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‘Boxed’ Won the Daazo Competition at Miskolc

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Dániel Villányi’s film, ‘Boxed’ won the first Cinefest Daazo Competition. The young film maker got a brand new Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 software. We hope that with the help of this software he would edit many good films , which we can watch on Daazo.

The festival was a roaring success in Miskolc again, with many good concerts, parties, not saying that the festival presented films from some of the most talented filmmakers under 35 from around the world. This year  the festival screened films from 46 different countries. We are very proud that we could sponsor Cinefest and we could organise an online competition together.

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Zoltán Aprily, Dániel Villányi, Dániel Deák (Photo: Gábor Valuska)

Here you can find all the winners of Cinefest and watch the awarded film as well!

1. BEST FEATURE – The Pressburger Award:

Thomas
Rendező / Director: Miika SAINI
(Finnország – Finland) 70:00 perc / minutes (2008)
Prize of the City of Miskolc (1000 euro)
Prize of the Hungarian Television (1000 euro)
2. BEST SHORT / EXPERIMENTAL FILM:

Schautag
Rendező / Director: Marvin KREN
(Németország – Germany) 23:14 perc / minutes
Prize of the Hungarian Ministry of Education and Culture, 100.000 Ft
Prize of the Hungarian Television
3. BEST ANIMATION:

Sam’s Hot Dogs
Rendező / Director: David Lopez RETAMERO
(Egyesült Királyság – UK) 9:46 perc / minutes
Prize of the Hungarian Ministry of Education and Culture, 100.000 Ft
Prize of the Hungarian Television
4. BEST DOCUMENTARY:

Złota Rybka / Goldfish
Rendező / Director: Tomasz WOLSKI
(Lengyelország – Poland) 69:00 perc / minutes
Prize of the Hungarian Ministry of Education and Culture, 100.000 Ft
Prize of the Hungarian Television
5. ” WOMEN IN FOCUS” – SPECIAL PRIZE:

Välkommen till Hebron / Welcome To Hebron
Rendező / Director: Terje CARLSSON
(Svédország – Sweden) 55:00 perc / minutes
Prize of the Hungarian Ministry of Education and Culture, 100.000 Ft
Prize of the Hungarian Television
6. AWARD OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRITICS JURY:

Moon
Rendező / Director: Duncan JONES
(Egyesült Királyság – UK) 97:00 perc / minutes (2009)
7. AWARD OF THE STUDENTS’ JURY:

Kakukk / Cuckoo
Rendező / Director: FELMÉRI Cecília
(Magyarország-Románia – Hungary-Romania) 17:00 perc / minutes
8. THE JURY’S SPECIAL PRIZE:

Utolsó idők / Lost Times
Rendező / Director: MÁTYÁSSY Áron
(Magyarország – Hungary) 90:00 perc / minutes (2009)
100.000 Ft, Prize of Borsod – Abaúj – Zemplén County
9. “HOPE OF FUTURE” – PRIZE FOR THE BEST HUNGARIAN SHORT FILM:

Kakukk / Cuckoo
Rendező / Director: FELMÉRI Cecília
(Magyarország-Románia – Hungary-Romania) 17:00 perc / minutes
Prize of FUNZINE Media (1.000.000 Ft media support)
Prize Kodak (100.000 Ft)
10. AWARD OF DUNA TV:

Seńal de Vida / Sign of Life
Rendező / Director: Diana PEŃALOZA
(Mexikó – Mexico) 10:00 perc / minutes
11. PORT. hu SPECIAL PRIZE:

Hatszáz év után az első / The First after 600 Years
Rendező / Director: OSGYÁNI Gábor
(Magyarország – Hungary) 51:04 perc / minutes
1.000.000 Ft media support
12. PRIZE OF CineFest – DAAZO.COM ONLINE COMPETITION:

Skatulya / Boxed
Rendező / Director: VILLÁNYI Dániel

(Magyarország – Hungary)

Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 software, 300.000 Ft

13. DON QUIJOTE AWARD OF FICC:

Thomas
Rendező / Director: Miika SAINI
(Finnország – Finland) 70:00 perc / minutes (2008)

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Cinefest-Daazo Online Competition 2009

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

Extended Deadline: 11th of September

You have an extra day to apply to the competition and win an Adobe Premiere CS4 editing software and more!

For more information please visit: www.daazo.com/cinefest

What is it all about?
If you applied to Cinefest but you did not get into competition, you still have chance to win and be part of Cinefest Film Festival.

How?
Simply register and upload your film to Daazo.com Cinefest Category till 10th of September. From 3rd of September to 19th anyone can vote for your film by clicking “I like this”, so the more votes you get, the more chance you have to win our valuable awards. It is easy:
Upload, share, promote your film in order to get the most likes!

The Awards!
1st: A fully licensed Adobe Premier Pro CS4 editing software by Daazo.com, and your film will be screened on the 20th of September at the closing ceremony of Cinefest Film Festival!

2nd: Participation of next year’s Cinefest Filmmakers Camp organised in Hungary!

So what are you waiting for? Register now!

For more information please visit: www.daazo.com/cinefest

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Participate in the third edition of FILMINI

Monday, July 6th, 2009

The third edition of FILMINI International Short Film Festival will take place in October 13-18, 2009 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Filmini is committed to showcasing international short films. The Festival’s primary goal is to present young cinema of the world and independent films, and to become a platform for short filmmakers.

A special focus of the festival is films coming from the Balkans.

The term for film submissions for the festival programs is now OPEN!

AWARDS HIGHLIGHTS:
-       The grand prix prize € 1,200
-       Best animation film award € 500
-       Best Balkan film award € 1,000
-       Kodak award for Best film from the national competition
-       Audience award

DEADLINE for submissions: July 31, 2009

Regulations and entry form can be downloaded from www.filmini.org
For any further information, please don’t hesitate to contact us at submit@filmini.org
We’ll be looking for your films!

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The Selected Shorts for Matter of Taste

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

Nisi Masa finally selected the short films for its Matter of Taste programme at the Lago Film Festival. Many of the films can be viewed on Daazo.com

Stort’ – by Joris Hoebe, The Netherlands

Silent Consent - by Alessandro Bianco, Italy

Tripe and Onions – by Márton Szirmai, Hungary

Brei Brumm Bumm (Mash goes Splash) – by Elise Klement, Germany

A film From my Parish – by Tony Donoghue, Ireland

For All the Tea in England – Kerry Mcleod, UK

Pogacha – by Balint Mark Turi, Hungary

Pasta Day – by Elizabeth Rocha Salgado, The Netherlands

Fish Eye – by Margot Buff, Czech Republic

Semolina Halva – by Ezgi Kaplan, Turkey

Cum Pane – by Anne Linder, Sweden

Tropezones – by David Macian & Eduardo Molinari, Spain

Devouring Reality – Melissa Suarez del Real, Spain

Sa Cage – by Luz Diaz, Belguim

The Market – by Ana Husman, Croatia

Cravings – by Andreas Lindergard, Sweden

Ma petite cuisine – by Maryline Poux, France

La Torta – by Stefan Archetti, Italy

Mc Russia – by Andrei Tanase, Georgy Groshkov & Florian Krebs (Romania, Bulgaria and Germany)

Apple & Ei – by Ahmet Tas, Germany

Congratulation! For more information about the Matter of Taste project visit its official website: www.matteroftaste.eu

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Etiuda & Anima Festival’s call for Animation

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

logo_poziom1Etiuda & Anima Festival will have a competition of animation,equally professional, independent as well as the student’s one.

For this year’s edition of the competition there will be chosen the films made in 2007- 2009 and they shall not exceed 30 minutes of duration.

The films will compete for the following Prizes -Grand Prix — Golden Jabberwocky, Silver Jabberwocky, Bronze Jabberwocky; the students’ films will also compete for a Special Golden Jabberwocky for the Best Animated Student Etude of the Festival.

As the organizers we also hope to have a support of sponsors what might also give an opportunity to hand in the financial award (last year we have 2,000 Euro)

Filled in forms and the DVD will be collected until of 30th
July 2008.

We would be glad if your newest film was sent to the preselection. We will finally inform you about a decision of accepting the film to the competition in the second half of September 2008.

The registration form and rules of entry are at: www.etiudaandanima.com

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The Call For Entries From International Film Festival “ETIUDA&ANIMA 2009″

Monday, June 8th, 2009

The 16th International Film Festival “Etiuda&Anima 2009” would like to inform you that on 27th of November – 4th of December 2009 will be organized in Poland, Cracow,

a competition of students’ short films (etudes), excluding animated films (these can take part in the second competition which is held during our festival – ANIMA competition).

The films shall not exceed 30 minutes of duration, their production date shall be between year 2007 – 2009, and they shall be made on 35mm, 16mm (with optical sound), Betacam SP (magnetic tape) and DVD.

The films will compete for the following prizes – Grand Prix – Golden Dinosaur; Silver Dinosaur and Bronze Dinosaur as well as Special Golden Dinosaur for the Best Set of Films (at least three films in the competition), submitted by one of the Film Schools. The Jury also reserves a right to award Honorary Diplomas. As the organizers we also hope to have a support of sponsors what might also give an opportunity  to hand in the financial award.

Filled in forms and DVD will be collected until 17th of September, 2009.

We would be glad if your newest film was sent to the preselection. We will finally inform you about a decision of accepting the film to the competition in the second half of October 2009.

Regulation and the Application Form of the competition, also all information about festival “Etiuda&Anima 2009” you can get on our official website www.etiudaandanima.com .

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The short film winners of Cannes competition

Sunday, May 24th, 2009

arenaThe portugese short film, Arena got the Palme d’Or for Best Short Film. João SALAVIZA’s film tells a story of Mauro, who  is under house arrest. Tattooing helps him while away the time. Three local kids taunt him through his window. Outside, the midday sun beats down.
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A special distinction was gained by the short film “The Six Dollar Fifty Man” directed by Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland. The film is set in a 1970s coastal town, it follows Andy, a gutsy 8 year-old boy who is forced to break out of his make-believe superhero world to deal with playground bullies.

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Short Films in Cannes

Monday, May 11th, 2009

cannescompetitionlogLet’s  take a look of this year’s short film competition of Cannes International Film Festival.  We think it is very useful to have an overview of the selected films. And even if we can not watch them right now, to read their synopsis’ might give us an idea of what kind of short film topics are appreciated in the A-category film industry. So here are the short films in competition.

Mark ALBISTON, Louis SUTHERLAND – THE SIX DOLLAR FIFTY MAN-15′ New Zealand
Set in a 1970s coastal town, The Six Dollar Fifty Man follows Andy, a gutsy 8 year-old boy who is forced to break out of his make-believe superhero world to deal with playground bullies.

Daniel BORGMAN – LARSOG PETER-15′ Denmark
Lars (9) is naïve and innocent, all he wants is for his father to be happy and his family to be together. Lars’ mother is gone and life has been empty and dysfunctional without her.

On the eve of his birthday, Lars’ dad, Peter, gets himself drunk and after an embarrassing argument with the next-door neighbour, Alma, ends up masturbating in the backyard. Lars sees everything.

Alex BRENDEMÜHL – RUMBO A PEOR-12′ Spain
Two men, dressed in football-tricot, wander through nature. As they go astray, they meet a woman on the road. Overwhelmed by her beauty, they perist in her joining them.

The beginning of something or nothing, perhaps. Few words, not much else.

Jochem DE VRIES – MISSEN -12′ The Netherlands
A 7-year old girl is taken to school by her mother. Today is the day that the young girl will go on a school trip with her class. In everything we feel that bringing her daughter to school isn’t a very ordinary occasion for the mother.

Jean-Christophe LIE – L’HOMME A LA GORDINI-10′ France
End of the 70’s, an imaginary suburb, the custom is to wear neither underwear nor trousers, only orange tops. With the help of a masked rebel driving a blue R8 Gordini, Mister R and his wife plot a radical clothing revolution and the assault of monochromic orange totalitarianism.

Goran ODVORCIC – CIAO MAMA-10′ Croatia
A single Mother is leaving her young Daughter to go on a trip with her new lover. The Daughter overcomes the fear of abandonment and in the state of bewilderment does whatever is necessary to provoke her Mother; make her acute to their needs and re-question their roles and relationship. The Daughter lightly resorts to the threats of suicide, asks her father to move in with him – saying anything that will arouse her mother.

Laila PAKALNINA – KLUSUMS-14′ Latvia
Unfortunatly we could not find a synopsis for this film.

João SALAVIZA – ARENA-15′ Portugal
Mauro is under house arrest. Tattooing helps him while away the time.
Three local kids taunt him through his window. Outside, the midday sun beats down.

Emma SULLIVAN – AFTER TOMORROW-15’United Kingdom
Returning to the village of his estranged wife, James grows increasingly concerned when the sinister owner of the guest house refuses to let him leave. A psychological suspense with a surprising yet moving denouement.

via www.festival-cannes.com

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Short Films at Cannes Film Festival

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Each year a certain selection of short films has the honor to be presented at one of the most prestigious festival of the world – Cannes Film Festival. As we are mostly dealing with short films, the selection of this year’s short film programme tells us a lot about current trends and tastes.

The main competition has :

411-Z (Dániel Erdélyi) Hungary
A barge on the Danube. A carefree summer day. Stew in the pot, and a little wine and soda to wash it off. Other than that, everything is strictly according to the shipping regulations, of course. But something might have gone wrong…

Good Trip (Javier Palleiro, Guillermo Rocamora) Uruguay
Sandra works as a collector of tolls. Her life and job are very monotonous. A phone call will break the routine, and she will be faced with a life changing decision. Sandra works as a collector of tolls. Her life and job are very monotonous. A phone call will break the routine, and she will be faced with a life changing decision.

De Moins En Moins (Mélanie Laurent) France
Lisa, a young woman, tries to remember moments in her life with the help of her doctor. Voices resonate, images intermingle… moments of happiness suddenly appear.
A few seconds later, she has already forgotten.
The disease progresses. Life fades away.

The Desire (Maria Benito) Mexico
Ana, a fifty years old woman falls into a depression when her husband leaves her. One day she decides to go out of this depression and starts changes from the outside to the inside. With the wakeness of desire she starts a process in wich she rediscovers her new sexuality.

Jerrycan (Julius Avery) Australia
Nathan, a kid who risks everything after he is bullied into making a life and death decision.

Love You More (Sam Taylor-Wood) United Kingdom
Summer, 1978. London.
Georgia sits in a Geography class covering her exercise book with graffiti. Her classmate Peter watches her with longing.
Georgia turns and catches him – but ignores his gaze.

Megatron (Marian Crisan) Romania
Maxim lives together only with his mother in a village near Bucharest. It’s Maxim birthday. He’s turning 8. For the birthday party, his mother will take him to Bucharest, to Mc Donalds. Maxim will do anything to meet his father who lives in the city

My Rabit Hoppy (Anthony Lucas) Australia
Henry’s ‘Show and Tell’ school project about a pet rabbit goes horribly horribly wrong.

2 Birds (Rúnar Rúnarsson) Iceland
2 Birds takes place during one bright summer night and follows a group of young teenagers on a journey from innocence to the stark reality of adulthood.

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TCM Classic Shorts competition: Finding the film-makers of the future

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

TCM Classic Shorts 2008 is open for entries!

Why Enter?

  • First prize – £5,000; Second prize – £3,000; Third prize – £2,000
  • Promotion of your work on movie channel TCM across Europe, the Middle East and Africa as part of a special on-air TCM Classic Shorts season in November
  • Be part of one of the most prestigious and long standing short film competitions in Europe
  • Judging panel made up by some of the most prominent names in the film and media industry
  • International media coverage of the competition, now in its ninth year, held in conjunction with The Times BFI London Film Festival
  • The 6 finalists will be screened as part of The Times BFI 52nd London Film Festival at the awards ceremony and on film channel TCM
  • Past winners have gone on to win BAFTAs, make feature films and TV programmes, and screen their work at other festivals such as Cannes with the encouragement and assistance of TCM

More info and details: http://www.tcmclassicshorts.com/

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