Tag: European Cinema

Awards Season, Director Spotlight

OSCAR SPOTLIGHT: Director Tamás Yvan Topolánszky on Never Give Up!, the Business of Short Film and Why Words Can Outlive the People Who Speak Them

Oscar-qualified filmmaker Tamás Yvan Topolánszky talks independent financing, discovering a remarkable nine-year-old first-time actor, the economics of ambitious short filmmaking and why his latest film asks a deceptively complicated question: who really owns a message? There is a deceptively simple question at the centre of Topolánszky’s Oscar-qualified short Never Give Up!: Do words belong to the person who says them, or to the person who ultimately gives them meaning? Produced by … Continue reading OSCAR SPOTLIGHT: Director Tamás Yvan Topolánszky on Never Give Up!, the Business of Short Film and Why Words Can Outlive the People Who Speak Them

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Documentary, Events, Feature, Feature Film, Film Festivals, Films, Short Film

Festival spotlight: 3rd watchAUT Austrian Film Festival presents the best new films from Austria alongside an influential title from the past

The third edition of watchAUT Austrian Film Festival brings to London the best new films to emerge from Austria, alongside a shorts programme plus an influential and controversial Austrian film from the 1980s. Presented by the Austrian Cultural Forum London in cooperation with the Austrian Film Institute, and running 13 – 16 March at Ciné Lumière and the ICA Cinemas, the festival provides a glimpse … Continue reading Festival spotlight: 3rd watchAUT Austrian Film Festival presents the best new films from Austria alongside an influential title from the past

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Film Festivals, Films

VENICE FILM FESTIVAL REVISITS LONDON FOR A SECOND YEAR WITH FROM VENICE TO LONDON 2023

Created in 1932, the Venice Film Festival was the first film festival in history. As well as being the oldest film festival in the world, it’s also regarded as one of the world’s most important and iconic international film festivals. In November 2021 for the first time in its history, a selection of the programme was presented in London via a unique collaboration between La Biennale … Continue reading VENICE FILM FESTIVAL REVISITS LONDON FOR A SECOND YEAR WITH FROM VENICE TO LONDON 2023

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