Yikes, can it already be 30 years since Lech Walesa successfully led the Polish freedom movement, Solidarnosc, against the repressive Communist Regime and paved the way to liberty in the other Central and Eastern European satellite countries*
This year’s edition of the KINOPOLSKA festival paid tribute the 30th anniversary of the historic Solidarity movement.
The KINOPOLSKA Festival promotes contemporary Polish cinema, and this year, celebrated the ...
It is our great pleasure to announce the list of music videos selected for the Music Videos Competition of 18th PLUS CAMERIMAGE, the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography. The partners of the Music Videos Competition are:
This section of the Festival has become an inseparable and highly anticipated part of PLUS CAMERIMAGE.
Similarly to last year a large group of professionals working in the
field of music videos watched and judged the submi...
This year's 50th edition of Krakow Film Festival will take place from 31st May to 6th June. The participants of the three competition sections will be known in two weeks' time, while today the organizers announce how the jubilee edition will look like.
The competition sections, whose winners receive statuettes and cash prizes, are the soul of each edition of the Festival. This year's pool will be in Krakow 250 000 PLN. In the International Documentary Film Competition the films fight fo...
Labelled a goldbrick or a loafer in the times before Poland’s democratic transformation in 1989, the eponymous ‘hero’ of Sebastian Czech’s documentary spends his days in carefree and alcohol fuelled bliss, in between dodging various prison sentences for failure to pay his debts.A brutally honest and candid depiction of one man’s existence….By Mairi CunninghamQ: Firstly, tell me what motivated you to tackle the issues you did? “You have to go and know how to read some signs. Ma...
One of this year’s central celebrations is the 20th anniversary of the peaceful revolution and the fall of the Wall in 1989. To mark this occasion, the 59th Berlin International Film Festival is presenting the special series “After Winter Comes Spring – Films Presaging the Fall of the Wall”. Following the Festival, the programme will tour throughout Germany. For the series, which was initiated by the Deutsche Kinemathek and the German Federal Cultural Foundation, the curator and ...
ANIMATOR 2008 Festival is the major event in a rich programme of occasions celebrating 60 Years of Polish Animation and the greatest celebration of animated cinema in Poland, competing with the most renowned animation festivals in the world.ANIMATOR 2008 is an international competition with a GRAND PRIX of 50 000 PLN /ca. 14.000 Euros/. Films can be submitted for selection till May 10, 2008. An entry form and regulations can be downloaded from www.animator-festival.comANIMATOR 2008 offer...
Anima 2008 is taking place in the Flagey centre (Brussels) from 1st to 9th February. This year’s event will be marked by diversity as spectators once again take their annual dose of new, funny, quirky and curious images and discover the latest trends in international animation.The Futuranima forum will also take place in Flagey on the 7th, 8th and 9th February and is for animation professionals, students and enthusiasts interested in discovering what goes on behind the scenes of selected produ...
ANIMA 2008 : Brussels Animation Festival: from 1st to 9th February 2008Anima 2008 is taking place in the Flagey centre (Brussels) from 1st to 9th February. This year’s event will be marked by diversity as spectators once again take their annual dose of new, funny, quirky and curious images and discover the latest trends in international animation.The Futuranima forum will also take place in Flagey on the 7th, 8th and 9th February and is for animation professionals, students and enthusiasts int...
From November 1st to 6th, interfilm Berlin is hosting its 21st international short-film festival.Over 3 600 films and videos from 93 countries were sent to Berlin. 500 productions from a variety of genres - drama, animation, documentary, children’s films and music clips- will be chosen for competition and special programs. In this way, ‘interfilm’ Berlin presents a good overview of the latest developments in international short-films. Again this year, over 16 000 guests are awaited by Berl...
