LIST OF NOMINATED SHORTS FILMS COMPLETE: 14 NOMINATIONS  With this year’s final nomination having been announced at the International Short Film Festival in Drama (Greece), the list of nominated short films is now complete. The short film initiative is organised by the European Film Academy in co-operation with a series of film festivals throughout Europe. At each of these festivals, an independent jury presents one o...

Academic Film Center was founded as Akademic Film Club in 1958. Through its history, thanks to authors such as Kokan Rakonjac, Sava Trifkovic, Živojin Pavlovic, Tomislav Gotovac, Dragoslav Lazic, Vjekoslav Nakic, Milan Jelic, Radoslav Vladic, Ivan Obrenov, Ivko Šešic, Nikola Đuric, Miodrag Miloševic, Bojan Jovanovic, Miloje Radakovic, Dejan Vlaisavljevic, Igor Toholj, Bob Miloshevic, Zelimir Zilnik, Godina etc… it became very significant and most awarded of all film clubs in ex Yugoslav...

Suddenly, Paris has become a lot colder and it’s fair to say that autumn is definitely here to stay. Luckily though ÉCU hasn’t been spending much time in Paris at all this month! The first adventure abroad was when ÉCU went to Raindance in London in October to check out what is going on with Independent cinema on the other side of the channel. Almost straight away, the team was off again to host “ÉCU in Georgia”, which was a huge success. ÉCU was very proud to take some of its f...

Only just back from Georgia, our Festival Manager Kadi Lokk is jetting off again! This time she is off to Cyrus to check out the International Short Film Festival there. The festival The International Short Film Festival of Cyprus aims to increase and accentuate the prominence of the short film genre. The Ministry of Education and Culture of Cyprus is funding a substantial number of short films every year and is constantly encouraging and helping young and established filmmakers to produce fil...

Of the 7,000 short films entered to this year’s festival from all over the world, only the best will make it to the big screen from 15 - 20 November 2011! Over six days, the short film festival will show 450 shorts in 50 programmes, 6 competitions and 7 cinemas. Prizes amounting to 40,000 euro will be conferred in the International Competitions, Confrontations programme, Documentary Competition, German Competition, Viral Video Award and Eject. The Opening Night of the festival will be...

With this year's final nomination having just been announced at the International Short Film Festival in Drama (Greece), the list of the nominated short films is now complete. The short film initiative is organised by the European Film Academy in co-operation with a series of film festivals throughout Europe. At each of these festivals, an independent jury presents one of the European short films in competition with a nomination in the short film category of the European Film Award...

Silver Princess Statuette (replica of the original "The Palace" statue of Ilijana, daughter of the Romanian Queen Mary of Edingburg) The voices of this year's directors show more clearly than ever that people from all nations are bonded by the same love, loss and laughter. Whether from Africa, Asia, America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand or the Middle East we are one in our needs and emotions. Perhaps in the 21st century the hand written note has been replaced by th...

The 26th International Short Film Festival Berlin will be held from the 16th to the 21st of November 2010. Boasting 6.00 entries from 110 countries, 450 shortfilms, 50 programs and an expected audience of 13,000, the International Short Film Festival is the greatest of its kind in Berlin and a significant cultural institution. ‘For one whole film-filled week, interfilm offers a cinematic kaleidoscope comprising six competition categories, two foreign focuses, numerous special programs and plen...

The Municipal Government of Olavarría and the International Short film festival organization Comitee (FICO), would like to invite film makers around the world to the fourth FICO edition, to be held in the city of Olavarria (Argentina) from April 22 to 25, 2010. Short films of up to 25 minutes made since 2008 until present day can participate (considering they have not taken part in previous editions of this festival). The news is this year there will be a new category, publicity shorts;...

THE SHORT FILM NOMINEES FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2009The final nominee has just been announced at the International Short Film Festival in Drama (Greece):Drama Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards 2009BONNE NUIT (Good Night)by Valéry RosierBelgium/France, 18', fictionIn BONNE NUIT, 40-year-old Philippe, who works in a demolition company, visits his two children. He picks them up from his ex-wife's house. But Philippe is hiding something from his children, he is not reacting as us...

  25th International Short Film Festival Berlin 3 - 8 November 2009     This year, the International Short Film Festival Berlin will be celebrating its 25th anniversary! From its early beginnings in the 80's as a Super-8 festival in independent Berlin cinemas, interfilm has steadily evolved to become an international festival of ...

From 4 – 9 November, the International Short Film Festival Berlin will present a selection of contemporary international short film productions for the 24th time.From more than 3,500 entries and over 90 countries, 500 short films will be shown at the festival in genres as diverse as live-action, documentary, children’s film, animation, experimental, music clips and ads. In addition to eight competition sections and numerous special programmes, legendary festival events and enthralling indust...

The final nominee has just been announced at the International Short Film Festival in Drama (Greece):Prix UIP DramaTRELEM (With A Little Patience)by Laszlo NemesHungary 2007, 14 min, fictionThe film follows an office clerk during her daily routine all the little vibrations of her face. And a man, impatiently waiting for her, beyond the windows.The film was selected by the festival's international jury consisting of director Bujar Alimani (Albania), Morad Kertobi of the CNC, directors Konstantin...

24th International Shortfim Festival Berlin4th to 9th November 2008 From the 4th to the 9th of November 2008 interfilm Berlin will be celebrating the 24th edition of the International Short Film Festival Berlin! Featuring around 450 international and German short films originating from more than 55 countries, interfilm Berlin presents the diverse nature of the short film spectrum in sections such as live-action, children’s film, animation, documentary, experimental and music clips.Over six fe...

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From 6th – 11th November, interfilm Berlin presents the International Short Film Festival, the most important short film festival in Berlin.The Festival is a showcase of all that’s new and mentionable in the area of international short film. Established veterans, newcomers and shooting stars compete alongside each other for the coveted Short Awards. Of the approximately 3,800 submitted works from 88 countries, 542 films from 50 countries (148 from Germany) and from diverse genres – fiction...

Feature films, animation, documentaries, children's film, music clips, international or German films – all of them make up interfilm, the International Short Film Festival Berlin, whose audiences have increased steadily in the past decade. Around 4,000 films from 90 countries were submitted to the Festival offices in Berlin. 450 of these have been selected for competition in the fifteen international programs and three German programs, and for screening in the 50 special programs. Three of the...

Interfilm Berlin celebrates the 21st edition of the International Short Film Festival Berlin this year! What began as a festival for Super 8 films over 24 year ago has become Berlin’s second-largest film festival and one of the most acclaimed platforms for short films in Germany. From November 1st to 6th, 2005 friends of the shorts just as professionals from all around the world are expected to visit the festival. Five days which present an overview of current international short film producti...