shortfilm.de NEWSLETTER No. 2

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NEWSLETTER No. 2 (December 2001)


EDITORIAL

Dear Readers!

First of all, many thanks for your numerous suggestions and overwhelming 
praise in response to our first newsletter!

We'd like to invite you once again to feel free to make use of the Forum 
section. Please keep us informed about events and news. Looking forward to 
your mails.
Till next time,


Reinhard W. Wolf
Editor

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TOPIC

The Fall of the Lux

The Lux Centre on Hoxton Square in east London was an important 
international centre for film, video and media arts. Closed down suddenly 
in October, the Lux is now in liquidation.
How could such an important and irreplaceable institution simply disappear 
overnight, with dedicated and highly professional staff members being 
sacked without notice? And what's in store for the future? Will London and 
the UK simply have to do without a centre for artistic film and media?
These and other questions will be pursued in our main topic. We will of 
course avoid pointing the finger at any particular persons or groups. But 
neither will we attempt to conceal the causes of this lamentable plight ...
for the whole story please see: 
http://www.shortfilm.de/ikf//pages/magazin/index.php?id=7&lang_id=2


NEWS

Filmmakers Information Center - a New Cooperative in Japan

Japanese non-commercial films and filmmakers today follow in the footsteps 
of a long and impressive history of independent filmmaking, but 
nevertheless face various problems in screening, distribution, and public 
recognition. Taking on this challenge, a new filmmakers' coop called 
Filmmakers Information Center (FMIC) will be launched next spring by 
several young Japanese filmmakers.
The group's activities will focus on collecting and compiling a database of 
films and filmmakers and assisting distribution.
FMIC was initiated by experimental filmmaker Ichiro Sueoka (Tokyo) and film 
critic Tomohiro Nishimura (website not yet available).

More News:
__ Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis On Tour
__ Agence du court métrage (F): Cultural Heritage on Short Film
__ Sörös Documentary Fund Launches Cooperation with the Sundance Institute
__ International Short Film Conference
__ BKM (D) Short Film Promotion
__ Montréal: Tribute to Steina and Woody Vasulka

Further information: 
http://www.shortfilm.de/ikf/pages/magazin/index.php?id=7&lang_id=2


FAITS DIVERS

__ Making Films with LEGO
__ Cattle Depot Artist Village in Hong Kong Opens
__ Current German Experimental Film in Bangkok
__ 15th Anniversary of the MIX Festival in New York
__ Cineprobe (New York) - 40th Anniversary of the Film-Makers' Cooperative
__ New Short Film Platform (D) - Student Television as Video Subscription
__ First Episodes in "Paris je t'aime" Finish Shooting
__ Short Films on Television

Further information: 
http://www.shortfilm.de/ikf//pages/magazin/index.php?id=59&lang_id=2


AWARDS AND HONOURS

The Norwegian short film "Sveits (Switzerland)" by Erik Smith Meyer won the 
Short Film Award at the 50th International Filmfestival 
Mannheim-Heidelberg. Norwegians were also successful at Brief Encounters in 
Bristol - "Misunnelse (Envy)" by Marit Åslein received the International 
Jury Award.

Prize winners of the Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis 2001 are "Cut Away" by Eva 
Marel Jura and Justyna Kahl (Filmpreis in Gold) and "Die Liebenden vom 
Hotel von Osman" by Idil Üner (Filmpreis in Gold). One of each Filmpreis in 
Silver was awarded to "Wahlverwandtschaften" by Nils Loof and "Gone 
Underground" by Su Turhan ...

More Awards and Honours:
__ Short Film Award - 17th Haifa International Film Festival
__ Short Film Awards at 18th International Environmental Film Festival
__ Awards at Murphy's Cork Film Festival
__ Short Film Awards at Int. Leipziger Festival
__ Short Film Awards at Montréal International Festival
__ Short Film Awards at Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
__ 7th Kodak Short Film Showcase Awards, London
__ Short Film Awards at 31st International Film Festival Molodist, Kiev
__ Short Film Awards at VIPER 21, Lucerne
__ Short Film Awards at 6th up-and-coming Film Festival, Hannover
__ Prize winners at the XI. FilmFestival Cottbus - Festival
__ Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis 2001, Berlin
__ Short Film Award at Semana de Cine Fantástico y de Terror
__ Awards at International Short Film Festival interfilm Berlin
__ Awards at 5th Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur
__ Awards at 5th Shorts International Film Festival, New York
__ Short Film Awards at Alcalá de Henares Film Festival
__ Awards at Brief Encounters, Bristol
__ Short Film Award at 18th Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest

Further information: 
http://www.shortfilm.de/ikf/pages/magazin/index.php?id=60&lang_id=2



DATES

__ Festivals in Germany
__ International Festivals
__ Competitions

Further information: 
http://www.shortfilm.de/ikf/pages/magazin/index.php?id=113&lang_id=2


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