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The Best Shorts Competition is unique in the industry. Attracting both powerhouse companies as well as talented new filmmakers, The Best Shorts is an exceptional, truly international awards competition, not a traditional film festival – which allows filmmakers from around the world to enter their films in this prestigious competition.
Established in 2011, Best Shorts is an avant-garde worldwide competition that strives to give talent...
Bruno Chatelin and Tiina Lokk
Interview courtesy PÖFF
What are the main themes in PÖFF’s Official Selection Competition programme this year? What genres and viewpoints are dominant?
The diverse selection of films sent to us is what determines the directions. As always, there are many genres in our competition programme and the same goes for other programmes. At the same time we never accept a film based only on the genre – for us the genre is one way to e...
The second lifetime achievement award of this year’s Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) will be given to one of Georgia’s most renowned directors, Lana Gogoberidze. The 96-year-old legend will be presenting two of her films at this year's festival.
Photo: Lana Gogoberidze
Recently celebrating her 96th birthday, Gogoberidze is known for her films that predominantly depict strong women who fight against fate and dare to defy societal nor...
Bruno Chatelin met for a quick interview with David Jovanovic after his successfull screening in PÖFF competition (first feature) and an incredingly long and passionate Q&A!
Dule (pictured above at Tallinn Nordic Forum Hotel with the director) is a happy boy who spends his childhood together with his hero father and mother, too small to understand that his home will soon be taken by the mine next to the village. If death caused by pollution does not take the boy soon...
Yesterday evening, the winners of the TV Beats Co-Financing Market—now in its fourth year—were announced.
The international jury selected Finnish drama series project The Women I Think about at Night (Producer: Liisa Karpo, production company: napafilms) as the most promising project. The winner was handed out the Series Co-Production Development Award, worth 50,000 euros, intended to foster creative collaborations in series co-production and empower independent producers. The awa...
1. INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION Jury members Maryna Er Gorbach (Ukraine), Oana Iancu (Romania), Anna Kazejak (Poland), Vinko Brešan (Croatia), Alberto Triano (Spain) gave the following awards:
1.1. Warsaw Grand Prix went to TRAFFIC / REOSTAT by Teodora Ana Mihai, Romania / Belgium / Netherlands
The Warsaw Grand Prix includes 100,000 zlotys cash award, funded by the Mayor of Warsaw.
1.2. Award for the Best Director went to CHAOS AND SILENCE /...
The formal re-entry session of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques (ASMP) was held under the dome of the Institut de France on 18 November 2024, chaired by Mr Bruno Cotte, Member of the Council of the National Order of the Legion of Honour and in the presence of Mr Bernard Stirn, Permanent Secretary.
During this ceremony, the academician Jean-Robert Pitte, vice president, emeritus professor of geography, co-chair, with the Minister of Culture of Taiwan Mr Li Yuan, of th...
"Yoko Ono: the Yoke of Audacity" (poetic reel by Anna Polibina-Polansky; released in November, 2024; in Moscow).
Here is my lyric short devoted to my warm dialogues with missis Yoko Ono-Lennon and to her breathtaking, amazing artistic lifeline. A precise conception (continuation of beatnics and Kerouac, but in lyrics) of the hippies' genre in lifestyle and music, evidently occurred to John Lennon at the late stage of the existence of the group. However, I do not investigate social...
"Yoko Ono: the Yoke of Audacity" (poetic reel by Anna Polibina-Polansky; released in November, 2024; in Moscow).
Here is my lyric short devoted to my warm dialogues with missis Yoko Ono-Lennon and to her breathtaking, amazing artistic lifeline. A precise conception (continuation of beatnics and Kerouac, but in lyrics) of the hippies' genre in lifestyle and music, evidently occurred to John Lennon at the late stage of the existence of the group. However, I do not investigate social...
"Yoko Ono: the Yoke of Audacity" (poetic reel by Anna Polibina-Polansky; released in November, 2024; in Moscow).
Here is my lyric short devoted to my warm dialogues with missis Yoko Ono-Lennon and to her breathtaking, amazing artistic lifeline. A precise conception (continuation of beatnics and Kerouac, but in lyrics) of the hippies' genre in lifestyle and music, evidently occurred to John Lennon at the late stage of the existence of the group. However, I do not investigate social...
"Yoko Ono: the Yoke of Audacity" (poetic reel by Anna Polibina-Polansky; released in November, 2024; in Moscow).
Here is my lyric short devoted to my warm dialogues with missis Yoko Ono-Lennon and to her breathtaking, amazing artistic lifeline. A precise conception (continuation of beatnics and Kerouac, but in lyrics) of the hippies' genre in lifestyle and music, evidently occurred to John Lennon at the late stage of the existence of the group. However, I do not investigate social...
Academy Award-winning Danish director Thomas Vinterberg will chair the jury of the 21st Marrakech International Film Festival, which takes place from November 29th to December 7th, 2024.
The jury will award the Étoile d'Or to one of the 14 first and second features in the festival’s international competition, which is dedicated to the discovery of filmmakers from around the world.
“It’s a great privilege and an honor to have received the n...
Saturday night Key West Film Festival celebrated our filmmakers and special guests in a joyful Awards Ceremony at The Studios of Key West. Thanks to Matt Hauser for hosting the evening, and congratulations to the KWFF 2024 Golden Key and Golden Conch Award Winners!
GOLDEN KEY AWARDS
Excellence in Costume Design - Danny Glicker
Emerging Talent - Delaney Buffett
GOLDEN CONCH AWARDS
Best Narrative Film
THE FIRE INSIDE - Rachel Morrison
KWFF Critics Award
FLOW - Gints...
Jury
Official Competition jury
Christoph Hochhäusler
Head of the Jury, director
Germany
Christoph Hochhäusler, born in Munich in 1972, is a German director and screenwriter. His seven feature films have premiered in official selection in Cannes (“I Am Guilty”, 2005, “The City Below”, 2010), Berlin (“This Very Moment”, 2003, “One Minute of Darkness”, 2011, “Till the End o...
IFFI 2024, 14: The State Minister, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting does a recce of the locations
When he was the Chief Minister of Goa, late Manohar Parrikar, personally supervised the upgrading of the roads and structures of the location, Panaji City. He was known as the most unassuming and hands-on Chief Minister in the country. That was in 2004, which was the year when Goa held its first IFFI. I personally saw him at work, doing all the duties that were demanded of a responsible...
IFFI 2024, 13: OOH La La Gala prèmieres and bouncers to protect the carpetbaggers
Gala premieres have become the most glamourous part of IFFI after it moved to Go, in 2004. They do draw audiences and photographers, but the regular film critic and film journalist is kept away from them. Camera and microphone men and women, who never bark but only byte, are the persons for whom this ceremony is engineered. Bouncers and other security personnel accompany the film team, as they are first l...
IFFI 2024, 12: Creative Minds of tomorrow, and their five outstanding films
Creative Minds of Tomorrow (CMOT) is a platform designed to showcase the work of absolute beginners with enhanced to support 100 young talents, up from 75 in previous editions
The number of participants in this section are a full 100. Last year, 75 young talents were picked, to co-incide with the 75 years of Independence. Five CMOT Champions are being will be recognised for their exceptional journeys. As the largest ...
IFFI 2024, 11: The competition section for international recognition
At IFFFI Goa 2024, the competition films are divided into two sections: Indian Panorama and the international competetion section. We have already listed the Panorama films in an earlier post. Now let us see which films of which directors and from which countries these films come. All films are sub-titled in English, according to international norms. Their screenings are held as part of the regular daily schedule, and someti...
The Sabarmati Report, Review: Pass or fail?
One song that is closely associated with Sabarmati goes ‘Dey dee hamen aazaadee bina khadag bina dhal, Sabarmati key sant tooney kar diya kamaal.’ The Sant (Saint) in this context was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, better known as Mahatma (great spirit) Gandhi, whom it extolls, for gaining independence for India by, non-violent means. Outside Gujarat, Indians know Sabarmati as a river in Gujarat, and the Sabarmati Express as a train. Wherea...
Nearly 200 lectures, workshops, masterclasses and market meetings take place during 15-22 November
The summit hosts over 800 professionals in Tallinn and online
The programme features 76 films and series projects and introduces the co-production possibilities in Germany
The 23rd edition of Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event, the key summit for audiovisual professionals in Northern Europe, kicked off November 15 . The eight-day programme of nearly 200 lectu...
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The 28th edition of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival will present a tribute programme to Georgia's independent filmmakers, who stand for a free society and democratic values. The 5-part programme opens with the world premiere of Irine Jordania's Air Blue Silk. Among other films, 96-year-old Lana Gogoberidze will present her film Mother and Daughter, or the Night Is Never Complete.
Dedicated to the work of filmmakers protesting against restrictio...
The Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) has always treated the Ukrainian country with great respect and sympathy. Our festival team has always been together with Ukrainian people who are currently fighting for their independence.Three years in a row we've organised charity auctions for Ukraine at the HÕFF festival. We’ve stopped screening Russian and Belarusian state-funded films already in 2022. We were the first to showcase Ukrainian film projects that had been put ...
Filmfestivals.com reporting live from Tallinn!
TAKE A LOOK BACK AT PÖFF28 OPENING CEREMONY!
PÖFF28 kicked off on November 8th at the Alexela Concert Hall. We will see what exciting the festival offers this year in the next 2 weeks. Buckle up because this is going to be one heck of a ride! What was the mood of the guests at the opening ceremony? See more about it in the video!
Glasses were clinking and awards were presented!
The PÖFF Lif...
Change can appear to be overwhelming - like the transition the creative industries are currently going through. One of the driving forces of this is the rapid development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools.
With next year's theme RHYTHM OF CHANGE, FMX adresses the situation, offering a platform for the community to discuss ways to navigate the transformation.
We are very happy to announce that industry legend Paul Debevec ("Matrix", "...
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