Warsaw International Film Festival

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Warsaw, Poland October 10 - 19, 2008
Call for Entry Deadline: June 15, 2008
Festival Data:
- Established: 1985
- Genre: General
- Accreditations: FIAPF, FIPRESCI
- Competitive
- Has Panels
Festival Website:
www.wff.pl
Festival Description:

This festival screens Features and Documentaries longer than 60 min., on 35mm film stock, which have not been distributed, exhibited, broadcast or presented at any other film event in Poland.

The Festival program is divided into the following sections:

New Films New Directors International Competition of first and second feature films;

Regional Competition for fiction and documentary feature length films from the following Central and Eastern European countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine

Documentary Features Competition
New Polish Films
Discoveries – visions of contemporary world
Free Spirit – films, which are independent, innovative, rebellious
Master’s Touch – new films by established filmmakers
National / regional panoramas
Retrospectives / special presentations.

The Warsaw International Film Festival is accompanied by CentEast Market Warsaw (October 15-19, 2008), specialising in Central and Eastern European films - www.centeast.eu
Email: kontakty(at)wff.pl

Phone: (48) 22 621 46 47

Fax: (48) 22 621 62 68

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 816
Warsaw 00-950
Poland
Curent Film Previews:
- The Skyjacker

Email:	kontakty(at)wff.pl
Phone:	(48) 22 621 46 47
Fax:	(48) 22 621 62 68
Mailing Address:	P.O. Box 816 Warsaw 00-950 Poland

NOV 02, 2007 02:59PM FFW Festival Editor writes:

AWARDS OF THE 23RD WARSAW INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Audience Award: "The Band's Visit" (Bikur Ha-Tizmoret)
Directed By: Eran Kolirin (Israel/France)

New Films New Directors International Competition

Grand Prix NESCAFÉ: "Night Train" (Ye che)
Directed By: Yi Nan Diao (China / Hong Kong / France)

The Special Jury Award: "Ex Drummer"
Directed By: Koen Mortier (Belgium / Netherlands / Italy / France)

The Best Script Award: "The Art Of Crying" (Kunsten at grade i kor)
Directed By: Peter Schønau Fog (Denmark)

Warsaw Competition

Warsaw Award: "The Band's Visit" (Bikur Ha-Tizmoret)
Directed By: Eran Kolirin (Israel/France 2007)

The Special Jury Award: "The Class" (Klass)
Directed By: Ilmar Raag (Estonia)

Free Spirit Competition

Free Spirit Award: "Funuke Show Me Some Love, You Losers!" (Funukedomo, kanashimi no ai wo misero)
Directed By: Daihachi Yoshida (Japan)

Documentary Features Competition

Best Documentary Features: "Stone Time Touch"
Directed By: Garine Torossian (Canada/Armenia)

FIPRESCI Award: "The Class" (Klass)
Directed By: Ilmar Raag (Estonia)

NEW FILMS NEW DIRECTORS JURY: Janusz Kondratiuk, Maria Popistasu, Łukasz Dzięcioł, Alexei Popogrebski and Pavle Vuckovic

THE WARSAW COMPETITION JURY: Anatol Jerema, Ema Konstantinova and Przemysław Nowakowski

FREE SPIRIT COMPETITION JURY: Jerzy Skolimowsaki Jr., Blanka Elekes Szentágotai and Francisco Pérez Laguna

DOCUMENTARY FEATURES COMPETITION JURY: Victoria Belopolskaya, Andreas Horvath and Artur Urbański

JURY FIPRESCI: France Hatron, Marita Nyrhinen and Tonci Valentic
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