The 6th International Documentary Film Festival of Madrid will be held from May 1 through 10 and will showcase 108 films from 40 countries In its 6th year, DOCUMENTA MADRID furthers its commitment to the Competitive Sections, which are made up entirely of films previously unreleased in Spain for the first time in its history. Of the 1078 documentaries received to participate in the competition, 108 have been selected. By category, they will compete in: 54 films in the Original Documentary Secti...
Pink Bubble Bath- the sexy film festival, is an event to celebrate short films exploring new, fun, and interesting ways of looking at the subject of sexuality in a non-exploitative manner.
Archived festival (terminated)
Burma VJ (Denmark/Sweden/England/Norway
Friday, November 28-------As IDFA enters its final weekend, the front runners in the various competition categories have been announced. At the nightly IDFA Talks, an assembly of filmmakers, producers, programmers and IDFA staff anxiously awaited the announcements of the final nominees in the main Festival competitions. The list is included below, with information on the award winners coming soon on this blog.
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At the time of this press briefing, the major part of our extensive study and program selection for the Viennale 2008has been concluded, and thus we can give you a general overview of the orientation and direction of this year’sfestival.What stands out in the choice of films for the Viennale 2008 is the wide spectrum of the program, covering agreat diversity of cinematography and cinematic countries of origin. As compared to last year, Latin-American cinema,to name but one example, has clearly...
THE OFFICIAL SECTION INCLUDES 25 FILMS14 feature films and 11 short films will participate in the Official Section. The Festival will be held in Pamplona from the 15th to the 23rd of February 2008.FILMS IN COMPETITIONFEATURE FILMSMy Life After Death. Morgan Dews. Spain. 72'Tovarisch I Am Not Dead. Stuart Urban. UK. 85'Scènes de chasse au sanglier / Scenes from a wild boar hunt. Claudio Pazienza. France, Belgium. 46'Shmone Esrim Ushmone / Eight Twenty Eight. Lavi Ben Gal. Israel. 60'Alguna trist...
Stranded wins VPRO Joris Ivens Award 2007 This evening in Pakhuis de Zwijger, during the closing ceremony of the twentieth IDFA, the winners of the various competition programmes were announced. Among the winners are Stranded (France) by Gonzalo Arijon, which took the VPRO Joris Ivens Award, and To See If I'm Smiling (Israel) by Tamar Yarom, which won both the Silver Wolf and the Volkskrant Audience Award. VPRO Joris Ivens Competition Award The VPRO Joris Ivens Award was presented to Gonzalo Ari...
