Light is essential to memory like no other sense
Anda Puscas, the winner of our Think Analogue contest, creator of the wonderful film Wait / Help tells us about her inspirations, ambitions and dreams in this interview. When did you first know you wanted to be a filmmaker? I grew up in the countryside, under the direct influence of time and nature. It repeated...
Winner of the Aarhus Short Film Challenge announced
So the Aarhus Short Film Challenge has finally concluded. 60 amazing films were submitted to the Challenge, and the grand prize winner is Mette Mikkelsen and Andreas Feldfos Bargmann – their topic was Passion, and the title is Passio. “Subtle, yet very moving. Simple, from the heart. Able to touch the audience. Unpretentious. Flawless storytelling”...
An explosion of feelings and 48 hours – the perfect recipe to a prize winning short
An interview with Joonas Makkonen, director of The Escort, the winner of Daazo.com’s Impossible Film Contest When did you first know that you wanted to be a filmmaker? My sister said that when I was really young, about 4-6 years old, I wanted to be a stuntman! Then, later, I wanted to become an actor....
Winners of the May Day 2011 Competition on FILMSshort
Two Shorts Made the Final Cut It always feels good to participate in something just for the fun of it. The same thing happened when our friend Ed at FILMSshort asked us to co-judge and give a prize for the best European film in their competition. Being hardcore short film lovers we were glad to...
Martin Bargiel: “From the first idea it was designed as a short film different to all other short films”
Interview with Martin Bargiel, winner of a Special Mention at the Impossible Film Contest for Blink of an Eye Synopsis: In the middle of the night a fight between Schenker’s neighbors won’t let him rest. Half asleep his mind is playing tricks on him: constantly he awakes in different places. He tries to put himself...
Daina Papadaki: “A film what explores the ideas of darkness and light”
Interview with Daina Papadaki, winner of the Audience Award at the Impossible Film Contest for Nightfall of Eden Synopsis: An alternative/ experimental portrayal of peace and war in a Garden of Eden. During this downfall, this nightfall, will all the good things humanity is capable of be overshadowed by darkness… or can we stop our...
And the winner is…
The Film Competition Organised by TEDxDanubia and Budapest Film hold on Daazo.com has ended, the winner of the Audience Prize is announced Daazo.com was happy to participate in a short film competition again. Budapest Film and TEDxDanubia invited entries for their film contest entitled “The Power of Imagination”. All films had to be maximum of...
Committed filmmakers speak their minds at the Berlinale Talent Campus
Felix Rösch from Germany wins the Score Competition 2011 On 17.2., the ninth edition of the Berlinale Talent Campus came to a successful close with the award ceremony for this year’s Score Competition in the Theater Hebbel am Ufer (HAU 1-3). 350 young filmmakers from 88 countries came together with over 150 international experts and...
Winners of the 49th Krakow Film Festival
Having watched all the competitive films The International Competition Jury of the 49th Krakow Film Festival consisting of: Zbigniew Rybczyński – chairman (Poland), Christoffer Olofsson (Sweden), Eduardo Chapero-Jackson (Spain), Chris Tidman (United Kingdom), Leo Kantor (Sweden) has decided to award the following prizes : The Golden Dragon to the film “Pizza in Auschwitz” /“Pizza be...
