Fourteen films have been selected for IFFR’s VPRO Tiger Awards Competition 2009. The line up features first or second films from all continents, and includes eight world premieres concurring for three equal top prizes of each 15,000 euro. For the first time, films from Turkey, New Zealand and Indonesia are included in competition. The Tiger Awards Competition for Short Films includes twenty-seven films shorter than 60 minutes; the three Tiger Awards for Short Film each come with 3,000 euro.Sta...
The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) drew to a close last night with a stunning award ceremony to recognize the best films in the festival and in the AsiaAfrica and Arab Muhr Competitions.
The Muhr Awards was expanded this year to include a new AsiaAfrica segment, which embraces films from emerging markets. Some of the entries were submitted from Afghanistan, Turkey, Cameroon and Kazakhstan. The Muhr Awards for Excellence in Arab Cinema was strong than ever this year, with an incr...
Emerging talent just isn’t confined to narrative and documentary feature films. As the Slamdance Film Festival celebrates its 15th Anniversary in 2009, 86 short films in four different competition categories - documentary, narrative/experimental, animation and music video, which is a new classification this year - will be showcased and be eligible for a Grand Jury Award. All accepted entries have been selected to screen by the Shorts Programming Committee, which is comprised primarily of S...
The 2008 Edition
CLOSING CEREMONY 08
A special view of the principal entrance from the top of the pub where the closing ceremony of Documenta Madrid 2008 Festival took place.
The Jury of Documenta Madrid 2008 presents the following awards:
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY SECTION. FULL-LENGTH FILMS
First Prize of the Jury
The mosquito problem and other stories, Andrey Paounov (Bulgary / 100´). To be awarded 10000 € and a trophy.
Second Prize of the Jury
Fairytale of Katmand...
The Jury of Documenta Madrid 2008 presented the following awards:
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY SECTION. FULL-LENGTH FILMS
First Prize of the Jury
The mosquito problem and other stories, Andrey Paounov (Bulgary / 100´). To be awarded 10000 € and a trophy.
Second Prize of the Jury
Fairytale of Katmandú, Neasa Ní Chianáin (Ireland, The United Kingdom / 60´). To be awarded 5000 € and a trophy.
Honorable Mention of the Jury
Caja cerrada, Martín Solá (Spain / 72´). To be awarded a ...
Sixteen:nine INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL is not a festival for short films alone. It gives young minds a chance to showcase thier creativity in various forms of films. sixteen:nine, provides a platform for the following categories:
SHORT FILMS (Duration: 25 minutes)
- Fictional
- non fictional
AD FILMS (Duration: 60 seconds)
- Public Service Ads
- Commercial Ads
ANIMATION FILMS (Duration: 10 minutes)
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We are pleased to announce the start of our Call for Entries! We are looking for the best independent Feature Films, Documentaries, and Short Films for our fourth annual event in beautiful Estes Park, Colorado. Submit early and save! Last year's festival was an amazing success, and had many special guests in attendance including the Colorado Film Commissioner and representatives from Univeral Pictures!
MISSION & OBJECTIVE
The Estes Park Film Festival is dedicated to providing a pl...
HD Film Festival Schedule Released for HDFEST Los Angeles 2008Los Angeles, CA-Nov. 14. The schedule was released today for HDFEST's Los Angeles event, which will be staged at Dolby Laboratories in Burbank. HDFEST Los Angeles will include screenings of high-definition movies, discussions on HD moviemaking and digital cinema, festival parties and the HDFEST 2008 Deffie Award Ceremony. This year's HDFEST Los Angeles will include presentations of seven revolutionary feature length HD films as well ...
Last Thursday saw the 32nd Sao Paulo International Film Festival come to an end with a double success for THE STRANGER IN ME (DAS FREMDE IN MIR). Director Emily Atef won the prize for the „Best Film", and the prize for „Best Actress" went to Susanne Wolff. Wim Wenders, the festival's guest of honour, was presented with the „Humanity Award".German films were not only in large numbers in the competition, but also in the festival's other sections. Altogether, the festival showed 29 German fil...
Feature films
The Tour Pranzo di ferragosto A Fiance for Yasmina
• Golden Antigone (City and District of Montpellier)
Jury : Danielle Arbid (director, Lebanon), Florence Colombani (director, writer, France), Philippe Faucon (director, France), Dominique Fernandez (writer, member of the Académie française, France), Henry-Jean Servat (journalist, writer, France)
The Tour, by Goran Markovic ( Serbia/Bosnia and Herzegovina)
€15,000 awarded by the City a...
Cinemed wrapped a 10 days extravagnza dedicated to films from the Mediterranée. Definitely the biggest event in that genre. The 30th edition brought panache and awards.The feature films Jury included Danielle Arbid (director, Lebanon), Florence Colombani (director, writer, France), Philippe Faucon (director, France), Dominique Fernandez (writer, member of the Académie française, France), Henry-Jean Servat (journalist, writer, France) Feature films Awards:Golden Antigone (City and District of ...
The Feature Film and Short Feature Competitions Ten films from ten countries of Central and Eastern Europe were nominated for the Feature Film Competition, stretching geographically from the Polish neighbour to far-off Kazakhstan. They include three international co-productions, of which two were made in collaboration with German partners. The traditionally strong Czech cinema is represented with two films, while the revived Russian cinematography – by far the most productive film nation of Ea...
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NEWS FROM OUR
PARTNER
SIEL-SATIS-RADIO
from 20 to 23 October 2008 - Paris Expo
3 leading shows (Siel-Satis-Radio) merged into one major event
to cover all your markets: Cinema, Television, Radio, Media, Live
Entertainment, and Events
The first SIEL&SATIS, RADIO, is a unique trade show representing
specifically th...
The Animation industry will celebrate the 6th Meeting in Córdoba Córdoba, October 15, 2008 The Audiovisual Foundation of Andalusia (RTVA), in partnership with the Association for the Development of the Animation Industry (ANIMACOR) and the Andalusian Society for the Development of Telecommunications (SANDETEL, S.A.) is organizing the 6th Animation Meeting in Andalusia, which will be held on November 5th as part of the activities of the ANIMACOR'08 festival being held from the 3rd to the 8th o...
Montreal's Festival du Nouveau Cinéma presents its 37th annual event October 8 to 19. With nearly 250 films in every conceivable format, several North American and world premieres, and one of the most enjoyable festival experiences anywhere, the FNC is more accessible than ever. Films from some sixty countries including shorts and feature-length films, documentary and fiction, animation, retrospectives, tributes, exhibits, industry meetings and special events 11 full days to satisfy the most di...
A BRILLIANT selection of exciting, original and artistic films from all over the world will be presented at the 6th World Film Festival of Bangkok from October 24 to November 2, 2008. The programme includes classics from veteran directors and work by upcoming young bloods who bring fresh ideas to the screen.
More than 70 films will cover different societies, cultures, history and politics. They will also present the personal visions and ideas of directors through the language of cin...
A BRILLIANT selection of exciting, original and artistic films from all over the world will be presented at the 6th World Film Festival of Bangkok from October 24 to November 2, 2008. The programme includes classics from veteran directors and work by upcoming young bloods who bring fresh ideas to the screen. More than 70 films will cover different societies, cultures, history and politics. They will also present the personal visions and ideas of directors through the language of cinema. The film...
Over 60 films from 32 countries around the world will take part in the Official Competition for this year's Middle East International Film Festival, running October 10-19, 2008.This year’s festival will see 138 films screened from East to West, up from 80 films in MEIFF’s inaugural festival in 2007. This year’s Official Competition is comprised of four sections: feature, documentary, short films and student films."I am pleased to say that MEIFF 2008 has attracted some of the top films, fil...
PRESS RELEASE
The 15th of december 2010 is deadline for submitting works
to participate to the 10th Edition of the RIFF (Roma Independent Film Festival)
that will take place in Rome at the Nuovo Cinema Aquila from the 17th
to the 25th of March 2011
All the informations to apply and the official Call for Entry are
available on the website: "http://www.riff.it
Also this year Filmmakers will have the possibility to propose their
original works as a first-e...
The Feel Good Film Festival (FGFF) announces it is set to premiere Friday, August 22 at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. The three-day event (which will run through Sunday, August 24) will screen films aimed at both adult and family audiences that feature positive themes, happy endings, make audiences laugh, and capture the beauty of our world.The festival will feature 53 films, including 15 features, 31 shorts, and 7 student films. Along with the films offered throughout the festival, additio...
The first version of Corinth International Film Festival is going to take place during the last week of October at “LAIS” multiplex and Corinth Municipal Theatre. Organisers invite every upcoming director who has made a film no earlier than 2005 and hasn’t been able to screen their film in public, to make their own “avant-garde” entry in the official selection, their premiere in this festival. Entries shall be submitted from August 1st until August 25th 2008. 1st CIFF is the headliner...
The 6th edition of Ravenna Nightmare Film Fest, Italian Film Festival about horror cinema, will take place in Ravenna (Italy) from 28th October to 2nd November 2008 (Halloween period).Ravenna Nightmare will propose the International Competition For Feature Films (main event of the festival) and the European Competition for Short Films. And premieres & special events which will make Ravenna, for one week, Italian capital of horror cinema.Everybody who is interested in submitting a film (feature o...
RIIFF 2008 Presents a Week filled with Short Films and Festivities August 5-10 and screenings across the State of Rhode Island with 58 World Prémières and 41 US/North American Prémières; and honors actor, Richard JenkinsWith films and filmmakers arriving from across the globe, the Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) kicks off its 12th Annual event presenting 289 feature length, documentary and short films to be screened over a six-day period. The Festival runs August 5-10th. Thi...
RIIFF 2008 Presents a Week filled with Short Films and Festivities August 5-10 and screenings across the State of Rhode Island with 58 World Prémières and 41 US/North American Prémières; and honors actor, Richard Jenkins (PROVIDENCE, RI • July 21, 2008)--- With films and filmmakers arriving from across the globe, the Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) kicks off its 12th Annual event presenting 289 feature length, documentary and short films to be screened over a six-da...
