Interview from Montreal FFM
A Vertigo Media presentation of a Vertigo Media, Unio Film, Hungarian Television production. (International sales: Hungarian National Film Fund, Budapest.) Produced by Istvan Bodzsar. Directed by Peter Bergendy. Screenplay, Norbert Kobli.
Péter Bergendy. Hungary. 2012. 89mins
The reliability of an inscrutable Hungarian National Security officer is put to the test in post-1956 Budapest in "The Exam,&...
Dragon Awards to Company Orheim and Corpo Celeste
This year's winner of the Dragon Award for Best Nordic Film is Kompani Orheim (Company Orheim), directed by Arild Andresen. Since 2011 the prize is worth the full sum of one million SEK and is thus one of the filmworld's biggest...
The website www.FilmFestivalPosters.com has announced the award recipients for the 2011 year.
2011 Award Recipients:
GOLD
Los Angeles Film Festival 2011
SPECIAL JURY AWARD
LIKE ad, FANTASPORTO Oporto International Film Festival 2011
SILVER
Vancouver International Film Festival 2011
French Film Festival in Australia 2011
Transatlantyk: Poznan International Film and Music Festival 2011
Guadalajara International Film Festival 2011
Karlovy Va...
photo still from ROOM 304 (2011)Leave it to the Danish to shine (or plaster headlines whatever the case may be) when it comes to cinema. Few can compete with the films churning out of the Danish Film Institute and here goes another one! By director Birgitte Staermose this is the latest editing opus of editor extraordinaire Anne Osterud, the Danish editing genius that cut films like WORLDS APART (2008) and THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (2009) now has her latest work at Karlovy Vary Internationa...
photo still from ROOM 304 (2011)Leave it to the Danish to shine (or plaster headlines whatever the case may be) when it comes to cinema. Few can compete with the films churning out of the Danish Film Institute and here goes another one! By director Birgitte Staermose this is the latest editing opus of editor extraordinaire Anne Osterud, the Danish editing genius that cut films like WORLDS APART (2008) and THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (2009) now has her latest work at Karlovy Vary Internationa...
Since BARDSONGS (2010) screened in Palm Springs this past PSIFF 2011, I’ve been speaking to director Sander Francken about doing an interview about what I thought was an extremely intriguing subject for a film, that of oral storytelling in a time where storytelling has changed so much that the old modes have long since departed us. Or have they? Sander’s film is a tribute to oral storytelling and ‘bardsongs’. I tracked him down in Copenhagen at CPHPIX 2011 where his film screened and we ...
Melancholia from Zentropa on Vimeo.
The trailer for Lars von Trier's MELANCHOLIA is launched online today and available to view at www.melancholiathemovie.com. A beautiful movie about the end of the world. MELANCHOLIA is written and directed by von Trier and produced by Meta Louise Foldager and Louise Vesth for Zentropa Entertainments27. Artificial Eye will release in the UK on July 1.
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Tuesday February 8, 2011
8:30 am
Registration Opens
9:15 - 9:30 am
Opening Remarks by Conference Chair
9:30 - 10:45 am
Panel "The 21st Century Festival: Diversity in genre, culture & media&qu...
Bruno Chatelin, your editor, will be co chair of the Berlin edition 2011. Herewith the full detailed program.
Tuesday February 8, 2011
8:30 am
Registration Opens
9:15 - 9:30 am
Opening Remarks by Conference Chair
9:30 - 10:45 am
Panel "The 21st Century Festival: Diversity in genre, culture & media"
As we push on into the 21st century, festivals must continue to adapt to the types of films ...
The Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival is Asia-Pacific`s first and (so far) only festival showcasing the best Jewish-themed film from around the world.
The 10th Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival will run from 14-22 November this year at IFC Mall:
1 Harbour View Street
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
phone: +852 2295 3308
List of the films presented:
Adam Resurrected
Germany/Israel, 2008, 106 minutes, 35 mm, English w/ Chinese subtitles
Director: Paul...
This year, Charta Cultural Foundation and the National Center for Roma Culture, with the support of S.C. Niro Investment S.A., propose a challenging new section within B-EST International Film Festival, entitled ROMANO CINEMA AND CULTURE
– featuring films about the Roma culture and cinematography, scheduled
to be screened on March 27th and March 28th at Studio Cinema.
The
intercultural dialogue is one of the necessary conditions of a modern
society and one cannot deny the fact that t...
Europa Cinemas theatres confirm their role as leader in the dissemination of European films with a record 63% of their screenings devoted to European films and 39% to non-national productions. The Lives of Others is the box office phenomenon of the year with 3 million seats sold, followed by La Vie en rose and The Queen.Europa Cinemas Label will be awarded for the sixth consecutive year to the best European film in the Directors’ Fortnight, celebrating its 40th anniversary. The meeting of Euro...
The 2008 Sundance Film Festival announced today the members of the six juries awarding prizes at the Festival, which runs January 17-27, 2008 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. The juries collectively are comprised of twenty-four individuals from the global film community, each of whom brings unique perspective and range of experience. Award-winning directors, screenwriters, actors and cinematographers in the Competition categories will be announced on the evening of January...
The 2008 Sundance Film Festival announced today the members of the six juries awarding prizes at the Festival, which runs January 17-27, 2008 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. The juries collectively are comprised of twenty-four individuals from the global film community, each of whom brings unique perspective and range of experience. Award-winning directors, screenwriters, actors and cinematographers in the Competition categories will be announced on the evening of January...
41st Karlovy Vary IFF will open with world premiere of new film by Kim Ki-duk The 41st Karlovy Vary International Film Festival will open with the film Time by renowned Korean director Kim Ki-duk, who will present its world premiere in person on June 30. In his 13th film, one of the most original filmmakers of modern times tells the story of a young couple deeply in love, who test their relationship with fatal methods - changing their own appearances to refresh their passion. "It is an honour fo...
