BIAFF festival management finalized the Feature and Doc competition films selection.
Festival will be opened on 16 September, at Batumi State Musical Center. As a tribute to 110 anniversary of Georgian cinema during opening will be screened Georgian classical silent film “My Grandmother” (director – kote Mikaberidze) with musical accompaniment of famous Georgian pianist Dudana Mazmanishvili. Famous Georgian DoP Lomer Akhvlediani will be awarded with BIAFF special prize for contribution to cinema.
BIAFF 2018 line-up of feature films competition section
- Dead Horse Nebula, Tarık Aktaş, Turkey, 2018; 73 min.
- Donbas, Sergei Loznitsa, Germany/Ukraine/France/ Netherlands/Romania, 2018; 110 min.
- Grain, Semih Kaplanoglu, Turkey/Germany/France/Sweden/ Qatar, 2017; 123 min.
- Happy as lazzaro, Alice Rohrwacher, Italy/Switzerland/ France/| Germany, 2018; 122 min.
- Horizon, Tinatin Kajrishvili, Georgia/Sweden, 2018; 105 min.
- Jumpman, Ivan I. Tverdovskiy, Russia/Lithuania/Ireland/ France, 2018, 90 min.
- Panic Attack, Paweł Maslona, Poland, 2018, 100min.
- Ray and Liz, Richard Billingham, UK, 2018; 107 min.
- Styx, Wolfgang Fischer, Germany / Austria, 2018; 90 min.
- The Interpreter, Martin Sulik, Slovak Republic / Czech Republic / Austria 2018; 113 min
Nominations of Feature Films Competition Section - International Jury consisting of 5 members and headed by Sergei Rakhlin (Chairman of the Foreign Language Film Committee of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association - HFPA, which presents GOLDEN GLOBES awards in USA), will award prizes in following nominations - Grand Prix, Best Director, Best Male Actor, Best Female Actor, Jury Special prize
BIAFF 2018 line-up of Doc films competition section:
- Another Day in Life, Damian Nenow, Raúl de la Fuente / Poland/Spain/ Germany/ Belgium/Hungary, 2018; 84 min.
- Bridges of Time, Audrius Stonys, Latvia , 2018. 80 min.
- Distant Constellation, Shevaun Mizrahi, USA/ Netherlands, 2017; 82 min.
- Island of the Hungry Ghosts, Gabrielle Brady, Germany, UK, Australia, 2018; 94 min.
- Of Fathers and Sons, Talal Derki, Germany/Syria/Lebanon/Qatar, 2017; 99 min.
- Over the Limit, by Marta Prus, Poland, Germany, Finland, 2017; 54 min.
- Shamanic Lessons for Beginners, Svetlana Statsenko, Russia, 2017; 81 min.
- The Eyes of Orson Welles, Mark Cousins, UK, 2018, 115 min.
Nominations of Doc competition section - International Jury consisting of 5 members and headed by famous Doc film director Vitaly Manski will award prizes in following nominations - Best Doc Film, Jury Special Mention
BIAFF film screenings locations - Cinema “Apollo”, Hotel “Wyndham” conference hall, OPEN AIR cinema at ERA Square
How to Attend BIAFF festival - Attending Film Screenings are free of charge. To attend film screenings in cinema APOLLO person should take “FREE TICKETS” (it is used for better control and access to film screenings) in cinema APOLO at BIAFF info center.
Media Accreditation – representatives of various media, can apply for accreditation via online - http://biaff.org/media-acreditation
Festival Supporters– Ministry of Culture of Georgia, Georgian National Film Center, Ministry of Cultura of Ajara AR, Tourism Department of Ajara AR, National Tourism Agency of Georgia, British Council, Goethe Institute Georgia, Embassy of Italy
Festival Sponsors – Hotel Wyndham Batumi, Cinema APOLLO, Hotel “Holland Hoek”, Hotel “Rcheuli”, Hotel “Mardi Plaza”, HQ propaganda, Tour Company “Wonderland”, Batumi Auto transport
Festival Media Partners – Georgian Public Broadcaster, Radio Fortuna/Fortuna+, Adjara TV, Batumi TV, Publicity Group (www.publicity.ge), www.newswire.ge, Film New Europe (www.filmneweurope.com), Cinemania, AT.GE, Newspaper BATUMELEBI, netgazeti.ge
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