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New Horizons unveil new name and line-up

Poland’s biggest film event and one of the key festivals in Central and Eastern Europe has changed the name to T-Mobile New HorizonsInternational Film Festival after the current main sponsor, the local mobile operator Era, has changed its brand to T-Mobile. Since 2003, the festival was known as Era New…
23-03-2012

COUNTDOWN TO ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL BEGINS

Countdown to the 31st Istanbul Film Festival organised by the Istanbul Foundation of Culture and Arts with sponsorship of AKBANK begins. Turkey’s biggest cinema event with 150 thousand followers in its thirtieth year, the programme of the Istanbul Film Festival is rich as it is always.The 31st Istanbul Film Festival,…
13-03-2012

Submissions for 12. New Horizons IFF open only until 15 March!

New Horizons IFF – Poland’s biggest film festival - is open for submissions only until 15 March. The 12th edition of the festival will take place on 19-29 July 2012.New Horizons is a festival of film visionaries, of uncompromising artists who have the courage to follow a path of their…
07-03-2012

Jihlava IDFF: Film submissions open

The 16th Jihlava IDFF starts in eight months, however, the virtual gateway to the festival is opening to documentary and experimental filmmakers now. You can submit your documentary films and experimental documentaries by the following deadlines: APRIL 30, 2012 – for films produced in 2011 JUNE 30, 2012 – for…
07-03-2012

FNE at Berlinale 2012: Panorama: Diaz Don’t Clean Up That Blood

First screening: 12 February 2012 BERLIN: Diaz Don’t Clean Up That Blood directed by Italian director Daniele Vicari about the violent clashes at the 2001 G8 Summit in Genoa was one of the interesting entries in the Panorama section of this year’s Berlinale. This feature film is intended to be…
02-03-2012

FNE at Berlinale 2012: Competition: Jayne Mansfiled’s Car

First Screening Tuesday 14 February{mosimage}BERLIN: Russian producer Alexander Rodnyansky has set his sites on Hollywood with Jayne Mansfield’s Car, a period drama directed by Billy Bob Thornton. Rodnyansky is one of Russia’s most successful film producers with a number of international art house hits like Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Elena and Alexander…
02-03-2012

FNE at Berlinale 2012: Panorama: Elles

First screening: 10 February 2012BERLIN: Polish director Malgoska Szumowska makes her French directing debut with Elles starring Juliette Binoche. Szumowska who already has three features produced in Poland to her credit was chosen to make this film about a Parisian journalist working on a story about prostitutes as a French,…
02-03-2012

FNE at Berlinale 2012: Competition: A Royal Affair

{mosimage}First Screening: Thursday 16 February BERLIN: Danish director Nikolaj Arcel has brought to Berlin a lavish period costume drama that still manages to be character driven and emotionally satisfying which is quite a feat. The strong international sales that the A Royal Affair has had before its Berlin premier testify…
29-02-2012

FNE at Berlinale 2012: Competition: Just the Wind

{mosimage}First Screening: Thursday 16 FebruaryBERLIN: Hungarian director Bence Fliegauf’s powerful drama of a day in the life of a Romany family in a Hungarian village where a series of racist motivated murders is taking place is based on a true story.
29-02-2012

FNE at Berlinale 2012: Competition: Barbara

{mosimage}First Screening Saturday 11 February BERLIN: This is German director Christian Petzold’s third film in competition at the Berlinale following Gespenster in 2005 and Yella in 2008 and he deservedly won the Golden Bear for Best Director this year with his latest film Barbara. The film stars Nina Hoss who…
29-02-2012

FNE at Berlinale 2012: Competition: Caesar Must Die

First screening: Saturday 11 February {mosimage}BERLIN: Italian veterans Paolo and Vittorio Taviani deservedly took home a Golden Bear for Caesar Must Die a powerful depiction of a group of prison inmates’ performance of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. The gritty documentary is a return to the Taviani’s earlier style that originally won…
27-02-2012

Film “Policeman” presents the challenges of contemporary Israel in Vilnius film theatres

The Israeli film Policeman opened in "Skalvija" and "Pasaka" cinemas this week. It is a drama about a curse of the modern society: the widening gap between the rich and the remaining population, and the modern revolutionaries inspired by this gap. Policeman is the debut film of a young filmmaker…
22-02-2012

PRESS RELEASSE: 2475 REGISTRATIONS FOR THE 52ND KRAKOW FILM FESTIVAL

Krakow, February 22nd 2012 - 2475 films altogether have been submitted for the 52nd Krakow Film Festival, including 2212 foreign films and 263 Polish ones. The list of films which qualified for the festival stages will be published after March 20th when the selection committee will have completed their work.…
22-02-2012

The golden era of Lithuanian Films @ Berlinale EFM

Lithuanian Films at EFM in Berlinale: the gold age era A modern national Lithuanian Films stand, representing all the factors that led to the substantial recovery of the country‘s film industry, will be giving a warm welcome to the world‘s film industry visiting Berlin at the European Film Market (EFM)…
09-02-2012

Estonian films at EFM & Berlinale 2012

ESTONIAN STAND has moved to a slightly NEW LOCATION in Berlin and is now situated at G10 – the same upper floor in Martin Gropius Bau, but slightly larger and roomier place. You are most welcome to check us out! The stand is very simply called "Estonia". The Latvian separate…
09-02-2012

What´s Slovak in Berlin 2012?

Dear Colleagues & Friends, In Berlin, you can find out more about Slovak cinema at the CENTRAL EUROPEAN CINEMA STAND in Martin-Gropius-Bau, no. 130: The stand is a joint project of Slovakia, Czech Republic and Slovenia, so you find the THREE of our cinemas on one address! Meet: Slovak Film…
08-02-2012

18th International Festival of Local Televisions “The Golden Beggar”

"The Golden Beggar" a competition among local European television stations and producers who come from widely varied backgrounds - they work independently, or with local media outlets, or are young producers just starting out.Festival annually brings a unique program premieres, which you will not see elsewhere. Come and see the…
06-02-2012

Submit your film to TIFF 2012

Submit your film for the 11th edition of Transilvania Film Festival! TIFF will take place between 1st and 10th of June 2012. The deadline for submissions is February 15, 2012, for films submitted in the Official Competition and the Shadows competition and March 15, 2012, for films submitted in the…
02-02-2012

Jameson CineFest IFF - CALL FOR ENTRY 2012

Join us in September 2012 - send your film to Hungary's leading international film festival! Entry regulation here, entry form here. Application deadline: May 31, 2012.
24-01-2012

Meetings on the Bridge in its 7th Year

Meetings on the Bridge in its 7th Year; Film Development and Work in Progress Workshops, Funds for Co-Productions, Panels and MeetingsThe Meetings on the Bridge will celebrate its seventh year during the 31st edition of the ıstanbul Film Festival to take place 31 March-15 April 2012.Meetings on the Bridge brings…
20-01-2012