IXBatumi International Art-house Film Festival will be held in Batumi during September 14-21, 2014. Festival organizer– Batumi Art House "Argani", The official partner - Batumi City Hall.

At BIAFF 2014 will be presented 40 full-length and 40 short films from around 25 countries. BIAFF festival management used following channels / platforms for selection process:

-       FilmFestival Life - http://www.filmfestivallife.com

-       Festhome – www.festhome.com

-       BIAFF web-site - online application form

-       Films from various film festivals – BIAFF management during year attended several international film festivals (Karlovy Vary, Istanbul, Odessa, Yerevan etc. )

BIAFF film festival selected following films for competition section:

-          International Competition Section – Feature Films – 10 films selected from 140 films

-          International Competition Section – Doc Films – 9 films selected from 165 films

-          International Competition Section – Short Films – 25 films selected from around 1555 films

Films of International Competition Section – Feature Films:

1. Brides, Tinatin Kajrishvili, Georgia/France, 2014; 95 min.
2. Come to My Voice, Husseyin Karabey, Turkey/France/ Germany, 2014; 105 min.
3. Correction Class, Ivan I. Tverdovsky, Russia/Germany, 2014; 98 min.
4. Cure, by Andrea Staka, Switzerland /Croatia/Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2014; 83 min.
5. Falling Star, Luis Minaro, Spain, 2014; 105 min.
6. Field of Dogs, Lech Majewski, Poland/Italy/Sweden, 2014; 102 min.
7. Frank, Lenny Abrahamson, UK/Ireland, 2014; 95 min.
8. Free Fall, Giorgi Palfi, Hungary/south Korea/France, 2014; 80 min.
9. Lunchbox, Ritesh Batra, India/France/Germany/USA, 2013; 104 min.
10. Manuscripts Don’t Burn, Mohammed Rasoulof, Iran, 2013; 125 min.

Films of International Competition Section – Documentary Films:

1.    20,000 days on Earth, Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard, UK, 2014; 97 min.

2.    Everything is Possible, Lidia Duda, Poland, 2013; 54 min

3.    Flowers from the Mount of Olives, Heilika Pikkov, Estonia, 2013; 70 min.

4.    Gandagana, Gia Diasamidze, Georgia, 2014; 75 min.

5.    I am Me, Peter Lom, Netherlands, 2013; 75 min.

6.    Istanbul United, Olli Waldhauer, Farid Eslam, Germany/ Czech Republic/Turkey/Switzerland, 2014, 90 min.

7.    Maidan, Sergei Loznitsa, Ukraine/Netherlands, 2014; 130 min.

8.    Waiting for August, Teodora Mihai, Belgium/Romania, 2014; 88 min.

Festival Sponsors – Batumi International Container Terminal, Georgian National Film Center, Ministry of Culture and Monuments of Georgia, Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports of Ajara AR, Hotel DIVAN SUITES

Festival Supporters – Cinema APOLLO, Hotel “Vanilla”, hotel “Admiral”, Hotel chain “Rcheuli”, Hotel Batumi Plaza, British Council, Polish Audio-Visual Fund, Embassy of Italy, Embassy of Switzerland, French Institute, HQ propaganda, English teaching Center – ETI 2000 (Batumi), Tour Company “Wonderland”, Internet shop www.be.ge

Festival General Media Partner – Georgian Public Broadcaster / TV Channel 1

Festival Media Partners – Radio Fortuna/Fortuna+, Adjara TV, Newspaper “Georgia Today”, FILMPRINT, Publicity Group (www.publicity.ge), www.newswire.ge, Film New Europe (www.filmneweurope.com)

Contact information:Tel: 599-482181, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Festival information is available on our website - mail and social. Media from around the web -http://www.biaff.org; www.facebook.com/biaffbatumi