19-10-2016

FESTIVALS: FilmFestival Cottbus Announces Lineup

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    Planet Single by Mitja Okoron Planet Single by Mitja Okoron

    COTTBUS: Twelve titles will compete for the main prize of the 26th edition of FilmFestival Cottbus, set to take place from 8 to 13 November 2016.

    FilmFestival Cottbus, established as a festival for East European Cinema, organises competitions for both feature and short films. The entire programme will feature approximately 200 entries from 45 countries.


    The international jury will be composed of Aida Begic, Andreas Kleinert, Visar Morina, Ineke Smits and Želimir Žilnik, while the short film competition jury will be composed of Sandra Staniszewska, Ivo Trajkov and Hannes Wagner.

    LINEUP:


    Planet Single / Planeta Singli (Poland)
    Directed by Mitja Okorn
    Produced by Gigant Films
    The Last Family by Jan P. MatuszyńskiCoproduced by TVN

    The Last Family (Poland)
    Directed by Jan P. Matuszyński
    Produced by Aurum Film
    Coproduced by HBO Polska, Mazowiecki Instytut Kultury, Lightcraft, Universal Music Polska
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute, the Mazovia Film Fund

    Anna’s Life (Georgia)
    Directed by Nino Basilia
    Produced by Studio-99
    Supported by the Georgian National Film Centre

    Dogs / Câini (France, Romania, Bulgaria)
    Directed by Bogdan Mirică
    Produced by EZ Films 14
    Dogs by Bogdan MiricaCoproduced by 42Km Film, Argo Film
    Supported by the Romanian Film Centre, Bulgarian National Film Center

    It’s Not the Time of My Life / Ernellaek farkaseknal (Hungary)
    Directed by Szabolcs Hajdu

    Houston, We Have a Problem!/Houston, imamo problem! (Slovenia, Croatia, Germany)
    Directed by Žiga Virc
    Produced by Studio Virc
    Coproduced by Nukleus Film, Sutor Kolonko
    Supported by the Slovenian Film Center, RTV Slovenia, FS Viba, MEDIA Programme, Eurimages, the Croatian Audiovisual Center, HBO Europe, WDR Germany, Doha Film Institut

    House of Others / Skhvisi sakhli (Georgia, Russia, Spain, Croatia)
    Directed by Rusudan Glurjidze
    Produced by Liga Productions
    Coproduced by Cinetech Ltd, Kinoskopik SL, Embrio

    All the Cities of the North / Svi severni gradovi (Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, France)
    Directed by Dane Komljen
    Produced by Dart Film
    Coproduced by SCCA/ pro.ba, Code Blue
    The Prosecutor, the Defender, the Father and His Son by Iglika TriffonovaSupported by Film Center Serbia

    The Prosecutor, the Defender, the Father and His Son (Bulgaria, Netherlands, Sweden)
    Directed by Iglika Triffonova
    Produced by Klas Film
    Coproduced by Phanta Vision, Filmlance International
    Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center, the Bulgarian National Television, the Netherland‘s Film Fund, the Swedish Film Institute, Swedish Television  

    Kills on Wheels / Tiszta szivvel (Hungary)
    Directed by Attilla Hill

    Zoology (Russia, France, Germany)
    Directed by Ivan Tverdovsky

    Nightlife (Slovenia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
    Directed by Damjan Kozole
    Produced by Vertigo
    Coproduced by Sisters and Brother Mitevski, SCCA/pro.ba
    Supported by the Slovenian Film Centre, Film Fund Sarajevo, FS Viba