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Tilva Rosh wins in Estoril!
www.screendaily.com/5020570.article
Tilva Rosh wins in Estoril; Europa Distribution conference hosts 60 distributors
15 November, 2010 | By Andreas Wiseman
Nikolai Lezaic's drama has picked up the Best Film Award and the Cineuropa Award at the fourth Estoril Film Festival in Portugal.
Tilva Rosh, Serbian director Lezaic's debut feature, tells the story of two teenagers growing up in a desolate mining town in eastern Serbia. The feature had previously picked up the Heart Of Sarajevo award and premiered at Locarno.
French actress Isabelle Huppert was awarded theSpecial João Benárd da Costa Jury Prize for her performance in Marc Fitoussi's comedy Copacabana, while Andrey Stempkovsky, Anush Vardanyan and Givi Shavgulidze shared the Montblanc Best Screenplay Award for Russian feature Reverse Motion.
According to festival director Paulo Branco the fifth Estoril Film Festival attracted between 25,000-30,000 visitors. The festival was opened by singer Lou Reed and presented masterclasses from Stephen Frears and John Malkovich.
Speaking to Screen, Branco said: 'This was one of the festival's best editions. We had great films and great art. This festival is based on transversality and the belief that any artist is a filmmaker and any filmmaker is an artist.'
Branco confirmed that going forward the Estoril festival would remain the home of the annual Europa Distribution conference which this year attracted over 60 independent European distributors for its fourth edition.
Over the two-day conference delegates discussed a range of topics including the current state of the European VOD market (which is forecast to be worth €2.2bn by 2013), crowd funding-based production and distribution initiatives and the ongoing Virtual Print Fee (VPF) negotiations.
Regine Vial, president of Europa Distribution and head of distribution at Les Films Du Losange, presented the key elements of legislation recently passed in France outlining French distributors' contribution to the digitalisation of screens.
The new legislation ensures that the French ministry of culture provides a €125m subsidy for the cost of equipment required for digital conversion, non-film related industries such as sport and theatre, which are increasingly using digital cinemas to show events, make a contribution to the VPF, and crucially that the cost of digitalisation is cheaper than the costs incurred in producing and distributing 35mm prints. According to the law VPF payback to the third party installation outfit can be made over a ten-year period.
Speaking to Screen, Vial said: 'I think this is very important. We now have regulation that says that digitalisation must be cheaper than 35mm [production and distribution] and we have a ten year time period in which the payments. We are happy to pay this contribution. I don't think this model is necessarily the best rule for other countries but it helps to discuss it and exchange ideas.'
France is the first country to pass comprehensive legislation concerning the VPF.
During a panel on current VOD experiences MUBI founder Efe Cakarel was upbeat about the potential for revenue growth in the art house-focused VOD market.
In the wake of MUBI's recent deal with Sony Playstation, which makes it possible to download the independent film platform from the Playstation Store as a free application, Cakarel anticipated a boom in the niche sector. He warned delegates that 'as an industry we previously overestimated the short term potential of VOD, but now we are underestimating the importance and impact of VOD going forward.' Cakarel informed delegates that since the launch of the MUBI-Playstation deal on Wednesday the company had signed up 210,000 new registrants. Cakarel claimed that thanks to the partnership, which extends across 16 countries and approximately 16m consoles, MUBI had 'overnight become one of the most significant independent distribution platforms in the world'.
Of the conference's success, Adeline Monzier of Europa Distribution said: 'We've reached a point where we have very common ground on a lot of topics and we are now sharing a great deal of information. We had some very lively debates, the delegates took an active part in the schedule and the networking events worked really well. After four years this is a very good sign. We will be back next year.'
Vital Sings wins in Tubingen - Stuttgart!
Some great news from the 27th edition of the International Festival of French-Speaking Film of Tubingen-Stuttgart - Vital Signs (Les Signes Vitaux) has won the Grand Prix for the best first or second feature film. A prize of 5000 euros was awarded to the filmmaker, Sophie Deraspe by Volker Lamm, owner of the cinemas of Tübingen.
The prize was decided on by an international jury made up of Romain Goupil (Chairman), Marcela Lacub, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Sophie Francesco Ranieri Martinotti Salbot. Congrats to the Vital Signs team!
'Myth' is a winner in Deauville!
Congratulations to David Robert Mitchell and his film, The Myth of the American Sleepover for winning the Prix du Jury at the Deauville American Film Festival this past weekend. The Jury, who were led by actress Emmanuelle Beart, declared Myth a joint winner with Debra Granik's Winter's Bone.
Click here to read more about the win on Variety
Lezaic's Tilva Rosh wins Hearts of Sarajevo for best film, actor
Congrats to the Tilva Rosh team for winning the top jury prize and best actor award at the Sarajevo International Film Festival this past weekend.
Click here for the full story as reported by Screen Daily
'Myth' wins American indie prize at Munich!!
Check out the article from The Hollywood Reporter on 'The Myth of the American Sleepover' taking home the inaugural American indie newcomer prize at the 2010 Munich Film Festival. Congrats to the Myth team!
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'Shirley Adams' takes the Best Actress Award in Granada
The Cines del Sur Film Festival of Granada held their awards ceremony this past weekend and we are proud to announce that Denise Newman, lead actress in Oliver Hermanus' 'Shirley Adams' won the Jury Special Mention for Best Actress. Congrats to Denise and the 'Shirley' team!
Vital Signs picks up Special Jury Prize and Best Actress Award in Russia!
Congratulations to VITAL SIGNS for winning top awards at the Arctic Polar Lights Film Festival in Russia this past weekend! The jury foreman announced the prize while underlining the film's coherence and the direction of the actors. Well done to filmmakers Sophie and Nicolas, as well as to their lead actress Marie!
Ryan Kampe on panel at Filmmaker Conference
Visit Films partner Ryan Kampe will be speaking on a panel at the 2008 Independent Filmmakers Conference in New York City. The panel is called Show and Sell: Positioning For Festivals and features panelists Tom Quinn (Magnolia), Jarod Neece (SXSW) and Reid Rosefelt along with Ryan.
Aida LiPera on panel at Hot Docs 2010
Manager of Acquisitions and Festivals, Aida LiPera, will participate on a panel titled Distribution Now - What's Working?, at next month's Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in Toronto.
Ryan Kampe at SXSW
Partner Ryan Kampe will be speaking on a sales agent panel at the 2008 SXSW Film Festival. The panel takes place on Sunday March 9, 2008.
LA Film Festival screens Severed Ways
Visit Sales title 'Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America' premiered in competition at The LA Film Festival to a packed house. The LA Weekly called the film a 'must see.'
