The European Film Academy proudly announces the nominations in the category EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY 2012. A committee consisting of Nik Powell, director of the NFTS and deputy chairman of the EFA Board (UK), EFA Members Francine Brücher (Switzerland) and Despina Mouzaki (Greece), and the documentary experts Claas Danielsen (Germany), Ally Derks (the Netherlands), and Jacques Laurent (Belgium) has chosen the following three films for a nomination:
HIVER NOMADE (Winter Nomads)
Swit...
Members of the Board of the prestigious film institution European Film Academy have been honorary guests of the Cinema City 2012 in Novi Sad.
Krzysztof Zanussi
One of the annual board meetings of this world-renowned institution took place at Cinema City International Film Festival. The president of EFA is the renowned director Wim Wenders, the chairman of Board is French producer Yves Marmion, while Deputy Chairmen are German Oscar-winning director Volker Schlöndorff...
Nik Powell at the closing ceremony
Sixteen domestic film professionals elected Board Members of the prestigious European Film Academy
Members of the Board of the prestigious film institution European Film Academy have been honorary guests of the Cinema City 2012. This is the first official visit of the European Film Academy to Serbia.
Krzysztof Zanussi
One of the annual board meetings of this world-renowned institution took place at Cinema City International ...
Whereas the Official Selection for feature films will be presented on Thursday 19 April, the Official Selection for short films is being unveiled in an exclusive preview.
The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury, presided over by Jean-Pierre Dardenne, will reward the best films from the Short Film Competition and the Cinéfondation Selection.
Short Films Competition
Competing for the 2012 Short Film Palme d'or, ten films have been selected from among the 4,500 films that were submitted...
The members of the European Film Academy have elected five new members to the EFA Board:
The producers
Bruno Chatelin (France) co founder of filmfestivals.com, fest21.com former distributor with Sony, UGC FOX,
Bruno standing next to his Dracula trophy (he created for the exhibitors, a few years back when he was a distributor :-)
Helena Danielsson (Sweden),
László Kantor (Hungary),
Marek Rozenba...
Nik Powell, Vice-President of the European Film Academy and Director of the National Film and Television School in London, has agreed to be the president of the feature film section of the festival.
In 1972, Nik Powell set up Virgin Records with Richard Branson, nowadays a multi-million pound company. In the 80’s, Nik Powell went into partnership with Stephen Wooley and formed Palace Productions, later on producing three of Neil Jordan’s most succesfull films - COMPANY OF WOLVES, ...
WHAT IS “EKRAN”?The European training programme EKRAN is a collaborative project between the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing, FOCAL (Switzerland), the Norwegian Film Institute, the Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, the Internationale Film Schule Köln, International Film School Wales & Skillset Screen Academy Wales and the Netherlands Film Institute.EKRAN (the Polish word for “screen”) is an international training program focusing on the creative pre-production process base...
The Festival’s provision of services to the Industry has increased in 2008 and ranges from ground-breaking international events to UK focused debates and leading talent development projects. This expanded and diverse slate is possible thanks to continued funding from Film London, the London Development Agency, the Mayor of London, and new industry sponsor, Production Base.Innovations for 2008 include a major event UK and India:The Shape of Things to Come, in association with the UK Film Counci...
London’s first ever Production Finance Market, launched by Film London in association with The Times BFI 51st London Film Festival, will take place 22-23 October, focusing on new private forms of investment, film finance and new distribution avenues; one of the many events in the Festival’s expanded industry calendar. 120 international and UK financiers and established producers will participate in more than 400 face-to-face matched meetings, including 11 emerging producers who have been sel...
Tuesday, February 27-----While current social, economic and political issues are prominently featured throughout the Miami International Film Festival program (which is truly international in its scope and concerns), several special programs have been dedicated to the issues of immigration and its sometimes related cousin, homelessness.Among the most anticipated is what the Miami dubs its Big Picture program, which for the past several years have highlighted films that tackle world issues and th...
8 european first feature filmsEen ander zijn geluk (Someone Else’s Happiness) - Fien Troch - BelgiumMeleğin düşüşü (La Chute de l'ange) - Semih Kaplanoğlu - TurkeyPavee Lackeen - Perry Ogden - IrelandRyna - Ruxandra Zenide - Swiss / RomaniaSauf le respect que je vous dois - Fabienne Godet - FranceSchläfer - Benjamin Heisenberg - AustriaStesti (Something Like Happiness) - Bodhan Slama - Czech RepublicThe Passenger - François Rotger - France / Canada / Japan8 european fi...
MUNICH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF FILM SCHOOLS -19. November - 26. November 2005 After the Awards Ceremony in the Gloria Palast theater, the festival's participants from around the world spent their last night in Munich partying and dancing at the BMW Pavillon on Lenbachplatz until after midnight.We'd like to thank the participants of the 25th International Festival of Film Schools for presenting their films this past week and we would also like to thank the Munich public for attending in such la...
The numerous projects received for consideration will be submitted to a high profile selection committee comprised of key players in the industry such as David Thompson – BBC (UK), Nik Powell – NFTS (UK), Raimond Goebel - Pandora (Germany), Mylada Rybarova – Senator (Germany), Yves Marmion – UGC (France) and Antonio Saura – Zebra Producciones (Spain)The Programme: Sunday, 18 September, 2005, Kursaal 11:00 am – 1:30 pm Conference concerning the current state of th...
A CILECT Project by Joost Hunningher CILECT is the association of the world's major film and television schools. Its goals are to provide a means for the exchange of ideas among member schools, and to help them understand the future of education for creative personnel in film, television, and related media. It is dedicated to the creation, development and maintenance of regional and international co-operation among its member schools, and to the encouragement of film and television training in...