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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival unveils four competition titles
Tallinn – Northeastern Europe’s largest film celebration, the 19th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (BNFF) is proud to reveal four hot competition titles ahead of the rest of its selection - two in Main Competition and two in its inaugural First Features Competition, all world and international premieres.
Set your calendars – from now on, ZFF comes in November!
The 13th ZFF takes place in November and lasts an extra day – which makes it nine days in total! ▪ Competition focuses on fiction, documentaries move to attractive off-programmes ▪ 10th anniversary of the Checkers section and 100th birthday of Orson Welles!
PUBLIC MASTER CLASSES AT - BIAFF FESTIVAL - “ALTERNATIVE WAVE 2015”
The first edition of Alternative Wave initiates the convention of young filmmakers with alternative financing, distribution, development strategies and new creative approaches. The idea behind this first time event is, that many filmmakers do not have access to public funding or sources of financing and conventional distribution. While paradigms along…
31st WFF - first titles announced
Only a month remains to the start of the 31st Warsaw Film Festival. This year’s edition begins on the 9th of October and lasts for next ten days, until the 18th of October. In festival’s programme, like every year, there is a place for Polish films, films co-produced by Poland…
32 Romanian documentaries selected for Astra Film Sibiu 2015
32 documentaries linked to Romania by their subject or author will be screened between 5 and 11 October 2015 at Astra Film Festival, number that matches the collected perspectives on day to day life that have been produced over the past two years. As it happens every year at AFF,…
BIAFF FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES JURY AND LINE-UP OF INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILMS COMPETITION PROGRAM
X Batumi International Art-house Film Festival which will be held in Batumi during September 13-20, 2015, anounces internatinal feature films competitoin outline and Jury. BIAFF 2015 International Feature Film Jury will be presented by: Alexander Mindadze, Russia Niki Karimi, Iran Christopher Goodwin, UK Nicolas Ronchi, France George Ovashvili, Georgia In…
BIAFF INDUSTRY PLATFORM - ALTERNATIVE WAVE 2015
The first edition of Alternative Wave initiates the convention of young filmmakers with alternative financing, distribution, development strategies and new creative approaches. The idea behind this first time event is, that many filmmakers do not have access to public funding or sources of financing and conventional distribution. While paradigms along…
Sofia IFF 2016: Open Call for Entries!
OPEN CALL FOR ENTRIES The 20th anniversary edition of Sofia International Film Festival will take place between 10th and 20th of March 2016 in Sofia, Bulgaria, with additional programmes in Sofia, Burgas, Plovdiv and Varna by the end of March. You are welcome to submit your films online. Terms &…
Astra Film Sibiu 2015 in the league of major European festivals
The 21st edition of Astra Film – the International Film Festival of Sibiu will be held between 5 and 11 October 2015. A record number of 1500 films from over 90 countries were submitted in the 4 competitions of the festival and the official selection gathers 130 films from every…
BIAFF FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION JURY FOR FEATURE, DOC AND SHORT FILMS SECTIONS FOR 2015 PROGRAM
X Batumi International Art-house Film Festival which will be held in Batumi during September 13-20, 2015 announces the International Jury. BIAFF Feature Films Jury Alexander Mindadze, Russia Niki Karimi, Iran Christopher Goodwin, UK Nicolas Ronchi, France George Ovashvili, Georgia BIAFF Doc Films Jury Head – Zelimer Zilnik, Serbia Wojciech Szczudlo,…
ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL APPOINTS NEW DIRECTOR
Organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV), the Istanbul Film Festival goes through a restructuring after 9 years. Azize Tan, Festival Director for the last 9 years, hands the post over to Assistant Director Kerem Ayan. As of October, Azize Tan is stepping down as Director of…
LET'S CEE FilmFestival announces short competition line up
The topic of the SHORT FILM COMPETITION 2015 is: All You Need Is Love! The festival organisers believe this sentence to be not less relevant nowadays than it was when the Beatles enjoyed great success with their song of the same name in 1967 – quite the contrary. One cannot…
Polish Days 2015
Polish Days are the most important industry event of the 15.T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival, where industry representatives including programmers, sales agents, producers, film funds and distributors from all over the world meet to watch the latest Polish films at closed screenings. This year's edition of Polish Days took…
BIAFF film festival announces international Doc Film Competition Jury and films for 2015 program
X BatumiInternational Art-house Film Festival which will be held in Batumi during September 13-20, 2015, closed film submission on 1 August. BIAFF festival forselection process was using the following platforms: - FilmFestival Life - http://www.filmfestivallife.com - Festhome – www.festhome.com - BIAFF web-site – online film submission form - Selection of…
BIAFF film festival announces international Doc Film Competition Jury and films for 2015 program
X BatumiInternational Art-house Film Festival which will be held in Batumi during September 13-20, 2015, closed film submission on 1 August. BIAFF festival forselection process was using the following platforms: - FilmFestival Life - http://www.filmfestivallife.com - Festhome – www.festhome.com - BIAFF web-site – online film submission form - Selection of…
Sarajevo Film Festival announces Work in Progress selection
Five projects have been selected for the CineLink Work in Progress sessions, where key industry decision makers get a sneak peek at some of the most promising upcoming films from Southeast Europe. The Work in Progress sessions are tailor-made presentations open for specially invited guests who may engage in the…
MARKOVICS, FRANZ AND HANEKE: AUSTRIA IS IN FOCUS IN HUNGARY'S NUMBER ONE FILM FESTIVAL
Jameson CineFest, Hungary's leading film event starts on 11 September with an exceptionally strongcompetition program, film history programs, concersts, roundtable discussions - and with two extensive country focuses. The ‘In Focus’ program of the festival introduces the cinema landscape of neighboring countries this year. Austria is represented by two brand…
FIPRESCI Warsaw Critics Project open call for participants!
Applications are now open for the 10th FIPRESCI Warsaw Critics Project – a training programme for young critics and film journalists from Central and Eastern Europe coordinated by the Warsaw Film Foundation and FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics.
Propeller of Motovun Goes to The Wakhan Front; Džambo Agušev Orchestra Wraps up 18th MFF
Motovun, 29 July, 2015 – The 18th edition of Motovun Film Festival ended with the award-presentation ceremony on Wednesday. The main award, Propeller of Motovun, went to the French-Belgian film The Wakhan Front and the Special Mention went to Icelandic actor Gunnar Jónsson for his role in Virgin Mountain. The…
Winners of the 15th T-Mobile New Horizons Film Festival Announced
The official awards ceremony of the 15th T-Mobile New Horizons Film Festival took place at the New Horizons Cinema in Wrocław, Poland. The 2015 edition of the festival consisted of five competitions: the New Horizons International Competition, Films on Art International Competition, Polish Short Film Competition, European Short Film Competition…
