Eyes Wide Open by the Israelian director Haim Tabakman wins the Grand Prize for the Best Film at the 36th Ghent International Film Festival. This was announced by the International Jury at the town hall of Ghent. Other awards went to Zion and his Brother (Best Script), A Rational Solution (Best Music) and the short film Amor by Thomas Wangsmo.The International Jury this year : Chairman Niki Reiser (composer, Switserland), Filip Peeters (actor, Belgium ), WANG Quan’an (director, China) and Lasz...

AWARD WINNERS 2008A week packed with 300 short films ended on Monday June 9th in Hamburg. The 24th International Short Film Festival screened 214 of almost 4.000 submitted short films in the competitive categories and a further 100 films in non-competitive special programmes. Overall more than 30.000 euros of prize-money were poured out. Apart from a large number of accreditated guests and a high number of interesting films it were especially the many filmmakers and guests from Israel who came f...

34th Flanders International Film Festival GhentSpecials:- Monday 8 Oct: Pre-Opening @ Kinepolis: Sicko – Michael Moore – USA 2007 (A-Film) - Tuesday 9 Oct: Official Opening Festivalpreviews @ Kinepolis: Closing The Ring – R. Attenborough – UK/Canada/USA 2007 (A-Film)Official Opening competition @ Kinepolis: In The Valley Of Elah – Paul Haggis – USA 2007 (KFD) Opening Almost Cinema in Vooruit: Sand And Sorrow – Paul Freedman – USA 2007 (Paradiso)- Friday 19 Oct – 8pm: Clos...