Following our great show in The Film Shed at Art At Festival 3rd and 4th of July 2010, RHOSYGILWEN, Pembrokeshire, Wales, we are now having a summer recess. We'll be back with Kino Shorts 10 on 15th September at the Greenroom.. Anyone who wants to submit a short film to be considered for the night, please use the form in the left hand column on this site - and mark it SUBMISSION FOR KINO SHORTS. There is no fee to submit a short to Kino Shorts. Priority will go to North West filmmakers or those that are willing to travel to attend the night for a Q&A following their screening.
KINO SHORTS returned with a post festival selection of European short films from the Kinofilm European Short Film Festival plus three local productions for this months Shorts event which took place on Wednesday, 09 June 2010, Greenrooom.
In true Kino fashion, we screened a handful of local films including the Manchester Premier of local filmmaker Nick Gillespie's new short film “The Chariot” (funded by Vision+Media). Nick was runner-up of Best Northern film in the festival with his fantastic short "Imagining Love" (a personal favourite of Kino). Nick was present for a Q&A about his latest offering to the North West Film scene.
Yes, after a hard but fairly successful Festival, we would like to thank everyone, our funders sponsors, cultural partners, programme partners, education partners, colleagues, volunteers, the filmmakers and of course the audiences. We don't yet know when there will be another Kinofilm Festival or whether or not it will take place in Manchester or elsewhere. We will post information on this site as and when we make that decision.
We need sponsors to make it happen again so if anyone out there would like to support Kinofilm 12 as a sponsor or support partner then please get in touch with us soon - we are open to offers and suggestions. In the meantime, thank you all for a great Festival.
For details of how to submit to KINO SHORTS and KinoFeatures read on ....
Kinofilm is pleased to announce the winners of this year's awards of the KINOFILM, European Short Film Festival in association with our Award Sponsors: MOFILM, Futureworks, ShortOD.com, and Mike and Ike candies.
We have a fantastic range of short films, debut features, education events and panel discussions happening here in Manchester, UK from 27th April - 2nd May, 2010.
For a quick glance at all films screening as part of the festival download the A-Z Films list.
Delegate passes entitle the holder entrance to all screenings and events (subject to availability) excluding chargeable Education events. A registration charge of £25 will be made for all other industry passes available until Thursday 28th April. Download a Delegate Form to apply for your pass.
For participating filmmakers; international guests, festival directors or other representatives, and members of the press, delegate passes are FREE
Early Bird Festival Passes are available for £25 up until 26th April - entitle the holder entrance to all screenings and events (subject to availability) excluding chargeable Education events, please go to Buy Early Bird Festival Pass Festival Passes full price is £35. So get in quick for a bargain!
The Kinofilm team look forward to seeing you there.
THIS WEEK - Kino's Polish Film Poster Exhibition starts 16th April to the 16th May. The exhibition is part of Polska! Year celebrations, funded by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute.
As part of Kinofilm Festival, this year we celebrate the world of Polish Poster Art. Our exhibition features over 60 magical posters designs by some of the most famous Polish Artists.
Curated from the personal collection of Festival Director, John Wojowski, the work will feature mainly 70s original movie posters but will also include examples of rarer posters from the 50s and 60s through to the late 80s when Polish Poster art as we knew it came to an end.
About the Artwork
The Golden Age of Polish Film Poster art was influenced by early folk art, Cubism Constructivism, surrealism and art nouveau. The period celebrated the poster as an art form, while Polish society flocked to the movies and artists captured the essence of film as a visual metaphor.
The poster took on a new function with the birth of the Trade union Solidarity. Many designs were politicised in the 1980s and artists began experimenting with photo techniques and collage. As state monopoly ended in 1990, distribution of movies in Poland was taken over by Warner and Paramount and Polish poster art as we knew ceased to exist.
JOIN US FOR WINE AND CANAPES AT THE PRIVATE VIEW 15th APRIL 5 - 8PM. LIMITED AVAILABILITY FOR THE PRIVATE PREVIEW, FIRST COME FIRST SERVED. Email Johnw@kinofilm.org.uk to reserve an invite.
The exhibition runs from 16th April to 16th May at the Triangle Shopping Centre, Exchange Square, Manchester.
We're please to announce the Kinofilm Festival 2010 Panel Discussion Programme. From discussions on short film, to feature films, and everything in between. There's something for filmmakers of all levels and interests.
To reserve a ticket go to: http://kinoeducation.eventbrite.com/
We’re pleased to announce our opening feature and Transitions programme for the festival, taking place from 27th April – 2nd May 2010 in Manchester.
Opening Feature
Kinofilm is proud to be opening the Kinofilm 11 Manchester European Short Film Festival with a special preview of the Oscar nominated feature, Revanche.
Revanche is the stunning, Oscar nominated, international breakthrough film from Austrian filmmaker Götz Spielmann. In a ragged section of Vienna, hardened ex-con, Alex works as an assistant in a brothel, where he falls for Ukrainian hooker Tamara. Their desperate plans for escape unexpectedly intersect with the lives of a rural cop and his seemingly content wife. With meticulous, elegant direction, Spielmann creates a tense, existential, and surprising portrait of vengeance and redemption, and a journey into the darkest forest of human nature, in which violence and beauty exist side by side.
Winner of 10 awards including the Europa Cinemas Label as Best European film in the Berlin Film Festival’s Panorama section. Nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
Transitions
This year, for the first time, Kinofilm celebrates directors who've made the transition from short to feature filmmaking. We're proud to be bringing you a selection of debut features which embrace a variety of genres and subjects; from social issues and the human condition, to international conflict and blood-curdling horror, this programme has got it all.
Kinofilm Festival is returning this April with an exciting programme of films and events. Kinofilm are offering a range of educational workshops, masterclasses and panel discussions to suit all tastes, abilities and budgets.
Highlights include: cinematography masterclasses with Tristan Oliver (Fantastic Mr Fox); an insight into visual effects with Red Vision (Touching the Void) and sound and editing workshops at the award-winning School of Sound Recording.
Other events include directing workshops, panel discussions, acting classes, screenwriting seminars, animation masterclasses and networking events.
After a three year hiatus, Manchester Premiere Short Film Festival returns
27 April – 2 May.
Long-running Manchester film festival Kinofilm re-launches this year after a three year hiatus and under a new guise: The Kinofilm Manchester European Short Film Festival 2010 will take place 27 April – 2 May and will be based at AMC Great Northern Cinema and the Instituto Cervantes Manchester.
Kinofilm is very pleased to announce Manchester based actress, Maxine Peake as a new patron.
With credits including SHAMELESS, RED RIDING and CRIMINAL JUSTICE, gifted RADA-trained actress Maxine Peake is becoming one of the most respected actresses working in the UK today.
“It's fantastic news for Manchester's cultural calendar that Kinofilm has returned. The festival provides a vital platform not only for local filmmakers but filmmakers from across the UK and Europe and it presents its audiences with access to the best short films around.I am honoured to be involved”, says Maxine.
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Kinofilm is very pleased to announce Manchester based actress, Maxine Peake as a new patron.
