Due to an overwhelming number of requests, the MUNICH INTERNATIONAL short film festival has extended its deadline to March 14, 2010. The festival focuses on exploring and introducing extraordinary short films from countries all over the world with the hope of assisting up-and-coming filmmakers on the path to making quality, feature-length films. From June 17 – 23, the 5th edition of the MUNICH INTERNATIONAL short film festival will showcase the world’s contemporary short films at the historical Gloria Filmpalast in the heart of the Bavarian capitol. Send in your submissions today! Read more…
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The team from the Media Education Centre (MEC) is in Becej again, and they are working with children, teaching them to make animations. This workshop is a continuation of the Animate It! workshop which took place in Becej in October 2009, and it is also a part of the activities of the International Youth Media Summit (IYMS) which will take place in Belgrade in August this year. Read more…
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Children’s and Young People’s Participation
by Sanjin Pejkovic
Film Educator
Ph.D. Student of Film Studies at Lund University
Sweden
Jajce is a city in Bosnia & Herzegovina with rich historical and cultural life. Large and important historical events have taken place here such as events during the Roman Empire period, Bosnian state period, the Ottoman Empire; and the former communist Yugoslavia was “created” in Jajce, in November 1943.
The town suffered badly during the war, and the wounds have still not healed. The city now belongs to the Bosnian-Croat Federation in the Republic of Bosnia & Herzegovina (one of the two entities in the country, the other being the Republika Srpska) and it has mainly a Croatian and Muslim population. These groups returned to the town after the war in Bosnia during the 1990s, to devastation. During the war the city was part of Bosnian territory, until the Serb forces took over and expelled parts of the “non-Serb” population. Similar displacement occurred when the Bosnian and Croatian forces regained control of the city at the end of the war; therefore, not many Serbs have returned.
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Academy Award Nominee for Best Animated Picture!
GKIDS’ 2010 Oscar Nominated masterpiece THE SECRET OF KELLS will show one time only, with the filmmaker in attendance at NYICFF 2010!
THE SECRET OF KELLS
FILMMAKER EVENT
IRELAND, TOMM MORE, 2009, 75 MIN
RECOMMENDED AGES: ALL AGES (IN ENGLISH)
Q&A WITH DIRECTOR TOMM MOORE AFTER SCREENING – - Don’t miss this OSCAR NOMINATED animated masterpiece from the producers ofTriplets of Belleville! The Secret of Kells has taken top prizes at festivals worldwide and is shortlisted for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
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Serbia applies to join the Union
Serbian President Boris Tadic on 22 December handed his country’s EU membership application to Fredrik Reinfeldt, the Swedish prime minister, who accepted it on behalf of the EU Council presidency.
Tadic described it as a “historic day” for his country. “It is the tenth year of democratic life, ten years after the end of the war, ten years after the end of our isolation. During these ten years, our main goal has been to bring Serbia into the EU. Now we will continue with the reform work in the hope of becoming a full EU member in a few years’ time,” he said.
Olli Rehn, the outgoing European enlargement commissioner, welcomed the move, saying Tadic and his government had “worked hard to get to where they are today. Serbia has come from a nationalist past to a European future and I can speak on behalf of the entire European Commission when I say we are looking forward to working with you to advance your cause.”
The next step in Belgrade’s application process will be for the Council to discuss the issue and decide when to ask the European Commission to prepare an opinion on Serbia’s preparedness for membership.
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Click here to hear the interview with Modern Video Film.
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Today we planted the Christmas trees at the Cleveland Highschool together with their students as part of our mutual project. We taught US students a bit of Serbian: ‘Beogradu s ljubavlju’, meaning: ‘To Belgrade with love’. We hope the roots of the trees will go as deep as our friendship.
Click here to watch the beginning of Christmas tree planting.
Click here to see the first video of our friends greeting Belgrade with love in Serbian.
Click here to see the whole group with the Christmas tree.
More media coming soon…
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Click here to hear an interview with Scot Byrd, Director of Public Relations at ‘Rhythm&Hues’.
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