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FILM SPRING CHANNEL on YOU TUBE

FILM SPRING OPEN 2012 FILM SPRING CHANNEL on YOU TUBE. We are very happy to announce that we have just launched Film Spring Channel on YouTube, where the viewers will be able to see the effects of this year's Film Spring Open-Air 2012. www.youtube.com/user/filmspringopen Thanks to our making-of team from…
16-04-2012

Award Winners of the Meeting On The Bridge of 31st Istanbul Film Festival Announced

The Meetings On The Bridge Platform within the scope of the Istanbul Film Festival organised for theseventh time this year, has continued to offer opportunities for initial international presentations of newfeature film projects, bringing together producers, directors, script writers and organisation representativesfrom Europe and Turkey, this year as well. The…
15-04-2012

THE 31ST ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL CONCLUDES

THE GOLDEN TULIPS AND FESTIVAL AWARDSPRESENTEDOrganised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts and sponsored by Akbank, the 31stIstanbul Film Festival’s Golden Tulip Awards were presented at the closure gala and awardsceremony, which took place at Lütfi Kırdar Convention and Exhibition Centre, on Saturday, 14April.The closure gala and the…
15-04-2012

Industry accreditations for the 12.T-Mobile New Horizons IFF are available online

We have the pleasure to announce that industry accreditations for the 12.T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival, held in Wrocław on 19 -29 July 2012 can now be bought online via the festival's website: www.nowehoryzonty.pl. Apply for industry accreditationT-Mobile New Horizons IFF is the biggest film festival in Poland. The…
12-04-2012

Czech Film Center at Finále Plzeň

Prague, April 4 2012 - The Czech Film Center has prepared several activities for this year’s Finále Plzeň - the festival of Czech films. The traditional presentation of Upcoming feature and animated films, which the Czech Film Center (CFC) is organizing for the 11th time, will take place April 27.…
06-04-2012

52ND KRAKOW FILM FESTIVAL - RESULT OF THE SELECTION FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION

Krakow, 4th April 2012 – 42 titles representing three film genres: documentary, feature and animation will be competing for a Golden Dragon statue and 30k PLN in the International Short Film Competition of the 52nd KFF. The winners will have an easier way to the American and European Film Academy…
06-04-2012

Second session of Dragon Forum is coming!

Second session of the International Academy of the Document Dragon Forum, devoted to topics connected with documentary film production, is to start at the 11th of April. Participants will develop the production side of their projects. Session will take place in The Mazovia Region Centre of Culture and Art in…
06-04-2012

Febiofest 2012: GRAND PRIX 2012 goes to The Good Son

The winner of the festival's Grand Prix is The Good Son (Hyvä poika) by the Finnish director, Zaida Bergroth. The thrilling family drama has won against 11 other films competing in the New Europe Competition. The jury especially praised the fast tempo of the film, marvelous camerawork, and exquisite acting…
02-04-2012

31st Istanbul Film Festival Started

The 31st Istanbul Film Festival organised by the Istanbul Foundation of Culture and Arts with sponsorship of AKBANK started with the Opening Ceremony held at Lütfi Kırdar International Convention and Exhibition Centre on Friday, 30 March. Prominent names of Turkish cinema as well as Terence Davies, the guest of honour,…
02-04-2012

OUT OF COMPETITION EVENTS AT GDYNIA FILM FESTIVAL

OUT OF COMPETITION EVENTS AT GDYNIA FILM FESTIVAL At the beginning of April, the titles of films competing for Golden Lions at 37th Gdynia Film Festival will be announced. However, the celebration of Polish cinema in Gdynia does not boil down to competitions. Masterclasses, exhibitions, and the Independent Cinema Review…
30-03-2012

„LOSING SONIA” AND „3 DAYS OF FREEDOM” PREMIERE AT VISIONS DU RÉEL

Two documentaries produced by Wajda Studio, "Losing Sonia" by Radka Franczak and "3 Days of Freedom," by Łukasz Borowski, were selected for the programme of the 18th Visions du Réel Festival in Nyon, Switzerland. "Losing Sonia" is the latest production of Wajda Studio (co-produced by Otter Films Anna Wydra), whose…
23-03-2012

New Horizons unveil new name and line-up

Poland’s biggest film event and one of the key festivals in Central and Eastern Europe has changed the name to T-Mobile New HorizonsInternational Film Festival after the current main sponsor, the local mobile operator Era, has changed its brand to T-Mobile. Since 2003, the festival was known as Era New…
23-03-2012

COUNTDOWN TO ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL BEGINS

Countdown to the 31st Istanbul Film Festival organised by the Istanbul Foundation of Culture and Arts with sponsorship of AKBANK begins. Turkey’s biggest cinema event with 150 thousand followers in its thirtieth year, the programme of the Istanbul Film Festival is rich as it is always.The 31st Istanbul Film Festival,…
13-03-2012

Submissions for 12. New Horizons IFF open only until 15 March!

New Horizons IFF – Poland’s biggest film festival - is open for submissions only until 15 March. The 12th edition of the festival will take place on 19-29 July 2012.New Horizons is a festival of film visionaries, of uncompromising artists who have the courage to follow a path of their…
07-03-2012

Jihlava IDFF: Film submissions open

The 16th Jihlava IDFF starts in eight months, however, the virtual gateway to the festival is opening to documentary and experimental filmmakers now. You can submit your documentary films and experimental documentaries by the following deadlines: APRIL 30, 2012 – for films produced in 2011 JUNE 30, 2012 – for…
07-03-2012

FNE at Berlinale 2012: Panorama: Diaz Don’t Clean Up That Blood

First screening: 12 February 2012 BERLIN: Diaz Don’t Clean Up That Blood directed by Italian director Daniele Vicari about the violent clashes at the 2001 G8 Summit in Genoa was one of the interesting entries in the Panorama section of this year’s Berlinale. This feature film is intended to be…
02-03-2012

FNE at Berlinale 2012: Competition: Jayne Mansfiled’s Car

First Screening Tuesday 14 February{mosimage}BERLIN: Russian producer Alexander Rodnyansky has set his sites on Hollywood with Jayne Mansfield’s Car, a period drama directed by Billy Bob Thornton. Rodnyansky is one of Russia’s most successful film producers with a number of international art house hits like Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Elena and Alexander…
02-03-2012

FNE at Berlinale 2012: Panorama: Elles

First screening: 10 February 2012BERLIN: Polish director Malgoska Szumowska makes her French directing debut with Elles starring Juliette Binoche. Szumowska who already has three features produced in Poland to her credit was chosen to make this film about a Parisian journalist working on a story about prostitutes as a French,…
02-03-2012

FNE at Berlinale 2012: Competition: A Royal Affair

{mosimage}First Screening: Thursday 16 February BERLIN: Danish director Nikolaj Arcel has brought to Berlin a lavish period costume drama that still manages to be character driven and emotionally satisfying which is quite a feat. The strong international sales that the A Royal Affair has had before its Berlin premier testify…
29-02-2012

FNE at Berlinale 2012: Competition: Just the Wind

{mosimage}First Screening: Thursday 16 FebruaryBERLIN: Hungarian director Bence Fliegauf’s powerful drama of a day in the life of a Romany family in a Hungarian village where a series of racist motivated murders is taking place is based on a true story.
29-02-2012