Warsaw International Film Festival
Encyclopedia
Warsaw International Film Festival , also known as the Warsaw FilmFest, is a film festival
held every October in Warsaw, Poland
. The festival has been held every year since 1985.
The festival is host to the International Federation of Film Critics
awards for enterprising filmmaking in Central and Eastern Europe
. The 27th edition is scheduled to take place between 7 October to 16 October 2011.
All the films presented, regardless of the section (competitive or non-competitive), are eligible for the Audience Award.
Film festival
A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
held every October in Warsaw, Poland
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
. The festival has been held every year since 1985.
The festival is host to the International Federation of Film Critics
FIPRESCI
The International Federation of Film Critics is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world for "the promotion and development of film culture and for the safeguarding of professional interests." It was founded in June 1930 in...
awards for enterprising filmmaking in Central and Eastern Europe
Central and Eastern Europe
Central and Eastern Europe is a term describing former communist states in Europe, after the collapse of the Iron Curtain in 1989/90. In scholarly literature the abbreviations CEE or CEEC are often used for this concept...
. The 27th edition is scheduled to take place between 7 October to 16 October 2011.
Programmes
The programme consists of the following sections:- The International Competition - international features
- 1-2 Competition - for 1st and 2nd feature films
- Free Spirit Competition
- Documentary Competition
- Shorts Competition
- Master's Touch
- Discoveries
- Family Cinema Weekend
All the films presented, regardless of the section (competitive or non-competitive), are eligible for the Audience Award.
Juries
- International Competition Jury
- The Competition 1-2 Jury
- Free Spirit Competition Jury
- Documentary Competition Jury
- Shorts Competition Jury
- Jury FIPRESCIFIPRESCIThe International Federation of Film Critics is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world for "the promotion and development of film culture and for the safeguarding of professional interests." It was founded in June 1930 in...
History
- 1985 - Film Discussion Club "Hybrydy" founds the festival, originally named Warsaw Film Week. Festival's creator Roman Gutek becomes its first director.
- 1991 - Stafan Laudyn becomes new director of the festival and name Warsaw Film Week changes to Warsaw Film Festival.
- 1995 - festival is being organised by Warsaw Film Found for the first time
- 2000 - festival gets accreditation from FIAPFFIAPFThe FIAPF based in Paris, created in 1933, is an organization composed with 31 member associations from 25 of the leading audiovisual production countries...
and changes its name again into Warsaw International Film Festival
- 2005 - for the first time FIAPFFIAPFThe FIAPF based in Paris, created in 1933, is an organization composed with 31 member associations from 25 of the leading audiovisual production countries...
juror gives special awards during Warsaw International Film Festival
- 2009 - FIAPFFIAPFThe FIAPF based in Paris, created in 1933, is an organization composed with 31 member associations from 25 of the leading audiovisual production countries...
adds Warsaw International Film Festival to a group of international contest festival (which other members are CannesCannes Film FestivalThe Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...
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Awarded movies
Audience award:- 2010 - Sound of NoiseSound of NoiseSound of Noise is a 2010 Swedish-French comedy-crime film written and directed by Ola Simonsson and Johannes Stjärne Nilsson. It tells the story of a group of musicians who illegally perform music on objects in the various institutions of a city...
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Sweden/
Early Modern France, dir. Ola Simonsson/Johannes Stjärne Nilsson) - 2009 - The Dark HouseThe Dark HouseThe Dark House is a 2009 Polish drama film directed by Wojciech Smarzowski.- Cast :* Arkadiusz Jakubik - Edward Srodon* Marian Dziedziel - Zdzislaw Dziabas* Kinga Preis - Bozena Dziabasowa* Bartlomiej Topa - Mróz...
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Poland, dir. Wojciech SmarzowskiWojciech SmarzowskiWojciech Smarzowski is a Polish writer and director. He studied filmmaking at Jagiellonian University. His 2004 film, The Wedding earned special jury mention at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2005...
) and WelcomeWelcome (2009 film)Welcome is a 2009 French film directed by Philippe Lioret. It stars Vincent Lindon and features Firat Ayverdi and Derya Ayverdi in their inaugural roles. The film was released on 11 March 2009 in France...
( Early Modern France, dir. Philippe LioretPhilippe LioretPhilippe Lioret is a French film director.- Filmography :*1993: Tombés du ciel*1997: Tenue correcte exigée*2001: Mademoiselle*2004: L'Équipier*2006: Je vais bien, ne t'en fais pas*2009: Welcome...
) - 2008 - Waltz with BashirWaltz with BashirWaltz with Bashir is a 2008 Israeli animated documentary film written and directed by Ari Folman. It depicts Folman in search of his lost memories from the 1982 Lebanon War....
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Israel/
Germany/ Early Modern France/
United States, dir. Ari FolmanAri FolmanAri Folman is an Israeli film director, screenwriter and film score composer.-Biography:Ari Folman was born in Haifa to Holocaust survivors. His wife is also a film director...
) - 2007 - The Band's VisitThe Band's VisitThe Band's Visit is an acclaimed 2007 Israeli film directed by Eran Kolirin.The Band's Visit was Israel's original Foreign Language Film submission for the 80th Academy Awards, but was rejected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences because it contained over 50% English dialogue...
( Israel/ Early Modern France/ United States, dir. Eran KolirinEran KolirinEran Kolirin is an Israeli screenwriter and film director.His directorial debut and as of 2008 his only feature-length film is The Band's Visit . The film was a critical success, winning eight Awards of the Israeli Film Academy and prizes at several international film festivals...
) - 2006 - EuphoriaEuphoria (film)Euphoria is a 2006 Russian drama/romance film directed by Siberian dramatist and director Ivan Vyrypayev, most recently acclaimed as a co-screenwriter of Bumer 2. This drama, rightly classified as tragedy, exposes shocking truth about cultural and material poverty of Russian provincial village. In...
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Russia, dir. Ivan Vyrypayev) - 2005 - Adam's ApplesAdam's ApplesAdam's Apples is a 2005 Danish comedy-drama film directed by Anders Thomas Jensen. The film revolves around the theme of the Book of Job. The main roles are played by Ulrich Thomsen and Mads Mikkelsen.- Plot :...
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Denmark, dir. Anders Thomas JensenAnders Thomas JensenAnders Thomas Jensen is a Danish screenwriter and film director.Jensen won the Oscar for his 1998 film Election Night...
) - 2004 - KontrollKontrollKontroll is a Hungarian comedy-thriller released to theatres in 2003. Shown internationally, mainly in art house theatres, the film is a darkly comic thriller set in a Hungarian Metro system....
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Hungary, dir. Antal Nimród) - 2003 - BuddyBuddy (2003 film)Buddy is a Norwegian film from 2003. It was directed by Morten Tyldum after a script by Lars Gudmestad. The music was composed by Lars Lillo-Stenberg, known from the band DeLillos...
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Norway, dir. Morten TyldumMorten TyldumMorten Tyldum is a Norwegian film director. He had his feature film debut with Buddy in 2003, a film that won great popular and critical acclaim. Previously he had worked with television, music videos, commercials and short films, and he had been named "Film talent of the year" by the newspaper...
) - 2002 - EllingEllingElling is a Norwegian film directed by Petter Næss. Shot mostly in and around the Norwegian capital Oslo, the film, which was released in 2001, is primarily based on Ingvar Ambjørnsen's novel Brødre i blodet , one of a series of four featuring the Elling character – the others are Utsikt til...
( Norway, dir. Petter NæssPetter NæssPetter Næss is a Norwegian actor and film director. His first film as a director was the comedy Absolute Hangover in 1999...
) - 2001 - Italian for BeginnersItalian for BeginnersItalian for Beginners is a 2000 Danish romantic comedy film written and directed by Lone Scherfig. The film stars Anders W. Berthelsen, Lars Kaalund and Peter Gantzler. The film was made by the austere principles of the Dogme 95 movement, including the use of hand held video cameras and natural...
( Denmark/ Sweden, dir. Lone ScherfigLone ScherfigLone Scherfig is a Danish film director. She graduated in 1984, and began her career as a director with "A Birthday Trip". She is part of the Dogme 95 film movement, which espouses a form of cinéma vérité She made her mark with the Dogme95-film, Italian for Beginners , a romantic comedy which...
) - 2000 - Loners (
Czech Republic/
Slovakia/
Slovenia, dir. David Ondříček) - 1999 - Children of HeavenChildren of HeavenChildren of Heaven is a 1997 Iranian adventure comedy-drama film written and directed by Majid Majidi. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1998...
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Iran, dir. Majid MajidiMajid MajidiMajid Majidi is an internationally and critically acclaimed Iranian film director, film producer, and screenwriter. Majidi's films have touched on many themes and genres and he has won many international awards.-Biography:...
) - 1998 - Life Is BeautifulLife Is BeautifulLife Is Beautiful is a 1997 Italian film which tells the story of a Jewish Italian, Guido Orefice , who must employ his fertile imagination to help his family during their internment in a Nazi concentration camp.At the 71st Academy Awards in 1999, Benigni won the Academy Award for Best Actor and...
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Italy, dir. Roberto BenigniRoberto BenigniRoberto Remigio Benigni, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI is an Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter and director of film, theatre and television.- Early years :...
) - 1997 - The Full MontyThe Full MontyThe Full Monty is a 1997 British comedy film directed by Peter Cattaneo, starring Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, William Snape, Steve Huison, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Barber, and Hugo Speer. The screenplay was written by Simon Beaufoy...
' onMouseout='HidePop("8364")' href="/topics/Peter_Cattaneo">Peter CattaneoPeter CattaneoPeter Cattaneo was born in 1964 in Twickenham, London. He is a two-time Academy Award-nominated English filmmaker most famous for directing the hit British film The Full Monty. He also directed 2005's Opal Dream.-Filmography:-External links:...
) - 1996 - TrainspottingTrainspotting (film)Trainspotting is a 1996 British satirical/drama film directed by Danny Boyle based on the novel of the same name by Irvine Welsh. The movie follows a group of heroin addicts in a late 1980s economically depressed area of Edinburgh and their passage through life...
' onMouseout='HidePop("10877")' href="/topics/Danny_Boyle">Danny BoyleDanny BoyleDaniel "Danny" Boyle is an English filmmaker and producer. He is best known for his work on films such as Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours, 28 Days Later, Sunshine and Trainspotting. For Slumdog Millionaire, Boyle won numerous awards in 2008, including the Academy Award for Best Director...
) - 1995 - Before the RainBefore the Rain (film)Before the Rain is a 1994 Macedonian film starring Katrin Cartlidge, Rade Šerbedžija, Grégoire Colin, and Labina Mitevska. It was directed and written by Milčo Mančevski. The music was created by the band Anastasia.-Plot:...
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Republic of Macedonia/, dir. Milčo MančevskiMilco MancevskiMilcho Manchevski , usually credited as Milcho Manchevski, is a film director and screenwriter from Macedonia.-Biography:Milcho Manchevski wrote and directed the feature films "Before the Rain" , "Dust'" , Shadows" and "Mothers" , over 50 short forms, including “TENNESSEE” for Arrested Development...
) - 1994 - Arizona DreamArizona DreamArizona Dream is a 1993 film directed by Emir Kusturica and starring Johnny Depp, Jerry Lewis and Faye Dunaway.-Plot:Axel has a dream about an Eskimo who catches a rare halibut and brings it back to his family in an igloo...
( United States/ Early Modern France, dir. Emir KusturicaEmir KusturicaEmir Nemanja Kusturica , is a Serbian filmmaker, actor and musician, recognized for several internationally acclaimed feature films...
) - 1993 - Coffee and Cigarettes - Somewhere in CaliforniaCoffee and CigarettesCoffee and Cigarettes is the title of three short films and a 2003 feature film by independent director Jim Jarmusch. The 2003 film consists of 11 short stories which share coffee and cigarettes as a common thread, and includes the earlier three films....
( United States, dir. Jim JarmuschJim JarmuschJames R. "Jim" Jarmusch is an American independent film director, screenwriter, actor, producer, editor and composer. Jarmusch has been a major proponent of independent cinema, particularly during the 1980s and 1990s.-Early life:...
) - 1992 - Prospero's BooksProspero's BooksProspero's Books , written and directed by Peter Greenaway, is a cinematic adaptation of The Tempest, by William Shakespeare. John Gielgud is Prospero, the protagonist who provides the off-screen narration and the voices to the other story characters...
( United States, dir. Peter GreenawayPeter GreenawayPeter Greenaway, CBE is a British film director. His films are noted for the distinct influence of Renaissance and Baroque painting, and Flemish painting in particular...
) - 1991 - The Double Life of VéroniqueThe Double Life of VéroniqueThe Double Life of Véronique is a 1991 French- and Polish-language film directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski, co-written by Kieślowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz, starring Irène Jacob, with original music by Zbigniew Preisner. The film was Kieślowski's first to be produced partly outside Poland.A...
(La double vie de Véronique, Poland/ Early Modern France/ Norway, dir. Krzysztof KieślowskiKrzysztof KieslowskiKrzysztof Kieślowski was an Academy Award nominated influential Polish film director and screenwriter, known internationally for The Double Life of Veronique and his film cycles The Decalogue and Three Colors.-Early life:...
) - 1990 - Dead Poet Society ( United States, dir. Peter WeirPeter WeirPeter Lindsay Weir, AM is an Australian film director. After playing a leading role in the Australian New Wave cinema with his films such as Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Last Wave and Gallipoli, Weir directed a diverse group of American and international films—many of them major box office...
) - 1989 - Drowning By NumbersDrowning by NumbersDrowning by Numbers is a 1988 British film directed by Peter Greenaway. It was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:The film's plot centers on three women — a grandmother, mother and daughter — each named Cissie Colpitts. As the story progresses each woman successively drowns her husband...
' onMouseout='HidePop("27215")' href="/topics/Peter_Greenaway">Peter GreenawayPeter GreenawayPeter Greenaway, CBE is a British film director. His films are noted for the distinct influence of Renaissance and Baroque painting, and Flemish painting in particular...
) - 1988 - KoyaanisqatsiKoyaanisqatsiKoyaanisqatsi also known as Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance, is a 1982 film directed by Godfrey Reggio with music composed by Philip Glass and cinematography by Ron Fricke....
( United States, dir Godfrey ReggioGodfrey ReggioGodfrey Reggio is an American director of experimental documentary films.-Life:Born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. Reggio co-founded La Clinica de la Gente, a facility that provided medical care to 12,000 community members in Santa Fe, and La Gente, a community-organizing project in...
) - 1987 - BirdyBirdyBirdy may refer to:*Birdy , stage name for UK singer/songwriter Jasmine van den Bogaerde**Birdy *Birdy , by William Wharton*Birdy , starring Matthew Modine and Nicolas Cage, based on the book...
( United States, dir. Alan ParkerAlan ParkerSir Alan William Parker, CBE is an English film director, producer, writer and actor. He has been active in both the British cinema and American cinema and was a founding member of the Directors Guild of Great Britain.-Life and career:...
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