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Explore Bhutanese cinema at Five Flavours
Bhutan is a country without a long-standing film tradition, but it is bravely looking for its own voice and a way to combine tradition with new means of expression. Find out the first details of the section taking our audience on a tour of this virtually unknown cinema.
Ignas Miškinis feature film King's Shift selected for the Duhok IFF
Lithuanian feature film Karalių pamaina (Kings’ Shift, 2016) directed by Ignas Miškinis, is selected for the world cinema competition of the 5th edition of the Duhok IFF in Iran.
BIAFF Industrial Platform "Alternative Wave 2017" Announces Selected Projects
BIAFF film festival industry platform “Alternative Wave” finalized selection of projects for its 2017 edition. The projects selected for “Alternative Wave 2017”: Killings – Producer Vako Kirkitadze, directors Sandro and Elene Naveriani. Nina –Producer and director Kote Takaishvili. Otar’s Death – Producer Eva Blondiau, director Ioseb “Soso” Bliadze. Pantheon –…
Andrey Zvyagintsev’s films to be screened at MIFF
Modern Russian cinema’s acclaimed director Andrey Zvyagintsev’s award-winning films and his latest film “Loveless” which won the Jury Award at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival will be screened at the 7th Malatya International Film Festival. Award-winning director Andrey Zvyagintsev’s films focusing on rulership and human relations will meet the cinemagoers…
Cinelab Award to Meteorlar
The Award by the Locarno Festival’s online event in partnership with Festival Scope and offered by Cinelab Bucharest, has been chosen by the audience and is given to Meteorlar by Gürcan Keltek. The second edition of the initiative by the Locarno Festival in partnership with Festival Scope has presented a…
BIAFF 2017 announces Line-Up of International Competition – Doc and Feature films Sections
XII Batumi International Art-house Film Festival will be held in Batumi during September 17-24 September, 2017. Festival organizer – “Batumi Art-house ARGANI”, official partner – Batumi City Hall. BIAFF festival management finalized the selection of films for international competition sections for Doc and Feature Films. BIAFF line-up of feature films…
Polish Days 2017
Polish Days co-organized by the Polish Film Institute are the most important industry event of T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival, where industry representatives including programmers, sales agents, producers, film funds and distributors from all over the world meet to watch the latest Polish films at closed screenings. This year's…
The 8th edition of New Horizons Studio+ took place 5-8 August during the 17th T-Mobile New Horizons IFF (3-13 August 2017)
Organized by the New Horizons Association and Creative Europe Desk Poland, it consisted of workshops and lectures on various aspects related to the project promotion and development. Studio New Horizons+ selected European director-producer pairs who are developing their first or second feature film. 10 emerging talents from Poland and 10…
23rd Sarajevo Film Festival Awards
OFFICIAL AWARDS COMPETITION PROGRAMME – FEATURE FILM Jury:Michel Franco, Director, Writer, Producer (President of the Jury, Mexico) Members of the Jury:Mark Adams, Artistic Director of EIFF (UK)Goran Bogdan, Actor (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia)Fatma Al Remaihi, CEO of Doha Film Institute (Qatar)Melisa Sözen, Actress (Turkey) HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST FEATURE…
Prestigious Films To Compete For The Crystal Apricot!
High demand for the 7th Malatya International Film Festival’s competition sections. The “National Feature Film Competition”, “International Feature Film Competition”, “National Short Film Competition” and “International Short Film Competition” sections of the 7th Malatya International Film Festival are in high demand. The submission deadline is September 15th. MANY AWARD CATEGORIES…
Western directed by Valeska Grisebach wins the 17th T-Mobile New Horizons IFF
Winners of the 17th T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival were announced and presented with prizes during the ceremonial gala at New Horizons Cinema. Of the 12 films in the New Horizons International Competition, a jury consisting of Gaston Solnicki, Hadas Ben Aroya, Gustavo Beck and Agnieszka Podsiadlik by unanimous…
The 70th edition of the Locarno Festival closes this evening
The 2017 edition, the fifth under Carlo Chatrian as artistic director, has ended successfully and has been crowned by the Pardo d’oro for the film MRS. FANG directed by WANG Bing. 261 films in 11 days, 16 under the open sky in the Piazza Grande and 18 in the Concorso…
The SIGNS OF LIFE AWARD to COCOTE
Locarno Festival’s Signs of Life Award electronic-art.foundation for Best Film has been granted to COCOTE by Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias. Signs of Life aims to explore new ground, narrative forms and innovative cinematic language. Originally out-of-competition when founded in 2014, Signs of Life is now a competitive section.…
11th TIDF is now calling for entries!
TIDF is looking for documentaries that are most creative, closely connected to social and human interests, and have unique points of view! The 11th TIDF will take place on May 4-13, 2018. Three major competitions with 11 awards and more than US$70,000 total cash-prize await. The entry deadline is December…
SHORT MATTERS! - SHORT FILMS OF EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY (EFA) AT BIAFF 2017
BIAFF festival continues cooperation with European Film Academy (EFA) which was started in 2011 and during BIAFF festival in September 2017 will be presented EFA’s short films program - SHORT MATTERS! SHORT MATTERS! is the European Film Academy’s short film tour which brings the short films nominated for the European…
Winners announced for 2017 Open Doors Hub and Lab
The names of prizewinners for the Open Doors Hub coproduction platform and the Open Doors Lab producer-training workshop were announced today, 8 August. The 2017 session was the second in the three-year cycle dedicated by Open Doors to exploring eight countries in Southern Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives, Myanmar,…
BIAFF Batumi Art-house Film Festival management is preparing for its XII edition
XII Batumi International Art-house Film Festival will be held in Batumi during September 17-24 September, 2017, closed film submission on 1 August. Festival organizer – “Batumi Art-house ARGANI”, official partner – Batumi City Hall. BIAFF festival management finalized the submissions to festival. The complete program will be announced by 1…
Industry Report: StepIn
Summary from Variety correspondent Nick Vivarelli A group of 50 prominent European independent film industry execs assembled Thursday for the Locarno Festival’s StepIn think tank to discuss the timely topic of “The Theatrical Experience and the Future of Auteur Cinema in the Age of Global Streaming Platforms and Social Networks.”…
Fantasia 2017 Awards: Agnieszka Holland's Spoor Wins Top Prize
The festival's Best Film Award was presented to Agnieszka Holland's gripping crime thriller Spoor / Pokot. The subversive Polish masterpiece was previously selected to compete for the Golden Bear at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival and won that festival's Alfred Bauer Prize. Cheval Noir Award Best Film: Spoor /…
Sarajevo Film Festival Proudly Presents Jury of the Competition Programme
Jury of the Competition Programme – Feature Film President of the JuryMICHEL FRANCODirector, Writer, Producer, Mexico MARK ADAMSArtistic Director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival, UK GORAN BOGDANActor, B&H, Croatia FATMA AL REMAIHIChief Executive Officer of Doha Film Institute, Qatar MELISA SÖZENActress, Turkey Jury of the Competition Programme – Documentary…
