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Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event announce the Works In Progress projects

Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event announce the jury, awards and projects that have been selected into the two works in progress showcases - the International and Baltic Event Works In Progress, which are screened to the sales agents and festival programmers onNovember the 29th and 30th respectively. The Industry@Tallinn &; Baltic…
26-10-2017

Competition titles and juries announced for PÖFF Shorts 2017

Sub-festival of Black Nights Film Festival to showcase a diverse array of shorts to a jury of renowned industry professionals. PÖFF Shorts, the sub-festival of the Black Nights Film Festival that amalgamates previous events Animated Dreams and Sleepwalkers, has announced the titles that will comprise its five competitions alongside the…
26-10-2017

CAMERIMAGE 2017 JURIES

Main Competition Michael Apted – Jury President (director, screenwriter; Coal Miner's Daughter, Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey, The World Is Not Enough) Christian Berger, AAC (cinematographer; The White Ribbon, By the Sea, Happy End) Stuart Dryburgh, ASC/NZCS (cinematographer; The Piano, We Were Soldiers, The Secret Life…
26-10-2017

'Wonderful Losers. A Different World" by DGA-winner A. Matelis wins Best Documentary at Warsaw Film Festival

'Wonderful Losers. A Different World", from Lithuanian film director Arunas Matelis, was awarded the Best Documentary Feature at the 33rd edition of the International Warsaw Film Festival (WFF). As the winner at one of the top eight 'A' class film festivals (along with Cannes, Venice and Berlin) in Europe, Arunas…
24-10-2017

The Black Nights Film Festival completes the lineup for the First Feature Competition programme

Adding to the previously announced five titles, the Black Nights Film Festival announces 11 others that will be part of the First Feature Competition programme, including Brazil’s candidate for the Academy Awards. Entering it’s third year, the First Feature Competition is an international competition programme for first-time feature directors that…
24-10-2017

KARLOVY VARY’S EAST OF THE WEST COMPETITION OPENS TO FILMS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST. FESTIVAL INTRODUCES ‘EASTERN PROMISES’ INDUSTRY PLATFORM

Films and projects from the Middle East will now be eligible to enter the East of the West Competition and the Eastern Promises Works-in-Progress pitching Treated projects-in-development from Central and Eastern Europe will be showcased for the first time thanks to a new Submissions for the 53rd Karlovy Vary International…
24-10-2017

AUDIENCE AWARDS AT 33. WARSAW FILM FESTIVAL

Every year, it's the audience that decides some of the winners at Warsaw Film Festival. With A Hustler’s Diary chosen as the Best Feature Film, here is the full list.
24-10-2017

The Program of 11th Five Flavours Asian Film Festival

The 11th edition of Five Flavours Asian Film Festival will be held on November 15 – 22 in Warsaw, in Muranów and Kinoteka cinemas and in the Museum of Modern Art. The program includes over 40 feature films and nine short films. Eight selected pictures will also be screened in…
23-10-2017

Nacer Khemir, the master of epic films, will grace the 7th Malatya International Film Festival

The veteran Tunisian director Nacer Khemir, who reflects the traditional and mystical elements of the North African, Arabic and Persian cultures in his films while creating a fairy world inspiring the audience, will grace the 7th Malatya International Film Festival as the jury president of the International Feature Film Competition.…
23-10-2017

To Kill a Watermelon by Zehao Gao wins Warsaw Grand Prix

The international jury including Claudia Landsberger, Jan Hryniak, Denis Ivanov, Eran Riklis and Ivica Zubak decided to award the Chinese production.
22-10-2017

„Into the magic world of cinema“– 5th edition of Giffoni Macedonia

The 5th edition of “Giffoni Macedonia” Youth Film Festival will run October 18-23 in Skopje under the motto: “Into the magic world of cinema”. The opening ceremony took place on October 18 at Cinema Millennium at 07:30 pm, followed by the Macedonian premiere of the feature film “Hunting flies” by…
20-10-2017

Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event announce the projects for the Script Pool and POWR Baltic Stories Exchange

The two initiatives by Industry@Tallinn &; Baltic Event that work with script projects, have announced the 2017 participants. Script Pool Tallinn is the new script development competition that is launching at this year’s Industry@Tallinn with the main prize including 5000 euros and mentoring sessions with a professional script doctor, both…
19-10-2017

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival introduces PÖFF Sho

Joining the programmes of its previous sub-festivals Animated Dreams and Sleepwalkers, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) introduces PÖFF Shorts, the newest festival in the Baltics dedicated to short films and animation. The new format will keep the Animated Dreams and Sleepwalkers programmes with their respective competition programmes and programming…
19-10-2017

WARSAW FILM FESTIVAL SUPPORTS YOUNG CRITICS

The twelfth edition of the FIPRESCI Warsaw Critics Project will last until the 22nd of October A group of young and carefully selected critics from Central and Eastern Europe will be covering the festival and industry events, delivering film reviews and interviews for our partners – Cineuropa and FilmNewEurope. FIPRESCI…
18-10-2017

Vilnius International Film Festival: Call for entries for Lithuanian films

23rd Vilnius International Film Festival “Kino pavasaris” is inviting Lithuanian and Lithuanian diaspora filmmakers around the world to submit their fiction, documentary, animation and experimental short and feature length films. All you need is to: register your film using the following link: https://vp.eventival.eu/viff/2018 read Terms & Condition fill out the…
18-10-2017

Lexicon of film acting, LUX Prize finalists and a selection of the most interesting European films in Bratislava IFF’s programme

The 19th edition of the Bratislava International Film Festival will revolve around and explore film acting, emerging stars of the contemporary film scene as well as time proven festival hits. Its Lexicon section will shed some light on the specifics, history and future of acting for film, starting with the…
18-10-2017

The Official Selection of The 7th Malatya International Film Festival Has Been Announced

The press conference of the 7th Malatya International Film Festival was held on October 10th, Tuesday, at Shangri-La Bosphorus Hotel. The conference was attended by the Governor of Malatya Ali Kaban, Mayor Ahmet Çakır, Festival Director Suat Köçer, Mayor of Yeşilyurt, Mayor of Battalgazi, Festival’s Executive Committee President Ertan Mumcu,…
18-10-2017

DOCUMENTARY FEATURES COMPETITION 2017 LINE-UP

We announce the line-up of the Documentary Features Competition "IMAGE OF THE WORLD AND WORLD IN IMAGES" of the 25th anniversary edition of theInternational Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography CAMERIMAGE. The aim of the competition is to recognize the art of documentary filmmaking as creative interpretation of reality.…
18-10-2017

CONNECTING COTTBUS PRESENTS WORK IN PROGRESS 2017

For the first time Work in Progress (WIP) projects will be in competition at connecting cottbus November 9 and 10 Cottbus, October 17, 2017 – connecting cottbus one of the leading international gatherings for film professionals focusing on Eastern European cinema announces its Work in Progress selection coco WIP 2017.…
18-10-2017

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival completes the Official Selection lineup with eleven new titles

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival adds ten films to the previously announced eight that will compete in the Official Selection (formerly called the Main Competition) for the festival’s Grand Prix and one film that will be screened out of competition. Ten of the films in the competition line-up will have…
17-10-2017