WARSAW: Cinema City Poland announced plans to build a six screen multiplex in Starogard Gdański.
Documentary cinematographer Joan Churchill and Alan Barker will lead a workshop in what they call "experiential" filmmaking. An evolution of Direct Cinema, this is an engaged, first-person, present-tense technique. The camera's point of view is that of an engaged participant, not a "fly on the wall." As with Direct Cinema there are no interviews or other past-tense devices. There is no illusion of objectivity. The emphasis is on engagement and process with the camera being used as a tool for relating and revealing rather than hunting for interesting angles and pretty pictures.
FNE interviews Latvian documentary producer Madara Melberga, selected to participate in the 2013 Emerging Producers workshop at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.
FNE interviews Slovenian documentary producer Marina Gumzi, selected to participate in the 2013 Emerging Producers workshop at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.
FNE interviews Estonian documentary producer Elina Litvinova, selected to participate in the 2013 Emerging Producers workshop at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.
With international films landing en masse on the shores of the island nation of Malta, the Malta Film Commission has issued a call for five tenders for training programmes.
The Czech and Slovak digital satellite platform Skylink announced it will add broadcasts of Hungarian channels.
COMPETITIONS:
From 5 to 10 November, the 23rd FilmFestival Cottbus will offer the best of current East European cinematography in the Feature Film and Short Feature Competitions. 21 of the close to 700 submitted films have made it to the competitions. In the Feature Film section, 11 films from 13 countries – one international première and ten German premières – will compete for the Main Prize endowed with 20,000 and the glass award sculpture Lubina. An international jury will decide. In the Short Feature Competition, 10 contributions from 9 countries – all of which are German premières – will compete for the prize of 3,500 euros. The film-makers search for traces of the past, shed light on current affairs and shortcomings and raise the question of how we would like to live.
Lists of films in the Feature Film Competition and the Short Feature Competition
Festivals 23-10-2013List of films in the Feature Film Competition:
