The selection for the international short and feature film competitions for the 16th edition of Milano Film Festival will be published in a few days. Check out the festival website!
It’s going to start in a few days the 57th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen.
Check the programme here.
NEXT FESTIVAL 2011 // BUCURESTI, 6th-10th APRIL
Everybody’s ready for the 5th edition of Next Festival, next week in Bucarest. Programme here.
SIXPACKFILM was founded in 1990 as a non-profit organization, to promote Austrian film and video art, both inside Austria and abroad. On their website you can find a rich catalogue of films and filmmakers.
LES BARBARES is the latest short movie by French director Jean-Gabriel Périot, screening now in various festivals around the world.
If politics were to come back, it could only be from its savage and disreputable fringe. Then, a muffled rumor shall arise whence that roar is heard: “We are scum! We are barbarian!” (Alain Brossat)
If you happen to be in London, don’t miss it!
FORTYNINE is the most recent project by Polish filmmker Michal Kosakowski, author of shorts, experimental films, documentaries and videoinstallations.
In 2007 his short film Just like the movies won the competition of Milano Film Festival.
This new project is the result of a decade of shooting: between 1996 and 2006 Michal Kosakowski produced 49 short movies on the subject of killing. 49 killings, dreamt up by inhabitants of the metropolis of morbidity – Vienna.
Have a look at the videoinstallation.
November is the month of the Portuguese cinema in Europe. The festival IndieLisboa will present Portuguese films in Copenhagen and Budapest.
In the meantime their call for entries is open, until 28th January 2011.
STUDIO SOI is an independent animation studio based in Germany, founded in 2002 by seven animation directors.
Their works have won worldwide acclaim and international awards.
Follow their blog for updated news!
David Michôd is a talented director and screenwriter from Australia.
In his short films he revealed great sensibility in exploring the loneliness of kids grew up in disrupted families, without giving up on creating extremely turbid and erotic moments (Crossbow) or lightly ironic dad-son relationships (Netherland Dwarf).
After receiving a limited release in the United States, Michôd’ long-awaited first feature, Animal Kingdom, is out now in Italy. Don’t miss it.
Check out the Crossbow page on Milano Film Festival 2007 Short Film Competition and the Netherland Dwarf page on Milano Film Festival 2008 Short Film Competition