6^th ANNUAL EVOLUTION MALLORCA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

 Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival, set in the heart of Mallorca’s buzzing and culturally rich center of Palma, has announced its line-up of screenings and events for the festival’s 6th edition. The nine-day festival will take place, October 26^th– November 4^th, 2017, and includes an in-person Gala tribute to legendary filmmaker Paul Haggis, a Gala Opening Night event, narrative and documentary competition sections, a Drive in Cinema section at Port Adriano, an extended Kids section co-curated by the Andorra Kids Film Festival, a Virtual Reality presentation by TheVrand, and industry panels and seminars featuring elite international industry experts.

EMIFF will present 12 films in Narrative feature and 8 films in Documentary feature Competition, 30 international short films, a special Music Video section curated in partnership with The Los Angeles Music Video Festival, as well as additional nightly events and special screenings. Special events include the Opening Night Gala Screening of The Song of Sway Lake, produced by Ari Gold Films. Centerpiece Gala will be the ‘Evolution Vision’ Award Presentation to iconic filmmaker Paul Haggis, with a screening of his award-winning film Crash. Other Gala events include: Spotlight Gala Screening of acclaimed narrative film The Big Sick, a Closing Night Gala Screening of Thelma (the official Oscar submission by Norway for best foreign-language film) and an Awards Gala at Mercado Gastronómico San Juan.

Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival (EMIFF) is one of the fastest growing and exciting film festivals in the Mediterranean. An excellent hub for networking with some of the brightest minds in filmmaking, EMIFF is as intimate and invigorating as it is breathtakingly gorgeous.

Filmmakers and industry professionals visit this island paradise to discover "the next great generation of filmmakers" The festival presents a diverse selection from world premieres to film festival favorites, short film screenings, Q&As, a Drive-In Cinema section at the Philip Stark designed Port Adriano, an Art & Cine event at the modern museum of contemporary art Es Baluard, and a Virtual Reality zone presented by VRand.

Said EMIFF Founder and Executive Director Sandra Seeling Lipski, “EMIFF is more than a film festival; it provides a forum for cultural understanding and enriching educational opportunities, focusing on showcasing a diverse collection of both local and international independent films. The Festival supports the creation and advancement of innovative and artistic cinematic works from both emerging and seasoned filmmakers, and proudly embraces the passion, vision, and independent spirit of these talented artists. Alongside our partnerships with the local community and educational institutions, the Festival stimulates an interest in the study and appreciation of film and encourages people of all ages and backgrounds to participate. The focus of our programming changes each year to reflect current trends in world cinema, culture and politics. This year, we showcase films that promote our mission to Bridging Cultures - Bridging People.”

“I am particularly excited for our Evolution Vision Award recipient; three time Academy Award winner, writer/director Paul Haggis. The Evolution Vision award honors a filmmaker that has shown resilience in the film industry and has, time after time, proven his talent with excellent creations as a writer, director or actor. Paul is an incredible inspiration for the next generation of filmmakers,” said Lipski.

About Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival

Now in it’s sixth year, EMIFF attracts over 4000 attendees from over 24 countries worldwide. In 2017, EMIFF will continue to expand the presence of international filmmakers and strengthen its position within the worldwide film festival calendar. Since it’s 2012 inception, the number of films screened has tripled, counting over 80 movies from 25 countries during the 2016 festival program.

Previous guest filmmakers, talent, and industry attendees include: Danny DeVito, Oscar Jaenada, Emma Suarez, Manuella Velles, Marc Clotet, Ana de Armas, Colm Meany, Benito Zambrano, Feo Aladag, Ronald Souse Richter, Lilith Stangenberg, and Claudia Eisinger.

EMIFF is extremely grateful for the incredible support of: 2017 EMIFF Diamond Sponsors Premier FX. Gold Sponsor First Mallorca. Additional collaborators include ATB Mallorca, Sponsored by Rialto Living, with the support of Port Adriano, Es Baluard Museum, Mercedes Auto Vidal, Consell de Mallorca, InfoMallorca, Islas Baleares Film Commission, Illenc, Teatre Principal and Ajuntamiento de Palma among others.

Festival passes and individual tickets are available now.

Additional Information about Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival is available at www.evolutionfilmfestival.com

Connect with Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival:

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Twitter: @EvolutionIFF

Instagram: evolutionmallorcafilmfestival

For press use only, festival stills can be downloaded here:

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Photos of Evolution Award Honoree Paul Haggis:

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All screenings and events will take place in Palma de Mallorca, at venues including the Teatro Principal, Cineciutat, Rialto Living, Port Adriano, Musuem Es Baluard, The Vrand Garage VR space and Mercado San Juan.

Festival Awards will be awarded on November 4^th by internationally esteemed jurors in the following categories: Feature film – Best feature film, Best Actress, Best Actor.  Short Film – Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Feature and Short Documentary, best Music Video, Best Experimental short, Best feature film Screenplay, Festival Awards –, Best Film Made in Baleares short, Evolution Island Award (best feature film made in Baleares) and the Evolutionary award (best new filmmaker).

The EMIFF award is designed by internationally acclaimed artist GUSTAVO.

GALA AND COMPETITION SLATE BELOW:

OPENING NIGHT FILM

The Song of Sway Lake, Director: Ari Gold (US) Spanish Premiere.

A young jazz collector plots to rob his wealthy grandmother of a rare 78 record, but his plan is derailed when his accomplice falls for the glamorous matriarch. “The Song of Sway Lake” is a lush romantic drama about the vanished grace of America, and the spell cast by the melodies of the dead. 

Filmmakers and talent will be in attendance (subject to availability)

SPOTLIGHT GALA SCREENING

Barrage, Director: Laura Schroeder (France)

After ten years abroad, Catherine (Lolita Chammah) returns to Luxembourg to catch up with her daughter Alba, brought up by Catherine's mother Elisabeth (Isabelle Huppert). She then kidnaps Alba and takes her on a trip to a lake up North.

CENTERPIECE GALA TRIBUTE & SCREENING - HONORING PAUL HAGGIS

‘Evolution Vision’ Award Presentation to iconic filmmaker Paul Haggis, with a screening of his Academy Award winning film Crash, 2006.

Paul Haggis is the first screenwriter to write two Best Film Oscar winners back-to-back: "Million Dollar Baby" (2004) directed by Clint Eastwood, and "Crash" (2005) which he himself directed.  For "Crash," Haggis won Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay. The film also received an additional four nominations including one for Haggis' direction. "Crash" reaped numerous awards during its year of release from associations such as the IFP Spirit Awards, the Screen Actors Guild, and BAFTA.
Paul Haggis will be in attendance

CLOSING NIGHT GALA SCREENING & AWARDS PARTY

Thelma, Director: Joachim Trier (Norway)

A woman begins to fall in love, only to discover that she has fantastic powers.

NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION

The Big Sick: Director Michael Showalter (US)

Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family's expectations, and his true feelings.

Strassenkeiser: Director Florian Peters (Germany)

Berlin intoxicated by the summer Carnival. In the middle of it is Noah, a 12 year old lost boy, who is supposed to meet his father. Instead Noah chooses to spend his time with small-time crook Samuel, he experiences the journey of his Life. A Roadmovie through the streets of Berlin.

Noctem: Director Marcos Cabotá (Spain)

Two friends disappear while in Mexico, a year later, friends find their phones, which are full of recordings, which they use to find out what happened to them.

Cast and Crew will be in attendance

Even Lovers Get the Blues: Director Laurent Micheli (France)

Ana is sleeping with Hugo, Dalhia with Graciano, Léo with Louis, and Arthur with everyone. Parties and love affairs lead to heart searching, deep desires and the craving to live life to the full. Even Lovers Get the Blues draws the portrait of the love and sexual lives of disenchanted and passionate young people.

En Acabar: Director Guillem Miro (Spain)

An idealist young man cheats on two friends of childhood and his ex allota to accompany him in search of the best verbena de Mallorca when he is actually looking for a candy that left him in love.

Cast and Crew will be in attendance

Reevolution: David Sousa Moreau (Spain)

The most sensational 'media crime' investigation of history has started. In Reevolution, the flashbacks and the interrogatories weave, challenging the audience to rebuild the story of four suspects accused of having freed humanity.

Cast and Crew will be in attendance

Dark Blue Girl: Director Mascha Schilinski, (Germany)

When Jimmy and Hannah finally find a buyer for their holiday home on the Greek volcano island Santorini, the ex-couple returns to the place where they broke up two years ago.

Cast and Crew will be in attendance

House of Norway: Director Jan Vardøen (Norway)

A Persian refugee comes to Norway seeking asylum, and winds up at a quirky, secluded academy where he must pass a series of tests in order to stay.

Director will be in attendance

Antenna: Director Arik Rothstein (Israel)

Eighty four-year-old Yehoshua discovers a cellular antenna on his roof. He believes that all his ailments are caused by the radiation from the antenna, and his feelings escalate into an obsession. His wife and three grown sons are unwillingly swept into this battle in this film comedy.

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION

Ladies First: Director Uraaz Bahl (India)

The inspirational story of Deepika Kumari who, as a girl born on the road to impoverished parents in rural India, went in search of food, stumbled upon archery, and within four years became the number 1 archer in the world. 

Cast and Crew will be in attendance

Shiners: Director Stacy Tenenbaum (US)

Shiners delves into the lives of shoe shiners around the world giving you an insider’s view of this often overlooked profession. Travel from Tokyo to La Paz, New York, Toronto and Sarajevo, to meet the men and women who make their living cleaning our shoes.

Director will be in attendance

A Year with Betty Gold: Director J McMerty (US)

Betty Gold is about to turn 80 with no plans on retiring. From her early days as Miss. Texas to installing large scale sculptures around the world, some things have not changed; her tenacity, humor and philosophy of yes. A Year with Betty Gold follows this abstract California artist as she shares her insights on love and life while pulling back the curtain on the struggles of a contemporary artist.

Cast and Crew will be in attendance

Grab and Run: Director Roser Corella (Germany | Spain | Kyrgyzstan)

Since Kyrgyzstan gained its Independence in 1991, there has been a revival of the ancient practice of Ala-Kachuu, which translates roughly as “grab and run”. More than half Kyrgyz women are married after being kidnapped by the men who become their husbands.

The Vienna Philharmonic – Beyond Music!: Co Merz (Austria)

The Vienna Philharmonic has been considered as one of the best orchestras in the world. With a long tradition in mind, the musicians reflect on the role of their orchestra in the 21st century. In a modern world in which so many traditions are fading,

Director will be in attendance

Resistance is Life: Director Apo W. Bazidi (Turkey | United States | Syria)

Eight-year-old Evlin characterizes the resilience of Kobane's resistance against ISIS forces through her experience in a refugee camp on the Turkish-Syrian border.

Surviving Peace: Director Josef Avesar (Isarel, | United States)

Picking up where 'The Gatekeepers' left off, the documentary 'Surviving Peace' examines why the Israeli-Palestinian peace process has stalled for sixty seven years, even to the present, with the failure of the Kerry talks leaving two state solution now 'dead in the water.' Then this film examines what until now has been an unexplored solution- confederation

Life And Death Of An Architekt: Director Miquel Eek, (Spain)

Ferragut was an architect eclectic and original, a maverick who faced injustice rooted in politics, bureaucracy and business men impatient for dealing operations in the territory. Ferragut was an illustrated man, spiritual restless, and a passionate for culture: visionary filmmaker, music lover and gay in a society bitterly cruel with homosexuality that was used by muddying his image and his death.

Director will be in attendance

The premiere of the 13th annual Adventure Film Festival & Street Fair at the Boulder Theater is one week away. We are proud present this year's official trailer! 

Watch it  here

Check out the Festival Program with the film lineup, Street Fair highlights, special events, live music, gourmet food, enlightening workshops, inspiring speakers, interactive art, and much more. 

Tickets are available at the Boulder Theater 

Welcome to the 16th edition of the Innsbruck Nature Film Festival, which takes place from October 10 to 13 in Leokino: 46 films on nature, environment and sustainability; numerous side events; the possibility of exchange between filmmakers and the audience (Christian Berger and numerous other nominated directors are present); education and information.
We wish you impressive experiences and inspiring encounters during this year's INFF:
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46 films will be presented on the big screen as part of the 2017 INFF. These contributions show perspectives on nature and environment from film makers from all over the world. Their design, intensity and poetry could not be more different.
You will find all information about the films and their screening times here:
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The 2017 INFF will not only be taking place in the cinema, but also at numerous other locations in and around the city of Innsbruck, be it with exhibitions, workshops, readings or culinary events. You can get an overview of all program points here:
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It is possible to purchase festival passes, day tickets as well as single tickets for the 2017 INFF. Discounts are available for TT club members, GEO subscribers, students, pupils, apprentices, or with a valid VVT-ticket. You will find all details here:
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Take care of the environment and use public transport to visit the 2017 INFF: if you arrive to the festival by bus, train or tram and show a valid VVT-ticket you will get a 30% discount on single or day tickets.

Herzlich Willkommen zur 16. Ausgabe des Innsbruck Nature Film Festivals, die vom 10. bis zum 13. Oktober im Leokino stattfindet: 46 Filme zum Thema Natur, Umwelt und Nachhaltigkeit; zahlreiche Rahmenveranstaltungen; die Möglichkeit des Austausches zwischen FilmemacherInnen und Publikum (Christian Berger und zahlreiche weitere nominierte RegisseurInnen sind anwesend); Fortbildung und Information. 
Wir wünschen Ihnen beeindruckende Erlebnisse und inspirierende Begegnungen im Rahmen des heurigen INFF:
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46 Filme werden im Rahmen des INFF 2017 auf der großen Leinwand präsentiert. Diese Beiträge zeigen Perspektiven auf Natur und Umwelt von Filmschaffenden aus aller Welt. Deren Gestaltung, Intensität und Poesie könnten unterschiedlicher nicht sein. Sämtliche Informationen zu den gezeigten Filmen und deren Spielzeiten finden Sie hier:
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Nicht nur im Kino wird das INFF 2017 erlebbar sein, sondern auch an zahlreichen weiteren Standorten in und um Innsbruck, sei es mit Ausstellungen, Workshops, Lesungen oder kulinarischen Veranstaltungen. Einen Überblick über sämtliche Programmpunkte erhalten Sie hier:
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Für das INFF 2017 können sowohl Festivalpässe, Tageskarten als auch Einzeltickets erworben werden. Ermäßigungen gibt es für TT-Clubmitglieder, GEO-Abonnenten, Studenten, Schüler, Lehrlinge, oder gegen Vorlage eines gültigen VVT-Tickets. Alle Details finden Sie hier:
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Schonen Sie die Umwelt und nutzen Sie die öffentlichen Verkehrsmittel, denn Öffi-Fahrer haben es gut: wer mit Bus, Bahn oder Tram zum INFF 2017 ins Leokino anreist, erhält gegen Vorlage eines VVT Tickets 30 % Ermäßigung auf Einzel- oder Tageskarten. 

HIFF37 presented by Halekulani film lineup now online! 160 films from 45 countries presenting largest showcase of Made in Hawaii Films and Pacific Islander filmmakers

8^th“BRIDGES” INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF PELOPONNESE

12-22 October 2017

The 8^th“Bridges” International Film Festival of Peloponnese is going to be held from the 12^th until the 18^th of October at the Cineplex Flisvos cinema in Corinth with the collaboration of the Centre of Culture, Sports and Environment, and from the 19^th until the 22^nd of October at the Theatre Trianon in Nafplio, with the collaboration of the municipality of Nafplio. The festival includes film screenings and many additional events. The festival is under the Auspices of the Ministry of Tourism, the Ministry of Culture & Sports, the municipality of Corinth and the municipality of Nafplio.

This year, we are honouring with a tribute and numerous events in Corinth and in Nafplio, the great Greek filmmaker, Costa Ferri. We are also hosting the legendary director of photography, Bill Butler, who has been known for the films Jaws, Rocky II, III, IV, The Godfather, Grease, etc., as well as the veteran journalist Bruno Chatelin, who is also the founder of filmfestivals.com, the first and the greatest online database of film festivals around the world.

There will be screened 70 -fiction and documentary- feature and short films, which promise to satisfy even the most demanding of viewers. The films are coming from more than 50 countries of the 5 continents.

OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY: Saturday 14 October, at 8pm. Cineplex Flisvos, Corinth

The philharmonic orchestra of the municipality of Corinth will perform soundtracks from films and the Global Arts Studio will present the dance theatre “Emotions”.

There will be a screening of the Argentinean film Paulina (La Patota) by the director Santiago Mitre. A film that received 20 awards included the Cannes Film Festival Critics Week and the Grand Prize FIPRESCI.

The members of the Jury awarding the feature films are Giorgos Tzavaras-Filmmaker and Director of the Theatre Lab of the municipality of Corinth, Bill Butler- Director of Photography (Jaws, The Godfather, Rocky II, III, IV etc), USA, Vivek Singhania – Producer, India, George F. Roberson- Producer, screenwriter, USA and Bruno Chatelin – Journalist, France. An independent Jury consisting of cinephiles and local cultural organizations will award the short –fiction and documentary- films of the different categories.

The festival was founded in 2008, during the celebrations for the 150 years since the establishment of the New Corinth. Ultimately, the festival is a bridge aiming at depicting and promoting the contemporary international works of the Seventh Art, including film screenings in multiple cities in Peloponnese and numerous additional events in selected Art places. The festival collaborates with the multiple municipalities, the local authorities and the cultural organizations.

ADDITIONAL EVENTS

CORINTH

A) Cinema Lab Pegasus, 6-8/10

The short film, which is going to be produced during the festival, will be screened on the 22^nd of October, during the ceremony of the Golden Pegasus Award at Vouleftiko in Nafplio. Enrol as an actor/actress, director or by stating any other position in the film production that you are specialized on and send us your idea for the screenplay of this specific experiential lab and keep in mind that the short film will be shot during the half-marathon “Enterprise and Energy”, which is going to be held on the 8^th of October at Loutraki.

Email: bridgesfilmfest@gmail.com with the indication “Pegasos Cinema Lab Bridges 2017”

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B) Friday 13 October- Cineplex Flisvos cinema, Corinth.

10 am

The director Costas Ferris presents a masterclass for the “Alchemy of Cinema”.

11:30 am

Tribute- Screening

“Double Moon in August”- Costas Ferris, Greece, 1978, 90’

7pm

LAND ART CINEMA PROJECT with the “Orizontas Gegonoton” – Municipal Theatre of Corinth 13-18/10

Land Art with the “Orizontas Gegonoton”.

C) Saturday 14 October- Cineplex Flisvos cinema, Corinth. Official Opening Ceremony.

8pm

·         Music from films performed by the Philharmonic orchestra of the municipality of Corinth.

·         Dance theatre “Emotions” performed by Global Arts Studio.

9pm

·         Screening of the film Paulina (La Patota) by the director Santiago Mitre.

Received 20 Awards including the Cannes Film Festival Critics Week and the Grand Prize FIPRESCI.

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D) Friday 20 October- Theatre Trianon, Nafplio.

10 am

The director Costas Ferris presents a masterclass for the “Alchemy of Cinema”.

11:30 am

Tribute- Screening

“Double Moon in August”- Costas Ferris, Greece, 1978, 90’

E) Saturday 21 October- Theatre Trianon, Nafplio.

11am- 1pm

Discussion panel: The Importance of Music in the Seventh Art.

With the participation of Bill Butler, Bruno Chatelin, Costas Ferris, Anna Fonsou, Theodosis Spantideas, Costas Spiliotis, Giannis Nikolopoulos, the Kids’ Choir of the municipality of Nafplio and the Choir lab of Nafplio.

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2pm

Tribute- Screening

“The Murderess”- Costas Ferris, Greece, 1974, 90’

8pm-10pm

Live Soundtrack Concert Bridges 2017

After last year’s huge success, there will be a live concert with soundtracks from selected films, which are included in this year’s festival.

With the participation of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Nafplio and the women’s choir “Symphony”. Conducted by Theodosis Antoniadis.

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F) Sunday 22 October.

11:30am-12:30pm

Wine Tasting at Koroniotis Winery

2pm- Theatre Trianon, Nafplio

Tribute- Screening

“Rembetiko”’- Costas Ferris, Greece, 1982, 150’

8pm- Vouleftiko, Nafplio

Golden Pegasus Awards Ceremony

We would like to invite you to meet the film stars, which will shine at the 8^th“Bridges” International Film Festival of Peloponnese!

Presented by the actress Eleni Petropoulou.

Music program with soundtracks adaptations and the coaching and conducting of Theolena Piki, Choirmaster and professor of the Municipal Conservatory of Nafplio.

With the participation of the choirs of Saint Nikolas in Nafplio and the Educative Association Holy Trinity.

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We would like to thank the Ministry of Culture & Sports, the Hellenic Association of Tourism, the Regional Unit of Corinthia, the Centre of Culture, Sports and Environment of the municipality of Corinth and the municipality of Nafplio for their courtesy and support.

Heartland Film, organizer of the 26th annual Heartland Film Festival (Oct. 12-22, 2017), has announced its full lineup of titles slated for its inaugural “Foreign Language Best Picture Contender” sidebar. These 10 titles are the respective country’s official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 2018 Academy Awards®. Each selection will play once during Heartland’s 11-day celebration of international independent film.

“Each year, Heartland Film Festival proudly showcases a healthy percentage of foreign language films which are much admired, roundly discussed and debated by our audiences,” said International Film Programmer Hannah Fisher. “We present this year – for the first time – a section of films submitted to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for consideration in the category known as 'Best Foreign Language Film.'

“We anticipate this program will grow and evolve in stature, in much the same way that that Heartland Film Festival continues to gain international recognition and prominence. Heartland is thrilled to be among the first North American film festivals to showcase these foreign language contenders,” concluded Fisher.

Set to award more than $100,000 in cash prizes across various categories, the 2017 Heartland Film Festival will bestow a $5,000 cash prize to one of these 10 films, as selected by the Festival’s foreign language contender jury.

Heartland Film Festival “Foreign Language Best Picture Contender” Lineup and Schedule 

• “One Thousand Ropes” (2016)

Country: New Zealand, Director: Tusi Tamales, Distributor: Transmission Films 
Synopsis: When a father reconnects with his estranged teenage daughter, he is given a rare chance to reshape the future of his family in unexpected ways. 
Screening: Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017 – 12:15 p.m. at AMC Castleton Square 14

• “Ayla: The Daughter of War” (2017)

Country: Turkey, Director: Can Ulkay 
Synopsis: The true story of a little orphaned girl and the soldier who fell in love with her. 
Screening: Monday, Oct. 16, 2017 – 12:45 p.m. at AMC Castleton Square 14

• “Saawan” (2017)

Country: Pakistan, Director: Farhan Alam, Distributor: Kalaker Films 
Synopsis: A handicapped nine-year old boy who lives in a valley in the mountains of Balochistan is rejected by his father, intimidated by society, harassed by friends and left alone due to his disability. Strengthened by memories and dreams of the love of his mother, he begins a perilous journey back to his family in the main city. 
Screening: Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017 – 12:30 p.m. at AMC Castleton Square 14

• “White Sun” (2016)

Country: Nepal, Director: Deepak Rauniyar, Distributor: Kimstim Films 
Synopsis: A former Maoist rebel struggles to reintegrate with his unwelcoming community and move beyond a painful past. 
Screening: Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017 – 12:45 p.m. at AMC Castleton Square 14

• “Newton” (2017)

Country: India, Director: Amit Masurkar 
Synopsis: A government clerk on election duty in the conflict ridden jungle of Central India tries his best to conduct free and fair voting despite the apathy of security forces and the looming fear of guerrilla attacks by communist rebels. 
Screening: Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017 – 2:30 p.m. at AMC Showplace Traders Point 12

• “BPM (Beats Per Minute)” (2017)

Country: France, Director: Robin Campillo, Distributor: The Orchard 
Synopsis: In Paris in the early 1990s, a passionate group of activists goes to battle for those stricken with HIV/AIDS, taking on sluggish government agencies and major pharmaceutical companies. 
Screening: Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017 - 8:15 p.m. at AMC Castleton Square 14

• “Divine Order” (2017)

Country: Switzerland, Director: Petra Volpe, Distributor: Kino Lorber 
Synopsis: A bucolic alpine village becomes a battleground for social change in 1970 Switzerland. 
Screening: Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017 – 3 p.m. at AMC Showplace Traders Point 12

• “Reşeba: The Dark Wind” (2016)

Country: Iraq, Director: Hussein Hassan 
Synopsis: Radical Islamist militants attack a village in Iraq where two young Yazidi prepare for marriage. From that moment onwards their lives are turned into a nightmare. 
Screening: Friday, Oct. 20, 2017 – 10 a.m. at AMC Showplace Traders Point 12

• “Pomegranate Orchard” (2017)

Country: Azerbaijan, Director: Ilgar Najaf, Distributor: Buta Film 
Synopsis: Gabil returns home to the humble family farmstead, surrounded by an orchard of venerable pomegranate trees; since his sudden departure twelve years ago he was never once in contact. However, the deep emotional scars he left behind cannot be erased from one day to the next. 
Screening: Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017 – 3 p.m. at AMC Castleton Square 14

• “Thelma” (2017)

Country: Norway, Director: Joachim Trier, Distributor: The Orchard 
Synopsis: A timid young woman leaves her rural home to study in Oslo. She does not understand her unique ability to manipulate her environment. 
Screening: Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017 - 5:30 p.m. at AMC Showplace Traders Point 12

How to Purchase Tickets 
The complete 2017 Heartland Film Festival lineup, schedule of films and guide book is available at heartlandfilmfestival.org. Regular screening tickets are $12 and can be purchased online, by calling 1-866-HFF-1010, or at the box office during the Heartland Film Festival. Passes and packages are also available for purchase.

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About Heartland Film, Inc. 
Heartland Film is a nonprofit arts organization founded in 1991 with the mission to inspire filmmakers and audiences through the transformative power of film. Heartland Film is a curator and supporter of purposeful filmmaking, honoring a wide variety of cinema and awarding storytellers from all over the world. The films Heartland Film selects and exhibits – whether they inspire and uplift, educate and inform, or have the ability to shift audiences’ perspectives on the world – all have one thing in common: they are entertaining films that do more than just entertain. Every October, the Heartland Film Festival gives its moviegoers access to more than 200 visiting independent filmmakers from all over the world, right in the heart of the Midwest. Heartland Film Festival (Oct. 12-22, 2017) showcases more than 200 independent films over 11 days of red carpet premieres and events, parties and hundreds of film screenings across Indianapolis. The Heartland Film Festival has earned the special designation of being a qualifying festival for the Annual Academy Awards® within the Short Films category. Each year, the Heartland Film Festival awards more than $100,000 in cash prizes and presents its Festival Awards to top-judged submissions. Heartland Film has awarded more than $3 million to support indie filmmakers over the last 25 years. Beyond the Heartland Film Festival, Heartland Film honors theatrically-released films that align with its mission via the Truly Moving Picture Award, inspires the next generation of filmmakers via the Heartland Film Institute, and exhibits films across Indiana all year long via the Heartland Film Roadshow. To learn more, visit heartlandfilm.org.

The Seville Festival is creating Filmlovers of the Future, a competitive section for adolescents differentiated from the Europa Junior children’s section

The Seville Festival, committed to the education of audiences and the work of stimulating the public through film experience, is expanding its educational and media literacy programme in 2017 with the creation of the Filmlovers of the Future section.

This new competitive section arises from the need to attend to an adolescent public with their own discourses and interests. It brings together films that previously were grouped with others which were child oriented in the Europa Junior section, as well as some titles appropriate for audiences from 12 to 19 which are also participating in the New Waves section at the Seville Festival. So a dozen films having their national premiere will come together under the title Filmlovers of the Future, with the aim of drawing young people to the cinema as a means of expression and a way of explaining what is around them. The films and their directors, whom they will meet at presentations and debates, will introduce them to a cinema different from what they’re used to, that they understand and that talks about them.

Several films in Filmlovers of the Future tackle education in the classrooms as a setting in which to talk about young people’s problems. The educational models and teachers who are involved in the lives of their pupils are the protagonists of films like Orchestra Class by Rachid Hami starring Kad Merad (The Chorus, Welcome to the Sticks) where education is an instrument for personal rehabilitation and music is the medium for channeling the pupils’ potential. With a documentary aspect, we go into the integrated classrooms of Children of Chance by Thierry Michel & Pascal Colson, or into those which prepare youngsters from disadvantaged surroundings to face the world through an oratory competition as happens in Speak up by Stéphane de Freitas & Ladj Ly.

The filmlovers of the future will discover how a timid young man from Manchester who listened to the New York Dolls and read Oscar Wilde became Morrisey, the legendary, intelligent, unclassifiable singer of the Smiths, in the biopic England is Mineby Mark Gill; and they will learn of the adventures, sexual awakenings and life lessons of the young people in The War of Bumpkinsby Davide Barletti and Lorenzo Conte. The lives of young protagonists when faced with hostile environments and the world of adults are central plots in films like the British drama in the form of dystopia The White King by Alex Helfrecht and Jörg Tittel, the drama about directionless lives inMobile Homes by Vladimir de Fontenay or the winner of the Audience Award at the Edinburgh Festival Just Charlie by Rebekah Fortune¸ which looks at the conflict of gender identity at an early age with football as the background. This selection is completed with Mrs. Hyde by Serge Bozon, an irreverent comedy which is also participating in The New Waves and stars Isabelle Huppert, in a revision of the classic of fantasy literature created by Robert Louis Stevenson.

The films will be screened in the Cine Zona Este and the Lope de Vega Theatre, in original version with subtitles, and it is the young spectators who, through their votes, will choose the winning film in each of the sections. The Europa Junior section, for audiences from 3 to 12 years of age, which we will announce shortly, and the Filmlovers of the Future section will bring over 20,000 children and adolescents to the cinemas to experience at first hand a European cinema that is aimed at them. In these sessions arranged with the city’s educational centres, the festival has the support of the Territorial Delegation for Educational Planning and the Education Service of the Department of Education, Civil Participation and Municipal Buildings of Seville City Council which will also offer 180free workshops for education in audiovisual matters. The workshops will be held in the educational centres, between one and two weeks before the start of the festival as satellite complementary activities to Europa Junior and also to Filmlovers of the Future. These activities will continue for several weeks after the Seville Festival ends. The activity in 2017 will be available to over 5,000 pupils.

However the festival will go further in its involvement with the young audience. Today training begins for the third generation of the festival’s Young Programmers, an initiative through which a dozen secondary and university students learn to analyse films and get to know the festival from within, choosing one of the films that will form part of the competitive section The New Waves. For the third consecutive year the Seville Festival and the association A Bao A Qu (responsible for the programme ‘Cine en curso’, and which already collaborates with organizations such as the CCCB, the Film Archive of Catalonia, MACBA, el CGAI or the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía) set up this initiative as part of the European programme Moving Cinema. The participants, guided by specialized teachers, will have to work in a team and discuss what they have seen, thus gaining practice and knowledge in film programming. Last year the festival’s Young Programmers selected the film Daydreams by Caroline Deruas to be included in the festival’s programme.

This year the festival goes even deeper into the people, the stories, and the work of Arabs and Jews in Israel.

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18TH IZMIR SHORT FILM FESTIVAL FINALISTS ARE ANNOUNCED

18th International Izmir Short Film Film Festival will run from 7 to 12th of November and the films to compete for the Golden Cat Awards have been announced.

Over 400 films are going to be screened at this year’s festival and all the screenings are going to be free for the moviegoers. Festival is kindly supported by the Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism, İzmir Metropolitan Municipality, Izmir General Directorate of Cinema, Buca, Konak, Bornova and Karşıyaka Municipalities and French Cultural Center.

There was an incredible interest in festival this year. More than 1,500 films from 72 different countries have submitted their works for the Golden Cat Awards in the categories of animation, documentary, experimental and fiction, both nationally and internationally. Each of the films was meticulously evaluated individually by the festival committee and the films to be screened are now selected. Main screenings are going to be at the Institut Français, Izmir Art in Culture Park, Buca Municipality Tarik Akan Youth Center and at the participating universities’ halls for the students to have a better access to festival.

The full lists of the selected films are:

BEST FICTION NOMINEES - INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

Iron Story, Director Zlatko Kalenikov (16min, Macedonia)

Animal, Director Bahram Ark, Bahman Ark (15min, Iran)

Sparta, Director Noëmie Nicolas (26min, Belgium)

I’ve Got You, Director Sebastian Drozak (15min, Poland)

Up and Arise, Director Raanan Berger (21min, Israel)

Mum, I’m Back, Director Dimitris Katsimiris (5min, Greece)

8 Minutes, Director Giorgi Gogichaishvili, Davit Abramishvili (13min, Georgia)

The Gift, Director Bolsunbek Taalaibek uulu (17min, Kyrgyzstan)

Dispirited, Director Alaleh Izadi (17min, Iran)

Limbo, Director Konstantina Kotzamani (29min, France)

BEST FICTION NOMINEES - NATIONAL COMPETITION

Beyoglu Cinema / Beyoğlu Sineması, Director Ömer Ferhat Özmen (15min)

Ground Level / Kot Farkı, Director Ayris Alptekin (11min)

Prettiest of All Possible Lives / Mümkün Hayatların En Güzeli, Director Derin Biricik (17min)

Old Man in the Woods / Ormandaki İhtiyar, Director Kardelen Eren (15min)

Dilemma of Who to Love / Kimi Sevsem Çıkmazı, Director Alper Tunel (17min)

Wire / Tel, Director Berkay Hasbay (15min)

The Trap / Kapan, Director Korhan Günay (8min)

The Nested Game / Oyun İçinde Oyun, Director Suat Eroğlu (16min)

Toprak / Toprak, Director Onur Yağız (11min)

Return From the Hunt / Av Dönüşü, Director Recep Çavdar (12min)

Story of a Job Interview / Bir İş Görüşmesi, Director Alkım Özmen (15min)

Learning How to Swim / Yüzme Öğreniyorum, Director Serpil Altın (12min)

BEST ANIMATION NOMINEES – NATIONAL COMPETITION

Playing House /Evcilik, Director Cenk Köksal, Özgül Gürbüz (3min)

Cleaver / Satır, Director Mehmet Çengelci (7min)

The Station/ İstasyon, Director Serdar Çotuk (5min)

The Valley / Vadi, Director Can Erkan, Salih Toprak (10min)

Watching the Karakoy / Karaköy’ü İzlemek, Director Ali Özgür Güner (3min)

BEST DOCUMENTARY NOMINEES – NATIONAL COMPETITION

A Day of a Ballerina / Balerinin Bir Günü, Director Özgü Özbudak (14min)

Actor / Aktör, Director Çağatay Çelikbaş (30min)

228, Director Deniz Şengül, Mazhar Yıldız (21min)

Path of Tears / Gözyaşı Yolu, Engin Türkyılmaz (30min)

Away From Her / Uzaktaki Kadın, Özgür Demirci (14min)

Alternative / Başka, Director Nesime Karateke (22min)

BEST EXPERIMENTAL NOMINEES – NATIONAL COMPETITION

C.O.D., Director Onur Doğan (4min)

Kid’s Room / Çocuk Odası, Director Metin İlknur (4min)

Fifty Six / Elli Altı, Director Dilara Şahin (8min)

Dwell / Varoluş, Director Barış Fert, Hikmet Güler (6min)

Bondage / Bağımlılık, Director Nazım Güveloğlu (4min)

The Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM), which returns for a 20^th year this November 9 to 19, is pleased to announce the opening and closing films for this anniversary edition. 24 Davids, an essay by Céline Baril filmed on three continents, will have its world premiere on Thursday, November 9. To close this major documentary festival, Nothingwood by Sonia Kronlund, an unforgettable portrait of Afghanistan’s king of Z-movies, will be shown on November 18. Two bold films directed by women filmmakers.

Opening film – 24 DAVIDS

A thinking person’s road movie, 24 Davids travels to three continents for a 24 inspiring encounters. The people we meet seem very different from one another, except that they’re all named David. And they are also given to deep thinking about major issues facing the world, and a desire to work for change.

For more than two decades, Céline Baril has been one of the most original voices in Quebec’s film industry. Working against the grain of formulaic movies, her approach is grounded in boundless curiosity and an artist’s focused eye. The cinematic essay is her favoured medium. Since Barcelone (1989), she has travelled the world and met members of many different cultures in her quest to create a humane, critical portrait of the world today.

The world premiere of 24 Davids will be presented in the Alumni Auditorium (H-110) at Concordia University on Thursday, November 9 at 7 p.m. (by invitation only), with the filmmaker in attendance. There will be a public screening during the festival’s first weekend.

24 Davids is produced by Colette Loumède at the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). Its theatrical release is slated for February 2, 2018.

Closing film – NOTHINGWOOD

Screened at the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes this year, Nothingwood is the first film by French journalist Sonia Kronlund. The film is a feisty, fascinating portrait of Salim Shaheen, a larger-than-life figure with a consuming passion for the movies who has become the uncontested king of Afghanistan’s micro-budget Z-movie scene. Making more than 10 films a year, he pushes back against everyday horrors with popular flicks. Kronlund captures him with an apt blend of fascination and critical distance, profiling the personality of a self-taught artist and entrepreneur who has a talent for telling tall tales that bring people together. A journey to the intersection of movies and reality.

The North American premiere of Nothingwood will close the festival, with director Sonia Kronlund in attendance, on Saturday, November 18 at 7 p.m. (in the original English, French, Pashto and Dari, with French subtitles), in the Alumni Auditorium at Concordia University (H-110). Tickets for the closing night screening will go on sale on October 18 at noon.

Presented in collaboration with the Service de coopération et d’action culturelle of the Consul General of France in Quebec, the department of art history and film studies at the Université de Montréal, the Observatoire du cinéma au Québec, UniFrance and FUNFILM. There will be a second screening of Nothingwood on Sunday, November 19.

Distributed by FUNFILM. The film’s theatrical release is scheduled for Winter 2018.

Thanks to the RIDM’s loyal partners

The RIDM acknowledges the support of its institutional, primary and associate partners, who have helped make this year’s 20^th edition a memorable one. Thanks to the Ministère de la Culture et des Communications, SODEC, the Secrétariat de la région métropolitaine, Telefilm Canada, the Ville de Montréal, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Conseil des arts de Montréal, Bell Media, the CSN, Canal D, the Canada Media Fund, FACTOR, Radio-Canada, Télé-Québec, Planète+, TV5, Tourisme Montréal, Cineplex, Cinéma du Parc, Concordia University, The Université du Québec à Montréal and the Cinémathèque québécoise.

Quebec’s only film festival dedicated to documentaries, the Montreal International Documentary Festival presents the best reality-based films, including the works of established directors and new talents.

The 20^th annual RIDM will take place from November 9 to 19, 2017.

Information :www.ridm.ca / info@ridm.ca

Last night, the Official Opening Ceremony of the 8th "Bridges" International Film Festival of Peloponnese was held  successful at the Cineplex Flisvos in Corinth.

The Corinthian Philarmonic Orchestra, with the conductor Galatia Moraetaki, performed a variety of film soundtracks and they were applauded by the audience. Following, the performance by Global Arts Studion - choreography by Sophia Glikofridi- which impressed the audience.

The music and dancing events signal the opening of the film festival and the Argentinian film "Paolina" by Santiago Mitre was the opening film, which had many positive reviews from the numerous viewers. The film from the competion section "Bach in Brazil" by the German director Ansgar Ahlers constituted the successful closing screening of the night.

The Greek acclaimed director Costas Ferris was honoured by the representative of the Culture and Sports Center of the Municipality of Corinth, Giorgos Tzavaras. Greeting speeches were given by Petra Terzi -the Film Festival Director, by Socrates Lambropoulos -Director of Studies in Global Arts Studio- and by Kalliopi Kalkounou -Appointee Tourism Advisor of the Municipality of Nafplio.

Photos and ambiance from the opening ceremonies: 

Filmfestivals.com is a media partner, with Bruno Chatelin serving in the jury.

With its U18 Youth Film Competition, the 27^th FilmFestival Cottbus (FFC) explores the lives of young people in Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic.

Nine feature- and medium-length films from Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic will compete in the U18 Youth Film Competition of the 27^th FFC (7 to 12 November 2017) for the prize for Best Youth Film endowed with EUR 3,000 bestowed by Lausitz Energie Kraftwerke AG (LEAG). As in previous years, the prize will be awarded by a tri-national jury of pupils from the 5^th Lyceum Zielona Góra, the Gymnazium Teplice and, for the first time, the Humboldt-Gymnasium in Cottbus.

“This year’s U18 Youth Film Competition is an inspiration with its enormous variety. It addresses big issues such as family, self-determination, digital worlds and, of course, the exciting adventure of love”, says U18 curator Jarek Godlewski. “The films are fast-paced, entertaining, artistic and at times a little thrilling – an enthralling programme for teenagers and young adults alike.”

From junkie to iron man: the Polish director Łukasz Palkowski tells the true story of Jerzy Górski in BREAKING THE LIMITS. At a young age, Jerzy consumes hard drugs with his clique. When many of his friends die as a result of overdosing, he decides to fight against his addition by keenly pursuing athletic goals. A gripping biopic that recently won three awards at the renowned Polish film festival Gdynia.

Another recent award winner is LOMO – THE LANGUAGE OF MANY OTHERS by Julia Langhof. Principal actor Jonas Dassler won the Götz George Award for Emerging Talents at First Steps. He plays Karl, who is fed up with satisfying the wishes of his ambitious parents and therefore regularly ‘feeds’ his blog by mercilessly posting his unfiltered experiences. A gripping drama that innovatively explores the world of digital natives in their search for meaning.

MONTENEGRO by Petr Kubík likewise gathers pace by virtue of the internet: this is where the young Czechs Tomaš und Adam arrange to undertake an off-road Jeep tour through Montenegro with two young Serbian women. A charming road movie with strong cars, stunning landscapes, plenty of jealousy and the spirit of summer.

The U18 Youth Film Competition is supported by Lausitz Energie Kraftwerke AG (LEAG) and the Brandenburg State Ministry of Science, Research and Culture (MWFK). “The FilmFestival Cottbus’s U18 Youth Film Competition and the tri-national student meeting add to exchange within the border triangle on a very special level”, says Dr Martina Münch from the MWFK. “The youths from Poland, the Czech Republic and Germany meet in Cottbus on a cinematic and a personal level and in doing so discover connectedness, yet perhaps also differences in their lives, which in turn initiates dialogue. I am delighted that this competition forms part of the festival. Europe needs such formats that promote mutual understanding and the engagement with a wide range of different cultures. This is particularly important for our young generation, as it is they who will shape the vision of Europe.”

Save the date – Press conferences
The 27^th FilmFestival Cottbus and the co-production market connecting cottbus (coco) extend their joint invitation to their press conferences on October 19^thin Berlin (11 am, Federal Representation Offices of the Federal State of Brandenburg in Berlin, In den Ministergärten 3, 10117 Berlin) and Cottbus (4 pm, Galerie Fango, Amalienstr. 10, 03044 Cottbus), where media representatives will be given exclusive information about the feature film and short film competitions and the coco programme. In addition, curators of the sections will be present for background talks. Please register at: presse@filmfestival-cottbus.de

Accreditation
The reporting media can obtain accreditation free of charge and online as of now until 23 October: www.filmfestivalcottbus.de/en/service-en/accreditation.html

List of titles U18 Youth Film Competition

DER BESTE | BREAKING THE LIMITS

ŁUKASZ PALKOWSKI, PL 2017, 103 MIN

THE ERLPRINCE | THE ERLPRINCE

KUBA CZEKAJ, PL 2016, 102 MIN

DIE FAMILIE | UNDER THE FAMILY TREE

CONSTANZE KNOCHE, DE/PL 2017, 93 MIN

LOMO - THE LANGUAGE OF MANY OTHERS | LOMO - THE LANGUAGE OF MANY OTHERS

JULIA LANGHOF, DE 2017, 101 MIN

MONTENEGRO | MONTENEGRO

PETR KUBÍK, CZ 2016, 83 MIN

NINA | NINA

JURAJ LEHOTSKÝ, SK/CZ 2017, 83 MIN

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3 medium-length films, DE/PL/CZ 2016-2017, 93 MIN

HIKIKOMORI - LEBEN DURCH DIE LINSE | HIKIKOMORI

ARKADIJ KHAET, LEONARD OSTERMEIER, MICKEY PAATZSCH, DE 2017, 31 MIN

HEISS UND KALT | HOT AND COLD

MARTA PRUS, PL 2016, 36 MIN

BO HAI | BO HAI

DUŽAN DUONG, CZ 2017, 26 MIN

93% OF THESE FILMS WILL BE SHOWN

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MEXICO.

Moonlight Sonata

 
In special recognition of Finland's 100th birthday, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival has created a special programme of 23 films celebrating Finnish cinematic history, which will be shown in a 48-hour-long marathon screening. 

The unprecedented screening is set to take place between the 24th and 26th of November at the old cinematheque Kinomaja in Tallinn’s Old Town. The events programme will include a karaoke contest and a live peformance by the band Marko Haavisto & Poutahaukat, who gained fame performing in Aki Kaurismäki’s The Man Without a Past. The screenings will be introduced by various Finnish filmmakers, including director Jörn Donner and actress Kati Outinen.
 
The opening film will be Jörn Donner’s legendary documentary Fuck Off! Images of Finland (1971), a cross-section of Finnish society in 1970, where beauty and ugliness, sad and funny, gentle and obscene co-exist organically. The uncut version only received screening permission at the end of the 1980’s.
 
The selected films have been made between the years 1938 and 2008, genres include drama, thriller, horror, erotic, crime and comedy, all of them having gained a cult status in Finland and most having never been shown in Estonia. All the movies will be screened from 35mm films.
 
The programme has been curated by the reputable Sodankylä Midnight Sun Film Festival, that was founded and is artistically consulted by Aki and Mika Kaurismäki.
 
“The selection represents the diverse mental landscape of Finland. We interpret the word ‘cult’ as broadly as possible, using it to name films that have aroused both admiration and indignation, and have lived longer than one generation. On top of that, this feast will be screened on celluloid, making it a rare one-time pleasure,” said Milja Mikkola, the festival director of Sodankylä festival.
 
Black Nights’ sub-festival PÖFF Shorts will screen a selection of Aki Kaurismäki’s short films.

The programme:
Stolen Death (1938) - Nyrki Tapiovaara
Cross of Love (1946) - Teuvo Tulio
Louisa (1946), Valentin Vaala
The White Reindeer (1952), Erik Blomberg
Gas, Inspector Palmu! (1961), Matti Kassila
Skin, Skin (1966), Mikko Niskanen    
Portraits of Women (1970), Jörn Donner
The Count (1971), Peter von Bagh
Fuck Off! - Images of Finland (1971), Jörn Donner
Sensuela (1973), Teuvo Tulio
The Year of the Hare (1977), Risto Jarva
Life, Here I Come! (1980), Tapio Suominen
The Worthless (1982), Mika Kaurismäki
„Calamari Union” (1985), Aki Kaurismäki
The Last Rat Skins (1985), Anssi Mänttäri
The Moonlight Sonata (1988), Olli Soinio
Dolly and Her Lover (1990), Matti Ijäs
The Prodigal Son (1992), Veikko Aaltonen
The Land of Happiness (1993), Markku Pölönen
Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana (1994), Aki Kaurismäki  
The Collector (1997), Auli Mantila
The Man Without a Past (2002), Aki Kaurismäki  
Sauna (2008), AJ Annila

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival will take place between 17th November and the 3rd of December 2017.