FIKE 2009, the 8th edition of Évora International Short Film Festival, came to an end this Tuesday, December 1st, with the Closing Session and Award Ceremony. The Official Jury of FIKE decided the following awards: Best Fiction Sotto il mio Giardino (Under My Garden) Andrea Lodovichetti, Italy Best Animation Klotz & Klumpen (Chump & Clump) Stephan Sacher, Germany Best Documentary The Solitary Life of Cranes Eva Weber, United K...

Strong films give jury tough decisions whilst audiences turn out in record numbers for GLIMMER: The 7th Hull International Short Film Festival.The inaugural Anthony Minghella Awards for Best International and Best UK Short saw the jury face a difficult decision after attempting to choose the winners in competitions that they felt was of a very high standard. Indeed, the films were so strong that the jury felt compelled to share the Anthony Minghella Award for Best International Short between two...

The 47th Ann Arbor Film Festival explores “the new world of independent cinema," beginning with the Opening Night Gala and screening Tuesday, March 24th! This year's Opening Night Gala takes place from 6:00 – 8:00pm in the Grand Foyer of the historic Michigan Theater. The celebration kicks off with live music from Los Gatos, open bar and catering from local favorites including Seva, Totoro Japanese Restaurant, eat catering & chef services, Morgan & York, Avalon Bread, Schakolad chocolates a...

On Saturday night, March 21, the winners of the various Go Short awards were announced during a lively presentation. In theatre De Lindenberg in Nijmegen awards were handed out to seven filmmakers. The jury was very pleased with the high quality of the selected short films. After the Award Show, there were performances by DJ Slowpoke, Norman Kapoyos and the Swinging Mood Orchestra and Go Short Stories of Literary Production company Wintertuin. Winner of the NPS/ Go Short Award for Best European...

PRESS CONFERENCE SHOULD I REALLY DO IT – THE SOLITARY LIFE OF CRANES – ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL – HUXLEY ON HUXLEY - ANTOINE On Monday, March 16 at noon, a press conference was given by Ismail Necmi (Should I Really Do It), Eva Weber (The Solitary Life Of Cranes), Ozgur Dogan (On The Way To School), Mary Ann Braubach (Huxley on Huxley) and Laura Bari (Antoine). On the way to school recounts the adventures of a young Turkish teach...

PRESS RELEASE 11th THESSALONIKI DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL Images of the 21st Century March 13 – 22, 2009 The 11th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival - Images of the 21st Century, part of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, presents approximately 170 films by directors from all over the world, as well as a full parallel events program, to be announced next Monday, March 9th. OPENING FILM The ...

Awards Ceremony held Saturday 15th at the Olympion concluded an 8 day long festival that screened over 150 films to a crowd of about 40 000, despite extreme weather conditions (strong sun that got all crowds on bar terraces...)The final ceremony concluded with a poignant screening of the documentary "as seen through these eyes", about drawings and paintings from children in the concentration camps.Party followed at the Santé BarThe folllowing prizes were delivered.THE HELLENIC RED CROSS AUDIENC...

On the second day of Just Talking, Monday, March 10 at the Excelsior room of Electra Palace hotel, the invited discussion group member were: Jeffrey Morgan, director of Lillie and Leander: A legacy of violence, Yung Chang, director of the documentary Up the Yangtze, Samantha Zarzosa, producer of the film City of cranes, Lucian Muntean and Natasa Stankovic directors of the film Journey of a red fridge, Peter Entell, director of Shake the devil off and Lydia Karra, director of the film My Life and...

 On Monday, March 10 a press conference took place in the “Green Room” of the Olympion, in the context of the 10th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival. Those participating were Floor Kooij and Sibel Bilgin, directors of the documentary Burhan Uygur Passion of an artist, Sarah Singh, director of The sky below and Samantha Zarzosa producer of the documentary City of Cranes. Sibel Bilgin, director of Burhan Uygur Passion of an artist, explained that she knew the innovative artist Burhan Uygur p...

The theme of this year’s festival which is going to be happen on the 14th March – 22nd of March, 2008 is “Women’s History: Obedience, Rebellion, Feminism”. Films from women’s history, which is also the history of rebellion, dreaming another world as well as obedience, stories of women’s existence and resistance, women’s dreams… 46 films from 13 countries is with you in the 6th International Filmmor Women’s Film Festival…This year’s Filmmor International Women’s which wi...

More than 2,000 short films from over 40 countries were submitted to the 2008 Slamdance Film Festival, and 67 have been selected to screen by the Shorts Programming Committee, which is comprised of Slamdance alumni filmmakers. Each of the 67 shorts is now in competition and eligible for a Grand Jury Award. As always, the Slamdance Film Festival will run concurrently with the Sundance Film Festival, January 17-25, in Park City, Utah. Slamdance and the box-office will be headquartered and its fil...

2006 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Announces Awards2007 Festival Tenth Anniversary Dates Set for April 12-15, 2007Ninth annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival came to a close Sunday April 9th with record-breaking attendance. The final ticket number for the 2006 festival was 20,121, with an estimated 2540 additional viewers coming for the films showing post-barbecue bringing the total number of tickets to 22,661 for 2006. Last year, as of Sunday's Southern Style Barbecue and Awards Ce...

Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Announces 2006 Festival WinnersMissoula, Montana - The award winning films of the 2006 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival were announced yesterday at the awards ceremony, closing the weeklong event. The award-winning films were selected by visiting and local jurors for the Best Documentary Feature Competition, Best Documentary Short Competition and the Big Sky Competition. The festival is the largest documentary film festival in the American West, and is an impor...