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FESTIVALS: Tribute to Hungarian New Wave at New Horizons
Hungarian cinema of the 1960s and 1970sThe review is organised in cooperation with the Hungarian Cultural Institute in Warsaw.
Europa Cinemas presents Karlovy Vary award
Europa Cinemas, present at the Karlovy Vary film festival for the third year, has awarded its Europa Cinemas Label as Best European film to the Danish film Applause by Martin Pieter Zandvliet.
International Film Festival DocBoat / Warsaw NON-fiction e-fest - LAST Call
International Film Festival DocBoat / Warsaw NON-fiction e-fest - LAST Call for Entries: DEADLINE moved to: 24th July 2009
Karlovy Vary East of the West: Native Dancer
Kazakh director Guka Omarova pits mysterious traditions against modern corruption in her second feature film Native Dancer, which competes in the East of the West section at Karlovy Vary.
Karlovy Vary East of the West: Room and a Half
Veteran Russian filmmaker Andrey Khrzhanovsky, who marks his 70th birthday this year, is inspired by the life of Nobel Laureate Joseph Brodsky in his East of the West competition film, Room and a Half.
Karlovy Vary East of the West: The Other Bank
The feature debut, Gagma Napiri/The Other Bank (www.theotherbank.info) from Georgian filmmaker George Ovashvili is the unsentimental yet metaphorical story of a young refugee from Abkhazia who takes a journey home to find that grass is no greener there.
Karlovy Vary East of the West: Devil’s Town
Devil's Town is a creative, independent first feature film, described by scriptwriter and director Vladimir Paskaljević as "a black comedy of contemporary Belgrade."
Karlovy Vary East of the West: The 40th Door
Elchin Musaoglu's East of the West competition film The 40th Door is already a prize-winner; it picked up a Golden Remi award for best foreign film at the WorldFest-Houston in April.
Karlovy Vary East of the West: El Paso
El Paso (www.ceskatelevize.cz/specialy/elpaso), a social drama based on a true story from contemporary Czech Republic, places a strong emphasis on the Czech Romany (as the Gypsy population is called) problem.
Karlovy Vary East of the West: Crayfish
Bulgarian director Ivan Cherkelov unexpectedly deviates from his usual intellectual themes, turning to the post-communist mafia world in his newest film, Crayfish.
Karlovy Vary East of the West: Paper Soldier
A double award winner from the Venice film festival (Silver lion for best director and cinematography), Alexey German Jr.'s Paper Soldier screens at Karlovy Vary in the East of the West competition section.
Slovak films in Karlovy Vary 2009
What's Slovak at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2009
m-appeal picks up Small Crime
Berlin-based world sales company m-appeal has just added Christos Georgiou’s second feature film Small Crime to its line-up
Karlovy Vary East of the West: Low Lights
Lithuanian director Ignas Miškinis' second feature film Low Lights (Artimos šviesos), makes its international premiere in the East of the West competition at the 44th International Karlovy Vary Film Festival.
DocBoat Warsaw non-fiction e-fest
International Film Festival DocBoat / Warsaw NON-fiction e-fest kindly invites you to enter films to its first edition, to be held on September 2009 on the Polish Internet.
Karlovy Vary East of the West: Alive!
One of the important directors and screenwriters of the Albanian cinema, Artan Minarolli devoted nearly five years of his life to the raising of the 950,000 Euro budget for Alive.
Karlovy Vary East of the West: The Seventh Circle
Árpád Sopsits' The Seventh Circle -- the concluding film in the director's half-century trilogy -- takes its title and inspiration from Dante's Divine Comedy.
Karlovy Vary East of the West: No One's Son
Arsen Anton Ostojic's No One's Son swept the Croatian awards last year: 6 Gold Arenas at the Pula Film Festival, Critics' Award for best film, state award for achievement in film in 2008, and Croatian candidate for the 2009 Academy Awards.
Karlovy Vary East of the West: Lost Times
First feature film director Aron Matyassy burst onto the Hungarian film scene, winning the Golden Reel Main Prize of the 40th Hungarian Film Week in February with his movie Lost Times.
"The Pig" wins MUNICH INTERNATIONAL short film festival 2010
The Danish competitor "The Pig" (Grisen) by Dorte W. Høgh receives the award of the 2009 MUNICH INTERNATIONAL short film festival, being granted Kodak film material for her next project.
