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Warsaw International Film Festival
Warsaw Film Festival ( pl, Warszawski Festiwal Filmowy, abbreviated as WFF) is an annual film festival held every October in Warsaw, Poland which previews new films of all genres, including documentaries from all around the world. The festival has been held every year since 1985. In 2008, it was recognized by FIAPF as a competitive film festival specialised in first and second features and films from Central and Eastern Europe. The festival is host to the International Federation of Film Critics awards for enterprising filmmaking in Central Europe and beyond (i.e. Denmark and Israel). The 38th edition will take place between 14 October to 23 October 2022. Festival Programmes The programme consists of the following sections: * The International Competition – premiering competition for international features * 1–2 Competition – for 1st and 2nd feature films * Free Spirit Competition – competition for independent, innovative, rebellious feature length fiction and documenta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warsaw
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officially estimated at 1.86 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 3.1 million residents, which makes Warsaw the 7th most-populous city in the European Union. The city area measures and comprises 18 districts, while the metropolitan area covers . Warsaw is an Alpha global city, a major cultural, political and economic hub, and the country's seat of government. Warsaw traces its origins to a small fishing town in Masovia. The city rose to prominence in the late 16th century, when Sigismund III decided to move the Polish capital and his royal court from Kraków. Warsaw served as the de facto capital of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1795, and subsequently as the seat of Napoleon's Duchy of Warsaw. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karlovy Vary Film Festival
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ( cs, Mezinárodní filmový festival Karlovy Vary) is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival is one of the oldest in the world and has become Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern Europe's leading film event. History The pre-war dream of many enthusiastic filmmakers materialized in 1946 when a non-competition festival of films from seven countries took place in Mariánské Lázně and Karlovy Vary. Above all it was intended to screen the results of the recently nationalized Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovak film industry. After the first two years the festival moved permanently to Karlovy Vary. The Karlovy Vary IFF first held an international film competition in 1948. Since 1951, an international jury has evaluated the films. The Karlovy Vary competition quickly found a place among other developing festivals and by 1956 FIAPF had already classified Karlovy Vary as a categ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Vyrypaev
Ivan Aleksandrovich Vyrypaev (russian: Ива́н Алекса́ндрович Вырыпа́ев; pl, Iwan Wyrypajew; born August 3, 1974) is a Polish, Russian-born playwright, screenwriter, film director, actor and art director. He is a leading figure in the Russian New Drama movement. Biography Father - Aleksandr Nikolayevich Vyrypaev, teacher of the Irkutsk Pedagogical College No. 1, was awarded the Patriot of Russia commemorative medal. Mother - Vera Timofeyevna Vyrypaeva, had higher trade education, died tragically. In 1995, Ivan graduated from the Irkutsk Theater School, after graduation he worked for one season as an actor in the Magadan Theater, then for two seasons as an actor in the Drama and Comedy Theater in Kamchatka. In 1998, founded the theater-studio "Space of the Game" in Irkutsk. In the same year, Ivan became a student at the Higher Theater School named after Shchukin, studying at the departments of "Drama Theater Director". In 1999–2001, Vyrypaev taught a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euphoria (2006 Film)
''Euphoria'' (russian: Эйфория) is a 2006 Russian drama/romance film directed by dramatist and director Ivan Vyrypaev. This drama, rightly classified as tragedy, exposes shocking truth about cultural and material poverty of Russian provincial Village. The film was nominated on Golden Lion at 2006 Venice Film Festival and won Little Golden Lion. In the same year ''Euphoria'' won the Kinotavr Special Prize of the Jury. At the Russian Film Festival past autumn 2007 in the United Kingdom it was appreciated also, became one of the most successful festival films. The film stars Polina Agureeva and Mikhail Okunev. Plot The story unfolds in the Eurasian Steppes The Eurasian Steppe, also simply called the Great Steppe or the steppes, is the vast steppe ecoregion of Eurasia in the temperate grasslands, savannas and shrublands biome. It stretches through Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova and Transnistria .... Vera lives with her husband Valery and their daughter in a house on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ognjen Sviličić
Ognjen Sviličić (born 1971 in Split) is a screenwriter and film director, based in Berlin noted for his critically acclaimed 2007 films Sorry For Kung Fu, '' Armin and These Are the Rules'' Career Sviličić was born 1971 in Split, in a family of journalists. He started his career with a series of TV features which had a mixed critical response. At the beginning of the 2000s, Sviličić often worked as a co-writer or script doctor on films by other directors (''What Iva Recorded'' by Tomislav Radić, ''The Melon Route'' by Branko Schmidt). Many of the directors with whom he worked made significantly better films than usual while co-working with Sviličić. Sviličić was therefore sometimes nicknamed " Mabuse of Croatian cinema", who "resurrects irectorsfrom the dead". Sviličić's first international success was comedy ''Sorry for Kung Fu'', in which young woman from the Dalmatian highlands comes back from Germany to her native village. Girl ( Daria Lorenci) is pregnant, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorry For Kung Fu
''Sorry for Kung Fu'' ( hr, Oprosti za kung fu) is a 2004 Croatian drama film directed by Ognjen Sviličić. The plot follows a pregnant unmarried woman played by Daria Lorenci, who returns to her village in Croatia after living in Germany during the Croatian War of Independence. Her family labors to find her a husband to avoid a local scandal, not knowing the father is Asian. Cast * Daria Lorenci as Mirjana "Mira" * Filip Radoš as Jozo, Mira's father * Vera Zima as Kate, Mira'a mother * Luka Petrušić as Marko, Mira's brother * Vedran Mlikota as Veliki * Ivica Bašić as Mate * Yong Long Dai as Child * Jadranka Đokić Jadranka Đokić (born 14 January 1981) is a Croatian actress. One of the top Croatian actresses, she has won critical approval for her theatre, film and television performances. Her notable film roles include starring in ''Fine Dead Girls'', '' ... as Zorica * Barbara Vicković as Nurse * Mate Curic as Krule * Milivoj Cace as Jović * Branimir Rakić ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asghar Farhadi
Asghar Farhadi ( fa, اصغر فرهادی, ; born 7 May 1972)Soureh Movie Database is an Iranian film director and screenwriter. He has received critical acclaim for his international films which focus on the human condition as well as portray intimate and challenging stories of internal family conflicts. His films include the dramas '''' (2009), '''' (2011), '' The Past'' (2013), '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beautiful City
''The Beautiful City'' ( fa, شهر زیبا /Shahr-e Ziba/) is a 2004 Iranian drama film directed by Asghar Farhadi. Plot Akbar celebrates his 18th birthday in the detention centre. He has been held in a rehabilitation centre for committing murder at the age of sixteen when he was condemned to death. Legally speaking, he had to reach the age of eighteen so that the conviction could be carried out. Now, Akbar is transferred to prison to await the day of his execution. A'la, a friend of Akbar, who himself has undergone imprisonment for burglary, soon after his release tries desperately to gain the consent of Akbar's plaintiff so as to stop the execution. Cast * Taraneh Alidoosti as Firoozeh * Faramarz Gharibian as Abolqasem Rahmati * Babak Ansari as A'la * Hossein Farzi-Zadeh as Akbar * Ahu Kheradmand as Mr. Abolqasem's Wife Awards and nominations References External links * *Variety Variety may refer to: Arts and entertainment Entertainment formats * Variety (radio) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piotr Trzaskalski
Piotr Trzaskalski (; born February 5, 1964, in Łódź, Poland) is a Polish film director and screenwriter. Biography A graduate of the National Film School in Łódź. He is probably best known for his film '' Edi'' (2002), which won several awards at the Berlin International Film Festival (2003) in Berlin, Germany, and also won the special Audience Award at the 2003 Polish Film Awards from the Polish Academy. In 2004, he became a member of the European Film Academy. His later film '' Mistrz'' (English: ''The Master'') (2005) won the FIPRESCI Prize at the Miami International Film Festival (2006) in Miami, Florida. - Miami International Film Festival (home page) Selected filmography * |
Edi (film)
''Edi'' is a 2002 Polish drama film directed and co-written by Piotr Trzaskalski. It received critical acclaim and eleven Polish Film Award nominations, winning two for Best Supporting Actor and Audience Award. The film was selected as the Polish entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 75th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. Plot The film concerns two "scrap pickers" one of whom is falsely accused of seducing a woman and then forced to take care of her child. Cast * Henryk Gołębiewski – Edi * Jacek Braciak – Jureczek * Jacek Lenartowicz – Brat I * Grzegorz Stelmaszewski – Brat II * Aleksandra Kisio – Księżniczka * Dominik Bąk – Cygan * Małgorzata Flegel-Siedler – Krysia * Maria Maj – żona Małego * Tomasz Jarosz – Andrzej * Stefan Rola – Stefan * Grażyna Suchocka – sklepowa Awards and nominations It was submitted for the List of submissions to the 75th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not make the cut. However ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanghai International Film Festival
The Shanghai International Film Festival (, French: ''Festival international du film de Shanghai''), abbreviated SIFF, is one of the largest film festivals in East Asia. "China's biggest film festival" according to the Hollywood Reporter. Next to Tokyo International Film Festival, the SIFF is considered by many to be the second biggest film festival in Asia. The first festival was held from October 7 to 14, 1993. In 2003 there was no festival due to the SARS outbreak. Since its beginning in 1993, Shanghai International Film Festival has grown to become an A-category international film festival. Every June, the 10-day film festival arrives as scheduled, and it has become an important sight in Shanghai's cultural life. The Shanghai Film Festival has screened more than 400 Chinese and foreign films. SIFF organized by Shanghai Municipal Administration of Culture, Radio, Film & TV and Shanghai Media & Entertainment Group. It awards several "Golden Goblet" Awards () for best film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo International Film Festival
The is a film festival established in 1985. The event was held biennially from 1985 to 1991 and annually thereafter. Along with the Shanghai International Film Festival, it is one of Asia's competitive film festivals, and is considered to be the largest film festival in Asia and the only Japanese festival accredited by the FIAPF. The awards handed out during the festival have changed throughout its existence, but the Tokyo Grand Prix, handed to the best film, has stayed as the top award. Other awards that have been given regularly include the Special Jury Award and awards for best actor, best actress and best director. In recent years, the festival's main events have been held over one week in late October, at the Roppongi Hills development. Events include open-air screenings, voice-over screenings, and appearances by actors, as well as seminars and symposiums related to the film market. Tokyo Grand Prix winners Best Director Award *1985 - Péter Gothár, '' Time Stands St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
