To Whom it May Concern,
I am working with Christopher and Steve at UnionDocs, the Brooklyn, NY based nonprofit media arts organization. We are currently doing outreach to help spread the call for the next round of fellowships in our Collaborative Program, which has completed two years of successful operations, screening work at premiere venues such as MoMA's Documentary Fortnight 2010, the Harvard Film Archive, the Visible Evidence Conference 2011(upcoming), and Direktorenhaus, Berlin, among others. We expect a very competitive group of applicants, representing some of the most exciting emerging talents in documentary.
Do you know about the Collaborative? If not here's a quick description:
Through the UnionDocs Collaborative Program (UDC), now in its third year, UnionDocs builds a team of talented emerging documentary artists and guides their progress as they participate in seminars on the history and theory of nonfiction media, attend masterclasses with visiting artists, and work together to develop a final, thematically driven non-fiction media project for exhibition.
While the UDC may have many parallels to parts of a masters program, it is designed to offer an alternative, affordable approach to learning and production that focuses on collaboration and peer exchange, rather than set, teacher-led courses and inter-artist competition. The UDC does not grant degrees or certificates; instead, the completion of an excellent collaborative project is the goal.
Next year's fellows will focus on Looking at Los Sures, a three year investigation into the South Williamsburg neighborhood, which UnionDocs has been part of since 2005. This cross-platform project will create a participatory, locative map for stories and ideas piloting Zeega, an open-source HTML5 platform, being incubated by UnionDocs, metaLAB (at) Harvard, the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, and The Sensory Ethnography Lab. With this project UnionDocs revisits a lost film about the neighborhood from 1984 and creates a constellation of companion documentaries and interactive projects that annotate, challenge, update and spiral off from the original.
We will be selecting 12 artists, with an application deadline of June 24, 2011 for residents and July 22, 2011 for non-residents.
More info here: http://www.uniondocs.org
TWEET HEADLINE: Applications now open for the UnionDocs Collaborative in Brooklyn, New York, an exciting year-long program for non-fiction media research and group production!
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The 38th International Festival of Sustainable Development Films - Ekotopfilm 2011 will be held in October 17 – 21, 2011 in the capital city of Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
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Deadline is July 15, 2011.
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Press release
6 June, 2011
Last chance to submit your film for the 5th Kaunas International Film Festival
Kaunas International Film Festival calls filmmakers to submit their films for this year's programme. Films fitting into one of the programme sections - "Identity", "All the Muses", "Music Moves the World" and the short film programme - have to be submitted by June 24.
In order to participate in the festival, the applicants have to register and fill in the application form in the visitor page of the Kaunas IFF's website, provided by festival partner "Eventival". A DVD copy of the film has to be shipped to the Festival by the specified deadline - June 24.
"In the 5th edition of Kaunas Film Festival, talents, distributors and production companies from all over the world can submit their films to the Festival. The films will be reviewed by KIFF programme team and will get an opportunity to be included in the official selection of KIFF," says Tomas Tengmark, Kaunas Film Festival programme producer. "I see this as an opportunity for new discoveries and hope that interesting films will find their way to Kaunas. Read the full film submission guidelines on the KIFF website and submit your films!"
The Festival viewers' favourite section "Identities" includes films with a special view of identity. These motion pictures look into relevant issues of international and intercultural differences and similarities. Characters of these films face the challenges of migration as well as cultural dilemmas in countries or communities of destination; they experience growth and development, they get old, they change and reflect upon these changes. Through fundamental psychological and sociological transformation, individuals and communities aim to perceive their identities. Cinema has the capacity to sensitively reveal the aspects of identity.
The section "Music Moves the World", dedicated to the fans of music and film, introduces unique portraits of solo artists and bands, concert films, and documentaries about the culture of music.
The section "All the Muses" is reserved for films about art. Themes and genres vary within this programme section, but all films speak about the subtlety of the phenomenon of creativity and exceptional artist personalities. The films contemplate the issues of the purpose of art, and the relationship of art with other cultural phenomena.
This year's Festival also presents the short film programme. Like every year, no genre restrictions apply - fiction films, documentaries as well as animation and experimental films are welcome. However, special attention will be given to films using long takes. Those can be films that meet the criteria of a long take and a deeper look both in terms of the form and the content.
The organisers of the Festival are waiting for the films that fit into the abovementioned sections and remind the filmmakers that they should submit applications via the special online form provided by festival partner "Eventival" that can be found on the visitors page of the Festival's website and to ensure that the submitted films meet the specified quality and legal requirements.
The KIFF's visitors page for the registration of film applications: http://vp.eventival.eu/kaunas/2011 .
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Announcement for new International Short film Festival Cyprus - Call for Entries
Festivals 06-06-2011ANNOUNCEMENT
International Short Film Festival of Cyprus
15 - 22/10/2011
Announcement for the new International Short Film Festival of Cyprus
Call for Entries
The Ministry of Education and Culture and Rialto Theater announce that the Short Film and Short Documentary Festival has been upgraded to the International Short Film Festival of Cyprus (ISFFC). The aim of the festival is to promote and propagate the production of short films and to develop a spirit of friendship and cooperation among filmmakers. ISFFC has as its main objective the promotion of cinematographic art by presenting a diverse showcase of short films from around the globe. It also aspires to present the work of talented filmmakers who successfully use creative cinematic language forms and effectively tell a story in a short film. It is an annual event. Fiction, documentaries, experimental and animation short films not exceeding 25 minutes in length are eligible for participation in the festival's competition. Cypriot films compete for both the international awards and the national awards of the Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture. Cypriot Directors who live and work in Cyprus or abroad are entitled to submit their work. Foreign films running the international contest for 2011 are selected and invited by the Artistic Committee, comprised by directors Alexia Roider and Ioakim Mylonas. The right to participate is reserved for films that were not shown in any other festival in Cyprus.
The Festival will take place at the Rialto Theatre in Limassol, between 15-22 October 2011.
A five-member international Jury will award the prizes among submitted and invited films. Jury names will be announced in due time.
The Festival's upgrade to an International Competitive one marks an especially prolific year which aspires to boost local production of short films and at the same time reveal new talents and stories from around the globe.
Interested parties are invited to submit an entry form by 20 July 2011.
For details on the ISFFC terms and entry forms, please visit www.isffc.com.cy , www.filmfestival.com.cy and www.moec.gov.cy (Announcements) For further information, call 77 77 77 45, 77 77 25 52 and 00357 22-80 98 11.
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The European broadcasting festival Prix Europa 2011 announces this year’s nominees. The category of feature-length television documentary presents also two successful Czech documentaries Katka, made by Helena Třeštíková, and Coal in the Soul filmed by the directing couple Martin Dušek and Ondřej Provazník. Prix Europa 2011 takes place in October 22 – 29 in Berlin.
Kraków, 29th May 2011 - "Tonia and Her Children" by Marcel Łoziński, "The Argentinian Lesson" by Wojciech Staroń, and "1994" by Haveh Tehrani chosen as the best films at the 51st Krakow Film Festival; "Phnom Penh " by Paweł Kloc awarded twice - with Silver Horn and Silver Hobby-Horse.
The winners of the National, Documentary, and Short Film Competitions were announced on May 29th, at the Award Ceremony at Kijów.Centrum. The host of the evening was Maciej Stuhr. The ceremony began with a concert of a famous jazz band, Marcin Wasilewski Trio, a group that for many years worked with Tomasz Stańko, our guest last year.
Altogether 87 films, selected from 2700 entries, entered the three competitions. From these the following received awards:
The jury of Documentary Competition, chaired by Tue Steen Müller, chose "The Argentinian Lesson" by Wojciech Staroń as the best film for maintaining its form and story from the beginning to end; a story not only about different cultures but rather about the beauty of a young boy and a young girl getting closer to each other, a story about a growing friendship. The jury found the film a true masterpiece. The film was also awarded with the Award of the Polish Association of Cinematographers PSC for its cinematography.
Silver Horn for the Director of the Best Medium-length Documentary went to Marcus Lindeen for his film "Regretters". Jury appreciated the author for finding a perfect solution to self-analysis performed by two human beings who have undergone sex changes in search of their identity. In the feature-film category, Silver Horn was awarded to Paweł Kloc for "Phnom Penh Lullaby" whose strong cinematic language was used to depict a very unconventional struggle for love and acceptance in a devastating family environment. Special mentions were awarded to Alejandra Sanchez for "Agnus Dei" and to Tomasz Wolski for "Doctors".
Golden Dragon for the best short film was given to Haveh Tehrani, the director of "1994". The jury, chaired by Lech Kowalski, based their choice on the theme and characters which pose a question crucial to the contemporary film making, "What is fiction, and what is non-fiction?' The film challenges the viewer to consider the role of immigrants in European society. The film received also the award of the FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) Jury.
Silver Dragon for the best documentary went to José Miguel Ribeiro for "A Journey to Cape Verde", which perfectly captured the hot and primitive island environment of the coast of Africa. The best short animation is "1989 (When I Was 5 Years Old)". In awarding Thor Ochsner with Server Dragon, the jury appreciated his artistic style of storytelling which fits perfectly the intimate character of the film. Silver Dragon for the director of the best feature film was awarded to Daniel Mulloy for "Baby" as a well-crafted film which uses a tight directing style to play with the usual stereotypes.
Special Mentions in Short Film Competition were given to "Photographer's Wife", directed by Karsten Krause and Philip Widmann, and to "Decrescendo" by Marta Minorowicz. The nomination to the European Film Award 2011 in the short film category went to "Paparazzi", directed by Piotr Bernaś.
The National Competition Jury, chaired by Jerzy Kapuściński, awarded Golden Hobby-Horse for the director of the best film to Marcel Łoziński for the film "Tonia and Her Children", for combining the tradition of the Polish documentary with intellectual bravery and critical perceptiveness.
Silver Hobby-Horse for the director of the best documentary went to Paweł Kloc for "Phnom Penh Lullaby". "The Lost Town of Świteź" by Kamil Polak was chosen the best animation, whereas the award for the best short film went to Magnus von Horn for "Without Snow". Special Mentions were given to Natalia Brożyńska for "Shivering Trunks" as well as to Joanna Turowicz and Anna Zakrzewska for "Kwiekulik".
The Dragon of Dragons Award at the 51st Krakow Film Festival went to Piotr Kamler, one of the greatest animation makers.
Also those who could not make it to the Festival had the opportunity to watch some of the films. Twelve chosen works were available on the VOD Kinoplex.gazeta.pl website.
The organizer of the Krakow Film Festival is Krakow Film Foundation in cooperation with Polish Filmmakers Association and Apollo-Film.
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INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Having seen all the competition films, the International Documentary Competition Jury of the 51st Krakow Film Festival consisting of: Tue Steen Müller - the chairman (Denmark), Dušan Hudec (Slovakia), Marcin Koszałka (Poland), Kaleo La Belle (Switzerland), and Annamaria Percavassi (Italy) have decided to award:
GOLDEN HORN for the Director of the Best Film: for Wojciech Staroń, the director of THE ARGENTINIAN LESSON (Poland). The film maintains its form and story from beginning to end, a story not only about different cultures but much more about the beauty of a young boy and a young girl getting closer to each other, a growing friendship. The jury finds the film a true piece of art.
SILVER HORN for the Director of the Best Medium-Length Documentary: for Marcus Lindeen,
the director of REGRETTERS (Sweden). The film has found a perfect solution to self-analysis performed by two human beings, who have undergone sex changes in search of their identity and the gender of their personality. The dialogue carries the touching story in a perfect arc.
SILVER HORN for the Director of the Best Feature-Length Documentary: for Paweł Kloc, the director of PHNOM PENH
LULLABY (Poland). The film uses a strong cinematic language to depict a very unconventional struggle for love and acceptance in a devastating family environment under hard existential conditions. A very strong character development kept the jury on the edge of our seats.
THE AWARD OF THE POLISH ASSOCIATION OF CINEMATOGRAPHERS (PSC) for the best cinematography in the documentary film, founded by Lightcraft: for Wojciech Staroń (Poland) for cinematography to THE ARGENTINIAN LESSON,
SPECIAL MENTIONS:
AGNUS DEI: THE LAMB OF GOD, directed by Alejandra Sanchez (France/Mexico). The film follows the bravery of the main character's decision to challenge the institution of the church.
DOCTORS, directed by Tomasz Wolski (Poland). The film is taking its audience to an important public institution and tells the story through amazing imagery and sparse and sometimes humoristic dialogue in serious moments of life and death.
The Student Jury for Documentary Competition consisting of: Michał Lesiak, Małgorzata Steciak, and Daniel Stopa have decided to award the film DOCTORS directed by Tomasz Wolski (Poland) for surgical precision in his style and successful operating on characters' open hearts.
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION
Having seen all the competition films, the International Short Film Competition Jury of the 51st Krakow Film Festival consisting of: Lech Kowalski - the chairman (USA), João Garção Borges (Portugal), Bartek Konopka (Poland), Delphine Lyner (Switzerland), Ülo Pikkov (Estonia) have decided to award the following prizes:
GOLDEN DRAGON for the Director of the Best Film for Kaveh Tehrani (Norway), the director of 1994. The themes and characters presented in the Norwegian film 1994 beg an essential question in contemporary film making, "What is fiction and what is non fiction?' The film challenges the viewer to consider the role of immigrants in European society as it blurs the lines between two cinematic storytelling techniques. It is serious, humorous, bold yet delicate, all at the same time.
SILVER DRAGON for the Director of the Best Documentary Film for José Miguel Ribeiro (Portugal), the director of A JOURNEY TO CAPE VERDE. Utilizing hand drawn animation, the Portugese film, a Trip To Cape Verde tells a story as real and as unique as any documentary using traditional camera images. The director's sensual technique and his firm personal point of view, capture the hot and primitive island environment off the coast of Africa. No other documentary in the short film competition was as evocative of a filmmaker's journey.
SILVER DRAGON for the Director of the Best Animated Film for Thor Ochsner (Denmark), the director of 1989 (WHEN I WAS 5 YEARS OLD). The Danish film, 1989 takes us on a journey that is both personal and tragic. This personal story wears it's artistic style extremely well. The filmmaker shares with us his intimate life story, rarely seen in films.
SILVER DRAGON for the Director of the Best Feature Film for Daniel Mulloy (UK), the director of BABY. The British Baby shows us that in today's world danger may come from the least expected place. The very involving story and sharp cinematography keeps the audience close to the main characters. This well crafted film and uses a tight directing style, which plays with the usual stereotypes.
SPECIAL MENTIONS:
THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S WIFE, directed by Karsten Krause and Philip Widmann (Germany),
DECRESCENDO, directed by Marta Minorowicz (Poland).
The jury has decided to give a special mention to two documentary shorts; the German, The Photographers Wife and the Polish film, Decrescendo. Both films are outstanding because of unexpected and unusual main characters, shown in a common situation and surrounding. Both films are very subtle and touch the audience with a poetic and intelligent form, letting them be part of the main characters lives.
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY AWARD for the Best European Film (nomination to the European Film Award 2011 in the short film category) for PAPARAZZI, directed by Piotr Bernaś (Poland). The Polish film, Paparazzi, follows the work of a professional doing the dirty job of tabloid press photographer and at the same time deals with the soul of a man facing both the cruel and contemporary reality of history and the minor facts of life. After this film there is a good chance that Polanski will allow the photographer to take his picture.
The FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) Jury at the 51st Krakow Film Festival, consisting of: Andrzej Fogler (Poland), Dominique Martinez (France), and Simon Weaving (Australia), after watching all the competition films, have decided unanimously to award the film 1994, directed by Kaveh Tehrani (Norway),
The FICC (International Federation of Film Societies) Jury at the 51st Krakow Film Festival, consisting of: Line Klungseth Johansen (Norway), Kata Kovács (Hungary), Grzegorz Szklarczuk (Poland) have decided to give the Don Quichote Award for the film A JOURNEY TO CAPE VERDE, directed by José Miguel Ribeiro (Portugal),
Special Mentions:
THE BIRTHDAY CIRCLE directed by Philip Lepherd (UK)
RAÚL'S WORLD directed by Jessica Rodríguez Sánchez and Zoe G. Miranda (Cuba)
The Student Jury for Short Film Competition, consisting of: Anna Grądowska, Ewa Popowska, and Tomasz Rachwald
have decided to award the film CZECH POST-WAR HISTORY directed by Jaroslav Kratochvíl (Czech Republic) for a skilful combination of parody and the criticism of an ailing educational system.
NATIONAL COMPETITION
Having watched all the competition films, the National Competition Jury of the 51st Krakow Film Festival, consisting of: Jerzy Kapuściński - the chairman, Anna Kazejak-Dawid, Tomasz Kozak, Tadeusz Słobodzianek, and Marcin Wrona, have decided to award:
GOLDEN HOBBY-HORSE for the Director of the Best Film
For Marcel Łoziński, the director of TONIA AND HER CHILDREN, in recognition of creating masterpiece that combines best traditions of Polish documentary films with intellectual courage and critical acuity,
SILVER HOBBY-HORSE for the Director of the Best Documentary Film
for Paweł Kloc, the director of PHNOM PENH LULLABY,
SILVER HOBBY-HORSE for the Director of the Best Animated Film
for Kamil Polak, the director of THE LOST TOWN OF ŚWITEŹ,
SILVER HOBBY-HORSE for the Director of the Best Feature Film
for Magnus von Horn, the director of WITHOUT SNOW,
SPECIAL MENTIONS:
SHIVERING TRUNKS, directed by Natalia Brożyńska, for an innovative approach to narrative structure and for her sense of humour,
KWIEKULIK, directed by Joanna Turowicz and Anna Zakrzewska for the reference to the tradition of the Polish avant-garde,
The President of the Association of Polish Filmmakers Award for Wojciech Staroń for THE ARGENTINIAN LESSON,
The President of the Association of Polish Filmmakers Award for the Best Film Editing for Tomasz Wolski, the editor of the film DOCTORS,
The President of TVP S.A. (Polish Television) Award for the Best Director for Marcel Łoziński, the director of
TONIA AND HER CHILDREN
The President of TVP S.A (Polish Television) Award for the Best Cinematography for Wojciech Staroń, the director
of THE ARGENTINIAN LESSON.
Maciej Szumowski Award for remarkable social awareness founded by Kino Polska TV for Kuba Maciejko for BON
APPETIT,
Bronisław Chromy Sculpture for the Best Producer of Polish Short and Documentary Films for STUDIO FILMOWE KRONIKA (KRONIKA FILM STUDIO), the producer of TONIA AND HER CHILDREN, directed by Marcel Łoziński.
The Student Jury for National Competition, consisting of: Jolanta Rydel, Miłosz Stelmach, and Krzysztof Siwoń have decided to award THE ARGENTINIAN LESSON directed by Wojciech Staroń (Poland) for creative and personal approach to the documentary form and for great visual sensitivity.
AUDIENCE AWARD
LIFE IN A DAY directed by Kevin Macdonald
HBO Development Award for the film project EVIL IN US directed by Daria Lipko
DRAGON FORUM AWARD for the film project NUSRAT. THE LAST PROPHET OF MUSIC directed by Tomek Wysokiński and Armand Urbaniak
After the positive resonance of CineFest's film history series CineClassics, the program continues in September 2011 with retrospective screenings, exhibitions and conferences. CineClassics' aim is to emphasize Central Europe's contribution to world cinema. A retrospective of director István Szőts celebrates the 70th anniversary of his 1941 masterpiece Men of the Alps (Emberek a havason). An exhibition and an international conference will accompany the film. Another great attraction of CineClassics will be a spectacular exhibition, based on the legendary Polish series Dekalog (Ten Commandments) by Krzysztof Kieslowski.
Continuing the series dedicated to expatriate Hungarian filmmakers, the Arad-born producer Gabriel Pascal will be in focus this fall. Pascal was the producer of Pygmalion, the Anthony Asquith adaptation of Bernard Shaw's play, starring the Hungarian-born Leslie Howard (pictured), and the director of Caesar and Cleopatra, starring Claude Rains and Vivien Leigh, as well as Major Barbara, starring Wendy Hiller and Rex Harrison.
In 2009 the Miskolc International Film Festival organized an international conference about the Miskolc-born Oscar winning screenwriter and director Emeric Pressburger (attended by his grandson, director Kevin Macdonald), and in 2010 about the Korda family, focusing Zoltan Korda, director of The Jungle Book and Elephant Boy (attended by his son, David Korda).
ZAGREB: Croatian television is still struggling to find its way. The recent departure of several top executives and uneven results for attempts at new programming - as well as the declining audiences for some previously popular genres - has channels in crisis mode. Deep debts and editors replaced every few months at public broadcaster Croatian Radio-Television make negotiations over coproductions difficult, while commercial broadcasters are faulted for lowering standards.
CRACOW: Tonia and Her Children directed by Marcel Lozinski won the main prize in the National Competition at the 51 Krakow Film Festival (www.kff.com.pl) (23-29 May 2011) for best Polish documentary. The prize for Best Documentary went to The Argentinian Lesson directed by Wojciech and the prize for Best Short Documentary went to 1994 directed by Haveh Tehrani. The festival has three competitions, National, Documentary and Short Film Competitions. Phnom Penh Lullaby directed by Pawel Kloc was awarded the second prize in the Documentary competition.
Altogether 87 films, selected from 2700 entries, entered the three competitions.
