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Laurence Boyce
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My Stuff
13-Feb-2013
Dir: Petri Luukkainen. Finland. 2012. 80mins -
Finnish Blood Swedish Heart
12-Feb-2013
Dir: Mika Ronkainen. Finland. 2012. 90mins -
Shorts in the Oscar frame
1-Feb-2013
The film-makers behind this year’s live action and animated short film Oscar contenders range from new talents to experienced studio hands. Screen profiles the nominees. -
Demons
3-Dec-2012
Dir/scr: Ain Mäeots. Estonia. 2012. 118mins -
All Musicians Are Bastards
3-Dec-2012
Dir/scr: Heleri Saarik. Estonia. 2012. 90mins -
Continuity
3-Sep-2012
Dir/scr: Phillipe Mora. US, 2012, 91mins -
New Latvian Film Festival announced for September
22-Aug-2012
Supporting festivals such as Warsaw and Tallinn to screen films at the event. -
Ben Rivers and Ben Russell complete shoot for documentary A Spell To Ward Off The Darkness
20-Jul-2012
The director of Two Years At Sea finishes latest film co-directed with filmmaker Ben Russell. -
Karlovy Vary attracts 803 industry professionals
8-Jul-2012
New industry initiatives include Barrandov-sponsored prize for best film in Works In Progress. Deals signed for Yuma [pictured] and This Ain’t California. -
Susan Sarandon talks kids, ‘Cloud Atlas’ and Karlovy Vary
6-Jul-2012
Arriving in Karlovy Vary, Susan Sarandon was in a positive mood and keen to talk about here past present and future. -
The Exam
6-Jul-2012
Dir: Péter Bergendy. Hungary. 2012. 89mins -
People Out There
6-Jul-2012
Dir/scr: Aiks Karapetjans. Latvia. 2012. 89mins -
To Kill A Beaver
5-Jul-2012
Dir: Jan Jakub Kolski. Poland. 2012. 99mins -
Mushrooming
5-Jul-2012
Dir/scr: Toomas Hussar. Estonia. 2012. 95mins -
Karlovy Vary Q&A: Robert Vinovskis, People Out There
1-Jul-2012
Set to premiere in the East of the West competition, Aik Karapetjans’ People Out There is an intense Latvian film about a young man who dreams of a better life despite his difficult circumstances. -
Karlovy Vary Q&A: Toomas Hussar, Mushrooming
30-Jun-2012
Estonian film Mushrooming is an intriguing mixture of satire and drama as a politician, in the midst of being accused of expense fraud, finds himself lost in the woods. -
Karlovy Vary Q&A: Marek Najbrt (Director), Polski Film
28-Jun-2012
The film, exploring the boundaries of reality and fiction, offers a different style than other Czech productions. -
Karlovy Vary Q&A: Jan Jakub Kolski, To Kill A Beaver
26-Jun-2012
Polish Film To Kill A Beaver is an intense and raw tale of a soldier undertaking a mysterious mission while holed up in an abandoned farm. There he has a torrid encounter with a young girl and it soon becomes apparent all is not what it seems. -
Karlovy Vary Q&A: Alicia Cano – El Bella Vista
25-Jun-2012
Receiving its world premiere in the Karlovy Vary Documentary Competition section, El Bella Vista is a quirky yet moving documentary about Uruguayan brothel El Bella Vista, its transvestite inhabitants and the small village community that wants to remove them and change the brothel into a Catholic School. -
Young at heart
19-Jun-2012
The Karlovy Vary International film festival (June 29-July 7) may be entering its 47th edition, but the platform it offers to debut film-makers and its youthful popularity show it has not lost its edge. -
Lonely Island
10-Jun-2012
Dir: Peeter Simm. Belarus-Estonia-Latvia. 2012. 100mins -
Estonia celebrates 100 years of film history
3-May-2012
With a centenary of cinema to celebrate, Estonia used April 30 to recognise the achievements of some its most venerated stars and directors. -
Coming up shorts
26-Jan-2012
The shortlists for the live-action and animated shorts categories at the Oscars include a diverse mix of styles and subject matters from around the world. Laurence Boyce previews the titles in the running for the final nominations -
Short attention
26-Jan-2012
Screen profiles the final nominees for the live-action short and animated short Oscars. -
The Rat King
21-Jan-2012
Dir: Petri Kotwica. Finland-Estonia. 2012. 93mins -
Letters To Angel
15-Dec-2011
Dir: Sulev Keedus. Estonia. 2011. 114mins -
Bad Weather
31-Oct-2011
Dir: Giovanni Giommi. Germany-UK. 2011. 82mins -
Work Hard, Play Hard
31-Oct-2011
Dir/scr: Carmen Losmann. Germany. 2011. 90mins -
The Idiot
11-Oct-2011
Dir/scr: Rainer Sarnet. Estonia. 2011. 127mins -
I Am Nasrine
23-Sep-2011
Dir: Tina Gharavi. UK. 2011. 87mins -
Fear of Falling
15-Aug-2011
Dir: Bartosz Konopka. Poland. 2011. 90 mins -
Given
9-Aug-2011
Dir: Wojciech Pus. Poland. 2011. 85mins -
The Gravedigger
9-Aug-2011
Dir: Sándor Kardos. Hungary. 2010. 85mins -
It Looks Pretty From A Distance
9-Aug-2011
Dirs: Anna Sasnal, Wilhelm Sasnal. Poland. 2011. 77mins -
Towards The East
9-Aug-2011
Dirs: Tomasz Budzynski, Lukasz Jankowski. Poland. 2010. 103mins -
Nobody Knows My Name
27-May-2011
Dir: James Nicholson, France. 2010. 85mins -
Farts of Fury
8-May-2011
Dirs: Andres Maimik, Rain Tolk. Estonia. 2011. 110 mins -
George The Hedgehog
15-Mar-2011
Dirs: Wojciech Wawszczyk, Jakub Tarkowski, Tomasz Lesniak. Poland. 2010. 79mins -
The Shorts Awards Race
22-Dec-2010
The shortlists for the live-action and animated short film Oscars have been finalised, with 10 titles remaining in each category. Now the Academy must cut that down to three before final nominations are announced on January 25. Laurence Boyce profiles the films -
Erratum
23-Oct-2010
Dir: Marek Lechki Poland. 2010. 95mins
