17-07-2011

FESTIVALS: CEE Films Compete at Locarno

By FNE Staff

    Three Romanian films screen in the main competition of the 68th Locarno film festival,3-13 August 2011, including a Polish coproduction, while Croatia, Poland and Romania compete in the short film section.

    The main competition includes the following films from Central and Eastern Europe:

    CRULIC - DRUMUL SPRE DINCOLO (Crulic - The Path to Beyond) by Anca Damian
    Romania/Poland - 2011 - 72 min
    Animation
    Production: Aparte film
    Coproduction: Fundacja im. ferdynanda magellana
    World Sales: Wide Management
    World Premiere

    DIN DRAGOSTE CU CELE MAI BUNE INTENTII (Best Intentions) by Adrian Sitaru
    Romania - 2011 - 105 min
    with Bogdan Dumitrache, Natasa Raab, Marian Râlea, Alina Grigore
    Production: Hifilm Productions
    World Sales: Films Boutique
    World Premiere

    SETTE OPERE DI MISERICORDIA (Seven Acts of Mercy) by Gianluca and Massimiliano De Serio
    Italy/Romania - 2011 - 100 min
    with Roberto Herlitzka, Olimpia Melinte, Ignazio Oliva, Stefano Cassetti, Cosmin Corniciuc
    Production: La Sarraz Pictures
    Coproduction: Elefant Film
    World Premiere

    The short film competition includes the following films from FNE member countries:

    BEZ SNIEGU (Without snow) by Magnus von Horn - Poland - 2011 - 35 min
    BORA BORA by Bogdan Mirica - Romania - 2011 - 32 min
    DO YOU HAVE A STORY? by Dario Jurican - Croatia - 2010 - 21 min
    OPOWIESCI Z CHLODNI (Frozen stories) by Grzegorz Jaroszuk - Poland - 2011 - 27 min
    VÉGTELEN PERCEK (Infinite minutes) by Cecilia Felméri - Hungary/Romania - 19 min

    Programma speciale - Corti d'autore
    CAMELIA by Marian Crisan - Romania - 2011 - 15 min