Some 22 projects are receiving support from the Swedish fund.
The new Göteborg Film Fund has confirmed its second round of funding, including its first development grants.
The supported projects include the Iranian-Kurdish thriller Zalava, the feature debut of Arsalan Amiri, which is competing in Venice Critics’ Week; and Ukrainian drama Pamfir, by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk. The latter is now in post and selected for the Venice Gap Financing Market and is about a decent man who gives up his honest job to help his family.
In addition, Oleg Sentsov, who is premiering Rhino in Venice, is receiving development supportt for his fiction film Kai.
The new Göteborg Film Fund has confirmed its second round of funding, including its first development grants.
The supported projects include the Iranian-Kurdish thriller Zalava, the feature debut of Arsalan Amiri, which is competing in Venice Critics’ Week; and Ukrainian drama Pamfir, by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk. The latter is now in post and selected for the Venice Gap Financing Market and is about a decent man who gives up his honest job to help his family.
In addition, Oleg Sentsov, who is premiering Rhino in Venice, is receiving development supportt for his fiction film Kai.
- 9/6/2021
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
A total of 15 European documentaries selected for European Film Awards 2015.
The European Film Academy and Efa Productions have announced the first ever Efa Documentary Selection, a list of 15 European documentaries recommended for a nomination for this year’s European Film Awards.
The change follows a decision by the Efa Board to “acknowledge the growing importance of European documentary cinema”.
The titles include Asif Kapadia’s Amy Winehouse documentary, Amy, which has broken box office records in the UK and Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look Of Silence, a follow-up to award-winning The Act Of Killing.
A further development is the involvement of 10 documentary festivals that recommended to the committee up to three films each which have had their world premiere at the respective festival’s latest edition. Chosen in co-operation with the European Documentary Network Edn, these festivals are:
Idfa (the Netherlands)Cph:dox (Denmark)Visions du Réel (Switzerland)DokLeipzig (Germany)Docslisboa (Portugal)Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival (Greece)Jihlava...
The European Film Academy and Efa Productions have announced the first ever Efa Documentary Selection, a list of 15 European documentaries recommended for a nomination for this year’s European Film Awards.
The change follows a decision by the Efa Board to “acknowledge the growing importance of European documentary cinema”.
The titles include Asif Kapadia’s Amy Winehouse documentary, Amy, which has broken box office records in the UK and Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look Of Silence, a follow-up to award-winning The Act Of Killing.
A further development is the involvement of 10 documentary festivals that recommended to the committee up to three films each which have had their world premiere at the respective festival’s latest edition. Chosen in co-operation with the European Documentary Network Edn, these festivals are:
Idfa (the Netherlands)Cph:dox (Denmark)Visions du Réel (Switzerland)DokLeipzig (Germany)Docslisboa (Portugal)Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival (Greece)Jihlava...
- 9/16/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Locarno Film Festival is to host the 8th Doc Alliance Selection (Das) Award, after being announced during Cannes for the past seven years .
The seven European documentary festivals that make up Doc Alliance decided to make the move to Locarno in order to give the Das Award a higher profile away from the packed schedules of Cannes.
The winner of the $5,700 (€5,000) prize will be announced at a ceremony during Locarno’s Industry Days on August 8 by a jury of European film critics, including Switzerland’s Christian Jungen, Poland’s Piotr Czerkawski, Germany’s Annette Walter, and the Czech Republic’s Tomáš Stejskal.
Homeland (Iraq Year Zero); Abbas Fahdel (Iq)
nominated by Visions du Réel
Walking Under Water; Eliza Kubarska (UK/Pl/De)
nominated by Docs Against Gravity Ff
Stranded in Canton; Måns Månsson (Se/Dk/Cn)
nominated by Cph:dox
Illusion; Sofia Marques (Pt)
nominated by Doclisboa
I Am the People; Anna Roussillon (Fr)
nominated by Jihlava Idff[p...
The seven European documentary festivals that make up Doc Alliance decided to make the move to Locarno in order to give the Das Award a higher profile away from the packed schedules of Cannes.
The winner of the $5,700 (€5,000) prize will be announced at a ceremony during Locarno’s Industry Days on August 8 by a jury of European film critics, including Switzerland’s Christian Jungen, Poland’s Piotr Czerkawski, Germany’s Annette Walter, and the Czech Republic’s Tomáš Stejskal.
Homeland (Iraq Year Zero); Abbas Fahdel (Iq)
nominated by Visions du Réel
Walking Under Water; Eliza Kubarska (UK/Pl/De)
nominated by Docs Against Gravity Ff
Stranded in Canton; Måns Månsson (Se/Dk/Cn)
nominated by Cph:dox
Illusion; Sofia Marques (Pt)
nominated by Doclisboa
I Am the People; Anna Roussillon (Fr)
nominated by Jihlava Idff[p...
- 5/17/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Two days cut from festival, competition titles reduced and line-up almost halved in the face of tough economic circumstances.
Russia’s crumbling economy has forced the organisers of this year’s Moscow International Film Festival (Miff) to make swingeing cuts to the number of films shown and the festival’s duration.
Speaking to Russian daily newspaper Izvestiya, Miff programme director Kirill Razlogov revealed that the 37th edition will run from June 19-26, two days shorter than in 2014.
While Miff will retain its three competition sections for feature films, shorts and documentaries, the number of titles in the main international competition is likely to be reduced from 16 to 12, although the Free Spirit documentary competition will still have seven films in its line-up.
Razlogov suggested that the number of films invited to screen in Miff’s programme outside of the three competitive sections will be slashed by almost half - from 2014’s 250 to 150 at best.
Although the global...
Russia’s crumbling economy has forced the organisers of this year’s Moscow International Film Festival (Miff) to make swingeing cuts to the number of films shown and the festival’s duration.
Speaking to Russian daily newspaper Izvestiya, Miff programme director Kirill Razlogov revealed that the 37th edition will run from June 19-26, two days shorter than in 2014.
While Miff will retain its three competition sections for feature films, shorts and documentaries, the number of titles in the main international competition is likely to be reduced from 16 to 12, although the Free Spirit documentary competition will still have seven films in its line-up.
Razlogov suggested that the number of films invited to screen in Miff’s programme outside of the three competitive sections will be slashed by almost half - from 2014’s 250 to 150 at best.
Although the global...
- 3/23/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
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