Taviani, Petzold and Billy Bob Thornton: World Premieres in the Competition and Angelina Jolie's Directorial Debut in the New Cinema at the ‘Haus der Berliner Festspiele' An additional ten world premieres will be screening in the Competition programme of the Berlinale 2012. Directors Billy Bob Thornton, Christian Petzold, Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, Benedek Fliegauf, Hans-Christian Schmid, Matthias Glasner, Miguel Gomes, Alain Gomis, Ursula Meier and Spiros Stathoulopoulos will all be competin...
Taviani, Petzold and Billy Bob Thornton: World Premieres in the Competition and Angelina Jolie’s Directorial Debut in the New Cinema at the 'Haus der Berliner Festspiele' An additional ten world premieres will be screening in the Competition programme of the Berlinale 2012. Directors Billy Bob Thornton, Christian Petzold, Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, Benedek Fliegauf, Hans-Christian Schmid, Matthias Glasner, Miguel Gomes, Alain Gomis, Ursula Meier and Spiros Stathoulopoulos will all be competin...
Terri - Director, Azazel Jacobs / Featuring John C. Reilly
Quick About: Terri, a low-keyed, pajama clad, kindhearted, over-sized kid (Jacob Wysocki)
is coming of age in some woodsy middle America, expected to take care
of his Alzheimer stricken Uncle and still get to school on time.
Pleasing: The dark humor that always accompanies these types of
slice of life, Indy dramas. More interesting than the relationship Terri
develops with the school's Vice Principal (Reilly) is the...
The new Thessaloniki International Film Festival side section Open Horizons represents a revival of the renowned New Horizons section, which Dimitris Eipides, the current TIFF Director, programmed from 1992 to 2005. Open Horizons will focus, as did their precursor, on works that represent the most contemporary trends in worldwide independent production, as well as thematically original, aesthetically remarkable and socially minded films. Amongst the approximately 20 films to be screened in the ...
Concorso internazionale (International Competition)
The Jury
The official jury of the 63rd Festival del film Locarno:
President: Eric Khoo, Filmmaker (Singapore)
Golshifteh Farahani, Actress (Iran)
Melvil Poupaud, Actor (France)
Lionel Baier, Filmmaker (Switzerland)
Joshua Safdie, Filmmaker (USA)
Awarded the following prizes:
Pardo d'oro (Golden Leopard)
Grand Prize of the Festival, the City and Region of Locarno (90.000 chf to be shared
equall...
The Franco-German Youth Office (FGYO), official partner of the Berlinale, is calling for applications to enter the jury for the "Dialogue en perspective" award in the Perspektive Deutsches Kino section.
Young filmlovers can apply from now on to become a jury member for the independent Berlinale award "Dialogue en perspective".
The prize is donated by the FGYO, and will be awarded atthe 60th Berlin International Film Festival (February 11 - 21, 2010) ...
The closing ceremony for the 61st edition of the Locarno International Film Festival took place on Saturday August 16 on the Piazza Grande. The Golden Leopard was awarded to Parque via by Enrique Rivero (Mexico). This first feature is also the first Mexican film to win the Locarno Golden Leopard ever.Initial statistics on the 61st edition confirm the Festival's vitality and appeal to the public, the professionals and the press. The figures are inevitably affected however by the changeable weathe...
The closing ceremony for the 61st edition of the Locarno International Film Festival took place on Saturday August 16 on the Piazza Grande. The Golden Leopard was awarded to Parque via by Enrique Rivero (Mexico). This first feature is also the first Mexican film to win the Locarno Golden Leopard ever.Initial statistics on the 61st edition confirm the Festival’s vitality and appeal to the public, the professionals and the press. The figures are inevitably affected however by the changeable weat...
Jury of the International CompetitionRachida Brakni , actress (France)Masahiro Kobayashi, filmmaker (Japan)Dani Levy, filmmaker (Switzerland)Bertha Navarro, producer (Mexico)Goran Paskaljevic, filmmaker (Serbia)Paolo Sorrentino, filmmaker (Italy)The Jury of the Filmmakers of the Present CompetitionBertrand Bonello, filmmaker (France)Benedek Fliegauf, filmmaker (Hungary)Cao Guimarães, filmmaker (Brazil)Corso Salani , filmmaker (Italy)Franz Treichler, musician (Switzerland)The Jury for the Best F...
The Festival launched L’Atelier in 2005 in order to assist directors with financing and completion of their projects. For its fourth edition, the Atelier of the Cinefondation selected 15 projects from 14 countries. The selection 2008 brings together directors who have already directed one or several features and present the project of their future films such as Ilmar Raag, Benedek Fliegauf, Lee Isaac Chung, Oleg Novkovic, or Lou Ye; as well as young directors whose short films have been noted...
CINEMA TOTAL BERLIN EDITIONHungarian film art during the berlinale Film as fine art WITH ULRICH GREGOR ISTVAN SZABO UDO KIER Collegium Hungaricum BerlinDorotheenstr. 12, 10117 Berlin-Mitte5 pmCINEMA TOTAL - Street ScreeningGéza M. Tóth: ERGOFor the first time on a 8x6 meter projectionscreen: CHB displays its show-window to Berlin. By the occasion of this street-screening presentation we project the newest animation film of Oscar-Price nominnee Géza M. Tóth.6.30 pmexhibition OPENINGCinema Tot...
BUDAPEST, Hungary-- After months of preparation, weeks of excitement and a week when Hungarian film has been the very focal point of Budapest, finally the result is out in the open and the 39th Hungarian Film Week has come to a halt. We can say that this past week has been a busy week full of programs and definitely full of films worth seeing. February 5th, Tuesday night has proved to be the night awaited by many –the night of the closing award ceremony. As planned and anticipated, the re...
BUDAPEST, Hungary-- After months of preparation, weeks of excitement and a week when Hungarian film has been the very focal point of Budapest, finally the result is out in the open and the 39th Hungarian Film Week has come to a halt. We can say that this past week has been a busy week full of programs and definitely full of films worth seeing. February 5th, Tuesday night has proved to be the night awaited by many –the night of the closing award ceremony. As planned and anticipated, the result ...
FEATURE FILMS:Main Prize “Golden Reel”: DELTA by KORNÉL MUNDRUCZÓBest Director: ELEMÉR RAGÁLYI for WITHOUT MERCYBest Genre Film “Moziverzum Prize”: THE INVESTIGATOR by Attila GigorBest Cinematography: GERGELY POHÁRNOK for THE HOURGLASS & MILKY WAYSpecial Prize of the Jury: BENEDEK FLIEGAUF for MILKY WAYBest First Film “Simó Sándor Prize”: ADVENTURERES by Béla PaczolayBest Actress: ÁGI GUBIK for PANICBest Actor: ZSOLT ANGER for THE INVESTIGATORBest Screenplay: ATTILA GIGOR fo...
The 39th Hungarian Film Week was officially opened yesterday in Budapest. Just to have a touch of Hollywood, the Hollywoodo Band played the music at the opening reception. This is the annual major film event in Hungary since 1969. The Week -- between January 29 – February 5 -- will present altogether 104 new works of which 18 full length features and 37 shorts and experimental films. In addition to the 33 documentaries 13 scientific and 3 creative - experimental documentaries will be showcase...
The Netherlands Film Festival takes place from 22 September to 1 October 2004 in Utrecht, The Netherlands. 17th Holland Film Meeting during the Netherlands Film Festival announcement Variety Cinema Militans Lecturer, selected film projects Netherlands Production Platform and showcase West Sees EasWest Sees EastWithin the context of the accession of a number of new countries to the European Union, the Netherlands Film Festival is presenting a film programme comprising seven recent feature films f...
MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL : A CITADEL OF FILM CULTUREThe 28th edition of the Montreal World Film Festival is in full swing, with a heady mix of traditional arthouse films and innovative new voices giving this event its well-deserved reputation as the most European in style and substance of all of Canada’s film events.Perhaps it is its Francophone culture or its identity as a city of tradition (in direct contrast with the go-go atmosphere of its neighbor Toronto) but this Festival is definit...
Leonardo Di CésareBUENA VIDA DELIVERY (Best Film and Best Screenplay)"I was moved a lot receiving this prize, I was so happy, because it was so difficult to make this movie. After so many frustrations and of so many years on the same thing, it is incredible. It was a double prize, it could not be any better : unanimous choice of best movie and best script. I had been told that the jury loved it." Benedek Fliegauf DEALER (Best Director)"I am very happy, because this is the most important priz...
BUENA VIDA DELIVERY WINS BEST FILM at MAR DEL PLATA FESTIVAL Leonardo di Cesare's directorial debut, the Argentine film BUENA VIDA DELIVERY, won the Golden Astor for Best Film at the Mar del Plata Film Festival, which ended on Saturday March 20. The comedy drama was backed by the Argentine Film Institute, Film Sud (France) and the Hubert Bals Fund.The award for Best Director went to Hungarian Benedek Fliegauf for his film DEALER, with Nicoletta Braschi winning Best Actress for her role in the It...
