Sandra Wollner’s film has won the Grand Diagonale Prize for Best Feature Film, while Sabine Derflinger’s movie received the equivalent for best documentary. The awards of the 2020 edition of the Diagonale, which could not take place as scheduled in March because of restrictions imposed by the Austrian authorities owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, were announced on Tuesday 30 June. The festival, which had been scheduled to unspool between 24 and 29 March in the Austrian city of Graz, reported the cancellation of this year's edition on 11 March, explaining why postponing the event was not possible. However, the Diagonale has since successfully managed to make part of its 2020 selection available via various VoD platforms, Austrian TV stations and other local media. Despite the difficult circumstances, the awards of the 2020 edition were still handed out, with the winners being announced on Tuesday evening by means of live tickers...
The new projects by Sabine Derflinger, Daniel Prochaska and Barbara Albert have also received grants. The Austrian Film Institute has announced the recipients of its latest round of grants, which were decided on during its eighth funding session of 2019. The three members of the selection committee decided to split a total sum of €700,300 among 27 film projects and to hand out one grant for professional development. Among the projects chosen to receive funding is Jessica Hausner’s Club Zero, which received a script-development grant of €15,000. The Austrian filmmaker is ready to follow up on the success of her sci-fi flick Little Joe, which was part of the Cannes Film Festival’s main competition this year, with a satire. Inspired by the 13th-century fable The Pied Piper of Hamelin, in which the townspeople never pay the flute-playing rat-catcher for his services, leading him...
- 12/10/2019
- Cineuropa - The Best of European Cinema
Those who have been waiting for the call for entries of the Short Film Center at the International Film Festival of India, Goa might find an answer on the Facebook page titled “Support Short Film Center – Don’t Let Good Things Die”! The deadline for submissions last year was October 10, a date which is barely two weeks away but there has been no word from the authorities yet.
It is being said that the upcoming edition of the International Film Festival of India, Goa won’t see the Short Film Center happening alongside. The Entertainment Society of Goa (Esg), the organizers of the Short Film Center are waiting for the government to have their final say on it. “The Esg can’t do anything that the government doesn’t want us to. We are waiting for the government to decide,” says Manoj Srivastava, the CEO of Esg.
The Times of...
It is being said that the upcoming edition of the International Film Festival of India, Goa won’t see the Short Film Center happening alongside. The Entertainment Society of Goa (Esg), the organizers of the Short Film Center are waiting for the government to have their final say on it. “The Esg can’t do anything that the government doesn’t want us to. We are waiting for the government to decide,” says Manoj Srivastava, the CEO of Esg.
The Times of...
- 9/24/2011
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
More of the trade came in Thursday night including Rainer Kölmel who sold Kinowelt to Pathe just before the latest market crash and who has produced The Two Lives of Daniel Shore, playing here. Daniel Gluckau is still acquiring films for Kinowelt and has just had a son born. Former Kinowelt sales man Stlios Ziannis has created his own international sales agency Aktis Film whose film 13 Semester is premiering here and was produced by 20th Century Fox Germany signaling their possibly renewed interest in German production. This film, depicting life in college is a new subject for German film. Aktis also intends to enter coproductions as well. Also attending are Rudy Tjio of Universum Ufa who will also be attending Afm, Antonio Exacoustos of Arri Media Worldsales, Wigbert Moschall of mdc int., Prokino's Ira von Gienanth, Mfa's Christian Meinke
Women in film are receiving some press these days, from an...
Women in film are receiving some press these days, from an...
- 10/30/2009
- by Sydney
- Sydney's Buzz
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