Pop Art and Politics: the Forum focuses on innovative debuts
The program of the 35th Forum presents itself in leaner, rejuvenated form. Reducing the selection of films by more than a quarter in comparison with earlier years focuses the gaze on essentials: an innovative, global filmmaking eager to experiment and take unconventional paths outside the mainstream.
Mumbai Festival FIPRESCI Award for "Amu"
At the Mumbai International Film Festival the Award of the International Critics (FIPRESCI Award) was presented to Amu by Shonali Bose (India, 2004). The Film will have its International Premiere at the Forum.
Restored "Heaven's Gate" as Special Screening in the Forum
Michael Cimino's monumental anti-Western from 1980 is still regarded as Hollywood's biggest financial flop – and, by critics, as a masterpiece. As a supplement, the documentation Final Cut by Michael Epstein will be shown as a European premiere.
In cinemas: "Out of the Forest"
Last year's Forum entry will open in German cinemas on January 20.
In cinemas: Ulrike Ottinger's "Twelve Chairs"
Together with her documentary film Southeast Passage, Ulrike Ottinger's 198 minute feature film Twelve Chairs will open in German cinemas on January 13.
Forum opens with "Lost and Found"
The opening film of the 35th International Forum of New Cinema has been selected: The German production Lost and Found unites stories by young directing talents from six Central and Eastern European countries.
"This Charming Girl" at Forum 2005
One of the first entries selected for the 35th International Forum of New Cinema is This Charming Girl ("Yeoja, Jeong-hae", Korea 2004) by Lee Yoon-ki.
"El tren blanco" stops in German theatres
The Argentinian documentary El tren blanco (The white train), which premiered in the Forum 2004, opens today at Kino Central in Berlin.
FIPRESCI award to "Campfire"
At the 40th Chicago International Film Festival the Prize of the International Critics (FIPRESCI) has been awarded to the Israeli film Campfire.