Festival of Austrian Film was due to run March 24-29.
The Diagonale, Austria’s annual national film festival, has been cancelled due to concerns over the ongoing spread of coronavirus.
The festival was set to run from March 24-29 in the southern Austrian city of Graz and open with the world premiere of documentary The Most Beautiful Place On Earth, directed by Elke Groen.
But government measures to regulate crowds, including gathering more than 100 people in a closed room, have led festival organizers to cancel the event.
In a joint statement, Diagonale co-directors Peter Schernhuber und Sebastian Höglinger said: “With a heavy heart,...
The Diagonale, Austria’s annual national film festival, has been cancelled due to concerns over the ongoing spread of coronavirus.
The festival was set to run from March 24-29 in the southern Austrian city of Graz and open with the world premiere of documentary The Most Beautiful Place On Earth, directed by Elke Groen.
But government measures to regulate crowds, including gathering more than 100 people in a closed room, have led festival organizers to cancel the event.
In a joint statement, Diagonale co-directors Peter Schernhuber und Sebastian Höglinger said: “With a heavy heart,...
- 3/11/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Selection competing for the Golden Bear includes films from 21 countries.
A total of 25 films from 21 countries will compete for the Golden Bear for Best Short Film and the Silver Bear Jury Prize at the 64th Berlinale (Feb 6-16).
The jury comprises Indonesian director Edwin, who last participated in the Berlinale Competition 2012 with Postcards from the Zoo; Nuno Rodrigues, artistic director of the Vila do Conde short film festival and founder of Agência - Portuguese Short Film Agency; and Lebanese curator Christine Tohme.
They will award a Golden and a Silver Bear, the Daad Short Film Prize as well as the Berlin Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards.
Berlinale Shorts 2014
Afronauts, Frances Bodomo, USA, 13’ (IP)
Birds, Ulu Braun, Germany, 15’ (Wp)
La Casona (The Big House), Juliette Touin, Cuba, 25’ (IP)
darkroom, Billy Roisz, Austria, 13’ (Wp)
Do serca Twego (To Thy Heart), Ewa Borysewicz, Poland, 10’ (IP)
Im Tekhayekh, Ha’Olam Yekhayekh Elekha (Smile, and the World...
A total of 25 films from 21 countries will compete for the Golden Bear for Best Short Film and the Silver Bear Jury Prize at the 64th Berlinale (Feb 6-16).
The jury comprises Indonesian director Edwin, who last participated in the Berlinale Competition 2012 with Postcards from the Zoo; Nuno Rodrigues, artistic director of the Vila do Conde short film festival and founder of Agência - Portuguese Short Film Agency; and Lebanese curator Christine Tohme.
They will award a Golden and a Silver Bear, the Daad Short Film Prize as well as the Berlin Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards.
Berlinale Shorts 2014
Afronauts, Frances Bodomo, USA, 13’ (IP)
Birds, Ulu Braun, Germany, 15’ (Wp)
La Casona (The Big House), Juliette Touin, Cuba, 25’ (IP)
darkroom, Billy Roisz, Austria, 13’ (Wp)
Do serca Twego (To Thy Heart), Ewa Borysewicz, Poland, 10’ (IP)
Im Tekhayekh, Ha’Olam Yekhayekh Elekha (Smile, and the World...
- 1/13/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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