Saturday, 23 July 2011

Hergla à Thala

Rencontres Cinématographiques de Hergla
7° Session à Thala du 27 - 31 Juillet 2011
Programme
Mercredi 27 juillet 21.30
Soirée d’Ouverture
Projection des films :
VERS LE NORD court métrage fiction de Youssef Chebbi (Tunisie-France 2010, 16 min)
ISTANBUL court métrage animation d’ Idil Ar (Turquie 2010, 3 min 15’’)
LEZARE court métrage fiction de Zelalem Woldemariem (Ethiopie 2010, 14 min)
Concert du groupe de DIDIER AWADI (Sénégal, Congo, Cameroun, Gabon)
Jeudi 28 Juillet 21.30
- Performance Musicale de Thala
-Sélection 2011 de courts métrages africains et méditerranéens de Tunisie, Turquie, Italie, France, Albanie, Liban, Espagne, Algérie.
Vendredi 29 Juillet 21.30
Soirée documentaires
1- Projection du film INDOCINE, SUR LES TRACES D’UNE MERE (Benin, France, 2010, 71 min) d’Idrissou Mora Kpai en présence du réalisateur invité spécial des Rencontres et responsable de l'atelier de formation documentaire.
2- Hommage à OMAR AMIRALAY, documentariste syrien, disparue en janvier 2011.
Projection de VIE QUOTIDIENNE D’UN VILLAGE SYRIEN (1974, 85 min) de Omar Amiralay, et Saadallah Wannouss film censuré pour plus de 30 ans.
Samedi 30 Juillet
Soirée spéciale FEDERATION TUNISIENNE DES CINEASTES AMATEURS
1- Projection de films courts métrages produit par la F.T.C.A.
- LE TUNNEL de Ridha ben Hlima
- SANS PLOMB de Samy Tlili
- Le MUR de Fathi Ben Slama
- LA GAMELLE de Maher ben Khlifa
- La CARAPASSE de Sabrine Hrira
- Grain de Lait Grain de Vie d’Imen Nafti
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2- Projection en présence de l’auteur du film IMAGES SACCADEES (Tunisie, 2011, 87 min) de Habib Mestiri produit Par Multimédia 2000
Dimanche 31 juillet
Soirée hommage à la Palestine
En la mémoire du pacifiste italien VITTORIO ARRIGONI assassiné a Gaza par des extrémistes.
1- Projection du documentaire RESTONS HUMAINS (Palestine, Qatar, 2011, 55 min) Al Jazeera Documentary.
2- Projection du film AISHEEN (Suisse, Qatar, 2010, 85 min) de Nicolas Wadimoff sélection officielle au Festival de Berlin 2010, Prix du jury œcuménique.
3- Lancement de 50 montgolfières lumineuses en hommage aux martyres des révolutions arabes.
La manifestation prévoit aussi des ateliers de formation pour enfants et pour jeunes dans le domaine de l’image, elle propose des rencontres et discutions autour du petit déjeuner entre les participants au festival et les invités de la manifestation : Dominique Wallon ancien directeur du CNC, Didier Awadi musicien et cinéaste, Idrissou Mora Kpai cinéaste, Olivier Barlet critique de cinéma, Kamel Regaya documentariste, Habib Mestiri cinéaste et producteur.

Monday, 18 July 2011

Saint-Petersburg Best of the best

ST. PETERSBURG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL “KINOFORUM”


JULY 10-15, 2011

During the magnificent period of white nights from July 10 till July 15 St. Petersburg will host the St. Petersburg International Film Festival “KINOFORUM” with the support of the government of St. Petersburg. It will be a world-scale film festival. The president of the Film Festival is the People’s Artist of Russia, film director and script-writer Alexey German. He is the author of the world-renown, absolutely brilliant films.

114 films from 27 countries were included in the Kinoforum program. 57 films at the Kinoforum were represented by their directors and film crews.

About 40 000 people came to the cinemas and halls where the Kinoforum films were screened. The screenings took place in 6 cinemas, Mikhailovskiy theater and special venues, including an open theater at Arts Square.
Kinoforum was covered by 750 journalists from all over the world.

More than 700 guests attended the Kinoforum: directors, producers and actors from more than 50 countries.



Saint Petersburg prize for the contribution to the cinematography was awarded to classic of the Soviet and Russian cinema, director Marlen Khutsiev.

The prize was given by chairwoman of the Kinoforum organizing Committee Alla Manilova.


FIPRESSI (International Federation of Film Critics) prize for outstanding contribution to the world’s cinematography at the 2nd Saint Petersburg International Kinoforum was awarded to Marlen Khutsiev
The prize was given by program director Andrey Plakhov.


Members of the competition Best of the Best jury distinguished film “Le Havre” of director Aki Kaurismiaki for the humanism of director’s intentions and high-level artistic performance.

Grand Prix of the 2nd Saint Petersburg International Kinoforum was awarded to Irani director Asgar Farkhadi for film “Nader and Simin, a Separation” .

The prize was given by the chairman of the competition jury, writer and scriptwriter Rustam Ibragimbekov.

In 2011 this film was awarded Golden Bear and Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at Berlin International Film Festival.

According to the results of audience voting films of the competition program Best of the Best Audience Choice Awards were given:

The third award was given to film “The Hunter” of director Bakur Bakuradze.

The award was given by member of the jury, president of non-commercial company Toronto Russian Film Festival Valeriy Kogan.

The second award was given to film “Por el Camino/Beyond the Road” of director Charlie Braun.

The award was given by member of the jury, director of Russian department of The Walt Disney Company Maria Zhigalova-Ozkan.

The first and main Audience Choice Award was given to Aki Kaurismiaki for film “Le Havre”.

The award was given by member of the jury and journalist Svetlana Sorokina and artist Vadim Zakharov
In the competition program «New Territories» Best Film Award was given to film «Black Blood» of Chinese director Miaoyan Zhang.



The award was given by members of the jury: founder of Berlin International Film Festival Ulrich Gregor and actress Dinara Drukarova.

Best Director Award in the competition program «New Territories» was given to director from Sri Lanka Sanjeewa Pushpakumara for his film «Flying Fish».


The prize was given by member of the jury: director Ios Stelling and producer Natalia Mokritskaya.
Special Award: Choice of the Jury in the competition program «New Territories» was given to film «Gesher» from Iran, director Vakhid Vakilifar.


The prize was given by members of the jury: artist-decorator, Oscar winner Rodger Kristian and actress Ornella Muti.


The organizing committee of the 2nd Saint Petersburg International Kinoforum awarded a special prize to film from non-competition program «Devil’s Double» of director Lee Tamahori.