirela Brekalo Popović for the role of Ana in the film Kotlovina by Tomislava Radića
Golden Arena for Best Screenplay goes to Tomislav Radić for the film Kotlovina
Golden Arena for Best Director goes to Dalibor Matanić for the film Daddy
Grand Golden Arena for Best Film goes to Tomislav Radić, producer of the film Kotlovina by Tomislav Radić
Hypo Banka grants a prize amounting to HRK 30,000.00 to Tomislav Radić, the director of the film Kotlovina
II. Golden Gate of Pula Audience Award
Voting for the National Programme screened in the Arena, the audience granted the Golden Gate of Pula Audience Award to the film Koko and the Ghosts by Daniel Kušan, produced by Inter Film Zagreb, average score 4.78.
Koko and the Ghosts, dir. Danijel Kušan (4.78); Blurs, dir. Aldo Tardozzi (4.52); Piran-Pirano, dir. Goran Vojnović (4.51); Step by Step, dir. Biljana Čakić-Veselič
National Programme:
a) main section (10 films)
Lea and Darija, dir. Branko Ivanda, Koko and the Ghosts, dir. Danijel Kušan, Daddy, dir. Dalibor Matanić, Blurs, dir. Aldo Tardozzi, Little Gypsy Witch, dir.Tomislav Žaja, Kotlovina, dir. Tomislav Radić, 7seX7, dir. Irena Škorić, Step by Step, dir. Biljana Čakić-Veselič, Darkness, dir. Dan Oki, Josef, dir. Stanislav Tomić.
b) minority co-productions section (6 films)
Room 304, dir. Brigitte Staermose, The Enemy, dir. Dejan Zečević, Good Night, Missy, dir. Metod Pevec, Belvedere, dir. Ahmed Imamović, Piran-Pirano, dir. Goran Vojnović.
International Programme (21 films)
Carlos, dir. Olivier Assayas, Casino Jack, dir. George Hickenlooper, Silent Sonata, dir. Janez Burger, The Double Hour (La doppia ora), dir. Giuseppe Capotondi, We Have a Pope (Habemus Papam), dir. Nanni Moretti, I Am Love (Io sono l'amore), dir. Luca Guadagnino, The Housemaid (Housemaid), dir. Im Sangsoo, Mothers (Majki), dir. Milčo Mančevski, Melancholia (Melancolia), dir. Lars von Trier, A Quiet Life (Una vita tranquilla), dir. Claudio Cupellini, Montevideo, Taste of a Dream, dir. Dragan Bjelogrlić, Nader and Simin, a Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin), dir. Asghar Farhadi, Leaving (Odcházení), dir. Vaclav Havel, Last Night (Last Night), dir. Massy Tadjedin, Skinning, dir. Stevan Filipović, Trophy Wife (Potiche), dir. François Ozon, Three (Drei), dir. Tom Tykwer, Service Entrance (Les femmes du 6ème étage), dir. Philippe Le Guay, Made in Dagenham (Made in Dagenham), dir. Nigel Cole, Come Undone (Cosa voglio di piu), dir. Silvio Soldini, Sacrifice (Sacrifice), dir. Chen Kaige
Short Films Programme (20 films)
Adieu, N, dir. Barbara Vekarić, Fucking Game, dir. David Kapac, Fucking Game, dir. Daina Oniunas Pusić, Fucking Game, dir. Josip Žuvan, You Bitch!, dir. Sonja Tarokić, Us in the Sun, dir. Neda Radić, Nina, Please, dir. Barbara Vekarić, A Night for Two, dir. Filip Mojzeš, First!, dir. Silva Ćapin, The First Time, dir. Neven Dužanec, Room Service, dir. Neda Radić, We Just Kissed, dir. Kristina Vuković, Straight Pool, dir. Filip Šovagović, Happy Birthday Marija, dir. Ivana Škrabalo, That's Life, dir. Saša Dodik, Lullaby, dir. Jadran Puharić, Hanging Flowers, dir. Ivica Mušan, Zagorski specijalitet, dir. David Kapac, Winter, dir. Denis Lepur and Marko Stanić, Chill, dir. Hana Jušić
Children's Film Programme Pulica- Screenings for Children (9 films)
The Red Balloon and White Mane, dir. Albert Lamorisse, The Gruffalo, dir. Max Lang i Jakob Schuh, The Crocodiles, dir. Christian Ditter, Molly in Springtime, dir. Pierre-Luc Granjon, Going Our Way, dir. Miha Hočevar, The Ugly Duckling, dir. Garri Bardin, The Secret of an Old Attic, dir. Vladimir Tadej, A Cat in Paris, dir. Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alan Gagnol
PULA: The 58th Pula Film Festival awarded its main prize, the Grand Golden Arena, to Kotlovina directed by Tomislav Radic in its National Competition for Croatian film. The film also won awards for Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Sound. The film was produced by Zagreb based Korugva Film and Croatian TV and was selected from among a competion of 10 new Croatian films. The winner of the Audience Award was Koko and the Ghosts directed by Danijel Kusan and produced by Kinorama (www.kinorama.hr) and coproduced by Croatian TV. The film was the first Croatian film to receive MEDIA backing.
WARSAW: The team behind the award-winning Rabbit a la Berlin has begun shooting the concept documentary Six Degrees, which takes a literal and exploratory look at the theory that everyone is connected via only six degrees of separation.
November 15-19, 2011 / Tallinn, Estonia
CALL FOR TALENTS
Deadline for application: August 1, 2011.
AnimaCampus Tallinn is a brand new networking platform and training event for up-and-coming young filmmakers working in the field of animation. The five-day creative summit takes place in parallel with the Animation Film Festival Animated Dreams, the sub-festival of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.
In the frame of several lectures, presentations, discussions, screenings and workshops international animation experts share their experience in making cinéma d'auteur animation films as well as commercial productions. A mix of animation art and industry. A mix of traditional animation techniques and new media technologies. AnimaCampus Tallinn provides young professionals from East and West the opportunity to learn from top animation experts and build international networks in the inspiring European Capital of Culture atmosphere.
PROGRAMME
The programme of AnimaCampus Tallinn consists of the following activities:
Inspiration talks:
- Lectures, presentations and panel discussions to address the breaking issues in the animation history and today. * Open to all participants, guests and public.
Hands-on trainings:
- Practical workshops, case studies and meeting-the-expert sessions in different fields of work promoting direct interaction between young and experienced professionals. * Open to participants and guests.
Mentoring and guidance:
- Specialized master classes. * Open only to participants.
- Individual project consultations. * Open only to participants.
Networking and entertainment:
- Film screenings at the Animation Film Festival Animated Dreams.
- Excursions to Estonian animation studios and Museum of Puppets.
- Match-making sessions.
- Social events and concerts in the evenings.
REGIONS IN FOCUS
In 2011 AnimaCampus Tallinn is setting its focus on the following regions: Nordic countries (Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Iceland), Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania), South Caucasus (Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan) and Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan). Emerging animation filmmakers from the above mentioned countries are eligible to apply through the open call for entries. However, motivated applicants from the other European countries wishing to explore the animation scene in those regions are also encouraged to send their application.
WHO CAN APPLY?
- Young animation professionals or advanced students (age up to 35), who are fluent in English.
- Filmmakers with different professional backgrounds are welcome to apply. It doesn't matter whether you are a director, producer, animator, sound designer, scriptwriter, cinematographer, production designer, effects designer or multi-talented visual artist - if animation is your passion, you are eligible to apply!
HOW TO APPLY?
The application consists of two parts:
1) Register and fill in the online application form at: http://vp.eventival.eu/poff
2) Submit the following materials by regular post:
- CV & filmography (max 1 page / on CD)
- Personal motivation letter (max 1 page / on CD)
- Photo of the applicant (on CD)
- Sample of work (approx 3 minutes / on DVD).
The work sample can be a short film, excerpt or series of clips from previous work. Please state clearly in the beginning of the clip, which was your input to the chosen piece of work.
Materials should be sent to:
AnimaCampus Tallinn 2011
Animation Film Festival Animated Dreams
Telliskivi 60A
10412 Tallinn
Estonia
All the application materials must be submitted in English.
The deadline for a complete application is August 1, 2011 (postmark date).
PARTICIPATION FEE, SCHOLARSHIPS & ACCOMMODATION
Participation fee is 100€ for students and 150€ for young professionals.
AnimaCampus Tallinn offers 75 selected participants Part Scholarship covering the accommodation and meals. The rest of participants have to cover the costs of accommodation and meals themselves.
A limited number of participants receive Full Scholarship covering the participation fee, accommodation and meals. Applicants with limited financial means and/or from South Caucasus and Central Asia are preferred in this case. To apply for Full Scholarship, please fill in the appropriate field on the online application form and explain shortly in your motivation letter the reason you believe you are eligible.
AnimaCampus Tallinn does not cover travel expenses for the participants.
SELECTION OF PARTICIPANTS
AnimaCampus Tallinn organisers in co-operation with regional partners will select participants based on their application and work example. The final selection will be made by the end of August and published on AnimaCampus website. All the applicants will be notified by e-mail.
GUEST ACCREDITATION
Representatives of animation industry, festivals and schools can apply for Guest Accreditation, which gives the access to AnimaCampus public events as well as the Animation Film Festival Animated Dreams screenings. Accreditation forms will be available in September.
CALL FOR FILM ENTRIES!
All the AnimaCampus applicants can also submit their recently finished animated short films to Animation Film Festival Animated Dreams. Please see the rules and application details at: www.anima.ee
For further information please contact:
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On the 1st of July 2011 Poland will take over the presidency of the Council of the European Union. In the framework of the Presidency's cultural programme, Dragon Forum organizes the Polish Academy of Document in Kiev, Minsk and Moscow. Three sessions, each five days long, will consists of workshops for young documentary filmmakers from Ukraine, Belarus and Russia, open film screenings and meetings with exceptional filmmakers and producers, as well as conferences of documentary creators on the art of documenting reality, international film market and cinematography organization.
Open call for projects to be developed during the Polish
Academy of Document will open soon.
More information on www.dragonforum.pl
Schedule:
Kiev 4-8 October 2011
Minsk 8-12 November 2011
Moscow 6-10 December 2011
London Film Academy teams up with the Wrocław-based event on the programming and sponsorship side.
The New Horizons IFF is the biggest film festival in Poland. The 11. Edition will take place in Wrocław, Poland on 21-31 July 2011.
London Film Academy (www.londonfilmacademy.com) is an innovative film school offering professional training in all key areas of film & TV with working industry experts.
LFA partnered with the festival on its key training event for young filmmakers - the 2. New Horizons Studio (23-26 July). During this three-day workshop the participants take part in sessions on pitching, international promotion, production, networking and world film sales. Thanks to LFA, the event will feature lectures by BAFTA-winning writer-director Richard Kwietniowski (writing and directing), executive producer Ri Chakraborty (pitching), and producer Ivana MacKinnon (producing). Other acclaimed speakers include Juliette Jansen (Rotterdam IFF), Anais Clanet (Wide Management), Beata Mońka (Canal+) and Hugo Viera da Silva (Swans). A special Masterclass will be given by the Hungarian director Bela Tarr (Satan Tango, Turin Horse).
LFA is also sponsoring the European Debut Shorts Competition by awarding the London Film Academy Award for Best European Debut Short. The director of the winning film will be awarded a full scholarship on one of LFA's Specialised Courses and accommodation for the duration of their course.
