Cineteca Veracruz Exhibition: Celebrating International Feature Films! →

Bistrik7’s own Gustavo Vega is curating an exciting event in Mexico - details below and a call for entries, which is now open!

Join the 2nd Cineteca Veracruz Exhibition: Celebrating International Feature Films!

Delve into the fascinating world of cinema at the 2nd Cineteca Veracruz Exhibition! This vibrant event, set to take place from November 15th to 18th, 2023, in Boca del Río, Veracruz, Mexico, promises an enriching experience for film enthusiasts, artists, and moviemakers alike. With an emphasis on the International Feature Film section, which welcomes entries from fiction, documentaries, and animations, this remarkable showcase stands as a testament to the diverse artistic expressions within the world of film.

We are particularly excited about the International Feature Film category, which welcomes all genres, be it fiction, documentary, or animation. This category allows filmmakers to present their full-length creations, creating a space for creativity and imagination to flourish. Whether you have a captivating fiction film, a thought-provoking documentary, or a visually stunning animation, we want to see it all!

To submit your film, please note that the submission period will be open from July 11th to September 22nd of this year. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity to showcase your work to an international audience, gain recognition for your talent, and possibly distribution deals or collaborations with fellow industry professionals.

Veracruz, with its vibrant culture, stunning natural scenery, and warm-hearted locals, serves as an incredible backdrop for this event. Attendees will have the chance to experience the richness of Mexican cinema, engage in thought-provoking discussions, attend enlightening workshops, and make meaningful connections within the industry.

Call for entries:

https://festhome.com/festival/muestra-de-la-cineteca-veracruz

https://festhome.com/festival/cineteca-veracruz-exhibition

https://festhome.com/f/7980

Instragram: @cinetecaveracruz / FB: https://www.facebook.com/cinetecaveracruz

Experimental film 'Sutures of a Landscape' selected for Bali International Short Film Festival →

Emma Rozanski’s single-channel video art film ‘Sutures of a Landscape’ will screen in the experimental section of MINIKINO FILM WEEK - Bali’s International Short Film Festival - 5th to 12th October 2019

The film - a handmade landscape of wildlife observed from dusk to dawn - was made during her artist residency at Chicago’s International Museum of Surgical Science, using shadow puppets created from antique surgical tools and apothecary objects from the Museum’s collection - the soundscape was also using these same objects.

Festival website: http://minikino.org/filmweek/

SCREENINGS:

·         OMAH APIK, Monday 7/10, at 19:15:00 WITA / GMT +8

·         UMA SEMINYAK, Tuesday 8/10, at 18:30:00 WITA / GMT +8

Levan Lomjaria's new short film to screen at BIAFF →

Levan Lomjaria’s short film ‘You Look Like Your Father’ has been selected for the “Alternative Wave” section at the 2019 Batumi International Arthouse Film Festival in Georgia.

Festival Website: http://www.biaff.org/

Selected projects for Alternative Wave 2019 edition.

1. Aquarium – director and producer Tornike Bziava.
2. Tamada – director Temur Tsiklauri, producer Irakli Bagaturia.
3. Burden -director and producer Ana Iosava, co – writer Otar Katamadze.
4. You Look Like Your Father - director Levan Lomjaria, producer Vako Kirkitadze.
5. Orange Sky – director and producer Shalva Shengeli, co-writer Alexander Kurkhuli.
6. Family Drama with The Happy End – director and producer Irina Gachechiladze.
7. Seraphyma – director Marisia Nikituk, producer Igor Savichenko.
8. Affection of The Heart – director Soner Caner, producer Bilal Bagci.

Workshop will be followed by public pitch for industry representatives and jury, where best projects will be awarded:
I place – In kind post-production services for 10.000 euros.
II place – selection to „Meeting on the Bridge” program.
III place – attendance to Berlin International Film Festival (accreditation, travel, accommodation).

Experts: Nicos Panayotopoulos (Greece), Paul Tayler (Great Britain), Gulin Ustun (Turkey), Aysegul Ekmekcioglu (Turkey), Gela Babluani (Georgia).

ალტერნატიული ტალღა 2019 წლის გამოშვებისათვის შეირჩა შემდეგი პროექტები:

1. „აკვარიუმი“ - რეჟისორი და პროდიუსერი თორნიკე ბზიავა (საქართველო).
2. „თამადა“ - რეჟისორი თემურ წიკლაური, პროდიუსერი ირაკლი ბაღათურია (საქართველო).
3. „ტვირთი“ - რეჟისორი და პროდიუსერი ანა იოსავა, თანასცენარისტი ოთარ ქათამაძე (საქართველო).
4. „შენ გავხარ მამას“ - რეჟისორი ლევან ლომჯარია, პროდიუსერი ვაკო კირკიტაძე (საქართველო).
5. „ნარინჯისფერი ცა“ - რეჟისორი და პროდიუსერი შალვა შენგელი, თანასცენარისტი ალექსანდრე ქურხული (საქართველო).
6. „ოჯახური დრამა კეთილი დასასრულით“ - რეჟისორი და პროდიუსერი ირინა გაჩეჩილაძე (საქართველო).
7. სერაფიმა - რეჟისორი მარისია ნიკიტიუკი, პროდიუსერი იგორ სავიჩენკო (უკრაინა).
8. „გულის კარნახი“ - რეჟისორი სონერ კანერი, პროდიუსერი ბილალ ბაგჩი (თურქეთი).

ექსპერტები: ნიკოს პანაიოტოპოლოსი (საბერძნეთი), პოლ ტაილერი (დიდი ბრიტანეთი), გულინ უსტუნი (თურქეთი), აისეგულ ეკმეკჩიოგლუ (თურქეთი), გელა ბაბლუანი (საქართველო).

“ალტერნატიული ტალღა” 2019-ის დასასრულს, კინოინდუსტრიის წარმომადგენლებისთვის გამართულ პრეზენტაციაზე გამოვლინდება საუკეთესო პროექტები რომლებსაც გადაეცემათ პრიზები:
I ადგილი - 10.000 ევროს ღირებულების პოსტ-პროდუქციის სერვისი.
II ადგილი - პროექტის სელექცია „Meeting on the Bridge” პროგრამაში.
III ადგილი - ბერლინის საერთაშორისო კინოფესტივალზე დასწრება (აკრედიტაცია, ავიაბილეთები, სასტუმრო).

Curation of Bistrik7 films screening in Bourges on 17th November 2018 →

A curated program of short films by Bistrik7 filmmakers will be screened in Bourges, France on 17th November 2018, at 6pm, as part of this year’s Bandits Mages -Unstable reality and shifting knowledges. Mending the Fabric of the World -

Link to info: http://rencontres2018.bandits-mages.com/carte-blanche/

This is the most wonderful list of films:

Namsuk Kim - Self Portrait 4m

Marta Hernaiz Pidal - Spoon 4m
Bianca Lucas - Bogeyman 23m
Emma Rozanski - Pangaea 8m
Patrick Marshall - A Letter to John Fitzgerald Kennedy Concerning Outer Space, Assassinations, and the Cosmic Universal Cinema 9m
Pilar Palomero - Horta 15m
Andre Gil Mata - Num Globo De Neve 9m
Gonzalo Escobar Mora - Pool Version 20m
Marta Hernaiz Pidal - Cycle 8m
Manel Raga - Manel Lives In Sarajevo 5m

(and here is a full program of events - lots of exciting stuff to see)

Kudos to Aleksandra Niemczyk & Graeme Cole for curating the program.

ALEKSANDRA NIEMCZYK's screening of Baba Vanga and new artist residency →

Aleksnadra’s long-form artist’s moving image work, Baba Vanga, screened as a multi-channel installation at gallery of Bandits-Mages in Bourges, France in September 2018. This special event projection was the inauguration of her artist residency for her next film project - supported by EMAP#EMARE European Media and Art Program founded by European Commission. The residency commenced on 1st October 2018 and will culminate in a new moving image work. Stay tuned!
http://www.bandits-mages.com/blog/2018/06/25/emapemare-the-sirens-dream-par-aleksandra-niemczyk-en-residence-a-bandits-mages/

Emma Rozanski's feature, PAPAGAJKA available to watch on @SeedandSpark →

As of today, the wonderful new USA-based streaming site, Seed and Spark (who are also a great crowdfunding platform for films with a unique twist on this service), have our Emma Rozanki’s (@aparticularfilm) debut feature film, Papagajka (The Parrot) available to watch online.

Their platform is very inclusive as they offer a pay what you can model, so they are accessible for those with lower incomes. So we’re very happy that Rozanki’s film is now in their online catalogue for an ever-growing audience to watch.

WATCH THE FILM HERE: https://www.seedandspark.com/watch/papagajka

Every viewing the film gets supports the filmmaker and will help her continue to make films!

Enjoy!

-Bistrik7 x

Gonzalo Escobar Mora's medium-length film 'POOL VERSION' upcoming screenings

On Tue 6 March 2018 at 6:30pm, at the CCA: Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow, Scotland, and on the 9th March 2018, 13:00 to 15:30, Russkiy Mir Centre, A29, Elvet Riverside I, Durham University...

...Esteemed archivist and curator Juana Suárez (NYU Tisch School of the Arts) presents a programme of four recent short films by Colombian filmmakers living abroad. She will also be there to discuss the programme with special guests.

Including our Gonzalo Escobar Mora's medium-length film from Sarajevo - POOL VERSION

Links to the events:

http://cca-glasgow.com/programme/against-the-national-project

https://www.dur.ac.uk/mlac/news/displayevents/?eventno=37982

Watch Emma Rozanski's debut feature in North America on @Fandor

Emma Rozanski's debut feature film, PAPAGAJKA (SXSW Premiere), is now available to watch on VOD via FANDOR in Canada and the USA.

You can watch if you are a subscriber of Fandor, via Apple TV, or you can sign up for a free trial subscription (there are loads of amazing movies on the platform so it's well worth a try)

Here's the link to @Fandor: 

Stefan Malešević NEWS - screenings and development

STEFAN MALEŠEVIĆ's feature-length documentary, GORA, will be screened at the BelDocs festival in Belgrade in May.

Stefan is also developing his next two documentary projects - 'Gone with the Southern Wind', about the rise and fall of the most popular Yugoslav band, called the Southern Wind (Južni Vetar) - and a film about the peculiar Bektashi Islamic sect in Macedonia and Albania.

Sarajevo Film Festival - Bistrik7 Film listings and ticket sales

A few of us @Bistrik7 have film premieres at the upcoming Sarajevo Film Festival (@22ndSFF - Aug 12th-20th).

Tickets and screening details are now online so here's a guide to seek out and see our films there. 

Many of us will be attending so come and say hi if you go see our films...goes without saying we thoroughly recommend them all!

PAPAGAJKA (The Parrot) / 82mins / dir: Emma Rozanski / Drama-Thriller / English and Bosnian language / 2016

BABA VANGA / 77mins / dir: Aleksandra Niemczyk / Drama / English and French language / 2016

POOL VERSION / 21mins dir: Gonzalo Escobar Mora / Drama / Bosnian language / 2016

GORA / 76mins / dir: Stefan Malesevic/ Documentary / 2016

DOBRO / 10mins / dir: Marta Hernaiz Pidal / Bosnian language / 2016

NOĆ / 10mins / dir: Pilar Palomero / 2016

Emma Rozanski's short film PANGAEA to screen in Italy and Spain in July

In July, Emma Rozanski's short experimental drama (cinematography by Marta Hernaiz Pidal) will screen in the upcoming A Corto Di Donne in Pozzuoli Italy: www.acortodidonne.it

and the MonFILMAT film festival in Spain: http://monfilmat.cat/