The International Film Festival Rotterdam has appointed two new festival programmers. Inge de Leeuw (the Netherlands) will select films from the English-speaking world and Evgeny Gusyatinskiy (Russia) from Russia, Central and Eastern Europe.
Festival director Rutger Wolfson on the appointments: “Having contributed vigorously to the success and character of the IFFR for many years, programmers Erwin Houtenbrink, Ludmila Cvikova and Irma Dulmers have left the festival. The enormous range of fil...
The CICAE organisation has
joint UFFO and pledged its support for the organisations code of conduct. This comes just weeks after the UFFO organisation
announces that the legendary Hollywood actress Maureen O’ Hara took on the role
as president. CIACE joining the UFO movement is a coup as it has opened up the
UFFO organisation to thousands of potential new members all-over the world. UFFO
now has just under 80 film festival members registered and supporting the
ethical code of conduct...
Director: Diego Rougier.
A film Spanish director obsessed with making a western decides to go to Northern Chile in search of a story for his screenplay.
Being confused with another, a real adventure begins.
Now he will have a good script… If he leaves alive
The story of a man with no history.
The journey of an author becoming his own character and his impossible return.
Director: Diego Rougier.
A film Spanish director obsessed with making a western decides to go to Northern Chile in search of a story for his screenplay.
Being confused with another, a real adventure begins.
Now he will have a good script… If he leaves alive
The story of a man with no history.
The journey of an author becoming his own character and his impossible return.
The complete awards list 2011 is available in PDF in the Download Area.
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Pardo d’oro
ABRIR PUERTAS Y VENTANAS (Back to Stay) by Milagros Mumenthaler, Argentina/Switzerland
Pardo d’oro speciale della giuria
Shinji Aoyama
for the film TOKYO KOEN and his outstanding career
Premio speciale della giuria
HASHOTER (Policeman) by Nadav Lapid, Israel
Pardo per la migliore regia (Best Director)
Adrian Sitaru
for the film DIN DRAGOSTE CU ...
Terence Davies, Hirokazu Kore-Eda, Arturo Ripstein, Wang Xiaoshuai, Sarah Polley and Julie Delpy in the Official Selection at San Sebastian International Film Festival
Yet another year San Sebastian International Film Festival unites prestigious international filmmakers who will present their latest works. Productions from the United Kingdom, Japan, Mexico, Canada, France, China, Argentina, Portugal, Greece and Sweden will gather at the event to compete for the Golden Shell. The oth...
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Alessia and Alexander are two interns working at ÉCU from abroad.
Alessia is Italian, and Alexander is Colombian working in Bulgaria. We
are a truly international festival and you can see how this is
reflected in our hard working international interns! We asked them to
interview each other for out July Intern Buzz article, here are their
responses:
Alessia interviews Alexander
1. You are interested in developing independent project...
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Since its debut in 1997, the “International Meetings in Cinema,
Television, Vídeo and Multimédia – AVANCA ’11″ festival has steadily
grown in audience turnout and its number of film submissions. Avanca has
also succeeded in becoming the largest audiovisuals workshop space in
Europe in the past 15 years.
This year, Avanca invited ÉCU Festival Manager Kädi Lokk to the
festival to serve on its jury board! Renowned for serving as an
international meeting grou...
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Hello ÉCU-ers and ÉCU-ettes!
The month of July brings many things to Paris. Hordes of
anglo-tourists, the Paris-Plages, a sweltering sun that never fails to
remind us of the Frenchman’s aversion to A/C. With this onslaught of
nuisances, many Parisians take this time to escape the hell of urban
summers for a more pleasant environment. Scott, the wise man that he is,
took a cue from the Parisians and fled the city for a balmier optio...
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Since its debut in 1997, the “International Meetings in Cinema,
Television, Vídeo and Multimédia – AVANCA ’11″ festival has steadily
grown in audience attendance and number of film submissions. Avanca has
also succeeded in becoming the largest audiovisuals workshop space in
Europe in the past 15 years.
Every year, cinema enthusiasts and professionals from all over the
world come to the small town of Avanca, Portugal, because the festival
summons them to sh...
7th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival Takes off August 11-18 at Various
Locations in Hollywood, CA
Hollywood, July 16, 2011—The organizers of HollyShorts
(www.hollyshorts.com) have announced the full lineup for the 7th annual
HollyShorts Film Festival, which takes place August 11-18 in various locations
throughout Hollywood. Acclaimed writer Jamie Linden (Dear John, We Are
Marshall) will premiere his short film “The Envelope in the Glovebox” which
he used to pitch into the ...
Director: Rita Figueiredo.
A secret story is stored in a reel tape, unfolded by a mother to her child, inside an organic house which commands the characters.
Two babies sleep while hearing the story; however, their world of dreams casts other mysteries deeper than those of our own.
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Hello fans, members, and those addicted to ÉCU! Don’t worry,
the June Newsletter has arrived, so take a seat and enjoy this monthly
update.
As you know, ÉCU organized a special screening at Café Coutume in
Paris and it was successful. ÉCU screened two films that won awards at
the 2011 festival – Paths of Hate and Salam Rugby. Guests really
enjoyed the films and there were some great discussions over drinks
after the screening. Missed the ...
The Portuguese already had their earthquake and somehow managed to survive and rebuild most of Lisbon since 1755. Although there was a little tremor during the week (about two-and-a-half on the Svetoslav Richter scale, or however it is called when measuring how much the earth moved for you), the otherwise sunny city of Setubal, one of Portugal's most important port-resorts and home of the poet Bocage,manages to mount the 27th edition of the international film festival Festroia surmounting ma...
"A.L.I.C.E." will screen at Porto 7 in Porto, Portugal in June 2011: http://www.porto7.com/competicao/
This is the 16th festival acceptance for "A.L.I.C.E." For more info on the film, please visit: http://www.dawnwestlake.com
World sales for the film are handled by Fred Joubaud at Ouat Media. Contact: fred.joubaud@ouatmedia.com
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On May 15, as part of the 64th Cannes film festival program, the European Audiovisual Observatory held a very informative workshop about the current relationship between film and television. More than 400 professionals had gathered as Mr. Wolfgang Closs, executive director of the European Audiovisual Observatory, welcomed a number of speakers from his organization as well as outside specialists to discuss trends in the European film and broadcast markets. And the big question was: are film...
On May 15, as part of the 64th Cannes film festival program, the European Audiovisual Observatory held a very informative workshop about the current relationship between film and television. More than 400 professionals had gathered as Mr. Wolfgang Closs, executive director of the European Audiovisual Observatory, welcomed a number of speakers from his organization as well as outside specialists to discuss trends in the European film and broadcast markets. And the big question was: are fil...
Subject to sponsorship securement Kyle Eastwood will perform at the opening night of the Madeira Film Festival,Madeira,Portugal May 2nd.
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INTERVIEW WITH IGNACIO NUNEZAt the 64th Cannes, one of the most talked about films on the market was the legendary film director Roland Joffe's latest film, THERE BE DRAGONS (2011). I sat with producer Ignacio Nunez at the Hotel Martinez for our one-on-one interview about this highly anticipated multi-cultural epic film. ME: Can you tell us about the film and how difficult this three-year highly ambitious indie film project was to get off the ground?NUNEZ: Roland Joffe wrote and directed the fil...
INTERVIEW WITH IGNACIO NUNEZ
At the 64th Cannes, one of the most talked about films on the market was the legendary film director Roland Joffe's latest film, THERE BE DRAGONS (2011). I sat with producer Ignacio Nunez at the Hotel Martinez for our one-on-one interview about this highly anticipated multi-cultural epic film.
ME: Can you tell us about the film and how difficult this three-year highly ambitious indie film project was to get off the ground?
NUNEZ: Roland Joffe ...
Joao Nuno Pinto As in Antonio Lobo Antunes’ novel South Of Nowhere (Os Cus de Judas,
1979), a novel, telling the story about the war in Angola, but being
actually a story about Portugal, in the first feature film of the young
Portuguese director Joao Nuno Pinto the story is about immigrants, but
the subject is again Portugal. Joao Nuno Pinto was born in 1969 in
Mozambique and his family, being Portuguese, immigrated to Portugal as
refugees during another post-colonial war in Afric...
Le 9ème prix uniFrance Films du court-métrage a été remis le jeudi 19 mai 2011 au club uniFrance Films à Cannes.Le Grand Prix est attribué à Catharsis de Cédric Prévost avec Alexandre Steiger et Emeline Bayart, produit par Charles Paviot – Arts Premiers en partenariat avec Transpamedia et avec le soutien de l’Adami. Il sera diffusé par la RTI (Italie), la RTP2 Onda Curta (Portugal) et la SBS (Australie). Cette comédie dramatique de dix-huit minutes raconte l’histoire d’un aspi...
Film Industry Luminaries Ewan McGregor, Warren Miller, Al Pacino Scheduled to Appear
The 37th Seattl...
The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury presided by Michel GONDRY will welcome Julie GAYET, Jessica HAUSNER, Corneliu PORUMBOIU and João Pedro RODRIGUES.
They will have to choose First, Second and Third prize winners from the sixteen final-year films featuring in the 2011 Cinéfondation Selection. These three films will walk away with prize money of 15,000€, 11,250€ and 7,500€ respectively.
The prizes will be awarded by the Jury on Friday 20th May during a ceremony in the Salle ...
Director Will Receive Honor at Film Society Awards Night at Bimbo’s 365 Club and Onstage Tribute at Sundance Kabuki CinemasThe San Francisco Film Society announced today that Oliver Stone will be the recipient of the Founder’s Directing Award at the 54th San Francisco International Film Festival (April 21–May 5). The FDA will be presented to Stone at Film Society Awards Night, Thursday, April 28 at Bimbo’s 365 Club.The Film Society’s highly regarded Youth Education program wi...
