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Only one week left to feed The Dragon with your ideas..!
Dear Filmmaker, There’s only one week left to submit projects of documentary films to Dragon Forum =012 Pitching! The event will take place during the Krakow Film Festival, from May, 30th till June, 3rd . Considering the fact that the year 2012 is celebrated as Chinese Year of Dragon and…
52nd KFF AND ITS JURY COMPOSITION
Krakow, 19th April 2012 - The composition of the Jury at the 52nd Krakow Film Festival has been announced. This year the organizers of the festival decided to entrust outstanding Polish film-makers with this role: Jacek Bławut, Marcel Łoziński and Michał Kwieciński who will lead the Jury in three festival…
Croatian Shorts on the road to Oberhausen and Annecy
Three Croatian films will be screened at the 58th edition of the International Short Film Festival in Oberhausen that takes place from 26 April to 1 May. Le Samouräi by Ivan Faktor and Chill by Hana Jušić will be screened in the International Competition Programme. Dalibor Barić’s The Spectres of…
The 31st Istanbul Film Festival Ended
The 31st Istanbul Film Festival organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts under the sponsorship of AKBANK ended on Sunday, 15 April. Throughout two weeks, a total of 140 thousand cinephiles watched 220 films by 232 directors from 52 countries at 522 screenings grouped under 22 sections, in…
KVIFF: WORLD PREMIERE OF THE DIGITALLY RESTORED COPY OF THE FILM THE FIREMEN’S BALL
Last year the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival initiated a long-term project to digitally restore major works of Czechoslovak cinematography. The Ministry of Culture and the National Film Archive are also involved in the project. The common aim is the gradual digitisation of titles from the Czech film industry's gold…
FILM SPRING CHANNEL on YOU TUBE
FILM SPRING OPEN 2012 FILM SPRING CHANNEL on YOU TUBE. We are very happy to announce that we have just launched Film Spring Channel on YouTube, where the viewers will be able to see the effects of this year's Film Spring Open-Air 2012. www.youtube.com/user/filmspringopen Thanks to our making-of team from…
Award Winners of the Meeting On The Bridge of 31st Istanbul Film Festival Announced
The Meetings On The Bridge Platform within the scope of the Istanbul Film Festival organised for theseventh time this year, has continued to offer opportunities for initial international presentations of newfeature film projects, bringing together producers, directors, script writers and organisation representativesfrom Europe and Turkey, this year as well. The…
THE 31ST ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL CONCLUDES
THE GOLDEN TULIPS AND FESTIVAL AWARDSPRESENTEDOrganised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts and sponsored by Akbank, the 31stIstanbul Film Festival’s Golden Tulip Awards were presented at the closure gala and awardsceremony, which took place at Lütfi Kırdar Convention and Exhibition Centre, on Saturday, 14April.The closure gala and the…
Industry accreditations for the 12.T-Mobile New Horizons IFF are available online
We have the pleasure to announce that industry accreditations for the 12.T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival, held in Wrocław on 19 -29 July 2012 can now be bought online via the festival's website: www.nowehoryzonty.pl. Apply for industry accreditationT-Mobile New Horizons IFF is the biggest film festival in Poland. The…
Czech Film Center at Finále Plzeň
Prague, April 4 2012 - The Czech Film Center has prepared several activities for this year’s Finále Plzeň - the festival of Czech films. The traditional presentation of Upcoming feature and animated films, which the Czech Film Center (CFC) is organizing for the 11th time, will take place April 27.…
52ND KRAKOW FILM FESTIVAL - RESULT OF THE SELECTION FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION
Krakow, 4th April 2012 – 42 titles representing three film genres: documentary, feature and animation will be competing for a Golden Dragon statue and 30k PLN in the International Short Film Competition of the 52nd KFF. The winners will have an easier way to the American and European Film Academy…
Second session of Dragon Forum is coming!
Second session of the International Academy of the Document Dragon Forum, devoted to topics connected with documentary film production, is to start at the 11th of April. Participants will develop the production side of their projects. Session will take place in The Mazovia Region Centre of Culture and Art in…
Febiofest 2012: GRAND PRIX 2012 goes to The Good Son
The winner of the festival's Grand Prix is The Good Son (Hyvä poika) by the Finnish director, Zaida Bergroth. The thrilling family drama has won against 11 other films competing in the New Europe Competition. The jury especially praised the fast tempo of the film, marvelous camerawork, and exquisite acting…
31st Istanbul Film Festival Started
The 31st Istanbul Film Festival organised by the Istanbul Foundation of Culture and Arts with sponsorship of AKBANK started with the Opening Ceremony held at Lütfi Kırdar International Convention and Exhibition Centre on Friday, 30 March. Prominent names of Turkish cinema as well as Terence Davies, the guest of honour,…
OUT OF COMPETITION EVENTS AT GDYNIA FILM FESTIVAL
OUT OF COMPETITION EVENTS AT GDYNIA FILM FESTIVAL At the beginning of April, the titles of films competing for Golden Lions at 37th Gdynia Film Festival will be announced. However, the celebration of Polish cinema in Gdynia does not boil down to competitions. Masterclasses, exhibitions, and the Independent Cinema Review…
„LOSING SONIA” AND „3 DAYS OF FREEDOM” PREMIERE AT VISIONS DU RÉEL
Two documentaries produced by Wajda Studio, "Losing Sonia" by Radka Franczak and "3 Days of Freedom," by Łukasz Borowski, were selected for the programme of the 18th Visions du Réel Festival in Nyon, Switzerland. "Losing Sonia" is the latest production of Wajda Studio (co-produced by Otter Films Anna Wydra), whose…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
