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Festivals: Cottbus announces competition line-up
The 19th Cottbus film festival (www.filmfestival-cottbus.de) has announced a record number of international premieres as well as an increase in prize money.
19th edition of Film Festival Cottbus to establish a new record of premieres
In its 19th round, FilmFestival Cottbus is starting off with both a new record of national and international premieres and a significant raise of the prize money. A special highlight at the festival-opening is the screening of the German-Russian co-production THE LAST STATION, starring Helen Mirren and Christopher Plummer as…
Stream Jihlava 2008 for FREE at www.docalliancefilms.com!
From 21 to 26 October, the following films will be available for FREE stream at http://www.docalliancefilms.com/:
Festivals: Antalya splits best film prize
Two films shared the Antalya Golden Orange film festival's best national film award, Bornova Bornova directed by İnan Temelkuran and Kosmos directed by Reha Erdem.
POLISH FILMS COMPETITION UNDER PATRONAGE OF PLUS NETWORK OPERATOR
This section of the 17th International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography PLUS CAMERIMAGE will present recent Polish film productions selected from all the entries submitted this year. During the Festival, they will be judged by the members of the international Jury comprising internationally acclaimed film professionals. The cinematographer…
Jihlava doc fest competition announced
Thirteen films have been selected for the main competition of the Jihlava documentary film festival (dokument-festival.cz), which runs October 27-November 1 in the Czech Republic.
25th Warsaw Film Festival – a festival of fulfilled dreams
The 25th Warsaw Film Festival ended on Sunday, 18 October. The film for the WFF's closing, screened in the 777-seat room 1 of Multikino Złote Tarasy, was the Polish production Zero directed by Paweł Borowski. The director came to the screening straight from the Pusan film festival where his film…
FILM INDUSTRY NEWSLETTER – JIHLAVA 2009
Institute of Documentary Film and Jihlava IDFFOctober 27 - November 1, 2009, Czech Republic
Reverse takes FIPRESCI prize at Warsaw 25th film festival
Polish director Borys Lankosz received the FIPRESCI award for Best East European debut for his Gdynia fest winner Reverse at the Warsaw film festival (www.wff.pl) awards ceremony on October 17, while Estonia won the Best Documentary award for Disco and Atomic War.
Festivals: Romanian Irina wins Pecs prize
The CinePecs V. Movast festival gave its main prize, the Golden Benjamin, to The Other Irina by Romanian filmmaker Andrei Gruzsniczki.
ScripTeast's Tilt bows at CentEast
Tilt, a film by Viktor Chouchkov, based on script developed by Boris Chouchkov and Dimitar Kotzev at the first edition of ScripTeast, will be presented at Cent East film market in Warsaw.
EAST EUROPEAN FORUM – Nine projects selected for East European Forum
Forum and Ex Oriente Film 3rd workshop - October 27 - 30, 2009 East European Forum - public pitching session - October 31 - Nov 1, 2009
FILM INDUSTRY NEWSLETTER - JIHLAVA 2009
Institute of Documentary Film and Jihlava IDFFOctober 27 - November 1, 2009, Czech Republic
Stasys Eidrigevičius to meet Kaunas Film Festival audience
"Wake up, Stasys! Bouzkachi is about to start!" this is how Bouzkachi: The Chant of Steppes, the film of Kaunas International Film Festival starring the world famous Lithuanian painter Stasys Eidrigevičius, begins. In a few days, cineastes and fans of the Lithuanian artist residing in Poland will have an opportunity…
Hungarian movies at FilmFest Warsaw
Dear All, Hereby Magyar Filmunió would like to draw your attention to the Hungarian movies to be screened @ Warsaw Film Festival's silver jubilee edition.
Festivals: Hungarian films find Warsaw competition slots
Hungarian films are competing in three sections during the Warsaw film festival (www.wff.pl) , running through October 18.
Festivals: Hungarian films in Chicago
Four Hungarian films will be screened at the Chicago film festival, taking place through October 22.
9:06 sweeps Slovenian film fest awards
Igor Šterk's film 9:06 gathered the bulk of the awards handed out at the 12th Festival of Slovenian Films in Potoroz, including best film and best director.
Organisers of Kaunas International Film Festival say: zebra is white
Zebra is white; the glass is half full; the egg came first; to be - these are the answers provided by the third Kaunas International Film Festival to the questions that everybody asks sooner or later. The festival's slogan this year is: "Film that answers questions".
