It is with great pleasure that the European Film Academy and EFA Productions announce the titles of the 47 films on this year’s selection list, the list of films recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2012! With 31 European countries represented, the list once again illustrates the great diversity in European cinema.
In the 20 countries with the most EFA Members, these members have voted one national film directly into the selection list. To complete the list,...
The Finnish Film Affair (Sept 25-27) Preliminary Line Up 2012
3 Simos (3 Simoa), Teemu Nikki, It’s Alive Productions
After Life - 4 Stories of Torture (Jälki elämässä - 4 tarinaa kidutuksesta), Mervi Junkkonen, Klaffi Productions
Almost 18 (Kohta 18), Maarit Lalli, Huh huh -filmi
The Annunciation (Marian ilmestys), Eija-Liisa Ahtiala, Crystal Eye
Canned Dreams (Säilöttyjä unelmia), Katja Gauriloff, Oktober, D...
VARIETY'S TEN EUROPEAN DIRECTORS TO WATCH AT KVIFF
The 47th Karlovy Vary IFF (June 29 – July 7, 2012) will present ‘Variety’s Ten European Directors to Watch’. This special category will be held by the EFP (European Film Promotion) and KVIFF and the ten selected films will be screened on July 1-2 at the Czech Republic Festival Center. These ten talented newcomer European directors chosen by Variety include: Timo Vuorensola (Iron Sky; Finland, 2012), Magnus Martens (Jackpot...
Finnish-German-Australia science fiction action spoof Iron Sky was awarded at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival with Silver Méliès award, and with the Audience Award. Silver Méliès award is a highly appreciated Europen genre film award, and the winners of the award end up competing each other for the Golden Méliès award, later this year in October in Sitges Film Festival.
Director Timo Vuorensola was surprised of the reactions of the crowd at Brussels:
“I didn't kn...
Iron Sky is a Finnish-German-Australian dark sci-fi comedy with a budget of 7,5 million euros, which relies heavily on net communities in both content creation, marketing and funding. The film team has now reached a significant milestone of 500 000€ collected through crowd investments, while starting the five month stretch to finish and release the film.
"This is amazing and seems to be only the beginning", said the producer of Iron Sky Tero Kaukomaa. "It's not onl...
Iron Sky Comic Is Out - Pay What You Like Or Read It For FreeThe first issue of the comic based on the Moon Nazi movie Iron Sky is free to read on the net, and the fans can pay what they like to support the film.October 5th 2011 - Helsinki/Finland -- The creators of the Finnish-German-Australian dark sci-fi comedy Iron Sky have released the first of the three issues of comics based on the film online. The prequel comic details the history of the Nazi Moonbase Schwartze Sonne on the far side of t...
After yesterday's hard-hitting and groundbreaking opening of Slovenia's premiere genre festival with our first, tremendously visited screenings (check out the fierce ambient on the pictures in our gallery and on video at the fabulous Grossmann TV on our official site), we will bite even deeper into the delightful program of Grossmann 2010 today!Featuring a fierce selection of films with announcements by Mladen Djordjević, Anders Banke,Timo Vuorensola and Laibach!
To be continued...
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by Marla Lewin
2010 marked the 16th anniversary of the Slamdance Film Festival, a showcase for the discovery of new and emerging talent. Slamdance was founded by independent filmmakers and is dedicated to the nurturing and development of new independent artists and their cinematic vision.
There are three competitive divisions at Slamdance: Grand Jury, Audience Awards and Special Sponsored Awards provided by Kodak and Dos Equis. The Slamdance Feature competitions is li...
