Nowe Horyzonty
Nowe Horyzonty is a film festival that takes place every June in Wroclaw , Poland . It is also known by the English name of New Horizons Film Festival .
history
It is the largest Polish film festival. The first edition took place in Sanok , between 2002 and 2005 in Cieszyn and since 2006 in Wroclaw . The most important sponsors are the mobile operator T-Mobile and the city of Wroclaw. The basic idea is to present artistic and unconventional cinema. Roman Gutek is the founder and director of the festival. The Gutek Film company and the Stowarzyszenie Nowe Horyzonty association are responsible for organizing the festival . The festival is a member of FIAPF (Fédération Internationale des Associations de Producteurs de Films). The organization of the festival is supported by the Media Plus program ofEuropean Union .
Competitions
Various competitions take place as part of the festival:
- New Horizons international competition : the audience chooses a winner. The second winner will be selected by a jury and will receive the Grand Prix and a cash prize (20,000 euros in 2011). The third is a FIRPRESCI winner. Gutek Film guarantees all films to be distributed in Poland.
- International competition films about art : An international jury awards a cash prize (10,000 euros in 2011) and a guarantee of film distribution in Poland.
- New Polish Films Competition : The winner will receive the Wroclaw Film Prize from the President of Wroclaw (25,000 euros). There is also a prize for the best director's debut (10,000 euros) from the Voivodeship Marshal of Lower Silesia .
- Polish Short Films Competition
- European Short Films Competition
Festival program
2001
- Opening of the festival: “Cisza”, directed by Michał Rosa; Images of Iran; New Horizons; American independent film , Seasonal Events, New Polish Cinema, Central Europe Self-Portrait Conference, Discovery, Art of Document
- Closing of the festival: “Requiem for a dream” Direction: Darren Aronofsky
2002
- Opening of the festival: “Hable con ella”, directed by Pedro Almodovar ; New Horizons Competition, Special Screening; Special screening of silent films with live music, Asian cinema, films by Takeshi Kitano, events from other festivals, 2001/2002 season; Retrospective by Pier Paolo Pasolini, American independent cinema : Andy Warhol , My films: Maria Janion , films by Kurt Weber, adaptations of novels by Astrid Lindgren , documentaries by Ewa Pytka, films by Aleksander Sokurow, East from West - documentaries, TV theater - European psychodrama
- Closing of the festival: “No Man's Land” by Denis Tanovic
2003
- Opening of the festival: “Dogville”, director: Lars von Trier ; Competition new horizons; Special demonstration; French revolutions, American independent cinema; Documents / essays - in the search for meaning, documents / essays - cinema lessons, Derek Jarman - portrait of a loner; Films by Shinya Tsukamoto, Yasujiro Ozu - on the hundredth anniversary of his birth; Latin American cinema, film art - lectures by Professor Jerzy Wójcik; Wim Mertens - Music from Pictures; Special screening of silent films with live music; Films by Stanisław Jędryka, film panorama 2002/2003, cinema by Martin Sulik; Cinema, theater and dance - movement, gesture and expression; Time for documents; Documentaries by Canal +, films by Michał and Elżbieta Nekanda-Trepka; Report by TVP Katowice;
- The festival ends: “Swimming Pool”, directed by Francois Ozon
2004
- Opening of the festival: “La mala educacion”, directed by Pedro Almodovar; Competition new horizons; Panorama of world cinema; Korea discovery; Cremaster by Matthew Barney; Crazy Nights, Michelangelo Antonioni retrospective ; Retrospective by Kazimierz Kutz , retrospective by Béla Tarr ; Documents / essays;
- Krakow Film Festival: the winners, 2003/2004 season, films by Franciszek Dzida; Kieślowski - discovery after years; 55 years of Polish cartoons; Art of documentaries; “Metropolis” by Fritz Lang with live music
- Closing of the festival: “Zivot je cudo”, director: Emir Kusturica
2005
- Opening of the festival: ”L'enfant”, directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne; Competition new horizons; Documentary Competition; Cartoons competition; Panorama -special events; Panorama - the masters; Panorama - discoveries, perspectives
- Direction India: the golden age, Bollywood , Auteur cinema; Crazy Nights - Takashi Miike, Latin American cinema, retrospective by Rainer Werner Fassbinder , retrospective by Gábor Bódy , retrospective by Edward Żebrowski ; Wajda's classic film, 2004/2005 season; Documentary art; Documents / essays; Meredith Monk; Moviemento; Debut of the Katowice Film School
- End of the festival: “Maderlay” by Lars von Trier
2006
- Opening of the festival: “Volver” by Pedro Almodovar; Competition new horizons; New Polish Films Competition; New Polish Documentaries and Cartoons Competition; Special events; Panorama of contemporary cinema - the masters; Panorama of contemporary cinema - the discovery; New Argentine Cinema; Crazy Nights - Bollywood; 2005/2006 season; Agnès Varda retrospective ; Retrospective by Zoltan Huszarik; Retrospective by Sergiei Parajanov; Films about Parajanov; Ingmar Bergman's retrospective ; Retrospective by Stanisław Lenartowicz , retrospective by Marian Marzyński ; Trilogy by Lech Kowalski
- In memoriam: Andrzej Brzozowski ; Book inspired film; Special screening of silent films with live music; Documentary art; Retrospective by Dusan Hanak; The best films from Etiuda & Anima Festival; TVP Kultura Films; Statys Eidrigevicius - portrait; Europe in shorts 11; Wroclaw Independent Cinema; 30 min. Program; Films from the Andrzej Wajda Film School
- The festival ends: “The Wind that shakes the barley”, directed by Ken Loach
2007
- Opening of the festival: “4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile”, directed by Cristian Mungiu ; Competition new horizons; New Polish Films Competition; New Polish Short Films Competition; Panorama of contemporary cinema - the masters and the discovery; Events at the market; Australian Cinema - New Films and Australian New Wave; Documents / essays; Crazy nights; 2006/2007 season; Hal Hartley retrospective ; Retrospective by Federico Fellini ; 50 years of the Polish Film School
- Retrospective: Zbigniew Cybulski , Julian Józef Antonisz; Short films; Dance cinema
- special events: “Le sang d'un poète”, directed by Jean Cocteau with Harmonie Band live music and “La passion de Jeanne d'Arc” by Carl Theodor Dreyer with Hillard Ensemble / Harmonie Band live music
- The festival ends: “Control”, directed by Anton Corbijn
2008
- Opening of the festival: “Cztery noce z Anną”, directed by Jerzy Skolimowski ; Competition new horizons; New Polish Short Films Competition; New Polish Documentaries and Cartoons; Panorama from the contemporary cinema - the masters and the discovery; Events at the market; New Zealand cinema; Brazilian cinema; Documentaries; Short films; Documents / essays; Films about music; Crazy Nights - Dario Argento; 2007/2008 season; Retrospective by Theo Angelopoulos ; Retrospective by Terence Davies ; Vincent Ward retrospective ; Retrospective by Witold Leszczyński ; Andrzej Żuławski's retrospective ; Retrospective by Piotr Łazarkiewicz ; Aleksander Sroczyński's retrospective ; Federico Fellini : supplement; World on both sides of the camera; World premiere of Tibor Szemzo's film opera “Csoma”; “Chelovek s kino-apparatom” Director: Dziga Vertov with live music by Michael Nyman Ban
- The festival ends: “Le silence de Lorna”, directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
2009
- Opening of the festival: “The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story”, director: Michael Haneke ; Competition new horizons; Competition films about art; New Polish Films Competition, New Polish Short Films Competition; European Short Films Competition; Panorama; special events; Documents / essays; The third eye; Crazy Nights - Australian Cinema ozploitation; Swedish cinema; Canadian cinema; Guy Maddin's retrospective ; Tsai Ming-Liang retrospective ; Jennifer Reeves' retrospective; Retrospective by Krzysztof Zanussi ; Retrospective by Piotr Dumała ; 60 years of WFDiF; From Roman Polański to ...
- New horizons in film language: Montage; 2008/2009 season; Still films with live music; Events on the market
- Exhibitions: Erotic Space by Tsai Ming-Liang, Na kolana, tchórze! by Guy Maddin
- Directed by Bergman by Bengt Wanselius; Walka, miłość i praca by Piotr Dumała, tract o obrazie by Zbigniew Rybczyński
- End of the festival: “Serafina” by Martin Provost
2010
- Opening of the festival: “Des hommes et des dieux”, director: Xavier Beuvois; Competition new horizons; Competition films about art; New Polish Films Competition; Polish Short Films Competition; European Short Films Competition; Panorama; special events; Documents / essays; The third eye; Crazy Nights - Phillipe Mora, Samurai Cinema; turkish cinema
- New Turkish cinema: Zeki Demirkubuz; Retrospective by Jean-Luc Goddard; Brothers Quay retrospective, Klaus Maria Brandauer retrospective ; Laura Mulvey retrospective; Retrospective by Wojciech Jerzy Has; Retrospective by Daniel Szczechura, New Horizons of Film Language, 2009/2010 season; Events on the market
- The festival ends: “Tetro”, directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Web links
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