31 July: Day 7
The last day of the festival arrived with Durban basking in sunlight. I saw three award-winning films today, the wonderful and candid Position among the stars, the shocking lesbian drama Circumstance and closed off with black butterflies, a fly-on-the-wall production about the life of the iconic SA poet, Ingrid Jonker.
I loved Position among the stars with its colourful family who would have felt right at home in reality TV, breathtaking photography - especially the wa...
Catalin Mitulescu's latest film LOVERBOY (Romania, 2011) screened in competition (features) at the 17th SIFF. Actress Ada Condeescu received and award for BEST ACTRESS at the closing night award ceremony.
This photo: producer Daniel Mitulescu and actress Ada Condeescu.
photos by Vanessa McMahon
Guidelines: (download
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Submission is free and all entries must be received by 31 July 2011 – this
has been extended!
All contributions should relate to climate change and must have been produced
since the Cancun Climate Change Conference (1 December 2010). It is open to
everyone, worldwide, but should not have been published or produced for
commercial gain elsewhere.
All submissions should be titled with the production date, the author’s name
and a questi...
Milcho Manchevski in Aruba AIFF 2! STAY TUNED FOR IN DEPTH INTERVIEW coming soon!!! photo by Vanessa McMahon
Climate
Change TV is offering US$5,000 for the best video on climate change – to be
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Submission is free and all entries must be received by 31 July 2011 – this
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All contributions should relate to climate change and must have been produced
since the Cancun Climate Change Conference (1 December 2010). It is open to
everyone, worldwide, but should not have been published or produced for
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Français
By Will Sayre – Intern at ÉCU
On Avenue de Suffren here in Paris, you’ll find The United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, an institute commonly
known as “The UNESCO.” It hosts a wide array of cultural events,
executive board meetings and conferences. Its motto: “Building peace in
the minds of men and women.” On July 6, all was certainly peaceful as
crowds of people filed into UNESCO’s grand theater for Les Nuits En Or, a
presti...
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Submissions Poster designed by artist Lewk Wilmshurst
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email us at witneyfilmfestival@gmail.com for further information on how to submit your work!
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Director: Nadiya Bilokon.
A little girl wanted different miracles in her life so she made a magic wand. She dreamt of different wonderful things she could ever do. But she was just a girl.
Once she met a fairy over the books in her lock in the bedroom. But why she can't make girl's dream come true?
Other than film, what do people find irresistible about Aruba? Well, obviously the Edenic beaches and the super friendly people but also the island itself... Check it out! :-)...here, journalist Rollo Ross on safari.photo by Vanessa McMahon
Other than film, what do people find irresistible about Aruba? Well, obviously the Edenic beaches and the super friendly people but also the island itself... Check it out! :-)...here, photographer Chris Scott on safari.photo by Vanessa McMahon
Okay, there are thousands of film festivals all over the world these days. So what makes Aruba and the AIFF so darn special? Just thinking about it makes me want to break out into song!pics from AIFF 2011, 2nd edition! photo by Vanessa McMahon
Okay, there are thousands of film festivals all over the world these days. So what makes Aruba and the AIFF so darn special? Just thinking about it makes me want to break out into song!pics from AIFF 2011, 2nd edition! photo by Vanessa McMahon
Okay, there are thousands of film festivals all over the world these days. So what makes Aruba and the AIFF so darn special? Just thinking about it makes me want to break out into song!pics from AIFF 2011, 2nd edition! photo by Vanessa McMahon
Okay, there are thousands of film festivals all over the world these days. So what makes Aruba and the AIFF so darn special? It is the fuuuunest fest on the freaking hemisphere!!! pics from AIFF 2011, 2nd edition! photo by Vanessa McMahon
Okay, there are thousands of film festivals all over the world these days. So what makes Aruba and the AIFF so darn special? It is the fuuuunest fest on the freaking hemisphere!!! pics from AIFF 2011, 2nd edition!
Okay, there are thousands of film festivals all over the world these days. So what makes Aruba and the AIFF so darn special? It is the fuuuunest fest on the freaking hemisphere!!! pics from AIFF 2011, 2nd edition!
Aruban Director Aaron Hose on set of his film VOICES IN THE CLOUDS (2010) featured at 1st annual AIFF and director appeared at 2nd annual AIFF as director of CSS.photo from Aaron Hose and Chris Bremer
Aruban Director Aaron Hose on set of his film VOICES IN THE CLOUDS (2010) featured at 1st annual AIFF and director appeared at 2nd annual AIFF as director of CSS.photo from Aaron Hose and Chris Bremer
This year at the 2nd annual AIFF (Aruba International Film Festival) 5 films competed in the 'CSS' section. The director of this competition was Aruban director Aaron Hose and the winner of this year's competition was VOICES FROM MARIEL (2011). Here: (left to right) Director of the AIFF Claudio Masenza, AIFF Producer Jonathan Viera, AIFF Programmer Margherita de Paola, Director AIFF CSS Aaron Hose. this photo from A
This year at the 2nd annual AIFF (Aruba International Film Festival) 5 films competed in the 'CSS' section. The director of this competition was Aruban director Aaron Hose and the winner of this year's competition was VOICES FROM MARIEL (2011). this photo from Aaron Hose's pictures.
This year at the 2nd annual AIFF (Aruba International Film Festival) 5 films competed in the 'CSS' section. The director of this competition was Aruban director Aaron Hose and the winner of this year's competition was VOICES FROM MARIEL (2011). Here: (left to right) Jose Garcia, Jonathan Viera, Steven Bauer, Aaron Hosethis photo from Aaron Hose's pictures.
This year at the 2nd annual AIFF (Aruba International Film Festival) 5 films competed in the 'CSS' section. The director of this competition was Aruban director Aaron Hose and the winner of this year's competition was VOICES FROM MARIEL (2011). this photo from Aaron Hose's pictures.
This year at the 2nd annual AIFF (Aruba International Film Festival) 5 films competed in the 'CSS' section. The director of this competition was Aruban director Aaron Hose and the winner of this year's competition was VOICES FROM MARIEL (2011). Here- Jonathan Demme and Aaron Hosethis photo from Aaron Hose's pictures.
