UNICA News December 2008

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Future UNICA Patronage Film Festivals Future UNICA Festivals & Congresses

12th Zoom - Zblizenia 2009 * * Gdansk (Danzig) Poland

5th Berliner Film Fenster Grenzenlos 2010 * * Einsiedeln (Switzerland)

17th Croatian Minute Film Festival 2011 ** Luxemburg

37th Festival der Nationen

Junge Sterne

19th - 22nd February 2009

Picture of Jelenia Gora. 12. International Film Festival "ZOOM - ZBLIZENIA 2009

is a significant and important cultural event - part of a small group of the biggest, and most important festivals of that type in Poland. Jelenia Góra plays a significant role as far as Polish independent film scene is concerned. Every year the event features more prominent pictures and hosts authors from Poland and abroad.
The purpose of the festival is to present different cultures, film language, exchange of ideas, as well as presentation and promotion of independent film art. The event will take place in a beautiful, historical building in the center of Jelenia Góra - "Marysienka" cinema on February 19th - 22nd 2009.
The Local Community Centre (Osiedlowy Dom Kultury) in Jelenia Góra, "Dami" TV Station, and "Odra-Film" are the official organizers of this remarkable, promoting independent film making event. The festival is held under the auspices of the Independent Film Production Organization (Federacja Niezaleznych Twórców Filmowych) in Poland.
We would like to extend a warm welcome to directors, film makers, and producers of presented films from all over the country and abroad. We have the pleasure to inform you that the festival will host professional and international Jury, as well as other well-known representatives of the film and media industry. The oversight over the festival is held by some major national media; from where we also notice a growing interest in the event and consequently its participants.
The event will feature festival screening and special showing of films, there will also be numerous panel discussions, as well as open to the audience Jury debates, and meetings with film makers. There will also be other events accompanying the festival.
Because the main aim of the festival is presentation of the film makers' accomplishments, coupled with any new trends and ideas in the independent movie making scene, the character of the festival makes room for variety of forms - feature films, documentaries, and all kind of experimental forms created with the help of a video camera.
There are no restrictions on themes and topics.
Within the Festival there will be held:

17 - 22. 02. 2009 INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOPS FOR YOUNG FILM MAKERS
19 - 22. 02. 2009 FILM COMPETITION

Aerial view of Jelenia Gora. FESTIVAL COORDINATION OFFICE
Marek Oleksy
Osiedlowy Dom Kultury,
K.Trzcinskiego 12,
58-506 Jelenia Góra,
POLAND
tel: +48 (075) 75 31 831, fax: +48 (075) 75 410 90
E-mail: marek.oleksy@filmforum.pl and od_kultury7@yahoo.de
Website: www.zoom.karkonosze.com
YOU JUST HAVE TO BE THERE!