Today we spoke to Pak Dosin, Programmer of World Cinema at the 18th BUSAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL DEADLINE • 31 July 2013 There is one major change since last year in terms of programming which is that the world competition section FLASH FORWARD will not be a competition section anymore. Instead, it will have an audience award. […]
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SAN SEBASTIÁN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Today we spoke to José Luis Rebordinos, Festival Director of the 61st SAN SEBASTIÁN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL DEADLINE • 16 July 2013 There are no significant changes in relation to 2012. We have, though, a novelty: a new section called SAVAGE CINEMA dedicated to adventure and action sports films. Besides that, the Pearls section, which has […]
CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Today we spoke to Mimi Plauché, Programming Director at the 49th CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL DEADLINE • 8 July 2013 Two sections we are doing in particular this year is firstly a focus on comedy at the festival. The motivating factors behind this begin with seeing comedy as always being an integral part of film […]
BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
Today we spoke to Michael Blyth, Programmer at the 57th BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL DEADLINE • 28 June 2013 Last year we made quite a few changes to the LFF, including giving focus to the competition films in our programme, and also expanding the festival’s footprint across the capital by going out to more venues […]
ZURICH FILM FESTIVAL
Today we spoke to Thao Duong, Programmer of the 9th ZURICH FILM FESTIVAL DEADLINE • 30 June 2013 The latest and greatest news which I am only just allowed to speak about today is a new cooperation with San Sebastián International Film Festival. We have set up a new shoulder-to-shoulder alliance which will, most importantly, […]
LA GUARIMBA FILM FESTIVAL
Today we spoke to Sara Fratini, Programmer of the 1st LA GUARIMBA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL DEADLINE • 20 June 2013 Our only goal is, ‘the people to the cinema and the cinema to the people,’ because this is a town that doesn’t have any cinemas or movie theaters so we actually want to […]
INTERFILM BERLIN
Today we spoke to Alexander Stein, CEO/ Festival Producer of the 29th INTERFILM BERLIN – BERLIN INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL DEADLINE • 21 June 2013 We always have a different focus every year and this year will be Australia and New Zealand in comparison. We will compare the two different types of filmmaking from […]
ABU DHABI FILM FESTIVAL
Today we spoke to Intishal Al Timimi, Director of Arabic Programmes at the 7th ABU DHABI FILM FESTIVAL DEADLINE • 1 July 2013 I am the Director of Arab Programming and of the SANAD senate – our festival fund. Our fund is created for supporting only Arab Cinema. There is about 23 countries from Iraq to Morocco […]
A talk with Jane Campion: ‘TOP OF THE LAKE’, Cannes, female filmmakers and Harvey Keitel
“If you are a female director I wouldn’t wait! […] put all your energy in to do an amazing piece of work.” Jane Campion is in Cannes to share her vast line of experiences as a filmmaker. Without question, we are in the first row to listen to her stories. Lars von Trier, Gus […]
TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Today we spoke to Steve Gravestock, Senior Programmer of the 38th TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL DEADLINE • 31 May 2013 This year the award from NETPAC for the Best World or International Asian Feature Film Premiere, as selected by a jury from the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema will return. We will have our People’s […]
CPH:DOX
Today we spoke to Mads Mikkelsen, Programmer of the 11th COPENHAGEN INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL / CPH:DOX DEADLINE • 31 May 2013 I think the new thing this year is that we have launched a non-competitive cross-media relationship which is an open platform developing the projects throughout the year to then be presented at the festival […]
FANTASTIC FEST
Today we spoke to Kristen Bell, Festival Director of the 9th FANTASTIC FEST DEADLINE • 29 May 2013 This year we have reduced the number of people viewing the festival submissions and are really steering the focus on finding the best genre features and shorts out there. We also tightened our submission deadlines so that we would […]
OTTAWA ANIMATION FESTIVAL
Today we spoke to Chris Robinson, Artistic Director of the 37th OTTAWA INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL DEADLINE • 17 May 2013 Last year we received, which was a record, almost 2400 films. The strategy is this: I watch everything. Then I have a very small pile of films that are absolutely going in. Then there is a […]
SAN FRANCISCO BLACK FILM FESTIVAL
Today we spoke to Kali O’Ray, Co-Director of the 15th SAN FRANCISCO BLACK FILM FESTIVAL DEADLINE • 15 May 2013 This year, the new venue we will probably be using is the Sundance Theater for the Opening Night. Of course we have new venues for the after parties and other social events – we always […]
ACHTUNG BERLIN Opens For 2013: Filmmakers Vocalize Local
Achtung Berlin’s 2013 festival opening was our local to-do last night, screening Aron Lehmann’s wildly entertaining Kohlhaas oder die Verhältnismässigkeit der Mittel at Kino International. While ‘local’ is the frequented word here, my position is closer to the ongoing conversation between local versus international, intimate versus immensely-boast-able and which of the extremes filmmakers should ground themselves in […]