Well, the weather held and so did the quality of the films as the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival wound up, rather than down ,towards its 59th Awards Ceremony.Audiences seemed to increase in number and enthusiasm during these unusually  balmy November days and the nightly drinks receptions for lucky invitees saw sparkling German wines and beer pouring as if there was no tomorrow well into tomorrow, with  on one occasion-well past 2am local time-most of the Festival Direction ...

The 12. International Film Festival Bratislava announced its winners. The Grand Prix went to Italian director Michelangelo Frammartino for his second feature The Four Times. The weeklong film marathon was closed by this year's Venice winner, Sofia Coppola's Somewhere. A selection of festival films will travel around Slovakia to Košice (12.-14.11.), Banská Bystrica (15.-16.11.) and Žilina (17.-18.11.).FIRST AND SECOND FEATURE FILMSGrand Prix for the Best FilmLe quattro volte / The Four Times...

IFF Bratislava’s Feature Competition, at the intersection of nature and familyThe Feature Competition, composed of ten first and second features, will be dominated by the thematic of nature and family, revealing the commonconcerns of new generation of filmmakers over the world. Several films evencombine the two themes in their storytelling, such as Julie Bertucelli’s The Tree - starring Charlotte Gainsbourg. In international premiere IFF Bratislava's Feature competition will also introduce D...