XI Batumi International Art-house Film Festival will be held in Batumi during September 18-25 September, 2016.

BIAFF 2016 film festival’s non-competition program will be presented by following sections:

MASTERS COLLECTION  

1. Graduation, Cristian Mungiu, Romania / Belgium / France, 2016, 127min.
2. I, Daniel Blake, Ken Loach, UK, 2016; 100 min.
3. Paterson, Jim Jarmush, USA, 2016; 113 min
4. Smolensk, Antoni Krauze, Poland, 2016;
5. Stop, Kim Ki Duk, South Korea/Japan, 2015; 80 min.

SHAKESPEAR IN CINEMA

1. Prospero’s Book, Peter Greenway,  UK/Netherlands/France/Italy/Japan, 1991; 124 min.
2. Macbeth, Roman Polanski, UK/USA, 1971; 140 min.
3. “Play On” – collection of mute short films

 GEORGIAN PANORAMA

1. God of Happiness, Dito Tsintsadze, Germany, 2015; 90 min.
2. When the Earth Seems To Be Light, Salome Machaidze, Tamuna Karumidze, DavidMeskhi, Georgia / Germany, 2015; 76 min.
3. See You in Chechnia, Alexander Kvatashidze, Georgia/France/Germany/Estonia, 2016; 70 min.
4. May, Giorgi Kintsurashviil, Georgia/UK, 2016; 60 min.
5. From Gumista To Dnepr, Giorgi Tserodze, Georgia, 2016
6. Fable, Mzia Manjavidze, Georgia, 2015; 13 min.
7. Postotto, Margarita Filippova, Georgia, 2016; 18 min.

RETROSPECTIVES

1. Sun of Sleepless, Temur Babluani, Georgia, 1992; 123 min.
2. Flight of the Sparrows, Temur Babluani, Georgia, 1980; 60 min.
3. Time for a Dancer, Vadim Abdrashitov, Russia, 1998; 158 min.
4. Stalker, Andrei Tarkowski, Russia, 1980; 161 min.

SHORT MATTERS! EFA SHORT FILMS TOUR  - in cooperation with European Film Academy 

1. Dissonance, Till Nowak, Germany 2015, 17 min.
3. Field Study, Eva Weber, UK 2014, 20 min.
4. Kung Fury, David Sandberg, Sweden 2015; 30 min.
5. Listen, Hamy Ramezan & Rungano Nyoni, Denmark / Finland 2014; 13 min.
6. Our Body, Dane Komljen, Serbia / Bosnia & Herzegovina 2015; 14 min.
7. Over, Jörn Threlfall, UK 2015; 13 min.
8. Picnic, Jure Pavlović, Croatia 2015; 13 min.
9. Smile and the World Will Smile Back, Ehab Tarabieh, Yoav Gross & the al-Haddad family,

Israel/Palestine 2014;  20 min.

1. Son of the Wolf, Lola Quivoron, France 2015; 23 min.
2. Symbolic Threats,  Mischa Leinkauf, Lutz Henke & Matthias Wermke, Germany 2015; 15 min.
3. The Runner, José Luis Montesinos, Spain 2014; 12 min.
4. This Place We Call Our Home, Thora Lorentzen & Sybilla Tuxen, Denmark 2014, 30 min.
5. Translator, Emre Kayiş, UK / Turkey 2014; 23 min.
6. Washingtonia, Konstantina Kotzamani, Greece 2014; 24 min.

Festival Sponsors – Ministry of Culture of Georgia,  Georgian National Film Center, Divan Suites Batumi, “Askaneli Brothers”

Festival Supporters – British Council, Polish Audio-Visual Fund, Cinema APOLLO, Alphabet Tower, “Terassa Askaneli”, Hotel Rcheuli, Hotel Batumi Plaza, Hotel Admiral, Cinema “Rustaveli”, Tourism Department of Ajara AR, festival “Tbilisi Open Air”, HQ propaganda, Tour Company “Wonderland”

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), Newspaper BATUMELEBI, www.netgazeti.ge

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