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Festival information is available on our website - mail BIAFF 2013 – The festival finished selection of film for all three international competition sections – Feature, Doc and Short films. In competition sections Georgian films will be also be presented. Among them is “Fold of my Blanket” by Zaza Rusadze which was premiered at Berlinale Film festival and its Georgian premier will be held at BIAFF film festival in Batumi. “English Teacher” by Nino Orjonikidze & Vano Arsenishvili will be screened in Doc competition.
The international jury of three competition section are selected and listed bellow:
BIAFF 2013 Jury - International Feature Films Competition Section
- Head - Marlen Khutsiev, Russia
- Yesim Ustaoglu, Turkey
- Jim Stark, USA
- Wieslaw Sawienski, Poland
- Lela Ochiauri, Georgia
BIAFF 2013 Jury - International Doc Films Competition Section
1. Head - Andrzej Fydik, Poland
2. Ruben Gevorkiants, Armenia
3. Emel Çelebi, Turkey
4. Anton Mazurov, Russia
5. Tinatin Gurchiani, Georgia
BIAFF 2013 Jury - International Short Films Competition Section
1. Head - Alexander Rekhviashvili, Geogria
2. Mehmet Ali Arslan, Turkey
3. Raffi Movsesian, Armenia
4. Margarita kasimova, Belorus
5. Baadur Tsuladze, Georgia
Jury will award the following prizes in competition sections:
Feature film competition - Grand Prix, Best Director, Best Male Actor, Best Female Actor, Jury Special prize
Doc Film Competition - Best Doc, Jury Special prize
Short Films Competition - Best Film, Jury Special prize
Below are films which will be screened in BIAFF international competition section:
BIAFF 2013 – International Feature Films Competition Section
1. The Fourth Child, Vahid Mousaian, Iran, 2013, 93 min.
2. Lunchbox, Ritesh Batra, India/France/Germany/USA 2013; 104 min.
3. Before Snowfall, Hisham Zaman, Norway/Germany/Iraq, 2013; 101 min.
4. A Field in England, Ben Wheatly, UK, 2013; 90 min.
5. The Geographer Drank His Globe Away, Alexander Veledinsky, Russia, 2013; 100 min.
6. Lifelong, Asli Ozge, Turkey/Germany/ Netherlands, 2013; 102 min.
7. Fatshaker, Mohammad Shirvani, Iran, 2013; 85 min.
8. Parajanov, Olena Fetisova & Serge Avidekian, Armenia/France/Georgia/Ukraine, ; 2013; 95 min.
9. Fifth Season, Peter Brosens & Jessica Woodworth; Belgum/France/Netherlands, 2012; 93 min.
10. A Fold in my blanket, Zaza Rusadze, Georgia, 2013; 75 min.
BIAFF 2013 – International Doc Films Competition Section
1. Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, Denmark, Norway, UK, 2012; 159 min.
2. Bad Boy - High Security Cell, France / Poland, 2012 ; 78 min.
3. Balkan Spirit, Hermann Vaske, Germany, 2012, 80 min.
4. Blood Brother, Steve Hoover, USA, 2013; 92 min.
5. English Teacher, Nino Orjonikidze & Vano Arsenishvili, Georgia, 2012;
6. Five Broken Cameras, Emad Burnat&Guy Davidi, Palestina/Israel/France/ Netherlands; 2012; 94 min.
7. Man Who Made Angels Fly, Victoria Szymanska, Poland/France/UK, 2013;
8. Pipeline, Vitaly Manski, Russia/Germany/Czech Republic, 2013; 116 min.
9. Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer, Russia/United Kingdom, 2013, 86 min.
BIAFF 2013 – International Short Films Competition Section
1. Doctor, Giorgi Todria, Georgia, 2013; 25 min.
2. Outsider, Giorgi Kavtaradze, Georgia, 2013, 30 min
3. Parcel from Athens, Keti Gigalashvili, Georgia, 2012; 12 min.
4. Happy Meal, Kote Takaishvili, Georgia, 2013; 13 min.
5. Koan, Omar Rabuñal, Spain, 2013; 15 min.
6. Melting island, Fariz Akhmedov, Azerbaijan, 2013; 26 minl
7. Solitude, Dimitryi Dedok, Belarus, 2013; 22 min.
8. Once Upon a Time in Kälviä, Eero Lehtinen, Finland, 2013; 16 min.
9. Hollywood movie, Volker Schreiner, Germany, 2012; 7 min.
10. Farther, Ainur Ismailova, Kazakhstan, 2013; 20 min.
11. Studio Beirut, Mokthar Beyrouth, Lebanon, 2013; 15 min.
12. More than Two hours, Ali Asgari, Iran, 2013; 15 min.
13. Now And Forever, Tal Haring, Israel, 2012; 18 min.
14. Mother, Łukasz Ostalski, Poland, 2013; 30 min.
15. Miruna, Piotr Sułkowski, Poland, 2013; 20 min.
16. No Hair, No Paranoia, Curro Rodrigues Villaillba, Spain/USA, 2013; 17 min.
17. Antoin Firkliko, Mathias Staub, Switzerland, 2013 29 min.
18. Dream Girl, Oliver Sawrz, Switzerland 2012; 20 min
19. F5, Timofei Shalnin, Russia, 2013; 33 min.
20. Take a deep breath, Turkey, 2013; 8 min.
21. Salvation, Nikon Romanchenko, Ukraine, 2013; 13 min.
22. No less than 50 kg., Maryna Artemenko, Ukraine, 2013;
23. The search for inspiration gone, Ashley Michael brigs, UK, 2013; 9 min.
24. Good Night, Muriel D'Ansembourg, UK, 2013, 24 min.
25. Tumult, Johnny Barrington, UK, 2013; 13 min.
The 8th Batumi International Art-house Film Festival will be held in Batumi during September 15-22, 2013. Festival organizer- The Art House "Argani", The official partner - Batumi City Hall.
Festival Sponsors – Batumi International Container Terminal, Hotel Radisson Blue Batumi, Georgian National Film Center, Ministry of Culture and Monuments of Georgia, Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports of Ajara AR
Festival Supporters – British Council, Polish Audioand social. Media from around the web -http://www.biaff.org;www.facebook.com/biaffbatumi
