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With the Dragons to the Oscars
Krakow, 11th December 2012 - American Film Academy enlarged the list of awards qualifying for application for the Academy Award to include the Silver Dragons given at Krakow Film Festival.
RECORD YEAR FOR DOMESTIC ADMISSIONS
In the first eleven months of 2012 Finnish Films have already got more admissions than in the whole year of 2010, when the latest domestic admissions record was made. There has already been 2 130 000 tickets sold to Finnish films when in 2010 there was a total of 2…
JENNI TOIVONIEMI'S THE DATE SELECTED FOR SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
The short fiction film The Date (Treffit) by Jenni Toivoniemi has been selected for the Sundance film festival. The film will be screened in The Sundance Film Festival's Short Film Program, which has long been established as a place to discover talented directors. The 2013 Short Film program is comprised…
KINO TAPIOLA JOINS EUROPA CINEMAS NETWORK
Kino Tapiola is a fifth movie theatre in Finland to be able to join Europa Cinemas network. Kino Tapiola's membership starts in the beginning of 2013.
BALTIC EVENT IN TALLINN
At the end of November the Baltic Event was held in Tallinn, Estonia (November 25-28). The event is supported by the MEDIA program. The Finnish Film Foundation is a partner of the Baltic Event.
FESTIVAL NEWS
Finnish filmmaker Jussi Hiltunen was awarded the Best International Short Film at 57th Cork Corona Film Festival for his All Hallows Week. The film captures the trauma following a random act of violence and had its international premiere at the Berlinale earlier this year.
Last Chance to Watch the Winners of Black Nights at Cinando!
Black Nights selection of films is for one more week available at Cinando, the world’s biggest networking hub for film professionals.
Baltic Event Co-Production Market Awards Announced
The Baltic Event Co-Production Market held its award ceremony in the brand new Nova building of the Baltic Film and Media School yesterday. The 11th Baltic Event, taking place on November 25-28 in Tallinn, granted four awards, including the first monetary prize of the market's history.
The awards of the 16th Black Nights Film Festival were announced
The grand prix of the 16th Black Nights Film Festival was awarded to the Ukrainian film House with a Turret, the Tridens Herring competition prize was awarded to Everybody's Gone and the prize for the best Estonian film went to Mushrooming.
Festival del film Locarno. Open Doors 2013: Focus on the South Caucasus
The eleventh edition of Open Doors will focus on the South Caucasus. The Festival del film Locarno’s section that supports and puts the spotlight on filmmakers and films from countries in the South and East where independent cinema is vulnerable will also introduce a new component.
Last Call for Tallinn Black Nights Industry Days!
Last Call for the Best Film Industry Event of the Season: Tallinn Black Nights Industry Days waits you! Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival invites you to join the IndustryDays - the biggest winter season event for film professionals in theregion bringing together award winning filmmakers, producers,founders, festival and film world…
Tallinn Industry Days kicks off with an unprecedented line-up of Asian and North American professionals
The top movers from Asian and American independent industry from producers to financiers, festivals and institutions are meeting up in Estonia on 26-28 November to boost their cooperation across continents, Estonia and North Eastern Europe. Multinational hits, Asian project markets, potential of genre biz, and crowd funding are tackled in…
10 Films Selected for International Competition
TIFF traditionally hosts the international competition of films, including first and second long features of European directors. The Festival considers it utmostly important to present the selection of the films and thus introduce new faces of European cinema, directors that create the cinema of the future. 10 films will be…
American Film Festival, Wrocław: A Poet of Cinema: Jerry Schatzberg
The films of Jerry Schatzberg, particularly the key works he directed in the 1970s, have been undervalued in the eyes of many critics who, in their survey of American cinema have elevated other directors to iconic status. (He is not alone – Michael Ritchie is another director richly deserving of…
Cyprus Film Days 13' - Call for entries - Rules & Reg eng
CALL FOR ENTRIES CYPRUS FILM DAYS 2013 11th International Film Festival 19/4/2013 - 28/4/2013 Call for entries for the International Competition Section “Glocal Images” Submission of films The Ministry of Education and Culture and the Rialto Theatre announce that Calls for Entries for the 11th CYPRUS FILM DAYS - International…
American Film Festival, Wrocław: Hide Your Smiling Faces wins big at the 2nd edition of US in Progress Wrocław
US IN PROGRESS is the first industry event in Europe devoted entirely to US-indies and focused on the completion and European distribution of American indie feature films at post-production stage.
Award-winning films, classics and special screenings at the Festival on Wheels
30th November–6th December Ankara, 7th–10th December Sinop Organized by the Ankara Cinema Association with the support of the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the 18th Festival on Wheels is preparing to hook up with film audiences between 30th November and 10th December. The show will, as always, get on…
Award-winning films, classics and special screenings at the Festival on Wheels
30th November–6th December Ankara, 7th–10th December Sinop Organized by the Ankara Cinema Association with the support of the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the 18th Festival on Wheels is preparing to hook up with film audiences between 30th November and 10th December. The show will, as always, get on…
American Film Festival, Wrocław: The Perfect Closing Film
Argo is the hugely entertaining third film by actor-director Ben Affleck. it is that rarest of things: a mainstream thriller that is as intelligent as it is entertaining. As such, it is the perfect end to five days of American films.
American Film Festival, Wrocław: Now, Forager
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