The short film GRACE by UK director Dean Leon Anderson is being screened at the Motovun Film Festival in Croatia (26-30 July). The 11-minute short film that premiered at the London Short Film Festival earlier this year follows Grace, a teenage girl – played by Natasha Kendall – who has a sexual encounter […]
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Happy Days of Brazilian Documentary
Why does documentary film have a longer tradition than fiction in Brazil? What trends and themes have ruled in Brazilian documentary in the past decade? What films should you definitely add to you ‘to watch’ list? Andrea Průchová has discussed Brazilian documentary with the Founder and Director of É Tudo Verdade festival Amir Labaki in our […]
BOFA’s ‘Crowd Judge’ – A New Way for Festival Programming?
By giving the international film community the chance to be part of the selection committee, Tasmanian Breath of Fresh Air Film Festival‘s Director Owen Tilbury and his team are going a new way with their film selection process this year. The idea behind ‘You be the short film judge’ is that anybody can be a part of the programming […]
6 Facts about Short Films with ROMA CREATIVE CONTEST
‘In Short We Trust’ – The slogan of the 4th Roma Creative Contest – Short Film Festival leaves no questions open what it is about. With a team made up solely of under 30’s and the European Commission as a patron, the festival is one of the hot spots for emerging filmmakers. With a new […]
New Ways Into The Film Market with VIEWSTER ONLINE FILM FESTIVAL
Festivals, cinema and then TV – is this still the common journey a film takes? […] we want to break with these common structures and want to offer opportunities for monetising films. We’re not an advocate of exclusivity,’ says Simon Zsebök, Festival Manager of the second Viewster Online Film Fest (#VOFF), who wants to offer […]
The Baltics, Contemporary Avant-Garde and First Feature Films with 2ANNAS
‘The public are hungry for good films,’ Program Director Anna Veilande Kustikova begins, aware of the regional importance of Riga International Film Festival 2ANNAS, as the only festival last year in Latvia. In its 19th edition the festival knows what films the Latvian audience are after. In response to this, the festival opened a new competition program for […]
Short Feature Films, Workshops and Vinyl – FILMFEST DRESDEN opens for 2014
‘This years program is very colorful, diverse and different with 300 films from 40 countries around the world,‘ begins Katrin Küchler, FILMFEST DRESDEN‘s Co-Director. With prizes and awards worth €64,500, FILMFEST DRESDEN is not only well-known in the festival circuit, it’s also one of the most renowned short film festivals in Europe. As the exclusive […]
Doclisboa about Doc Alliance, Round Tables and Fake Documentaries
‘Doclisboa is a big festival in its own way,‘ says Program Coordinator Miguel Ribeiro with a smile on his face. Since 2002 the festival shows the best documentaries from around the world and becomes a place where everybody is welcome to stay and meet. As a member of Doc Alliance, Doclisboa is standing right next […]
The Importance of Short Film Festivals with SHORTS THAT ARE NOT PANTS
‘I think that short filmmakers don’t always get enough opportunities to show their work in front of an audience‘ was the belief behind Toronto film blogger, James McNally, starting Short That Art Not Pants. First he showed a program of shorts in his apartment to a small group of friends. Since the beginning of 2012 […]
5 Ways into Brazil’s Film Industry with OLHAR DE CINEMA
At least since Fernando Meirelles’ CITY OF GOD we know Brazil’s film industry is a melting pot for inspiration and a treasure trove for good films. Only in its 3rd edition Olhar de Cinema – Curitiba International Film Festival tries to bring more international films to the rapidly expanding Brazilian market. Artistic Director and programmer […]
6 Attempts at Defining ‘Underground’ with the CHICAGO UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL
MovieMaker Magazine just listed the Chicago Underground Film Festival as one of the coolest underground film festivals in the world*. Artistic Director Bryan Wendorf didn’t want to define the word ‘underground’. That made us even more curious so we tried it anyways. Is your film ‘underground’ enough to submit… DEADLINE • 15 December 2013 1. […]
6 Facts You Should Know about Leipzig’s DOK Market ******
There it is: an invitation to a festival market in your email folder. But what is going on at these places behind the doors that are only open when you have the right color on your badge? Will it be worthwhile to go there and invest valuable film budget on the experience? DOK Market, […]
SAN SEBASTIÁN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Today we spoke to José Luis Rebordinos, Festival Director of the 61st SAN SEBASTIÁN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL DEADLINE • 16 July 2013 There are no significant changes in relation to 2012. We have, though, a novelty: a new section called SAVAGE CINEMA dedicated to adventure and action sports films. Besides that, the Pearls section, which has […]
Cannes aftermath: How ‘THE OPPORTUNIST’ team utilize Cannes to launch their festival life
The 52nd Critics Week program featured one sole US short in competition fittingly titled THE OPPORTUNIST. Filmmakers David Lassiter, Cate Smierciak and Alberto Roldan were heralded immediately following the Cannes section selection, hitting the front cover of the LA times as, “Cannes-do Kickstarter Spirit” and in Hollywood Reporter and Indiewire as, “The only American […]
FIPRESCI Juror Peter Wintonick: 15 Years With One Of The World’s Great Programmers
“I think my definition these days of cinema really erases national borders because everyone comes from everywhere and the world is everywhere, digitally.” Thessoloniki Documentary Festival (TDF) FIPRESCI Jury President Peter Wintonick has been returning to the festival for 15 years as a director, producer and mentor. He is, shall we say, the right […]