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The 22nd FilmFestival Cottbus presents highlights of Eastern European cinema and strikes new paths

The FilmFestival Cottbus invites you to its 22nd edition from November 6 to 11. The three competitions and over ten programme sections of the world’s leading forum for Eastern European cinema will show more than 130 productions from over 30 countries. During the festival week, the audience has the unique…
26-09-2012

A SCI FI WON JAMESON CINEFEST’S MAIN PRIZE

16 features in competition, all Hungarian premieres, 7 features out of competition, 3 film classics in the CineClassics section, alltogether 69 films, 3 workshops, master classes, conferences, international film market, several professional meetings – this is the rapid assessment of 9th Miskolc International Film Festival which ended on Saturday evening.…
26-09-2012

Connecting Cottbus presents Pitching Projects 2012

13 new feature film projects are looking for international co-production partners Cottbus, September 26, 2012 - On November 8 and 9, 2012 the East-West co-production market connecting cottbus marks its 14th edition. The industry forum, contemporaneous with the 22. FilmFestival Cottbus, offers a platform for about 150 participants to present…
26-09-2012

LITHUANIAN SCI-FI, DANISH BEAR, BERBERIAN SOUNDS: JCF'S WINNERS

The Lithuanian Vanishing Waves by Kristina Buozyte won the Emeric Pressburger Prize of the 9th Jameson CineFest.
24-09-2012

National Student Film Competition and Mediterranean Short Film Competition Awards Has Announced

NATIONAL STUDENT FILM COMPETITION AWARDS Best Documentary: I, You, Her / Director: Zeynep Oral DOM / Director: Halil AygünBest Animation: Upside Down / Director: Tuğçe ÖzdemirBest Experimental: The Cage / Director: Oğuhan AkalınBest Fiction: The Gate / Director: Nazire Taş
24-09-2012

AWARDED FILMS OF THE GOLDEN BOLL

BEST FILM: Babamın Sesi – Voice of My Father Yılmaz Güney Special Prize: Present Tense AUDİENCE AWARD / Night Of Silence SPECIAL JURY PRIZE: Know My Name BEST DIRECTOR: Pelin Esmer (Watchtower) BEST SCREENPLAY: Orhan Eskiköy (Voice Of My Father)
24-09-2012

Jameson CineFest IFF: Winners

The Lithuanian Vanishing Waves by Kristina Buozyte won the Emeric Pressburger Prize of the 9th Jameson CineFest. The Grand Prix of the festival, named upon Adolph Zukor, the Hungarian born founder of Paramount Pictures, went ex aequo to the Danish Teddy Bear by Mads Matthiesen and Peter Strickland's Berberian Sound…
24-09-2012

BIAFF 2012 – Closing Ceremony

On September 23, closing ceremony of VII Batumi International Art-House Film Festival will be held at the hall of the Hotel “Sheraton”, Batumi.
23-09-2012

BIAFF 2012 Festival awards

BIAFF festival jury, at closing ceremony announced BIAFF 2012 winners in different categories.
23-09-2012

International festival of animated films AniFest. Call for entries for 2013.

Starting from 20th September, AniFest 2013 accepts films made after 1st January 2011. Final deadline for submissions is 20th December. AniFest 2013 will take place from 26th April till 1st May 2013. You can submit films in following categories:
21-09-2012

BIAFF Industrial Meetings

On September 22, “BIAFF Industrial Meetings” of Batumi International Art-House Film Festival, at “Center for Civic Engagement” (Address: 62/64 Parnavaz Mepe Street), at 11:00-16:30.
21-09-2012

Ursula Meier‘s “Sister” to open the sixth Kaunas International Film Festival

Ursula Meier‘s film “Sister“ (fr. “L'enfant d'en haut”, 2012) will open the sixth Kaunas International Film Festival with Ursula Meier’s participation. The award-winning film “Sister“ depicts a story of a twelve-year-old boy and his restless elder sister who live near a luxurious skiing resort at the foot of a mountain.…
20-09-2012

ELDAR SHENGELAYA HELD MASTER CLASS FOR BIAFF AUDIENCE

On September 20, Master Class of Eldar Shengelaya, Head of Jury of in festival feature films of Batumi International Art-House Film Festival was arranged at the conference hall of Hotel Radisson Blue Batumi, at noon. Meeting was held during 2 hours.
20-09-2012

FOURTH DAY OF BIAFF 2012

On the fourth day of Batumi International Art-House Film Festival, Italian director Pietro Marcello, honorable guest of the Festival presented master class at the conference Hall of Radisson Blue Batumi.
20-09-2012

BIAFF 2012 continues

On September 16, VII Batumi International Art-House Film Festival was officially opened. Films are being projected at movie theater “Apollo” and in the conference hall of the Hotel Radisson Blue Batumi.
18-09-2012

BIAFF 2012 First Day

“Batumi Film Festival is officially opened. First competition day began with the film “Back to the Square”. This is the second work of the Documentary Film Director Petr Lom, (the first was “Bride kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan”) depicting the severe reality of post-revolutionary Egypt.” Notwithstanding the influence of Egyptian forces and…
18-09-2012

Bells of Happiness Wins Slovak Doc Award at Cinematick Fest

PIESTANY: The Slovak film festival Cinematik (www.cinematik.sk) has given the Film Europe Award for best feature-length Slovak documentary to Bells of Happiness (Zvonky šťastia) by Marek Šulík and Jana Bučka (www.zudro.sk).
17-09-2012

Golden Boll Begins

19TH GOLDEN BOLL FILM FESTIVAL BEGINS ON MONDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER (TOMORROW) The Adana City Municipality 19th Golden Boll Film Festival begins on Monday 17th September (TOMORROW) and will run until 23rd September. As part of the Festival, Lifetime Achievement Awards will be presented to veteran Turkish screen actors, Ediz Hun…
16-09-2012

Latest Fare From World Cinema at tha Golden Boll

LATEST FARE FROM WORLD CINEMA AT THE GOLDEN BOLL The 19th Golden Boll Film Festival, to be held by the City Municipality of Adana from 17th-23rd September 2012, is gearing up to bring audiences the best in recent world cinema.
15-09-2012