A curious coincidence seems to have confined me, so far in unseasonal 2012, to attending international film festivals in cities beginning with a B! This is not to say that any one of them is a B-Festival (we know, pace F.I.A.P.F., that the world of 613-4,000 festivals is not really divided into 'A' category and 'B' category events) but even though --for the first time-- I missed the Berlinale, for a variety of reasons (though I did manage to preview it on BBC World Service Radio from London,...
Director: Javier Mrad.
Once upon a time. Old magazines gently dance in the wind. A super-8 camera crawls over a wooden table while an old carpet flows in and out. Suddenly, a mouse. Then, a whole civilization running towards its inevitable destiny. Plastic waste has reached the point where not even the most distant beaches are safe.
Documentary Campus Industry Session
11-13th March Prague, Czech Republic
"One World, Many Ways" -
New Directions in Human Rights Documentaries
Documentary Campus is honoured to present a three-day industry event during the acclaimed One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival in Prague (8-17 March 2011). Thought-provoking panels and case studies for industry professionals will be run parallel to workshops on low budg...
Blue Valentine, Michelle Williams
Eight first-and second-time directors are competing for The Ingmar Bergman International Debut Award, selected by an international jury. The prize is awarded for the fifth time and goes to "a debutante who in his film treats an existential theme that has a dynamic or experimental approach to the cinematic means of expression".
The prize is a week's stay at the Bergman Week summer 2011, a DVD box with 23 Bergman films from Ingma...
Director: Susan Everett.
“Hello Mum. My name’s Alison. Born on the sixth of June, twenty eight years ago. But you know that already, don’t you?” Grieving the death of her adoptive mother, Alison tries to track down her natural mother to find a replacement ‘mum’. She sends out a videotape as an introduction.
Such a dizzying round of festivals and festivalettes in Bradford, London, lucky Lecce,Cluj, vibrant Valencia and now, in the very Heart of Europe and the original Bohemia, at the loveliest and liveliest of them all, Karlovy Vary, must I to to you - dear readers, cineastes, cynics and cinephiles- long disappointed by the otherwise delayed flow of my postcards from these varied filmic feasts - now imminently describe. Whatever dross may be depressing you in multiplex or illegal download, patient...
You might expect James Bond's London town-house to be securely guarded, so it took a flurry of e-mails and some guest-list confusion with the doorman to be ushered into the elegant home of Eon Productions, at the Hyde Park Corner end of Piccadilly, for the Launch of the 15th Bradford International Film Festival (on Thursday 26th February 2009).
What, you may ask, is the connection between an annual celebration of cinema in a Northern metropolis and the world's longest-running and most lu...
You might expect James Bond's London town-house to be securely guarded, so it took a flurry of e-mails and some guest-list confusion with the doorman to be ushered into the elegant home of Eon Productions, at the Hyde Park Corner end of Piccadilly, for the Launch of the 15th Bradford International Film Festival (on Thursday 26th February 2009). What, you may ask, is the connection between an annual celebration of cinema in a Northern metropolis and the world's longest-running and most lucrative ...
The UK`s fastest-growing festival of science fiction, fantasy and horror will once again present a dazzling line-up of old classics, new releases and glorious 70mm widescreen epics. Watch this space for news of special guests.
Robin Hardy, director of The Wicker Man, and Robert Fuest, director of The Abominable Dr Phibes, will be among the guests thrilling audiences at the NMPFT`s 5th Fantastic Films Weekend, the UK`s fastest growing festival of science fiction and horror.
Bite the Mango Film Festival celebrates world cinema with a focus on cinema from developing nations. As well as previews and retrospectives, the Festival hosts a successful industry weekend.
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BAF is the UK`s biggest and best-loved annual animation festival. Host to screentalks, workshops, and special events led by some of the animation industry`s top names. Includes BAF Game celebrating animation in computer gaming.
13th annual film festival screening premieres, previews and classics from around the world. Regular features include Retrospectives, The Shine Awards for Short Films, Widescreen Weekend, featuring classic 70mm and Cinerama films and masterclasses.
When browsing filmfestivalspro.com search engine the database shows the following entries in the directory for festivals happening this month in the UK:http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/ffs/searchpro.shtmlLet us shed some light on our selection:AURORA Norwich BETTING ON SHORTS: MORE THAN A EUROVISION OF SHORTFILM London BRADFORD ANIMATION FESTIVAL (BAF!) Bradford CARDIFF SCREEN FESTIVAL CEASED Cardiff CINEMAGIC WORLD SCREEN FESTIVAL FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Belfast CORNWALL FILM FESTIVAL ...
2007 IFFF SCREENPLAY WINNERSDRAMABeyond the Horizon by George FerrisCOMEDYShort Line by George MorganANIMATIONDigby by Peter Fraser*SCI-FI/ADVENTUREFelix the Flyer by Christopher Canole2007 IFFF FEATURE FILM WINNERSDRAMAEye of the Dolphin Monterey MediaFOREIGN DRAMAMalas Fronteras Alma Libre FIlmsCOMEDYStalking Santa Excel Entertainment Group Cosmic PicturesANIMATIONThe Legend of Sasquatch Gorilla Pictures, Bill GottliebDOCUMENTARYPrescription: Suicide Full Vision Productions Robert Manciero 20...
I felt like Liza Minnelli, when she used to sing that saga entitled "Ring them bells" which underlined how after roaming the world you will find love on your doorstep,or with a nearby neighbour.Although hailing from Yorkshire, and for some years contributing to the Bradford Film Festival, I had actually never ever attended the Leeds International Film Festival.(At the National Museum of Photography Film and Television,that was not encouraged- though the current director of the Leeds Festival,a c...
London Launch - 3rd November
Single Shot - a major new initiative that provokes new ideas about the ways we view, interact with, and understand the moving image - launches in London on 3rd November 2006, the starting-point of a five-month tour of cities across England.
Single Shot is a multi-platform touring programme of moving image works drawing on two distinct commissioning strands; a series of specially commissioned works by well-known artists working in film and video (including George Ba...
You Only Get One Shot…Leading British artists and exciting new talents seize the chance to make vibrant single-take pieces for multiple moving-image platformsLondon Launch - 3rd NovemberSingle Shot - a major new initiative that provokes new ideas about the ways we view, interact with, and understand the moving image - launches in London on 3rd November 2006, the starting-point of a five-month tour of cities across England.Single Shot is a multi-platform touring programme of moving image works ...
Arts Council England and the UK Film Council’s New Cinema Fund are proud to announce the launch of Single Shot – a major new initiative that provokes new ideas about the ways we view, interact with, and understand the moving image.Single Shot is a multi-platform touring programme of moving image works drawing on two distinct commissioning strands; a series of specially commissioned works by well-known artists working in film and video (including George Barber, Ori Gersht and Paul Rooney), an...
The traditional showcase of the Hungarian film production of the year, the 37th edition of the Hungarian Film Week will be held in Budapest between January 31 – February 7, 2005. This year nearly 120 foreign professionals accepted the invitation from Magyar Filmunió to the Hungarian Film Week that plays an outstanding part in the international promotion of Hungarian films. The foreign critics’ Gene Moskowitz Award will be handed over at the final ceremony on 7th February.The traditional sho...
The Sheffield International Documentary Festival is delighted to announce the launch of its UK Tour at the NATIONAL FILM THEATRE from the 2nd – 5th February 2006. Returning for the seventh year, it features the ‘best of the fest’ from the Festival which took place in October 2005. The four day event marks the beginning of a three month UK tour visiting numerous towns and cities including Belfast, Bradford, Bristol, Brixton, Chichester, Derby, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Hammersmith, Hereford, Lee...
onedotzero_uk+eire touronedotzero's annual uk+eire tour kicks off this month travelling to over 15 key cities over the next 6 months. this month sees special events and screenings in cork, coventry and cardiff with the tour travelling to bristol, bradford and brighton in november.14-15 NOV: ONEDOTZERO_OSLOonedotzero's nordic tour partners up with grafill and racecar to present this years fifth nordic festival in oslo. the packed two day event will launch at the nordic film institute's cinemateke...
