Fifteen films by first or second filmmakers competed in the VPRO Tiger Awards Competition 2008. The Jury consists of Mr. Royston Tan - Singapore filmmaker and film producer, Russian filmmaker, actress and film producer Ms. Renata Litvinova, Mr. Rieks Hadders - former Deputy Director of the Filmmuseum in Amsterdam (The Netherlands), Ms. Tiziana Finzi, Deputy Director Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland, and Iranian filmmaker and film producer Mr. Jafar Panahi (jury president). Th...
During the IFFR 2008 Awards Ceremony for Short Films on Monday, January 28, 2008 in Theatre Lantaren / Venster in Rotterdam, the winning short films of the 37th International Film Festival Rotterdam were announced. The three Tiger Awards for Short Film were granted to AH, LIBERTY! by Ben Rivers (United Kingdom), AS I LAY DYING by Ho Yuhang (Malaysia) and OBSERVANDO EL CIELO by Jeanne Liotta (United States). The Prix UIP Rotterdam Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards was given to JOY b...
Fasten your seatbelt and sit back in your car as the Cork Film Festival brings Drive-In Mania Leeside.Drive-In Madness is taking Cork city by storm as the public prepares to tune in their radio stations for the unique experience of watching the classic MGM Films Rocky, The Pink Panther and The Silence of the Lambs from the comfort of their cars on the 10th, 11th and 12th of October at the Old Fords Distribution Site on Centre Park Road. An exciting element of the 51st Cork Film Festival is the r...
From the 6th until 8th of October 2005, the Cork Film Festival in association with Cork 2005, will host a Short Film Symposium which will bring together short film specialists, curators, programmers, film makers and film critics from all over the world to Cork.The Cork Film Festival has, since its inception, been a champion of the short film. Though a varied festival, with feature and documentary programmes, the short film is at the heart of its work. The festival has long recognized that despit...
From the 6th until 8th of October 2005, the Cork Film Festival in association with Cork 2005, will host a Short Film Symposium which will bring together short film specialists, curators, programmers, film makers and film critics from all over the world to Cork.The Cork Film Festival has, since its inception, been a champion of the short film. Though a varied festival, with feature and documentary programmes, the short film is at the heart of its work. The festival has long recognized that despit...
To mark Cork Film Festival’s 50th Anniversary and to celebrate Cork’s tenure as European Capital of Culture, the festival is hosting a major international Symposium on the Short Film.This prestigious Symposium which will take place in Cork from 6th until 8th October, 2005, will bring together short film specialists, curators, programmers, film makers and film critics from all over the world. Since its inception in 1956, the Cork Film Festival has championed the short film and has an internat...