World of Shorts – Cannes 2012: Celebrating Short Film with a Big Bang
Based in the vibrant city of Bristol, UK, Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival is back in 2012 and coming of age for its 18th edition. Growing up but not growing old, six fast, furious and fun days of screenings, gala events, workshops and industry debates will celebrate the best in international short film and...
World of shorts – Cannes 2012: Dealing with authors’ rights
Rights are a key element of the value chain in the film industry. Economic rights are based on two fundamental rights: the right to reproduce a work and the right to communicate the work to the public. Shooting a film is a reproduction of the work. So are DVDs. Showing a film in a theatre...
World of Shorts – Cannes 2012: Ready to share with the world
Today is THE day when we welcome you on board of a fascinating and full of variety world of Lithuanian short films. A newly established Lithuanian Shorts agency asks for two minutes of your attention in order to reveal the secret of a country that was missing on the map of short films until today....
World of Shorts – Cannes 2012: Make a shortfilm – sell it!
A while ago you had a brilliant idea that triggered you to write a script. You developed an amazing story and started working on a short film. You invested a lot of time and energy to raise funds, find partners, assemble the team, go into production and complete the film in post-production. After many months...
World of Shorts – Cannes 2012: From PC to TV – The year of Smart TV
An interview with Dan Saunders, Director of Content Services at Samsung Electronics’s European Headquarters in England. 2012 is undoubtedly the year of smart TV: for us, this is a particularly happy fact, since Daazo’s shorts are now available on Samsung’s Smart TV. Dan Saunders, Director of Content Services at Samsung Electronics’s European Headquarters in London...
World of Shorts – Cannes 2012: Denying the classic ways
Michal Hogenauer’s new film Tambylles will be presented at the Cannes Film Festival by the Cinéfondation. However, this is not the very first time we heard about him. He just completed the Visegrad Shorts on Tour with his previous film, Children Watching Night Trains, so we are very glad to see him again and ask...
World of Shorts – Cannes 2012: Visegrad Shorts on Tour project
It’s a rainy day in Krakow, but the main square is crowded with tourists and youngsters. We’ve just arrived in the city. Visegrad Shorts on Tour, organised by Daazo.com. We have no time to look around, the weather is miserable anyway. With full of enthusiasm, we walk straight to the hostel to meet the participants...
World of Shorts – Cannes 2012: The story of an alliance
An interview Ferenc Pusztai and Virág Zomborácz, the creators of Afterlife. Virág Zomborácz graduated as a scriptwriter from the Hungarian University of Theatre and Film, and she continued her studies at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design attending the multimedia DLA programme. After working on several short films as a director and writer now...
World of Shorts – Cannes 2012: Festival trends
There is no future for conventional cinema – at least this is what seems to be the message of last year’s short film juries at different festivals. For this issue of WOSH, we have decided to analyse and try to understand the success of four short films which won the main prizes of important festivals...
World of Shorts – Cannes 2012: Kornél Mundruczó – Growing up in Cannes
Kornél Mundruczó is one of the leading figures of the contemporary Hungarian film scene and a returning guest at Cannes: his consecutive features, Delta and Tender Son – The Frankenstein Project were both in competition at the festival. This is, of course, not just a lucky coincidence – it is the inevitable result of the...
World of Shorts – Cannes 2012: All Grown UP – Cinéfondation turns 15
An interview with Dimitra Karya, artistic director of Cinéfondation selection. Cinefondation is celebrating its 15th birthday in 2012. What was the first Cinefondation like? How have things changed since then? In 1998, when Gilles Jacob and Pierre Viot created this new section of the Festival de Cannes, the Cinéfondation was just a selection of student...
World of Shorts – Cannes 2012: Editorial
If you watch the highlights of the Cannes International Film Festival on television or read glossy magazine articles about it, you might think it is all about stars, red carpet, flashlights and expensive cars. Every new and inexperienced filmmaker wants to be part of this magic world of cinema. Stepping out from a limo, being...
