Today we spoke to Enrico Vannucci, Artistic Director of the 21st OZU FILM FESTIVAL EXTENDED DEADLINE • 15 August 2013 This year we wanted to give all of the participants the possibility to be in competition so we just set up an entirely competitive festival. Previous festivals we just had between one to three competitions and […]
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LEEDS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Today we spoke to Alexander King, Program Manager of the 27th Leeds International Film Festival DEADLINE • 30 August 2013 Leeds is a large, general, audience-driven film festival and we show all sorts of films across the spectrum. We have many different sections in which we try to represent films on an equal footing. There are […]
BUSAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
GUANAJUATO
Today we spoke to Nina Rodriguez, Programmer of the 16th GUANAJUATO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL DEADLINE • 1 May 2013 Every year we introduce something new and this year we are beginning a new residency program to help filmmakers get their films made, both from the region and internationally. We are trying to help filmmakers get feedback and […]