The Pázmány Film Festival invites Italian and Hungarian young filmmakers to submit their short film, animation or documentary. The 3-day event will take place between April 9-11, in Budapest and Piliscsaba. The festival’s guests are, among others, Italian filmmakers including Ugo Gregoretti, director, Gilberto Martinelli, sound designer and Fernando Barbieri, Head of Programmes at Kalat Nissa Film Festival. The deadline...
VFF – an international networking and educational platform for enhancing filmmakers – will be held at The Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, Slovakia from 11th to 15th March 2014. Program will consist from master classes and case studies of world recognized professionals. Christian Berger is Oscar nominated Austrian cinematographer (for Michael Haneke’s film The...
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Feb 21, 2014 • Create a short film for Amarante Festival Casa da Juventude de Amarante and Cineclube de Amarante are giving talented filmmakers the chance to have their film screened as part of European Short Films Amarante, May 17 and 18, 2014. Creative Task The main objectives are the promotion of European values and the citizens role in...
Roland Ferge, the 22-year-old Hungarian filmmaker was selected to the Berlinale’s Generation Kplus with his “visual poem” “El” (“Away”). The international jury gave him a special mention today. In this section the jury members are no older than those of the audience. Eleven children and seven teens award the best films with Crystal Bears. Special...
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Feb 14, 2014 • Guided by the theme “Ready to Play? Breaking the rules”, Berlinale Talents took place for the twelfth time from February 8 to 13, with 300 selected Talents and 150 experts, at the HAU Hebbel am Ufer in Berlin. Berlinale Talents 2014 focused on the art of storytelling and finding innovative, playful approaches to content. Prominent screenwriters and directors...
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Feb 11, 2014 • illustration by Ewa Borysewicz Waiting for the Berlinale Shorts screening is always an unbelievably exciting time. It is inspiring to see so many people queuing up for a selection that always turns out to be a breath-taking experience. It was no different in the case of the first Berlinale Shorts screening where five exceptional films...
As the poet Muriel Rukyser said “The Universe is made of stories, not atoms.” We genuinely believe that stories are important, and we have a few of our own that we would like to tell. Why was it important for you to apply to the European Short Pitch? Taking part in a scriptwriting workshop with such...
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Jan 31, 2014 • Hilarious letter, useful informations and list from a cinematic team: After a brilliant start with three events in India, we did not even unpack our luggage and will travel straight on to Clermont- Ferrand, the Berlinale and the Glasgow Short Film Festival. Thane, a small suburb of Mumbai with 1.8 million inhabitants held the Upvan...
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Jan 29, 2014 • Insights and ideas from the Spanish filmmaker. Why was it important for you to apply to the European Short Pitch? For me it was important to apply to the European Short Pitch because I knew it was going to be a great opportunity to help develop my project, not only in a narrative sense, but...
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Jan 23, 2014 • The Helsinki based filmmaker talks about ESP and what she fights hardest for. Why was it important for you to apply to the European Short Pitch? Currently I study screenwriting in an MA course in University of Salford in Great-Britain. During my studies I have gained some understanding in the art of storytelling and my...
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Jan 22, 2014 • One-minute for (dance) film competition – Award winners Jointly organized by the Foundation for Contact Dance & Orkesztika Foundation Jury award: Best One-minute 2014 The jury does not give the award of the Best One-minute 2014 film. For the future the jury gives some advices about the films, generally: One part of the topic of the...
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Jan 21, 2014 • The winners of the LSFF11 were announced on Sunday. The winners were: British Council Award for Best UK Short GETTING ON, Dir. Ewan Stewart, 9 mins (see a teaser of the film above). ICA Award Best Experimental Short END OF THE ROAD, Dir. London Fieldworks (Bruce Gilchrist and Jo Joelson), 11 mins Special Mentions: Swallow, Dir....
