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Winners of 2008 Transylvania International Film Festival 2008 in Cluj
Complete list of winners: The Transylvania Trophy - provided by Vodafone: Intimacies of Shakespeare and Victor Hugo / Intimidades de Shakespeare y Victor Hugo (d. Yulene Olaizola, Mexico, 2008) Best Directing Award - offered by the Romanian Film Center: Omar Shargawi of Go With Peace Jamil / Ma Salama Jamil…
48th Krakow Film Festival JURY VERDICTS
FEATURE-LENGHT DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION Having watched all the competition films the Feature-Lenght Documentary Competition Jury of the 48th Krakow Film Festival consisting of Jerzy Śladkowski - chairman (Sweden/Poland), Sean Farnel (Canada) and Michał Chaciński (Poland) has decided to award the following prizes: The Golden Horn for the best film to „Predstavlenye"…
Zlin 2008 Final Press Release
ZLÍN 2008 - 48th International Film Festival for Children and Youth June 1 - 8, ZLÍN FINAL PRESS RELEASE, 7 JUNE 2008 The 48th International Film Festival for Children and Youth is coming to its end. A total of 570 films from 52 countries have been screened during the festival.…
EFP with Variety Critics Choice: Europe Now!
June 5, 2008 EFP with "Variety Critics' Choice: Europe Now!" at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (July 4-12, 2008) Unconventional, surprising, provocative: Young European directors present their films Unconventional young European cinema: that's what can be expected in the Variety Critics' Choice: Europe Now! at the Karlovy Vary International…
ACTOR ARMIN MUELLER- STAHL IN KARLOVY VARY
Actor Armin Mueller-Stahl will be guest at the 43rd Karlovy Vary IFF. Then on July 6th the Karlovy Vary Art Gallery will host a gala opening of his paintings, at which time the actor will accept Prize of the town Karlovy Vary. The well-known actor is returning to the Karlovy…
43rd Karlovy Vary IFF
40 World, International, and European premieres will be screened at the 43rd Karlovy Vary IFF 2008.
Awards of The Istanbul Film Festival announced
AWARDS OF THE 27th INTERNATIONAL ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVALApril 5-20, 2008INTERNATIONAL GOLDEN TULIP COMPETITIONThe International Jury of the 27th International Istanbul Film Festival presided over by Michael Ballhaus and composed of Joan Dupont, Selim Eyüboğlu; Bent Hamer, Pawel Pawlikowski, and Kirsi Tykkilainen has decided to give:The GOLDEN TULIP Award to “EGG”…
Call For Entries To Camerimage Competitions
We have a great pleasure to inform that the selection process for the competitions of the 16th Edition of the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography CAMERIMAGE 2008 has begun. CAMERIMAGE is the biggest international film festival devoted to the creation of a film image by the cinematographers.…
Krakow Film Festival selects international competitors
Organizers of the Krakow Film Festival announced on April 9 the selections for international competition at the event which will be held May 28-June 5, 2008.In all, 52 films from 17 countries were selected to participate from more than 1,800 films submitted. The largest group of selected films came from…
Plus Camerimage Film Festival organizers visit US (Feb. 6)
Plus Camerimage Film Festival organizers visit US Recently the team of organizers of Plus Camerimage Film Festival has visited the US. The main purpose of the visit was to present the films that had won the 15th edition of the festival. In cooperation with Endeavor Talent Agency, CamTec, Consulate General…
PASSPORT CONTROL Workshop (Apr. 24 - May 4) announces deadline for entries -- (Feb. 01)
MEDIAWAVE International Visual Foundation is organizing PASSPORT CONTROL International Film, Photo and Critic Workshop for the 5th time from 24, April to 4, May in 2008. You can apply for three different workshops this time too: either for the film workshop or for the photo workshop or (last but not…
39th Hungarian Film Week -- Day 4 (Feb. 4)
4th dayShorts at FilmweekFebruary 04. 2008. 19:09; itemStanding out in the strong competition is Péter Gothár's short, a perfect unity of form and content. His Tanúvallomás (Testimony) dramatizes a perfectly written female monologue. Location is a dilapidated station house where a woman testifies on a murder. The murderer is her…
39th Hungarian Film Week -- Day 3 (Feb. 3)
3rd DayIndustry programmes at the FilmweekFebruary 03. 2008. 09:58; reportDerdák deems it absurd that there is a functional industry producing valuable films every year and there is also a network of cultural institutes and these systems hardly ever connect. Head of the institute in Paris, Derdák shared his experience on…
39th Hungarian Film Week -- Day 2 (Jan. 31)
2nd DayFilmweek documentariesJanuary 31. 2008. 14:30; itemTraditionally, the first two days of the Filmweek belong to documentaries. Present day docu filmmakers are often accused of not dealing with current issues and avoiding real problems affecting the whole of society. An eternal question among the docu clique is why there are…
39th Hungarian Film Week opens (Jan. 30)
Prizes, tributes, accolades39th Filmweek opensJanuary 30. 2008. 14:36; itemInstead of an opening movie, indie rock band Hollywoodoo entertained the filmmakers present at the opening ceremony of the 39th Filmweek in the Millenáris Theatre, where the most significant industry prizes, such as the Árvai Jolán prize, the lifetime achievement awards of…
ALTER-NATIVE International Short Film Festival, Nov. 5 - Nov. 9, 2008 -- (Feb. 05)
The 16th ALTER-NATIVE International Short Film Festival will be held from 5 to 9 November 2008 in Tirgu Mures (Romania). The ALTER-NATIVE is one of the oldest and the most important Romanian film festival presenting experimental, documentary, animated and short fiction films. The festival has no participation fee. Films submitted…
goEast Festival of Central and East European Film April 9-15 2008 (Jan. 31)
goEast - Festival of Central and Eastern European Film runs in Wiesbaden from 9 to 15 April 2008 / A symposium on documentary film from former Yugoslavia reflects the ongoing quest for specific national identities / Homage to Sergei Paradzhanov, the "magician with three motherlands" / Portrait section dedicated to…
Aye Aye IFF, Nancy, Aug. 31-Sep. 8, 2008 (Jan. 29)
AYE AYE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALNANCY 2008Nancy, 29/01/08Dear Sir / Madam, Dear festival friends,We are pleased to inform you about the opening of the new edition of the 14th Aye Aye Film festival which will take place in Nancy (Lorraine region, France) from 31 August to 6 September 2008. Since 1995,…
48th Krakow FF -- entry deadline Feb. 11, 2008 (Jan. 21)
48TH KRAKOW FILM FESTIVALEntry Deadline: 11 February 2008The aim of the Festival is to present and review the documentary films, animations and short fictions. The Festival presents films in the three competitive sections:The festival is open to films completed after 1st January 20071. International Competition for films produced outside of…
Ekotopfilm in Bratislava Oct. 20-24, 2008 -- Jan. 21, 2008
The 35th International Festival of Sustainable Development Films - ekotopfilm 2008. The 35th International Festival of Sustainable Development Films - ekotopfilm 2008 will be held the Capital City of the Slovak Republic, Bratislava in October 20. - 24. 2008.The program structure and its content focus on all fields of economic,…
