FNE at Venice FF 2012: Venice Film Festival Prize Winners
VENICE: Korean director Kim Ki-duk collected the Golden Lion for Best film for his ultra violent Pieta in a year that saw Ulrich Seidl’s Paradies: Glaube as the only film…
FESTIVALS: Rosa Wins MECEFF
MEDIAS: The second MECEFF (Mediaş Central European Film Festival, www.meceff.ro) gave its Best Film award to the Polish film Rosa (www.skorpionarte.pl) by Wojciech Smarzowski
FNE at the Golden Boll Film Festival: The Circle
ADANA: The Circle is the latest film from Dervis Zaim, whose previous films, made over the last 20 years, include Waiting for Heaven, Dot and Somersault in a Coffin.
FNE at the Golden Boll Film Festival: Saint Ayse
ADANA: Saint Ayse directed by Elfe Uluc will make its premiere in the Turkish National Competition of the Golden Boll Film Festival.
FNE at Golden Boll Film Festival: Night of Silence
ADANA: Night of Silence, which screens in the Turkish National Competition of the Golden Boll Film Festival, had its world premiere at the 2012 Berlin Film Festival’s Generation section where…
FNE exclusive: Court decision gives Hungarian Film Fund control of film studios: FNE asks Andy Vajna what’s next
BUDAPEST: A Hungarian court decision has transferred the property of the former Hungarian Motion Picture Foundation (MMKA) to the Hungarian National Film Fund (www.filmalap.hu).
FNE at Venice FF 2012: Competition: Spring Breakers
VENICE: Oldies beware Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers might seem slight but the buzz from younger Euro-critics after its first screening in Venice was decidedly positive.
FNE at the Golden Boll Film Festival: Know My Name
ADANA: Know My Name will have its world premiere in the Turkish National Competition of the Golden Boll film festival.
FNE at the Golden Boll Film Festival: Load
ADANA: The latest film from veteran director Erdan Kiral, Load, screens in the Turkish National Competition of the Golden Boll film festival.
FNE at Golden Boll FF: National Competition lineup announced
ADANA: Fourteen Turkish films were selected from 42 applicants to screen in the 19th Golden Boll National Feature competition (17-23 September 2012, www.altinkozafestivali.org.tr), vying for 350,000 TL in prizes.
FNE at Golden Boll Film Festival: Present Tense
ADANA: Present Tense competes in the Golden Boll after its premiered at the 2012 Istanbul Film Festival where it won the ‘Best female performance in a leading role’ award.
FESTIVALS: Cinematik Features Slovak Documentary Competition
PIESTANY: Four long Slovak documentaries will screen in the Cinematik film festival (www.cinematik.sk) documentary competition, taking place 7-13 September 2012 in the Slovak spa resort of Piestany.
FNE at Venice FF 2012: Competition: Outrage Beyond
VENICE: Japanese director and actor Takeshi Kitano returns to Venice with his sequel to his gory but beautifully choreographed 2010 hit Outrage. Beyond Outrage takes up where Outrage left off…
FNE at Golden Boll Film Festival: Voice of My Father
ADANA: Adana Golden Boll competition film Voice of My Father had its world premiere in the Rotterdam Film Festival main competition and its Turkish premiere at the Istanbul Film Festival…
FESTIVALS: Golden Boll Adds Film Market
ADANA: The 19th Golden Boll Film Festival (17-23 September 2012, www.goldenbollfilmfestival.com) will launch the first Turkish film market, Bazaar Adana, in association with the Film Producers Association of Turkey, SE-YAP…
FNE at Venice FF 2012: Competition: To The Wonder
VENICE: Terrence Malick was never going to have an easy time trying to follow-up on his Tree of Life success but To The Wonder rather underwhelms in the attempt. While…
Weak Admissions Drive Down Revenues for Cinema City
ROTTERDAM: Cinema City International (cinemacity.nl), Central Europe’s largest multiplex operator, reported a 5.5 percent decline in revenues and 4.9 percent decline in ticket sales in the first half of 2012…
FESTIVALS: Seven Film Compete in MECEFF
MEDIAS, ROMANIA: The second edition of the Medias Central European Film Festival (www.meceff.ro), running 2-8 September 2012, will screen seven films from seven Central European countries in its official competition.
FNE at Venice FF 2012: Competition: The Master
VENICE: Director Paul Thomas Anderson’s portrait of religious cult in post World War II America is definitely one of the most powerful entries in this year’s Biennale Film Festival competition.
FNE at Venice FF 2012: Competition: Paradise: Faith
VENICE: Austrian director Ulrich Seidl launched his three part trilogy Paradise in Cannes with Paradise: Love and he now arrives in Venice with part two, Paradise: Faith.
