Visegrad Film Forum is an upcoming project organized by the Student Film Festival Áčko, which should enrich the festival by creating space for a cooperation of the V4 countries in the field of culture, specifically in the film industry. Main topic will be The Future of European Co-production. It will be a meeting point of film students from FAMU in Prague, SZFE Budapest, PWSFTviT from Lodz, Andrzej Wajda Film School from Warsaw and FTF VSMU Bratislava. During four days 8 European film professionals will held a master-classes on various topics. We are open to everybody who wants to meet new people from film industry in a student atmosphere.

2nd HumanDOC International Documentary Film Festival: GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT IN CINEMA

 

 We are pleased to invite all filmmakers and TV producers who would like to take part in the HumanDOC International Documentary Film Festival:Global Development in Cinema. The festival will be held in Warsaw, Poland from November 12th -17th 2011 at Kinoteka in Palace of Culture & Science in Warsaw.

Through the screenings of selected productions we would like to bring our festival audience closer to current problems of people living in developing nations, and to provide them with deeper insights into the politics
of global development and various issues related to international aid for economically depressed countries.


We are looking for original, wise and objective productions (documentaries, reportages and social advertising) that will increase the awareness of the viewers on problems of injustice and depravation in developing nations. What we seek are productions that will raise important questions about the state of our contemporary world, and urge people to reflect on the meaning of help for those in need.

We are looking for:
* Documentary films,
* TV Reportages,
* Social advertising/campaigns related to developmental issues.

We are especially interested in themes such as:
1. Interdependence of the Global North and Global South.
2. The ones set out in the UN Millennium Development Goals.
3. Everyday problems of people living in developing countries.
4. Examples of help brought by donors, international organizations, governmental agencies and NGOs - both positive and those who have not been successful.
5. Social advertising/campaigns about UN Millennium Development Goals or development issues.

The Festival will present the best documentaries and commercials on subjects related to developing nations from around the world. We would like to show productions that increase the awareness about the countries' dependency on international aid. We hope that people who will participate in our festival will learn about how global issues affect the everyday lives of people and societies around the world, and how each and every one of us can get involved and make a positive change for people in poorer nations.

www.festival.humandoc.net

Starting date: May 31, 2011
Closing date: July 31, 2011
Preview copy: only DVD (in English or with English subtitles)
 
DVD with films and completed submission form please deliver to our office:
 
HumanDoc Foundation
Al. KEN 46 / mailbox 107
02-797 Warsaw
Poland
festival@humandoc.net

AWARDS:

GRAND PRIX FOR THE BEST FOREIGN FILM:
1.    The Jury of the Festival will award the best documentary filmmaker (the director and/ or the producer of the best film).

GRAND PRIX FOR THE BEST POLISH FILM:
2.    The Jury of the Festival will award the best documentary filmmaker (the director and/ or the producer of the best film).

THE AUDIENCE AWARD:
3.    The Prize will be granted to the best film presented in the Festival competition sections as a result of an Audience poll.

SPECIAL AWARD:
4.    The Prize will be granted to the best film presented in the Festival additional screenings as a result of an Audience poll.

SPECIAL HumanDOC AWARD FOR THE BEST TELEVISION PRODUCTION:
5.    Organizers will award the best TV producer/filmmaker (the director and/ or the producer of the best film).

Other Prizes:
5. The Festival Organizers reserve the right to award prizes in other categories.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2nd International Film Festivals Forum “Eastern-Central Drift” Vilnius

International Film Festivals Forum “Eastern-Central Drift” is being held for the 2nd time in Vilnius as a part of 16th Vilnius International Film Festival “Kino pavasaris”.

The event intends to become an annual gathering place and creative ideas production lab for main international film festivals of the region.

The festivals Forum is taking place on the March 28-31st at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Vilnius and will make it possible for more than 20 International film festival representatives and highly experienced keynote speakers to discuss topical issues for contemporary film promoters, such as building up closer relations with other film industry players, improving cooperation with private sponsors, increasing the diversity of the audience, developing sustainable cross-border cooperation, contribution to the growth of Europe’s creative economy, and many other.

The organizers of the Forum hope that this new initiative will generate answers and creative ideas that will help to meet new challenges and enrich film festivals of the Eastern-Central Europe in new cross-border undertakings.