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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…
FNE at Berlinale 2012: Panorama: Diaz Don’t Clean Up That Blood
First screening: 12 February 2012 BERLIN: Diaz Don’t Clean Up That Blood directed by Italian director Daniele Vicari about the violent clashes at the 2001 G8 Summit in Genoa was one of the interesting entries in the Panorama section of this year’s Berlinale. This feature film is intended to be…
FNE at Berlinale 2012: Competition: Jayne Mansfiled’s Car
First Screening Tuesday 14 February{mosimage}BERLIN: Russian producer Alexander Rodnyansky has set his sites on Hollywood with Jayne Mansfield’s Car, a period drama directed by Billy Bob Thornton. Rodnyansky is one of Russia’s most successful film producers with a number of international art house hits like Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Elena and Alexander…
FNE at Berlinale 2012: Panorama: Elles
First screening: 10 February 2012BERLIN: Polish director Malgoska Szumowska makes her French directing debut with Elles starring Juliette Binoche. Szumowska who already has three features produced in Poland to her credit was chosen to make this film about a Parisian journalist working on a story about prostitutes as a French,…
FNE at Berlinale 2012: Competition: A Royal Affair
{mosimage}First Screening: Thursday 16 February BERLIN: Danish director Nikolaj Arcel has brought to Berlin a lavish period costume drama that still manages to be character driven and emotionally satisfying which is quite a feat. The strong international sales that the A Royal Affair has had before its Berlin premier testify…
FNE at Berlinale 2012: Competition: Just the Wind
{mosimage}First Screening: Thursday 16 FebruaryBERLIN: Hungarian director Bence Fliegauf’s powerful drama of a day in the life of a Romany family in a Hungarian village where a series of racist motivated murders is taking place is based on a true story.
FNE at Berlinale 2012: Competition: Barbara
{mosimage}First Screening Saturday 11 February BERLIN: This is German director Christian Petzold’s third film in competition at the Berlinale following Gespenster in 2005 and Yella in 2008 and he deservedly won the Golden Bear for Best Director this year with his latest film Barbara. The film stars Nina Hoss who…
FNE at Berlinale 2012: Competition: Caesar Must Die
First screening: Saturday 11 February {mosimage}BERLIN: Italian veterans Paolo and Vittorio Taviani deservedly took home a Golden Bear for Caesar Must Die a powerful depiction of a group of prison inmates’ performance of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. The gritty documentary is a return to the Taviani’s earlier style that originally won…
Film “Policeman” presents the challenges of contemporary Israel in Vilnius film theatres
The Israeli film Policeman opened in "Skalvija" and "Pasaka" cinemas this week. It is a drama about a curse of the modern society: the widening gap between the rich and the remaining population, and the modern revolutionaries inspired by this gap. Policeman is the debut film of a young filmmaker…
PRESS RELEASSE: 2475 REGISTRATIONS FOR THE 52ND KRAKOW FILM FESTIVAL
Krakow, February 22nd 2012 - 2475 films altogether have been submitted for the 52nd Krakow Film Festival, including 2212 foreign films and 263 Polish ones. The list of films which qualified for the festival stages will be published after March 20th when the selection committee will have completed their work.…
The golden era of Lithuanian Films @ Berlinale EFM
Lithuanian Films at EFM in Berlinale: the gold age era A modern national Lithuanian Films stand, representing all the factors that led to the substantial recovery of the country‘s film industry, will be giving a warm welcome to the world‘s film industry visiting Berlin at the European Film Market (EFM)…
Estonian films at EFM & Berlinale 2012
ESTONIAN STAND has moved to a slightly NEW LOCATION in Berlin and is now situated at G10 – the same upper floor in Martin Gropius Bau, but slightly larger and roomier place. You are most welcome to check us out! The stand is very simply called "Estonia". The Latvian separate…
What´s Slovak in Berlin 2012?
Dear Colleagues & Friends, In Berlin, you can find out more about Slovak cinema at the CENTRAL EUROPEAN CINEMA STAND in Martin-Gropius-Bau, no. 130: The stand is a joint project of Slovakia, Czech Republic and Slovenia, so you find the THREE of our cinemas on one address! Meet: Slovak Film…
18th International Festival of Local Televisions “The Golden Beggar”
"The Golden Beggar" a competition among local European television stations and producers who come from widely varied backgrounds - they work independently, or with local media outlets, or are young producers just starting out.Festival annually brings a unique program premieres, which you will not see elsewhere. Come and see the…
