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"Declaration of Immortality” Gets Diploma of Merit in Tampere

“Declaration of Immortality” by Marcin Koszałka has been honored with the Diploma of Merit at the 41st Tampere Short Film Festival in Finland. In its statement Jury observed that “through its masterful use of image, structure and sound this film portrays oureternal struggle against both the limits of the physical…
14-03-2011

ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL IS 30 YEARS OLD!

THE FESTIVAL THAT ARRIVES WITH THE SPRING IS BETWEEN APRIL 2-17 Sponsored by AKBANK for 7 years, the 30th Istanbul Film Festival will take place during April 2-17. With approximately 150 thousand participants last year Istanbul Film Festival is again the biggest cinema event of Turkey and offers a rich…
14-03-2011

RECORD NUMBER OF SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 51ST KRAKOW FILM FESTIVAL AS ENTRIES CLOSE FOR 2011

Krakow, 14th February 2011 With the deadline for submissions over, The 51st Krakow Film Festival has received a record number of entries with 2700 films – documentaries, fictions and animations - submitted for consideration for the 2011 edition of the festival which runs from 23rd-29th May. Submissions for the 6th…
15-02-2011

46th Karlovy Vary IFF announces tributes and retrospectives

Tribute to Denis Villeneuve Denis Villeneuve, one of the most highly regarded figures of contemporary Canadian cinema will be on hand at the 46th KVIFF to introduce a complete retrospective of his work including the Oscar nominated Incendies. More Tribute to Samuel Fuller By presenting ten of his features, 46th…
15-02-2011

CINEFEST 2011

Dear Filmmakers and Film Lovers, The 8th Cinefest International Festival of Young Filmmakers will take place between the 17th and 25th September, 2011, in Miskolc, Hungary. We’re looking forward to meet young people and film experts again in Miskolc. In the past years our festival won renown and prestige not…
13-02-2011

Final Call for entries and more news on the 10th Transilvania IFF

FINAL CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR TRANSILVANIA IFF 2011! The call for entry for first or second time directors' feature films, produced after January 1st, 2009 and eligible for the Transilvania IFF Official Competition and for horror and fantasy shorts no longer than 20 minutes and produced after January 1st, 2009,…
11-02-2011

International Scientific Film Festival 2011-Hungary

Dear Filmmakers, You can register online until 01 MAY 2011 to the 10th International Scientific Film Festival, which will be held in Szolnok from 21-25 September 2011. Unlike to the previous years you have to fill in an application form online, that you can find here http://festival.tiszamozi.hu. There is no…
11-02-2011

CINEFEST 2011

Dear Filmmakers and Film Lovers, The 8th Cinefest International Festival of Young Filmmakers will take place between the 17th and 25th September, 2011, in Miskolc, Hungary. We’re looking forward to meet young people and film experts again in Miskolc. In the past years our festival won renown and prestige not…
04-02-2011

deadline for submissions for 51st Krakow FILM Festival is close

Krakow, 28th January 2011 – Only a week left to submit a film for 51st Krakow Film Festival, which will take place between 23rd and 29th May 2011. Deadline is on Friday, 4th February. The Festival presents films in the three competition and in the special cycles. Only the films…
31-01-2011

9th CYPRUS FILM DAYS International Film Festival 2011

ADDRESS: RIALTO Theatre 19 Andrea Droussioti St, Heroes Square, 3040 Limassol - Cyprus Α. GENERAL INFORMATION Α1. The International Film Festival "Cyprus Film Days" is the official international film festival of Cyprus. It is co-organised by the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Cyprus and the Rialto…
23-01-2011

Czech Film Abundantly Represented at Berlinale 2011

Prague, January 17, 2011 – The 61st International Film Festival in Berlin (February 10 – 20, 2011) has selected a total of three Czech films for its official program. Additionally, four Czech films and one trailer will be screened at the concurrent European Film Market (EFM). The 41st International Forum…
19-01-2011

27th Warsaw Film Festival – call for entries

On January 15, the 27th Warsaw Film Festival, which will take place October 7-16, 2011, starts accepting submissions for this year's edition.
19-01-2011

Sarajevo Film Festival Newsletter

CineLink 2011 Call for Entries
17-01-2011

WINNER OF THE FESTIVAL ON WHEELS: ILLEGAL

The winning films of the 16th Festival on Wheels have been announced. Of the nine titles which competed in the Festival, Olivier Masset-Depasse's Illegal took the Golden Bull Award. The Silver Bull Award went to Chongqing Blues, while Tayfun Pirselimoğlu's Hair received a Special Mention. The SİYAD (Turkish Critics' Association)…
21-12-2010

OFF THE BEATEN TRACK goes to Rotterdam

PRESS RELEASE: EastWest Filmdistribution's new film OFF THE BEATEN TRACK goes to Rotterdam OFF THE BEATEN TRACK, an Irish/Romanian feature documentary, will premiere in Rotterdam in official selection. Produced and directed by Dieter Auner, the film follows the life of a family of shepherds in Northern Transylvania, and their struggle…
20-12-2010

Dorota Kędzierzawska Received the Golden Alexander in Thessaloniki

Dorota Kędzierzawska has been honored with the Golden Alexander for her work as director at the honorary ceremony that took place at 51st Thessaloniki International Film Festival on December 9th. The festival organized the director's retrospective that attracted enormous interest of the audience.There are six feature films, all co-produced by…
13-12-2010

Polish director Andrzej Kotkowski wins best director at Cairo FF for Born of the Sea

CAIRO: Born of the Sea by Polish director Andrzej Kotkowski got the Best Director Prize at the 34th edition of the Cairo International Film Festival that concluded on 9 December. The festival presented over 100 films and welcomed Richard Gere and Juliette Binoche as honorary guests this year.
10-12-2010

The Best of Baltic Event Awarded with Prizes at Ceremony on December 4th

Giving out awards at this year's Baltic Event Co-Production Market was like searching for pearls among gems. With one of the strongest project slates of the market's history, voting ended up being across the board and the winners won by a margin. Nevertheless, the deserving projects and producers were announced…
10-12-2010

”Chemo” Wins Grand Prix in Morocco

"Chemo" by Paweł Łoziński got Grand Prix of the FIDA DOC - International Festival of Documentary Films in Morocco. This is the tenth international prize for this film, produced by TVP1, and awarded earlier with the Prix Europa for the Best European Documentary Film of 2009 in Berlin, Grand Prix…
08-12-2010

AniFest - call for entries and for copies for selection committees

10th ANIFEST (26 April - 1 May, Czech Republic)International festival of animated films: DEADLINE IS COMING!
07-12-2010