Browsing: Festivals

Last week at the 2022 Lucas International Festival for Young Film Lovers in Germany, the Cinema Without Borders jury announced the winners of the MOZAIK Bridging The Borders Award, as well as their Honorable Mention . PLAYGROUND from Belgium, directed by Laura Wandel, won MOZAIK Bridging The Borders Award and Honorary Mention was TORI AND LOKITA from Belgium, directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne. MOZAIK Bridging the Borders Award is offered by Cinema Without Borders Foundation and sponsored by MOZAIK Philanthropy. Yeganeh Taheri, Cinema Without Borders’ representative in Germany, introduced CWB jury members for the MOZAIK Bridging the Borders…

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Now reaching its 28th edition, the Sarajevo Film Festival (running 12-19 August) has announced its competition sections, where 51 films will vie for the Heart of Sarajevo awards. The individual competition sections — for feature, documentary, fiction short, and student work — will be composed of 21 world, seven international, one European, 21 regional, and one national premieres. The feature competition will number eight titles, down from 10 the previous year, and be split evenly between world and regional premieres as well as having a majority of female filmmakers. A Ballad by Aida Begić, the festival’s most notable Bosnian world premiere, is featured in this…

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Human Rights Watch Film Festival, New York opens tomorrow May 20th and runs to May 26th. Human Rights Watch Film Festival is presented by FilmLinc and IFC Center. The festival is back in person for the first time in two years and this year’s lineup includes great titles from Venice and Sundance film festivals. All 10 films participated in the festival will stream nationally in the U.S. and will also screen in-person at Film at Lincoln Center and IFC Center. Highlights of this year’s festival include the Venice Film Fest hit You Resemble Me, directed by Dina Amer and executive…

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Amid war in Ukraine and the whole world condemning Putin for his war crimes, a few film festivals including Glasgow Film Festival, remove Russian films from their line up!!! May I ask why Russian filmmakers should be punished for a dictator’s wrong decisions and crimes? During the height of communist era no country band films made by filmmakers working in Russia, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Hungry and other communist block countries and amazing work of art revealing life under dictatorship was created. My question is what is next boycotting Chekhov, Tolstoy and Dostoevsky? Shame on the organizers of these film festivals, as…

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Peeter Simm’s film ON THE WATER is the official international feature film Oscar entry from Estonia for the 94th Academy Awards. Estonian director Peeter Simm’s coming-of-age dramedy premiered in competition at The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. A veteran of Estonian cinema and an alumnus of the Moscow State Institute of Cinematography, the Kiviõli-born director, Peeter Simm, rose to fame with his 1980 directorial debut, “Ideal Landscape,” which, although was banned during the Soviet Union years, was subsequently anointed as one of the best Estonian films of all time. The story of “On the Water” is based on the book…

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AFI FEST 2021 takes place online and in theaters from November 10 to November 14. AFI FEST Premieres, Documentaries, World Cinema, Shorts and filmmaker conversations. Showcasing some of the best films from across the globe in a hybrid film festival: Documentaries. Shorts. World Premieres. Filmmaker Q&As. & Feature Films. To learn more about AFI FEST 2021 we had an interview with Sarah Harris, Director of Programming, AFI Festivals: https://vimeo.com/642123824 Sarah Harris has been a film festival programmer for over 14 years. She is currently the Director of Programming for AFI Festivals, curating films and events for AFI FEST, AFI DOCS…

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14th Annual Iranian Film Festival – San Francisco, the first independent Iranian film festival outside of Iran has announced 2021 winners . This year, the festival presented 60 films from Iran, USA, United Kingdom, Italy, Canada, Germany, France, China, Bulgaria and Tunisia. https://youtu.be/X459ccYCUBw Winners of the 2021 ‘Sepanta Awards’ Best Film: African Violet Best Director: Mona Zandi Haghighi Best Actor: Amir Hossein Fathi for The Slaughterhouse Best Actress: Fatemah Motamed Aria Best Screenplay: Hamidreza Bababeigi for African Violet Best Cinematography: Mehdi Rezaei for KulbarF Best Documentary: Duchenne Boys by Sohrab Kavir Best Short Film: Tattoo Best Director for a Short…

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New York Film Festival With its tableau aesthetics and mechanical humor (in Bergsonian terms), Social Hygiene is a hilarious take on the ridiculousness of performative decorum in our social interactions. A satire of social norms and human communication in long static shots immediately reminds us of the master of this cinema, Roy Andersson, with his “human trilogy.” But Denis Cote’s film is full of dialogue, unlike the quiet cinema of Andersson. While Andersson focuses on humans’ inability to communicate with each other, Cote is more interested in how we waste words, time, and our own emotions by depending on arbitrary…

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The New York Kurdish Film and Cultural Festival, founded by NY-based educator and human rights activist Xeyal Qertel, is proud to announce its fifth edition. This year’s programming centers Kurdish women and their contributions to human rights discourse, feminism, literature, and egalitarian social organizing. The festival includes feature and short film screenings, live music performance, and book talks. New York’s landmark movie theater, Village East by Angelika will host us. The event will take place Friday September 10th from 6 PM – 10 PM and on Saturday and Sunday from 2 PM – 10 PM. NYKFCF is sponsored by Justice…

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The 21st edition of the Iranian Film Festival in Stockholm – YARI- will be held in 30-31 October 2021 with the slogan of global friendship. All artists who want to participate in the category of short films should send their short films to the Yari Film Committee before October 15. Send your film to: E-post: helen@yari.se Layout conditions: – The subject must relate to education, children, women and the environment / climate! – The short film should be less than 15 minutes – The short film’s production date must be from 2019 to date. Deadline: 10/01/2021 * If any film is…

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