Toruń Film Festival TOFFI – TOFFIFEST (7th to 11th November 2007)
TOFIFEST – the Temperature is Rising!
International Toruń Film Festival TOFIFEST, one of the most important Polish events which presents young cinema of the world and independent films, invites you to take part in the Festival’s fifth edition’s Competitions. Festival’s Grand Prix – Golden Angel will be given in two Competitions – for the best short feature film and the best full-length feature film.
TOFIFEST is a film festival which is every year held in the pearl of Gothic (enlisted on UNESCO’S World Relics List) – the town of Toruń in the Northern Poland. In the year 2007, between 7 and 11 November the fifth edition of the Festival will take place. The screenings will be, in the same time, held in the capital of Poland – Warsaw, and in Bydgoszcz, which is near to Toruń.
THE AIM OF THE FESTIVAL
The presentation of ambitious artistic films that have been produced outside the commercial system. The Festival presents the cinema that shows independent and brave substance, and takes up a non-trivial and original subjects. The Festival wants to discover young and talented artists as well from Poland, as from abroad, and also to carry on a wide promotional action of their films. The Festival is an open event and is addressed to the filmmakers from all countries of the world.
FESTIVAL’S COMPETITIONS
There are two Competitions at the Festival:
* International Competition for The Best Full-length Film [Grand Prix: Golden Angel].
- in this Competition the feature films of a duration longer than 60 mins., produced after 1st January 2006, can take part. During the Selection, the films which haven’t had a Polish premiere yet, are going to be preferred.
* International Competition for The Best Short Film [Grand Prix: Golden Angel]
- in this Competition the feature films of a duration no longer than 60 mins., produced after 1st January 2006, can take part. During the Selection, the films which haven’t had a Polish premiere yet, are going to be preferred.
OTHER FESTIVAL SECTIONS
There are also Out of Competition sections at Toruń Film Festival TOFFI. The films that are going to be screened in the Out of Competition sections:
- World Independent Cinema Panorama
- Film Debuts Review
may receive the following Festival’s Awards: Audience’s Award, FLISAK AWARD [also the films taking part in the Competition are going to be considered for these Awards].
Other Out of Competition sections are (among others):
- SCHOOL FOCUS
- FOCUS TOFFI
- Special Screenings
- The Young Documentary Review
- National Cinematographies Panoramas/Monographic Reviews
THE SELECTION FOR THE COMPETITIONS
* the one that submits the film is obliged to sending to the Selection Committee a reviewal copy of the film on the DVD disc in the PAL system. In the case when the film is recorded only on the DVD format, beta or miniDV – we kindly ask for sending two copies – for the Competition and reviewal one, or for remark that the sent copy is in the same time submitted as well for the Competitions’ screenings, as for the Selection.
* All films to be submitted for the Selection must be entered by 30th September, 2007. (date on the postmark is decisive)
* an entry form must be filled out on our website, at: www.festivaltoffi.pl and the copy must be sent in the required term.
* in the case of not keeping all the aforementioned regulations, the Festival is not obliged to admit the film for the Selection.
* each submitted film has to be recorded on the single, legibly described (title, total time, author) disc
* each submitted film [which contains dialogues] has to have subtitles in English language or enclosed dialogue list in this language.
* the following materials must be enclosed with the films:
- stills from the film (on CD) – at least 300 dpi
- the pictures of the film’s director (on CD) – at least 300 dpi
- the dialogue list in English language (on CD)
- printed and filled out entry card
* the Festival does not return the DVDs sent for the Selection.
* the submitting of the film is free of fees.
* all films submitted for both Competitions will be put under the selection by the Selection Committee designated by the Festival’s organizers. The decision of admitting the submitted film to partaking in the Competition screenings of the Festival is made by the Festival’s Director on the motion of Selection Committee. The decisions of the Selection Committee and of the Jury are final and undisputable. The Selection Committee is not obliged to explain their decisions.
Films submitted for Competition or reviewal copies, together with printed and filled out entry card and promotional materials should be sent to:
Biuro Festiwalowe (Festival’s Office)
V MFF International Film Festival TOFFIFEST
KINO ORZEŁ
Ul. Strumykowa 3
87-100 Toruń
Poland
Brussels European Film Festival (June 29 – July 7, 2007)
The Brussels European Film Festival will be organized this year for the fifth time from June 29 until July 7, 2007. The Festival will mainly present first or second feature films from European directors. Thanks to the cooperation with the Belgian Royal Filmarchive, the Festival also presents a worldwide filmselection.
Within a casual and summer atmosphere, the public will discover the latest films in avant-première. Directors, actors and producers will attend the festival and take part to the party.
Every evening, free open air screenings are organised in front of the theatre. The evening continues with free concerts or DJ sets until late in the night.
Official Competition :
Official Competition 
- AFR
- A Man’s Job
- Art Of Crying, The
- California Dreamin’ -Endless-
- D.O.A.P. (Death Of A President)
- Does it hurt ? The First Balkan Dogma
- Iska’s Journey
- Madonnen
- Nina Frisk
- Nos Retrouvailles
- Pas Douce
- Soledad, La
- Voleurs de Chevaux
- Winterreise
The Festival will award two prizes, to be selected by the international jury, in the following categories:
- Iris Award for Best film (value € 10.000)
- Best actor or Best actress (value € 2.500)
Besides the jury prizes, there are several parallel awards:
- Audience Award (value € 2.500)
- RTBF TV Prize of Best Film (distribution support € 10.000)
- Canvas TV Prize for Best Film (distribution support € 10.000)
- BeTV Prize of Best Film (distribution support € 5.000)
- Prime TV Prize of Best Film (distribution support € 5.000)
Révélations
- Body Rice
- Ce que je sais de Lola
- The Substitute
- Una Ballata Bianca
- La Vraie Vie est Ailleurs
Avant-premières
- 13m²
- La face cachée
- La Tête de Maman
- London to Brighton
- Mon Colonel
- Reprise
- Trigger
Age d’Or – Film discoveries
Each year, during the two first weeks of July , the film archive invites cinephiles to the Age d’Or and Film discoveries competition. Since 2005, this event has been organised in partnership with the Brussels European Film Festival.
Since 1973 the Age d’Or prize rewards the maker of a film that distances itself from any kind of cinematic conformism.
Among the laureates figure such adventurous directors as Jean-Luc Godard, Bela Tarr, Manoel de Oliveira and Jia Zhang Ke. In 2006 this prize was awarded to Paz Encina for Hamaca Paraguay (Paraguay).
Since 1979, Film discoveries aims to select quality films from various international festivals, and shows them to the public, encouraging distribution by means of premiums. This event allows work by directors such as Jim Jarmusch, Abbas Kiarostami, Naomi Kawase or Carlos Reygadas to become discovered. In 2006 Day night day night by Julia Loktev (United States)and Sehnsucht by Valeska Grisebach (Germany) received awards.
The selected titles for l’Age d’Or /Film discoveries are presented in Flagey during the first week of July, concurrent with the European Film Festival. Thus around fifty otherwise unseen films are made available to the public.
The second week of l‘Âge d’Or /Film discoveries takes place at the Film Museum (bis).
- A casa de Alice
- Avant que j’oublie
- Brand upon the brain!
- Driving with my wife’s lover (Ane-Eui Aein-Eul Mannada)
- Foster child
- Garage
- La France
- Getting home (Luo Ye Gui Gen)
- Hotel very welcome
- La influencia
- Meduzot (Les méduses)
- Mister lonely
- Mourning Forest, The (Mogari no Mori)
- Nachmittag
- Optimisti
- Parpados Azules
- Syndromes and a century (Sang Sattawat)
- Shotgun Stories
- Tout est pardonné
- XXY
- Yumurta (Egg)
Info: http://www.cinematheque.be/ – T. 02 551 19 19
From 30/06 > 06/07 in Flagey, on the occasion of the European Film Festival
From 07/07 > 14/07, in the Film Museum (bis) Rue Ravenstein 60, 1000 Brussels.
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