YESTERDAY AT THE FESTIVAL (12.04.2012) • GOODBYE IRAN! Director Mohammad Rasoulof focuses on an Iranian woman in his film. He shaped the whole story on the Iranian lawyer and her efforts to find a visa out of the country. Goodbye was screened at Atlas Sineması at 11.00 with the participation of director Rasoulof. Rasoluof stated: “It is difficult to make independent films in every part of the world. But it is even more difficult in Iran due to censors... Besides, there isnâ€...

    YESTERDAY AT THE FESTIVAL (11.04.2012) • PROGRAMMES WERE MADE IN ADVANCE There were a number of events in the festival yesterday. Festival audience who determined their priorities not to get lost in the programme had another amazing day! • MUSIC AND CINEMA WORKSHOP AT SALON A workshop was given by the acclaimed film music composer Nathan Larson, whose filmography includes a number of soundtracks, together with renowned Turkish contemporary and electronic mu...

    YESTERDAY AT THE FESTIVAL • MORE EXTENSIVE PROGRAMMES FROM THE FESTIVAL EVERYDAY!!! Festival audience had another tiresome but enjoyable day. It was a day full of presentations and events! • PRESS MEETING WITH THE JURY National Competition Jury met with the press yesterday at 10.00, and afterwards the International Competition Jury was before the press at 11.00. During the press meeting with the moderator Azize Tan, Istanbul Film Festival director, questions w...

Yesterday evening in the Louis Hartlooper Complex all winners for the Grand Prix HAFF have been announced.   Grand Prix HAFF Shorts - Oh Willy…, Emma de Swaef, Marc James Roels (België, Nederland, 2012) Grand Prix HAFF Shorts - Two, Steven Subotnick (VS, 2011) Grand Prix HAFF Features - Alois Nebel, Tomás Luñák (Tsjechië, Slowakije, Duitsland, 2011) Grand Prix HAFF European Student Films - Belly, Julia Pott, Royal College of Art (Groot-Brittanië, 2011) Tweede pri...

17th edition of the European Youth Film Festival of Flanders. From February 6th until February 13th, various screenings will take place in Antwerp and Bruges.The programme consists of the following:Feature films in Competition:*Immediate Boarding, Ella Lemhagen, Sweden, 2003*Villa Henriette, Peter Payer, Austria, 2004*Malabar Princess, Gilles Legrand, France, 2003*The Colour of Milk, Torun Lian, Norway, 2004*Fia!, Elsa Kvamme, Norway, 2003*Nasty Brats, Giacomo Campeotto, Denmark, 2003*The Fakir ...