The International Competition of Feature Films<\/b> has established itself as the flagship of Art Film Fest’s programme. At the festival’s upcoming 19th edition, held from June 17 to 25 in Tren\u010dianske Teplice and Tren\u010d\u00edn, the competition will feature the works of fifteen talented filmmakers from around the world, including Slovakia, vying for the four Blue Angels: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress<\/b>.<\/p>\n
The winners will be selected by a five-member international jury, chaired by legendary Slovak director, screenwriter, cinematographer and designer Juraj Jakubisko<\/b>, whose filmography encompasses cult classics such as \u201cThe Prime of Life\u201d (Kristove roky), \u201cInfidelity, Slovak Style\u201d (Nevera po slovensky), \u201cLady Winter\u201d (Perinbaba), \u201cSitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself\u201d (Sed\u00edm na kon\u00e1ri a je mi dobre) and "Bathory", the most successful film in Slovakia’s history as an independent country. His lifetime achievement earned him Art Film Fest’s Golden Camera Award in 2002.<\/p>\n
Jakubisko will be joined on the jury by film professionals from various corners of the film world.<\/p>\n
With his feature debut "Lebanon", Israeli director Samuel Maoz<\/b> won the Blue Angel for Best Director at last year’s Art Film Fest. Drawing from Maoz’s own experiences as a soldier in the Lebanon War, the film also received the Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion for Best Film and the Prix FIPRESCI at the European Film Awards.<\/p>\n
Mexican Oscar-winning production designer Eugenio Caballero<\/b> has worked on numerous world-famous, award-winning projects, films such as "Pan’s Labyrinth", which earned him an Academy Award, and Jim Jarmusch’s "The Limits of Control". He is also a member of the Oscar-selecting Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.<\/p>\n
Currently Senior Programmer for the Palm Springs International Film Festival, US film curator Alissa Simon<\/b> has served on international juries at film festivals such as Karlovy Vary, Montreal, San Francisco, Amsterdam and Belgrade. She also writes about films and film festivals for the trade paper Variety.<\/p>\n
The jury line-up is rounded off by Croatian cinematographer \u017divko Zalar<\/b>, graduate of the Prague Academy of Performing Arts’ Film and TV School (FAMU) and recipient of multiple Croatian Golden Arena awards for best cinematography. After working with numerous distinguished Yugoslavian directors, he moved to Germany in the 1990s, where he has continued to work on dozens of television films and series, as well as international feature film co-productions.<\/p>\n
The International Competition of Short Films <\/b>is among Art Film Fest’s most varied components. The section’s appeal lies in its diverse selection, featuring forty-four new releases from around the world. The winner of the competition’s Blue Angel for Best Short Film<\/b> is chosen by a three-member international jury.<\/p>\n
Juror M\u00e1ria Feren\u010duhov\u00e1<\/b> is a lecturer at the Bratislava School of Performing Arts’ Film and Television Faculty, as well as an author of poetry collections and scholarly monographs on film.<\/p>\n
Jukka-Pekka Laakso<\/b> is the festival director and president of the board of directors at the Tampere Film Festival. Laakso has also worked as a film critic and chairman of the National Council for Cinema. He is a member of the European Film Academy.<\/p>\n
Italian filmmaker Gaia Meucci<\/b> has worked in the cinema industry in various capacities, from animation and production to organization and programming of film festivals. In 2009 and 2010 she was the short film programmer of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. <\/p>\n
Art Film Fest 2011 \u2013 the 19th Tren\u010dianske Teplice\/Tren\u010d\u00edn International Film Festival is made possible by the financial support of the Audiovisual Fund.<\/p>\n
Organizers:<\/b> ART FILM, n.o., FORZA, a.s. <\/p>\n
Co-organizers:<\/b> The Town of Tren\u010dianske Teplice, Tren\u010dianske Teplice Health Spa<\/p>\n
General Sponsors:<\/b> Omnia Holding SE, AquaCity Poprad<\/p>\n
Main Sponsors: <\/b>Tatra banka, Slovnaft, VUJE, OHL \u017dS<\/p>\n
Official Transport Provider:<\/b> Lancia <\/p>\n
Logistics Sponsor:<\/b> DHL <\/p>\n
Free student cinepasses provided by:<\/b> Prv\u00e1 stavebn\u00e1 sporite\u013e\u0148a (First Housing-Construction Savings Bank)<\/p>\n
Sponsors:<\/b> TIPOS, Ernst & Young, AVI studio, Penzi\u00f3n Baske, Cinemax, Santovka<\/p>\n
Official Suppliers:<\/b> Pilsner Urquell, HUBERT J.E., Hotel Pax \u2013 the festival spa hotel, A Briliant, Philips, Esterle&Esterle, MF team, LampART, Lenovo, Stredn\u00e1 odborn\u00e1 \u0161kola polygrafick\u00e1 (Vocational School of Printing)<\/p>\n
Main Media Sponsors:<\/b> Slovensk\u00e1 telev\u00edzia, telev\u00edzia JOJ, R\u00e1dio FM, Pravda, <\/p>\n
Media Sponsors:<\/b> Central Europe Television, Kino CS, Muzika CS, Doku CS, R\u00e1dio Europa 2, R\u00e1dio Hit FM, .t\u00fd\u017ede\u0148, Eurotelev\u00edzia, Pardon, OK!, Kine\u010dko, Kam do mesta, Focus, Boomerang Media, SITA, moviemania.sk, BlueSky, Telev\u00edzia Tren\u010dianske Teplice, Film New Europe, euroAWK, Willmark<\/p>\n
Partners:<\/b> The City of Tren\u010d\u00edn, the Tren\u010d\u00edn Self-governing Region, the Embassy of Israel in Slovakia, the European Commission Representation in Slovakia, the Embassy of the USA in Bratislava, the Office of the Embassy of Sweden in Bratislava, Sodec Quebec, the Slovak Film Institute, Cinecitta, the Italian Cultural Institute in Bratislava, Omnia, RONA, Celtima SK, jazykovepobyty.sk, Hotel Fl\u00f3ra, versity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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