I am now a Proud new member of The European Film Academy Board.
The results of the election of the new Board by the 2500 members have been announced at the recent EFA Awards. I am so happy they have trusted me with this honor.
Chairman Yves Marmion has been re elected.
Vive l'Europe
The creation of the European Film Academy (EFA) was the initiative of a group of Europe’s finest filmmakers brought together on the occasion of the first European Film Awards Cerem...
film still from MY SWEET CANARY (2011), opening film for 13th TDF
13th THESSALONIKI DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL
Images of the 21st Century
March 11 – 20, 2011
The 13th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival - Images of the 21st Century, part of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, presents approximately 220 films (shorts and features) by directors from all over the world, as well as a full parallel events program (previously announced on February 25).
OPENING FILM
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The 10th DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival closed on Sunday with its films and events drawing over 30,000 festival-goers, of which over 24,000 in the cinemas alone. The total of the screenings was 137 and films 148. DocPoint Tallinn, which was organized for the second time, attracted over 3 000 visitors.
What attracted the visitors of DocPoint Helsinki most were e.g. international bestsellers like Banksy's Exit Through the Gift Shop and Charles Ferguson's Inside Job. The silen...
10th DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival takes place in January, from the 25th to 30th 2011. To celebrate the 10th anniversary, DocPoint presents a series of 10 Finnish Documentary Classics besides new Finnish documentaries and international winners and bestsellers.
One of the new Finnish films is Mantas Kvedaravicius's debut film Barzakh, produced by Aki Kaurismäki. The film is about a Chechen city where a man disappears after the war. As daily life goes on,...
The 11th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival – Images of the 21st Century will take place from the 13th to the 22nd of March 2009. The TDF is carried out every March in Thessaloniki since its inception in 1999 and under the umbrella of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival organization. Through its tributes and retrospectives, the TDF focuses on filmmakers with unique cinematic voices, internationally renowned for their contribution to the documentary genre. Amongst others, the Thessaloni...
Mill Valley Film Festival closed its 28th year with screenings of more than 200 films from over 50 countries on Sunday, October 16. Always an exciting Festival component, more than 175 filmmakers and actors from around the globe made the trip to Mill Valley to share their filmmaking experiences with the audiences. “We had an exceptional slate of US and world cinema, tributes, spotlights, music events, parties and receptions for film lovers of all ages,” notes Founder/Director Mark Fishkin. ...
46. Nordische Filmtage Lübeck / 46th Nordic Film Days LübeckNovember 7, 2004Eight prizes and a number of Special Mentions were awarded at the 46th Nordic Film Days Lübeck, which attracted 18,000 viewers during the three-and-a-half day festival from November 4th to 7th, 2004. The top award, the NDR Promotion Prize endowed with 12,500 euros and bought for broadcast by the NDR television station, went to the black-and-white, very black comedy ILLUSIVE TRACKS / SKENBART, directed by Peter Dalle f...
