Alexandru Maftei, Romania Lisa Aschan, Sweden Claudio Cupellini, Italy David Dusa, FranceJannicke Systad Jacobsen, Norway Yasemin Samdereli, Germany Zuzana Liová, Slovak RepublicMatus Zajac, Valdís æskarsdóttir,Iceland Hans Van Nuffel, Belgium Ben Wheatley, United Kingdom Who makes exciting stories work on screen? Who is the person behind touching pictures, amazing film scenes and breathtaking moments in cinema? Ten directors from across Europe will be spotlighted as creative heads of passio...
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...
There is no country other than the United States which has as elaborate and extensive a screening support structure for Jewish and Israeli films. Several years ago I noted in an article about the New York film festival that there are more than fifty Jewish film festivals in the United States. According to jewishfilm.com there are now close to seventy Jewish film festivals in this country as well as at least four festivals devoted to Israeli films and two to Sephardic ones. In addition, there ar...
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...
OFFICIAL AND ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM
9 JUNE
(Thursday)
ARRIVAL
(Savaria Cinema - registration desk)
18:00 OPENING SCREENING
(Savaria Cinema - Chamber hall)
Peter Kerekes (SLK): Cooking History 76 min.
19:45 OPENING CONFERENCE
Opening performance and welcome reception
10 JUN...
OFFICIAL AND ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM
9 JUNE
(Thursday)
ARRIVAL
(Savaria Cinema - registration desk)
18:00 OPENING SCREENING
(Savaria Cinema - Chamber hall)
Peter Kerekes (SLK): Cooking History 76 min.
19:45 OPENING CONFERENCE
Opening performance and welcome reception
10 JUN...
9-11 June, 2011, Szombathely
Following up the conference of MEDIAWAVE FILM FORUM 2010, the MEDIAWAVE -"ANOTHER CONNECTION" International Film and Music Festival invites national and international film festivals, film theatres, film makers and film industry representatives to participate at the MEDIAWAVE FILM FORUM 2.
The event will take place between 9-11 June 2011, in Szombathely, Hungary (Graz:125 km, Vienna:140 km, Maribor:180 km).
The objective of the forum is the expansion of a...
Kaunas International Film Festival has become the official representative of the European network of film associations NISI MASA in Lithuania. The membership of the Lithuanian festival in this project will open up wide opportunities of international projects and festivals not only for young film artists and critics, but also for film students and other players of the film industry.
“NISI MASA is a European network that involves and gives access for youth to the film industry. N...
During one-week long, final ScripTeast' session at Cannes Film Festival, scriptwriters are having meetings with the producers and distributors, as well as they have a chance for last consultations with Heads of Studies. They have occasions to attend the festivals’ screenings, conferences and participate in the festival events.
After a very intensive start with pitching training done by David Matamoros from Zentropa Spain, ScripTeast writers use the possibility of presenting pos...
PROGRAM
More on panels and speakers:
http://mediawavefestival.hu/index.php?modul=menupontok&kod=7013&nyelv=eng
9 JUNE, THURSDAY
Arrival
Location: Savaria Cinema, Mártírok square
18:00 Screening. Péter Kerekes (SLK): Cooking History (76 min.)
19:45 Opening performance and welcome reception
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10 JUNE, FRIDAY
Location: Savaria Cinema, Mártírok square
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photo stills from filmANNETA PAPATHANASSIOU INTERVIEW about her film, “The Nymphs of Hindu Kush” (Oi nymfes tou Hindu Kush) (Greece, 2010), which first screened at the 13th International Thessaloniki Doc Fest 2011 two months ago. After many attempts to see her film and to speak with her, Anneta and I finally made our interview. And just before the circus of the 64th Cannes Film Festival begins with all its fiction films and fantasy glitz and glamor and yachts and movie myth, I thought ...
Trans Atlantic Partners tags impressive slate of producers for third annual co-production training opportunity
Twenty-four producers from Canada, Europe and the United States have been selected to participate in Trans Atlantic Partners, co-presented by Canada's Strategic Partners, Germany's Erich Pommer Institut and New York's Independent Filmmaker Project.
The impressive list of producers will take part in the 2011 event - an intensive, three-module film training program...
This year's three-day event for young European producers, PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE, will present 25 talented film producers from 25 European countries. This includes Radim Procházka as the "Czech producer on the move". The event, organised by European Film Promotion, will take place during the festival in Cannes on 14 - 17 May 2011. This will be the largest number of participants in the history of this programme, which began 12 years ago.
This year Radim Procházka from R...
The next training session organized by S3D Campus,called « S3DPRODUCTION IN THEORY AND PRACTICE » will take place in Paris area, from May 30th to June 3rd. Italternes between conferences, pratical shooting workshops and 3Dpostproduction, and Networking events. Thiscourse will be coached by international experts: stereographer consultants,production managers, editors S3D (Among them: Bernard Mendiburu, SimonSieverts, Thomas Villepoux, Alaric Hamacher, Kommer Kleijn).Flashback : About one yea...
The first edition of the Yaoundé International Human Rights Film Festival suspended by the Cameroonian authorities
Yesterday, 12 April 2011, the Yaoundé prefecture issued a suspension of a public event auHtorisation, thereby calling off this first edition of the International Human Rights Film Festival in Yaoundé.
Yesterday at the French Cultural Centre, the opening ceremony of the Festival was cancelled at 6 pm in the presence of its audience, guests and journalists. The...
EFP, OMDC and TIFF(R) launch next PRODUCERS LAB TORONTO
After a successful launch in 2010, the feature film networking and co-production program PRODUCERS LAB TORONTO (PLT) is scheduled to be held again during the Toronto International Film Festival®, running from September 7-10, 2011.
Created by European Film Promotion (EFP) in collaboration with the Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) and the Toronto International Film Festival® (TIFF)...
77 films from 26 countries are competing for the title of “Europe’s Best Independent Film” at ÉCU- The Eu ropean Independent Film Festival 2011 This weekend, between the 1st and 3rd of April, the European Independent Film Festival will screen 77 independent films from 26 countries at cinema Sept Parnassiens located in Paris Montparnasse Quarter and the Cinema Christine located in the Saint Germain-des-Prés Quarter of Paris. Since its inception six years ago the festival has proved to be...
Cinema City Call for entries
Up to 10,000 bucks – Young Talent’s Competition
Cinema City Festival, which is to be held from 16 to 23 June 2012 in Novi Sad, has officially opened the Call for entries in “Up to 10,000 bucks” selection. This competition selection represents films created using a budget of less than 10,000$ and their authors, who, in their bravery and creativity, saw their ideas through, using limited funds. The call for entries will be open until April 5th, ...
2nd International Film Festivals Forum “Eastern-Central Drift” Vilnius
International Film Festivals Forum “Eastern-Central Drift” is being held for the 2nd time in Vilnius as a part of 16th Vilnius International Film Festival “Kino pavasaris”.
The event intends to become an annual gathering place and creative ideas production lab for main international film festivals of the region.
The festivals Forum is taking place on the March 28-31st at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Vilnius and will make it possible for more than 20 International film festival representatives and highly experienced keynote speakers to discuss topical issues for contemporary film promoters, such as building up closer relations with other film industry players, improving cooperation with private sponsors, increasing the diversity of the audience, developing sustainable cross-border cooperation, contribution to the growth of Europe’s creative economy, and many other.
The organizers of the Forum hope that this new initiative will generate answers and creative ideas that will help to meet new challenges and enrich film festivals of the Eastern-Central Europe in new cross-border undertakings.
10.00-10:10 Welcoming speech by the director of Vilnius International Film Festival "Kino pavasaris" and the representative of Lithuanian Ministry of Culture.
10.10-11.30 *"What Should I Know about Central-Eastern European Film Festival" (PART I)
This panel will open the floor for the guest-festivals and will give them an opportunity to introduce their individual festivals, their different programming, submission specificities as well as the scope of the in...
2nd International Film Festivals Forum “Eastern-Central Drift”Vilnius, 28th-31st March, 2011In March 2011 International Film Festivals Forum “Eastern-Central Drift” will be held for the 2nd time in Vilnius as a part of 16th Vilnius International Film Festival “Kino pavasaris”. The event intends to become an annual gathering place and creative ideas production lab for main international film festivals of the region. The festivals Forum will take place on the March 28-31st at the Crown...
The Serbian film-maker Emir Kusturica will be president of the Un Certain Regard jury at the 64th Festival de Cannes, from 11th to 22nd May 2011.
Every year, Un Certain Regard, at the very heart of Official Selection, alongside the Competition, presents around twenty films characterised by the originality of their ideas as well as their a...
Vilnius International Film Festival (Vilnius IFF) "Kino pavasaris" is the biggest and most important cinema event in Lithuania. Festival was established in 1995 and now that fifteen years have passed it earned its reputation because it is showing high quality newest films that are carefully picked out of highly rated festivals and has been awarded the prizes by both the audience and film critics. Serious discussions, widely respected Lithuanian and international filmmakers, events fo...
film still from RAW MATERIAL (Greece, 2011)
13th TDF: Press conference (Shooting vs. shooting / Raw material) (3/19/2011)
PRESS CONFERENCE
SHOOTING VS. SHOOTING / RAW MATERIAL
Nikos Megrelis (Shooting vs. Shooting) and Christos Karakepelis (Raw Material) gave a press conference in the framework of the 13th TDF on Saturday, March 19. Their films participate in the international section.
Nikos Megrelis, a journalist in his debut film, highlighted the importance of team w...
Czech Film Center will be hosting a film festival in Brussels, BEST OF VISEGRAD CINEMA, from March 22-27. To mark the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Visegrad Group, four recent films from each V4 country – the biggest box-office hit, the biggest international success, the best documentary and the most successful film for children and youth – will be screened at the Brusselian Cinéma Vendôme during event. The festival precedes a conference titled: Quo vadis Visegrad...
