DOCVIEW PRESENTS DOCUMENTARY FILMS FROM THE GULF OF FINLAND REGIONDOCview, a new feature of the DocPoint - Helsinki documentary film festival, focuses on film culture and filmmakers from the Gulf of Finland region. DOCview includes the DOCview Videotheque and the DOCview Programme. The videotheque is targeted at international distributors and commissioning editors, as well as other professional audiences. The programme offers festival-goers a chance to see the gems of this year's selection. The ...

Karlovy Vary 2004 – The atmosphere this year around the Hotel Thermal was electric, something like Time Square on a busy evening, (and the comparison is not that excessive!) especially outside the main entrance to the Velky Sal. Live music was continuously played on stage where crowds of youngsters gathered to drink, cheer, and indulge in what is surely one of the highlights of the Czech social calendar attended by international showbiz figures such as Elijah Wood, Harvey Keitel, John Cleese o...

Russian Programmes of XXVI Moscow International Film FestivalCINEMA-HOUSE: 19-26 june 2004June, 1914.30 SKIN OF SALAMANDER (dir. Alexei Rudakov), 2004. 102 min 16.30 DON'T EVEN THINK!! SHADOW OF INDEPENDENCE (dir. Rouslan Balttser), 2004. 101 min 19.00 ABOUT LOVE (dir. Sergei Solovyov), 2003. 112 min June, 20 14.30 2 + 1 (anim., dir. Elena Chernova), 2004, 03 min. How the Little Tiger Searched for his Stripes (dir. Oleg Kuznetsov, Irina Rakitina), 2003, 11 min THE OVERLORD OF LIVE PROGRAM (dir. ...

At the International Film Festival Mumbai(India, November 20-27, 2003)"Shadow Kill" (Nizhalkkuthu) by Adoor Gopalakrishnan (India, 2002)won the Prize of the International Critics"For its powerful cinematic exploration of the agony and helplessness of a hangman which dig as deep in the universal psyche as it does in Indian culture." A Special Mention went to: "Freaky Chakra" by V.K.Prakash (India, 2002), "For the extraordinarily light treatment of very serious emotions, inhibitions and aspiration...