From March 10th to 14th, the director Gosta-Gavras and sound editor Eddy Joseph will attend the Film and TV Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava.
The 9th Visegrad Film Forum will offer more than the screening of their well-known movies. The rich audiovisual program will be complemented by lectures in an informal atmosphere, so that everyone can learn more from the world of cinematography.

A Greek Who Hit It BIG in France and Conquered Hollywood

After his family moved from Athens to France in 1945, Costa-Gavras began to study law, but his passion for film made him change his studies. Costa is one of the most important directors in France. His works often depict political dramas and conflicts, and he does not conceal his leftist feelings. He began his film career as an assistant of the director René Clair. His first film, The Sleeping Car Murderers (1965), based on a well-known book, had a major impact, as it was particularly popular with the general public.

His film Z (1969), based on a real case of assassination of a Greek politician, brought him a great success abroad. He won an Academy Award – Oscar – for Best Foreign Language Film and two Cannes Awards for this movie. Another movie that scored worldwide was the political thriller Missing (1982). It again follows the real story of the kidnapping in South America. The film earned him an Academy Award Best Screenplay and threIn the following years, Costa worked alternately in the US and France, creating other politically tuned films. His latest film Adults in the Room (2019) describes the events in Greece in 2015, when the Greek economy went into the biggest crisis. This film is the first one he shot in his native Greece and it competed at the Venice Film Festival. The film will be presented by the International Film Festival FEBIOFEST Bratislava, which, like the last year, takes place at the same time as the Visegrad Film Forum and Costa-Gavras will be the guest of both of these events.

A Filmmaker Who Gave the Sound to James Bond, Pink Floyd and Harry Potter

During the Visegrad Film Forum, the sound editor Eddy Joseph from Northern Ireland, will talk about how to create an atmosphere of a movie using sound. He won two most prestigious British BAFTA Film Awards for Best Sound - the first one for the iconic musical movie Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982), and the second, for one of the James Bond films with Daniel Craig called Casino Royale (2006).

"I want to teach the people to listen, and how they can just do that you can enhance and soundtrack. You can read script and tell from what the movie is supposed to sound like in the end. I believe that now-a-days people are not being taught that,” says Eddy Joseph. 

He also worked as a sound supervisor for well-known titles such as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001), King Arthur (2004), Cold Mountain (2003) and United 93 (2006). He cooperated with the director Allan Parker not only on a musical film with animated segments by political cartoonist Gerald Scarfe, which is based on Pink Floyd album of the same name, but also on six other films, such as Angel Heart (1987), The Commitments (1991) and Evita (1996). In addition, Eddy collaborated for a while on also with the director Tim Burton on his films Batman (1989), Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (2005) and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005).

Filmmakers Who Worked with Jarmusch, Trier, Polanski or Participated in the Creation of the Popular TV Show Friends

To the 9th year of the international event is also invited Jim Stark, the producer of independent films, who helps independent filmmakers actually turn their dream into reality. At the beginning of his career, he worked with the director Jim Jarmusch. Debra McGuire, the costume designer of the well-known TV show Friends, is coming from the USA to our Forum too. Another female guest is Molly Malene Stensgaard, who is a longtime editor of the famous Danish director Lars Von Trier. Last but not least, is our guest from Poland, the cameraman Pawel Edelman, who has worked on several films with Roman Polanski and Andrzej Wajda.

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Visegrad Film Forum 2020

Date: March 10th - 14th  2020

Location: Bratislava, Slovakia

Venue: Film and TV Faculty of Academy of Performing Arts, Lumière Cinema

Website: http://www.visegradfilmforum.com

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Organizer: Boiler NGO

Co-organizers: Film and TV Faculty of Academy of Performing Arts Financial support: Audiovisual Fund, International Visegrad Fund, Nadácia SPP

Partner schools: Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo, The University of Arts in Belgrade, Yerevan State Institute of Theater and Cinematography, Sahara Lab, Film and TV Faculty of Academy of Performing Arts,, The Film Academy of Miroslav Ondricek in Pisek, Eszterházy Károly University in Eger, Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School in Katowice.

Cartoon Business is a top-level seminar focusing on the new generation models of financing and revenues brought about by the changes in the production and distribution markets. The next Cartoon Business will be held in Gran Canaria (Spain) from 24th to 26th March 2020.

The 27th edition of Febiofest - one of Slovakia’s biggest and longest-running film festivals – is almost here! Now called FEBIOFEST Bratislava International Film Festival the event will run from 11 to 17 March 2020. Lumière and Mladosť cinemas will host the main festival programme, with accompanying events – concerts and parties - at the legendary V-klub. And as we’re Focused on quality film the festival will offer a wide range for cinephiles as well as general audiences of various genres.

All-festival Cinepass holders can visit screenings at the best price and get free access to accompanying V-klub events. Cinepasses are available from the MyCinepass website. 

“As a quickly-growing capital city, Bratislava needs one main representative film festival. With its tradition, exciting films, and extensive industry programme for film professionals, Febiofest has all the qualities to be this key event,” says Ondrej Starinský, Febiofest’s new artistic director.

Febiofest aims to bring Slovak audiences high-quality films from prestigious international film festivals, and the latest screenings from Slovakia and Czechia. It has exceptional guests, a strong and interesting industry programme, a competition of short films that reflects the latest issues in Central Europe, and aims to attract new cinema audiences. 

Febiofest is envisioned as an ambitious urban film festival that embraces diverse film genres to reach out to viewers of diverse age groups that love quality cinema. For 2020 JANDL advertising agency has given the festival a fresh and vibrant new look.

“This new visual identity will appeal to our loyal followers and also attract new visitors to the festival – since we are targeting quality film as well as new cinemagoers,” says Ľubica Orechovská, Febiofest’s new executive director.

Over seven days, this year’s Febiofest will screen over one hundred fantastic films. These will include new Slovak films that have caught attention at distinguished festivals such as Berlinale and Rotterdam, remarkable award-winning foreign films that can’t be seen in regular Slovak distribution, an international competition of short films, classic works of cinema, night-time screenings, and an extensive programme for children. Many of these films will be screened in Slovakia for the first time.

The focal point of the festival programme is In the Heart of Europe - an international competition of short films that features fiction, documentaries and animation up to 30 minutes from the V4 countries, Austria and (for the first time) Ukraine. Viewers who favour time-proven films by award-winning directors will enjoy the Film + and Masters screening sections. Febio’s most popular section Slovakia - A Country of Film screens premieres of new Slovak cinema. Mirror of the Past shows recently digitalised Slovak and Czech cinema masterpieces, as well as internationally acclaimed classics including David Lynch and David Cronenberg. Limitless and Kino-Ikon+ are arthouse sections focusing on documentaries, film experimentation, and cinema that challenges conventional limits. Planet Dark is the spooky place for horror films and late-night screenings. Febiofest’s special kids’ programme will bring an even bigger and better Children´s Film Cabinet. The opportunity for networking between local producers and international film professionals is provided by Industry Days, which presents the ten most anticipated Slovak film projects in production to foreign film festival representatives.

A key aspect of Febiofest is reaching out across Slovakia – and by so doing, increasing its film-loving fanbase outside Bratislava. Four films have been selected from the main festival programme to be screened in 15 Slovak towns. 

Cinepass accreditations for FEBIOFEST Bratislava are available online at MyCinepass. With a Cinepass you can attend all festival screenings and make online reservations to avoid queues. Pre-sale Cinepasses for the whole festival are available now for EUR 20, discounted student Cinepasses cost EUR 18, and weekend Cinepasses are EUR 15. On-the-door prices will be higher and subject to availability. Single entry tickets will be sold on the door for EUR 5.

CINEPASS FOR FEBIOFEST IFF
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For more info check out:

www.febiofest.sk

www.facebook.com/Febiofest.sk/
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The festival is financially supported by: 

2020 Call for Projects - Make your film happen!

The Estonian Film Institute (EFI) announced the following feature film and minority coproduction grants on 6 February 2020.

This year, once again, a number of Kristián statuettes will be awarded during the Prague International Film Festival – Febiofest. Czech actress Iva Janžurová will receive one at the festival’s closing ceremony. Moreover, Febiofest will run a special selection of her films. The festival’s new programming concept includes several new sections as well as two competitions.