A host of thorny issues face film festivals that want to retain their independence and integrity in a world where many would happily coopt them, said a group of professionals in the field during the 26th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival.
The recent controversy over whether fests should ban films from Russia, as a group of Ukrainian filmmaker has publicly urged, is just one example of the dilemma, say international fest programmers.
But this debate alone has led to splits among those who select fest films for a living: Should they reject just those films backed by Russian state funds? Or co-productions in which the Russian state is a partner? Or just those backed by Russian funds after the country invaded Ukraine in February? Should they also ban those made by Russian dissidents?
Viktoria Leshchenko, program director of the Docudays UA human rights film fest in Ukraine and a...
The recent controversy over whether fests should ban films from Russia, as a group of Ukrainian filmmaker has publicly urged, is just one example of the dilemma, say international fest programmers.
But this debate alone has led to splits among those who select fest films for a living: Should they reject just those films backed by Russian state funds? Or co-productions in which the Russian state is a partner? Or just those backed by Russian funds after the country invaded Ukraine in February? Should they also ban those made by Russian dissidents?
Viktoria Leshchenko, program director of the Docudays UA human rights film fest in Ukraine and a...
- 11/2/2022
- by Will Tizard
- Variety Film + TV
Ammonite, Apples, Promising Young Woman, Supernova, The Dig, The Father and The Mauritanian are among the first wave of movies recommended by a European Film Awards committee for nomination at this year’s event.
A record number of movies have been suggested by the committee this year in light of the pandemic disruption. More than 40 films have been revealed today — features and docs — with more set to be revealed in September.
The feature films have been selected by a committee of the Academy Board and a range of European industry professionals. The documentary films have been selected by Efa Board Members Graziella Bildesheim (institutional/Italy) and Ada Solomon (producer/Romania), Katja Gauriloff, Kathrin Kohlstedde (festival programmer/Germany), Veton Nurkollari (artistic director/Kosovo), Orwa Nyrabia, Rada Šešić (festival programmer and filmmaker/Bosnia & Herzegovina/The Netherlands), Rajesh Thind and...
A record number of movies have been suggested by the committee this year in light of the pandemic disruption. More than 40 films have been revealed today — features and docs — with more set to be revealed in September.
The feature films have been selected by a committee of the Academy Board and a range of European industry professionals. The documentary films have been selected by Efa Board Members Graziella Bildesheim (institutional/Italy) and Ada Solomon (producer/Romania), Katja Gauriloff, Kathrin Kohlstedde (festival programmer/Germany), Veton Nurkollari (artistic director/Kosovo), Orwa Nyrabia, Rada Šešić (festival programmer and filmmaker/Bosnia & Herzegovina/The Netherlands), Rajesh Thind and...
- 8/24/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The selection, from which five final nominations will be decided, features titles by Sébastien Lifshitz, Sergei Loznitsa and Alexander Nanau. The European Film Academy and Efa Productions have announced the Efa Documentary Selection, a list of 13 European documentaries recommended for a nomination for this year's European Film Awards. There are 14 European countries represented in this year’s Efa Documentary Selection. The Efa Documentary Committee, consisting of Efa Board Members Graziella Bildesheim (Italy) and Henning Kamm (Germany) as well as documentary experts Veton Nurkollari (Kosovo), Rada Šešić (Bosnia and Herzegovina/The Netherlands/Croatia), Elena Subirà i Roca (Spain) and Alex Szalat (France) decided on the Efa Documentary Selection. Efa Members will now vote for five documentary nominations. Based on these nominations, the Efa Members will then elect the ‘European Documentary 2020’, which will be announced during the awards ceremony on 12 December in Reykjavik. The selected documentaries: Acasa - My Home -...
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