GDYNIA: Loving Vincent, a fully painted animation feature about Van Gogh, directed by painter/director Dorota Kobiela, will be showcased in the main competition of the 42nd Gdynia Film Festival (18-23 September 2017).

With great pleasure we invite you to the Irish Cinema Review which will take place during the 25th edition of the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography CAMERIMAGE.

 

This year saw the sixth edition of A SUNDAY IN THE COUNTRY, a workshop for young film critics & journalists. The idea, as always, was to learn from each other through the exchange of experience and to build border-crossing personal networks. Organised by the
T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival Wroclaw, the meeting again took place at Fregata in Zagórze Śląskie, Lower Silesia. 

A group of ten participants spent the days watching films and discussing them, cinema and cinephilia in general, and life of a film journalist. In between there was cooking and eating together, and networking in a charming old guest house by the Bystrzyckie lake. Expert for this edition was the Austrian critic Magdalena Miedl, a free-lancer for SKIP, Wienerin, Red Bulletin, Salzburger Nachrichten et al.

After an introduction circle on Saturday night, the screening programme kicked off on Sunday with 78/52, an analysis of the shower scene in Hitchcock’s PSYCHO. The Swiss director Alexandre O. Philippe joined the group for an intense and passionate debate before lunch. Next was opera-inspired KÉKSZAKÁLLÚ by Gastón Solnicki from Argentina, followed by a discussion about film criticism as such and what it means to filmmakers. This included not only the film’s director but also his colleagues Hadas Ben Aroyafrom Israel and João Pedro Rodrigues from Portugal. Hadas’s debut film PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT ME closed the screening schedule for the day and was followed by a group picture and a big BBQ dinner. Kasia Kolman of the Embassy of the Netherlands in Warsaw was the special guest that evening.

After breakfast on Monday, the group watched João’s THE ORNITHOLOGIST while the director went on a bird-watching walk around the lake before joining for another discussion circle about nature, inspiration and criticism. The final film was Michel Liepke’s sinister black&white drama STRANGE BUT TRUE from Mexico, followed by a lively conversation about political and social reality and the role art can play. 

The group was composed of ten people from eight different countries: Andra Petrescu (Romania), Edoardo Becattini (Italy), Franziska Bechtold (Austria), Hugo Emmerzael (the Netherlands), Karl Leontin Beger (Germany), Patrycja Mucha (Poland), Piotr Czerkawski (Poland), Samina Jakobsen (Denmark), Sebastian Smolinski (Poland) and Tiago J. Silva (Portugal).

As a former participant said: "It is not only a weekend of thought provoking discussion of the past, present, and future of film criticism. First and foremost, it provides a unique encounter of like-minded and future friends from all over Europe." 

The project was organized by the European Film Academy and New Horizons Association with the support of the Polish Film Institute, the local cultural institutes and the Krzysztof Mętrak competition for young film critics.

 

 

If you’re writing your first, second or third feature, LIM is for you.
If you’re ready to accept working within a limited budget in exchange for greater creative freedom, LIM is for you.
If you believe that brainstorming with script consultants and other filmmakers from all around the world, on top of a mountain in Transylvania or in a remote fishing village on Brittany’s coast can strengthen your screenplay, LIM is for you.

LIM – Less is more is an European platform for project development of limited budget feature films founded with the purpose of helping both writers and writer-directors at their 1st, 2nd or 3rd feature film, working on a limited budget feature project (between 100.000 - 500.000 euros), as well as emerging European producers in search of strengthening their ability to follow the script development of feature film projects within the frame of low to micro budget. 

In addition to actual script development, the scheme involves meeting potential producers or co-producers and financial partners.
 
Pierre Hodgson, script consultant in LIM: "One of the things we try to do at LIM is to make sure that the projects are as close as possible to each filmmaker and we impose, and the system imposes on them as little as possible. At the same time, it is our job to ensure that scripts come out of LIM as narratively efficient as possible in order that they preserve their unique quality in the face of a founding system. That is important because it means that the films will stay as different as possible and keep on surprising audiences."
 
Antoine Le Bos, LIM’s Artistic Director: "Through limitations you dig vertically into a story. Limitation is a tool that focuses a project on what is most essential. That is character, plot, location, style. Without constraints, it is often hard to concentrate on what matters most and find your form."
 
LIM’s first year involved 16 projects from 15 countries and proved the incredible added value of combining forces to maximize narrative power in the service of creative freedom.
 
LIM consists of 3 workshops in 3 different European countries between March and October 2018. In the intervals regular deadlines and online sessions insure a process of regular exchange and follow-up over the 9 months period.
 
More details on the application process for the next edition of LIM – Less is More can be found herehttp://www.lim-lessismore.eu/how-to-apply/

Deadline: 30th of October, 2017
 
Keep track on all LIM’s news and developments: 

Supported by Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the European Union, LIM is led by Le Groupe Ouest (France) and developed in partnership with Control N (Romania), Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds – VAF (Belgium), Krakow Festival Office – KBF (Poland) and the Transilvania International Film Festival – TIFF (Romania).

 

 

Warsaw Industry Days, this year’s industry activities at the Warsaw Film Festival, will take place 19-21 October 2017 and will be a continuation of our previous efforts in the field - CentEast Market.

The aim of our new project is to promote Polish cinema internationally and to provide distribution opportunities. Warsaw Industry Days creates a great networking platform for sales agents, distributors, festival programmers and producers from all over the world.

PROGRAMME

The programme of Warsaw Industry Days will include projects known form the past, as well as some new exciting events:

1.Pitch&Meet. Warsaw Coproduction Meetings - presentations of film projects to the Polish and international film professionals, as well as an opportunity to exchange ideas during 'one on one' meetings;

2.First Cut Lab -  invited experts will watch rough cuts of selected films and suggest editing changes; organised with Polish Film Institute;

3.Doc Lab Poland - presentations of documentaries in various stages of production and post-production, organised by the Ślesicki Foundation;

4.Warsaw Screenings -  presentations of the newest Polish films to international sales agents, distributors and festival programmers;

5.Warsaw Works-In-Progress - presentations of selected works-in-progress from Poland, including co-productions (continuation of CentEast Market);

6.Warsaw Next - workshops for young Polish filmmakers;

7.FIPRESCI Warsaw Critics Project - workshops for young and aspiring journalists and film critics, organised in collaboration with the International Federation of Film Critics (FIRPESCI);

8.Open Workshop "The Art of Film Editing" - an event for everyone interested in editing, organised with Polish Film Editors Association.

ACCREDITATIONS

Accreditations are available for film professionals only. To request your accreditation for Warsaw Industry Days, please register online: link

Deadline: October 1, 2017

CALLS FOR INDIVIDUAL EVENTS

1.Pitch&Meet. Warsaw Coproduction Meetings – 20th -21st October 2017

Submission deadline is 25th September 2017, 12:00 am (CET). Please send your submissions to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

More information and submission requirements can be found here .

2.FIPRESCI Warsaw Critics Project – 13th -22nd October2017

Submission deadline is 15th September 2017. Please send your submissions to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

More information and submission requirements can be found here.

Warsaw Industry Days are organised by the Warsaw Film Foundation, and our key partner is the Polish Film Institute. The detailed programme of the Warsaw Industry Days will be announced at the beginning of October 2017.

For more information please visit: link.

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Warsaw Film Foundation WFF, P.O.Box 816, PL-00-950 Warsaw 1, Poland

 

With great pleasure we invite you to the Irish Cinema Review which will take place during the 25th edition of the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography CAMERIMAGE. This will be another edition of the long-lasting Camerimage initiative of bringing to the festival's participants interesting films from all over Europe that demonstrate the cinematic richness of the Old Continent. The Irish Culture Foundation and the Consulate of Ireland in Poznań are the official partners of the Review's screenings of five recognized Irish films from the last two years.

Discover with us the treasures of Irish cinema!

 As a part of the Review we will screen:

 Date for Mad Mary, A 

Original title: A Date for Mad Mary
Director: Darren Thonrton
Cinematographer: Ole Bratt Birkeland

 ‘Mad’ Mary McArdle returns to Drogheda after a short spell in prison she’d rather forget. Back home, everything and everyone has changed. Her best friend Charlene is about to get married, and Mary is maid of honour. When Charlene refuses Mary a ‘plus one’ on the grounds that she probably wouldn’t find a date anyway, Mary becomes determined to prove her wrong.

Handsome Devil

Polish title: Piękny drań
Director: John Butler
Cinematographer: Cathal Watters

Ned is a sensitive Irish teenager. He hates high school – a place where everyone is obsessed with rugby and people constantly take him for a gay outsider. Being an optimist, he patiently bears the humiliation. That is, until one day he decides he’s had enough when he finds out that he’ll have to share his boarding school room with a newly admitted student. Conor is a great rugby player and seems to embody everything that is ruining Ned’s life. At first glance, there’s no way the boys will get along. But then a wise English teacher gets involved. A surprisingly serene film about adolescence complemented by a wonderful soundtrack.

Sanctuary

Original title: Sanctuary
Director: Len Collin
Cinematographer: Russell Gleeson 

Larry and Sophie are in love. What could be more natural for them than to want to be alone together? They convince the feckless Tom to book them into a hotel for an afternoon’s tryst and look forward to getting to know each other, like countless couples before them. But Larry and Sophie aren’t just any couple – they both have intellectual disabilities and Tom is their care worker. Both hilarious and heartbreaking, Sanctuary is a truly subversive piece of cinema about two young people trying to be together in a world doing everything to keep them apart.

Sing Street

Polish title: Młodzi przebojowi
Director: John Carney
Cinematographer: Yaron Orbach

Dublin, 1985. Conor is an average Irish guy. He goes to a private school, loves playing guitar, and even composes a bit. Than he learns that due to his family’s financial problems he needs to change school – to a worse one. Everything changes once he meets the extraordinary Raphine. Under her influence he starts to seriously consider forming a band. Shortly afterwards, he changes his image, chooses a stage name, and becomes increasingly successful. He soon finds out, though, that local fame just isn’t enough for him.

South

Original title: South
Director: Gerard Walsh
Cinematographer: Kevin Treacy

South tells the story of Tom, a young man struggling with the recent death of his father. After finding a note from his estranged mother, he decides to hit the road and try to find her. Throughout this journey Tom also tries to overcome his crippling stage fright as a musician. Somewhere along the way he meets Jess, a free-spirited young woman who captivates his heart and mind.

25th Camerimage will be held in Bydgoszcz from November 11th through 18th

More about Bydgoszcz can be found here: www.visitbydgoszcz.pl 

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Applications are now open for FIPRESCI Warsaw Critics Project – Warsaw Film Foundation and FIPRESCI training programme for young film journalists and film critics from Central and Eastern Europe.

The 12th edition of the workshop will be held October 13-22, 2017, within frames of the 33rd Warsaw Film Festival. A group of young critics will be invited to the event and have a unique opportunity to take part in one of the biggest film events in this part of Europe, meet high-profile film professionals and to take part in the deliberations of the festival’s FIPRESCI jury.

Our aim is to create an opportunity for participants, who usually have little chance to go abroad and work in their profession, to work with world-class professionals and be exposed to movie journalism at the highest level.

FIPRESCI Warsaw Project involves young film critics, who will be invited to the event and work under the editorial guidance FIPRESCI members:

Michael Pattison, British journalist working with numerous film and trade outlets like Sight & Sound, Fandor, Vice, The Guardian along with
Carmen Gray – New Zealand’s, Berlin-based journalist contributing to Dazed & Confused, Screen International and The Guardian.

Participants will be covering the festival and industry events, delivering film reviews and interviews. The organizers will team-up with Film New Europe to give more exposure and promote emerging journalist talents. 

Workshops are designed for critics under the age of 30 with proficiency skills in written and spoken English. All participants are granted with travel expenses and accommodation in youth hostel. We also guarantee an unforgettable adventure and give a unique opportunity to meet the contemporary filmmakers from all over the world face-to-face.

Previous participants include journalists currently contributing to major film and trade magazines like Screen International, IndieWire, The Hollywood Reporter, Cineuropa.

Please send your application including CV, self-introduction, and three samples of your published work, by Friday, September 15, 2017.

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ZAGREB: Hollywood action thriller Black Money Games directed by Adam Wright and starring Tom Hanks is set for shooting on the Croatian island of Hvar in spring 2018.

BATUMI: Ten films will run in the international feature film competition at the 12th edition of the Batumi International Arthouse Film Festival, set to take place from 17 to 24 September 2017.

GDYNIA: Juliusz Machulski’s crime comedy Volta will screen in the competition of the 42nd Gdynia Film Festival (18-23 September 2017). The film was released domestically by Kino Świat on 7 July 2017, with 265,354 admissions to date.