XI Batumi International Art-house Film Festival will be held in Batumi during September 18-25 September. BIAFF organizer is – Batumi Art-house ARGANI, Official partner – Batumi City Hall.

BIAFF announces its line-up of International sections – Feature, Doc and Short films.

The films in BIAFF Feature Film Competition section, will be assessed by following Jury:

1. Head of Jury -  Dito Tsintsadze, Georgia
2. Rebecca Lenkiewicz, UK
3. Liza Antonova, Russia
4. Mahtab Keramati, Iran
5. Gulnara Abikieva, Kazakhstan

In BIAFF Feature competition section will be screened 9 films:   

1. Confessions, Roberto Andò, Italy/France, 2016; 103 min.
2. Daughter, Reza Mirkarimi, Iran, 2016; 103 min.
3. Death in Sarajevo, Danis Tanovich, France / Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2016; 85 min.
4. Godless, Ralitza Petrova, Bulgaria/Denmark/France, 2016; 103 min.
5. I, Olga Herpanova, by  Petr Kazda/Tomas Weinreb,  Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, France 2016; 106 min.
6. Rauf, Soner Caner/Baris Kaya, Turkey, 2016; 94 min.
7. Teacher, Jan Hrebejk Slovak/Czech, 2016; 102 min.
8. United States of Love, Tomasz Wasilewski, Poland/Sweden, 2016; 104 min.
9. Zoology, Ivan I. Tverdovskiy, Russia / France/ Germany, 2016, 87 min.

BIAFF 2016 International Doc Film Jury will be presented by:

1. Head of Jury - Marina Razbeshkina, Russia
2. Diliara, Kazakhstan
3. Oles Yanchuk, Ukraine
4. Elhum Shakerifar, UK
5. Beso Odisharia, Georgia

In BIAFF 2016 International Doc Film Competition section will be screened 9 films:

1. Close Relations, Vitaly Manksi, Germany, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine, 2016; 112 min.
2. Deadlock,  Harutyun Khachatryan, Armenia, 2016; 94 min.
3. Dybuk, Krzysztof Kopczyński, Poland, Ukraine, Sweden 2015; 85 min
4. Innocence of Memories, Grant Gee, UK, 2015; 80 min.
5. Land of the Enlightened, Pieter-Jan De Pue, Belgium, Ireland, Netherlands, Germany, 2015; 87 min.
6. Refugee Ship Enguri, Vakho Varazi, Georgia, 2016
7. The Cinema Travellers, Shirley Abraham/Amit Madheshiya, India, 96 min.
8. The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger, Colin MacCabe/Tilda Swinton/Christopher Roth/Bartek Dziadosz , UK, 2016;  89 min.
9. Wild Women - Gentle Beasts, Anka Schmid, Switzerland 2015; 96 min

In BIAFF 2016 International Short Film Competition section will be screened 25 films:

1. Coffee Break, Giorgi Tavartkiladze, Georgia, 2015; 12 min.
2. Guest,  Nino Shaburishvili, Georgia/France, 2016; 16 min.
3. Lethe, Dea Kulumbegashvili, Georgia, 2016; 15 min.
4. Lost village, Giorgi Todria, Georgia/Spain, 2016; 15 min.
5. Neighbors, Gabriel khotivari, Georgia/Germany; 2016; 14:35 min.
6. Till the End of a Day,  Anna Sarukhanova, Georgia, 2016; 15 min.
7. A Night in Tokoriki, Roxana Stroe, Romania, 2016; 18 min.
8. All Rivers Run to the Sea, Alexandru Badea, Romania, 2016; 24 min.
9. Ascension, Pedro Peralta, Portugal, 2016; 18 min.
10. Daughter, Mehrdad Hasani Iran, 2016; 15 min.
11. Deal with it, Gáspár Fehér, Hungary, 2015; 6:38 min.
12. Donna Lucia, Olesya Khoroshikh, Russia, 2016; 30 min.
13. El Matador, Turkey/Mexico, 2015; 9:45 min.
14. Excess Baggage, Mariachiara Manci, 2015; 5:45 min.
15. Her Biji, Fuat, Kurtoglu, Turkey, 2016; 4 min.
16. Home, Iryna Tsilyk 
Ukraine, 2016, 12 min.
17. Land of the Lost, Hawraz Mohammed, Iraq, 2016; 10 min.
18. Limbo, Konstantina Kotzamani, Greece, 2016; 30 min.
19. Malika, Valentin Kruse, Germany, 2016; 10 min.
20. Mother, Piotrek Golebiowski, Poland, 2016; 27 min.
21. Piknik, Jure Pavlović
, Croatia, 2015; 13 min.
22. Requited Love, Christina Ki Casini, Italy, 2016; 15 min.
23. The Beast, Miroslav Sikavica, Croatia, 2016; 14 min.
24. When You Hear the Bells, Chabname Zariab, France/Tunisia, 2015; 25 min.
25. White Wolf, Fanni Szilágyi, Hungary, 2015; 18 min.

Festival Sponsors – Ministry of Culture of Georgia,  Georgian National Film Center, Divan Suites Batumi

Festival Supporters – British Council, Polish Audio-Visual Fund, Cinema APOLLO, Alphabet Tower, Hotel Rcheuli, Hotel Batumi Plaza, Hotel Admiral, Cinema “Rustaveli”, Tourism Department of Ajara AR, festival “Tbilisi Open Air”, HQ propaganda, Tour Company “Wonderland”

Festival Media Partners – Radio Fortuna/Fortuna+, Adjara TV, Newspaper “Georgia Today”, FILMPRINT, Publicity Group (www.publicity.ge), www.newswire.ge, Film New Europe (www.filmneweurope.com), Newspaper BATUMELEBI, www.netgazeti.ge

 

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