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Karlovy Vary Open Eyes - the best of the Cannes festival
Open Eyes - the best of the Cannes festival The Open Eyes section of the program at the 43rd KVIFF will present moviegoers with 13 films that were screened at this year's Cannes IFF. At the recent festival in Cannes, director Matteo Garrone's Gomorra was awarded Grand Prix of the…
Karlovy Vary Horizons section
The Horizons section is one of the Karlovy Vary festival’s favorite traditions, presenting a cross-section of the latest in world film. At the 43rd KVIFF, Horizons will offer an exceptionally interesting selection of titles.Twentieth-century cultural icon Bob Dylan is the focus of the original cubist portrait I’m Not There, which…
Karlovy Vary IFF section Another View
Another View Thirty-two films offering "another view," whether in terms of technique or content, will be presented in the Another View section of the program. If you are a moviegoer interested in new filmmaking approaches and nontraditional topics, then you certainly won't want to miss any of these movies. Here…
Robert De Niro to be honored with the Crystal Globe at the 43rd KVIFF
Respected Actor to receive Award for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema at opening night tribute gala Preeminent Actor, director and producer Robert De Niro, two-time Academy Award® winner, four-time Academy Award® nominee and Golden Globe winner, will receive the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema at the…
New York Metropolitan Opera in Karlovy Vary
With our audiences in mind, the 43rd Karlovy Vary IFF will be expanding its program on the first and last days of the festival. On opening day, Friday, July 4th, the number of screenings will dramatically increase. Viewers will be able to see movies from the Horizons section, as well…
Transylvania International Film Festival closing press release
THE TRANSILVANIA TROPHY LEAVES FOR MEXICO Applause. Bursts of applause. Celebrities. Pouring with celebrities. Excitement, prizes and trophies. All of that on Saturday night at that National Theatre of Cluj Napoca, during the Ceremony. The Closing Ceremony of the Transilvania International Film Festival 2008. Over 1000 guests were eager to…
Winners of 2008 Transylvania International Film Festival 2008 in Cluj
Complete list of winners: The Transylvania Trophy - provided by Vodafone: Intimacies of Shakespeare and Victor Hugo / Intimidades de Shakespeare y Victor Hugo (d. Yulene Olaizola, Mexico, 2008) Best Directing Award - offered by the Romanian Film Center: Omar Shargawi of Go With Peace Jamil / Ma Salama Jamil…
48th Krakow Film Festival JURY VERDICTS
FEATURE-LENGHT DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION Having watched all the competition films the Feature-Lenght Documentary Competition Jury of the 48th Krakow Film Festival consisting of Jerzy Śladkowski - chairman (Sweden/Poland), Sean Farnel (Canada) and Michał Chaciński (Poland) has decided to award the following prizes: The Golden Horn for the best film to „Predstavlenye"…
Zlin 2008 Final Press Release
ZLÍN 2008 - 48th International Film Festival for Children and Youth June 1 - 8, ZLÍN FINAL PRESS RELEASE, 7 JUNE 2008 The 48th International Film Festival for Children and Youth is coming to its end. A total of 570 films from 52 countries have been screened during the festival.…
EFP with Variety Critics Choice: Europe Now!
June 5, 2008 EFP with "Variety Critics' Choice: Europe Now!" at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (July 4-12, 2008) Unconventional, surprising, provocative: Young European directors present their films Unconventional young European cinema: that's what can be expected in the Variety Critics' Choice: Europe Now! at the Karlovy Vary International…
ACTOR ARMIN MUELLER- STAHL IN KARLOVY VARY
Actor Armin Mueller-Stahl will be guest at the 43rd Karlovy Vary IFF. Then on July 6th the Karlovy Vary Art Gallery will host a gala opening of his paintings, at which time the actor will accept Prize of the town Karlovy Vary. The well-known actor is returning to the Karlovy…
43rd Karlovy Vary IFF
40 World, International, and European premieres will be screened at the 43rd Karlovy Vary IFF 2008.
Awards of The Istanbul Film Festival announced
AWARDS OF THE 27th INTERNATIONAL ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVALApril 5-20, 2008INTERNATIONAL GOLDEN TULIP COMPETITIONThe International Jury of the 27th International Istanbul Film Festival presided over by Michael Ballhaus and composed of Joan Dupont, Selim Eyüboğlu; Bent Hamer, Pawel Pawlikowski, and Kirsi Tykkilainen has decided to give:The GOLDEN TULIP Award to “EGG”…
Call For Entries To Camerimage Competitions
We have a great pleasure to inform that the selection process for the competitions of the 16th Edition of the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography CAMERIMAGE 2008 has begun. CAMERIMAGE is the biggest international film festival devoted to the creation of a film image by the cinematographers.…
Krakow Film Festival selects international competitors
Organizers of the Krakow Film Festival announced on April 9 the selections for international competition at the event which will be held May 28-June 5, 2008.In all, 52 films from 17 countries were selected to participate from more than 1,800 films submitted. The largest group of selected films came from…
Plus Camerimage Film Festival organizers visit US (Feb. 6)
Plus Camerimage Film Festival organizers visit US Recently the team of organizers of Plus Camerimage Film Festival has visited the US. The main purpose of the visit was to present the films that had won the 15th edition of the festival. In cooperation with Endeavor Talent Agency, CamTec, Consulate General…
PASSPORT CONTROL Workshop (Apr. 24 - May 4) announces deadline for entries -- (Feb. 01)
MEDIAWAVE International Visual Foundation is organizing PASSPORT CONTROL International Film, Photo and Critic Workshop for the 5th time from 24, April to 4, May in 2008. You can apply for three different workshops this time too: either for the film workshop or for the photo workshop or (last but not…
39th Hungarian Film Week -- Day 4 (Feb. 4)
4th dayShorts at FilmweekFebruary 04. 2008. 19:09; itemStanding out in the strong competition is Péter Gothár's short, a perfect unity of form and content. His Tanúvallomás (Testimony) dramatizes a perfectly written female monologue. Location is a dilapidated station house where a woman testifies on a murder. The murderer is her…
39th Hungarian Film Week -- Day 3 (Feb. 3)
3rd DayIndustry programmes at the FilmweekFebruary 03. 2008. 09:58; reportDerdák deems it absurd that there is a functional industry producing valuable films every year and there is also a network of cultural institutes and these systems hardly ever connect. Head of the institute in Paris, Derdák shared his experience on…
39th Hungarian Film Week -- Day 2 (Jan. 31)
2nd DayFilmweek documentariesJanuary 31. 2008. 14:30; itemTraditionally, the first two days of the Filmweek belong to documentaries. Present day docu filmmakers are often accused of not dealing with current issues and avoiding real problems affecting the whole of society. An eternal question among the docu clique is why there are…
