KVIFF (20 – 28 August 2021)
Presentation of the Europa Cinemas Label Jury
Three Network exhibitors from Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovenia will take part in the Europa Cinemas Label Jury on the occasion of the upcoming International Film Festival of Karlovy Vary in Czech Republic. The Jury members will award one film among the 20 European films competing in both the Crystal Globe and the East of the West Competition.
The three Jury members this year are:
Linda Arbanová (Education manager, Aero Cinema, Prague, Czech Republic)
Linda Arbanová has been for the past 14 years education manager in Aero cinema, Prague. She has developed Aeroskola, which is one of the leading film education institutions in Czech Republic focused mainly on informal education. Linda is also co-managing Czech Association for film and audiovisual education. She is also a freelance video maker, VJ and audiovisual creator.
Erika Borsos (Head of the Film Programming, Budapest Film Zrt., Budapest, Hungary)
Erika Borsos has been working for art-film distribution companies since 1995. She worked in many departments of film distribution, DVD rental stores, art-house cinema, organizing and managing film festivals and today she is working as the Head of the Film Programming at Budapest Film Zrt, which is the largest art house cinema network in Hungary, operating 6 cinemas in the capital city.
Gregor Janežič (Programmer, Kino Vrhnika, Vrhnika, Slovenia)
Gregor Janežič is self-employed in culture and working for the Ivan Cankar Institute Vrhnika as a programmer in Kino Vrhnika. He has been working there since the cinema was reopened in 2011. His responsibilities are taking care of the film education programme, the young audience development, and carefully selected regular film program. He also actively participates in the Art Cinema Association of Slovenia.
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List of European films eligible for the Europa Cinemas Label:
Crystal Globe Competition
AS FAR AS I CAN WALK by Stefan Arsenijević (Serbia) 92 min
AT FULL THROTTLE by Miro Remo (Slovak Republic) 85 min
BIRD ATLAS by Olmo Omerzu (Czech Republic, Slovenia) 92 min
BOILING POINT by Philip Barantini (United Kingdom) 94 min
EVERY SINGLE MINUTE by Erika Hníková (Czech Republic) 80 min
THE LAND OF THE SONS by Claudio Cupellini (Italy) 118 min
NÖ by Dietrich Brüggemann (Germany) 119 min
LE PRINCE by Lisa Bierwirth (Germany) 125 min
SAVING ONE WHO WAS DEAD by Václav Kadrnka (Czech Republic) 90 min
THE STAFFROOM by Sonja Tarokić (Croatia) 126 min
East of the West
AFTER THE WINTER by Ivan Bakrač (Montenegro) 101 min
DEAR ONES by Grzegorz Jaroszuk (Poland) 74 min
INTENSIVE LIFE UNIT by Adéla Komrzý) (Czech Republic) 73 min
MIRRORS IN THE DARK by Šimon Holý (Czech Republic) 84 min
PATCHWORK by Petros Charalambous (Cyprus) 86 min
ROOTS by Tea Lukač (Serbia) 80 min
RUNNER by Andrius Blaževičius (Lithuania) 87 min
SISTERHOOD by Dina Duma (North Macedonia) 90 min
TWO SHIPS by Jan Foukal (Czech Republic) 76 min
WILD ROOTS by Hajni Kis (Hungary) 98 min
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EC Label contacts:
Fatima Djoumer, Head of International Relations & Events / fdjoumer@europa-cinemas.org
Lisa Püscher, EC Label Coordinator / lpuescher@europa-cinemas.org
Charles McDonald, Press Officer / charles@charlesmcdonald.co.uk
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Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
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