The winning films of the 16th Festival on Wheels have been announced. Of the nine titles which competed in the Festival, Olivier Masset-Depasse's Illegal took the Golden Bull Award. The Silver Bull Award went to Chongqing Blues, while Tayfun Pirselimoğlu's Hair received a Special Mention. The SİYAD (Turkish Critics' Association) Prize was awarded to Bibliothèque Pascal.
The winning films of the 16th Festival on Wheels have been announced. Of the nine titles which competed in the Festival, Olivier Masset-Depasse's Illegal took the Golden Bull Award. The Silver Bull Award went to Chongqing Blues, while Tayfun Pirselimoğlu's Hair received a Special Mention. The SİYAD (Turkish Critics' Association) Prize was awarded to Bibliothèque Pascal.
On December 20th, Georgian National Film Center announced a winner of the competition for financing full-length feature co-production (for 2011).
The new film by Jacek Borcuch, produced by Mañana, has been selected for CineMart, the oldest co-production market in the world, which accompanies the IFF Rotterdam. CineMart remains, together with the Berlinale Co-Production Market and L'Atelier at the IFF Cannes, the most prestigious place to present a film project in production. Every year 33 films begin their international careers at CineMart months before their official world premieres. Participation in CineMart offers a unique possibility to present a film project to the most influential film industry representatives from all over the world as well as to acquire foreign co-producers. Lasting Moments (working title) is the first Polish project selected for CineMart for a number of years. The film tells the story of two Polish students who meet and fall in love during a summer job in Germany. Their relationship is faced by obstacles that turn out to be difficult to overcome for two 20-year olds who have so far enjoyed carefree lives.
PRESS RELEASE: EastWest Filmdistribution's new film OFF THE BEATEN TRACK goes to Rotterdam
OFF THE BEATEN TRACK, an Irish/Romanian feature documentary, will premiere in Rotterdam in official selection. Produced and directed by Dieter Auner, the film follows the life of a family of shepherds in Northern Transylvania, and their struggle to maintain their traditional way of life while facing the pressure of modernity. The film deals with topics such as the effects of globalization on local traditions and the disappearance of locally produced food.
http://www.eastwest-distribution.com/film_off.html
European Film Commissions Network (EUFCN) reelects board with great majority
Press releases 15-12-2010EUFCN General Assembly in Brussels 2010 with training sessions on "3D" and "Film Tourism"
Brussels - The European Film Commissions Network association's yearly general assembly took place on December 4, 2010 in the city hall of Brussels. It included the 3rd elections of the board of directors. The EUFCN board has been reelected with great majority. The President of the association, Arie Bohrer (Austria) as well as the General Secretary of the board, Patrick Lamassoure (France) were confirmed in their office. Giuliana Tessera (Italy) was reelected. Elsa Martinez, the head of Spain Film Commission was elected as a new board member. Christiane Scholz (Germany) and Anja Metzger (Germany) stay for another term in office, as well as the Treasurer Truls Kontny (Norway).
For the first time the association's annual general assembly was embedded in two blocks of seminars. The agenda included a detailed training session on the specifics of 3D filmmaking. French 3D specialist Philippe Delbary explained the technological aspects of 3D and how it is used globally. Sebastian Cramer of Screen Plane GmbH, Germany described the work flow of 3D projects.
The second day was dedicated to sharing experiences with film tourism. Stefan Roesch, author of the book "The Experiences of Film Location Tourists", spoke about cooperating with the tourism industry, designing tourism marketing campaigns, and developing tourism products. Thomas Fuchs of CineTirol presented a case study on film tourism in Tirol, and Piluca Querol of the Andalucia Film Commission introduced her book "Movie Tourism: A New Promotional Strategy".
EUFCN President Arie Bohrer states: "To my great pleasure the EUFCN board has been reelected with great majority. This proves that our members are entirely satisfied with the new policy the Board of Directors has adopted. Our first training sessions "3D" and "Film Tourism" had been very useful to our members. This confirms our strategy to continue these training efforts in the future. We are convinced that all members belonging to the EUFCN, will be highly respected and most reliable partners for the national and international film industry. Providing those continuous training sessions, we guarantee that our film commissioners will be always on top of the latest technical and practical developments of the industry."
The umbrella association EUFCN representing film commissions in Europe was founded in 2007 to consolidate the evergrowing number of film and location offices all over Europe into one network. The EUFCN, which today already encompasses 78 Film Commissions in 24 European countries, is a non-profit association which supports and promotes the European film industry and culture. The constant growing of the network shows how important this association is for Europe.
This is the last call to submit your proposal for Ex Oriente Film - a year-long international workshop that supports the development and funding of creative documentary films from Central and Eastern Europe.
On December 11, the International Jury revelaed the winners of TIFF 2010 (www.tblisifilmfestival.ge). The Golden Prometheus for the best film went to Rusudan Pirveli for SUSA. The best director Vladimir Perisic was awarded with Silver Prometheus for ORDINARY PEOPLE.
Motive Television plc, the digital television technology, software and services provider, has successfully completed the technical pilot of its Bestv technology with Antenna Hungaria, a subsidiary of Groupe TDF. Antenna Hungaria operates a digital terrestrial television (DTT) platform in Hungary, offering consumers the choice of both free and pay television channels via a set top box.