Batumi 7th International Art-House Film Festival (BIAFF), 16-23 September 2012. 
BIAFF was established in 2006. The founder and organizer – Batumi Art-house “ARGANI”, official partner – Batumi City Hall.

 
Festival Supporters – “Open Society – Georgia” Fund, Polish Film Institute, British Council, “Airzena”, Batumi International Container Terminal.

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Batumi International Art-House Film Festival (BIAFF) is being held annually in Batumi and is one of the major cultural events Georgia.Among the honorary guests of festival were – Krzysztof Zanussi, Jerzy Radziwiłowicz, Jerzy Stuhr, Zbigniew Rybczyński (Poland), Jos Stelling (Netherlands), Otar Iosseliani, Mikheil Kobakhidze, Nino Kirtadze (France/Georgia), Nana Jorjadze, Irakli Kvirikadze (Georgia), Manijeh Hekmat, Dariush Mehrjui, Mohsen Amir Yousefi, Abbas Kiarostami, Ramtin Lavafipour (Iran), Paweł Pawlikowski (UK/Poland), Sidiqq Barmak (Afganistan) etc.

 
This year BIAFF program present 40 full-length films and 40 short length films from 20-22 countries.
BIAFF has chosen the members of Short film international Jury and short length films for the competition.

In this year BIAFF program will be presented in different sections with almost 40 full-length films and 40 short length films from 20-22 countries.

BIAFF management already arranged choosing of festival’s short length film international competition Jury and short length films.

BIAFF 2012 short length films competition Jury:

1. The head of the Jury -  Sitora Alieva, Russia
2. Krzysztof Kopczynski, Poland
3. Irina  Romanchenko, Ukraine
4. Michal Klimkiewicz, Poland
5. Dato Janelidze, Georgia

 

BIAFF 2012 short length films competition section:

 

1. Before Two Weeks, Papuna Mosidze, Georgia, 2011; 28 min.
2. Black Mulberry, Georgia, 2012; 22 min.
3. Carrot Soup, Salome Sagaradze, 2012; 6 min.
4. Most Precious, Soso Bliadze, Georgia, 2012; 28 min.
5. Watermelon, Tato Kotetishvili, Georgia, 2012; 11 min.
6. The last day of Loro Shestani,  by Sokol keraj, Albania/Romania/Colombia/Bulgaria; 2012, 30 min.
7. Beacon, Fariz Ahmedov, Azerbaijan, 2012;
8. White Blood, Khayyam Abdullayev & Elmaddin Aliyev, Azerbaijan, 2012; 14 min.
9. White Quadrant, by Ivan Pavljutskov, Estonia, 2012; 17,24 min.
10. Sacha the bear, Henri Desaunay, France, 2012; 12 min.
11. Silent River, by Anca Miruna Lazarescu, Romania/Germany, 2011; 30 min.
12. Dog Leash, Eti Tsitsko, Israel, 2012; 26 min.
13. Born of human, by Mazdak Mirabedini, Iran, 2011; 24 min.
14. Blames and Flames, Iran, 2011; 24 min.
15. Paparazi, Piotr Bernas, Poland, 2011; 33 min.
16. Three days of Freedom, Lukasz  Borowski, Poland, 2011; 27 min.
17. Willy, Bartosz Kruhlik, Poland, 2011; 15 min.
18. On the Beach, Marie-Elsa Sgualdo, Switzerland, 2012; 17 min.
19. Let our lives continue in others, by Georgy Molodtsov,  Russia, 2012; 29 min.
20. Train, Mikhail Mestetsky, Russia, 2012; 28 min.
21. Whore, Dmitry Suvorov, Russia; 2012; 23 min.
22. Cradle of Destiny,  Ukraine, 2012
23. Save and Keep, Olga Shungina-Moskalenko, Ukraine, 2012;
24. The Curse, Fyzal Boulifa, UK, 2012; 17 min.
25. Grandmothers, UK, 2011; 9 min.
26. Pitch Black Heist, John Maclean, UK, 2012; 13 min.

European Film Academy program  „SHORT MATTERS!”  - Short  films collection

1. BERIK by Daniel Joseph Borgman (Denmark, 16 min, fiction)
2. DERBY by Paul Negoescu (Romania, 15 min, fiction)
3. HYPERCRISIS by Josef Dabernig (Austria, 17 min, experimental)
4. INCIDENT BY A BANK  by Ruben Ostlund (Sweden, 12 min, fiction)
5. JESSI by Mariejosephin Schneider (Germany, 31 min, fiction)
6. LITTLE CHILDREN, BIG WORDS  by Lisa James Larsson, (Sweden, 12 min, fiction)
7. OPOWIEŚCI Z CHŁODNI   by Grzegorz Jaroszuk (Poland, 26 min, fiction)
8. OUT   by Roee Rosen (Israel, 35 min, fiction)
9. SUNDAYS   by Valery Rosier (Belgium, 16 min, fiction)
10. THE GREAT RACE  ) by Kote Camacho (Spain, 7 min, fiction)
11. THE UNLIVING   by Hugo Lilja (Sweden, 28 min, fiction)
12. THE WHOLLY FAMILY by Terry Gilliam (Italy, 20 min, fiction)
13. THE WOLVES   by Alberto De Michele (Italy/the Netherlands, 17 min, documentary)

 

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