10-10-2016

FESTIVALS: Eleven Debut Features in the Competition of the 14th Tofifest

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    TORUŃ: Eleven debut features will vie for the Golden Angel Award in the On Air main competition of the 14th Tofifest IFF 2016. The festival will run in Toruń from 15 to 23 October 2016.

    Thirty short films will be screened as part of the Shortcut competition, the most popular section of Tofifest. In 2016, the selection committee received 1,790 submissions from 60 countries for the Shortcut competition.

    The main topic of this year’s edition of the festival is the rebellion of women and their struggle for human dignity with reference to Thelma & Louise by Ridley Scott, which has its 25th anniversary in 2016. The Golden Angels of Tofifest 2016 will go to Allan Starski, Marek Kondrat and Andrzej Seweryn.The Lure by Agnieszka Smoczyńska

    On Air Main Competition (dedicated to first and second feature films):

    The Lure / Córki Dancingu (Poland)
    Directed by Agnieszka Smoczyńska
    Produced by Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych WFDiF
    Coproduced by Platige Image, Telewizja Polska – Agencja Produkcji Telewizyjnej i Filmowej
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute

    Godless (Bulgaria, Denmark) Godless by Ralitza Petrova
    Directed by Ralitza Petrova
    Produced by Klas Film
    Coproduced by SnowGlobe, Alcatraz Films, Film Factory
    Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center, the Danish Film Institute, Eurimages
        
        
    Her Composition (USA, Germany)
    Directed by Stephan Littger

    I, Olga Hepnarova (Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, France)I, Olga Hepnarova by Petr Kazda Tomáš Weinreb
    Directed by Petr Kazda, Tomáš Weinreb
    Produced by Black Balance
    Coproduced by Media Brigade, Alef Film and Media Group, Love.FRAME, Spoon, Barrandov StudiosMichael Samuelson Lighting Prague,  FAMU, Arizona Productions, Odra Film
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute , the Czech Film Fund, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, Odra Film

    Quit Staring at My Plate / Ne gledaj mi u pijat (Croatia, Denmark)
    Directed by Hana Jušić
    Produced by Kinorama
    Coproduced by Beofilm (Denmark), Croatian Radio Television
    Supported by Croatian Audiovisual Centre, EURIMAGES and others

    Taste of Ink / Compte tes blessures (France)Quit Staring at My Plate by Hana Jušić
    Directed by Morgan Simon

    The Clash / Esterbak (Egypt, France)
    Directed by Mohamed Diab

    The Dancer / La Danseuse (France, Belgium)
    Directed by Stéphanie Di Giusto

    Toni Erdmann (Germany, Austria, Romania)
    Directed by Maren Ade
    Produced by Komplizen Film
    Toni Erdmann by Maren AdeCoproduced by Coop99 Filmproduktion, Hi Film Productions

    Trampoline (Croatia)
    Directed by Katarina Zrinka Matijević
    Produced by Interfilm
    Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre

    Zoology/Zoologiya (Russia, France, Germany)
    Directed by Ivan I. Tverdovsky