Now in its 15th year, DokuFest in Kosovo, focusing on both Balkan and international documentaries, is one of Europe’s most intriguing documentary film festivals at the moment. Set in the small medieval city of Prizren, it prides itself on a unique atmosphere of intimacy, an easy going pace, resourcefulness, originality and goodwill. Adored by both the local population and the foreign filmmakers, journalists and other guests who every August flock to Prizren in masses, DokuFest is one of the few major cultural events in a country where the political situation is still a bit precarious. Starting three years after the war in Kosovo, the organizers of the festival had to deal with the lack of infrastructure, such as cinema theaters. The cinema Lumbardhi, named after the river that is running through the city, was one of the two remaining cinemas in the country; and making it the heart of their festival,...
- 9/27/2016
- MUBI
Chicago – The advocacy group of Women in Film Chicago (Wifc) have an annual event that honors prominent members of the media industry in the city, and the 2016 Focus Awards Gala will take place this year on January 28th. The honorees are Advertising Creative Director Jean Batthany, Documentary Filmmaker Kathryn Hempel, Film Director Kris Swanberg, and Writer/Actor Megan Mercier.
Women in Film began in Los Angeles in the 1970s, and since then has been building a global community of film, television, advertising, digital and on screen media professionals, and is the preeminent organization for the advancement of women in these industries. The Chicago chapter of this organization is dedicated to promoting the professional and educational advancement of its members, men and women alike, while contributing to the overall success of Chicago as a provider of high-caliber commercial, television, independent and major film production.
Wifc 2016 Focus Award Honoree, Megan Mercier
Photo credit: MeganMercier.
Women in Film began in Los Angeles in the 1970s, and since then has been building a global community of film, television, advertising, digital and on screen media professionals, and is the preeminent organization for the advancement of women in these industries. The Chicago chapter of this organization is dedicated to promoting the professional and educational advancement of its members, men and women alike, while contributing to the overall success of Chicago as a provider of high-caliber commercial, television, independent and major film production.
Wifc 2016 Focus Award Honoree, Megan Mercier
Photo credit: MeganMercier.
- 1/28/2016
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Out of competition screening for My Craft about artist Arsen Dedic.
The Sarajevo Film Festival has announced its documentary competition for 2014.
Themes explored include non-violent protests and civil disobedience (Everyday Rebellion); refugee immigration and growing xenophobia (Evaporating Borderes); a controversial Stalin statue in a small town (The Ruler); Egyptian women in the Arab Spring (Private Revolutions); and It engineers searching for love (Love and Engineering).
Also, the festival will host a gala screening, out of competition, with the international premiere of Mladen Matičević’s My Craft from Croatia and Serbia, about the music, poetry and life of the artist Arsen Dedić.
Documentary Competition
Azemina
Enes Zlatar, Ajdin Kamber (Bosnia and Herzegovina) [world premiere]
Ghetto 59
Ines Tanović (Bosnia and Herzegovina) [world premiere]
Naked Island
Tiha Klara Gudac (Croatia) [world premiere]
Private Revolutions – Young, Female, Egyptian
Alexandra Schneider (Austria) [world premiere]
The Ruler
Shalva Shengeli (Georgia) [world premiere]
Scandal
Elton Baxhaku, Eriona Cami (Albania) [world premiere]
Children Of Transition
Matija Vukšić (Croatia)
The Forest
Siniša Dragin (Romania-Serbia)
Mitch - The Diary...
The Sarajevo Film Festival has announced its documentary competition for 2014.
Themes explored include non-violent protests and civil disobedience (Everyday Rebellion); refugee immigration and growing xenophobia (Evaporating Borderes); a controversial Stalin statue in a small town (The Ruler); Egyptian women in the Arab Spring (Private Revolutions); and It engineers searching for love (Love and Engineering).
Also, the festival will host a gala screening, out of competition, with the international premiere of Mladen Matičević’s My Craft from Croatia and Serbia, about the music, poetry and life of the artist Arsen Dedić.
Documentary Competition
Azemina
Enes Zlatar, Ajdin Kamber (Bosnia and Herzegovina) [world premiere]
Ghetto 59
Ines Tanović (Bosnia and Herzegovina) [world premiere]
Naked Island
Tiha Klara Gudac (Croatia) [world premiere]
Private Revolutions – Young, Female, Egyptian
Alexandra Schneider (Austria) [world premiere]
The Ruler
Shalva Shengeli (Georgia) [world premiere]
Scandal
Elton Baxhaku, Eriona Cami (Albania) [world premiere]
Children Of Transition
Matija Vukšić (Croatia)
The Forest
Siniša Dragin (Romania-Serbia)
Mitch - The Diary...
- 7/22/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Out of competition screening for My Craft about artist Arsen Dedic.
The Sarajevo Film Festival has announced its documentary competition for 2014.
Themes explored include non-violent protests and civil disobedience (Everyday Rebellion); refugee immigration and growing xenophobia (Evaporating Borderes); a controversial Stalin statue in a small town (The Ruler); Egyptian women in the Arab Spring (Private Revolutions); and It engineers searching for love (Love and Engineering).
Also, the festival will host a gala screening, out of competition, with the international premiere of Mladen Matičević’s My Craft from Croatia and Serbia, about the music, poetry and life of the artist Arsen Dedić.
Documentary Competition
Azemina, Enes Zlatar, Ajdin Kamber (Bosnia and Herzegovina) [world premiere]
Ghetto 59, Ines Tanović (Bosnia and Herzegovina) [world premiere]
Naked Island, Tiha Klara Gudac (Croatia) [world premiere]
Private Revolutions – Young, Female, Egyptian, Alexandra Schneider (Austria) [world premiere] [pictured]
The Ruler, Shalva Shengeli (Georgia) [world premiere]
Scandal, Elton Baxhaku, Eriona Cami (Albania) [world premiere]
Children Of Transition, Matija Vukšić (Croatia)
The Forest, Siniša Dragin...
The Sarajevo Film Festival has announced its documentary competition for 2014.
Themes explored include non-violent protests and civil disobedience (Everyday Rebellion); refugee immigration and growing xenophobia (Evaporating Borderes); a controversial Stalin statue in a small town (The Ruler); Egyptian women in the Arab Spring (Private Revolutions); and It engineers searching for love (Love and Engineering).
Also, the festival will host a gala screening, out of competition, with the international premiere of Mladen Matičević’s My Craft from Croatia and Serbia, about the music, poetry and life of the artist Arsen Dedić.
Documentary Competition
Azemina, Enes Zlatar, Ajdin Kamber (Bosnia and Herzegovina) [world premiere]
Ghetto 59, Ines Tanović (Bosnia and Herzegovina) [world premiere]
Naked Island, Tiha Klara Gudac (Croatia) [world premiere]
Private Revolutions – Young, Female, Egyptian, Alexandra Schneider (Austria) [world premiere] [pictured]
The Ruler, Shalva Shengeli (Georgia) [world premiere]
Scandal, Elton Baxhaku, Eriona Cami (Albania) [world premiere]
Children Of Transition, Matija Vukšić (Croatia)
The Forest, Siniša Dragin...
- 7/22/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
In any given year, many Hot Docs entries are reserved for films about people fighting the good fight against a sometimes apathetic, and sometimes cruel system that are guilty of oppression in one way, shape or form. In some respects, Everyday Rebellion is like a highlight reel of every major protest over the last few years, including all the hits like Occupy Wall Street, the Arab Spring and the Ukraine. The “in” for this movie is the idea that inventive and grassroots non-violent protest can change the world for the better, and is more beneficial than the more violent, bloodshed variety of change. There’s definitely something to that, but the message is murky because quite obviously, the small actions by the people profiled here aren’t moving the needle very much.
The focus of the film is truly on the “everyday people,” although usual instigators like Reverend Billy of...
The focus of the film is truly on the “everyday people,” although usual instigators like Reverend Billy of...
- 4/26/2014
- by Adam A. Donaldson
- We Got This Covered
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